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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-23

Larry Mulligan has returned from 9
trip to California.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-23

A.. L. e. Gordon came up from Dee,
Lodge yesterday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-23

Riders all say the Thistle is a winner
Wright sells them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19

Il made most of my money by hard
knocks" declared the old resident who
has no financial troubles even in these
dubious times, but once mad ). g me
very easy money, just when was sore
ly in need of 1t.
Il had managed 10 buy little stretch
of lake shore. with the idea of disposing
Of it as a summer resort. No one was
looking for that kind of an investment,
and had a dead duck on my hands.
happened down there just at the break
ing up of winter, when | had nothing
else to do and no money to do ii with ii
| had. There was big raft of logs
tied up mt my beach, and it had been
there since the late fall; ut least, that
is the view took of the situation. 1t
was bold violation of private rights.
How had they dared to thus invade
my premises without permission. |
learned who the owners were in the
East, and sent them a bill of $500 for
dockage. Their reply came through 4
representative who wanted me to set
tie for a trifle. but l would hear to moth
ing but the full amount. There was
principle involved that | would not sac
ritice. He left with the threat that |
would never get dollar.
Il bribed the man in charge of the
raft TO notify me when 1t was to be
moved and as soon as heard from him
had the Sheriff there to make levy.
| had a check for $500 as soon as 1t
could be got to me. 1t proved the thin
edge of the wedge with which entered
into the business that made me rich.
Six weeks later discovered that the
raft had not been on my land at ALL
1t was forty feet beyond the line. But
what could do with my money tied
up in an investment? So | said moth
inc '-DetrnlI Eren Prnss
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
Reeognized by the Dog.

This story Is told of London organ
grinders dog. The organ grinder was
blind and aged, and the dog used to
lead him about.
one night, after hard days work,
the old man and his faithful compan-
ion lay down TO sleep with the organ
beside them. They slept soundly. and
when they awoke the organ was gone.
But the dog led the old man through
the streets where he had been aecus-
toned TO play, and persons who had
given him aims before continued to be-
friend him. so that the loss of the or
gan proved not so bad after all.
Weeks went by. One day the old
man heard hand organ playing few
feet from him. II reminded him of his
lost instrument. but he paid no special
attention TO It, Hand organs were
common in London, and he had heard
them often.
Not so the dog. He showed signs of
great excitement, barked violently, and
led his master in the direction of the
organ. lie sprnng ut the robber' $
throat, dragged him away from the
stolen organ, and led his master eager
~ up TO it. with expressions of recog-
milton and delight Peoples Friend.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
Died by Agreement.

A unique case growing out of the
suicide of Captain George Lowenthal
has recently terminated in the law
courts at st. Louis. 1t appeared from
the evidence in the case that in 1895
Emil Lowenthal, brother of the cap
tain, agreed to furnish money to the
latter, who was n rogue and gambler,
on condition that he either marry the
daughter of a millionaire or commit
suicide after the expiration of two
years from the time of entering upon
the agreement.
Emil then heavily insured George
life in various companies and had in
serted in the policies a clause declaring
that they would not be affected after
two years by the manner In which the
insured should meet his death.
George failed in his attempts to i'll
veigle a rich mans daughter 10 marry
him, and upon the expiration of tn'
two years he kept the other part of the
agreement and blew out his brains
with a revolver.
Then Emil applied for the payment
of the policies on his brothers life
but the companies had learned of the
agreement and refused to pay their
losses. Later they caused his arrest
on the charge of having frauduleatly
secured the reversion of some of the
policies. The trial resulted In the con.
ylctlon of the accused. and he was sen.
fenced to two years Imprisonment.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
Battle In ELECTRICITY.

