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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
Laughed Away the Danger.

Ben Gable of Illinois tells of an ex.
%perience of his in midocean. The day
was foggy, and most of the passengers
we're below listening to two evangelists
who were holding a particularly fervid
gospel meeting in the saloon. Suddenly
and without the slightest warning there
was a terrific crash and the engines
stopped. Every one rushed on deck.
The steamer had run into an iceberg.
Nobody knew what damage had been
done, and everybody was ready to fly
into a panic. The boats were lowered,
and then for the first time the two evan
gelists, who had been forgotten in the
saloon, appeared on deck. They wore
their overcoats and their hats and they
carried rugs and handbags. They elbow
ed their way rndely to the rail, with
the evident intent of securing for them
selves first places in the boat. 1t was
lust at a time when q breath would have
sent the passengers panic stricken into
the boats.
The sight OF the two evangelists was
about to undo the work of cool headed
officers, when a pert little cookney step
ped up to the gentlemen with the rugs
and handbags.
beg pardon, said. he, tipping his
cap, q" ave II cab, siry'
And in the general laugh the danger
Of panic was averted. - washington
Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
Faithful Unto Death.

On the point of courage we have not
yet seen in print a very notable instance
that is current in service circles. 1t re-
lates to one of the numerous heroic but
useless struggles on the northwest from
tier of India when our men were sent
forward to carry positions that had to
be relinquished as o o as occupied.
When the men were retiring, harassed
by the fire Of the hillsmen and bewil-
dered by the growing darkness. a party
of 10 went astray and found themselves
in a position where resistance and re-
treat were alike hopeless. They were
exposed without protection and We're
shot down one by one.
When their comrades retook the val
ley and discovered the bodies, they dis
covered also the evidences of a rare act
of couragei devotion and cool Judgment.
Knowing that their end had come, and,
knowing further that every Lee-Metford
rife that fell into the hands of the At
ridis meant the loss of many English
lives, the men had extracted the breech
locks from the rifles and hurled them
down the ~ravine, so that the rifles when
taken should be useless to their captors.
London Saturday Review.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
The Narur and the Fiddle.

Here is a story that the late Freder-
lex Douglass used 10 tell about himself,
says the Buffalo Express. Once when
he was in Dublin he felt very lonesome.
He was wandering abous the streets
when he was attracted by two violins
in the window of a secondhand dealer.
Frederick entered aud asked the price
of one of the instruments.
Five s~hillings, sor, +" said the Irish
dealer.
Frederick tuned the violin and began
to play Rocky Road to Dublin" Soon
the proprietor's wife heard the music
and entered the rear door. Then Fred
erick started in on The Irish Washer
woman, and the couple began to dance
for dear life. When the music and
dancing stopped, Frederick rendered the
dealer 3 shillings, but his performance
ON the violin had greatly enhanced its
value in the mind of the ~storekeeper,
and as he hurried away to a place of
security he exclaimed:
"If a black nagur can git SIGH chunes
out of that fiddle, I'll never sell it ut
any price, begorrahi p
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

painful urination we're frequent, and
my hearts action became increased. |
left my farm and retired to city life,
for | was a confirmed invalid, and the
doctors said | would never be well
again.
"Soon after ] happened to use four
boxes of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People and since then | have been
free from all pain, headache and dys-
pepsia. | eat heartily and have no
appetite for strong drink or tea or
coffee, and feel twenty years younger.
my weight has increased 48 pounds.
| cannot say too much for DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills and claim that they
have cured me. John b. Cook"
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this sixteenth day Of February, 1897.
A. =. Barker, Notary Public.
To people run down in health from
whatever cause-drink or disease-the
above interview will be of interest.
The truth OF it is undoubted, as the
statement is sworn to, and we repro
duce the oath here. For any further
facts concerning this medicine write
to Dir. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The name and address of the subject
OF above interview is John b. Cook, OF
POS SOUTH 9TH Street, Lyon, Iowa.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
A Gnnd Wood Polish.

In these days of interpreted floors and
Persian rugs a good wood polish is al
Ways welcome. A polish that halls from
japan is said to be very fine for furni-
ture as well as floors. 1t consists of
one pint each of linseed oil and cold,
strong tea, the whites of two eggs and
two ounces of spirits of salts. These
several ingredients to be mixed thor
oughly together and poured into "A bot
tie. which should be well shaken before
the polish. is used. A few drops are
poured upon n rubbing pad of soft silk
and the wood rubbed with it. being af-
terYard polished with an old silk hand
kerchief. The process is a tedious and
fatlguing one for the cleaner, but its
effect surpasses that of any easier and
quicker method.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
DYNAMITE GUNS.


