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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-03-16
The Only S,veeteninR Power.

Dear Lord, send us all out on this mis-.
sion All around us imbittercd lives
imbittered by persecution, imbittcrcd by
hypcrcrticism, imbittered by poverty,
imbittered by pain, imbittered by injus-
ticc, imbittered by sin. Why not go forth
and sweeten them by smiles, by inspiring
words, by benefactons, by hearty counsel,
by prayer, by gospelized BEHAVIOR Let us
remember that If we are NORWOOD to
others we arc NORWOOD to ourselves, and
our life will be bitter and our eternity
bitterer The gospel Of Jesus Christ is tho
only sweetening power that is sufficient
1t swcetens the disposition; 1t swectens
the manners; it sweetens life; it sweetens
mysterious providences; it sweetens afllic-
tions; it sweetens death; it sweetens every
thing have heard people asked in So
cial company, "If you could have three
wishes gratiflod, what would your three
wishes bef" If ! could have three wishes
met, l tell you what they would be
First, more of the grace Of god; second
more of the grace of God third, more OF
the grace Of God
In the dooryard of my brother John
once missionary in Annoy, China, there
was tree called the emperor tree the
two characteristics of which are that it al
ways grows higher than its surroundings
and Its leaves take the form Of a Grown
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27
A WORD WITH LOVERS.
A Lavishcd Love Too Soon Means n
Wasted and IA Grieving Love.

- LhNIAnCu A4ONG LOO NOoH hCdu9
Wasted and u GrievinE Love.
In an article ON "rhe Period of Be-
trothal' In the Woman's Home Com
panlon, Carrie +. Garrett gives affianc-
ed lovers this timely word of caution:
Zone ridiculous though perhaps nat
ural custom of engaged couples is their
habit of isolation from their family and
friends in order that they may make
love" undlsturbed. In some cases l
have observed that when John called
on Mary 1t seemed TO be perfectly well
understood that all the rest of the fam
lily should deeamp and leave the field
clear for the lovers. At any sudden in
terruption (of what was apparently
dead sllence) everybody concerned
would feel certain awkwardness and
constraint as though there had been a
very unexpected intrusion. Now, all of
this is very silly, and Mary's tactics
are poor and weak in the extreme John
would admire her n thousand times
more II he saw her in the ordinary rela-
lions of life, among her family and
friends, spirited and laxative and mer-
ry. Far more precious TO him would be
those rare stolen moments which he or
chance mot she) had conspired to bring
about. All these are cheapened and
robbed of their sweetness by continual
iteration.
at is not In the nature of man to rap
turously prize tame bird which lies
motionless in his hand. No. His eye
Z -
the wing, which seems TO be ever Just
out of his range. Whenever see a
girl pouring out her love layishly.
wastefully, ut the feet of her lover l
seem to sec little way OFF in the future
a stated, restless man, and n hungerlng
woman grieving over a precious thing
she has lost, and ignorant of how she
lost It,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27
Greeiey's Reluctance.

At the conclusion of his first lecture
In our village, when we were struggling
to sustain the course. | was surprised
as had not informed him OF the slt-
uation-to hear him say:
Il want nothing for my services. your
town IL small, and your association
cannot afford money for these things.
But" said /, MIR. Greeley, this was
true enough when you came, and we
expected to pay you. nevertheless; but
II IL no longer true. Our receipts from
vour effort not only clear us from debt,
hut there are about $50 left"
"Well. you will want that" he re-
piled. "for next year"
only by the strongest inslstence could
I make him take fair remuneration,
and by telling him that when we were
in debt again we would consider his gen
crosby. One thing which said to him,
and which deepened his habltual smile,
was to the effect that there was n very
grave reason why he should take the
money. My friend, Mr.. c. and my
self" | remarked, loosely, who are
really the whole Lecture Association at
present, are also the Democratic Com
mlttee of this town; and II you leave
this money in our hands, am afraid II
will make deplorable havoc with the
next election returns. "-Harper's Mag
aZIne
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27
PERSPECTIVE VIEW.

