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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25

London holds 60 per cent OF its police
men for night duty.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25
Unmarried women are oeoarred az
students in Russian universities.
For More Than n Cent

Bakers Chocolate has been the standard. Made only
BY Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. Dorchester. Mass
Nobody expects much OF young peo-
pie who have time to play cards in
day time
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25

Formal orders have been issued to
mobilize the Eighth division of the
British army.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04
WORST PARASITES
Upon the Human Race Are Aristocrats
of China and Spain.

Upon the Human Race Are Aristocrats
of China and Spain.
The aristocracy of China are the most
useless human beings in the world. 1t
Is no uncommon thing for the ancestors
Of some man who has done service to
the state to be ennobled backward for
several generations, and no aristocracy
can be more useless than one which
consists largely Of those who are de-
ceased. Among more advanced nations
the aristocracy of Spain Is probably the
most useless. The strain of Moorish
blood running in many of the oldest
families In that peninsula appears to
conduce toward an indolent pride,
which prevents their members from
taking part in any professions but
those of the army and nayy-now open
to them to a limited extent. The consti-
tuition of 1876, by making the Upper
House of the Cortes, or parliament,
consist wholly of life members, and
those mainly elective, deprived many
aristocrats Of the opportunity of use
fulness as politicians, while the back
wardness OF agriculture and the pow
erty of much of the land are excuses
given by others for not employing
themselves upon their own estates. The
Spanish noble, moreover, generally pre-
fers foreign health or pleasure resorts
to his own country.
An American who has spent more of
his life in Spain than in his own coun-
try recounts a conversation he had
with one Of SPANS greatest living
statesmen about the Spaniard's nation
al dream.
Senior" said the Spanish grandee,
1--WE do not want to shine as a CONNER
cial nation. We do not like work. We
have in the past filed the proud posi-
ton of the greatest empire. 1t was very
fatiguing. At the present day Spain
has got back to her senses. We teach
our youths to be refined-to be gentle
men,"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04

irresolution. that beset him when he
planned to kill the Prince, of his ner-
vous tremors and dread of seeing death
strike into the face of his victim.
bought the pistol with the intention OF
killing n tyrant The Prince causes the
death Of thousands to-day in Africa.
planned to rid the earth Of one PAD
man. My aim was not good, you say
True, but when your target IS royai'y
your hand shakes, and your near,
beats too FAST
Young Sipido gave as the mouVe oi
his deed a general belief in sociailstic
principles, but particularly to the AM
mostly aroused in him against the
British war policy at a pro-Boer meet
ing which he had attended IN brusseis.
1t was well known, however, that boer
representatives had no connection with
a plot of which young Slpido might
have been made the instrument. Or.
Ievds. the Boer minister In Belgium.
at once added his telegram OF congrat-
ulation TO the thousands which were
sent to the Queen and TO the Prince OF
Wales.
In appearance Jean Baptiste Sipido
Is even younger than his real age-a
male. slender boy with an extraordin-
arily large head and shock of thick,
dark hair. Seyenty-five cents would
cover the cost of the revolver with
which he attempted to shoot the Prince.
That the boy was irresolute and ner-
vous Is proven by the method which he
employed in the attempted assassina-
ton. When the Princes train ran into
the Brussels railway station the Prince
allghted and walked up and down the
platform for a quarter of an hour with
some of his party. If Slpldo had wish
ed. here would have been his best OPP.
portunlty for a good shot. He waited,
however, until the Prince had re-enter-
ed his private car and the train was
just ready to pull out. Then he sprang
upon the platform and fired once
through thick pane of glass. the
bullet striking cushion near the
Prince. Again the boy attempted to
shoot, but the revolver missed fire
Just as his hand attempted to take aim
for the third time he was seized by the
guards. and fell back neryeless and
overcome.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04

