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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
IssRATIo RIveRs TROUBLESOME,
Inconvenience Caused by the Shifting
~ Their Conraea.

Inconvenience Caused by the Shifting
of Their Courses.
During the construction of the Atehl-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway III
lSS0-84 the constant changing of the
course of the Rio Grande caused the
company great trouble and expense.
The lodging of large cottonwood tree
on a sandbar has been the means or
turning the river miles and miles out
of its channel. The town Of Los Lunes,
the county seat of Valencia County,
New Mexico, had for many years en-
deayored to bridge the river 80 as to
facilitate travel between the town and
Fort Stanton and the panhandle coun-
try. As it was, travel often had to be
suspended for months during high
water. After deal of diminishing and
engineering for funds contract was
let during low water to one OF the rail-
road contractors to build a bridge,
which work was accomplished with
pile driver and crew that had been at
work on the railroad. The town had
grand celebration on the day the bridge
was opened for travel with music, fire
works and public speeches, winding up
with a banquet in the evening. But
sad to relate, at the first heavy June
freshet the river began to cut up its old
capers, and one night wound up by
changing its course to the far side OF
the valley, at least four miles away,
and leaving Los Lunes and Its bridge
stranded high and dry. The town
council held heated discussions for two
years on the question whether to re-
move the bridge or attempt to turn the
river back into Its old channel. An at
tempt was made finally TO turn the
stream.
The Rio Colorado, between Arizona
and California, is even a worse stream
for changing its course. During the
freshets In June, July and August the
Colorado was navigated In the early
days by q stern-wheeler from Yuma to
the mouth of the Grand canyon. To-
ward the end of the high water an
army paymaster and his escort under
took one year TO make the trip from
Yuma to Fort Mohave. The water was
falling quite rapidly, and they had
many days and nights of worry and toll
in getting over sandbars. Finally they
stuck fast, and the efforts of soldiers
and boatmen could not release the boat.
Night coming on, worn out and weary,
they decided to rest until morning
and take a new start. They awoke
In the morning on what resem-
bled part of a dry, sandy Col
orado desert. Not a drop of water
was In sight, and, after exploring for
several hours, they found the river sew
eral miles away. meanderlng along as
peacefully as IL nothing out of the usual
had happened. 1t is needless to say
they finished their journey by wagon
train and mule power. In some future
age a remarkable discovery may be
made of a river steamer buried In the
sand miles and miles from water-New
York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
A Mldaish. EseaaAa..

Il was midaight ns thnnderlne
knock came at the door OF room No. AZ
Phenlx hotel
What is wantedf" asked the occu.
pant as he sat up in bed with fnriously
beating heart.
I'VE want you Open this door!'
Never"
Then take the consequences"
The man sprang out of bed and hur-
rledly dressed himself. His face was
pale and his hands trembled, but he
shut his lips with determination TO
sell his life dearly. He heard foot
steps moving in the hall. and presently
his door was burst from it's hinges and
dozen men burst into the room. They
found him standing with revolver In
each hand and the light of battle In his
eyes.
"Yon may hang me-" he said in low,
tense voice, but Il Of you will go into
the other world before me-"
who said anything about hangingp
inquired voice.
But YOU have como for that. Twelve
years ago in this town | killed four
men. You have recognized me aud
have come for revenge"
moi much stranger. We don't know
inything about the four men and don't
Hant 10. Yon live In Missouri, don't
iou?"
Il to-"
We'll. what we wanted to ask was
whether three Of Kind beat a straight
II your state"
"Thcy do not"
"'rhrn that's all. and you can go back
o your snooze. Sorry TO have disturb
Il you. bnt we had n dispute and
wanted TO settle it."-New York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
1t Didn't Matter,

Booker L. Washington tells the fol
lowing story Of a member of the "po'h
white trash" who endeavored TO cross
a stream by means of ferry owned by
a black man.
"Uncle Nose" said the white man, 81
want to cross, but l hain't got no mon
ey."
Uncle Nose scratched his head.
"Doan' you got no money t allf' he
queried.
NO" said the way-faring stranger
Il haven't a cent"
But 1t don't cost but three cents,
insisted Uncle Nose, 'ter cross de fer
ry."
II know" said the white man, "but
haven't got the three cents"
Uncle Moses was in a quandary
Boss" he said, done tole you what
Err man what's got no three cents an
jes' ez well off on dis side er river as on
de odder."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
HORSE RUN BY STEAM
llvERYMAN RECEIVES A CALL
FROM THE INVENTOR.
Latter Explains His Mechanism and
What He Expects 1t to Do, and
Promises to Bring the Creature

