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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Haldane McFnll Mime. Sarah Grand's
~stepson) has served In a Zouave regi-
ment, and the hero OF the forthcoming
novel Of West Indian life Is n zouaye
The chief characters In the story are
negroes.
Robert Kitchens, author OF "Blames"
and other inhammatory novels. Is
about to visit Algeria He Is at work
upon n new story. the scenes of which
are laid In La Trappe and London. 1t is
said to deal with society-"operatie,
acrobatlc and otherwise" whatever
that may mean.
A book reviewer for the London Mail
seems to be surprised and indignant
because a certain publishing firm sent
him n book and n nice little ready
made notice which would save him the
trouble both Of reading and of writing.
Can II be that this scheme, which II
ancient In America, Is new In Englandf
Rudyard K~ipling's new book, which
is TO be entitled '"rhe Days Work."
will be published In the autumn. The
book is the product Of the last three or
four years and contains practically all
the vigorous work that Mr.. Kipllng has
put into his short stories during that
time. Some OF the contents will be-.
THE Snip that Found Herself" Bread
Upon The Waters" The Devil and the
Deep Sea-" 'Oo7" and "The Maltese
Cat"
Mr.. Barrie, of Thrums, has written
an Introduction to the English edition
Of Cables "The Grandissimes." ANY
one who has been in New Orleans VIII
recognize the force OF his opening sen
tenee: To sit in n laundry and read
'The Grandlssimes'-that IL the quick
| est way of reaching the strange city OF
New Orleans Mr.. Cables reception
In London has very properly been de-
scribed rs enthusiastic. ).
A recent number of La Revue de
Paris publishes letters to show that
Alexandra Dumas hls was himself the.
Armand Duval of ia Dame aux ca
melIas." the real heroine being Marie
Duplessis. 1t adds this nneodote by
sarah Bernhardt: At Marty. about
1884, | asked Alexandra Dumas TO give
me IA personal description Of Armand
Duval. "That Will not be dlhlcult,"
said he, smiling; II have only TO send
you my portrait when | was 20 yeafs
| old
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

small one that afforded a view OF the
cabbage patch and a pig sty in the
farther perspective at the back of the
house.
Brownlee's mother smoked a corncob
pipe and had whiskers. Brownlee's
father ate his supper in his shirt
sleeves, and wore cowhide boots out
side of his pants while he was eating
II. The furniture was seant, and they
rented the house: hat is, they rented IT.
but Brownlee. NJ. c.. paid the rent. The
greeting that the Brownies, first edi-
ton, extended to the Brownies. second
edition, was cordial to demonstrative
ness. The maternal Brownlee was
something of a cook, and soon had a
repast steaming ON the table. 1t wasn't
a bad supper, but Mrs. Brownlee didn't
have her Washington appetite with
her. and her slight headache had grown
worse, and she asked TO be shown to
her room. The had no comforts
except a patched carpet. a pine bed
stead and an upright packing box with
a curtain drawn around it Tor 4 wash
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
An4S~-N~-
S&Not~ol,.a
%#Ste%TT