Bathing In electricity is the daily
amusement of number of men in Il
big office building IN Kansas City. Mo.
Several times day the men saturate
themselves with static electricity, and
one of them is getting fat on It, The
others haven't been bathing long
enough to know whether they will get
fat or die. The process was discovered
by man who was paying n doctor
$3.50 three times a week for electrical
treatment for nervousness. He Is chief
engineer Of the building One day he
erawled into the pit beneath the big
belt that draws the elevator and dyna-
mo machinery. When he desired to
come out he handed his assistant a
metal lamp he was carrying. The as
sistant got an electric shock that made
him see violet stars. After that the en-
gineer forsook the doctor and saved
$50 n week. Static electricity is that
produced by friction, and is just what
the doctor was furnishing from brush
machine at 500 n dose. The great
belt In its swift revolutions produces
and stores the electric fluid by friction.
To steal the electricity the men stand
close to 1t, holding over it a magnet
made of copper wire wound on a SPOOL
with both ends of the wire loose. To
complete the circuit copper wire is
fastened to an iron water pipe nearby
and a silver dollar placed in loop in
the loose end. This Is passed up and
down the body. creating a circuit of
the electricity and literally bathing the
whole system in the fluid One of the
men who takes these electric baths has
relieved himself of rheumatism. An
other Is treating himself for a nervous
disorder while the others take 1t for
tonic
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
ANTIPATHY AMONG ANIMALS.
Different Species of Beasts Entertain
Dislike for Each Other.


The likes and dislikes of animals are
unaccountable. Some horses take a
violent prejudice against certain men,
even though they are treated kindly
and though the mans moral character
Is fair Between the cat and dog there
is violent antipathy which, however,
is not infrequently displayed by mutual
respect. and even affection in excep-
tional cases The elephant hates dogs
and rats. Cows dislike dogs, and so
do sheep, and, what seems stranger,
are particularly partial to bears. On
the other hand, horses loathe and de-
test camels and refuse to be decently
civil TO them after long acquaintance.
They even hate the place where cam
els have been, which seems to be carry
ing the race prejudice to an extreme.
Evolutionists are accustomed to ex-
plain these instructive feelings as sur
vivals of ancestral enmities dating
from the days when one race preyed
the natural enmity of cows to dogs,
for when cows were wild they were
obliged to defend their calves from
bands of predatory wild dogs. But
why should the horse like dogs? 1t Is
but the other day that the wild horses
organized to defend their colts from
wolves on our Western prairies. What
could the ancestral horse have had
against the ancestral camel of a mill
ion years ago? Above all, why should
the horse approve of the bear? 1t
must be that the horse has dormant
sense of beauty and of humor. The
ideal of the horse is grace combined
with strength. He disapproyes from
the bottom of his nature of the hope
lessly vulgar, awkward, and unaes-
thetical camel. The bear, he sees at
once, though clumsy, is unpretentious,
truthful, and not devoid of sense of
humor. The dog he recognizes as a
good fellow, companionable and un-
selfish. He therefore forgets his an
cestral predacious habits. A strong
bond between the dog and the horse Is
that they are both fond of sport,
whereas a camel would not go an inch
to see the best race that was ever run.
The horse does seem n little preju-
diced In the case of the camel, but 1t is
a fine, aristocratic, unreasonable preju-
dice he has. And we like him for him
self and for showing that the eyolu-
tionists cannot explain all the senti-
ments of refined and highly organ
lied animal. Man, of course, they can
account for in every particular.-Hart-
ford Courant
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
BLACK AND BLUE.

Black and blue colors are not subject to
fashions this season nor in any season.
They hold their own and will not wash out.
They are pretty solid colors, and but for the
misery of wearing them, might become
fashionable. Some men take pride in wear
ing them as tokens of their profession, as
soldiers do their scars But bruises, black
or blue, or both, ought TO have immediate
attention, for under them may be nerve
hurt or muscle badly wrencli,d d. A black
and blue bruise is u bad thing, not only
f,om Its tender soreness but the confused
blood is prevention of regular circulation
While sore spots like these will not wash
out, there is something that will rub them
out in no time, ant that is st. Jacobs OIL
IL Is peculiarly adapted TO their quick cure
A pennant can be won only by hard knocks,
with scars and bruises, but after the ball is
over, II any remain, this one cure l. the
best. Bruises come from confusion in all
ayocations, and 1t is we'll to remember ut all
times just what will cure them the best.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
The eREAp.fRuIT Tree.
Something About This Strange aud
Useful Plant.