be OF widespread benefit, is the peoples
singing classes established In Boston
and New York. They are an attempt.
says Listener in Transcript to bring
back the old singing schools, with the
popular spontanelty In song and music
making that they implied; they are
capable, II they grow, of becoming as
good Il foundation for n real national
music as the popular song unions of
Germany have been. Everybody who
has looked at all deeply into the subject
is probably aware that the art Of song
Is not really dead, as It appears TO be,
but only dormant, among the Ameri-
can people. They no longer sing and
play together because they have been
made ashamed OF their own simple
music. The persons who are trained to
some kind Of degree Of technical use
OF voice and instruments which ordl-
nary Woodworking people cannot at
tain 10, laugh at the spontaneous eff
forts of the people and gradually mo-
nopollze the utIerance of musical
sounds, so that the natural function
of music is forgotten. 1t Is this state
of things that the peoples singing
classes will, at least in some measure,
correct. So far. the interest in them
seems genuine. The enthusiasm of the
singing school may come again, with
all Its attendant benefits.
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French violin makers report that
aluminium when used for stringed In.
struments produces richer sound
than wood, especially with the higher
notes, and the experiments win the
new material have been entirely sue
cessful.
The heaviest metal is osmium, which
has bulk for bulk, very nearly twice
the weight OF lead. The SPECIFIC gray
ity OF gold Is about nineteen anu
quarter, while that of osmium Is al
most twenty-five and half. Osmium
il also the most infusible of metals, re
manning unaffected by degree of heat
capable OF causing platinum to run like
water. 1t even reslsts the inconceiv-
able temperature of the electric arc.
IL is perhaps not generally known
that the three-eornered nuts called
Brazil nuts grow in packed clusters in
closed in shells which are roughly
spherical IN form. and have somewhat
the appearance of rusty cannon balls
m the tropical forests there Is another
nut-bearing plant which goes under
the name of the cannon-ball tree. The
nutshells are almost perfectly spheric-
nj, and would readily be mistaken for
cannon balls.
A number OF very violent lightning
discharges down the wires with which
scientific kites are flown have just been
recorded. In some cases the fash COM
ing down the wire burned ana destroy
cd several thousand feet OF wire. One
observer says that column of fire a
foot In diameter seemed TO follow the
wire. The slight electrical disturbance
conducted down Franklln's wet kite
string was trivial compared to these
most dangerous discharges.
One of the great coal-fields OF En-
gland, some thlrty-two square miles In
area, has numerous pumps established
at as many different points to pump
out the water. Now II Is proposed to
work these pumps by electricity. They
will all be so connected that mt single
point the necessary switching can be
done to throw them all into action at
once. There are fifty pumps in all. II
AhN plOJfNh 10 ShANNoSAhiy Out
It will be one of the most striking APP
pllcatlons of electric distribution and
control of power yet installed.
The suggestion that oysters might be
cultivated at the mouths OF streams
emptying into the Great Salt Lake has
led to careful examination by DIR. II.
4. Moore of the United States Fish
Commission. The lake itself Ia too salt
for oysters, but 1t was thought that in
bays and arms, where fresh water en-
tiers, the sallnlty might be reduced to
a point suitable for oysters, clans.
crabs and similar animals used for
food. The investigation renders 1t
doubtful If the supply of fresh water
is regular enough for the purpose.
/ The "tuatera lizard" is said to be
perhaps the most remarkable animal
now living in New Zealand, and the
'oldest existing type of reptile" SO
deeply are naturallsts interested in this
curious species of animal, which seems
TO be as closely related to turtles as to
lizards. that legislative protection has
been secured for 1t. Unfortunately, the
eggs OF the creature appear not to be
covered by the protective act, and Ma
ture expresses qualification that only
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27

