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The evening times., 1898-12-03
RUSSIA AND HER EMPRESS.
The Great Empire Owes Much to the
Czar's Wife.

(From the Atlanta Constitution.)
Empress AlIx of Russia rules through
her husband, the Gar. She was the
daughter of the Grand Duke of Hesse,
and married the Gar on November H.
1894 The wedding. took place less than
a month after the death of the Car Alex
ander. Ii was a love match or, rather it
became SO after the wedding. although
affairs of state had something TO do with
bringing it about. 1t was a great catch
for poor German princess. Her beauty
captivated the Gar, and they have been
as affectionate as any Darby and Joan in
private life. The Czar often attends to
state affairs in her presence
The CZarina is a woman of great intel
lect- In spite of the fact that she was
known as one of the great beauties of
Europe, and gave promise of beauty even
at tender age, she has always made a
study of statecraft. She has at her fing-
ers' ends the history of European civiliza-
tion and is well read in the literature of
sociology and political economy
Intellectually the superior of the Car
and the equal of any of his ministers. she
has played an influential part in the de-
Yeiopment of the empire. The recent
schemes for the exploiting of Russian in
dustries, which have made 1t evident that
Russia will some day be one of the
HOTfu . = GREAT cenlefS Oh INDUSTRY, nave
been hers, according to the gossips
Against her policy of commercial develop
ment has been matched that of Mura-
vieff for foreign expansion.
Although friends and working together,
the prime minister and the empress have
frequently been at outs with each other
The woman usually wins, however, and
the latest manifestation of her influence
was the Cars appeal for universal dis
armament, which was due to her sugges-
ton, if some Of the Paris gossips can be
credited The Czarina is rather democrat
ic, and it is said that her favorite diver
SION is to disguise herself and her hus-
band and with him make excursions a la
Haroun al Raschid about Moscow or St
Petersburg
The evening times., 1898-12-03
SToRM-ToSSED SHIPS
REACH PORT SAFELY
Arrivals mt NcwporC News Report
Their Experiences in the Midst
OF the Hurricane.

Newport News, Va, Dec. 3.-Seven YES
sells arrived here yesterday, after rough
experiences in storms that prevailed dur
ing the past week in both Northern and
Southern waters
1t now develops that the storm of Sun
day off the New England Coast, was fol-
lowed on Wednesday by a terrific storm
off Hatteras and incoming ships that
were in that vicinity reported dangerous
experiences.
The British steamship CastiIlian Prince.
Capt. Coul, arrived without lump of
coal, and burning her woodwork
When OFF Hatteras on Wednesday. the
Prince sprung leak, and it was only the
hard work Of the crew that kept the ship
afioat. The coal was consumed by the
time Hatteras was reached, and all Of
her woodwork about the ship was used as
fuel on the passage to this port. The
Prince has three feet of water in her
hold and is in bad condition. The ship
left Vera Cruz, November %, for New
York. She VIII proceed as soon as her re-
pairs are made.
The British steamer Gladiolus, Capt.
Wallace from Palermo, Italy. for New
York, with fruit, arrived yesterday with
her coal bunkers empty. After coaling
she proceeded. The Gladi0lus was blown
way out of her course and on last Sum
day she experienced a condition that is
rarely found at sea. For twenty-four
hours she steamed ahead at fuI speed
but in spite Of this. WAS carried back
seventy miles on her course She lost all
OF her boats.
The British steamship St Marnock
from Antwerp, and the Elton arrived,
twenty-five days out, seven days over
due. Both encountered the Northern
storm
The whaleback City OF Eyeritt, arrived
from Boston three days overdue. having
been driven 200 miles from her course
The Atlantic Transportation Company
has given up the barges ID. /. Tenney and
Delaware, for lost and il is believed that
they have gone down with all on board.
The evening times., 1898-12-03
ONE ENTIRE REGIMENT
CONVICTED OF MUTINY
Every Man in the Sixth Virginia
tColoredD Sentenced to Thirty
Days at Hard Labor.

Macon. Ga. Dec. S-A board of inquiry
composed of the commissioned officers
of the Sixth Virginia (colored) Regiment
has completed its work and pronounced
sentence on the regiment as a whole for
mutinous conduct-which resulted in the
killing of one of its men
Every man in the regiment has receiv-
ed a sentence of thirty days confinement
at hard labor, while the leaders received
sentences varying from sixty to ninety
days and they forfeit ali pay and allow
ances for that period
The evening times., 1898-12-03
M MORPHINE!