1t requires an average of more than
twenty million pins per day to sustain
the falling skirts, replace the missing
suspender buttons and meet the other
needs of the American people. What
becomes of all these pins is question
that nobody has been able to answer,
but there is no falling off in the de-
mand, so that this number must dis
appear in some manner every day.
1t is hard to imagine anything sim
pier than pin, and 1t is striking
proof of the complications of our mod
eJ Industrial system that every pin IN
the course of its manufacture passes
Through a dozen separate processes, in
ivolvlng the greatest skill on the part OF
the operatives employed and the action
lof a great amount of automatic ma
Ichinery.
The pin makes its appearance at the
factory in the form of barrels of coiled
brass wire. The first process is that OF
Strengthening this wire. The coils are
placed on revolving racks, and fed
from these into little machines, from
the vise-like grip of which they emerge
perfectly straight Thence the wire Is
fed into the pin-maklng machine,
which is almost as complicated as
printing press. A sharp knife cuts the
wire off into uniform lengths of the de-
sired size. AS each little length of wire
drops from the knife it falls upon
small wheel, the edge Of which is
notched into grooves just large enough
to hold the bits of wire.
Each piece is carried along by the
wheel until an iron finger and thumb
seize and hold it firmly, while an auto
matte hammer, by single smart blow,
puts a head on one end. Then the en-
bryo pins fall upon another grooyed
wheel, which revolves horizontally. As
they move on in the clasp of this sec
ond wheel the projecting ends pass
over a number of circular steel files,
which neatly grind them to a point.
Further on they encouner pumice
stone, which smoothes off the filed end,
and then they drop into a wooden re-
ceiving box. So far no workman's hand
has touched the pins in their progress
from the reel The cutting heading,
pointing and smoothing have all been
done by the wonderful automatic ma
chinery.
From the wooden boxes the pins go
to the whitening" room, where they
are cleaned in revolving barrels filed
with sawdust and receive a nickel coat
ing in big watts. Then they are dried
in the sawdust barrels and are run
through sorting machine. 1t is i'm
possible to get the better of this ma
chine.
The big department stores and whole
sale dealers buy their pins by the case.
A case contains 10S dozen papers, $50
pins in each paper. A single order from
the largest stores usually calls for 100
cases, or nearly 100000 pins.-New
York Herald
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04

The dampness of dwelling houses is
pronounced by writer In the Scien-
tific American dangerous from a two
fold point of view-first and primarily
In itself, and second, because of the
long life which it gives to the elements
of contagion and infection. 1t Is ascer-
tanned that the mlcrobe Of typhoid fe-
yer remains alive for three days, that
of diphtheria a month and that of pneu-
monia from fifteen days to three weeks.
Contrary to the traditions of the "ele-
ganee" of dwellings. which causes the
walls TO be covered with tapestry or pa
per in imitation of 1t, scientific expert
ence would now advise the employment
of stucco or good varnish as being best
from a psychological point OF view
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04
ELoPEMENTs RARE IN FRANCE.
Parental Consent Required No Matter
What the Age of Parties.

What the Age of Parties.
Elopements are of very infrequent oc-
currence in France, fact that Is due
in large measure to the popularity or
the French law pertaining to mar
riages. Not only must the contracting
parties-up to any age-have the writ
ten consent of their parents, but also
in case of the death OF their parents
they must obtain the consent or their
grandparents. Here Is case instanced
by a correspondent whose friend SUI
zanne b. was engaged to Henri ).
Both were orphans, yet 1t was several
months before the ceremony could be
performed because of the number Oh
papers and certificates which were nee
essary for the celebration OF their nup-
tials. No less than fourteen certificates
were absolutely Indispensable, and SUI
zanne, as well as her fiance, was
obliged to show in default OF their
parents presence or written consent
First, her fathers death ceruhcatei
second, her mothers death certincate
third, her fathers fathers death cerun
cate; fourth, her fathers mothers
death certificate; fifth, her mothers
fathers death certificates; sixth, hei
mothers mothers death certincate
seventh, her own birth certificate. Sew
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04

Three negro lads met on street cor
ner one afternoon, and by some queer
freak of Providence each had just 10
cents. This was considerable for them,
and, being so unfortunate as to have
no CRAPS" 1t required much serious
elaboration to arrive at just the best
plan for spending 1t.
Finally one suggested that they
place their little capital In pool and
then, each in turn, guess what was
good to eat, the best guesser to take
all of the money.
This plan met with hearty approval,
as each one had ideas on that subject
and the 40 cents was soon in pile.
Then the first one guessed.
"Possum, sweet taters an water
melon" he said.
At this the second one reached down
and began picking up his nickels, but
the third stopped him with: "HoP on
darel Let dat money 'lonew To which
the second replied.
you think I'ze goin to guess agains
that fool niger when he's done said
all der is good ter eatT-Types.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04

