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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12

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The whole of the English edition dc
luxe OF Kipling was bought up IN
twelve days, and the price now stands
at nine guineas.
/ One hundred and fifty thousand
/ copies of Lorna Doone" In its penny
form are to be put on sale in the Lon
/ don bookshops.
Rita" who, ont OF literature, Is Mrs,
Desmond Humphreys, has written a
novel in which the hospital nurse fig
ures. The title of the story is THE
Sinner"
The Academy calls attention to the
fact that George Meredith's first vol
ume of poems appeared in 1851, SO that
his poetical career now extends over
nearly half a century.
THE Bad Chlld's Book of Beasts" is
the taking title to a grotesquely illus
trated book. published by Edward Ar
mold. The pictures are calculated to
hold the child's attention and the vers-
es to point moral or adorn a tale"
Prof. James W. Davidson is nearing
the end of the work upon his 'Dietion-
AIRY of Southern Authors" upon which
he has been engaged for twenty years,
and which will contain over 1000 arti-
cles on literary people belonging to our
Southern States.
Nell Munro Is the author of new
Highland novel called John Splendid
t,b Is III in a,.lyx
The plot is laid in Argyllshire, the au-
thor's native district. and the hero was
a bonnie fighter" in the days when
Montrose and the Duke Of Argyll were
the great figures in Scotland.
The new edition of Walt Whitman's
verse which is soon to come from the
Putnams' press will contain thirteen
poems that did not appear In the edl-
ton prepared by Whitman Just before
his death. He wished these to be col
lectiyely called "Old Age Echoes" and
the last of the group, a Thought of
Columbus" was the final product of
his pen. The edition is TO be in paper
covers, as prescribed by the authors
will.
Miss Braddon has again determined
TO show her skill In the revived his
torical romance, of which her London
Pride" was successful example Her
new story is named I'm High Places"
and deals with the court life of Charles
ii. In France and later In England. 1t
may be mentioned that a sum in four
hgures-pounds sterling-has been paid
for the magazine rights. 1t is the first
serial story TO appear in the Lady's
Realm.
RuskIn's oxford lectures on land
scape. which are now about to be pub
llshed for the first time, group them
selves under three heads. They deal
with outline, with light and shade, and
finally with color 1t used to be said
of Ruskln that he slept with f15,000
worth of Turner'S In his bedroom Some
of these are reproduced In the book.
and 1t will have at least one sketch by
himself. This Is a drawing of the
Gneiss Rock In Gleninlas. done at the
time Mlllais was painting Ruskin's por-
trait.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
Thick Seeding for Fall Grain.

A great many farmers when sowing
rye or wheat, especially II late. add a
half bushel to the seed they would put
In If 1t was sown earlier. This Is good
practice, though the reason often as
signed, that the thicker seeding helps
to keep the plants from winter killing
by putting them close together so that
one can protect another Is a most fall
laclous one. No fall growth of grain,
however large, can keep the soil be-
meath 1t from freezing When the soil
freezes each grain plant has to look
out for itself, and It Is only injured II
1t has another plant beside 1t. cramp-
ing its roots and preventing them from
growing horizontally, as It should in
order TO be better prepared when the
soil heaves and falls back in change
able spring weather. What Is called
winter killing of grain is really spring
killing when there are several days of
freezing nights and sunshine during
the day time, thawlng the surface. A
large fall growth Is some protection
against this, but 1t Is better protection
II the grain has been sown thlnly, so
that each plant has room to spread.
Late-sown grain cannot spread or tlller
in the fall. Hence 1t may be sown
more thlckly,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
Making an Asparagus Bed.

Asparagus root may be planted In
spring or fall, provided the ground Ia
moderately dry; otherwise, It Is better
TO plant In the spring The land muss
be well prepared, and can hardly be
too rich. Good. strong one-year-old
plants are by many preferred to older
ones For garden culture the rows
should be not less than three feet apart
and the roots planted two feet apart
In the rows. In field culture. where
horse cultivation Is praetleed, three to
four feet of space Is given each way.
The easiest way Of planting Is TO
make burrows with the pillow ten or
twelve inches deep. Level and mellow
the bottom of these, and II the ground
Is not already very rich. spade In some
decomposed manure, filling up the
trenches so that the bottom Is about
six inches below the surface Of tho
land. Plant the roots in these. covering
them with three inches Of SOIL and as
the shoots grow ill In the trench grad
ually until II Is level. The ground Is TO
be kept mellow and clear of weeds
throughout the season. After two
years few stalks may he cut of each
year, but full crop should not be cut
before the third year.-Amerlcan Ag.
riculturist.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
A Sure Rough on Rats.

