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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
NAVAL 8
War Vessels of the United States that
Have Disappeared.

War Vessels of the United States that
Have Disappeared.
Curious disappearance and accidents
TO u warships characterized the early
history of our navy, and, in spite of
all the efforts of the Navy Department
to explain the cause Of the disasters,
many of them are as absolute mysteries
today as when they happened.
When the government built ten new
gunboats to prosecute the war against
Trlpoli. in 1905. they were sent out as
soon as they were finished and before
they were named. Each one was given
"A number, and dispatched TO the seat of
the war. No. Z sailed from New York
July 20, 1905, under the command of
Lieut.. Ogelyle, and after she cleared
Sandy Hook light she was never heard
from again. She went down with all
on board before she had even been
named.
A most extraordinary accident was
that which happened to the corvette
Monongahela at Santa Cruz. in 1867.
While at anchor in the harbor a ire
mendous tidal wave lifted her upon its
crest and carried her clean over the
town of Frederichstadt and back again
without injuring, the town or the boat
to any extent. The receding wave
landed her on the beach Instead of in
the deep waters of the harbor.. and 1t
cost our government 100000 to float
her again. Fully as strange was the
fate of the sloop of wal Wateree. She
was anchored In the harbor of Africa,
Peru, In 1868. when a huge tidal wave
swept inland and flooded the whole
city. The wave carried the sloop sew
era miles inland and finally landed her
In the midst of a tropical forest. 1t
was impossible to release her from'such
a peculiar position, and the government
sold her for n nominal sum. The pur-
chasers turned the vessel into a hotel,
and the remains of that once formid-
able war vessel loom up In the tropical
forest to-day as a monument to the
power of tidal waves.
Among other cases Of disaster, which
are attributed to the violence of the
waves or weather, there is none more
interesting than that Of the strange fate
of the Saratoga. When she sailed from
Philadelphia In October. 1870, under
the command Of Capt. James Young,
there was no finer nor handsomer war
vessel afioat. That she was as formid-
able as she was attractive was soon
demonstrated in a practical way. After
cruising around u short time she cap
tured three British vessels In success
sion, and then with her prizes she start
ed to return to Philadelphia. But off
the Delaware capes she encountered n
British ship of line. AS the Saratoga
carried only eighteen guns and the In
trepid was a seventy-four-gu ship,
Capt. Young considered 1t safer to run
away. The enemy did not chase her
far, but returned to protect and recap
ture the British prizes. The Saratoga
sailed away In the very teeth of Il
storm, and she was never heard from
again. Did she founder at sea in the
gale or was she blown mp by her OVID
magazines 2Leslie's Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

Clothespins are an American COM
modify. Some clothespins are made in
Sweden and in Scotland, but they are
big and clumsy, twice the size of the
American pins and whitfield out by
hand. Olothespins are made chiefly of
beech and of maple, but some are made
of tupelo wood. They are made entirely
by machinery, counted into boxes con-
tanning 720 each by machinery, and the
boxes are nailed up by machinery. 1t
might almost be said that blocks Of
wood fed to machines at one end come
out boxed clothespins at the other. They
are made and sold wonderfully cheap.
There are two grades of clothespins,
firsts and seconds. First grade pins can
be- bought for 80 cents a box. The pro.
duction of clothespins is enormous, mil
lions of boxes annually. The consump.
ton in this country keeps pace with the
growth of the population, and great
numbers are exported. Even people in
the trade wonder what becomes of all
the %clothespins.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
odditiea of Cayite Lie.

General Merritt's private secretary
writes to a friend In Washington: Ca
yite Is a strange looking place. The
streets are narrow, houses only one
story high. and the horses are but mere
ponies. They are driven 10 funny little
two.wheel c~ontrlvances. Another man
and myself drove around In one of these
carts yesterday afternoon, and all It
cost us for the two hours we had ii VAS
80 cents, Mexican; II cents, American.
Notwithstanding this low charge.
clothes and the like have gone up in
price. although | ordered n linen suit,
and the price Is TO be 81, Mexican; $3.50,
American. The rainy season is now on,
aud when IL rains 1t rains hard, com
ing down In regular torrents. The
mornings are usually clear. and, much
TO my surprise. | haven't AS yet found
any extremely hot weather. | think the
climate is not half AS bad as II has been
pictured. Certainly 1t is not oyerhot."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
Duel of Blankets.

