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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10
coNJUREo A TREATY.
How Houdin. the Magician. Awed the
Arabs Into Submission.


During the French conquest of AL.
geria (1s30-1e3s) negotiations for peace
were entered upon with the sheiks Of
certain Arab tribes. and a meeting for
the settlement of terms was arranged TO
take place at the French headquarters.
The French officers received their guests
with great hospitality. and after The
banquet given in their honor. at which
the utmost splendor was employed, in
order to dazzle their eyes and captiyate
their simple minds. an adjournment
was made to lsrge hall. where III
Houdin, the celebrated conjurer, who
had accompanied the French forces.
gave an exhibition of his skill.
They stared in open mouthed wonder
at all the tricks that were performed.
and feeling of awe crept over them as
they witnessed the mysterious appear
ance and disappearance OF various OBJ
jects But what appeared to them most
marvellous was the apparent manufac-
ture of cannon balls M. Houdin passed
round among them high hat. which
they examined very carefully. but with
out suspecting anything unusual in ell
Their its make or its appearance. When
the hat was returned 10 him the con-
jurer placed it on the floor in the mid
die of the stage in full view of his an
dience. He then proceeded TO take from
the hat cannon balls apparently with
out number, and rolled them across the
floor into the wings With this the per-
Torrance terminated.
The chiefs then consulted among
themselves and came to the conclusion
that it was useless 10 offer any opposi-
tion to an army that could turn ont its
ammunition in so easy manner. They
therefore signed the required treaty and
departed TO tell their friends in the
desert of the wonderful power of the
invaders Cincinnati Enquirer
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CHILDREN USED
For the Art Feature of Advertising
of Manufactured Goods.

Speaking of art advertising" said
New Yorker who has been in the
business good many years. 1t is per-
fectly true that there is a great scarcity
OF suitable women models for photo
Illustrations. The result Is that great
many children are used. Turn the
pages of any magazine that carries Il
large line of general ads. aud YOU
will be surprised at the number OF de-
signs into which photos of children are
worked The interesting part of II is
that they are usually the youngsters OF
the advertisers. who take good deal
OF pride In thus exploiting their pro,
geny 10 the world That reminds me,
by the way. of an amusing little story
Last summer In going to my home In
New York by way Of the J. ears. | used
to have my attention frequently at
tracied by little boy who WAS travel
lug In the same direction with his
nurse. They evidently lived some
where near, for they We're often on the
train. aud there was something about
the child that struck me as being ex-
uaordinarily familiar. My wife re-
marked the same thing, but neither of
us could tell where he had seen him
before. Still, | could have sworn that
his face was almost as well known to
me as those of my own family, and |
puzzled over the matter more than
once. One afternoon when my wife
was with me and our mystery, as we
called him, WAS perehed across the
way, | all of sudden remembered.
BY Jove" | exclaimed, that's the boy
In Soandso's ad" Why. so he Isl said
my wife. How silly of us not to think
OF Ii before. | had In mind a familiar
illustration used by big manufactur-
Ing concern. and the likeness was unde-
niable. After that we dropped the
mystery aud called him the ad boy,
which WAS soon shortened to I'D He
proved 10 be the son of the manufac- /
turer, and later ON my children be
came acquainted with him. and. by
force OF habit. proceeded to call him
Adj He took to 1t as a matter of I
course. and. oddly enough, 1t turned out T
to be his nickname at home. His real
name was Adam. Queer. wasn't itY'
New Orleans Times Democrat
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Around the World.

Around the world In thirty three days
Is the possible pace set by Prince Hi
koff, the Russian Imperial Minister of
Ways and Communications. To make
the circuit In this time modern fast
ships and railway trains are alone con
sidered. but with these available on
the routes specified he gives the time
as follows: Bremen To st. Petersburg
by rail, ~ days; st. Petersburg to
ladivoctock by rail at 30 miles an hour,
10 days. Nladiyostock TO san Fran
cisco, Via Hakodate Straits, 10 days:
san Francisco 10 New York. AZ days.
New York TO Bremen. days. The
present shortest time for circuitlng the
globe is given rs follows: New York 10
, southampton. q days; Southampton 10
! BrlndIsi. via Paris, 81, days; Brlndlsl
to Yokohama, via suez, ~ days; Yoke.
hama to San Francisco, 10 days. and
San Francisco to New York, Az days
or d6 days In all.
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Tn. Name Tamhirhee.