The bread-fruit tree is. native Of
Southern Asia, and the Pacific Islands
of the Archipelago. In appearance 1t
resembles somewhat the Wild chest
nut; 1t grows to the height of forty or
nifty feet, has dark-green leaves, many
of them two feet In length, which are
deeply divided into pointed lobes.
Hidden among the great leaves the
bread-fruit grows; Ii is sorosis, Is
nearly spherical. often weighs four or
more pounds, and has a thick, yellow
rind. The fruit Is the chief food of the
South Sea Islanders-they seldom eat
a meal without 1t. The eatable part
lies between the rind and the core, and
when fully ripe is yellow and juicy.
II Is better for food before 1t is ma
tured, and the natives gather 1t when
the pulp Is white.
Before 1t is ready for table use 1t
must be roasted, when 1t looks like
wheat bread, and is both palatable and
nutritious. Usually the fruit Is cut
into three or four slices and roasted or
baked In an oven.
frequently the people of village
join in making a huge oven, In which
several hundred bread-fruts may be
baked at one time. Thus they are all
supplied with bread without 1t costing
any of them much labor; prepared In
this way, the bread will keep for
weeks
The bread-frult Is In season eight
months of the year. when the season
finally draws to a close, the last fruits
are gathered and made into sour
paste called 'mahel." This paste will
keep good for months. and is made
into balls. wrapped in leaves, and
baked just as needed.
Bread is not the only product of the
breadfruit tree; from 1t cement, cloth.
finder and lumber are also obtained.
A glutinous. milky juice oozes from the
trunk of the tree. which makes an e'x-
cellent cement when boiled with 60.
coanut oil. From the tibrous inner
bark a kind of coarse cloth is made,
and the big leaves make good towels.
The lumber is light. of rich yellow
color, and Is used for building houses
and many other purposes. Besides all
this, the dried blossoms are used as
finder when fires are kindled.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
Valuable Pack of Cards.

A pack of cards, recently sold in
Paris for S400, was manufactured in
the reign of Queen Anne of England,
that sovereign being represented by the
queen of hearts, and her husband,
Prince George of Denmark, by the king
of the same suite.
The queen of diamonds, clubs and
spades were respectively Queen Anne
Sophia of Denmark, the Crown Prin-
cess of Prussia tthe wife of Frederick
William H., and Princess Anna of Rus
STA. afterward Czarina. The knaves
very properly represent prominent dip
lomats of the period. A fine Italian
copper-plate pack of cards of the fif-
teenth century was lately sold in Lon
don for $500. Exchange.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19

mountains with deep valleys and pre-
eipitous cliffs Snakes, scorpions. tar
antulas, centipedes and all sorts of hid
eous reptiles and insects seem TO have
made the neighborhood their paradise,
for they are there in very palpable
abundance.
But. in addition TO these attractions,
the region may be said to be in "A state
of perpetual earthquake. The ground
trembles and quakes continually, and
the rocks themselves seem to be grind
ing and grating against one another
constantly, as If subject to some great
internal force. These phenomena are
said to be more emphatic at night than
In the daytime. Frequent booming
discharges, apparently deep in the
earth, are heard, and men who have
heard both say they are exactly like the
mutterlngs of distant artillery. | have
never heard anyone advance any the
DRY TO satisfactorily explain this I'M
easy and perpetually disturbed condi-
ton of nature up among the far Ike
weah rocks and hills, but 1t is there
If you ever happen to be in that vicin-
ity ask the first Indian you meet to
guide you to the spot and see how
quickly he will shy away and disap-
pear
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
zlRCoNs IN TASMANIA.
Gems Are Pure and Accompanied by
Sapphires and Rubies.