Chambers Journal The night must be
MINDLESS aud moonless, the latter con
dltion being absolutely Indispensable,
although, curiously enough, the fish
will take the hook on an ordinary STAR
light night. Time after time have
tried my luck with either growing or
a waning moon, much TO the amuse-
ment of the natives, and never once
did | get a palu. although other noe
turnal feeding fish bit freely enough,
notably a monstrous species OF sea
perch, called laheu.
The tackle used by the natives Is
made of eoeoanut sennlt. four or eight
stranded, of great strength, and capa-
BILE of holding n fifteen-foot shark,
should one of these providers seize the
bait. The hook Is made of wood-ln
fact, the same as Is used for shark fish
lng-ubout one inch and half In diam
eter, fourteen inches In the shank, with
natural curve, the barb, or rather that
which answers the purpose of barb,
being supplied by a small piece dashed
horizontally across the top of the end
of the curve.
These peculiar wooden hooks are
grown; the roots of tree called ngua,
whose wood Is of great toughness, are
watched when they protrude from a
bank and trained Into the desired
shape. Specimens of these may be
seen In almost any ethnographical mu-
scum. To sink the line coral stones or
three or four pounds weight are used,
attached by very thick piece of sen
nit, or bark. which, when the fish Is
struck, is always broken by its strug-
giles and falls off, thus releasing the
line from an unnecessary weight. 1t
Is no light task hauling In thick,
heavy line hanging straight up and
down for length of from seventy-hye
to a hundred fathoms or more.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04

eral months elapsed before all these
papers could be got together.
When at last all was ready Suzanne
B. appeared at the marie and inquired
when she might be married. Have
you the consent of your conseil de fam
ille? family council, which regulates
the affairs of orphans and minors) was
the question. NO. Ny parents died
intestate." Then you cant be legally
married." But have no conseil de
familie." "Well. then. get one as soon
as possible" was the reply. And poor
Suzanne was forced 10 write to all her
relatives in all corners of France
many of whom she had never seen
and ask them to come up to Paris to
form a eonsell de famille. After much
expense. worry and trouble, not to
speak of lawyers fees. etc, the various
members of the conseil de familie were
at last collected together TO give their
consent to the marriage of Suzanne
and Henri.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04

delicate, and small for his age. He is
of an extremely eXcitable nature and
conceived that he had a mission in the
woodland that was TO kill royal per-
sonages. Apparently the sense of his
mission had not dawned upon him
forty-eight hours before he had at
tempted a crime and found himself in
the hands of the Brussels police.
In many respects, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean, the case of young Spldo
is more than ordinarily pathetic. His
parents, plain Belgian peasants, were
overwhelmed with grief and shame at
the boys offense, and forwarded TO
Queen Victoria plea as to their sons
responsibility.
When placed under arrest young
Sipido was tractable and frank and
laxative as any boy. He told OF the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04
A ProvidentiaI Escape.

In Manitoba Memories" Rev. George
Young relates an experience of his boy
rood which, he says, formed the turn
ing point in his career, and led him
eventually TO choose the life of mis-
sionary in the north land.
Early one stormy morning, when
was boy, says Mr.. Young, was feed
ing the cattle in the basement of a sta
bic when a terrific wind-storm struck
the building and crushed 1t like an egg
she'll Hearing the crash of the falling
and breaking timbers fell on my knees
in terror, and began TO pray
In a moment, as 1t seemed, the storm
passed and stiffness prevailed. | was
completely encompassed by the broken
timbers and the mows of hay and grain
which had been stored in the upper part
of the barn. | was in utter darkness,
too, and at first completely dazed. Find
ing myself unframed, however, re-
covered my senses and began to dig
into the hay to escape.
After long struggle worked myself
free from the hay, and stood in the
midst of the wreck.
1t was afterward aseertalned how
narrowly had escaped being crushed
to death by the falling timbers. Had
been standing at the moment l mus
have been killed. The space wherein
had knelt was about yard square, ane
the only place where | could have es
capped instant death.
Much was made of my remarkable
escape. which have always regarded
as direct interposition Of Providence
and In consequence ! have devoted m!
| life to the Masters service.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04

