The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-05-21
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Right in front of the entrance TO the
office of Secretary Long in the navy de-
partment there Is a model of the battle
shjp Maine six feet in length, inclosed
in n glass case. 1t is Il perfect likeness
of the vessel as she appeared when she
went into commission, and her minia-
ture flag Is now displayed at half mast
A rumor was started not long ago
that a sword factory at Chieopee,
Mass, had an order for several thou
sand swords to be furnished the United
States Government Immediately. The
real basis of this wal rumor was the
fact that this company has been hurry
ing up an order for a few scabbards TO
be used by "A secret society.
Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts
has received from Secretary John ID.
Long of the navy department a letter
transmitting a communication from
Colonel Amos Webster, presenting TO
the State of Massachusetts a United
States garrison fiafig, which was given
to Webster by General L. ). Grant
alter lut SuiltluNl AZ APRf
about the middle of April, 1865.
A sect of star worshipers, numbering
only a few thousands, has been diseoy-
cred In the region of the lower
Euphrates and Tigris. The missionary
who describes them says: Their re-
llglon is compounded of Christian,
heather and Jewish elements; the Ian
guage they speak is entirely different
from that of their nelghbors. They are
a moral, peaceful and industrious peo-
pie"
\ petition has been presented to the
Rhode Island Legislature by a number
of clergymen requesting a reduction of
the fees for marriage licenses, which
are larger in that State than In neigh
boring commonwealth. As a result
of this condition of affairs licenses are
obtained and marriages contracted by
many thrifty Rhode Islanders outside
of the State, I the detriment of the
petitioners, whose incomes have been
greatly lessened In consequence of the
practice.
Through persistent experimenting a
process has been discovered by which
glass can be hardened to the consis-
tency of steel, and its first practical ap-
plration Is being given to the manu-
facture of skates. The product has so
many advantages that 1t is certain OF
being a successful competitor of the
steel skates, 1t having already with
stood satisfactorily all the tests 10
which 1t has been submitted. 1t Is of
lower cost, much more durable, lighter
and faster.
There Is soon TO be exhibited In Cleye-
land, Ohio. a remarkable collection of
TRANSACTIONS of the Bible made by
American missionaries and published
at the Expense of the American Bible
Society. These translatlons bear wit
ness to the monumental labors of pa
tlent and studious men. A great num-
Der of them are in languages the very
names of which are almost unknown.
Altogether about 2U0 versions Of the
Bible or parts of 1t have been made
during the last sixty years.
A young Lawrence, Kan. doctor took
his best girl TO the opera not long since.
The curtain was late in rising, and the
young lady complained of feeling faint.
The doctor smiled sweetly upon her,
took something out Of his vest pocket
and whispered to her to keep "the tab
let in her mouth, but not to swallow 1t.
go - - - -. -.
rolled it over and over. but 1t would o
dissolve; she felt better, however. So
when the show was over she slipped
the tablet In her glove, being curious TO
examine at home this tasteless, indls-
| soluble little substance which had given
her such relief In the opera-house.
When alone in her room she pulled off
her glove and out came a-trousers but
ton.