Rabbits, gophers, prairie dogs, mice
and rats have been killed by catching
one Of the animals and inoculating it
with virus prepared especially for
this purpose. Release the animal and
II will spread contaglon among all the
rats on the place, often resulting In
clearing farm. This virus can be OBJ
tanned from large drug stores, and Is
good for use from ten to thirteen days
after It has been put mp. If the animal
cannot be caught TO be inoculated, the
virus may be mixed with fool and fed
to the rats, when It VIII take effect In
the same way. The advantage of this
virus Is that while it is death to ro-
dents, II does not affect domestic ami
mails or human beings. In this is has a
great advantage over strychnIne.
Rough on Rats, etc.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
SIGHTSEEING IN LONDON.
Chicago Girl Notes that English
Women Have Large Feet.

w Ou1Ch
Under these circumstances we took
our first drive down Piccadllly. and Eu-
rope to me dates from that moment"
writes Miss Lillian Bell from London. 10
the Ladies' Home Journal. THE ship,
the landing. the custom house, the
train, the hotel-all these were mere
prelimlnarles to Europe, which began
then. People told me in America how
my heart would swell at this, and how
| would thrill at that, but It was not
so. My first real thrill came on me in
Piccadilly. 1t went all over me in lit
tie shlvers and came out at the ends of
my fingers, and then began once more
at the base of my brain and did 1t all
over again.
II remember nothing definite about
that first drive. ], for my part, saw
with unseeing eyes. My sister had seen
It all before, so she had the power of
speech. Occasionally she prodded me
and cried, Look, oh, look quickly
But ! never swerved. 4 can't look II
do | shall miss something. You at
lthu W gOuI ONIi NluuOW anu ii ut
tend to mine. Coming back | will see
your side
when we got beyond the shops
said to the cabman:
Do you know exactly the wa, you
have Gomez
Yes, miss he said.
Then go back precisely the same
way
Have you lost something. miss?
he inquired.
Yes. ! said, 4 have lost an impress
sion, and must look till | find It,
I'VE did II all over again that after
noon, and that second time was able
In measure to detach myself from
the hum and buzz, and the dlzzylng
effect Of foreign faces, and | began to
locate impressions. My first distinct
recollections are Of the great numbers
OF high hats on the men, the ill-hang-
Ing skirts and big feet OF the women.
the unstesdying effect of all those thou
sands of rabs, carriages and carts all
going TO the left, which kept me CON
stantly wishing to shrek out, Go to
the right or wen be killed. the nbso-
lutely perfect manner In which traffic
was managed. and the majestic author
Wy OF the London police"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
Leading Fnwla In Winter.

One of the reasons why hens do not
lay In cold weather is because they then
get their food with too little exercise.
During the summer the fowls are
obliged mostly to care for themselves.
They get great variety of food, eating
slowly and taking much exercise while
they are filing up. In the winter they
have only one or two kinds OF food.
usually grain, and this is put In a mass
before them SO they can ill themselves
at once. Then the fowls stand idly by
while the food dgests. This would be
jast what Is wanted II the fowls were
10 be fattened. In fact, the hens thus
fed do fatten and thus become unfit to
lay. If any eggs are formed they are
apt to be with thin shells, the result of
tattening and lack OF exercise. Give
the hens only small grain. oats or
wheat, or better still, mixture Of both.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12

If. in digging into an old sod, many
of the white grubs or cutworms are
found, 1t Is best to fall pillow the piece
as late as possible. SO that the cut
worms will not be able to find new and
secure hiding places. Under a heavy
sod the soil often does not freeze deep
ly, and It is always possible for the
worm to find quarters where it will be
dry during the winter All kinds OF
worms and insect pests are easily Kill.
ed by exposure to frost preceded by
water. A dry freeze does not hurt
them; but when wet and cold come to-
gether they succumb. Besides. the up.
turning In the fall exposes the cut.
worms TO their natural enemies, the
winter birds. which destroy great
numbers of them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
Milk as Food on the Farm.

