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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18
Globe Lightning.

On July /, 1891, Il fireball entered
u carpenters cabin near Schlieben.
The carpenter was sitting on the
edge of a bed on which a child was
sleeping. A ball of fire sprang sud.
denly and with a loud noise from
the fireplace to the bed, which was
Immediately shattered. Then the
ball rolled very slowly to the oppo-
site wall of the room, through
which, or the floor, it apparently
vanished with another fearful crash
without setting fire to anything.
The mans wife and another child
were sleeping in a second bed and
the baby in a cradle, all in the same
room, but none of the five persons
was wounded Or even stunned. All
complained of headache and deaf
ness on account of the heavy sui
phurous vapor which filed the
room, but they Don recovered.
Some fractures were discovered
about the stove and chimney.
Less fortunate were the children
in a schoolhouse in Bouin, France,
who were visited by a fireball while
at their afternoon prayers. 1t was
preceded by a shower of lime, wood
and stones. The ball, which was
small, rolled along under the bench
es, killing three of the children, and
went out through a window pane,
in which it merely made a round
hole, whereas all the other panes
were shattered Hagenau in
Popular Science Monthly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18

It's an old saying that "a cat has
nine lives" and, like most old say
ings, not supposed to have any truth
in it, but from recent Investigations
it really seems that a cat can hold
IN to life under circumstances where
any other creature would die. A
cats life may be proved to be at the
least three times the worth of a
dogs. Put a cat and a dog of the
same age in a "lethal chamber"
The cat will always outlive the dog.
On one occasion it was noticed the
dog was dead in 5 minutes and
the cat still breathing 40 minutes
later. A cat has been known to re-
cover after two hours immersion in
cold water, and another came back
to life eight hours after apparent
death from a dose of prussic acid
Strand Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18

my mouth is all in a quicker since
l ate those Olives" she said as she
turned her sparkling eyes full upon
him.
And he was not at all like a young
man who could not grasp the sug-
gestions of the situation. Detroit
Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18
FLYING FISH.
4 Novel Sport Carried en- In southern
California Waters.

4 Novel Sport Carried en- In southern
California Waters.
The visitor to the island of Santa
Catalina or he who goes out on the
launches from Long Beach or San
Pedro is always entertained by the
remarkable flights of flying fish,
which in these waters attain d
length of IS inches and a weight OF
2 pounds. Alarmed by the boat
or steamer, they dash out of the
water by a vigorous movement of
the screwIike tail and dash away in
headlong fight, skimming over the
waves like birds, presenting SO re-
markable an appearance that the
tourist who has lever seen SO ex-
traordinary a performance takes
them for birds. The flying fish is not
flying, but it has four very winglike
fins which serve it a similar purpose
that is, it hurls itself out of the
water by the aid of its tail, and
then, using the four winglike fins as
parachutes, goes soaring away, COW
ering a distance of an eighth of a
mile. When the inertia fails, the
tail of the fish drops, and the mo-
ment it strikes the water it begins a
violent twisting, which sends the
fish into the air again, and by re-
peating this the fish is enabled to
cover the long distance. The wings
or fins r not tapped, the only mo-
ton being a tremulous one impaired
to them when the tail is twisted in
the water. AS the boat glides along
these fish dart from the water and
go soaring away on either side, and
it is then that the sportsman, sitting
in the bow, has an opportunity for
some novel sport.
The fish move like some quail,
very low, not more than two feet
from the surface, and are not the
easy shots n might imagine. They
move rapidly and appear to rise and
fall over the waves and go sweeping
away in graceful curves. Sometimes
four or five are in the air at the
same time, and the good shot can
bring them down to the right and
left. All that is needed to carry out
the idea of quail shooting would be
to have a dog, but there is "a SEA dog
that Pushes this attractive game,
the agile tuna. The flying fish is
its legitimate prey, and big schools
come sweeping in from the deep sea,
driving the schools of flying fish be-
fore them, chasing them into the
air six, eight and ten feet, giving
marvellous exhibitions OF lofty tum-
bling. At such times the flying
fishes are crazed with terror and
leave the water by score and hun
dreds. They fly into boats, out upon
the dry beaches, strike boatmen
who happen to be in the way OF
their headlong fight and present a
most attractive appearance to those
who have never seen "a flock of ocean
fliers in the air with fish & or Z feet
long pursuing in a series of leaps OF
jumps. Sometimes the tuna chases
the fiier along just below the sur
face, catching it as it drops, u cloud
of foam alone telling the story
Santa Catalina.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18