Mr.. Charles Gibson of Eufaula, |. T.,
says that Tombigbee river is often
written about and is in history, and not
one in a thousand knows why it is called
Tombigbee Years ago there wac such
a thing az a white man coming among
the North American Indians. 1t was
the case with the naming of this river.
There was lone white man among the
Choctaw Indians. He was a friendly
white man, not a boomer nor land
grabber, nor was he hobo
He was a workingman and farmed a
little, built houses or huts for the ma
tives, and here comes in the history Of
not only the naming of the river. but
when the North American Indians be-
gan to bury their dead this white man
could make coffin and persuaded the
wild men to bury their dead under the
sod. This good man lived ON the banks
of the river. The Choctaws did not
know his name, but called him the
coffin maker, which in Choctaw is
etombe igbee. From this the white man
has changed the above Choctaw words to
Tombigbee river. Minneapolis Trib-
una
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BY General Subscription
For the Free Quakers.
Is,.,.s.t..l nn-g,
SOME COSTLY CAKES.
Those Used for Weddings and Similar
Occasions Sometimes Expeuslve.

Those Used for Weddings and Similar
Occasions sometimes Expensive.
-Four thousand i've hundred dollars
was the cost, as given by the Chicago
News, OF the cake provided at the wed.
ding Of John jacob Aston 10 Miss VIII.
ing. of Philadelphia.
The Princess Beatrlee's wedding cake
WAS worth $1,000. 1t weighed s00
pounds, was . feet high and ) feet
around. Six months IL took for mod
cling the ornaments among which
were 800 sprays of sugared leaves OF
Ivy. roses. clematis. honeysuekle and
other plants. 1t was made In the royal
kitchen. aud was sent 10 Osborne IN u
special van. twelve men lifting II.
The wedding cake provided on the
marriage of the Princess Louise with
the Duke of Fife was also made by
the Queens own confeetloner, II
weighed 1876 pounds and was nearly .
feet high.
A leading firm made an enormous
cake for presenta ton to Queen Vie
torla on the occasion OF her jubilee 1t
measured feet q inches around. ~
feet high aud weighed over quarter
of ton, without any ornaments A
cake sent to DR. Behrend by the con.
gregation In Brooklyn upon his 50th
birthday was a valuable one. for the
top WAS ornamented with gold coius.
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A new novel by Robert Kitchens Is
called The Cry OF the Child and will
be issued In the near future.
Richard lie Gallienne talks of found
ing a magazine. to be written wholly
by himself, and to be called Personal
Opinion.
''If Tam o'Shanter'd Had a Wheel
is the title of a collection of Grace
Duffie Boylan's best newspaper sketch
es and poems.
A new story by Klpllng, called THE
Flag of Their Country" is u continue
ton of the stalky series, and appears
as a serial In McClure's.
Quiller-Coueh's new romance, 1.-THE
Ship of Stars Is a love story. min.
Cling tenderness and adventure. oxford
life and a sea atmosphere.
Robert w. Chambers is now engaged
1t Is said. upon the fourth aud ina
volume OF his series of romances deal.
ing with the Franeo-German war.
OF Interest to the scientific world will
he Among the Himalayas," by Major
l.. A. Waddell This intrepid scientist
and explorer penetrated to the borders
of Thlbet, where he was unfortunately
turned back by the military guard hold
ing the passes. He spent fourteen years
In this region on the Roof of the
World
Holland declined to Join In the Berne
copyright convention. and German
authors are particularly wrathful over
the results OF this action. According TO
the London correspondent of the New
York Tribune. no sooner had the open.
ing parts Of Adolf Streckfuss' new His
tory OF the World appeared than he
became aware that a piratical transla
ton was being sold In Amsterdam. He
asked the Dutch publisher for some
'pecunlary acknowledgment OF bis
rights, and received In reply a Dutch
cheese. with the statement that the
sender recognized no moral obligation
In the matter. The week after the fol
lowing advertisement appeared In the
leading newspapers of Amsterdam
For sale. the manuscript of the His
tory OF the World, by Streckfuss, q
fortnight before the publication of eacf
part In Berlin Scores of good offers
poured In. and the offending publisher
had to choose between losing his stock
of the first numbers or outbidding his
trade rivals. He chose the latter alter
native, and the author got handsome
price for his book"
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Yeraatiia Mr.. aanierann.