"You notice." said liyeryman, that
here Is still to be seen about the streets
low and then a horse2 l understand
that there is, in fact, still consider
able demand for horseshoes, that IN
dustry not having yet been entirely
wiped out. And | venture to predlct
that 1t will be quite a spell yet before
the horse disappears entirely And
when he does go it may be that he Will
not be displaced solely by the auto
mobile vehicle; there may be such d
thing as a power horse as his successor
had a man in here only to-day with
the plans and drawings of a steam
horse, one intended not for draft, but
for livery purposes. This animal was
In fact designed for saddle usei and the
inventor said that he would guarantee
that, what with the chances Of Its blow
Ing up or breaking down, the rider
would get fully as much exercise out
of 1t as he would with natural horse,
and that the pleasure to be derived from
managing 1t would be far greater.
1T steers with wheel like a ship,
the tiller ropes being carried forward
On either side TO a small wheel set cross
wise over the horses shoulders in front
of the rider. AS the rudder of the ship
throws Its stern to starboard or to port
SO the steering eontrlyance on the
steam horse throws his hind legs 10
right or to left and so changes his di'
rection. Steam gauges handy on the
side of the neck, brake there, too, and
backing lever, and the gait controllers,
also. This horse gated to walk, trot,
eanter, and gallop; inventor says he'll
have horse with all these gaits, and
single foot besides, out in the spring
For some reason, which he tried to tell
me, but which ! didn't clearly under
stand, the single-foot mechanism has
presented more difficulty than was
found in any of the others.
"The inventor says that while the
first cost of the steam horse may at
present be d little greater than that OF
the ordinary horse, yet when its greater
durability as compared with the life of
the flesh and blood horse is taken into
account, 1t will be found to be really
cheaper; and as to the amount OF fun
to be got out of them there is really no
ground for comparison between them
at all, the steam horse being so far
ahead. Think, he said, for instance,
Of race with, say, ten steam horses
entered, driven by ten hardy engineers.
Would there, or would there not, be
likely to ensue a scene of animation
And | was obliged to confess that such
race would certainly contain at least
the ingredients of lively time.
ITO tell you the truth, | was rather
impressed by the mans working draw
Ings, and he's going to bring the horse
around for me to look at tomorrow. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

The culture of peas Is gradually be-
coming very important industry In
Indiana. AT Franklin, Greenwood and
many other places the canning factories
have taken UP pea canning, and the
markets of the world are always ready
for Indiana canned goods of any de-
scription. At Franklin there is a plant
that adds 10000 cans daily to the In
diana supply. 1t Is said that the daily
canning done in Indiana does not fall
short of half-milllon cans, and more
than a thousand people, not including
the growers. are given employment
While the pea canning industry has not
vet reached the extent of the tomato
canning industry. there Is every ind.
cation that within a few years 1t will
rival 1t in point of shipments.
Indiana now stands second in the list
of States as a canning center, and fur.
uishes 20 per cent of the canned goods
put up annually in the United States.
Maryland stands first, having a slight
margin over Indiana, and New Jersey
Is third.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
COOLING DRINKS IN TURKEY.
Beverages and Ices Sold on All the
Main Streets.