The Minister-Little boy, aren't
you afraid that something will hap
pen to you if you keep on riding
your bicycle on Sundaysf
Little Boy-Oh, l amt a-scared.
I've got my repair outfit in me peck
et.--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18

A lock of Napoleon's hair, cut
when the emperor was on board the
Bellerophon at Plymouth in August.
1915, and sent with a letter to Mr..
Capel Loft of Troston, Suffolk, was
sold at Sotheby's in London the 9th
or afternoon for $50.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18
A MUCH ABUSED FAThE

WV @AAutA IAe1 ~ - -
Take Lessons In T~elegraphing.
The able and versatile horse editor
had just hung up the currycomb
and taken IA hitch in his surcingle
preparatory 10 a heavy haul when
a gentleman from Brooklyn trotted
into the stall and sat down.
Coed morning, remarked the
horse q = pleasantly, as he did
not OWE lie visitor a cent.
What would you do under the
circumstancesi" responded the Wis
itor, with a kind of an escaped from
Bloomingdale CLEAN in his unsteady
eyes.
well, I'd "a said Good morn
ing or How are your or Go to
the deuce!' or something like that,
you know-most anything would
have done just to show that you
knew how to speak when you were
spoken to. Seer" And the horse ed
itor put on a smile of roasting sar-
casm.
The visitor started strangely and
looked nervously at his gentle g
proven.
Really, he said alphabetically,
you must pardon me. I'm that
worried don't hardly know if I'm
afoot or horseback. That's what
I'm here for"
What for1" inquired the horse
editor.
We'll, what do you think of a
man of my age, with a grown up
wife and children, he said, almost
Historically, being compelled to
60 to a night school and learn to do
telegraphing1'
why do you have to do itf"
TOO much education is running
the country" was the apparently
irrelevant reply.
whats the matter with you,
anyhows" inquired the horse editor,
in a vexed tone.
i've been imposed on-that' s all, -"
said the visitor, in the sulks. I'm
bued with the idea that l ought to
teach my four daughters something
by which they might earn their liv-
ing if they couldn't find husbands
to take the job off their hands, !
sent them to one of these telegraph
colleges, and they learned telegra-
ply. Fewer ONE learning that
than typewriting and st~enography,
and they'll have a better show
that's why l chose telegraphy.
That's all right. They learned in
fine style and easy. They're smart.
They take after their father more
than they do after their mother, if
do say it myself. 1t wasn't long
till they taught their mother the
dot and dash language, too, and
now, by the jumping Jehoshaphat,
them women sit around and carry
on a conversation right under my
nose, and ! never know a gol darned
thing what they're talking about.
They tick on their plates at the table
with a knife or fork, and then laugh
with a ha-ha to raise the roof. I'll
be reading my paper, when all of q
sudden III hear a knocking away of
in sorae other part of the house, and
then whoever's in the room where
am will ha-ha and tick back, ant
then they will scream and tick som,
more till ! get up and leave. They'v,
been doing that way ever since my
wife learned how, and | don't hav,
any peace. My wife learned il
about six weeks SOS she could ticl
at a fair speed, and she and the girl
haven't let a minute go by, it seems
to me, without practicing. Ant
when they amt practicing they are
talking all around me without say
ing a word. I've got to protect my
self in some way. How long do yor
think it will take me to learnt"
"Oh, about a thousand years OF
&c." replied the horse editor, and
began munching at his daily hay
New York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18

In a little churchyard at Fulham
q tombstone, says a contributor,
erected by a Borrowing husband at
tributes most of the virtues to a lady
who passed away prematurely. I'm
derneath these three words quaint
~ record decease of the Borrowing
husband, He's gone too"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18
Jardin des Plantes.

