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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
THE ANDERSON SAFE FLOAT.

automatically, like the bell on harbor
buoy. The float Is so arranged that
late mail matter may be put In up TO
the moment the vessel carrying 1t
leaves the dock. During the present
summer the experimental float now be-
ing built is to receive Il practical test.
1t will be taken to sea, loaded with
thlrty-four tons and set afoat I'm the
presence of committee of experts. Its
action by day will be observed and the
distance at which its light can be seen
at night measured. After Il sufficient
test II will be lowed ashore, holsted out
upon pier by derrick and opened to
see how the contents have been affect
ed by the water, II at all.
As every year several hundred mill
lon dollars In gold cross the water, not
TO mention private checks, drafts and
money orders. the value of the inyen.
ton Is self-eyident.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
VII. Momsn Are Nerrou..

The frequent cases OF nervous pros
tration or utter collapse OF the nervous
system under which women go all to
pieces, a. the saying is, have caused
much thought and investigation on the
part OF physicians.
Certain inorganic substances are well
known TO cause various forms of merry
Gus diseases which are readily traced
to the poisons producing them. Fur
ther research leads TO the belief that
alum is prevailing cause of so-called
nervous prostration, for the symptoms
it produces on the nervous system after
its absorption into the blood are very
remarkable indeed. Experiments ply
siologically made upon animals by
Orfila, Professors Hans Mayer, Paul
Seim and others, show that alum fire.
quently produces no visible symptoms
for many days after its introduction
into the body. Then follow loss OF AZ
petite and other alimentary disturb
ances, and finally a serious prostration
of the whole nervous system The
most prominent physicians now believe
that nervous prostration" and many
affections OF the nerves from which
both men and women suffer are caused
by the continued absorption of alum
into the system.
1t is probable that many medical
men are unaware of the extent to
which salts of alumina may he intro
duced into the body, being under the
impression that the use of alum in
bread is prohibited. Alum, however,
is still used surreptitiously to some
extent to whiten bread, and very large
ly in making cheap kinds Of baking
powder. In families where baking
powder is generally used great care
should be exercised to procure only
those brands made from cream of tar
tar. The alum powders may generally
be distinguished by the lower price at
which they are sold-Briiish Medical
News.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
Maryland superatitIons.

There are superstltions throughout
all the counties Of Maryland concern
Ing crossroads and running water.
Witches are supposed to make their
home at the crossing of two roads and
to appear there ut midnight. One pc
culiar thing about witches Is that they
cannot get across running water, and
a stream OF any sort always acts as
protection to the nightly prowler.
who Will follow along the bank OF n
stream In preference to the road.
These are some of the things which
are more generally believed In the
country around Washington and along
the eastern shore. Some of the arti-
cles of the creed of the superstitions
In that nelghborhood are:
II you sweep your room Mt night,
you sweep away your wealth
Never shake crumbs out OF win
dow after dark. They are supposed
to fall int the eyes OF the Lord aud
to disturb the spirits OF the dead who
wander abroad at night
Don't wash your hands In water In
which eggs have been boiled, Yon
are liable To become covered With
wnrts.-Baltlmorc Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24


ut looks like rain
81 beg your pardon"
81 say It looks like rain"
What does!"
"The-the weather
1.-THE weather, my dear sir, Is a con-
dltion. Rain is water in the act OF
failing from the clouds. 1t Is impossi-
BILE that they should look alike"
What meant was that the sky
looked like rain"
Equally impossible. The sky is the
blue vault above us-the seeming arch
or dome that we mistakenly call the
heavens. II does not resemble falling
water In the least"
We'll. then. II you are 80 thunder
ingly particular. 1t looks as II It would
rain"
AS II what would rainT
1.-THE weather, OF course"
'rhe weather, AS before stated.
being a condition, cannot rain.
THE clouds, then, blame you
"Ah, Here II comes And | have
taken so much time In talking 10 you
that shall get wet TO the skin before
l can reach yonder street car Good
day"
calling after hlm)-'T may not
know as much about 1t as you do. but
I've got sense enough to come In out
of II, and you hayen't."-Chicago Trib-
uue
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24