There are 10000 camels at work in
Australia.
Ostrich tanning is n very profitable
industry in Africa, where 1t Is computed
there are over 1900 o tame birds.
The nests of termltes, or white ant.
of the builders. the greatest structures
In the world.
Lord Strathcona has presented his
fine herd of buffaloes TO the Canadian
only one in the Northwest, and will be
removed to the Banff National Park.
Cats can swim il they only care to ex-
ert themselves sufficiently. The ancient
Egyptians used 10 fish with them on
the Nile. according TO the represents
lions on walls aud so forth that have
come down to us.
So small IA creature as the beaver, ac-
cording TO IL. b. Woodward. OF the
British Museum, has changed the char
aeter of n considerable portion Of tho
British Isles to u remarkable degree.
The borders of the fens were nee Gov
cred with forest, aud The beaver was
one OF the most plentiful animals Of
the region. Its dams turned the
streams FROM their natural course. The
water-as In the valleys of the Lea, the
Ouse, the Cam and the Nene-was thus
made to flow over the country at AN
dom. the valleys gradually becoming
stagnant areas filled with bog moss.
and forming what we know as the Zen
lands.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Ny wife and / are trying hard
To live on healthful diet.
We read the food chart by the yard,
And run our kitchen by II.
We've banished from our bills OF fare
All that such guides condemn.
True hygiene is all our care.
As planned and taught by them
For breakfast coffee is tnbooed,
Hot cakes aud eggs forbidden,
And milk, since IL is oft imbued
With germs profuse, though hidden. :
Bread is unwholesome, so Is steak
Submissive 10 our lot,
Oatmeal and barley meal we take,
And drink boiled water hot.
For dinner soup will never do.
And oysters typhoid nourish;
Salads, entrees and ices. too,
Are mere dyspeptie flourish.
Potatoes (by the last adEIcel
Are poisonous, we're told;
We eat raw meat, chopped hne,s wirh rice
And drink boiled water cold.
;
For supper-some professors teach
IT'S best TO go without Il,
But since discretion's left TO each.
We take our choice about II;
On chicken, wafles. tea and cake,
We are forbid to feed.
But gluten waters, cocoa weak,
And prunes, are all we need.
1t grieyes us much our friends TO view
So reckless in their diet;
Our wholesome menu we pursue
And beg OF them 10. try IL.
But appetite's ungodly sway
Their nature so enthralls,
We cannot get n guest to stay
Within our healthfnl walls.
-Tit-Bits.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

change had come over Algefnon smith
Brownlee, VI. G. At home he had
never amounted TO much, socially. He
came of very poor parents-"white
trash" the colored verdict said. Mr.,
Brownlee's pedigree. however, began
with Mr.. Brownlee. and what he lack
ed in %arlstocrncy of blood he made up
by his prodigious hustling abilities.
With his keen energy and upward
tendency of mind, he had the good for
tune u combine an affable disposition,
AN accommodating manner. n pleasant
smile and Il certain good address. When
he entered the race for Congress none
imagined for a minute that he had the
slightest prospect of success. but the
average political weather prophet has
a dangerous tendency TO pin his faith
TO the i~nfallibillty of his own opinions
and standing put upon them; and that
is why il happens so often that young
men like Mr.. Brownlee beat out an old
race horse and go TO Congress OF a IL
dal wave. Unlike the ravens who
eroaked his doom. Brownlee did some
Characteristic hustling, snatched the
nomination from Il tired old campaign
err and was elected.
When he reached Washington he
wore the conventional soft black hat
and long black skirt coat of the South,
but before he had been there six
months he looked like a Broadway
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
s,nguIsr railroad accident.

One Of the most singular of railway
accidents was that near Genoa by
which a dozen lives were recently lost
The Glori Tunnel, in which 1t occurred
Is very long. and so foul that the win
dows are shut, leaving the passengers
TO keep alive on what air is already IL
the car. But the engineers have nc
such support, and the accident was
caused by the fact that all the drivers
and fremen on the three engines needed
60 haul the train up the heavy grade OF
ahe tunnel we're asphyxiated. The trair
consequently slipped back and plunged
into Il passenger train at the bottom
OF the incline.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Wesley Welch. of Bleecker, n. Y.
while fishing on Reck's pond, in Fulton
County, New York, saw n deer swim
ming a short distance from the boat.
Mr.. Welch had a lot of trolling hooks.
one of which was quite large and at
tached to a stout line. He went In pur-
suit OF the deer, and as he approached
the animal he threw the hooks ut Its
head. A large hook became fastened
to the deer's nose. and the cord was
drawn under Its leg, pulling the deer's
head under water and drowning IT,
Mr. Welch secured the game.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
Nio.t Niediaeral Race.

The Spaniards are not the most med
jeyal OF races. The Syantians. wlt
live In the inaccessible mountain range
between the Black and Caspian seas
are probably the LATEST people in tho
world. They have made no advance
toward civilization in $500 years. L
Is their inNarlable rule to hold holidays
four times a week, with saints day.
a : extras.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
As IL Is in Georgia.