Work Them.
Dynamite guns, such as are used upon
the Nesuyius, are operated upon an en-
tirely different principle from the ordi-
nary powder guns. They have engines
and boilers and air eompressors and
coolers and all sorts of intricate ma
chinery in a house not far away, by
which the projectiles are fired. The
dynamite or gun cotton OF explosive
gelatin or whatever the explosive ma
terial may be is contained in the pro.
j%ectile only. This projectile is called an
aerial torpedo" by the manufacturers
and is exploded by means of n fuse
similar to any powder guns.
Dynamite or any other high explosive
cannot be used in an ordinary cannon,
because the powder would explode the
dynamite before it left the gun, there
fore the system of using compressed air
came into vogue as the only method of
throwing dynamite to any distance. The
air is compressed and passed along
through various tubes before reaching
the gun and is used at about 1000
pounds pressure to the square inch,
which is much less than the power of
powder. Dynamite will be exploded at
about 1000 pounds pressure to the
square inch. These guns are enormous
affairs, smoothbore, 90 feet in length,
made of the best iron. in three sections,
Hanged and bolted together and support
ed ON a steel carriage. The carriage is
mounted upon a steel racing ring, so
called, and the system of handling is by
means of an electric motor. As these
guns are covered by a large number of
patents they are very expensive, costing
the government many thousands of dol
lars each. Fifteen men in relays are
required to work them.
The gunner stands upon a platform
on the left side of the carriage, uses "a
fine telescope sight, and when all is
ready be pulls a lever which allows the
compressed air to enter the gun, and
the discharge takes place. These guns
are all loaded at the breeoh, and the
projectile is handled by a separate car
riage. The projeetile is about 10 feet in
length for the ID inch gun, and when
charged with 500 pounds of dynamite
or gun cotton weighs fully 1000
pounds. 1t is a steel tube composed of
walls three-si xteenths of an inch thick
and has a spiral yane at the rear. The
fuse is a foot in length and weighs 20
pounds. This fuse contains two pounds
aud "a half of dry gun cotton and a few
grains of illuminate of mercury as n de-
tonator. IL is set to explode at impact
or as the gunner may desire as to time.
-Leslie's Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

The common idea as to the path of
the earth Seing fixed in space" is tax
en- exception to by astronomers on the
ground that there are few if any things
in the domain of astronomy hal can
really be called fixed space, that fact
being that unceasing changes are going
on, though these changes are generally
SO slow as to escape the notice of a su-
perfieial observer, but are fortunately
periodic, so that they fall within the
possibility of computation. Thus the
earth's path is not fixed, since the
ecliptio undergoes a very slow change.
SO that, while at present it is a few sec
onds more than 20 degrees 81 minutes,
in about 10. 900 years, astronomers cal
~culate, it will be reduced to % degrees
10 minutes, after which it will begin to
increase again, a change so slow and
within such narrow limits that it can
produce no sensible alteration IL the
seasons. Kansas City Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
A Wonderful Time pIyidsr.

The new pendulum chronoscope is
said to be the most wonderful timing
instrument in the world. 1t measures
accurately down to the one-thousandth
part of a second. 1t can be used with
the quickness of a stop watch. and nei-
ther electrician nor mathematician is
needed to operate the instrument, which
is mechanical. with simple electrical
attachments. The speed of a annon
ball can be determined by the new
timer, and itowill tell the. lapse of time
between the firing of a revolver and the
starting of a runner, or determine how
long it takes a boxer to deliver a blow.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
OH, WOULD WERE A BOY AGAIN.

Oh, would l were a boy again,
When life seemed formed of sunny
years,
And all the heart then knew of pain,
Was wept away in transient tears,
When every tale hope whispered then,
My fancy deemed was only truth,
Oh, would that | could know again,
The happy visions of my youth.
IT'S vain to mourn that years have shown,
How false these fairy visions were,
Or murmur that mine eyes nave known,
The burden of a %heeting tear;
But still the heart will fondly cling
To hopes no longer priced as truth,
And memory still delights TO bring
The happy visions Of my YOUTH
Mark Lemon.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
TRANSPOSlTION.
It ManEled the 'salutatiOn. but the King
Controlled His Face.