In his younger days William J. Hen.
derson, the eminent musical critic and
author, poet, composer and yachtsman,
was a contributor TO a popular weekly
He was the author of the Shinbone sto-
ries of 1S64-5. One day he received the
honorary degree OF A. NJ. from Prince
ton. He maryeled at this. because he
had not been popular student with
the faculty.
Il think 1t was on account Of your
literary work" said friend to him
one day.
your poetry and serious work, yes"
interposed a friend. but not your mig.
ger stories. Billy. Not they,
\ year or two afterward Mr.. Hender.
son had. so the story goes. chance to
speak to u member of the faculty as to
the effect his early humorous stories
had In securing the degree.
.It was granted In spite OF them, Mr.
Henderson" was the reply.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10

In reading OF the great Arctic e1plor.
er, FrldtJof Nansen, II Is noticeable that
from his earliest boyhood he was, per
haps unconsclousy. in training for the
work of his life. one writer describes
Nansen's boyhood sports as follows.
Nansen and his brother were born
and lived at "Froen." their fathers
country place In the outskirts OF Chris
tiania. There was n little hill there,
where they made their first attempt Al
skee-runnlng Snowshoeing In those
days was almost entirely confined 10
the peasants.
The two brothers took 1t up as a sport
and began TO get rather proficient and
tried going down hills. They found
they could use them for going down as
well as for making excursions through
tho mountains. They discovered, al
the suggestion of an expert from the
rural districts, that they could jump on
them. The peasants generally had
never jumped with them, nor made
much progress. The boys induced 9th.
er fellows TO take IL mp. In that way
1t became sport in ChrlstIanla, and
the Nansens did all they could 10 make
II popular. Now the snowshoe meeting
IN February is the great skee meeting
of the world.
There is very steep mountalnside at
Holemk ollen, with sheer descent OF
about forty five degrees. Half way
down there Is wall built up: this was
n favorite slide with the fearless boys.
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Origin nf ouarantine.

In the fourteenth century one-fourth
of the population of Europe are COM
puted to have died of the bubonic
plague. introduced from the east. The
first measures to check its spread were
adopted by the city Of Venice, which
appointed in 134s three guardians of
the public health. In 1408 Venice es-
tablished lazaret, or contagious dis
ease hospital. on a small island adjoin-
ing tine city. This, says Surgeon Gem
eral Walter Wyman, was the beginning
OF quarantine The word itself means
forty" and implies 40 days. the peri
cd of detention imposed on vessels at
this first Venetian quarantine. =
Youths Companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10
WHEN A FELLER's PAokIN' UP.

When fellers paekin' up to leave he
whistles-don't you know;
Or, tells you it's the weather that affiiets
his feelin's SOL
Or ef from jest one corner of his eye a
tear may run,
He says he's lest perspirin' but he
don't fool anyone!
crack II up to be.
You never pack yer heart in with the
other things, ynn see!
Thar's the letters that she wrote you
that you've kept and loved fer
years;
An some OF EN- looks blotted-but |
reckon its yer tears,
An the last sweet letter, mebbe. Is the one
that give the pain.
An made yer eyes run over like rivers
swelled by rain.
But thar il is amongst EN-. an you sigh,
an understan'
You're only keepin' of it cause she writ it
with ner han.
When a feller's paekin' up to leave he'd
better keep apart.
Or he'll have a sad time In tryin' for TO
whistle off his heart.
That laugh o his rings hollow, an his
jokes air feeble, too
He's funeral procession spite o all that
he kin do,
I never did like paekn'. When the leay-
in time comes ON
allus give instructions: Ship my things
when | am gone
An, that's jest what I've toll EN-, Never
think I'll shed tear
But II looks as IF 'twuz rainin' ten or
twenty mile from here9
Atlanta Constitution.
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"FlGHTlNG oUAkERS"