To every city resident one OF the ad.
vantages of living In the country Is
that those living there can easily Sc
cure fresh and pure milk directly from
the COW. II Is most valuable food
product, whether used directly as milk
or cooked in custards and cakes, In the
various ways that milk and cream can
be used. Probably most housewives
who have lived in the country find
when they remove 10 the city that tho
absence OF the best milk and cream
which they used to have In abundance
was stronger handicap than anything
else. At the wholesale prices that are
all that milk producers can get for
milk. II Is "A much cheaper food than
any other that comes TO their tables II
farmers ate more Of their milk product
they would be better off physically, as
well as financially. What they then
sold would probably bring as much az
does the larger portion that they sell
now
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
PUZZLES THE uNINITlATEo.
FERNS Used In Designating the Diferg
ent ciasses ok RusaIis7t. 3


ent ciasses okRusalisst. 8
Pugillstic titles continue 10 mystifg
those who take an interest In boxing.
Weight Is the Question Which tsauses
all the argumenf~ Formerly when q
match was made the conditions were
provided that the contestants would
give or take two pounds as that was
not considered an undue advantage for
either man. Noadays when two box
err arrange a match they stipulate
That each shall weigh a certain num-
Der Of pounds at certain hour, and
the man who exceeds the weight
agreed on usually forfeits "A snug sum.
Frequently the man who Is at weight
declines to go on with one who ex-
ceeds the stipulated. and Shylock
never haggled more over a pound of
aesA than two modern boxers trying to
hkke II match AT times. when
boxer thinks he has an easy PROPOSE.
ton. he will coneede pounds without a
nsfEp,Ar, bue when his prospective OPP
4OriehtAss dangerous man the scales
are scrutlnized for Unauthorized
ounces.
Some years ago the divisions be-
tweep-the boxers were marked by the
serhs BANTAM, feather weight, light
weight, 7welter weight. middle weight
1nd hkaSy weight. Heavy weights
were. men at las pounds or over; mid
dles ff2 70 fs3; weller. 1873 to 142; light
10 TO 1873; feather, not exceeding 100;
bantams, 105 TO lis. Those limits are
nov unrecognlzed. Every boxer in
sists on sparrlng at the particular
weight at which he can do his best
work, and the managers scheme TO
secure weight conditions calculated TO
embarrass an opponent. There are
men who style themselves champions
asneartz every weight from los to 15S
pounds In the heavy weight division
weight cuts no figure. as any man
weighing l5S pounds or over is in that
class. Fitzsimmons conceded a dozen
pounds 10 Corbett and the latter gave
that much tolsuilivan. Caspar Leo
claim 10 the fO5-pound championship
{; s; 1S:::;i: Z E s' %: *; (:
bantam champion of America. How
GA4fes&kbaiSk hvIs admits that
kaIfy eAAhSh bog much below los
pounds. although at one time he got
down TO 1O2 pounds. Therefore, as
Leen>caA eetSinso .4shs~ ring at 105
pounds and Barry cannot, the former
4ras a technical claim TO the 105-pound
championship. At II same time,
HTyITUkf Trll nfa contest ., the
q 8ndmidhs9pPqy York rels
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
Fan Care of the Garden.

II the garden is thoroughly under.
drained. as II always ought TO be, IL
should be fall plowed in ridges and
the surface left rough SO as to expose
the soil as much as possible from freez.
ing. This is the more necessary be.
cause the garden is always a sheltered
spot, where snow lies much Of the win.
ter. so that there are few times when
the soil freezes very deeply. The gar
den Is always the richest spot on the
farm, II often Is what the Scotch farm.
ers call "much hidden or heavy with
manure. II needs the winters freez'
ing TO tighten the soil and make its fer
tility available,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
Large Artichoke Crop.

Byron c. Crane. OF Bridgeport, Yer
mont, Is a prosperous farmer, and the
flrst to Introduce French artlchokes as
a crop in his section. lie has one and
one-half acres Of artichokes. The 10
liage Is more than ten feet high, and
covers the ground densely, killing eY-
cry weed They were planted twelve
inches apart In rows three and one
half feet apart. He thinks he will get
ut least 900 bushels OF the roots to the
acre. He raised a small amount of this
crop last year. and found that cattle
ate the foliage with relish. and hogs
ate the roots In preference TO corn. An
alysls shows them 10 be better as
feed than any other root which we
raise In this country. This crop was
raised with less work than corn, on
land that has produced two crops Of
potatoes and one OF corn, this being the
fourth crop since any fertilizer was ap-
piled. II Is not affected by frost.-New
England Farmer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
A WILD STEER.
He Effected a General Demoraiiza ton
| of Industry for the Time Being.

