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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-13
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At the age of II Miss Willard records
In her diary this tragic announcement
Of the end of her romping girlhood:
This is my birthday, and the date OF
my martyrdom. Mother insists that Mt
last l must have my hair done up
woman-fashion." She says she can
hardly forgive herself for letting me
run wild" so long. We've had great
time over it all, and here sit like an
other Samson shorn of his strength.
That figure won't do, though, for the
greatest trouble with me Is that never
shall be shorn again. My back" hair
Is twisted up like a corkscrew; I carry
eighteen hairpins; my head aches mis-
erably; my feet are entangled In the
skirt OF my hateful new gown.
can never jump over fence again,
so long as l live. As for chasing the
sheep down IN the shady pasture, 1t Is
out of the question, and to climb to my
eagle-nest seat in the big bur-oak
would ruin this new frock beyond re-
pair. Altogether, l recognize the fact
that my occupations gone.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-13

terms he taught school during the day
time and at night studied until the Wee
sma' hours fitting himself for his pro
fession. the law. He was admitted To
practice In 1870 For the next twenty
years he was an active factor in the
politics of his State and in 1890 he was
elected To Congress, where he remained
until he resigned to become chief ex-
ecntiye 10 one of the greatest common
wealths of the Union.
The executive mansion Mt Harris
burg Is sure TO be the scene OF many
brilliant social functions under the
regime of its new mistress. Mrs. Stone
loves society and is never happier than
when dispensing the hospitality of her
home. Their Washington residence
was moi nearly so pretentious as the
executive mansion, of which We pre-
sent our readers a picture, but during
the eight years In which Gov. Stone
WAS in Congress it was always favor
lite resort with society, and Mrs. Stone $
dinners and receptions were among the
notable ones of the season.
GOV. Stone has been married twice
BY his first marriage there were two
children. stephen Stone, n PttsbUrg
attorney. and Mrs. Hickling. Of Wash-
ington. As Miss Harriet Stone, Mrs,
Hicklng was one of the capitals reign
ing bellies, her sweet disposition and
womanly graces making her then whai
she is now. II great social fayorite. Sh,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-13
JOHN PAUL JONES.
Our Great Sea Fighter Was a Scotch
man Born.

Our Great Sea Fighter Was a Scotch
man Born.
John Paul Jones was born in 1747 in
the parish of Kirkbean, upon the Sol
way Firth, in the southwestern part OF
Scotland. His family name was Paul,
that of Jones being assumed later.
Thirty miles south Of kirkbean, on the
other side of Firth, and therefore In
England, is the port of Whitehaven,
whence he sailed during the early part
of his maritime career, which began ut
the age of 10. His voyages, of which,
however, only an incomplete record re-
mains, were chiefly to the West indies
and to the North American continent.
In the latter an elder brother, William
Paul, had settled at Fredericksburg, in
Virginia. There John Paul visited from
time to time as opportunity offered,
and when William died in 1773, leaving
considerable property, John went there
to live and to settle the estate. 1t was
then that he formed the purpose of
abandoning the sea; moved thereto,
doubtless, by the prospect of rea-
sonable competence which had thus
opened to him.
The troubles of the colonies with the
mother country, however, had begun
already. A recent settler, without fam
lily ties on the spot, with sisters in Scot
land, Jones very well might have re-
NAMED at least passiyely a loyalist;
but he was a reading man always, and
had imbibed the ideas and the jargon
of the century. With his native tenn
permanent and caprices 1t was well-nigh
impossible that he should remain mae
tive in such stirring times, while his
acquired views, his new interests, and
the weakening hold of home affections,
consequent upon absence since boy
hood, combined to impel him to take
sides with the fellow-citlzens among
whom he was then living, rather than
with those In the old country. For this
he was called then traitor; not wholly
unnaturally, for the doctrine of indie
feasible allegiance was still maintained
by Great Britain. 1t is singular, how
ever, to find him again so styled in
very recent English work A rebel he
doubtless was; n traitor, perhaps, tech
nlcally, as Washington might be called
for the same reason; but he betrayed
no trust.-Scribner's
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wnlpplEs CLOSE SHAVE.
One of the Men Whom Bullets or Fee
vers Cannot Get.