Women and perversity are one, says
the philOsophic street car conductor
who asserts that she always does the
wrong thing In travelling on the trains.
She wants TO get aboard on the wrong
side OF the street; she alights the wrong
way, facing backward. before the car
stops, and she'll crowd In between two
fat passengers near the rear door OF
the car rather than walk a few steps
forward where there Is plenty OF room
She may have nickeis and dimes In her
purse TO burn. but she'll fish and hunt
around for minutes looking for nve
coppers to unload upon the long suffer
ing servant of the road Exchange.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
HER UP TO DATE ALBUM.
Ehe Chicago Girls Travels Recorded
by Photograph Of Herself.


The Chicago girl that knows her
buslness-and where Is there one VINO
doesn't?-has an album or card case
devoted exclusively TO a collection OF
pictures OF the one person whom sne
thinks more OF than anybody else In
the world-namely. herself. There are
several laws regulating the collection
OF a personal gallery of this kind. In
the first place, no two pictures shall
be alike: what is equally important, no
two shall be taken In the same town.
From a glimpse at this second condi.
tton, II Is obvious that the young wo-
man who has a popular collection OF
her own photographs must be some
thing OF traveller.
In order to give added interest to
this pursuit OF herself In miniature,
each photograph Is stamped In violet
ink, with the name OF the town where
taken, the name OF the artist and the
date OF the sitting. There are also
margins for recording any other incl
dents connected with the occasion
that may be considered worthy OF
note.
In this way the business OF photo
graph collecting Is kept on a system
attic, methodical basis, and the book OF
photographs becomes an abridged bio
graphical history OF travels In an In
definite number OF chapters. 1t is
evident that the more pictures IL con
tains the more comprehensive. will be
the text, hence the ambition OF every
young woman possessed with the craze
70 become globe trotter.
There are few standard towns that
are absolutely necessary to the reputa.
ton of any album. such as Chicago,
New York. Niagara and the prominent
intermediate points. Beyond these,
the more distant and romantic the
places the greater the interest attach
ed TO these pictorial. histories OF the
world as seen through a maiden's eyes.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24

In respect To the comparative speed
Of animated beings II may be remarked
that neither size nor comparative
strength seems To have much influence,
The sloth IL by no means a small ant
NAL, aud yet 1t can only travel fifty
PAGES I'M day; worm crnwls only five
inches IN nifty seconds; but Il lady-blrd
can fly ~. 000.0 900 times its own length
IN less than an hour An elk can run
u plIe In seven minutes; an antelope
can ruin mile In "A minute; the wind.
mufe"of Tartary has speed even
greater than that, and an eagle can hy
6fty'four miles In an hour; while Q
canary falcon can even reach $50 miles
IN. ihe short space OF sixteen hours.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24

Sir Walter Besanrs story. The
Orange Girl" will be published this
summer.
Mrs. Desmond Humphreys, who Is
best known as Rita" has finished
story with the title "An Old kogue's
Tragedy" which Will he Published very
shortly. ..f
Frank X. Stockton,' who for nearly
twenty-five years has made Madison,
y. j., his home. removed June ! TO the
old colonial mansion, claybourne. W.
va, which he has recently bought.
Marie CorelI has iH> preparation a
new novel. the tltle-o which Is as yet
undetermined. The scene Is laid In
Rome, and the action centers around
certain phases of Roman catholicism.
Richard lie Gallienue Is at work on
two new volumes, one a series OF pa.
pers under the title Sleeping Beauty,
aud Other Prose Faneies," aud the 9th
er tragic fairy tale entitled "ihe
WorshIper OF the Image"
L. Clarke Davis. who is one Of the
able editors OF the philadelphia Ledger.
said awhile ago. Il used to be known
as the husband of Rebecca Harding
Davis. Now am known as the father
Of Richard Harding Davis"
e. J. Moulton Barrett, the eldest sur
ylylng son OF Mrs. Browning's father
writes from Jamaica a remarkable let
ter to the newspapers, concerning the
publication of the Browning love let.
ters He says: MY sister had been
an invalid for years, and by the direc.
ton OF Dr. Chambers her room was
kept at a certain temperature, and she
never left 1t. Under these eircum
stances my father lost his daughter.
He had loved her from her childhood,
and he had never recovered from II. |
venture to say that few fathers would
take the hand Of the man who had SC
acted. and, | would add. few sons
either for gain or for love OF notorlety
would make public the confidential let
ters OF their mother"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
SAFE THAT FLOATS ON WATER.
New Device for Saving Specie iu Case
of shipwreck.