The following is a copy of a sign In a
remote Georgia county "A Few Bright
Scholars Takin TO Fern Wrltin, Spallin
sign, asked the principal where he had
graduated. The principal pointed TO a
cotton field near by and said: Right
over thar, sir; behind a Georgia mule,
under a July sun"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

The largest bog In Ireland Is the Bog
of Allan, which stretches across the
center of the island. east Of the Shan
non. and covers nearly $4,000 acres.
Altogether there are nearly 100000
acres of bog In ~Ireland-that Is to say.
about one-seventh of the total area OF
the country Is bog. q,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Bread which Is very difficult to digest
has been distributed In many parts Of
France during the last few years. and
1t is discovered that 1t was adulterated
with II very fair sprinkllng Of sawdust
reduced to n fine powder so as to re-
semble meal. A man named Fessat.
who has been making a fortune out of
this Industry, has been arrested.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Roupy chicks of a roupy parentage,
are a n to successful poultry
keeping, truthfully says +. W. Proctor,
I'm Rural New Yorker.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Mrs. Stykes-One characteristic about
my husband like-he always calls "A
spade a spade. Mrs. Laugh-I suppose
he's like all husbands, however; he calls
"A club n lodge.-Boston Traveller.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Every man knows by his WI expert
ence how many promises of the lover
are filled after marriage. SIN, he goes
on believing what candidates are
promising.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

swell. with a silk hat, black cutaway
coat and gray trousers. And that's
why his constituents scarcely reeog-
nized him.
The rich and thoroughbred Miss
Daisy Vernon, who had smiled with
ley scorn upon the suits of a dozen So
ciety NJ casting themselves at her
feet, together with their fortunes and
pedigrees, felt her heart dissolve be-
fore the insidlous attention Of Mr..
Brownlee, NJ. c. There may have
been something in that NJ. c., a mis-
taken idea, perehanee, that a man who
is sent to Congress must be the cock of
the walk IN his distrlet-an idea that
some persons have-and that, altogeth-
er, the suit of a member of the House
who combined as many attractive
qualities rs her Brownlee was prefer
able to that of any other mortal.
And so. to cut things short, after a
dashing courtshlp, they were married
at one of the fashionable churches.
with a great display of pomp. the at
tendance of her distinguished relatives
and his Congressional friends, mem
beers Of the press, etc. Then, after a
brilliant reception, they departed on
their bridal trip, but not to Brownlee's
home. On the contrary, he purchased
tickets over a railroad that took him in
a Numerically opposite direction. Just
as far from his district as he could go.
The trip came to an end, and then
Brownlee and his wife returned to
Washington, installing themselves at
one of the leading hotels. Brownlce
had seen enough of the world to diseov-
or the secret of making an impression
In society. With the aid of his wife's
social standing and his $1,000 income.
the way vas open to him, and he made
the best of his chances. He was re-
celved everywhere with open arms.
and If one man ever hit 1t rich 1t was
that same energetic young NJ. C.
On the whole, Brownlee deserved it.
He had no influential friends to thank
for his rise in the world; no family in
fiuenee had stood back of him to direct
his efforts; no money had been used to
buy him a seat in Congress. He had
Just invested what mother wit nature
had endowed him with in such oppor-
tunitles rs came TO hand, and when
fortune, in her timid way, Ind knocked
at his door. as she Is said to do at ev-
cry mans door once in Il lifetime, he
had said. Come in in his loudest
tones. And he was honest and sincere.
lie had not deceived Miss Vernon
about his pedigree. She had taken him
for better or worse, and the fault was
hers If she should feel disappointed.
Brownlee was a good working mem
Der of Congress. lie made friends
rapidly with the leaders. and watched
that they never lost sight of him a sin
=" day. All this young man wanted
opportunity. He would rise to the
Is aston, for that he vouched.
. >
The session came to an end. The cleo
tion was near at hand. and every mem.
her fastened home TO look after his
fences. 1t was the hardest struggle OF
his life to decide upon a course OF ac
ton with regard 10 his %aristocratit
wife. Take her home: Leave hei
here? He suggested the latter course.
Il have been thinking a good dea.
about IT," remarked Mrs. Brownlee. q
think | shall accompany you. Yor
know. dear. ] have never seen YOU
mann and mamma. have formed m,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Pawpaws are offered for sale at the
fruit stands. They are to fruit what
owl, buzzard and crow are " poultry.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

The wife of n man running for Office
has as hard u time as a mother has TAX
ing her baby through a teething spell.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

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j. WAS n dash
ing young Con
gresham, who
went 10 Wash
ington on The
tidal wave from
one of the dis
tricts in the
South. But he
had not been at
the caDita |
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

There are fifty-hve dogs in the Uni.
ted Kingdom to every 1000 inhablt
ANA.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Lots OF people who cling TO the an
chor Of hope go down In the mud.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

more than six months be
fore those who had known
him at home and went TO
Washington on business
scarcely recognized him as
the same man. A great
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Bufiais in Westminster Abbey.
No fewer thai LIB persons have
been buried in Westminster Abbey.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
How Fish breathe.