I s Z /
He Effected a General Demoraiiza lion
II I of Industry for the Time Being.
The performance OF the proyerbial
bull In the china shop is well known.
bat the other day In st. Louis one OF
the bovine kind got loose on the leyee
and before 1t was finally coralled 1t
severely injured Charles Tanary and
stopped all work at the Belt railway
shops The animal became detached
! from, a drove which was being driven
to the National stock yards by way OF
the upper ferry The cowboys did all
nghei7lYYYfr "a lf7so1 thfistesr' but
dld2nokl aUsbi lUrkn aewn among the
cars and afterward headed for the
Depglas lschogl. where the children
seiidd ahd SER amea fof assistance 1t
WIS then In fairly open roadway, and
three Ifirst-class drivers with two train
ed dogs attempted to head the animal
of. and drive 1t back to the herd This
resulted in a chase down the levee
front and all the teamsters pulled ont
and gave the steer as much Of the road
as 1t wanted. ~ f-H+
In. passing the Belt line shops the
animal suddenly darted through an
opening and into the place Several
men are employed there and consterna-
ton became general at the sudden ap-
pearance of the unwelcome visitor. A
couple of workmen ran at the steer
with hot bars Of iron and soon retreat
ed in the best order possible under the
circuh:rancess Fhe steer, had absolute
possession of the place ! for several
minutes and jumped and-spofted about
as though it was delighted with the
4ifrbtnhihgsf A. workman finally
Mhtefi DOWN frdh.a window and bold
~ started after the Infatuated beast,
pbutWvas caught before he could reach
another place OF safety and hurled high
In .ts-alrtbt Steer llArhs. He@ass
thrown into such position, however,
!. that the beast could not again attack
him. The animal had stopped all work
in the shop, and apparently he was not
ID saiisfe4 k4ithI ris aehieysmdt4, |
bdt a hifufel lhtf iby gtcide3tj fua
ceeded inistbpplng the maehiher!.i IhA
passing the big fiywheel he slipped IN
70 the pit, in,whch the wheel was re-
tolfing lfiik body acted as, a. brake
and btoukRtl all the machinery 70 a
standstill. The animal was then in
trapand the drivers and shop workmen
BstSfio time in securing 1t with strong
"opes.-Chicago Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
Experiments with Forage Crops.

Experiments with Forage Crops.
At the Michigan experiment station
number of experiments have been
made with forage crops that are very
interesting. A plot OF alfalfa yielded
nearly nine tons of hay per acre for the
season from four cuttings, the first cut.
ting being made on May and the last
on Sept %. Half-acre plots Of Dent
corn, Kafiir corn and sorghum produced
of Dent corn 1884 pounds OF green
fodder, II $50 pounds OF Kaffir corn
fodder and 1888 pounds OF sorghum
fodder. Crimson clover sown with
oats and cut for green food on Oct. %
and Nov. IL yielded 5,134 pounds of for
nge on half-acre plot, and plot sown
without oats yielded 1870 pounds when
cut on June "a. The fiat pea produced
23.99T pounds of green fodder per acre,
but 1t was not as palatable to stock as
green clover or alfalfa.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12

oats only ARE not heavy enough food
for fowls In cold weather. The chaff
of oats fills their crops so that they can
not get enough nutrition. Then II this
grain is buried in n mass of cut straw
and the hens are obliged to scratch for
a living. as they do in summer. instead
of being moplng and dull, their lively
lrating will be heard all through the
day, their combs will become red, and
If kept warmly enough they will lay S
regularly as they did in the summer
season.-Amerlcan Cultlyator.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
D,ar Smiths Triumph.

At the battle of San Jacinto. when
Santa Ana's forces had routed Hous.
toms left wing, deaf Colonel by the
name of Smith did not hear the order
TO fall back and kept on fighting until
his example and success on the right
wing caused general rally, which re-
suited in the total defeat and capture
of the Mexican army. There is a coun
ty In Texas named Deaf Smith in hon.
or of the hero.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
Bread for Old Women.