EASY, PAINLESS, PERMANENT HOME CURE.
We will send anyone addicted to MORPHINE,
OPIUM, LAUDANUM,+ or other DRUG HABIT,
a trial treatment, FREE OF CHARGE, of the
most remarkable remedy for this purpose ever
discovered. Containing the GREAT VITAL
PRINCIPLE lacking in all other remedies Con.
fdential correspondence invited from all, espe.
cialiy PHYSICIANS.
ST. JAMES SOCIETY, Ilsl Broadway, NJ Y City.
no5 le-deS II
The evening times., 1898-12-03
stop that Head Cold in 70 minute

or it will develop into Chronic Catarrh
Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder stops cold
in the head in ten minutes, and relieves
most acute and deep-sesited Catarrh after
one application. Cures quickly and per-
manently II have used DR.. Agnew s
Catarrhal Powder with best results. II
is a great remedy. and l never cease -ec-
ommending it."-John Z. Dell, Pauldiag.
Ohio Sold BY F. s. Williams Ninth and
r Streets; Edmonds & Williams. Third
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.-5I.
The evening times., 1898-12-03
Mother and Daughter Burned.

Mrs Charles Hedgkin and her little
daughter We're both painfully burned last
night by the explosion of an alcohol stove
ar their house, No 32l6 Seventeenth Street
northwest. They We're treated by ply
sician and reported TO be much better
this afternoon.
The evening times., 1898-12-03
ArraiGnmenf POstnnned.

The arraignment of Annie Louise Nor
ris, who is charged with six offenses of
larceny, was postponed until Tuesday
next, at the request of her attorney, Z.
B. Hay.
The evening times., 1898-12-03
4 Sufe Rule.

(From the Chicago Record)
'sDo you have any rule 10 regulate shaking
hands?" aEe
'.Weil. ! never shake hands with any man
oftner than he shakes hands with me-
The evening times., 1898-12-03

DR. Herry's Cough Syrup cures
coughs and all bronchial affections
which this weather is producing
At all druggists, I5c.
The evening times., 1898-12-03
Charles NJ. Bakers Trial Berins

Charles NJ. Baker, charged with false
pretenses, was arraigned this morning in
Criminal Court No. 2, before Justice
Bradley. and pleaded not guilty. Baker
is accused of selling a horse and wagon
which did not belong to him.
The evening times., 1898-12-03

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets An drur-
gists refund the money If IL fails TO cure 25c The
genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.
seiq-tu. tn sat-ff
The evening times., 1898-12-03

CA . TozTA.
Bear, the 1Ihs Kind You Have LlWsg Bsugtt
'''.i'''' q &MAINw
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
Narxous ProatratIon.

DIR. J. Curtis Webb, an eminent Eng
lish physician, recently lectured on this
subject. The lecturer said that hysteria
was a symptom of nerve exhaustion and
was a state in which the ideas control
led the body and produced morbid
changes in its functions. IL allowed to
go on uninterrupted, nervous exhaustion
and breakdown followed. The seeds OF
this really terrible disease were In 80
cases out of 100 sown and watered dur
ing the period of education and training
of girls ut and after a critical period OF
life. Such cases were more frequent
since the introduction of the system OF
higher education Of women, for the ad-
vocates of this made the great mistake
of assuming that there was no real diff
ference between girls and boys between
the ages of IL and 81. He mentioned
the frequent occurrence Of cases Of
anema and breakdown among girls and
attributed this to excessive mental work
and the lack of healthy exercise.
He advocated golf, cycling. lawn ten
mis- and other games as a preventive aud
corrective and insisted upon the neces-
sity for regular indulgence in physical
exercise. IL was not work which hurt,
but perseverance, in work after nature
had held out her danger signals in the
shape of constant lassitude, loss Of APP
petite aud irregularity Of functions,
Nervous exhaustion sometimes occurred
as u result of excessive physical exer-
else, and among middle aged ladies AZ a
result of worry. The remedy in the lat
ter case was to live easier and according
to rule. The complaint was also met
with in young children and was in these
cases generally due to the forcing Of
mental faculties or constant scolding
and nagg.ng.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
Eggs That Don't Hatch.