that Took Up Arms.
At the first celebrstlou In Philadel-
phla Of our national holiday. July 1.
III. tie mob al night sma shed the
windows of the Quakers. The town
windows broken on ye Anniversary Of
Independence and Freedom" writes
Quakeress Of TINT day IN her diary.
The Qnakers had With difficulty. dur.
ing the rnmbllngs and heaylngs OF tue
approaching revolution, Stood by their
peace principles. aud the mob had re-
scented their attitude. bur there were
Ing passive part. aud insisted that II
WAS the duty OF every man 10 defend
his country against oppression.
These We're called "Apostates" by
their non-resisting brethren. but they
named themselves Free Qnakers." aud
the worlds people called them
Fighting Quakers.n Lydia Darragb.
who brought 10 Washngton's camp
news Of the English arniy's Intended
attack. and Elizabeth Ross. who made
the first flag carried by tile American
army, We're both Free Quakers. Agnes
Reppller. In her philadelphia tells a
story illustrative of the feelings caused
by the division of sentiment.
A wealthy Friend meeting one Of the
Apostates grit with n sword. said to
him, why, what Is this With which
thou hast bedecked thyselff Surely.
not n rapler!"
Yes" was the sianeh reply. for
Liberty or Death Is now the watch
word OF every one who means 10 defend
himself and his property"
"Ahf exclaimed the serene Friend.
Il had not expected such high feelings
In thee. Thy mind has become as nerce
as thy sword. As to property thought
thee had none, and rs 10 thy liberty,
thought thee already enjoyed II through
the kindness OF thy creditors"
The Friend alluded 10 the mans IN
ability TO pay his debts, for which he
was liable 10 be cast into jail.
Nearly a century afterward the old
combative instinct again brought the
Fighting Qnakers 10 the front. Hun
dreds of Free Quakers marched against
the foes who stroYe 10 break up the
Union One Of them a descendant of a
Fighting Quaker Of the revolution be.
Ing too old for active service. equipped
company OF soldiers nj his own ex-
pense and presented them TO the State.
On tablet inserted in the wall OF the
new meeting house built by the Free
Quakers. TO which Washington aud
Franklin gave liberal aid. are cut these
four lines.
BY General Subscription
For the Free Quakers.
Erected A. -. 1888.
or the Empire :.
The word Empire has puzzled good
republicans member Of the first con.
gregatlon being asked why 1t WAS used.
said. 81 tell thee. Friend. II Is because
our country is destined TO be the great
empire over all the world" Present
events recall attention TO That cut word
Empire" and 10 the Quaker's sent.
mpuf
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10
Knew What He Wanted,

Gimme a dimes wuth o dried beef
an sum crackers" said Uncle josh 10
the young lady in charge of the ribbon
counter I'm u downtown store
You have evidently made aImistake
In the place she smilinglyfareplied
This Is IA dry goods store"
Wall. now, | reckon | knowh that,
bgosh' said the old man. AN II dried
beef an crackers haln't dry goods then
I'd like TO know what In tarnntion you
call EN-"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10

1t is said by an Atchison cynic that
as soon as a woman is widow she loses
all fxedness of purpose and can be turn
ed in her plans as easily as the weather
cock on a barn The women will sniff
at it, but woman who has once had
husband to do the deciding is st dis
advantage when she has no one to blaze
the wav.-Atchisop Globe
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Use for Volcano Dust.

Volcano dust carried by the wind
from the mountains OF Puy in Au-
yergne enriches the soil of Iimagne
with phosphoric acid and potash. Ac-
cordlng TO NJ. Niyols, Inspector gener-
al OF mines Ia France. 1t is owing TO
this natural fertilizer that the soil is
SO rich. A field at Gerzat. Clermont-
Ferrand, has yielded a fine crop OF
hemp eighteen years running without
any other manure.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10

There are three rings which Queen
Victoria never by any chance removes
from her hand. aud II Is supertluous
TO add that they are closely connected
with her eourfship and marriage. One
is the little enamel ring set with sin
gle diamond. given 10 her when quite
child by Prince Albert; another is
her betrothal ring. beautiful snake
of emeralds. and the third is a plain
narrow baDd--ber wedding ring.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10

do you understand Englsh?" IN
quired the visitor.
No" answered the sattaehe OF the
Chinese court.
Nor Russian!''
No. There's no use of our learn
Ing any of those languages. All We
need to do when anybody speaks to us
Is TO take IL for granted. that he Is tell
Ing us To move Washington
Star.
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Car and Travelling.

