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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
HOW TO BUILD A FIRE.
1t Takes a Wise Man to Buiid a Fire
and Philosopher TO Keep 1t.

I
and a Philosopher to Keep 1t.
To start fire properly requires n
judlcious compound OF orderliness and
good judgment, and Sallie Joy White
| has formulated the following rules for
| the beginner In 'The Art of Building a
/ Fire" In the Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
"rhe first thing 10 be done Is to re-
move all the covers from the stove,
and brush all the ashes from the top
of the inside into the fire box; this
keeps the stove In constant cleanll-
ness, besides making the oven easier to
heat, and also keeps the heat channel
clear. Then replace the covers and
close the hampers. This is done to pre-
vent the fine dust from escaping when
the contents of the fire-box are emptled
into the pan. Many thoughtless per
sons neglect this precaution, and then
wonder where all the dust comes from
that Is covering everything In the
kitchen. When the stove has been
closed as tightly as possible, turn over
the crate, letting the contents fall into
the ash-pan below. Clean the CRATE of
any cllnging substance. then turn 1t
back to It's place. Brush out the oven
after the dust has ceased 10 rise. and
then Il will be clean for use and free
from dust when you are ready to bake
In IT, Remove the ashes and cinders,
and slft them. This should always be
done before the fire Is lighted, for II
the ashes are left In the pan, sparks
and lighted Goals will drop into them.
and 1t Is then very unsafe 10 remove
them, unless You have n fire-proof ash
receiver. Into the fire-box you
put, first OF all, loose pieces of newspa-
per that have been torn into strips;
that Is, unless you happen to live where
you can get plenty of fine pine shay
ings, and most people can't get them,
so they use paper; these strips go on
the very bottom, resting on the grate'
use plenty of paper, so that the klndllng
NAV have a chance to Hight before the
paper is burned out. Next lay small
pieces of light wood across the box
leaving small spaces between the
pIeces; on these put layer OF kindlinS
a little larger than the first layer. put
ting the sticks at right angles with the
lower ones; on these again place fine
hardwood klndllng, then larger hard
wood, and finally thin layer of small
coal. In this way you will have little
trouble in making the fire burn. Each
layer as It burns heats the one above 1t.
Now the fire is built and ready to
light, but the housekeeper thinks OF her
rules and remembers that there Is
something to be done first. She hasn't
opened her hampers nor removed and
sifted her ashes. This she does; then
she replaces her pan, and brushes the
dust off the stove. Then she blackens
her stove, lights her fire, and while 1t Is
beginning to burn she polIshes the stove
with her dry brush"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
ALASKA BRACELETS.
Hammered Ont of Silver and Quantity
Ornamented.

Ham mered Ont of Silver and Quantity
Ornamented.
Those esthetic people of the North
west coast of America, who paint and
carve every object of their belongings,
who paint and literally carve their own
bodies, were wearing bracelets of
twisted cedar bark, bracelets of wood,
bone. horn, bears claws, birds Deaks
seals teeth. shells and copper when
the white man found them. They had
ponderous wrlstlets hammered from
nuggets of pure copper and lnlaid with
abalone shell, and others of twisted
copper wires. They made iron brace
let's as soon as the traders brough. them
that metal, and they learned to oxldize
copper by heat until 1t resembled iron.
When the miner invaded the fur
traders realm the Indians began to
receive actual money, to sell Instead of
to barter their furs. They have never
just relation to silver, and they hoard
the white metal like Hindoos. One
Tlinkit woman amazed an official by
bringing out 1900 and odd silver dol
lars to be counted. They find the metal
dollar more convenient article TO han
die and store than the blanket or beav-
er skin. which were the former units
of value and the current coins. Half
the silver coins that go into Alaska are
converted into bracelets, and the ma
tive artisans used to carry out some
of their cleverest ideas In this soft,
easily worked metal.
The first silver bracelets were broad
bands etched with the totems of their
owners, their rude heraldry ordered by
as severe and arbitrary rules as In any
European college of such arts. One
finds the strangely conventionalized
raven, eagle, bear, wolf and whale of
the great clans most admirably drawn
and arranged on such broad, barbaric
old wrislets. On one of these two ami
mails approach In profile from either
end. the bears combining In one ex-
aggerated full face, with the storied
skis, or ceremonial hats, piled up In Il
crown or column of glory. On another
the one animal seems to be split IN half
below the head and stretched around
the curved surface. 1t took whole
dollar to make such bracelets as these,
and by custom the sllyersmith was
paid twice the value of the coins used
In this work.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30