I have been experimenting lately on
the eggs from certain hens to find out if
there is any great difference in the way
they hatch, their vitality. etc., and
have been greatly interested in the dis
coveries. The eggs from the abnormally
fat hens seldom hatch. The chicken
usually dies on or about the twelfth day
of incubation. When an egg matches u
day or two in advance of time, one usu.
ally concludes that it was quite fresh
when put in, but l now find that it is
the eggs from the active and most
healthy hens. that break the she'll first.
Five eggs from a little game hen,
which were all over 8 days old, were
the first to hatch. Invariably the egg
from the sleepy, lazy hen matches late.
Out of 81 hens whose eggs l expert
mented with / found two quite sterile.
They both lay fine, large eggs of good
shape and shell, but, though l must
have tried quite q dozen of their eggs,
not one has ever had a sign of a chick
en-. l have even mated them with differ
ent ROSTERS, but without avail, and,
strange to say, they are the worst tenn
pered hens in the yard, always quarrel
ling and beating the Others. -Fanciers'
Gazette.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
A Note In the Flowers.

\ young gentleman whose gallantry
was largely In excess OF his pecuniary
means sought TO remedy this defect
and save the money required for the
purchase OF expensive flowers by ar
ranging with a gardener TO let him
have a bouquet from time to time In
return for his cast-off clothes.
1t thus happened n day that he re
ceived n bunch OF the most beautiful
roses. which he at once sent off to his
lady love. In sure anticipation of a
friendly welcome, he called at the
house of the lady tie same evening,
and was not a little surprised at the
frosty reception he met with.
"You sent me n note to-day" the
young lady remarked. after a pause, In
the most frigid tones.
ia noteT" he inquired, In blank as
constituent.
Certainly, along with a nosegay."
ITO be sure, | sent you a ~nosegay."
And there was a note inside-do you
still mean to deny itY'
With these words she handed the
dumfounded swain "A scrap of pap
on which the following words were
written: Don't forget the old trousers
you promised me the other day."-Tld.
Bits.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

1t is said that the first use Of coffee
by man was made by the prior of a on
vent. He was told by a goatherd of the
exciting effects of the berries when eaten
by his goats, so he thought he would
try them and see if he could not keep
his monks awake during what should
have been their vigils. He succeeded
admirably and brought coffee into the
way of earning its worldwide reputa-
ton. The most active principle of coffee
is caffein. 1t contains also certain oils,
which no doubt have a share in its ac-
ton. Many years ago a claim was made
that green, or ~unroasted, berries had a
great value in liver and kidney trou-
bles.
One enthusiast prefers a mixture Of
two parts Mocha and one part Marti-
nique and Isle de Bourbon coffee. He
puts about three drains of this in a
tumbler of cold water and lets them
strain and infuse overnight. The next
morning, after straining, the infusion
is taken ON an empty stomach the first
thing after getting up. This medical
authority cites many cases of kidney
and liver COLES, diabetes. nervous head
aches, etc., which, though rebellious in
all other treatment for years, o yield
ed to the green coffee infusion. The
remedy is a very simple one and we'll
worthy of a trial. Another use of coffee
incidentally is in nausea and retching.
For that purpose a strong infusion is
made of the berries which have been
ground and roasted. and it is slipped
while very hot. New York Ledger.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
An Estimate of Henry George.

Henry George had all the popular
gifts of the American orator and jour
%nalist, with something more. Sincerity
rang out of every utteranoe. Sparing in
book knowledge, he had hammered out
his thoughts upon the forge of personal
experience and showed them hot from
the hammer, rude and unfinished in
form. For this very reason Progress
and Poverty" a stumbling block to re-
sponsible politicians, to the economic
professor foolishness, struck the common
mind of the thinking people with con
vincing and dramatic force. The influ-
ence of this first book of serious eco
nomic import which eve reached tho
outer circle of the English reading pub
lie is not to be sighted. 1t is a matter
of deep significance that such a book
should have reached a circulation of far
upward of 100, 600 copies. Upon the
pressure of the early popularity of bis
book Henry George threw the weight Of
his present personality, and his great
gifts as orator and debater secured his
influence and widely advertised his doc.
trines at a time particularly favorable
to their reception Re-
view.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
DRINKS OF OUR FoRBEARs.