New Device for Saving Specie iu Case
of shipwreck.
The present methods OF transporting
bullion across the ocean may be reyo-
lutionized by device known as the
Anderson safe float, now building In
the Crescent shlpyard, Ellzabethport
y. j. The purpose OF this Invention is
to insure the perfect safety of mail
matter, gold and valuables in case OF
fire at sea or shipwreck. and 1t consists
Of an elliptlcal chamber of metal TWEEN
ty-two feet long and fourteen feet
broad, tireproof and water tight. Be
fore the vessel leaves port II Is fixed on
the after deck. Thieves can no more
get into II than into bank vault and
ia case the vessel sinks 1t floats free
until towed into port.
1t Is kept upright by its form and by
putting the heavy metals which ii con
tains at the bottom. BY night its pres
ence Is shown by the phosphide of cal.
cium light, which is ignited by water,
and burns with flame four feet high,
calling attention not only TO the float
but to the boats and passengers that
may lie near 1t, thus giving one more
safeguard to human life This light Is
already used on the Franklin life buoys
indorsed by the Government.
Electric light can be used II prefer.
red, and the inventor has arranged for
a foghorn and bell. to blow and ring
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24

citizen. lie reached Valley Field, Can
ada, early last winter with fleet OF
eighty vessels, which were passing
through Canadian waters on their way
to the great lakes. The whole fleet was
caught IN the ice, and there 1t had 10
remain throughout the winter. While
the vessels We're locked up In tie Ice
the company which owned them went
into liquidation, and receiver was
appointed, who finally sold the entire
fleet, the Helyetia going to a Cleveland
syndicate. Crews and captains OF all
the ships were paid of, with the ex-
ception Of Captain Marks, who SAYS
that he was told his account was not In
shape and would be got ready as soon
as possible. and that then he would
receive the money.
CAPTAIN Marks crew left for their
homes. His wife, who had been cook.
remained with her husband, and weeks
went by without the agent returning
TO pay the captain his money. He went
to see the United States vice consul,
who said he did not see that he could
do ANYTHING under the circumstances.
Captain Marks then engaged local
crew. his son having arrived, kept on
living on the vessel and awaited de-
yelopments. The syndicate paid for
provisions for Marks and his wife, but
declared that they were not RESPONSE
BILE for any salaries.
Until his salary was paid Captain
Marks was determined not to leave
The owners sent Captain Packer and a
crew of five men TO take charge of the
Helvetia. Packer explained his mis-
sion. Very emphatlcally Marks de-
clared that he would stay where he
was until he got his money
Captain Packer telegraphed to Cleve-
land for orders. He was told to lay
the matter before the United States
vice consul, Mr.. German. Mr.. German
put the matter 10 the Washington au.
thoritles. lie was directed to instruct
the opposing parties to proceed in nc
cordance with the law.
The Helvetias new owners then en-
gagged counsel in Montreal and swor'
out warrant for the arrest of Georg'
Marks, Sr.; George Marks, Jr., an'
Jennie Mitchell. wife of George Marks
Sr" A band of detectives from Mon
treal was sent TO take the captain
They found the Helvetia securely bar
ricaded. Young Marks had fought
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
A stickit MinIater.