A strange and terrible practice of the
Hlndoos, which has been prohibited by
the British Government Is that of
hook swinging; but even now this cere-
mony often takes place In out-of-the-
way districts. The following account
of a hook swinging ceremony Is sup
piled by "a missionary who witnessed
the scene some years ago. "A high
post" lie says, was erected and lever
of bamboo made to turn upon the top
of the post by cord fixed at one end.
TO the other end of the lever a cord was
also attached, and had fixed to It II
great hook. Then n religious fanatic,
whose back was rubbed and pinched to
deaden the feeling, had the hook placed
through his flesh. and was at once
raised in the air by those who had hold
of the opposite end of the lever. \ man
then took hold of the swinging cord by
which the lever was turned. and com
menced running round the post in n cir
Gle. OF course the unfortunate victim
at the other end of the pole was swung
round at n frightful speed, and his flesh
was torn by the hook in n terrible man
ner. The most remarkable part of the
ceremony was that the man never
WINGED or shed tear. Had he done
so, his terrible penance would, accord
ing to Hindoo belief, be unavaillng.
After the swinging the man was taken
down, more dead than alive. and car
ried off by his friends. Often these
fanatics make themselves intoxicated
before they go through the rite"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27
VISITED IN PRISON.
fhe Chamber at Sing Sing Where
Prisoners See Their Relatives.

Just within the gate which separates
The convict at Sing Sing from the outer
world Is IA room where the Inmates or
he Institution may receive visitors
once every sixty days. A row OF
benches extends around three sides or
The apartment, and the side facing the
door Is occupied by n desk. at which
State Detective Jackson sits during the
office hours. There is probably no part
Of the building where one may see SO
many pathetic scenes as In that poorly
furnished room. There mothers come
TO see sons, who, despite their mis-
deeds and garments OF shame. are still
spoken of with love aud tenderness:
there broken-hearted wives whisper
words of comfort TO men unworthy or
woman's love, and there the convict
who Is so fortunate as TO have visitor
receives glimpses OF the outer world.
The prison rules allow visitors to bring
certain articles TO the inmates. and
when man Is called from the shops
or stone yard to the recepton-room he
usually knows that besides seeing some
one from home, he will be richer by
some daintles because OF the visit. To
bacco, books, fruits and such foods as
require no cooking may be brought TO
prisoners by visitors.
While the convict sits on bench and
talks In low tone TO his visitor, the
packages which are Intended for him
are carefully examined, the tlnfoil Is
removed from tobacco parcels and fruit
baskets are scrutinized for fake" or
hollow oranges, in which contra band
articles or money might be concealed,
and when Mr.. Jackson gives warning
by saying: You may go now, Smith,
the unfortunate says good-by 10 his
visitor and takes into his narrow home
the parcel of dalntles from outside
knowing that for sixty days no similar
favor may be shown TO him. The
length of time allowed for the inter
view Is fixed by the prison rules, but
the warden usually uses his own Judg-
ment in the matter.
ITS a great expense for me to come
here" said a neatly dressed, motherly
woman In the wardens office few
days ago, "and please could l have a
little longer time with my boy to-dayF
She tried 10 smile, but the tears which
dlmmed her eyes showed that the smile
was forced.
Her boy was called, aud she sat next
to him and held his hand and spoke to
him until she was perfectly willing to
go away.
Her boy" was a life man. and the
day VIII probably come when he will
look for a visitor In vain, aud the sad.
yet refreshing, interviews In the little
reeeption-room will be an indistinct
recollection.
The first visit is always the worst,
the prison officials say. Neither the
convict nor his visitor has much 10 say.
The conylct's stripes, the grewsome
surroundings and the horror OF 1t all
are so new 10 both that. In the words
of a keeper, It is usually a "crying
duet. New York Tribune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27
! States contaln WJO, DOC