Among the many valuable discover
les of late In Tasmania one which has
created much interest in mining circles
has recently been partially developed.
1t consists of rare and unique de-
post of zireons allied with other gems
and rare earths.
The gems found in this deposit are
chiefly zireons, sapphlres and CHINA
mon rutes.
The first named are found in large
quantities and in every variety OF
color.
Many of them have been cut and
polished with very gratifying results,
being hard and of good luster. The
United States Consul General at Mel
bourne. who has lately been making
an investigation into the circum-
stances of the discovery, says that
the specific gravity of the zircon Is
A.. 1t being heavier than the diamond,
which is 10. Its hardness compared
with the diamond Is I, the latter be-
ing 10.
At the same time 1t is purely mean
descent, being unaffected by the most
intense heat, thus proving 1t to be OF
high commercial value for use in the
manufacture of nantes for mean
descent lights.
1t must be understood that the prod
uet of the gem-namely. oxide of zlr-
conla-is used for the above purpose,
not the gem itself
The composition OF the pure zircon Is
"a per cent. zlrconia and SO per cent.
silica.
Analysis of two samples of zircons
from the above mentioned deposit gave
03 per cent. and GA per cent. of zlr-
COMA. thereby testlfying TO the purity
of the gem.
The rarer earths-namely, lanthani-
UNI, thorlum, dldymlum, niobium, en-
blum, cerlum and chromlnm-are all
more or less present.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
A REMARKABLE LlNeulsT.
Spe aks Eleven Tongues. but Spends
Her Life at the Washtub.

There Is woman here who can read,
write and speak any language from
Sanserit TO hog Latin. The faculty
comes to her as naturally rs swimming
does to a duck.
Her knowledge is not the result of
teaching. but of association with peo-
pie of every tongue. She speaks eleven
languages fiuently, yet she struggles
over the washtub in order that her six
children can go to school.
Mrs Julia Antonishln was born at
Aroslamos, Hungary, thlrty-two years
ago. Her parents were Germans.
When she was 6 years old they moved
to Aninina, Germany, where she at
tended school for six years, this being
the limit of schooling provided by the
government.
Anlnina was town of factories,
where people of every cline were en-
ployed. 1t was like the Babylon of old.
so great was the confusion of tongues.
The children were strangers to each
other because of this barrier of misun-
derstandlng. Eventually the little ones
succeeded In mastering the languages
of their playmates. In the schools at
Aninlna they were taught the German
and Magyar tongues.
Nine languages picked up with the
children" said Mrs. Antonshln. "Some
were easy and some were hard. | was
not the only child to do it. The Slavish.
Hungarian, Polish. Russian, Bohemian.
Ronmanlan, Seryian, Magyar and Gro
attain languages are much the same.
THAT Is, the letters are the same.
but of course yon do not speak them
alike. To-day | can speak, read and
write eleven languages. Sometimes
the 'Squires here call me to interpret.
1T Is not enough. | must work TO
get education for my children. My
husband labors ut the Carnegie fur
mace, but he does not make enough.
| want so much TO get to be Interpreter
in the courts.
Then | could educate my children.
Some tell me 10 get a petition for all
the 'Squires and people to sign, and
then send 1t to the Governor. Is that
liShAs - Alldl iHt way 10 Etl 10 Dt Ill
interpreter to educate your children 2"
Mrs. Antonishin was ironing. Her
hands and face. the stoop of her shout
ders and the appearance of her kitchen
testified to her labors
Her youngest child is years old ard
the eldest 10.
Susie. the eldest, and John. aged IA.
have the mothers faculty for picking
up foreign tongues With the excep.
ton of the baby all the children attend
the Braddock schools.
George Antonishin came to Bradd0ck
from Germany nine years ago. Il $
wife and children followed two years
later. For four years before her mar
riage and for six years after Mrs. An
tonishin was employed in the German
postofiice service. where her knowl-
edge of languages brought her great
prestige.
When Mrs. Antonlshn is not washing
she is ironing, and when doing neither
she is trying TO figure out an economic
policy that will give an education to l. r
hildren.-Braddock (Pa) Correspond
ent of the Boston Advertiser.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
sMoKELESS FIRES.
The Wonderful Invention of an Aus
trian Engineer.