BY one familiar with the Scotch
tongue, the phrase ''stlcklt stibblern
could never be COMPOUNDED with that
OF sticking or stabbing. A "stibbler"
was harvester whose duty II was TO
keep IN the wake OF the reapers On the
days OF the slekle). and cut or pluck
aud gather from the stubble what one
and another had left untouched. So
a proba TONER, or preacher without
charge, preached yariously as he
could find opportunity; and II he never
received a permanent appointment in
the church. but lapsed into the melan-
eholy monotony OF n domlnie's tyran-
ny, he was as one that had failed or
stuck-''a stlckit stibbler' or a 'stickit
minister
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
HOW cUsANs LIZ
Possess Imaginations as Fertile ,
the Soil OF the IsIand.


1t Is often hard TO tell whether
Cuban lies 10 Jon from ignorance
malice. On ordinary occasions. an
about matters that do not promise /
affect himself. he is fairly truthful: BIT
he seems TO know no reason why
shouldn't tell lie II he wants 10. I
the average Cuban who has Away
lived on his own Island. lie Is thin.
to tell whenever II win serve any useful
purpose-such as getting him out Of a
scrape. or securing an advantage. OF
getting money out Of somebody. or con.
clliatlng some one or creating a good
impression. Here the absence of
moral sense becomes apparent. With
the Cuban. lying Is not matter OF
right, but OF policy. his shortslghted-
ness preventing him from pereeiving
that to-day's advantage may be to-mor-
rows loss. The statement common
among Americans who have lived In
Cuba. that the cubans are all liars, Is
much nearer the truth than most gen.
ordinations. Though they usually tell
the truth. nearly all OF them dlssimu
late or equiyoeate whenever they see
occasion. Hence 1t Is not always easy
TO tell what Cuban thinks or how he
feels about the future OF the Island He
sometimes tells you what he thinks
you want to hear. Every man of prop.
erty wants Cuba TO be under American
control. but he Will not admit II before
Il crowd. or even TO another Cuban, un.
less convinced that he, too, Is heartily
in favor of 1t. The trait appears Ike.
wise In accounts OF the Cuban army.
However. II Is only fair 10 say that the
glowing descriptions given by the
Cubans OF the performances and the
glorious victories OF that somewhat
mythical force are not Intentional. de.
liherate. cold-blooded lies. Carried
away by Imagination rs fertile as the
soil OF their island, they actually be.
lieye their own monstrous inventions.
For, after all, the Cuban loves better
Than all other things on earth 10 strike
an attitude, 10 pose. to strut and brag,
and make himself out a great man and
his gentle fellow islanders great la
tlon.-Atlantie Monthly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
A cnnin. netectixe.

There's dog In Bucharest who has
Just distinguished himself by Identify
Ing his masters murderer.
The murdered man was the proprle-
tor OF a wine shop. His shop boy was
sleeping In the taproom on the night
oP the murder, the dog between his
feet, when he heard shot. The muir
derer a moment later entered the shop.
presumably to rob 1t, but was driven
away by the dog, which followed the
fugitive, barking. Afterward he came
back alone. Several suspects were ar
rested. The shop boy had never seen
the robbers face and could not iden-
tify him. Finally the inspector OF po-
lice arranged the wine shop as 1t had
been ON the night OF the murder and
compelled the suspected men to enter
1t one by one. Three passed unchai-
lenged and came out again, vastly re
leyed.
Then u peasant named Dracu en-
tered. At once the dog flew at hiih'
chased him out of doors, precisely as
he had done on the night OF the muir
der. Dracu was handcuffed and held
for trial.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24