Good judges say 1t is difficult to dis
tinguish between bacon hogs on foot
fed In the Canadian method or In that
OF this country, but that the difference
In the meat after Strengthening Is quite
distinct to any one. The Canadian hog.
fed on ground peas, barley. rye and
shorts, makes leaner bacon. which sells
In England about 4 cents higher per
pound than the cOrn-fed bacon of the
United States. The time will come
when reliable feeders OF our country
will establish a reputation for their
hogs that will give them an advantage
In price nearly, II not quite. as large as
that given to the Canadian feeder.
Corn feeding will continue just AZ GER
tainly as corn producing viii continue.
and wherever corn Is raised II will go
Into hogs: but the other feeds with
which the Canadians obtain such su-
perior results can also be produced
here and made as profitable, in many
localities, as to feeders In that coun-
try. The difference In qualities Of diff
ferent bacons, It Is now generally con-
ceded, is the result OF feeding quite as
much as II is the result Of breeding. and
there will be an increase In the mum.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
A New Miik PROCESS.

A process has been Invented In
France for the sterilization of all fer
mentable liquids by means OF compress
ed oxygen. The liquids, In closed YES.
sci. are subjected to current OF case
Gus oxygen. proportioned In volume to
the quality and quantity OF liquid to
be sterillzed. The inventor claims that
by this process milk eau be kept inden.
nltely. He Is enabled TO prepare a very
healthful and agreeable drink, ''cham-
pagnlzed" milk. The milk must first
be skinned. Then the necessary sweet.
ening and the desired flavor added. The
whole Is placed In a closed vessel and
sterillzed by a current OF oxygen gas.
then "ehampagnlzed' by the lntroduc.
tlon of the necessary amount OF car.
bonlc acid gas. The result Is re.
freshing. healthful drink which keeps
fresh indefinitely Portland Tran.
script.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
Weed. Along Highways.

The great hotbeds OF weeds In q com
munlty is the roadside. The number
of weeds grown along the roads, and
which are permitted to scatter their
seeds far and wide. Is enormous. The
duty Of destroying these weeds seems
TO be that OF the farmer, but he will not
work on the outside OF his fence as long
as he is busy on the other SIDE and he
therefore spends more time In destroy.
ing weeds on his farm during the grow.
Ing season than would be necessary II
he kept down the weeds along the road.
But such work will be useless unless all
farmers are interested, as a single
thriftless Individual may undo the ef.
forts of many. 1t Is a At subject for
discussion In farmers meetings. and
State laws should make roadside weed.
killing compulsory.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30

A full-grown man exhales seventeen
ounces OF carbonic acid gas every TWEEN
ty-four hours.
A new discovered spot on the sun,
which is visible just now, is said to be
10000 miles In diameter.
Acetylene is now used for lighting
Paris omnibuses, generator and carbide
Weighing about thirty pounds.
A substance believed to be a new
element has been obtained from cast
iron and boiler dust by G. G. Boucher,
an English chemist, and has been sub
mitted to Prof. William Crookes for
spectroscopic investigation. Another
assayer, +. g. Ruddock, has noticed
like material in steel drillings from the
Continent.
The modern office building was sub
jected recently TO severe test In fire
In Pittsburg. II was found that the
steel frame resisted the fire admirably.
Metallic lathlng aud plaster was found
Intellectual as a protection for wooden
partitions. Wooden shutters covered
with thin sheet-iron gave good tem-
porary projections; large glass windows
were an element OF danger.
Thin sheets of wood are guled togeth-
err, In u factory of Warsowl, Russia,
so that the grain crosses, an elastic
plate which cannot be twisted out OF
shape being thus obtained. These
plates are used for roofing tiles. They
stand the weather well after being
patched, and can be made fireproof by
saturation with potassium sllicate (sol-
uble glass;. The roofing weighs twelve
pounds square yard.
Aluminium is now cheaper for equal
mum tubing of equal external diameter
and equal weight have been tested
against each other. The aluminium
tubing had 16 per cent. less rigidity,
but resisted buckllng and crushing bet
ter. In France II has been found that
a great saving In he weight Of railroad
cars, one and ote-half tons per car,
can be effected by substituting alumni
mum for brass wherever possible.
According to experiments made In
cold storage establishment In Washing
ton, by DIR. A. NJ Read. an alteration
OF low temperature, say Is degrees
Fahrenheit, with comparatively high
one, say 40 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit
Invariably kills the larvae of certain in
furious insects, although they are not
injured by continuous exposure to the
lower temperature. This confirms an
old belief, long held by farmers, that
steadily cold winter Is followed by an
abundance of insect pests, but that,
during an irregular winter, when the
temperature is alternately high and
low, insects are killed Off.
A curious Instance of the effect of the
shape of the ground upon the wind
blowing over II was recently noted by
Monsieur Batut as he was experiment.
ing with kites In France. When north
wind floated the kite the latter kept Its
balance easily, but when the wind came
from the south or southeast the kite
pitched and bodied in a very irregular
manner. The explanation was fur
nlshed by the character of the surface
over which the wind had passed. Com
Ing from the north It had plain coun-
try to blow over; but coming from the
south and southeast. 1t passed across
broken hills. which set 1t into irregular
puffs and undulations.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
New varietIe. of Pota,oes.