A returned missionary from south
eastern Alaska tells in the Midland
Christian Advocate of a. strange custom
among the Indians Of that region:
When a difference arises between tive
Of them. and a friendly settlement
seems impossible, one OF them threat
ems the other with dishonor. He exc
cutes his threat by tearing up a certain
number of his own blankets. The only
way his antagonist "A get even with
him Is by tearing up Il greater number
Of his own.
If the contest Is prolonged, lt~.results
In the destruction OF all the blankets
they have, each Indian destroying hi:
own. The one who destroys the great
er number Is regarded as having Won
the fight.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
A Diamond Htshroad.

A highroad which in some parts rep
resented u value Of II, 900 a yard has
same claim TO be considered the most
remarkable road in the world.
During the early years of the South
African diamond mines there was such
a scarcity OF water that many miners
were compelled to dispense with ii and
to search for their diamonds as best
they could in the dry earth.
In the process of years the debris
from which the diamonds had been ex-
tracted reached such mountainous
proportions that every miner was glad
when the municipal council of Kimber-
ley undertook TO remove these mounds
to use In matchmaking the new roads
OF the rapidly growing city.
Fifteen years later the depreciation
ia the price of diamonds caused the
owners of mines to restrict the output,
and hundreds OF miners were thrown
them that with a plentiful supply OF
water 1t might be possible TO rescue
SOME overlooked stones from the de
bris OF which the roads had been made.
and on petition they were permitted by
the municipal council to make the ut.
tempt. Each year a portion of a road
was assigned to them. and to the
miners delight diamonds of the value
OF $40, 900 were recovered yearly. One
particular patch OF road, as small as
the floor of a suburban sitting room,
produced no less than 100000 worth OF
diamonds, or at the rate of 1866 Il
square yard.-LondOn Tit-BitS.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
ore bay At n Thine.

1t is a blessed secret, says the British
Weekly, this of living by the day.
Any one can carry lis burden, however
heavy, till .nightfall. Any Ii can live
sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely,
till the sun goes down. And this is all
that life ever really means to us-just
N little day. Do today's duty. Fight
today's temptations, and do not weaken
and distract yourself by looking for
ward to things you cannot see and could
not understand if you saw them. God
gives US nights to shut down the cur.
tain of darkness on our little days. We
cannot see beyond. Short horizons
make life easier and give us one oi
brave. true, holy living.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
Good Reason TO Hurry.

The trials OF Il musical aceonlpanist
are many, II we may credit all the
stories told of them. \ young profes-
slonal recently played Accomplishments
for the performers at a private enter
tainment for n fashionable charity,
lasting for nearly two hours.
Here, YOU see, | have no chance to
take Il breath for ten bars" said the
amateur hute-player, indicating TO the
nccompanist a passage in his opening
solo. There are Il number of such
places in my solos. and II you'll hurry
The time whenever YOU come TO them
II will be a relief TO my wife, for al
my family are subject 10 apoplexy
and I've already had one slight attack.'
Youths Companion. -,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
necantixa AensatInns.

The evidence of our senses Is correct
In nearly all cases in which Two of them
are called into play, SO that the testi-
mony of one is checked by that of the
other. But when we have to rely upon
one sense alone. we are sometimes Gu
riously deceived. The experiences of
those who have lost n limb are familiar,
For some time a%fterward. they feel
pains In the member hat is gone. This
is because the nerve which used to con
vey feeling to the lost extremity IS af-
fected. Another experience in decep-
tive senses may he made by crossing
the second finger. over The first, and
then placing a marble between the tips
OF the fingers, when ii will be almost
impossible TO convince ones self that
there are not two marbles. This Is be
cause two points in the fingers are
touched simultaneously, which in the
ordinary position could only be touched
at the same time by two marbles. Act
ing upon its previous knowledge, the
brain infers. that there are two.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
An ANCIENT CHESS KlNa

HAPPY some ralph first in the ages gone
Amid his languid ladies fingered thee.
While a black nightingale. sun swart as he
Sang his one wife loves passionate o%raison;
Haply thou mayst have pleased Old Prester
John
Among his pastures when full royalty
he sat in tent, grave shepherds at his knee.
While lamps Of balsam winked and glimmered
Oh.
What dost thou heref Thy masters are all
dead.
Ny heart Is full OF ruth and yearning pain
Al sight Of thee, q king. That Inst a crown
outlasting theirs, and feilst of greatness fed
Through cloud hung nightso Of undated ring
And murmurs Of the dark majestic town.
Jean Ingelow.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is al least one dreaded disease
that science has been able 30 cure In all Its
stages, and that Il Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure known 10 the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease. requires n constitutional treatment. Halls
catarfh Cure IN taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. thereby destroying tho foundation Of
the disease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing it's work. The proprielors have
so much faith In its curative power that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that II
tails 10 cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address, r. J. CHENEY co, Toledo, o..
Sold by Druggists, 75e.
Halls Family pills are the best.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
All business.