TRAN Engineer
Attempts to produce sm0keless fires
have hitherto been attended with little
success. Either the process required
was too involved, or the expense too
great, and the problem has remained
nnsolved. Dobs the English inventor,
has come nearest to success, but his
machinery was very expensive, and
the economy of coal small Now an
Austrian engineer, Fritz Maier by
name, declares he has discovered how
to produce smokeless fires, and Mt the
same time TO economize to the extent
of 80 per cent in fuel, besides attain
ing several important technical ad-
yantages.
His method, which is an extension
and adaptation Of Dobs', is based on
the principle that smokeless fire can
only be produced: a When the door OF
the furnace remains permanently
closed; % when the fuel Is added In
small quantities and at one end OF the
fire; go when the stocking of the fire Is
accomplished without letting In air
from above. These requirements are
attained by adding fuel by means of
an ingenious automatic stoker, which
drops the coal regularly In small guam
titles on the end of the fire without
letting any air In from above. The
fuel is then gradually shoveled along
the furnace by another automatic ar
rangement, which Is kept sufficiently
cool by water. The same water Is used
for feeding the boiler, and as 1t gener-
ally attalns temperature of from go
degrees to - degrees Centigrade before
entering the boiler, considerable saving
Is thus effected. By the above means,
all the smoke given off from the end of
the fire to which fuel Is added is con
sumed before 1t could escape at the
other end. This result Is obtained with
practically any kind of coal, wood, or
coal dust. The necessary mechanism
can be fitted to any ordinary boiler at
comparatively moderate cost.
The invention has been satisfactorily
tried, and the Austrian Ministry of
Marine has asked the inventor to fit the
eontrivanee to ships of the Austro-
Hungarian navy.
flnally, several professors OF inc
Vienna Technical College have tested
II with equally satisfactory results.
1t is obvious that there are infinite
possibilities in the introduction of this
invention, which Is said to be suitable
for steamships. locomotives. and fac
tories alike. Its use In the navy, for
instance, If approved, might apart
from giving us steamships without
smoke, save a third of the sum which
Is annually expended on Goals, while
n battleship which now requires up
wards of one hundred stokers could be
worked by twenty or thirty Its intro
duciion on ocean liners would be as
good for the pockets Of the owners as
for the comfort of the passengers. Lon
don, Manchester and other great indus
trial centers can, by its means, be
transformed from smoky lnfernos into
bright places of residence. These ad-
yantages, 1t should be noted may be
obtained In combination with a great
saving of money and labor.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
The Dread of Death.

1t may seem at first sight as if this
universal dread of death in healthy and
normal human beings living under nor
NAL conditions involved "a certain divine
cruelty Why should men be tortured
by the dread of death, since death is in
evitable? Could not God have spared us
that intolerable and purposeless agony?
That is not unnatural questioning of
the rebellious spirit. Yet little reAec-
tion will show that it is very absurd
criticism of the ways of God toward
man Granted that it is the will of God
that we shall remain on earth and live
our appointed lives there, it is essential
that mankind should feel the dread of
death. Without that dread the world
could hardly remain peopled.
The dread of death is to the soul
what the law of gravity is to the body.
1t anchors us to the earth. Without that
dread to weigh us down and keep us to
the globe, hall mankind would be driv.
EN- by curiosity by the love of change,
by the dread of ennui. by what Bacon
calls "niceness and safety to push
open the closed door and see what is
beyond. Children and few very happy
aud easily pleased people might perhaps
say they would not explore further and
that they were perfectly content with
things az they are.-London Spectator