From three to Ave years are required
to develop seeding potatoes. As the
tendency of potatoes after few years
of cultivation Is to deteriorate, It be-
comes necessary to have new varieties
to take their place. Most of the kinds
cultivated twenty years ago are now
superseded by recent varieties. The In
PRODUCTION Of the early rose marked n
new era In potato culture. Recent intro
ductlons of value are New Queen, Ear
ly Essex. Carman No. l, Carman No. 8,
Banner, Somerset and Enormous.
Early varieties Of potatoes are desir-
able TO escape the beetle and the blight.
Two other advantages In an early crop
are that the price Of potatoes is much
higher than laterin the season. and the
land can be used for a second crop OF
celery or late cabbage. l also plant
squashes every third row, and get
about as large yield as II no other
crop had preceded it.-Maine Farmer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
ProIificncx of Fowia.

1t Is very easy among lot OF fowls
to decide which will be the best lay.
ers. 1t Is always the hen that has a
red comb and that gets up the earliest
even In cold weather. When hen Is
moping and dumplsh she will not lay
many eggs. and those she does lay,
while they may be all right while fresh
for eating are worth little or nothing
for setting. II the eggs for setting
were always chosen from fowls that
were themselves active and vigorous,
the greatest possible Improvement In
the prolincacy Of fowls would be made
at no expense whatever.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
SMELLING PEAS AND
WHAT CAME OF 1T.

c l. f Y e II a n d
wealthy man o n C G
told a friend that the
prettlest sight he ever
saw was a girl she'll
Ing peas for the fam
lily dinner. 1t was an
odd remark, but the
circumstances I b a I
led to 1t were such as
m | 6 b t happen any
day.
II ce Tremlow
was an only son, and
his old father W a s
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30

When there is snow in orchards mice
are liable to do much damage unless
pretty close watch Is kept. Wherever
a mouse has been working set trap
and catch him when he comes again.
A bit OF toasted cheese will tempt him
from apple bark every time. II the
tree is badly glrdled cut CRAFTS from
the limbs OF the same trees and insert
them in both the upper and lower por.
tions Of bark around the cut so that a
union may be effected. Both will grow
together.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS oFiNTEREST TO FARM.
Err AND HOUSEWIFE.
Good Management and Care Required
10 Secure Profits In Butter Making
Fruit Trees Should BE Set out
Early In the spring-Farm Notes.