"I'm afraid u new son. in-law isn't
much of q business man, " she said.
Don't you worry about that. re
piled the old gentleman. "If no doesn't
know how to make the best of a bargain,
l don't know who does. The day before
the wedding he discovered that Minnie
had q freckle under her left ear, and he
made me add 81, 600 TO her dowry on
the ground that the goods weren't en-
tirely in accordance with the invoice. ]
was almost tempted to believe that he
wasn't a nobleman at all, but q New
England Yankee in disguise. "-Chioago
Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
A RnrgInr,s NIistake.

"When l looked into the dining room
of a house that | was in one night, )"
said the retired burglar, 81 saw q man
sitting in a chair perohed upon the din
ing room table. That seemed a singular
place for q man to get to sit, drunk or
sober, but l thought I'd have to give
him a chance to get tired Of sitting
there and go to bed before l began, for
il | I didn't he might wake up any min
ute and interrupt things. So l took a
seat in a big leather chair in the library,
next room, and waited for him to wake
up. When I'd waited what / thought
was a reasonable time without hearing
from him, l looked in again, and there
he was, still sitting there, just the same.
"But this time, even in that light,
there was something peculiar about him,
and l ventured to turn my own light on
him now, and then l saw that it wasn't
a man at all, but a suit of clothes, with
u hat on top, set up there to dry after
being wet in the rain. The man that
had worn them had been abed and asleep
for hours, but his clothes had served for
a scarecrow mighty we'll, for I'd sat
there waiting for them to go to bed so
long that it was now too late for bust
ness. New York sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
".The Changing Year,
rhe biker's melancholy days

The biker's melancholy days
Have come around at last,
And now he joys along the streets
Where oft he swiftly passed.
He'd like to "hump it, all the year.
And sadly he complains
When nature on the earth lets loose
Her chilling blasts and rains.
Far ont upon the country roads,
Where he Was wont to spin,
The mud is waiting for a chance
TO take the biker in.
And though a stiffening freeze will com
1t cannot end the woe,
For when the mud is hardened up
There'll be a fall of snow.
The wheel is in the attic stored.
Where mice can chew the tire;
Upon the hiking suit the moths 8
Now feast TO their desire.
The jaunty cap is on a peg,
Accommodating dust;
The stockings with deceptive pads
In secret place are thrust.
But while with faces showing gloom,
The bikers make lament,
Another class of mortals find
A time of sweet content;
For now pedestrians can. walk r
About the streets at will,
Aud 'scorchers" do not dash along
To injure or to kill.
But melancholy days will go.
And hiking days will come;
And then again on every side
The whirring wheels will hum.
The hiking youth and hiking girl
VIII 6irt for all they're worth.
And every "scorcher" in the land
Will think he owns the earth.
-Pittsburg Telegraph.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

According to an English magazine the
nppellation ''blue stockings" originated
in the dress of a Benjamin Stillingheet.
grandson of the bishop, as he used to
appear at tie parties of Mrs. Montague,
in Portman square. He used to general
~ wear blue worsted stockings, and he
was a very amiable and entertaining
man. Whenever he was absent from
Mrs. Montague's evening parties, as his
conversation was very interesting, the
company used TO say, I'VE can do moth
ing without the blue stockings" By de-
grees the assemblies were called "blue
stocking clubs and learned people
'blue stockings"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
HARNESS RElNs.
Made From the stoutest OF Leather.
A Word About Hand Holds.


The reins of a set of single harness
are each about ID feet in length, those
of a double harness about 10 feet. For
business harness reins are made of
leather, tanned black the reins Of car.
riage harness are made of russell colored
leather.
Reins require to be very stout, and
they are almost always made of steer
hide, the leather of which traces are
made, these, however, being of more
than one thickness. Occasionally lines
for light or for cheap harness are made
of cowhide, but not often. As a rule the
best of leather is used for the reins,
even i'll cheap harness. There can be OBJ
tanned from the hides of leather suitable
for reins strips from seven to nine feet
in length, so that reins are always of
necessity made in two pieces.
The loops, or hand holds, often seen
ON the reins Of track or road horses are
commonly made of lighter leather
stitched together and then sometimes
stitched to the reins, but more often Sc
cured to them i'll such a that
they can be shifted on the reins to suit
the convenience of the driver. The
three loop hold, which is called the
Boston hand hold, is commonly used for
track driving. The single loop Is the
one used by most drivers ON the road.
There are patent hand holds made Of
metal. The wooden buttons sometimes
seen on reins, used as hand holds, are
made in pairs, one hutton Of each pair
having q stem, with a thread cut on it,
which goes through the rein and is
screwed into the other button Of tho
pair on the opposite side.-New York
C.a
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

