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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
A WELSH CAT.
The Queer Law that Was Formerly
Enforced.

Enforced.
In Wales as early rs the tenth cen
fury cats We're protected by the govern
ment and their value nxed by law Be
fore a kitten could open It's eyes 1t was
worth II penny; afterward il was worth
two and when II had caught q mouse Its
value rose to four pennies. These may
seem small prices now, but they meant
u good deal then. Both cats and pen
MES are within reach of any one, and
the simplest little home may have as
guard the eat that ''once upon time"
kept watch in the Kings granarles.
In Wales the Prince had his store
houses thus protected. and the follow
ing story will show you how the theft
OF a cat was regarded: One day a small
black XII tten WAS missing. Ii was not
very big. but 1t had caught mouse,
and search was made at once. II was
found In peasants hut. and his daugh-
ter confessed that she had stolen II
from the granary. The child declared
that the kitten was frightened by the
Princes two great wolf-hounds, and
had not the heart TO give 1t up.
The steward had father and child
| brought. trembling with fear before
| the Prince. who sat on his throne
yawnng and stroklng his tawny
| hounds.
What Is the law he asked
The thief shall pay full-grown eve
with all Its fleece" said the steward.
Alas! the man was too poor to own
sheep
r Railing this, the cat shall be hung up
by Its tail"
Rather hard on the cat said the
| Prince: and little Mertha's tears ran
down her face.
| And the thief shall pay a heap of
| grain high enough TO reach the very
| tip OF the tall = continued the steward.
Then shall we starye.p murmured
the peasant. After tolls and tlthes
there Is 80 little left"
| Now the black kitten was brought
into court, and seeing the dogs, and It's
1 little friend, IL bristled up its hair with
fear aud mewed piteously to Mertha
for succor.
The cat hath chosen the child said
the prince, carelessly. Il Will remit
the fine aud give her the anlmal for her
own"
This law is still found among the old
Welsh statutes. says u contributor TO
the Philadelphia Times, but II Is no
longer enforced
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

Private Lanes II perience in the bat
tie OF SaH Juan.

/ ETiNAAE AahDt A. Ah As1 A1A
tie OF SaH Juan.
! Private Julian Lane. of the Thir-
/ teenth Infantry. which participated in
the heavy lighting 81 Santiago has
been spending a few days in this city
gu sick leave visiting relatives. says
The New Orleans Times Democrat
Lane was wounded fonr times in the
engagement of July ! and the surpris-
ing part OF il is hat all four wounds
We're received AT the same time from
the same bnnei
we We're driving the Spanilrds from
the last trenches on the hilltops over
looking The city he said. IN telling
the story. aud tue nature Of The
ground made IL impossible 10 charge
In anything like formation. So we
went n II in PUSHES b. handfuls, TAX
ing cover between times as best we
could. | had dropped behind u palm
Tree In one of the pauses aud WIS lying
on my left side. with my right leg bent
al The knee and drawn up, Was just
reaching for cartridge. when along
came Mauser bal, and passed through
my hand. between the thumb and in
dex finger, without breaking any bones.
Keeping ON It made flesh wound on
my right hip, went through my calf
aud took off the end of my third toe.
making az clean hole ia the sole Of
my brogan as II II had been drilled
with an auger.
Il felt sudden shock continued
Lane, las II | had received charge
from an electric battery. but no par
tieular pain-at least not then. In fact,
1t took me some time 10 inventory my
wounds, and didn't know | had lost
piece of Toe until took on my shoe
aud found IL full of blood. | tried 10
get up, but the contraction of the mus
ees WAS too severe and | had 10 lie
still. One of the boys tied me mp with
bandage from my .tirst.ald package
aud | crawled under cover aud lay
there for eight hours before the doctor
got chance 10 examine me. | suffer-
ed a good deal. but | got the best at
tention there was TO be had aud WAS
treated with the utmost kindness. As
you may see by the scar on my right
hand, the Mauser makes very small
wound and | bled hardly at all except
for the wound on my toe. One of my
comrades was shot clean through the
chest and was out In five days The
only really ugly wounds that were
made We're when the bullet had hit
something else first and came side-on.
In such cases they tore a man all TO
pieces"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