The Paris Jardin des Plantes owes
Its origin to a florist who in the time
Of Henry ~ grew all sorts of native
and imported plants to sell flowers
az models to the manufacturers of
embroideries and laces.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18

The pipe smoked by the new shah
OF Persia on state occasions is set
with diamonds, rubies and emeralds
of the costliest kind and is stated to
be worth as much as $500, 600.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18

The most tedious %utterances, be-
cause the most superf1uous, and
often the most hypocritical, to which
the public has to listen III apollo
gies, whether in sermons or
speeches. Christian Advocate.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18

Alfred de Musset fell in love with
George Sand, and when she tired of
him, as she did of every n else, he
took to absinthe and soon succeeded
In drinking himself to death.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18

DR.. Maclagan, the archbishop of
York, is a very remarkable man.
He began life as "a soldier and served
five years in India, but after he be-
came a clergyman he soon proved
that his whole heart was in his new
work. He was 10 years bishop OF
Lichfield, and was already a man OF
IS when he was elevated to his pres
ent important and responsible posi-
ton. He has all the Scotch deter
mination of character, and was once
dubbed by Il critic ''the episcopal
martinez of the English church"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04
nAMM0N0's SENTENCE REDUCED.
Gen Brook Thinks the Court Martial Was Too
Severe on the Soldier.

Chicago. Nov 3.-Private Charlie,
Hammond, who was dragged by his
heels before summary court martial
at Fort Sheridan. four weeks ago or
the orders of Capt. Lowering, to an
swer to charge of desertion, viii
serve but half the sentence imposed
upon him by the court martial Ham.
mond was sentenced by the military
court composed of fellow soldiers OF
Captain Lowering to go to prison fo,
a year at hard labor and to forfeit all
pay for this period. In addition the
verdict provided for the dishonorable
discharge of the private.
Gen. Brook, however, has reviewed
the verdict. criticised it and cut down
the punishment AS mitigated by Ger.
Brook, the sentence compels Hammond
to serve in prison only six months.
His pay is reduced by $40 month and
there is no provision for dishonorable
discharge, that being deemed too Sc
we're by the commander. In his review
of the case, the general said the SEN
tence was excessive.
By this action the stigma of dishon-
orable discharge will not attach to
Private Hammond, and after he has
served six months he will be restored
to his former position in the army.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04
A beneficial CHANGE.
Feeling that Result Of Newfoundland Election
Will Strengthen Colony.

St. Johns, n. F., Nov 3-Further re-
turns in the federal Legislative election
show that the Opposition party has
carried the Burgess district, thus win
ming % seats as against 13 held by tn :;
government.
Sir James Winter. the Opposition
leader. waited upon Sir Herbert Har-
ley Murray. governor of the colony,
today, to arrange for taking over the
control of public affairs. Sir VIM.
Whiteway and his colleagues in the
present ministry will probably resign
within the next 10 days.
The general feeling is that the finan-
Cial status of the colony both at home
and abroad will be strengthened by the
change of government, the maladmin-
istration of the Whiteway party hav-
ing damaged the colony greatly in all
financial centers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

That Old familiar and ever popular
play, Uncle Toms Cabin" with little
Eva, Topsy and all, will be presented
at Meonian hall, Saturday evening, by
the Stetson Company. 1t is a remark
able thing, but it is fact, that Uncle
Toms Cabin always draws a crowd
where other plays fail Manager
Getchell of Meonian hall, has secured
the comedy "A Wild Goose Chase" fer
November H.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04
A Card.