On all the main streets nearly every
other shop has counter of white mar
bile and large bottles of iced water, lem
onade. cherry strip, pomegranate strip
or something of the sort. Green leaves
surround the bottles. and little ma
chine keeps up tinkllng of glasses to
attract the passersby. Certain shops
are known for their specialties In GER
tain sirups and others for their water,
about which Turks are very particular
and can tell at once from which of the
many springs near the capital 1t comes.
The streets swarm with itlnerant sell
ers with elaborate arrangements for
keeping the water cold. Some have a
regular booth where they dispense
anything from water TO gazelle,
which Is the name for effervesclng
lemonade.
The simplest method is that adopted
by those who carry about huge glass
bottle holding about two gallons of
lemonade on the mouth of which is bal
ancod large lump of ice. continually
dripping into the bottle. These drinks
are the cheapest, one farthlng a tum.
bier. Unfortunately the coin represent
ing farthng Is almost extinct. so that
the drinker has to drink two glasses or
come back next day for the balance.
The Ice cream vendors, too, must not
be forgotten. Their picturesque get up
is very distinctive, and they do a roar.
ing trade. The ices they sell are very
pure. and one never hears of cases of
illness among those eating them. The
time when the men do their best bust
ness with Europeans is at night after
dinner Every one Is then sitting out
hanging the Bosporus. The ice man
comes along in n boat and seems at
once to supply long felt want.-Con-
stantlnople Cor. London Telegraph.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
THE TRAIN WAS STOPPED.
And Then the Question Was Who TO
Hold Responsible.


Hold Responsible.
lone night last winter" said Bos-
ton man. II came up from the south
with two friends Of mine. They occu-
pied the stateroom, and | was lodged
IN section outside. They were In a
hot discussion before they retired, and
one of them had finally become so
sleepy as TO abandon the argument.
! turned finally. as they did, but the
ran TO whom the argument had been
abandoned did not seem satisfied with
the victory he had won. and when |
left them he was busily engaged in
trying TO prolong the talk with his
sleepy companion.
shortly after had fallen asleep l
was awakened by some confusion in
the aisle of the car The train was at
a dead stop. and then ! heard the
voice of the conductor angrlly ask Of
the porter. Now, who in thunder pull
ed that bell roper | had shrewd
suspicion. but deemed 1t safe to lie
quiet and say nothing. Finally the
train started. and as they could not
find out who had jerked the bell rope
the car assumed Its customary night
aspect. Presently the stateroom door
opened and one of my friends request
cd me TO step In and decide a bet. 1t
seems that he who was not sleepy was
trying to tell the man who was some
thing TO which the sleepy one refused
10 listen on the ground that the noise
of the car wheels made 1t impossible
for him to hear. The other man
promptly rang the bell and stopped
The train, as has already been told.
THE bet OF $50 was as to who was
responsible for stopping the train. The
sleepy one said the wide awake one,
because he had pulled the bell rope.
The wide awake one said 1t was the
sleepy one. because he had averred
that he could not hear what was said
TO him because of the rumbling of the
train. which naturally led to the train
being stopped. decided in favor OF
the wide awake man. which effectually
walked the other up also. Which would
you have decided In favor ofT-New
York Tribune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

giants. What was most pleasing of all
was that both were really good-looking
There was nothing awkward about
heir carriage or gesture despite the
'aet that Oswald Is Goliath measur-
ng exactly feet ? inches in his stock
ngs, while Hee-Sin is only one and a
lalf inches shorter.
A ludicrous contrast at the wedding
ceremony was effected by the select
ng Of two pygmies rs best men. They
we're Ole Olsen, an intelligent, healthy
Norwegian dwarf, 30 years old and not
quite three feet tall, and Willy Wendt,
l6 years old, who Is a few inches short
er.
Oswald Balling served In the royal
body guard of Munich from 1896 to
1893. lie Is % years old, while his
bride is two years his Junior
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
Selecting a Kings Wife.

Selecting n wife for king Is as diff
cult as picking out a good horse, and
in some instances it has been carried
out In much the same manner.
When Henry VII. of England medi.
tated espousing tho princess OF Naples
he sent three commissioners TO exam
inc and report on her attractions and
qualiiications--menta moral and ply
steal. The ENJOYS were instructed to
study the habits and character of the
princess, to test the soundness of her
lungs and to note her personal appear
ance, with especial reference to the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
WEDDING OF GIANTS IN BERLIN.
BRIDEGROOM Measured Seven Feet Tw'
Inches in stockings.

bridegroom Measured Seven Feet Two
Inches in stockings.
Berlin claims to have the biggest bril-
lal pair among its inhabitants. The
couple met in the Panoptikom, sort
If museum and playhouse Of contlnu-
rus performances, and it was not long
before their big hearts began to beat as
me.
Asto race and language there is moth
ng akin between these modern giants.
Oswald Balling. the bridegroom Is n
native of Bavaria; Hee-Sin, the bride,
nails from far away fonkln. At the
wedding, which took place In the pres
.nce of large audience in the Panopti-
Som, it was remarked how perfectly
formed both the man and tile woman
were, something unusual with modern
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