From time beyond the memory of the
eldest inhabitant Of Portsmouth, \. H.,
there has been distributed from old st.
Johns Church every Sunday twelve
loayes Of bread to twelve old women In
accordance with the terms of one The
odore Eccleston's last VIII and tesla
ment. Because of the gift by will the
church is still heated with wood fires.
Few, If any, churches In America are
more interesting. historically, than this.
The founding Of the parish dates from
1898, but the present edifce Is modern.
II was built in 1906, and the good man
who preached the dedication sermon
described 1t as work of stupendous
magnitude. 1t Is not, however, the
building which attracts US. but Its be-
longlngs. Here we see the old prayer
book with the prayer for the President
pasted over that for the king, the win
egar" Bible, of which only forty copies
were printed and but five of which are
in the United States. The bell which
calls the parish to prayers is a capture
from Loulsburg, and although twice re-
east. once by Paul Revere, since its
voice was heard in Its foreign home, 1t
Is yet the same old bell. An armchair
which stands behind the altar rail was
Il gift from Queen Caroline, but is now
known as the Washington chair, hav-
ing been occupied by the first Presi-
dent of the United States. Admiral
tarragut was buried from ST. Johns,
and the reading table is made of wood
from his flagship. A strange bit of
treasure trove is the heavy porphyry
font captured by the English from the
french off the coast of Africa.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
THEIR GRANoEST CHURCH.
The Universalists TO Erect Magnifi
cent Structure In New York.

The corner stone Of the Uniyersallst
Church of the Divine Paternity. New
York, was laid recently. This strnc-
ture will be the grandest yet reared by
Unlversalists in the United States and
will cost S350,000. The memorial win
dows and the organ which cost $4,000,
the gift of Andrew Carnegie. will bring
the total up 10 $425,000. II will seat
i 900 persons. The parish house Will
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12

contain several rooms and viii be really
u Sunday school club house. The mem
bershlp of the congregation Is 500. A
fashioned by St. Gaudens,
IN bronze, of Rev. DR.. f. II. Chaplin, for
thirty-three years pastor of the church.
will be placed In the chancel. Rev. DR..
Charles II. Eaton is pastor of the
church, which Is one of the most influ.
rntial In New York.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
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a sleeping car The porter came to
brush the dust off him and work him
for the customary quarter. There were
but few passengers, George reflected
on the fact that Pullman paid lis poor
black hireling little or naught. and re.
lied on their ability to brush and gouee
the pnblic Instead. and determined 10
give lhip all the change be. found In his
'lpotiet4l HeNthought there might be
about 60 cents, but there actually was
50 in quarters, halves and dimes He
gate 1t alrfo the darby, wlio-Aropped
his broom and stared at the tip and
then AT George. This ali 70 me. boss?'
he gasped,3 IFS all for YOU replied
.George. The, darky. looked at the, little,
rusty. modest man and again at his
lfindful Of silver tWowl' he eja6ulat
ed. ITS true as de good book puts It.
You peyah cain tell how fab toad kin
33pRE yell t6d, sees bin hobk tsaI
Francisco Wave. y I
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
WorId's Largest Fruit Form

What Is said to be the largest fruIl
farm In the world is at Olden, Mo-, Oh
the Memphis Railway. 1t contains
2,2s0 acres, on which are 100000 peach
trees, 00,000 apple trees, 1000 pear
trees aud forty acres OF blackbrrrle4,
besides large variety of other fruits.
There Is large warehouse, cannery,
with capacity for 10000 cans per
day; storage building, which will hold
$1,000 barrels of apples; a hotel saw.
mill and number of houses for the
Use of managers and tenants. The
farm Is valued at $3.50, 900 to 1906. 900.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12

A Western poultry paper recently
published an article on poultry aid
cause OF death among same. by III,
vestlgatlon II was proved that 30 per
cent. Of the chickens that die lose their
life In consequence OF the rayages OF
lice, either directly or indirectly; that
laying hen covered with lice becomes
80 debilitated that her chickens are not
so strong as those from hens free OF
lice. II is the lice worrying and suck
ing the life blood from the fowl that
weakens It so that 1t Is not strong
enough to resist disease In any form
and soon slckens and dies. The first
cause In nearly every case Is lice. So
when you find an alling fowl look for
lice