The man buying a pair OF shoes
found the right one perfectly comfort
able and easy, the left one rather snug.
Its usually So" said the salesman !;
"the left foot IL commonly little big
ger than the right foot"
"Why don't you make the left shoe
little bigger, them" asked the custom
er.
Well said the salesman, the DIFF
ference Is usually not great, and 1t
might not be enough so that 1t would
be noticed IL trying ON shoes. Aud then
1t is not so great but what the differ
enee In feeling of the two shoes disap-
pears very soon. And then too, In some
cases the mans right foot Is the larger,
the man being right footed In this re-
spect as men are sometimes left hand
ed. the reverse of the common habit in
the use OF their hands. II shoes We're
commonly made with the left "A little
bigger than the right to TIT the major
ity of cases, they'd be worse than ever
when you hit II right footed man. So
the shoes are made alike in size, man
gets pair that lit hlm comfortably 10
start with and they adapt themselves
quickly to any slight differences In the
feet."-New York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
some one HAD 10 stay.

The story below Is from FL Diarlo, an
Argentine newspaper published In
Spanish. The anecdote Is told OF pris-
on In a provincial town in Argentina
An employee. whose duty IL was 10
Inspect them, arrived late at night at
one of them and asked ragged
'gaucho' who opened the door where
the chief OF police was.
1.-The chief, SIR he answered, lives
at his farm, three or fom leagues
on He seldom comes
And the second OF polleeY
1.-The second has not come for some
time, sir. The poor man has his wife
ILL.,
And the officer OF the guardr
He has been invited TO u dance.
"'And the gendarmesY
1.-The gendarmes, sir, finish Their
duty at 6 p. nj. and don't return I'LL
next day
but this is a scandal! There Is no
body here to explain things. And you
Who are your
~ am the prisoner, sir.
The whole thing reads like an Incl
dent from Il comic opera. But 1t Is =
perfectly literal translation from the
paper mentioned.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
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The air is clear at Arequipa. Peru.
From the observatory at that place.
5000 feet above the sea, black spot,
one inch in diameter, placed on white
disc, has been seen on Mt. Charchanl.
a distance OF eleven miles. through a
thlrteen-lnch telescope.
Travellers In Australia complain that
almost only the trees In the continent
are eucalyptus, and they afford little
shade. rs they have learned TO turn
their leaves edgewise 10 the sun. The
botanical gardens in the cities are how
ever, declared TO be dreams of beauty.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has by experiments found
that the force OF n growing pumpkin
l. sufficient TO lift two and one-half
tons, provided the weight Is so placed
as not TO interfere with the growth or
The French match factories are now
turning out friction matches which win
ignite on any surface, but which are
free from the objections raised against
white sulphur. No smoke or odor is
perceptlble in the factories. The in
tiammable ingredients of the paste are
sesqnisulphide of phosphorus and chIor-
ate of potash.
The extreme delicaey of many sclen-
| tific processes Is indicated by the re-
port of DR. Martin Flicker, German
/ investigator, that bacteria are affected
4 fayorabIy, or otherwise. by the charac-
ter OF the glass containing the water In
which they are suspended. Marked
differences in the behavior of cholera
germs were noted, according to the
Kind of glass composing the vessels
used. The degree OF alkallnity Im-
parted by the glass TO the water Is he
liesed 10 be an important factor Ia
these experiments
The discovery last summer OF re
markable astefoid, since named Eros
which periodically approaches tn.
earth nearer than any other heavenly
body except the moon, has led Ger
man astronomer, Herr j. Bauschlnger
TO suggest that Mars itself SHOULD
heneeforth be regarded rs an asteroid
Instead Of as n major planet The
comparative snallness of Mars mass
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

Before a battle III former times the
priests solemnly devoted TO the gods
the Whole of the hostile ARMY then in
sight, and, Ii possible, nc man OF II
was left alive. \ writer IN fhe Nine
teenth Century says that When Her
mann deeoyed The great host II Nafus
into the forest depths all the Romans
that escaped death in the ba.tle were
captured and led into the dark recess
es, where every man of them was sac
rifieed upon hastily erected affairs.
Latham. in his edition of Taeitus.
quotes six contemporary authorities 10
show that this practice of concluding
victory with human sacrifices was
customary among our Tentonie anees-
tors. Some erucitied their prisoners,
others hung them up 10 trees for arch
cry practice, but In general captive
was either slain on the spot or else re-
served TO be sacrificed 10 lie gods.
Even when the progress of agriculture
Induced them TO keep majority OF
rhe prisoners alive TO be slaves they
appeased the gods for this indignity
by increasing the tortures inflicted on
the small remainder.
Gibbon describes how, before the
blazing altar, every hundredth mans
arms were hacked on him and, before
his eyes, thrown into the flames. All
that Il red Indian would have done
last century was freely practlced by
our ancestors of u centuries ago. And
the highest ideal OF man then In
cluded, as a duty, dark cruelty and
srewsoms revenge against all his enc
mics
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
Hi.,orx IN kno,ted Cords.