was oVerloVed the other day 10 meet
in Boston one Of the noblest soldiers
whom the commonwealth sent ont L"
fight the nations battles In Cnhm-MhJ.
X. \. Whipple of Adams and the Sec
ond. SAYS the Boston Transcript haa
moi seen the majo since had the good
fortune on one wearisome day In the
Santiago rampaign To he able 10 intro
ducp him to u sustaining Scottish hey
crage which was freshly of one OF the
press boats plying To Jamaica. Mai.
Whlpple though "A veteran Of the ci'h
war. and consequently not 50 young
man as some who went out from The
State, nntmarched. out worked and out
tasted all the young men In his regl-
ment. \ soldier 10 the core. lie filled
all the regulars who met him, as | had
occasion to know, with high respect for
the sorf of officers which Massachu-
sets sometimes puts into the field.
have spoken of Mai. Whpple rs "A
veteran of the civil war. \ tragedy of
patriotism hangs by that circumstances
After serving his country well as II
young man In thar war. he went out
again promptly 10 this one. and this
time he took with him his son In his
own regiment. The son lost his life In
the terrible Santiago campaign, but The
father came back again. he Is alive and
reports himself we'll today, insisting
that he Is none the worse for his Two
wars There are some men whom neith-
pr bullets nor fevers can get at They
Fan come near them, but they cannot
touch. | have story of the major 10
prove this.
When the Second Massachusetts was
under fire before Santiago and the men
were lying Hat ON the ground. Mai.
Whipple stood up looking through II
field glass at The enemy and he made
Il good mark, for lie is six feet high and
broad shouldered As he was pcerng
thus something struck him In the face
and eyes with such force and violence
Thar for the moment The ma or had no
SORT Of doubt he had been killed. The
missile. whatever it was. stung like
fire and one of his eyes palned him as
II il had been pierced. lie put his hands
10 his face. took them away and looked
at them. There was no blood. Then
he looked around wonderingly, as much
Ms 10 say: What was II = 4 soldier
was able 10 answer the question. Here
It Is. ma jor." he said. and he picked up
a chip that Il Mauser bullet had clipped
off IA tree close by and brought along
with II The bullet could NOT touph the
major with the charmed life but II
spitefully flung the chip In his face as It
passed by.
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FOOLED IN A HORSE TRADE


A prominent English landlord was
one day riding across Il common al
iacent to his preserves when he over
took one of his tenants who was also
mounted After the usual salutations
they rode on in silence for some min
utes. when the tenant slightly spuTed
his horse. n balky animal, whereupon
it dropped to its knees.
whats the matter with your
horseY" asked his lordship The em-
barrassed tenant remarked by way of
explanation that his steed always acted
that way when there was game to be
found
A moment later, to the tenants sat
isfaction and surprise, a frightened hare
jumped out of some bushes near by.
This so impressed the landlord that
he ut once drove "A bargain by which he
secured the tenants barebacked beast
in exchange for his own fine mount,
perfectly saddled. With much agility
the tenant leaped to his new horse and
all went well until they came 10 a
small stream, whereat the landlord 5
new nag Immediately baked A drive
home with the spurs brought it again
TO its knees.
Hello, what's mp now? There's no
game here, said his lordship.
True. my lord, was the ready re-
ply, "but | forgot to tell you 'ee's as
good for fish rs zee is for game. = San
Francisco Argonaut
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MYSTERIOUS LIGHT AT SEA.
Three steamers Didn't Understand
II, hut the Prince of Monaco Knew.