At recent picnic of the Waq Club social and political osanon OF
ae great interest Every slaughter house the yards has its prize beef
possible without making
n is
his
this
ambitious butchers
the
and
artistic
of
all
in and
and he OF n he
prizcw hich o Mullins.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

A Scotch highland minister was very
fond Of commenting on each verse rs
he read II out. on reading the precept,
Walk circumspectly," he said "Ye've
all seen eat. my brethren, walking on
the top OF n wall covered WI broken
bottles and bits of glass, See hoo 1t
lifts ne 1T and then anither 1T aud hoo
slowly and carefully 1t puts 1t doom. to
keep clear OF the sharp bits OF glass.
And SO. my brethren. In this warld o.
SHARES and pitfalls. we should be like
the eat on the wall-we should walk
circumspcctly."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

A novel and ingenious explanation q
the cause Of a singers cough was 70
Gently given by a warm-hearted Nile
sian.
And how is Misther Brown he In
quired of one OF the singers friends
81 was hoping he'd be giving n concer
in the town hall whilst he was here, u
Mrs. Casey and we could be favored Il
hear some more of his foine songs"
He has bad cough just now." SAT-
the friend.
.'Oh, now that's too bad" said Mr.. Ca
sey. with feeling; but it's no wonder
all the same. That sthrong voice ID
has. pressing on his loongs, would b.
apt to give him "A cough now and then
it's loikely."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
"Most Unique

One can hardly pick up newspaper
nowadays without seeing the vile
phrase. most unique" as 1T was the
most unique entertainment ever given
in Podunk valley" If thing is unique,
It Is unique in the superlative degree.
II 1t Is not unique IL the superlative de.
gree. 1t Is not unique. To say that an
accident Is lone of the most unique
that ever occurred" IL abominable.
VERY singular" Is "A parallel soleclsm.
F,xchauCc.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

A young woman swimmer at Ear
Rockaway kicked n strange object that
was bobbing along foot or two under
water. She shrleked In fear and made
for the shore, whereupon the lifesavers
went out and captured mine that had
broken from the fastenings In the har.
Dor.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

HTOh
All mel

All. me!
Yesterday my husband exclaimed
.ParbleuT at golf.
This evening he has just exclaimed
"Hoot. morn at my fete champetre.
How humlllatlng to be married to
such n clod of man. with no soul,
none of the finer sensibilities!-Detroit
Journaf
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

At the opening OF every presidential
campaign there Is always n big demand
for collections Of campaign badges,
state and national, used In the cam
palgns Of the past.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
Ths Long-Lived Panama Hat.

The life of Panama hat, that is, II
1t is good one to start with" explain
ed hat dealer, compares somewhat
with the life of the owner Of 1t. One
can run through either In hurry or
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06
ChaInDiOn Potato PeeIer.

At Whatcom, Wash, a woman work
ing for an eyaporating company peeled
5.491 potatoes in twenty days and
earned by her work $50.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

.Did you ever hear anything against
his honestly 49,,
.So suh." answered MIR. Erastus
u,,LIv But he eats chicken mighty
.n.Iar ON sunday, an he's alius got an
u,nbereil when it rains. washington
Star
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

Some habits are practiced so uncon-
sciously that a movement to correct
them In others is the only way TO detect
them In yourself.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

Might and right do differ frlghtfully
from hour 20 hour, but give them cen
turtles to Try It In they nrc found to be
iipuiicgt. -Cnrlylp
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

Boxers were especially nmn their treatment of the Chinese who had
many assaults by the n-fgn element Teng Pao Tn of the
Presbyterian Church Pekn
boarding school
the whole the
uniting with
daily preaching which
his
Church. preaching
also wife (RuthTe
educated Besides
Mary Peter james sUj John done
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-06

An Industrious man and cabbage
manage to get ahead.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-01
NEW NEGRO LABOR SCHEME.