The United States contain 100000
telephones.
A ton of steel will make 10000 gross
of pens
In Cuba 100000 acres are under eul-
tiyatlon.
The manufacture of JeYelry In Biz
mlngham gives constant employment
10 1900 persons.
Coffee forms about GO per cent. Of
Porto Rlco's exports, sugar 20 per cent
aud tobacco per cent.
peach stones find n ready market In
New York city, where perfumes. ila-
vorlng extracts and prussic acid are
distilled from the kernels.
The success of raising flax in Mexico
is lustifying the establishing of mills
The factory of Willard Il Co mt San
Luis Potosi was started in 1892, and
since that date several other factories
have begun operations. Heretofore
fax from Belfast. Ireland, has been
used, but Jalisco flax will be used from
now on.
Cuba Is In urgent need of American
machinery. A great deal of the sugar
making machinery on the island, which
was the finest In the world, has been
destroyed by Spaniards and insurgents,
and it Will have to be replaced. the
coffee growing industry. once prosper
Gus, will be re-established, and it will
also require machinery.
The Standard oil enterprises give
employment to upward of $4,000 men,
or number equal to the United States
army before the last war The pipe
lines controlled by the Rockefeller con-
Germs amount to more than 10000 miles,
Placed end TO end they would reach al
most around the earth. In addition TO
the pipe lines 200 steamers and $500
tank cars are employed in transporting
the product.
The value of last years output of
some of the principal minerals of the
United States was as follows: Coal,
500, 263, 1853; iron, Sill ,S5S,25i; gold,
$64 100000; copper, $64, pa 1926; petro-
leum, $49,277,0O0 silver, $37,321 1856;
coke, $31 100000; lead, $l6,410, go;
zinc, S10,267 1897. Nearly threefourths
of the total are included in this emu
meratlon. The total production for the
year was $S10050,023 as against $780,
312,355 in 1897, an increase of 500, 49,
76s.
A beet sugar factory is TO be erected
at Grand junction, Cal. The citizens
of Grand junction donated for the Ell
terprlse 1900 acres of land near the
city, valued at $4,000. The farmers,
260 In number, signed pledges TO cult
vate $500 acres in beets for mini
mum period of three years, the beets
to be delivered at the factory and the
sugar company to pay $4.2o per ton for
the same Farmers at n long distance
from the factory will pay freight at the
rate of 80 cents a ton.
These are remarkable figures given
out by the American Iron and Steel As
ISOLATION relating TO the production of
pig iron last year In the United States
total of 11,733,93 gross tons. com
pared with 9,612, ESQ tons In 1897. In
other words, the production was 2,121,-
POI tons above the highest previous
record, and consumption was even
larger, for stocks of unsold iron in the
hands of manufacturers amounted to
only 291, 233 tons at the end of the year,
compared with 6564S unsold tons at
the end of 1897
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and consideration given to this sub
ject. Such houses as this are In de-
mand all over the country and can be
built by the hundreds II placed in the
proper localities, especially suburbs of
large cities.
The convenience Of the arrangement
Of this design Is apparent on examina-
ton of the floor plans. 1t all depends
on the inmates OF such house whether
II improves with age, or, on the other
hand, from carelessness and indiffer.
ence II is allowed to go TO rack and
ruin. The principal architectural fea-
ture of the front hall, which is of good
size, is an ornamental staircase of neat
design. The parlor on the right is quite
large, and the hail. parlor, library and
lining-ro are all connected by wide
sliding doors, TO be thrown together on
occasion. The dining-room is connect
I'd with the kitchen through passage
from which the inside stairs 20 to the
cellar. The pantry, TO the left of the
kitchen. is fitted with pastry table, -four
bins and ample cupboards. A cellar
under the whole house Is fitted with
furnace room, laundry and other nee
essary apartments. The construction is
of the best throughout. The tlmbers
are of sound pine. well-seasoned and
free from damaging defects. The stud
ding OF outside walls are 2x6, sheathed
and papered outside and covered with
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27
HAIR TWICE CHANGES COLOR.
Singular Experience of War
Veteran in oklahoma.

singular EADCTttnGG Ot " IA
Veteran in oklahoma.
The hair of John Carpenter, of Perry,
Ok. veteran of the civil war, aged
20 years, began turning gray thirty
years ago and for the past twenty
years it has been as white as cotton.
4 few nights ago Carpenter was
awakened from sleep by the dampness
of his head. He got out of bed and
with n towel dried his scalp and hair,
which We're as wet as II he had dipped
his head In water.
When he got up next morning the
members of his family didn't know
him. When he went near his daughter,
who was dressing IN another room,
she screamed and ran TO her mother.
Other members of the family asked
Carpenter what he was doing In the
house. His voice was recognized, and
he was led TO a mirror. Then he didn't
know himself. His hair was as black
as it was when he enlisted with Gen
eral Sherman In the army.
Inasmuch as Mr. Carpenter has re-
Gently become enthusiastically relig-
ious, the superstitious believe the
change was brought about as n re-
ward to Carpenter for his loyal devo.
ton TO Christianity.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27
CAN THIS BE TRuEP
Every Living Being said 10 BE Par
TALLY BIiud.