Three Steamers Didn't Understand
IL. hut the Prince of Monaco Knew.
The Prince of Monaco has been known
since 1850 rs an enthusiastic student
If the sea and its various forms Of life.
lie usually spends his summers IN the
study of oceanographie problems and
his cruises have on some occasions been
extended almost to the COASTS of Amer
lea He delivered lecture before the
ROYAL Geographical society in London
IN which he told this incident:
One afternoon. while in the bay Of
Biseay. he sank the trap in which he
collected specimens of sea life. 1t went
10 the bottom in over 10000 feet OF
water. and as night approached he fas.
i-ned To the wire attached 10 1t AN elec-
tric buoy and then stood off mile or
80 1t did not happen TO occur to him
that he was right in the track of steam
ers plying between northern Europe
and the Mediterranean, but he was Re.
minded OF the fact later
As he and his Il sailors We're watch
ing with good deal of satisfaction the
swaying buoy with its brilliant illu.
mination u steamer $ lights came into
view 1t was soon evident that the
steamer was curious to know the mean
ing Of the illumination. for she altered
her course and made for the light. She
knew that no fishing boats came ont so
far from land and so determined to
solve the mystery Up she came to
within quarter of mile of the buoy.
slowed MP for minute and then start
ed ahead, perhaps little Disguised ut
the incident that had lured her several
miles out of her course,
She had hardly got away when sec.
ond steamer came into view, and she,
too. bore down upon the lighted buoy
The marines ON the prince vessel UNI
derstood by this time that the illumina-
ton was probably believed to be evil
dence of disaster just as the prince 3
steamer was moving mp to explain mat
tiers she was nearly run down by one of
the large liners in the oriental trade,
which had also left her course TO render
what assistance she could
The swell was very heavy, and the
prince feared collision as the three
vessels approached the light like moths
around II candle He therefore veered
off and the other vessels, after standing
by for few minutes went on their
way and probably never learned the
cause of that nights illumination at
sea
But the incident gave the prince a
pointer He carefully refrained there
after from exhibiting his electric buoy
on any of the much Travelled ocean
routes New York sun
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Didn't Lose His Head.

Prince Louis Esterhazy, military at
tache of the Austrian embassy at Lon
don, was travelling alone in an English
railway, when an elegantly dressed wo-
man entered the carriage Presently she
dropped her handkerchief and employed
other expedients to start a conversation,
but without avail. for the prince tran
gully smoked his cigar and took no no.
tice of her At last AS the train APP
preached station the woman suddenly
tore her hat from her head. disheveled
her hair and as the train came to a
standstill put her head ont of the win
dow and sllrieked for assistance.
The railroad officials hurried to the
scene, and TO them the woman asserted
that she had been terribly insulted by
the prince. The prince did not stir from
his seat, but continued TRANQUILITY smok-
ing his cigar, and the station master
exclaimed, what have you got to say
TO this charger"
Without the slightest appearance of
concern the prince, who was seated in
the farther corner of the carriage. re-
piled, "Only this. and with that he
pointed to his cigar, which showed a
beautiful gray ash considerably over an
inch in length.
The station master was wise in his
generation, aud ON perceiving the ash on
the princes cigar he touched his hat
and said quietly. THAT'S all right
sir, and arrested the woman instead
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HIS FALSE TEETH.
they Nearly Suifocated Him. but the
Doctor Got Them.