----o
cine. and have certainly been greatly
benefited by its use.
"LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has indeed been a friend TO me.
am now able to do my own work.
thanks TO your wonderful medicine. l
was as near death believe as 1 could
be. SO weak that my pulse scarcely beat
and my heart had almost given out. ]
could not have stood 1t n week more,
I Am sure. / never thought I would
be sograteful TO any medicine.
81 shall use my influence with any
n suffering as I did, TO have them
use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
Every woman that is puzzled about
her condition should secure the sympa-
thetic advice of a woman who under.
stands. Write to Mrs. Pinkham al
Lynn, Mass. and tell her your ills.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
A Beautiful Girls Affection.
From he Republican, Versailles, Ind.

From The Republican, Versailles, Ind.
The fuckers of Versailles, Ind, like
all fond parents, are completely
wrapped up in their children. Their
daughter Lucy, in particular, has given
them much concern. She is fifteen,
and from a strong healthy girl three
years ago had become weak and kept
falling off in flesh until she became a
mere skeleton. She seemed 10 have no
life at all. Her blood became impure
and finally she became the victim OF
nervous prostration. Doctors did not
help her. Most Of the time she was
confined TO bed, was very nervous and
irritable, and seemed on the verge Of
st. Vitus' dance.
lone morning. said Mrs. Tucker,
the doctor told us to give her DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
which he brought with him. He said
he was treating Il similar case with
these pills and they we're curing the
patient. He began giving the pills
and the next day could see a change for
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
A Question of Locality.

I'll tell you one thing, said Mad
pop to his long suffering wife, iii
Willy does not behave himself, I'll give
him the worst spanking he ever had.
He'll get it in the neck.
do be serious. my dear, replied
Mrs. Madpop 1.-The neck is no place on
which to spank "A child.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
Good Reasons For Giving.

At the meeting of the Fifeshire asso-
citation held In London DIR. Wallace told
u story of a pensioner who used to stand
with a placard on his breast enumerat-
ing his claims to the coppers he begged.
The list ran thus: Battles, 4 wounds,
o; children, o.; total, ID" This is al
most as good as Sir NJ. Grant. Duff s
story of the Irish beggar who prayed,
"For the love Of God, sir. give me a
crust. for | am SO thirsty that l don't
know where | shall sleep topightl'-
London Globe.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

An extension of the definition of as
sault has been devised by some Lon
don low churchmen. They attended an
'aspergesn service in n rituallstic
church, and later asked for Il summons
for assault against the vicar, who had
sprlnkled holy water on them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
Most Are Very Old.

Most of the favorlte rhymes are very
old. .sSing u Song for Sixpence,' was
suns ut least two hundred years ago.
Three Blind Mice" is to he found IN a
music book dated 1909. -'Lucy Locket
Lost Her Pocket" to the tune of which
.Yankee Doodle" was written, is sew
eral htiadred years old.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
SHALL WE KEEP THE PHILIP
PINES?

While public opinion is divided as to the
wisdom Of keeping the Philippines, it is,
however, all one way in regard TO the wis
dom OF everybody keeping their health. For
this purpose Ilostetter's Stomach Bitters is
widely used. This medicine is both pre-
yentiye and cure for malarial fevers and
stomach disorders.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

When coming TO San Francisco go TO
Brooklyn Hotel, 208-2l2 Bush street. Am
eriean or European plan. Room and board
{1.00 10 $50 per day; rooms so cents TO
$l.00 per day; single meals 25 cents. Free
coach. Chas. Montgomery.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

The more tender the flesh, the
blackcr the bruise. The sooner you
ase ST. Jacobs Oil, the quicker will be
the cure of any bruise, and any bruise
will disappear promptly under the
treatment of the great remedy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
81 DO MY OWN WORK."
So Says Mrs. Mary Rochiette OF
Linden, New Jersey. in this
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham.

"I was bothered with a flow which
would be quite annoying at times, and
ct others would almost stop.
al used prescriptions given me by my
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
Crime.

Burglary no longer pays in Londen.
The police reports show that the whole
fraternity of burglars earned only $685.
900 last year.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

No household is complete without q
bottle of the famous Jesse Moore Wnlskey'
n IL a nure and wholesome stimulant rec
commended by all physicians. Don't neg
lect this necessity.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

How long have yon had lame back
It's your own fault. st. Jacobs Oil
would have cured it promptly, and will
cure il now, no matter how long il has
remained neglected.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15

No autumn or winter is so good but
may be bad for rheumatism. The worst
time for it is the best time to buy and
use st. Jacobs Oil to cure it, because
il cures promptly.