Among the popular drinks were mad
dog aud dragon milk. Their main on
stituent was ale Of different degrees of
age and strength favored with ginger
aud similar hot stuff. Mad dog'Has the
stronger of the two. 1t was popular
among gentlemen of ancient Pistols
stamp, who usually wanted something
to grip their threats and put fire into
their eyes. Topers W a great deal to
this same mad dog. He it was that in
PRODUCED the custom, popular in other
lands besides England, of easing the eff
fects of overindulgence by taking "a
hair of the dog that bit you"
The fastidious Briton of the olden
times was also mighty hard to please as
to the qualities of wine. We find record
of his nicely in this regard as far back
as the twelfth century. An old manu-
script in the British museum tells US
what wine was most priced ut should
be clear like the tears of a penitent, so
hat a man may see distinctly to the
bottom of his glass; its color should
represent the g%reenness of a buffalo's
horn when drunk, it should descend
impetuously like thunder; sweet tast-
ed, like an almond creeping like a
squirrel; leaping like a roebuck; strong
like the building of a Cistercian monas-
terry glittering like a spark of fire; sub
tie like the logic of the schools of Paris;
delicate as fine silk, and colder than
crystal"
If the Englishman of that day was
able to procure this celestial liquor, he
was more fortunate than recent topers
and tipplers have been in the triune
kingdom. All modern travellers can tes-
tify hat no such vino is to be had now,
either in "dear old London" or else
where on the island. Furthermore, the
fancy beverages of tho Elizabethan per
iod have disappeared and left not rack
behind, unless we dignity such wishy
washy stuff as claret punch, which holds
the place of honor in most metropolitan
barrooms, and port negus, which still
fingers in the sickroom, by calling
them weak kneed descendants Of the
sturdy, uncompromising beverages of
old. -Chicago Tim s-Herald.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
KANSAS SAIL MILLS
Last of These Ancient Structures
About to He Destroyed.

About to He Destroyed.
Ruthless man Is about to remove the
last memorial of the old days when the
grain Of Kansas was ground by sails.
The ancient windmill at Lawrence will
soon be only a memory.
When this mill was first erected 1t
bore about the same relation to the
public mind as did the deacon's one
boss shay, and that 1t would for q cen
fury to come ever give place to other
ways of milling was never dreamed Of.
So for twenty odd years Its huge sails
swung about In the wind and gave the
power to grind all the wheat which the
Kansas farmers brought to 1t.
A large driveway through the base
ment rendered the handling of the
grain, the -four and meal wonderfully
convenient for the time In which the
mill began to operate, early In the 6Os.
A cord attached to a bell announced TO
the miller at work In the third or fourth
story that a customer was waiting be-
low. A speaking tube-thlnk of a speak
ing tube In a windmillItelped the lat
ter to make known his wants, a table
of current market prices and charges
for grinding enabled him to tell at a
glance how much cash or grain he must
pay and how much grlst he would get
in exchange. A large elevator was
lowered to the farmers wagon, upon
which he unloaded his grain and from
which he received his -four, or bran.
While the old mill itself has led n
comparatively calm existence 1t wit
messed the occupation OF Lawrence by
Quantrelrs guerillas and Its huge arms
have looked down upon cyclones that
left It unframed. 1t was originally
built by Swedish workmen imported
directly for that purpose, and the quail
lty of the work they accomplished Is
shown by the fact that the Interior
framework of oak Is to-day as strong
and sound In its position as when II
was first placed together.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
FREE FARMS FOR YANKEES.
Venezuela Offers Land and Transport.
alton to American Emigrants.