DoctOf tot Ihcms
The fact that the throes of the lmag
inalion under great excitement often
produce corresponding physical fren
zy was illustrated recently in the case
of II man who had gone To sleep with
his artificial teeth in his mouth.
Waking suddenly with choking sell
sation, he found his teeth had disap-
peared.
lie looked In the glass OF water
where they were usually deposited, did
not see them there and realized that
they must be far down his throat
Choking and struggling he hammered
on the door of friend sleeping In the
house, who. seeing his critical condi-
tlon. Vainly endeayored to draw the
teeth out OF the sufferers throat.
lie could feel the teeth, but had not
the strength 10 extrlcate them. He ran
for n blacksmith who lived "A few doors
away, but the blaclismith's hand was
too big TO put into the mans mouth
A doctorhad been sent for. but he was
so long In coming that the victim of
the accident seemed likely 10 die of suf-
location before the physician arrived.
A little girl of 10 years WAS brought.
under the impression that her small
hand might reach the obstacle and
withdraw it, but she got frightened and
began 10 cry. The sufferer became
black in the face, his throat swelled out
and his friends exDected every moment
to be his last, when finally the doctor
arrived.
lie heard the history of the case, saw
that the teeth were not In the man $
jaw nor in their nightly receptacle, felt
the throat and chest of the sufferer.
and cast his eyes seriously upon the
floor There he saw the whole set OF
teeth. He adjusted them in the jaws
of the patient, told him to breathe free
ly. and every symptom of suffoeatioR
disappeared.
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Keeping the Law.

Get things out OF the way early In
the morning. wife. and we'll go into
town and see the boys come In. said
Farmer Simons.
"Sllas, I'd Ike well 10 see Car line
boy come In among the rest; but Mon
days washday, and I've never broke
The Bible law for that day no more
than have sunday, and don't calcn.
late to begin now I'm upward OF ~,
returned the wife.
sally. you are obstinate about Mon.
day. | never saw yet where the Bible
said you must observe II with soap and
water"
well. 1t says It plain enougl-'Clean.
illness is next 10 godliness;' and there
no other way Monday would ever got
to he washday but for that law. and
I'm going to keep It."
The good woman scrubbed away as
consclentiously rs II her law had really
been in the Bible.
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SONG cANAaIgs OF GERMANY.
Their Home IL AN Entirely Isolated
Chain of Mountains.

The home of these birds. the Harz. an
entirely Isolated chain OF mountains
rising ont of the plain between the
northern elevation of Importance IN
Germany aud lies partly Ia Prussia,
partly In Anhalt aud Brunswick. The
best SONG eanaries are reared here al
the present time. chiefly IN Andreas
berg. town also celebrated for ia
silver mines In every house and cot
tage OF the place you see canaries. and
on fine summers day, When walking
by. their song greets you from every
open door aud window. Whereas viii
the other races OF ranarles color. marx
ings, shape aud size are important
points. with this breed there l. but one
their song.
The birds are usually OF middle size
aud strongly built; the head Is larger.
the legs shorter and the neck not ~
long ~ IN the common canary; the legs
slant backward "A little aud the bird
does moi stand rs upright rs the others.
The breast ought 10 be broad aud
strong. The eyes large and lively; The
feathers must lie smooth aud the bird
ought Ia execute all IL movements with
a sort OF eoquelfy. The eolors yary
from straw To golden yellow. some With
green markings, but deeper shades OF
yellow ARE not 10 he found among
them. II We say thai these birds have
to take the second place In outward
beauty of form aud color. We certainly
must give them The first Of all IN point
OF song. Their entire value lies In this.
with the utmost care and science
their voice has been cultivated fot
years. aud splendid results have been
obtained. The song Of really hrst.
class Harz bird Is marvel Of beauty
for those who understand It, but II
needs much practice aud a musical eaf
To note slight differences and faults aud
To be able 10 choose the really best
songster among crowd OF birds
Chambers Journal.
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bella, the baby of Z. completes this in
terestng family group.
THE COTTON KING.
Robert knight Product of the
Growth of Modern Industry.