Tying knots Ia the handkerchief 10
Jog ones memory had It's origin Ia
China thousands OF years ago. Before
writing WAS Invented Ia that country,
which did not happen until 1000 b. o..
memorable and important events were
recorded by long knotted cords. The
most ancient history OF China Is still
preserved AS told by these knots.
When Emperor Tschang III Invented
writing. the entire system of knotting
WINS abandoned. And today the mem
DRY knots made by rs In handkerehlefs
are the only surviving descendants OF
that ancient aud curious custom.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
An English Cobhler.

The New Voice tells OF the good work
accomplished by John Pounds, an
English cobbler. His heart WAS Tiled
with pity for the ragged children
whom ministers aud magistrates.
ladies' aud gentlemen were leaving to
run wild. and 20 10 ruin In the streets
He pondered over their situation until
he began gathering in the outcasts,
aud trying 10 train them mp In virtue
and knowledge.
He taught them to read and write.
and with no thought of fame or RECON-
pense, single handed. earning his daily
bread meanwhile by toll at the cob
blers bench. he saved five hundred
children. who became useful citizens.
He Was sometimes seen hunting
down a ragged nrehin on the quays OF
Portsmouth. compelling him To attend
school. not by the power of police
man, but by the temptation Of pota-
to. He knew the love of an Irish boy
for that delicacy. aud was often seen
running beside an unwilling lad. hold
ing hot potato under his nose-the
boys temper nearly as hot as the po-
tato.
1t was this work. undertaken by a
man poor even To rags, that inspired
the greater work of Thomas Guthrie,
founder OF the Ragged Schools OF Ed
inbur2h
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

ON the outlying spurs of Tie Sierra
Madre mountains in Mexico n tree was
recently discovered which catches and
eats birds. The tree has long. slender
limbs. which droop like the familiar
weeping willow, but the moment bird
alights ON the trees the branches curl
upward and silently eneircle the bird
and crush 1t to death.
A botanlst who discovered this re-
markable tree touched one of the
limbs with his hands. The branch
closed upon his fingers SO tirmly that
1t tore the skin when he wrenched II
away.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

"Once in the joyous springtime.'
casually remarked the man with the
ingrowing chin, Il threw a rug ON the
grass plot beneath my window. Days
few by as days will. and picked 1t up
again to find that the healthy green Of
luxuriant growth had given way to the
sickly yellow OF death and decay. just
so 1t is. my boy, when the brain Is COW
cred over with the rug of old fashioned
ideas. From infancy was taught by
my preceptors TO give useful presents.
not silly gewgaws that would last but
The moment Thus was the rug thrown
over the green of my gray matter, so
that today | haven't got sense enough
left to follow the plot of u farce COM
edy"
What In the name Of began the
astonished listener
"Simply this. my boy; gave my best
girl nothing but useful presents, and of
course she's gone aud married another
fellow. Pleasant TO think that my use
rul presents have given them a start ia
housekeeping. isn't itY'-kansas City
Independent.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
None OF His Business.

A story illustrating the reticence of
the Scotch regarding their private af-
fairs Was told by Ian Maelaren when
In Boston.
when porter put his head lnto car
and called out:
Amy one In this ear for Doun ?
Change for Doun? Any one for Doun r
No one moved. and In a few minutes
the train was speeding along, not to
stop again for nearly an hour. Then
AN old Scotchwoman turned to lady
sitting near her. and said
I'm for Doun, but I'D no tell that
man so
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
A SWEET REVENGE
Sad Condition In Which She Returned
clnrence's Letters.