H. o. HAvEMEYER. plicity ana direct
ness that characterize many Americans
who have won enormous wealth as en-
trepreneurs. Mr.. Havemeyer In his
testimony referred TO the very humble
start which his family made In lSO2.
The poor emigrants found out that by
boiling sugar land being honesU they
could make neat profit. The two I'M
migrants were brothers, and they
worked hard and spent nothing. Thus.
when they died. they left fine bust
ness house and factory to the cousins
who succeeded them. Henry o. Have
meyer Is son of one of these cousins
+. q. Havemeyer. The latter was n
graduate of Columbia and his son.
Henry O., was educated at home aud
abroad Mr. Havemeyer, while inter
ested In art. letters and music. has de-
voted his best efforts TO the tremen-
dous business of which he Is the heir
and Is now the head
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24

A lady who had a servant somewhat
given TO curiosity inquired on return
ing from a visit one afternoon; did
the postman leave any letters, Nary
"Nothlng but postcard ma'am."
"who is 1t from, Nary
And do you think I'd read 1t,
ma am p said the girl with an injured
air.
perhaps not; but any one who sends
me messages on postcards is stupid or
lmpertinent."
You'll excuse me, ma'am," returned
the girl loftily, but | must say that's
a nice way to be talking about your
own mother" - Sydney Town and
Country Journal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
CAPTAIN MARKS AND HIS SCHOONER HELvErlA.

piled that such an action could not be
friendly toward United States citi-
zen or to the government itself. and he
therefore did not propose TO take any
hand whatever In the natter
Completely discouraged, the lawyers
for the vessel owners went to Valley
Field with the amount Captain Marks
had demanded, In Dominion bank bills.
II was counted out TO the captain and
"A receipt taken for the claim In full.
Friendly relations are again estab-
lished between the Marks family and
the governments of Great Britain and
the United States of America.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
HE BEAT TWO NATIONS
skipper Marks Defied America and
Great Britain.

Great Britain.
Captain George Marks, Of the Ameri-
can schooner Helvetia, is Il man who
successfully defied the authorities OF
two nations. says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. When he collected his little
bill for $3.50 from the owners of his
boat Canadians of Valley Field re-
joiced with Americans. Fireworks,
which had been bought for the Queens
birthday anniversary, were set OFF In
honor of the doughty captains victory
The little Canadian village had never
heard such cheers as rent the air when
Captain Marks, his wife and his sol
der son walked down the gang plank
In possession of good roll of Domin-
ion bank bills. Captain Marks pic
turesque defiance of two nations
aboard his stanch Helvetla sufficiently
refutes the theory that steam spoils
romance at sea"
Captain Marks Is n plain American
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24

industry In the Uni
ted States, created
much general COM
ment and interest.
The last remaining
prominent man In
the famous sugar
refining family, Mr..
Havemeyer delights
In the honest SIM
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
How sullivan Writes His Music.

SIR Arthur Sullivan writes most of
his music mt his country house during
the summer; he does comparatively
little OF 1t In London. He works at
night. Many of his friends, while adj
hitting that comic opera pays best.
are sorry that he devotes 50 much of
his talent TO It; he could do much bet
Ter work
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
THE ONLY WAY

Bsosuss I've been unhappy all the day
cali 10 you a little in the night
Quite soffly, % I should not hurt your RES,
And not with any cry Of soIoE. lest
Ny darkness should break In upon your hgh'
Yet call sadly for my heart IL sd
But then think you are % far away,
30 very far that as my voice draEs near
The ssuow will be losf. and you viii hsAf
Just mur1nurings not the sad things that ~
! speak % softly, yet long, long
To let ny heart forth. tell you all my pain
And nov The passionate tears begin to sow,
And sobs eoms--nAy, sorToz's too strong, and %
The only way IL to be quiet again.
Prom g. czlmore's Points Of View, and Oshf
Potu1a -
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-08-24
wales, Grandiloouent Parrot.

The Prince OF Wales Is very fond of
animals. and has collection OF pets
Mt Sandringhnm. He bought II little
green parrot one day as he was cross.
lug Trafalgar square with an equerry;
1t used TO hang In the hall at Sandring-
ham and talk splendidly, saluting Wis
itors with request for three cheers
for the Queen.