We. the undersigned. do hereby agree
of Greene's Syrup of Tar if it fails to
cure your cold or cough, we also warrant
a twenty-five cent bottle to prove salts
factory or no pay.
Bowditcf & Webster, Augusta.
John Coughlin, Augusta.
f. X. Courtemanche, Augusta.
Arthur Tetrault Augusta.
Mixer & Johnson, Augusta.
f. G. Kinsman & Co., Augusta.
Chas. X. Partridge, Augusta.
Temple Pharmacy, Augusta.
A. B. Hutchinson, Hallowell.
. c. Fl. Beane. Gardiner.
II. ID. Robinson & Co., Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04
INSIST on RES,GNiNG.
Peruvian Cabinet Will Not Longer Serve
Resignation Probably Accepted.

Lima, Peru, via Galveston, Nov. g.
The premier and his colleagues in the
cabinet insist upon acceptance of their
resignation, rendered last week on ac-
count of a vote of censure which Con-
gress proposed to pass upon the gov
ernment because of it's failure to pro-
mulgate various measures enacted by
the special session of Congress, last
year. While the Presidents s final deci-
sion has not yet been made public. it is
believed in well-informed quarters that
he has accepted the resignation.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

The people who listened to Prof.
Robertson marveled at the manner in
which the views were thrown upon the
screen. Credit for this is due to NJ.
Fred Hailes, his expert assistant.
There is but little about the successful
management of stereopticons that M.
Hailes does not know. He is an artist
in the running of lanterns, and his
mechanical skill adds much to the sue
cess of these exhibitions
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04
Many went to waterville, wednes

Many went to Waterville, Wednesday
afternoon, to attend the Bowdoin-
Clby foot ball game. In all % tickets
were sold at the station. Among those
who went were J. Clair Minot, Sheriff
A. L. McFadden, Frederick Conv
Blaine Owen. Dan Nash, Teddy Bar
rows, Frank Gannett, Frank Hewins
and c. l.. Blackman.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Buckley & Goodrich's last and best
opportunity Of the season Will be
afforded the ladies Of Augusta to select
a winter garment from a very choice
line of the newest and latest novelties.
Mr. Baum, of Hyman Bros. & Baum,
of Philadelphia, will be at their store,
this forenoon, and will show you a
very swell line of novelties just cut.
There is no necessity of going to
large city to buy garment when yoa
can select one from the same assort-
rnent that the largest merchants select
theirs from if you come before noon,
today.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Doubt if E. w. Church is much on a
deer hunt, but the fine lot of chickens
he captured on Wednesday, will endear
him to his customers, and they are not
a very dear lot either.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

"A coal that burns clean is worth
much more than coal that leaves lots
of scale and clinkers in the burning.
Leigh & Wingate's long experience has
taught them that the best is cheapest
for themselves and their customers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Clement Stetson of Center Sidney,
will be held at 10 o'clock, this morning
Interment to be made at Mount Vernon
cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Hon. ]. H. Manley delivered a lee
ture upon "The State and the Home. -
before Androscoggin Pomona Grange,
at Auburn, Wednesday. A large at
tendance was present.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Mrs. Mary o. Bates. widow Of the
late George Bates Of Biddeford. died at
the Insane hospital. Tuesday, aged 72
years. A son who lives in Boston, sur
wives her.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Strange to say, F. r. Partridge's
fiourishing prescription business is not
the least affected by the late Tammany
success. His new ad. has the old ring
to it.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

A. F. Gerald, the we'll known Fair
field electric railroad magnate, was in
the city short time, Wednesday after
noon
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Calvin S. Graves of Sidney, was in
the city, Wednesday, calling upon old
friends.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Miss Mittie Fairbanks, who has been
stopping a few days in the city, return
ed to Boston, Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

The evening writing school will be
opened at Shaw's Business College, this
evening. All methods of writing will
be taught.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

The intentions of marriage of Charles
B. Wade and Liona B. Johnson has
been filed at the city clerks office.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Bavarian iconoclasts have torn down
the old HOfbrauhaus beer room in Munich
and put up in it's place a large hail.
adorned with historical paintings, where
the beer is served as in other places.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Hon. T. S. Burns of Westbrook. was
a visitor at the Capital city, Wednes-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