"Oh Eleanor, | am 80 glad 10 find
you here. went up to your house. and
YOUR mother said you had come here
10 be fitted" aud as Eleanor grasped
the speakers hand the dress maker
frowned. for she didn't want the nj of
the new gown lnterfered with.
We'll, Daisy said Eleanor, Il am
glad, too. for see by your eyes that
you've something TO tell me"
Yes. This morning | went over to
see Kit. and ran right up TO her room.
as we always do. you know"
Yes. assented Eleanor.
And she was crying. All round her
on the floor were letters. | said, 'Mer-
cy, Kit. what's the natter Every now
and then she would make vicious lab
at letter aud appear 10 be writing"
"Oh. Daisy. ! am almost Wild, I'm
so busy
What are you dolngY | asked
Well said Kit. you know Clarence
and have had quarrel-and I'm glad
of it'-and here she sobbed the glad
dest kind OF a sob-'and- he sent
all my letters back - and the silver
bookmark the lovely pipe l gave
him with his name engraved on it-and
oh. Daisy. ! can't use any of them
how can l?-and SO I'm getting his let
tiers ready to return. Fm-Im correct
Ing them. and then she laughed and
made another jab with her pen.
" .Gorrpcting thpmr | gasnad
fYes-eorrectlng them. You know
Clarence is a terrible speller. SO | have
gone over each letter In red lux, and
made him see that II was intentional
Humph, I'll bet he won't tell another
man he broke II OFF,
II couldn't help laughing but wasn't
1t fine revenge '-London Tit Bits.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
Fire at Weddings.

Fire is an essential in some wedding
celebrations. In Persia the service is
read In front OF u fire. In Nicaragua
the priest, taking the couple each by
the little finger, leads them 10 an apart
ment where II lire is lighted. aud there
instructs the bride In her duties. extin-
gushing 1t by way of conclusion. In
Japan the woman kindles torch. and
the bridegroom lights one from it. the
paythings of the wife being burnt
then and there.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

Punctuallty means To be just In time
not little ahead of time. 1t is some
times said OF a man. as II 1t R.re to
his credit, that he always aims TO he
ten or i've minutes ahead of time In
an appointment. But why should II
man waste ten minutes or five. on ev-
cry appointment he Makes With a
busy man who has Ten or twenty APP
polntments day fiye or ten minutes
lost or FILTERED away ut every ap
,,nlniment Is unite an item In life.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
Lawn.surlnLIine i'm Sunshine.

1t Is II well-worn fallacy that lawns
should NOT be watered while the sun
shines. Perhaps the only gain from
this statement is from the owners OF
the water supply. as there Will he less
waste from sprinklers going all day
long. Where deemed necessary the
water may be used In unlimited guam
tity in full sunlight so far as danges
from the latter source Is concerned
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

For many years he had been a police
magistrate, but finally. having been
brought to see the error Of his ways.
be resigned aud became a minister Of
the gospel.
The first time he was called upon to
ofiiciate al wedding he went through
The ceremony without II break until he
ell the bride:
DO You take this man to be your
lawfully welded husband?'
Il do. responded the fair one.
What are the mitigating circum-
stances. II anyg' be absently Inquired.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
Lincoin'. Way.


At time when Mr.. Lincoln was un-
der great mental stress during the civil
war Mr.. George IL. Yeaman, then con
gresham from Kentucky, called upon
him and thus describes the occasion In
the New York Tribune:
THE president WAS alone ut his desk,
hard at work, and the congressman
promptly offered TO retire and call
again.
No said Lincoln, sit down. I'll be
through shortly
Presently his little son partly open
ed the door. Papa said he, mamma
says the company Will soon assemble.
THE congressman rose Please be
seated; Wen get to 1t directly said
Lincoln.
He continued his work. His face
was very grave; IL showed anxiety and
melancholy indescribable. Disasters
had come In the field, and it was not all
harmony among his supporters. Very
soon his barber came In, and again the
congressman offered TO retire.
- No. said Lincoln; Just excuse me
one moment He got up, threw on his
coat, seated himself In one chair and
stretched his long legs across another.
The barber lathered his face and COM
meneed stropping a razor. When that
was over the president turned his head
aud gently asked, Now, what can |
dog
THE congressman told his mission.
1t was considered kindly. decided cor
rectly and he went his way. We need
not compare this with the court Ell.
quette Of emperors and kings, nor ask
IL Washington or Adams, or even JET.
ferson, would have so received a WIS.,
itor ON business; but 1t was what Abra.
ham Lincoln did"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

ia child needs nourishment, one OF
the simplest forms In which 1t can be
taken is by the raw whites OF eggs
These are nutritious and easily digest
ed The white Is broken into a jar
with what milk is desired ana the TWO
shaken thoroughly together. plnch
OF salt may be added before drinking
II preferred.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

Cardinal Mannlng's keen wit was
often used to drive home moral warn
ing. -,
What are you going 20 do In NE
he asked Il filppant undergraduate al
oxford.
"oh. I'm going TO take Holy Orders
was the airy reply
Take care you get them, my son
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
(ienfua.