Every Living Being said TO lie Par
TALLY BIind.
1t will probably be shock TO many
to learn that, without any exception
they are all partially blind and insensi'
BILE TO pain.
Ii has been clearly demonstrated by
exhaustive experiments that every
human eye Is blind in one particular
part, varying in locality and size with
the Individual This can be easily
proved by tracing 100 curved and par
allel lines ON large sheet Of paper,
aud passing up aud down each mefld-
ian IN turn n disc OF black paper one
inch III diameter, until the white area
of the sheet of paper has been covered.
In following the movements of the disc
1t will be found that at certain parts
of IT'S progress 1t cannot be seen ut all,
ard this Is when the blind spot IN
the eye is focused on 1t.
This blind spot. which is irregular In
shape, IS caused by the optic nerve,
which enters the retina, and thus OBJ
scures part of the picture photograph.
ed (as IT were) on II. The entire scene
looked upon is clearly depicted with
the exception of the part which should
appear on the point of the retina coy
cred by the optic nerve at its point Of
entry.
Similarly, ntlfcexperiment proves
that there are thousands Of minute
parts of the body which are incapable
of feeling. You may touch them with
a hot needle, or even, TO push the ex-
pertinent further, you may thrust the
needle deeply into the part without any
pain being felt. All parts of the body
share this peculiar lnsensibility to pain,
but the unfortunate thing Is that these
dead points" are so mixed up with
parts that are keenly alive that, unless
the point of contact is confined TO the
dead point, the pain is all too manifest.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27
A Tribute TO the Flag,

A very bright little army woman rose
to the occasion a few days ago when
she was one OF the guests ut u smart
luncheon given ar one OF the large ho'
tells for some distinguished New Eng
land people. 1t was Il large affair. and
In an impromptu manner number OF
toasts were given. In the midst Of II
the little army woman with horror
heard some one say:
I'VE have among us the wife OF an
officer In the regular army. and l think
It is only fitting that she should re-
spond TO the toast, The Flag" The
men applauded and the women smiled
encouragement, and trembling a little
as she held up the glass of wine. the
officers wife spoke:
II belong 10 "A class OF women TO
whom the flag is especially near and
dear. All day 1t waves over the roofs
OF our little homes In the far frontier,
and Mt shutdown the rustic of Its folds,
mingled with the notes OF The Star
Spangled Banner, is the lullaby OF our
babies. We know that It will be the
winding sheet OF those dearest to us.
Since the word Santiago has been writ
ten In our hearts l see yet more In this
flag-in It's red the blood OF our mar
tyrs; in the white. the paleness Of their
ashen faces; In the blue. the lips set
with the word Freedom and In the
stars the souls that viii shine on for.
cyer."-New York Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-27
A FAvoRlTg OF FORTUNE.
An American Girl Whose story Reads
Like a Fairy Tnle.

When a daughter was born into the
household of the Hon. Levi u. Letter,
of Chicago, the baby was christened
Mary Victoria. and some one remarked
at the time that 1t was a queenly title.
\ month after Miss Letter was welded
to Mr.. Curzon, In Washington city, IN
1895, the bride was honorcd with re
ception by Queen Victoria, who now Is
godmother to the infant son born last
fall. When Lady Curzon was Installed
as mistress Of the CurZon home nj
kedleston House on the Thames, near
Cliveden, where lives another we'll
known American. Mr.. William Wal
dorf Astor. 1t was said by her friends
that she would one day be the social
leader Of the Indian Empire, as the Inn
posing Government House at Calcutta
Is modelled after Kedleston House; anu
SO the Curzons find themselves IN IA
millar surroundings In their new home
in the tropics. The marriage of his
daughter to an untitled foreigner Is
said to have been opposed by Mr.. Lei
ter, but later events have proved the
wisdom of the woman in the ease TO
have been the better judgment. Mr..
curzon has steadily advanced TO the
post of Under Secretary of State anu
now to that of Nieeroy; and 1t Is said
here In England that TO his charming
and sensible wife belongs the credit
for much of the large honor which he
now bears-Woman' Home Compan.
ion