Ii takes pretty good management In
fedlng and care of stock and In han
ding the milk to secure fair profits on
the butter made. even from the better
grades OF COWS. But no management,
however skillful and scientific; no ra-
ton, however well balanced, can make
the production of butter from a very
large number OF the cows, as we find
them on average farms, profitable at
all. Many-a great many-of the cows
in the country do not fully pay for their
keep. That is a deplorable fact. and
from the study OF station and other
reports | find that there are many such
1nproiitable cows. even among those
that are considered of good blood, ana
among the thoroughbreds. In table
published by the North Carolina Elk
pertinent Station, for instance, ! ma
the results OF experiments In keeping
sixteen cows In 1896. Half of these
cows gave net profit of from $4.62 TO
S39. So COW, while the other half gave
a net loss ranging from % cents to
$l5.SG COW. The value OF the butter
was estimated at % cents a pound. At
the prices which a large number or
farmers receive for their butter almost
all these cows would have given a net
loss. This shows the great need for
wedding out our dairles. We keep far
too many Improbable cows. The bulle-
tin says on this point:
From the above notes and the tables
showing condensed record of the cows
on the experiment farm It will appear
plain TO every reader that there are
some cows In this herd that do not pay
for their food. This has been apparent
for some time, but some have not been
culled out before the end OF the years
record In order to give time, after the
trouble from eplzootlc abortion was
over, for cows to resume normal flow
OF milk, thus avoiding hasty judgment
and, consequently. erroneous work. A
strong example In this line Of feeding
at cost should set farmers to thinking.
and weighing feed and milk. and using
the Babcock tester In earnest. Farm
and Fireside
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
Warming Water for Cows.

So long as snow and Ice remain all
the water for cows should be warmed
to something near the animal tempera-
ture. 1t will do no harm II the drink
Is made even warmer than that. Man
Is the only animal that prefers to drink
water when It Is cold In severe wealth
er especially the amount OF heat re-
quired to warm four to six gallons OF
water to the body's temperature uses
up a good deal of the carbon In the
food, which might otherwise go into
the milk pail as butter fats, or aid In
maintaining the bodily temperature.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
Collection Boxes Run by Electricity.

Collection Boxes Run by Electricity.
The minister of progressive church
has recently introduced an electric con-
trlbutlon box. By pressing a button
several small silver cars lined with vel
vet run along miniature railway plac-
ed at the back of eaeh pew. AS they
pass along the members OF the congre-
CATION drop their offerings. All the
cars concentrate at one point and the
collection is taken out.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
BUYS AN ANCIENT HOUSE.

An Antiquarian Secures the Oldest
Structure in America.
The Oldest house In America has re-
Gently changed owners-the fourth oc.
cupant since 1t was built. 1893 years
ago. 1t was built In 1864 on the settle
ment OF St. Augustine. Fla, by the
Spanlards. This solid structure was
built Of coquina, formation OF sea
shells, mixed with mortar. and was In
tended for a monastery. and was occG-
pied by the monks of the order of ST.
Francis for about twenty years, when
I large edifice was built nearer the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30

Der OF those who will discriminate In
favor of what is coming to be known
rs the bacon" type, and when they
know that they are getting what they
want, will be willing to pay the differ
ence In price for it.-Texas Stock and
Farm Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
settinv Ont Tree. In Spring.

When trees are to be set out In the
spring 1t Is quite an item TO get the
work done as early as possible. When
1t can be done. everything should be
made ready so that at the FIRST favora-
BILE opportunity the planting may be
done. Trees never should be set out
when the ground is frozen or too wet
to readily work into good condition.
While trees may grow when properly
cared for II set out late In the spring.
trees set out earlier will nearly always
do better. In many cases the ground
may be plowed during the winter and.
II needed. a good dressing of manure
given. The orchard can be carefully
planned out and stake set where each
tree Is to be planted. While 1t Is al
ways advisable to label each tree 1t IL
also IA good plan to make plan OF the
orchard on paper, so that In case the
label on the tree gets lost the variety
can readily be identified. Having this
work done In advance will help matters
In good season. In a well drained or
porous soil In many cases the holes for
the trees may be dug, thus saving still
more time, but In stiff clay or hard
pan soil this may not always be advisa-
BILE, as the holes may hold water and
delay rather than help in early plant
/ ing.
In planning the orchard give the trees
/ plenty of room. Better have the trees
a little too far apart than to have them
crowded. Bunch varieties: that il.
plant all of one variety close together
rather than scatter early, medium and
late varieties promIscuously through
the orchard For n family orchard a
large number of varieties Is needed In
order TO secure supply all through
the year and for all purposes. In a
commercial orchard winter apples pay
best and four or Ave kinds will be sum-
Client. Trees. like seed. cost, and so
far as can be the planting should be
done under the most favorable condi-
tlons for securing n good growth.-N.
J. Shepherd, In Farmers Voice.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
Real LANGUAGE,