Fish do not breathe air, but the life
supporting constituent OF air-Oxygen
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02

20 cents per lineal foot for house con-
nectlons; V. II. O'Hara, $2,24 per lineal
foot, 800 for extra basins, s35 for extra
man-holes. so cents per lineal foot
for house connections.
RULES COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Roche reported for the rules
committee on the Keller resolutions
regulating the business Of the board
of revision and appeal. Mr.. Roche
thought the resolution should never
have been sent to the committee, that
the city solicitor was the proper per-
son to pass upon it, and that the
measure would be sent to him for his
opinion as 10 it's legality. The resol-
ution will probably be reported at the
next meeting.
Among the new ordinances and re-
solutions introduced were these: by
Mr.. Williams, a resolution directing
the city engineer to examine and re-
port on the condition of the sewer
on Hyde Park avenue between Jack
son and Division streets and through
private property between Main and
Hyde Park avenue, and to give an cs-
innate of the cost of putting them
in proper conditions by Mr. Fellows,
an ordinance providing for four cleo
trio light in the Fifteenth ward by
Mr.. James, an ordinance providing for
two electric lights in the Sixth ward.
Ordinances passed third reading as
follows: (SelecD For two additional
electric ligts in the Twenty-hrst ward;
for paving East Market street from
the river to the Boulevard with vitri-
fled brick. (Common) For sidewalks
and curb stones on the easterly side
of Monroe avenue between Gibson and
Pine streets, on the South side of
Gibson between Monroe and quincy
avenues on the west side of quincy
between Pine and Myrtle streets. all
in the Ninth ward. (SelecO Reguat-
ing excavations on paved streets and
avenues.
Among the ordinances which passed
first and second readings were the fol-
lowing: (Common) Providing for a
sewer on Wheeler avenue from Pine
street to a point north of Gibson street;
tcommon) for opening oxford street in
the Fifth ward between Ninth and
Meridian streets
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
BEGINNING OF OUR NAVY.
President Arthur and Secretary
Chandler Both Deserve Credit.

From the New York Sun.
In his Introductory speech at the an
nual dinner of the Chamber Of Com
merce, Mr.. Alexander f.. Orr, the pres
ident, pointed out, according to the
reports, that William &. Whitney, a
member Of the Chamber, had laid the
foundations of the new raw" Secre-
tary Whitney did great deal for the
new steel navy, but he did not do that
particular thing. The foundations Of
tie new navy were laid not under him,
but under his predecessor, Secretary
Chandler, and this particular credit
belongs not to the administration of Mr..
Cleveland, but to that of Mr.. Arthur.
The first four vessels of our new
navy, the cruisers Chicago. Boston and
Atlanta, and the despatch boat Dol
phin, We're authorized under the act
CT March 3, 1888, upon the recommen-
datiOn of the Naval Advisory board
and Secretary Chandler. The secretary
advertised for their construction on
May 2. 1883, and the award was made
about three months later. They were
well on the way toward completion. :"
said a report of the house committee
on naval affairs, several years after
ward. "at the close of the administra-
ton of President Arthur. They are
good, staunch vessels, armed with
high-power guns, and, as our first
modern ships, have given great satis-
faction" The Chicago was for years
our heaviest and most powerfully
armed steel ship, displaclng 800 tons,
While the Boston and Atlanta displaced
about 5000, and the Dolphin 1856, the
aggregate being about 1900 tons laid
down as a beginning for the new Amer
lean steel fleet.
But, in addition, under Secretary
Chandler, congress authorized the
building of the cruisers Newark, 4,O9S
tons, and Charleston, 3,730, and of the
gunboats Yorktown. 1,710 and Petrel
s92. The bids for this second group of
four ships We're called for under the
following administration. but the act
of congress authorizing them became
a law on March 8, 1895. Again, that
game act, coming within the admins
tratiOr of President Arthur, author
lied the completion of the double tur-
ret monitors Puritan, 5000 tons, land
Amphitrite, Monadnock, Miantonomoh
and Terror, $500 tons each. Although
these vessels have iron hulls, yet in
virtue of their armor and armament
they belong to our modern navy, and
the act in question settled whether they
should be completed or abandoned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02

