The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-27
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four miles by an organized system Of
whistling.
Since 1887 fourteen United States
Senators have died In office and twelve
after leaving 1t. 1t Is the heaviest NOR.
tality in the records. of the Senate
In experimenting with liquid air II
is found that the intense cold produces
almost the Identical effects In dlssoly.
ing metals that would be produced by
intense heat.
A Dutch paper OF recent date con
tained an advertisement offering a re
ward for the dead body OF suicide. OF
whom the following description .waa
given: Age. about 40. Height. . feet
Inches Speaks the dialect Of Gelder
land"
A congress OF diplomatic history will
he held In Holland soon after Queen
Wilhelmlna's coronation. IL Will mark
the two hundred and fiftieth annis'er
sary of the peace of Westphalla and
the beginnings of international law"
A number of towns in Eastern Penn
sylvania are turning from the iron In
dustry. where there is too much com
petition. TO the revival OF older trades
The cultivation Of the silk worm Is ene
OF the industries which Is reyiylng as
result.
An attempt TO cross the Alps 10 q
balloon, starting from the Italian side
will be made next summer The lnten
tion is to keep at a height OF 1900 feet
as long as possible. and TO take photo
graphic Views and make scientific oh
servations during the passage.
The Democrats of Georgia are 20
hold two State conventions this year
one in June to nominate candidates for
the State Offices and one ia July to Sc
lect three candidates for justices OF
the Supreme Court. The separation OF
the judicial convention from the other
was made at the urgent request OF
many lawyers of the State.
Nickel Is n modern metal IL was
not In use nor known TIL lT15. II has
now largely taken the place of silver
In plated ware. and as an alloy with
steel IL Is superior 10 any other metal,
for 1t Is not only noncorrodible itself.
but 1t transfers the same quality 10
steel; even when combined as low As
per cent. II prevents oxidation.
The government statist OF the colony
OF Victoria estimates the population OF
the Australian colonies Mt the end OF
A 10 Of
1891 was taken the number was given
at 1905, S95. so that there has been an
increase since them OF 15.f5 per cent.
The Increase per cent In Victoria was
3.14, In New South Wales 1858. In
South Australia 1929 and In Western
Australia 225.23.
The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church Rev. DIR. Hall-heads the list
OF Presbyterian bodies In New York Ia
the matter of receipts. Last year, IN
spite of rumbllngs and mniterlngs, the
cash received amounted 10 $1O6,O0O
The next on the list In the amount
of its receipts was the Brick Presby
terlan. Rev. DIR. Van Dyke. $4,000
the Madison Square, Rev. DR.. Park
hurst, coming next, with $4,000.
Owing to the prejudice Of the Chi
nese against railroads. great difficulty
has been experienced In the laying OF
the line between Pekin aud Iankow.
The route Is very clrcultons, aud the
surveyors spent several months In To-
eating and driving the necessary
atakae Whom they attemuted 10 go
over the line second time for the pur-
pose OF making certain changes they
found that every one OF the stakes
had been carefully removed and every
other landmark obliterated. The gov
ernor OF the province thereupon issued
an edict prohibiting further hterfer.
ence with the surveyors under penalty
OF death, and two-thirds of the work
had to be done over again.