J. a. Mcclellan of Hyde Park, Mass.
was in the city on business, Wednes-
day
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
s, P. Withrow of Cincinnati, was reg
istered at Hotel North, Wednesday.

c. E. Dunn of Mount Vernon, was
among Augustus visitors, Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Dyspepsia Sss:';ss :ss e.; i;
Oysnsnssstl cured. Grover Graham' s
remoyees msesla - Remedy is a specific. One dose
cure az th ~ distress. and a permanent
is guarantesdo & most @ Ghronic and severe cases
Fo'tse vii convince the most skeD,;ea, q sO Hsn'
gustr nsman & Co.. Druggists. Au.
dly
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Fifteen million pairs of gloves are i'm
ported into England yearly.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-04

Lurs Kuro cures that hacking s:ugh.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-19

for the majority is a strong one which
LAYS merited stress on the need of abso-
lutte fairness in the jury room. 1t holds
in substance that the commonwealth
might better go to the expense of a new
trial in the case under review than to
leave the justice ol the original trial
open to the slightest suspicion But
the three dissenters-Judgcs Willard,
Wickham and Rice-also take the de-
fenslble position that inasmuch as Jur-
or Nevin was under oath to judge the
defendant according to the evidence
auduced in court. and inasmuch as
there is nothing TO show that he was
to the slightest degree instrumental in
DETECTING the judgment of his eleven
colleagues, a re-trial would simply
prove waste of energy
This balancing of the points at issue
leaves room for good arguments on
either side. That suspicion should rest
on the fairness of any trial would be
indeed unfortunate; but to the lay
mind, viewing the subject largely from
the practical standpoint, it would seem
that in the present case the verdict of
the lower court might well have been
permitted to stand. Its confirmation
by the appellate court would have in
VOWED no tangible injustice; whereas
the ordering of a new trial not only
calls up the question of additional eN-
rense but also opens the door to a pos
sible miscarriage of justice.
Apart from the needless reflection
which the reversal tends to cast upon
Juror Nevin's fairness, 1t has the effect
to encourage the raising of techncal
ties where these are already too abun-
Gant, obstructive and expensive. Con-
ceding to the majority of the court the
loftiest purposes in decididng as they
did and even granting that that deci-
sion is correct Interpretation of the
law, we nevertheless believe that the
| tendency of such decisions is upon the
| whole hurtful rather than helpful to
| public justice. The need of the times is
for the rigid limiting of reversals to
| such cases as offer clear proof of pri-
| mary injustice.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-19
An Unfortunate Tendency.

The ordering by the Supreme court Of
a new trial in the House embezzlement
case brings to the fore an interesting
point in law. House became involved
in the Moreland Irregularities in Pitts
burg and on trial in the Allegheny
courts was convicted. One of the jur-
ors accepted in that trial, despite the
protest of Houses attorneys, was Edi-
tor Nevin, of the Pittsburg Leader,
which paper prior to the trial had
editorially called for Houses convic-
tion. The motion for a re-trial rested
largely on Nevin's acceptance as Il
juror, it being alleged that his pres
ence in the box tended to prejudice the
defense.
In passing on the points at issue the
Superior court divided four against
three. The opinion by Judge Smith
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-19
SCRANTON, JANUARY 10, 1897.
The Rev. DIR. Arthur T. Pierson is SO

The Rev DIR. Arthur 7. Pierson Is so
well known, as preacher and as an
advocate of Christian missions that 1t
Is needless to urge the citizens OF
Scranton to go to Elm Park church
on Wednesday evening to hear him.
DR.. Pierson acquired his Worldwide
fame when he occupied, for time
the pulpit of Spurgeon in London
There is no clergyman in this country
better posted in the subject OF ms
sions, and there is nobody better quail
fed to give eloquent expression to MS
thought. The facts stated in another
column touching Christian missions are
fun of interest and of instruction.