Controlled His Face.
An American who years ago served
as our minister to Spain was fond Of
telling the following joke upon himself:
Shortly after he had become settled
in his new home he was hidden to a
state ceremonial. where he was to be
presented to the king. His knowledge
of languages was limited to English
and French, and being DESTROYS of ad-
dressing the sovereign i'll his W tongue
he took pains to coach" for the occa-
sion. Several phrases were rehearsed
until he felt that he had mastered them.
When the critical moment arrived, he
saluted the king with great dignity,
spoke a few words in Spanish and pass
ed on.
"What did you say?" asked an Eng
lish gentleman.
II spoke in Spanish, was the rejoin-
der. Il said, i cast myself at your
feet, which | am told is the most re-
spectful form of salutation.
"Ah, no, corrected a Spaniard, who
had been observed to smile at the en-
bassador's greeting. "You are mistak-
en-. You transposed your words. and
quite altered the meaning"
What did l say?' asked the diplo-
mat.
With a twinkle in his eye the Span
lard made answer, What you really
said was, 4 throw my heels at your
head. >"
But the king had not betrayed by so
much as the huttering of an eyelid that
anything unusual had occurred. -Har-
per's Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

But" said the inQuisitiye bachelor
after tbs baby had been carefully
placed IN his arms. where does she get
her blue eyes? Yours are dark and so
ara her papa's.n
"Oh," the fond young mother ex-
planned. ''sbe inherits them from my
side OF the family. My brother Wits
wife has just such eyes exactly -
Cleveland Leader.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

While some Swiss militiamen were
resting from their drill one of the men
stepped from the ranks to light his
cigar from that of the officer. The lat
ter took this evidence of the spirit OF
freedom" in good part, but said. lin
the Prussian army you could not have
done this. John
Right you are, was the prompt re-
ply, but in the Prussian army you
could not be an officer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
TRY sOhllinE's Best tea and baking powder.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that Is by c%onstitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets intamed
you have n rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when 1t is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the can be
taken out and this tube restored TO its normal
condition, hearing Will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catAfrh,
which is nothing but an intiamed condition oil
the mucous surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh cure. Send for cir
eulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

Or. Evans, n witty member of the
parliament at Melbourne, was an old
man, and the other members jokingly
spoke of him as belonging to the era of
Queen Anne.
Once, while making a speech, he re-
ferred to Queen Anne and was greeted
with cries of did you know her?''
"What was she like"
Eyes, sir, retorted the doctor, 81
did know her. The scholar is contem-
porary with all time.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
Birds, Vision.

In birds the organ of sight is highly
developed. British naturalists declare
that the kestrel is possessed of snch
wonderful powers of sight that 1t is
able to see a nous when ii is itself at
such height in the air that 1t is inylsl.
BILE to the naked human eye.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
Red PIpestone Quarry.

Every one familiar with Longfel-
lows "Hiawatha" remembers the refer
ences to the famous red pipestone quar-
ry, which is situated at the extreme
eastern boundary of South Dakota.
This is the only quarry of the kind
known to exist on the American CONT
nent.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
NO WOMAN Is EXEMPT.

Regularity is a matter of Importance
In every woman's life. Much pain Is,
however, endured in the belief that 1t
Is necessary and not alarming. when
In truth it Is all wrong and indicates
arrangement that may cause serious
trouble.
Excessive monthly pain itself will
unsettle the nerves and make women
old before their time.
The foundation of woman's health Is
a perfectly normal and regular per-
Torrance of natures function. The
statement we print from Miss GER
TRUDE SKIES, of Eldred, Pa, is echoed
in every city, town and hamlet In this
country. Read what she says:
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I feel like q
new person since following your ad-
vice, and think 1t is my duty to let the
public know the good your remedies
! have done me. My troubles were pain
full menstruation and leucorrhea l
was nervous and had spells of being
confused. Before using your remedies
never had any faith in patent medi-
cines. | now wish to say that never
had anything do me so much good for
painful menstruation as Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. also would
say that your Sanatiye Wash has cured
me of leucorrhea. | hope these few
words may help suffering women"
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
ence In treating female Ills Is unparal-
leled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs, Lydia e. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department OF
her great business. treating by letter
as many as a hundred thousand ailing
women during a single year
All suffering ome are Invited TO
write freely to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn.
Mass, for advice about their health.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
THE BURGLAR AND
THE PUBLIC HOUSE.