pcdo flotilla with the Cushing, built
up the Washington ordnance yard, and
arranged for the establishment of the
great armor plant at Bethlehem. Sec
retary Tracy, in his turn, built far
more powerful battleships and far fast
er cruisers: and so the work steadily
advanced.
But it remains true that the foun-
dations of our new navy We're laid un-
der President Arthur and Secretary
Chandler and that fact should not be
forgotten.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02

Up to the year 1853 noe only had no
steel warships ever been built in the
United States, but no steel for one
had ever been rolled here, so that a
new industry had to be founded for
our purposes. Furthermore, up 10 that
time we had never made a high power
steel gun for our ships, so that this
great step in advance is also associ-
ated with our first group of cruisers
Indeed, a board appointed under the
act of 1888 recommended the founda-
tion of two or the great ordnance fac
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02

tories of Washington and Watervliet,
which were ultimately established and
to this day supply navy and army
guns finished from the forgings fur
nished by American steel works.
When Secretary Whitney came in,
he carried on with vigor the building
of the navy thus founded. lie raised
the standard of speed in cruisers, be-
gan the construction of steel armor-
clads, the Maine, Texas. Monterey.
New York and Katahdin all being au-
thorized under him, started the tor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
Human Nature Everywhere,

A boulevardier is at once surprised
and enchanted to meet an old-time
companion whose suicide had been res
ported.
"Its true" said the latter 81 did
want to kill myself, simply from dis
taste of life. And then came along tho
doctors and discovered that L had a
grave disorder Since then, you under
stand, l take care Of myself!"-Figaro.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
SOFT COAL MEASURE
DELAYED In COUNCILS
TO BE DISCUSSED BY MILL AND
SHOP REPRESENTATIVES.

Ordinance Was Called UP for Third
Reading in Select Council, but 1t
Was Agreed to Defer Its Passage
for Two weeks--old Opposition to
Additional Electric Lights Is De-
veloped-Fire Department Com
mittee Men Fail in a Plan to Have
the Phinney Engine Rebuilt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-02
MAY BE ANOTHER
COAL OPERATION
DANIEL WILLIAMS PAYS POTTS
VILE A VISIT.

He Is One Of the Men Interested in
the Tract of Land at the Upper End
Of Fishbach, schuylkill County,
Where Bore Hole Tests Were Made
Year Ago--It Is Valuable Coal
Property and Its Development May
Come Soon, at Least so Says a
Pottsville Paper.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-06-22
SCHEDULE " CO.

Supplies for the Insane Asylum to be
delivered in quantities required and
subject to inspection and approval OF
the Medical Superintendent.
Beef, one fore-quarter, rumps and
rounds, per h., about $50 lbs. per day.
Beef Steak Qoin), about 4 lbs. per day.
Bread, fresh, Id. loaf, about 36 loaves
per day.
Bread, medium. per h., about cases
per month. .
Beans, bayo, per h., about 100 lbs.
per month.
Baking Powder, Royal or Schilling's
Best, OF. tin, doz. per month.
Brooms, Steamboat or Mill, doz. per
month. ..
Coffee, green Kona, about 100 lbs. per
month.
Flour, G. G. or Crown, l Dbl. per
month.
Onions, crate per month.
Potatoes, Island, 10 bags per month.
Port, extra clear, 4 Dbl. per month.
Rice, Hawaiian No. l, bags per
month.
Salmon, best red, 2 bbls. per month.
Sugar, No. l Raw, bags per month.
Tea, China Pouchong, l chest per
month.
Tomatoes, canned, per doz. cases
! per month.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-06-22
1t is Cool on TantaluS.

A friend of THE HAWAIIAN, who
made visit to Senator Schmidt
place on Monday, June 9th, reports
that at 1880 that forenoon the
thermometer there registered 70,
while in Honolulu at the same time
it was So. This difference of ten
degrees means that if Honolulu is
found to be too warm, that there is
a much cooler place within an
hours ride of the city. The cry
should oftener be, "Ho 4! for the
mountains.