Growth of Modern Industry.
Robert Knight is one of the most re
markable products of the growth of
modern industry. He is commonly
called the Cotton King" and he de-
serves the name. inasmuch as he is the
largest mill owner in the world. lie Is
the individual proprietor of 100000
spindles. / 900 looms, and fifteen vii
lagos. He owns everything In these
villages, and 10 all intents and pur-
poses the villagers, too. Bob Knight,
as he Is Familiarity known. Is now -
years old. and would never be taken
for the absolute master of the cotton
industry. His living expenses are coy
cred by a sum the equivalent OF a
clerks salary. When Knight was a lad
he was bobbin boy In New England
mill. Summer and winter he went
barefooted 10 his work. His brother
Brayton opened a small store IN one of
the mill towns and prospered. He took
Robert In as partner. The future
mill owner was thrifty. He had saved
much and was In comfortable circum-
stances when a took a position rs Il
clerk In a Pontiac cotton mill. His EN-
ployer was elected to the United States
Senate. Knight rented the mill for
S.. 900 n year. At the end of a few
years he bought 1t out for $4,000. This
was the nest egg Of his tremendous for
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-13

enormous KEYS. so heavy that I have to
carry them IN basket. | am not only
n padrona. | am also Il cook, art stu
dent. scribbler and should be studying
Italian. Also 1t has been very hOt-so
hot that one felt as If there was littla
worth doing In this world. and one did.
nj care 'tnppence' who did II.
did Won ever keep house IN hot
weather. with no Ice and no screen,
aud In land where the insectiyora
abounded!
we have the pestilence which hop
peih IN darkness. aud iies by The 5OO.
aud many, many mosquitoes and har-
vest mice. and green and blue beetles
aud harvest hugs that bite, and long
nosed gray BEETLES that plunge into the
milk. and big grasshoppers that come
Tipping In through the windows. and
a few eenilpedes and rumors of scor-
pions and mighty orchestra of eli
cadps that drone aud buzz among the
olive Trees under my window. Every
day brings some fresh discovery In the
singing and biting line. Fifteen min
utes ut stretch NJ peaceful comfort
has been impossible. With this wall
finished | will remark thar the insect
enemy Is the worst thing about san
Gins short for san tilmlgnano. For
my quarters. five rooms and Il garden
across The lane. | pay about 81 40
month. and for my beloved Maria, my
servant. who comes for an hour and
half every day. Sl.6o a month. We are
delightfully."- behind the times here.
Everything Is done with hand labor.
distaffs, plows spinning wheels. farm
implements. as they We're In yirgifs
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THE ROMANS.
Bniit Aqueducts Solely Because They
Had No Suitable Pipes.

Built Aqueducts Solely Because They
Had No Suitable Pipes.
People forgetful of the real status of
mechanical economy in the time of the
Romans have often expressed wonder
that they built expensive aqueducts
when. 1t Is proved. they knew the by
drostatle principle that water rises al
ways TO Its own level.
The principle reason undoubtedly
was that they had no suitable material
To make pipes which would stand the
enormous pressure inseparable from an
underground system. Lead was out OF
the question for the purpose because
the pipes would have 10 he made so
disproportionately thick, and, besides.
water flowing for miles through lead
would be poisonous. Short lead and
clay pipes We're used by them In their
cities and Houses for the supply of
baths. but without east iron. which
they did not possess, they could not
have made pipes to carry water long
distances Lastly, the water brought
to Rome was strongly impregnated
with lime. and this would have caused
a great incrustation in pipes and neces-
STATED frequent opening and cleaning,
whereas an aqueduct, once built.
would. as evesis have proved, last for
a very long time with a very moderate
amount OF repairs.
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sity, and at Mccormick Seminary. For
three years after leaving his theological
studies he was pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of Peoria, III. Within
that time he built n new church at II
cost of 500 900. From 1890 to 1894 he
preached from the pulpit of the First
Church of Evanston. Ind, where he
likewise upreared new church build
Ing. Ia December, 1894. he succeeded
Prof. Swing. of Central Church, Chi
cago. rhe new pastor of Plymouth viii
preach In Brooklyn the same creed he
has preached in Chicago. 1t Is the creed
of broadcast Christianity and humanity,
the creed of Beecher. DR. HILLS Is also
n writer and has been we'll called the
poet-preacher of the end of the cen
fury"