The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
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ologlst and student of the antiquities of
Paris. has just made restoration of a
druggists shop of the seventeenth cen
fury, with articles discovered recently
In Paris. Some of them are as old as
the fifteenth and fourteenth centuries.
a horned rabbit was killed by George
w. Terrill, of Jewell County, Kansas,
the other day, and is now ON exhibition
at the postoffice at Robinson. The
horns grew on top of the animals head
between the ears, and are three inches
In length. While not considered
rarity In that section, this species of
rabbit Is by no means common.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota
and California were the four States of
the country which, by the Federal cen
sus of 1880, had a larger foreign born
than native born male population of
voting age. The percentages We're 50,
80, 81 and 501a, respectively. Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota and North Dakota have
u large Scandinavian population; Cali
fornia has many Chinese residents of
voting age.
A skunk got into the yentilatlng fue
Of the Methodist church at Sherman,
y. Y, few days ago and gave the
audience no little annoyance during a
series Of revival meetings After sew
eral efforts to get him out he was final
ly chloroformed In the fiue and then
removed without increasing the often
siYe indication of his presence The
opening of the fiue will now be covered
with netting.
\ decidedly original sentence was
given by Western Judge recently. A
man who did not know how to read and
write was sentenced for minor of
Tense to be imprisoned until he learned.
The next prisoner could do both, and
he was sentenced TO stay in jail until
he had taught his predecessor in the
dock. After three weeks they were dis.
charged, both having fulnAs4 their task
to the satisfaction of the fsdeA.
Harvard University is to pension pro
fessors and assistant professors who
have served the institution for twenty
years or more, plan Of retiring allow
ances having been established by the
president and fellows of the university
The plan was first suggested in Har-
ward in 1880, since which time the nee
essary fund has grown to $4,000.
Harvard is the first American unIyer-
slty TO establish a general system OF
retiring allowances.
The planters In Hawaii realize that
the contract system is at an end and
are now trying the experiment of prof
it-sharng with the laborers. SO far the
plan has worked well and Is believed to
be the final solution of the labor cues
ton. The sugar industry is by all odds
the most important, and to get sufi
cient laborers the planters have to offer
liberal terms. They claim that profit
sharing Is the faifest to all concerned
and will make the islands more pros
porous than was possible under the
Coolie system.
The total amount of power estimated
as necessary for the Paris exposition Is
10000 horse power, of which l5,OO0 Is
allotted for lighting and 5000 for mo
tive power Upon this assumption there
is allowed consumption Of 100000
pounds of steam per hour, or, for 2Oj
DAYS. at seven hours per day. total of
631 .4OO. 900 pounds of steam for the
entire period. This Will require 200
tons of coal day, and the water re-
aulred for condensing purposes is esti-
mated at more than 2S0.000000 cubic
feet for the whole period of the expo
sitlon.
The church authorities In Wurtem-
berg have decided that at funerals
where the body of the deceased Is ere
mated the clergy In their official eapaei.
ty can hold services at the house, but
not in the cemetery where the ashes
are laid away. This decision is found
to be very embarrassing by ministers.
~ ore writes: I'VE follow the body of
a suicide dressed in our robes and offer
st least prayer, sometimes delivering
ar address by request of friends. bur
eYer a man who through aesthetic or
sanitary considerations wishes his