FIN L public
house." said
Blaneo Watson,
the humorist.
Yes" re-
piled, looking at
the building we
We're approach
ing ut a
strange position
away from the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
old Oceans Depths.

The greatest depth known is six
miles, this distance having been reached
In the Pacific Ocean.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
Gained FOrty-eiSht Pounds.

81 had a strong appetite for liquor
which was the beginning Of the break
ing down of my health. was also a
slave to tea and coffee drinking. /
took the gold cure, but it did not help
me-
This is a portion OF an interview
clipped from the Daily Herald, of Clin-
ton, Iowa. 1t might well be taken
for the subject OF a temperance lecture.
but that is not our object in publish
ing it. 1t is to show how a system,
run down by drink aad disease, may
be restored. We cannot do better than
quote further from the same:
For years | was unable to do my
work. | could not sleep nights or rest
days on account Of continuous pains
in my stomach and back. I was unable
to digest my food. Headaches and
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

A mule has one advantage: everyone
is afraid of a mule, and no M Jokes"
with him
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

rlYe Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
lilo AFTER first days use Of Dr. Kline 5 Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for fHkk 81. 90 trial bot
tie and treatise. DR. II. II. KLINE Ltd, $50 Arch
IT,, Philadelphia, Pa.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

believe Piso's Cure is the only medioin.
that will cure consumption. Anna Me
Ross, Williamsport, Pa Nov. H. '95.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

Send for Free Circular showing how to get
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

Judge-"You robbed your beneiactor in a
most shameful way. DO YOU feel no com
FUNCTIONS of consciencefp Prisoner Before
answering, sir, | would like to consult my
as.uaa
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22

The Retreat-"I see - said the elderly boarder,
that the paper says the foe retreated doggedly,
! wonder what sort of retreat that was2" Pre-
sumably," said the Cheerful Idiot, " they took
TO their Darks."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
THE BIGGEST BICYCLE IN THE
WORLD.

A German has just completed a bicycle that
has one wheel nine feet IA diameter. Two
people ride it-one on each side of the monster
wheel. 1t runs as easily ~ "A smaller bicycle
because of its scientific construction. The
scientific formula OF HOsletters stomach Bit
tiers il the reason OF its great virtues in making
the weak strong, and In curing most Of the
everyday ailments of men and women. II
your health is poor, try q bottle.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-01-09

Baggaeemastef Nichols whom we
mentioned as being arrested In
st. Louis for smuggling cigars from
Mexico came In last night, having
made a bond Of leOO The other
mau implicated wac lot out oa 1900
ball
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-01-09
THE NEED OF THE HOUR.
Texarkana Should Havea Public Hos
pital for Its Indlgent Poor,

Meeting Mayor Hardin yesterday
he stopped us and asked il we would
work in harness through the paper,
in advocating the building OF a
city hospital He pointed out the
fact that daily he had applications
from both home people and trans
tents, for help and medicine, that
he himself, contributed from his
own pocket some $500 each month
in relieving distress, and he thought
that some organized measures
should be taken to build home for
the unfortunate, He thought
money could be raised and build
ing erected that would shelter the
ones who fell by the way-sidc, at a
very small cost to start with, and
that the good ladies about the
town could send in soup and nourish'
ment to feed the sick,
He would like to meet thegentle-
men and ladies of the city who are
phylanthropicaly enclined and
formulate some plan looking to the
erection Of such building,
We hope some society or club
will take this subject up and work
to make the hospital success,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-01-09

one Of our society matfons has
planned a stag party for an even
Ing's diversion next month, aud she
tells the reporter that there will be-
only one lady present, aud that
one will be her owu sweet dear self
and she expects 10 be the "llelle OF
the Ball If the reporter gets Inc
yited he will put on his best 'you
can't lose mo Charlie suit aud pay
homage AZ the lady'a court. Don't
ask ne who The lady Ia, but keep
your eye skinned for an invitation
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-01-09

There has been no EFFORT made TO
nnd out who shot the tramp At the
slab pile on Thursday night and
perhaps there never will DC II
there we're slx or seven men IN the
crowd as the wounded man told 10
there we're, II looks IN II an en'
query lato the matter would reveal
who was the guilty one that fired
the shot. The nan should be look.
ed up and punished This shooting
down an unfortunate man, he'
cause he h unfortunate h q
eowardly bastard deed aud we hope
our peace oiieefs who are chosen
to guard our interest will show
some concern le investigating this
shooting.