The Japanese languages Is said to
contain 10000 words, every one OF
which requires different symbol. 1t
Is quite impossible for one man 10
learn the entire language, and we'll
educated Japanese Is familiar with
only about 10000 words.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30

Stiff quilts from the wings of.iur
keys or geese are the best brush to use
in brushing bees from the combs or
hive or in hiving swarms. etc. Brushes
made Of hair do not seem to suit them.
and when used will enrage them to .
sighting pitch.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30

There Is one thing always left out 10
describing brides dress: that she Is
angry because It Is not nicer, and that
her father Is mad because Il Is so nice.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30

When a woman can sing little. she
usually becomes very dlsagreeable In
other ways.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30

What has become OF the old-fashIon.
ed woman who was afraid of her hus'
bshdi
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
Intiolent Daisy.

She's fair Of face. is Daisy.
OF earth she seems the salt;
She says she's tandem crazy,
But has grievous fault.
This fault is not endenring
Her charms TO Reggies breast.
For, while he's pumping. steering,
Sweet Daisy does the rest.
nuCk
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30

The men never carry pocket-books
They don't need to; they carry Ihi
money.
The evening times., 1898-06-15
JUNIORS IEcoME SENIORS.
The Commencement of the Immacu.
late Conception Academy.

The Commencement of the Immacu.
late Conception Academy.
The junior commencement exercises of
the Immaculate Conception Academy were
held at the Columbia Theater this morn
ing at 10 o'clock. An unusual crowd of
relatives and friends assembled to see the
$50 children pass into the senior grade
and to hear them render pleasing selec-
tions.
Sister Henrietta was in charge of the
program and arrangements, the success
of which was evident from the generous
applause following each number.
The features We're the violin solo by
thirteen-year-old Miss Koechling, the ex-
cellent rendition of the operetta and the
humorous recitation on How Girls Stu
dy." by Miss NJ. Mcclure. The program
follows:
Entrance March-Danse dun Hameton,
Misses E Hickey. NJ. Dunnigan A. Hea-
ny. A. Gaesler; Die Muhle-Duet. Misses
NJ Mangan. T. Zerega. NJ Dunn. B.
O'Neil; Queen Flora's Day Dream-Canta-
ia, Minims. Queen Flora. Miss l. Hall.
Stella, Miss NJ. Keliher; Violin Solo
Faust, Miss L. koechling. Operetta-St
Germaine: Germaine. Blanche Becker:
Lawrence Cousin. Mabel Rainey; Jeanne
Cousin, Mamie Mangan: Charlotte Cous-
IN, Belle Zenga: susette, Katie McMahon:
Genevfeve. Nellie Saffel: Catherine Nellie
Clements: Elise. Gertie Gaegler; Mary.
Mary REILLY; Rose, Mamie Dunn: First
Nun, Mary Kelly; Second Nun, Sarah
GALLAGHER: Scene I-Sweet Bunch of Dali
sizes, Minims. Piano. Miss Ida Wynne:
visions of Rest-Duet. Misses A. Sullivan
X. Sullivan. NJ Halpin and A. Slatterv
Scene II-Violin Solo: Norma, Miss Lo-
retto Sullivan. Piano. Miss A. Sullivan.
La Cachaca-Duet. Misses NJ. Mum. r
Sweeny A. Murphy and NJ. Blinkhorn,
Scene III-How Girls Study. Miss NJ Nc
CURE: Presentation Song. intermedi-
ate Slass' Indian Club Drill. and Patri-
OTIS March and Song.
The evening times., 1898-06-15
HIS SKULL FRACTURED.
Death of a Color ed Man at Freed
mans HOArftal.f

George johnson. a middle aged colored
man. died last night at Freedman's Hos
pital. His death was caused by a frac-
tured skull. He went to colored excur-
sion resort near Indian Head Sunday and
while there encountered Frank Thompson,
a colored countryman. The men had a
quarrel and johnson received blow on
the head. He received medical attention
but. as he grew worse. it was determined
to bring him to Washington. When he
got here yesterday he was unconscious
and was quickly sent to Freedman's Hos
pital. The mans mother. who resides at
No. lis l. Street southeast, accompanied
him. johnson died without regaining con-
sciousness. When Coroner Carr was noti-
fled he consulted Inspector Mattingly and
the latter detailed detective to interview
witnesses Of the affair. An inquest will
be held tomorrow morning at II o'clock
at No. police station.