Montgomery, Ala, Dec. Ell. @.
Leftwich, an Intelligent negro and
Federal receiver of public money In
Alabama, is now on his way to the
Hawaiian and Samoan Islands to in
vestigate the conditions there with
reference to the proposed migration of
Southern negroes. He goes as the
agent of his race and of large sugar
producing syndicate which has made
substantial Investments there.
The syndicate has experimental with
native labor, with Chinese and Japan
csc, but without good results, and has
decided that the Southern negro will
suit Its purposes. Leftwich, enjoying
as he does the respect and confidence
of his race, was selected az u proper
person to investigate the proposed
scheme. He states that the Plan con
templates the removal of many thou
sands of negroes to the islands
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-01
LOCAL And GENERAL.

For rough sailor hats, ribbons, etc,
try Mrs. Hanna, Fort street.
The Iroquois had her seaycblight
working for several hours last night.
Boarder's and livery rigs delivered
and called for az all hours. King Street
Stables.
DR. Sinclair will resume practice ON Jan.
I 5th, on School street. See charge Of al.
on page 8.
Most of the vessels in port are in
gala attire today. It would be hard 20
say which is the best decorated.
DIAMONDS bought before the Boer
war to- be sold at low figures. GEO.
HAFE'NER Manufacturing Jeweler.
Football game between the On Ar
tillery and Town teams at 3 clock
this afternoon on the Oahu College
grounds. Admission c5 cents; Children
10 cents
The Sunday services at al the
| churches yesterday we're very neil at
tended. There wss excellent music at
Central Union church and st. Andrews
Cathedral.
The Claudips brought the following
freight from Man, ports this morning:
50 SKIS potatoes, 122 SKIS corn and 70
pkgs snndries. BNjdes this there were
3 horses and COWS.
Among the pleasant eyentG 81 yesl
terday was picnic given by VI. and
Mrs. McGraw at their country home
in Aiea 20 eight or ten frienas who
went down in the morning train.
Walter a. LoUrie and bride arrived
in the Claudine this morning, but will
be unable to go 10 the States on their
honeymoon trip just now as the Hong
kong Mnru is taking no passengers
whatever.
Among the passengers from Haul
ports in the Claudinc this morning
were the following: Mrs. a. dc Bret
teville, II. Fernandez, j. T. May, Rev.
D. II. I.ahilahi, g. Yaknam and A.
Enos, Jr.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-01
COrOnep's Inquest.

The coroner's inquest in the case nj
the death of Joe Borgess. turneG In q
verdict of accidental death at thc co,i.
clusion of their deliberations Saturday
afternoon. However, Banavitz. The
young man in whose hands the saoT
gun was when the Portuguese boy was
killed, was held for manslaughter in
the first degree. Bail In the sum 81
1000 was fixed and the amount f,l'
nished
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-01
Against kapiolani Estate.

4 suit for eiectment and $4,000 dam
age in each instance has been
brought against the Kapiolani estate
by Mrs. NJ. II. Atcherley, Mrs. Alice
Mahuka Spencer, Rebecca Kinimaka
and NJ. Percival Kinimaka by their
guardian, Mrs. NJ. II. Atcheriey. The
land in litigation is one plot at Honua-
kaha, Honolulu, corner Of Puncnbowl
and an Ahupuaa at Onoulimaloa,
MololSai. The first suit will be beard at
the June term, the second at February
term.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-01
Wailuku Baseball Invine bIcs.

Waikiki. Dec. S0.--An exciting game
Of baseball took place at l.ahaina
Christmas day between the Lahaina
and Waikiki mines. The Wailutu nine
again added another link to its long
line of victories. a very large number
Of the Lahaina residents turned out to
give cheer to their home team
Wailuku-W. II. Cornwell, Jc., p;
Geo. II. Cummings, C; Ed. Montgom-
cry, 1b; VIM. Edmonds, 2b; Chas.
Bailey, 81; ]. Mo!keha, If; Kakalia,
RI; opiopio, CT; Wm. Morris. ST. La
haina.--Kaluakipi, D; Kanewaole, C;
VIM. T. Kaae. 10; Harry, 2b; Lono, 3b;
Phillip, Ii; Kuamu. r.; Kau Wana, CT;
f. y. Rosecrans So.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Waikiki - 1S7 4 z 8 1 ] 5-31
Lahaina 0 0 4. 3-14
Umpire a, N. Hayselden; scorer, Il.
II. Rogers. Tbo ninth inning was not
played.