Venezuela Offers Land and Transport
alton to American E~migrants.
An emigration bureau has been open
ed in New York by the Venezuelan Gov
eminent. 1t is under the charge of DIR.
Manuel V. Toledo. formerly commits
sioner to The Worlds Fair, and already
4 number of emlgrants have been sent
to Venezuela through its agency.
The bureau was founded in March,
1897. under two special acts of the
Venezuelan Government. Its intent Is
to help settle the vast tracts Of unpeo-
pied country in the rich valley of the
Aragua, and TO encourage emigration
advantageous offers are authorized by
the government.
Under the act authorizing the bureau
the government officials are now en-
deayoring to arrange a reduced rate of
transportation for all emigrants. The
act, In the first place, authorizes the
payment of a sum equal TO 80 bolivars
for the transportation Of each adult
and half hat amount for the transpor-
tation of minors. In addition to this
a sum equal to 81 Is offered for the
payment of the adults passage to the
seaboard. At the monet the bureau
has been unable TO carry out this ar
rangement with emigrants, for the rea-
son that 1t has beer unable to contract
with the steamship companies that ply
between here and Caracas. 1t hopes
to have this arrangement completed
shortly.
In addition to this transportation
bounty the government has authorized
certain land concessions of the utmost
value. To each emigrant will be given
free not less than five acres nor more
than six acres of fertile land. Titles
and deeds will be made OF to him, and
the only stipulation is that one-halt
the land must be cultivated within a
period of three years. Another adyan-
tage offered is that the emigrant will
be permitted to buy at a merely NOM
inal price any other Of the public lands
he may desire In any amounts II in
any locality.
The valley of the Aragua. to which
particular attention Is paid by the Nene-
zuelaRG Government Is the most arabic
section of the cnantfy. lip to the pres
cnt time the chief difficulty In working
1t has been the lack OF transportation.
The Krupps of Germany have recently
invested large capital within Its limits,
and are o building a railroad b
will tap it from end to end. The ter
mlnal points Of the road are Caracas
and Valencia.
1t Is hoped by the government that
American farmers will respond TO the
call. The NeneZuelans would prefer to
have Americans take up the farms,
and other inducement may possibly be
offered. 1t would be easy to I'LL the
Aragua valley with Europeans, but the
Venezuelan Government does not look
with composure at this. 1t will make
every effort 10 get Americans. and, I'M
I'll failing there. will not invite Euro
peans.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
The History OF Tailoring.

At a dinner of the Tailor's Society
N London Mr.. Skinner, OF Glasgow,
graphically traced the development OF
the tailor's art from primeyal times
when they stitched hg leaves together,
until the present day, when the anxi-
ETY. of so many Is "~wherewithal shall
| be clothed He said the introduce
ton of the sewing machine marked n
new era in the art OF tailoring. In 100
one Welsenthal invented a double-polnt-
ed needle with an eye In the middle.
From this small beginning progress
was made, until In 1880 b. Thimonler
patented a sewing machine In Paris.
In 1871 there were eighty OF these ma
chimes Ia use for sewing the clothing
II the French army. But n mob OF
furious operatives destroyed these ma
hines. just as similar mobs had be-
fore that day destroyed the jacquard
loom and Hargreayes spinning jenny.
During the revolution of 1S4S Thlmo-
nier was again at work with other ma
chimes. capable of making 200 stitches
a minute. But once again the mob got
at them and destroyed them, and poor
rhlmonier died In the dlrest poverty in
the year 1857. Before hat date, how
ever, Elias Howe. of Massachusetts,,
had perfected the sewing machine, but.
meeting with no encouragement In the
United States. he came to England. and
In 1916 sold his machine to a merchant
Of Cheapside for f25E From that time
onward the history of the sartorial art
is largely n history of the sewing ma
chlne.-New York Commercial Adver-
iser.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
Average Height of Men.

During the war measurements were
made of over 100000 men In the
United States army, and ii was found
that the average height of men born in
the United States was 6T.S inches. Ac-
cording to Topinard, the average height
of Englishmen, Scotchmen and Swedes
Is GA inches; freshmen, 81; Germans,
66.2; Frenchmen, 65; Danes, 66.2; Rus
slams. 65.4; Chinese, "a: Bushmen, 60;
Laplanders, COZ; American Indians,
6S.2; Patagonlans, 70.3. Taking these
measurements as a basis, the average
for the world would be about Cos. Ma
lives of the United States, it will be
observed. are taller than any other rep
resentatiyes of the Caucasian race, and
II Is an interesting fact that residence
on this continent, or, at least, the north
ern part of it, tends to develop all the
races In respect of height, weight and
muscular power. Thus, in the army
measurement referred to the average
height of foreign-born citizens was less
than the average of American-born, but
greater than the average In their re-
spectlve countries. The high average
of the Indians is another point in proof.
No statistics of the height of women
have ever been tabulated. According
to Gerland, the variation in the height
of females of the various races is very
much less than of men. In the short
est and weakest races the females are
physically equal TO the males, and
sometimes surpass them. On the other
hand. where the stature of the males
Is considerably above the normal, the
female departs little from 1t.