The Gar Is not less careful OF his life
than his predecessors. but he adopts
different methods for safeguarding
himself. Instead of having three
trains ready when he is going on a
Journey. and leaving the anarchists to
guess which train Is conveying him.
as his father did, he simply allows no
one to know his plans. The route is
published, but he never keeps to 1t.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10

"I'ye lived in this country all my
life said the old inllalbitant. and [
hain't never had no trouble with no
body. 'eept the durnell national guy
ernmint. an the only reason the guy
ernmint th'owed me- In ,jall wuz be
kase 1t didn't UNDERSTAND me."-A tian
tt Constitution,
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Spanish statesman, as he completed n
sum In arithmetic which fstarted with
$20,000,000.
do you refer to this country ?" task
ed the eheerless companion.
Il certainly do. Wlat,other govern
ment would have the good fortune. to
sue for peace and get damagesYf-
Washington Star
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From a Masculine Standpoint.

Its queer" said the young widow.
that poor, dear John never said
word 10 me about remarrylng. | real.
ly can't understand it."
Il don't see anything SO very remark.
able about that" reioined her bachelor
uncle. Il suppose you are not the one
he thought II was his duty to warm
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10

War seems 10 be very much Ike
those old gcnii who get out of the bot
ties In the Arabian Nights"
"How's that
why. 1t is easier TO let 1t loose than
II Is 10 cork ii up again.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10

A Little MIsfy.

"The boy is taking quite an interest
in music" remarked the Young mans
mother. HE has Joined musical 30
ciety in his college"
What does he do 2"
81 can't quite make out exactly. By
some reports l should judge that he is
singing second tenor and by Others that
he is playing third base. Washing
tom Star
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10

eollegei-What Is that number on your
oyercoat for
Son-lt's the courtroom NUMBER
was at the theater.
Mother-But here are your trousers
You didn't leave them nj the courtroom
too, did you?-Heitere Welt.
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A National iAHrs,rt

"You are not enthusiastic about our
alliance with the British. Hopper"
NO; don't want thing no do with
them uniil they call their English
sparrow home"
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Husband after the performance
didn't enjoy the show very much;
forgot my glasses.
Perhaps you did. dear. but
your breath doesn't indicate It,"
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LET US ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA
RloUS HUMoRlSTS.

Pleasant Incidents Occurring the
World oyer-sayings that Are cheer
full 10 Old or Young-Fnnny Selee-
tioas that You Will Enjoy.
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Punished for His Honesty.
IL ,u,lIll,ul ~ WllA 81 w gNhl

80 your boy is In the House of Cor.
rectionf"
ways 30 honest and when he stole
anything he always brought 1t home.
and that's how he got eaught"- Hell
tere Welt
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Sandy Plkes-Did Misty Moods die
hard. Billy?
BILLY Coalgate-Nopel Very smooth.
Sandy Pikes-But | always thought
Misty had sernples gainst shifting OFF
de mortal COLI
Billy Coalgate- So he did Sandy;
till he heard de doctor say he wus
goln TO his restin' place. an den he
just passed away wild dat sweet
smile"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10

Titled Husband tshrugglng his
shoulders took me as am. my
dear. You'll have to put up with me.
American Helress-I can put up with
you easily enough. It's what | put up
for you that hurts.
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Irate Customer-See here. young
man, l bought this hair tonic from
you, and 1t Is absolutely worthless.
Clerk-We can't help that sir
Irate Customer-But you guaranteed
each bottleI
Clerk-Exactly. sir. but we didn't
guarantee the tonic.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-10

Cheshire cheese owes its excellence
partly to geological causes. the red
sandstone and bowlder clay. with its
immense salt deposits. Of which the
country is formed, producing heritage
peculiarly suited for cheese production
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He Wasn't supers,isiou..

She-Do you believe the bowling of a
dog Is always followed by death?
He-No; not always; sometimes the
man who shoots at the dog Is poor
marksman.
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Prince Henry Studies Chinese.

Prince Henry Of PRUSSIA. brother OF
the Kaiser. became so delighted with
the Chinese language during his visit
to the F'lowery Land that he has tnken
up the study OF the tongue, and thinks
1t superior to any other, ancient or
modern.
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bitter Word. for the Office BOY.

please. sir, can | get off this after
noony Ny grandmother's dead
Yes: but it's too bad. was going
10 give you my ticket 10 the baseball
game"
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sound Through Water and Air

The sound of bell which can be
heard 1900 feet through the water
can be heard through the air only 450
feet.