How is 1t wilkins over there looks
so cool when everything else Is swell
teriug?"
All. Wilkins Is smart. Do You see
those old papers he Is readingI Well,
they contain the account OF February =
blizzard. Every time wilkins begins to
feel the least bit warm he reads about
the twenty some below zero and SHY
ers. His scheme Is cooler than fans
aud cheaper than Ice"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

why don't you Begin inquired the
excited prize-nght patron.
THE police said the manager
hoarsely
II don't See any here. You're not
afraid OF them, are YOU"
Not afraid! Why, they'd never for
give me II started this show up be
fore they got here. They want 10 see
the whole business. Washington
Star.
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Modern.

Lady 10 servant whom she Is about
toengagel-Anddo you understand no.
10 take care OF a bicycle and keep II
eleany
seryant-No. ma an. but | can give
YOU the address OF the place where |
vel milne cleaned unsere Gesell-
arhafI
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

Jack satd his old college ehum.
your wife seems 10 be one of those
women who are bound 10 have the last
word"
Il wouldn'tfmnd that so much. for Il
seems due the weaker sex. but what
rolls me IL that she's equally bound 10
have 30 per cent. OF lie conyersati on
that preeedes Detroit Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

"Alr. Higgs. can get of this after
noohf My grandmother's dead"
Yes. you may go; but tell your grand
mother that she viii imperil your hnRn
cial welfare II she dies any more this
summer"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21

One OF the toasts at the class supper
OF the Mount Holyoke College seniors
was The Recognition OF the Divine Ia
Man" That comes easier 10 girl
graduate than II does after she has had
u few years experience with hard.
cold world. Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
THE ALUM BAKING POWDERS.


Names OF SEINE Of the Principal brands
sold In this Vicinity.
The recent discussion in the
system OF food made with alum baking
powders and the opinions that have
been published from noted scientists
to the effect that such powders render
the food unwholesome, have caused
numerous inquiries for the names OF
the various alum powders.
The following list of baking powders
containing alum is made up from the
reports of State Chemists, Food Com
missions. or other reliable authority:
Baking Powders Containing Alum:
X. C........................C Contains Alum
jacques Mfg. Co., Chicago.
CALUMET. Contains Alum
Calumet Baking Powder Co, Chicago.
HOME. .a................C Contains Alum
Home Baking Powder &C., San Francisco.
BEE VE...a......... Contains Alum
Washington Mig Co. San Francisco.
CLOVER LEAF. Contains Alum
Pacific Mfg. Co. Los Angeles.
In addition to these, it is learned
that many grocers are selling what
they call their own private or special
brands These powders are put up
for the grocer and his name put upon
the labels by manufacturers of alum
powders in San Francisco and else
where. The manufacturers. il is
said, find their efforts to market their
goods in this way greatly aided by the
ambition OF the grocer to sell powder
with his own name upon the label,
especially when the grocer can make
an abnormal profit upon il. Many
grocers, doubtless, do not know that
the powders they are thus pushing are
alum powders which would be actually
contraband in many sections il sold
without disguise.
Ii is quite impossible to give the
names of all the alum baking powders
in the market They are constantly
appearing in ali sorts OF disgnises, UNI
der all kinds OF eognomens and at all
kinds OF prices, even as low as five and
ten cents pound They can be
avoided, however. by the houhekeeper
who will bear in mind that all baking
powders sold at twenty-five cents or
less per pound are liable to contain
alum, as pure cream oil tartar baking
powders cannot be produced at any
thing like this price.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-21
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
The COMIC PAPERS.

Pleasant Iacidsnt. Occurring the
World Sayings that Are Cheer
full Ia Old or fonng Fnpny 6etee.
tions that Everybody viii Enjoy.