"Do you think the shortest route to a
mans heart is through his stomach?"
asked Miss Gabby as she prepared to
exhibit her skill with the chatting dish
to young DIR. Powers.
"Oh, dear, nor exclaimed the young
physician, swelling up with the con-
seriousness of his superior knowledge.
1.-THE shortest way TO the heart is by
way of an inclslon through the left
subclavial section of the thoracic parie-
ties"
Thus Is cold science wrestling Cupid's
weapons one by one from the hands
of the fair sex.-Baltlmor American.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04
|ixjMNSClenCe
III 4 No hP
|s's9eIl1ventiOn.

The French peasants who live near
the sewage farms have entered pro
test because of the contamination OF
their wells.
The population of the earth as estl-
mated by Ernest George Ravenstein
some few years ago for the Royal Geo
graphical Society was 1.4SI, 100000.
The velocity of light is 10000 miles
In second of time. From the sun
light comes to the earth in eight min
utes. From some of the fixed stars of
the twelfth magnitude it takes four
thousand years for the light to reach us
In the London Hospital for Consump-
ton the basis of treatment Is rest IN
the open air, graduated exercise and
good feeding. No window in the open
air ward Is ever closed. and during the
cold weather the eonsumptiYe patients
are kept warm with extra clothing ana
artificial heat. 1t is encouraging TO note
that practically all the early cases and
20 per cent. of all cases improve consid-
erably under the open-air system.
Last summer a Norwegian mariner
Captain Grondahl, succeeding in trans
porting two young muskoXen alive
from northeastern Greenland TO from
so. These are said to be the first living
specimens of their species ever brought
to Europe. 1t is reported that they are
doing well amid their new surround
ings. The musk-ox. next TO the white
bear, is the largest land mammal in
habiting the Arctic regions. 1t attains
a height of nearly, or quite, four feet.
and is clothed by nature TO endure eX-
IRENE cold. During the Arctic summer
musk-oxen become very fat from feed
ing upon the pasturage which grows in
every sheltered spot but in winter their
long fasts make them gaunt and thin.
Morris Gibbs describes what prob
ably thousands of our readers have OBJ
served-the very curious lowering, or
dancing, habit of species of two
winged flies, which assemble in groups
of from 20 to 100 or more. in some spot
sheltered from the wind, and indulge
in a fantastic dance for hours at a time,
The motions consist of alternate rising
and falling in periods of a few seconds,
and over distance varying from one
to four feet. The insects seem to be-
come so interested in their sport, If
sport 1t is, that they cannot be driven
away from one another, but immedi-
ately reform their companies when dis
turbed. Many species of insects have
the habit of lowering In the air, some
In parties only and some singly.
Recent experiments at Sheffield, Eng
land, suggest the possibility that in the
twentieth century shields may once
more form an important part of the
equipment of an army. Steel shields,
three millimetres In thickness and
about $50 square inches in area, have
been devised, which afford complete
protection against bullets fired from the
service rife at a range of 400 yards.
| The small size of the shield, which
weighs only seven pounds, requires
that the soldier shall lie prone on the
ground in order to be sheltered. Each
shield has loophole for the rifle and
studs at the side so that series Of
them can be linked into n continuous
screen. The Idea is that by the use of
such shields the necessity of digging
trenches may often be avoided.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04
squeIchins an Encore Fiend.

The long. solemn gentleman with the
piercing eyes tapped gently on the
shoulder of the encore fiend in front Of
him.
ALLOW me to present YOU said he,
handing the applauder a small paper
package.
what does this mean?" asked the
recipient wrathfully as he opened the
package and found about 81 in dimes
and nickels.
ut means this" replied the solemn
gentleman: 81 have noticed your ear
nest efforts to have everything twice.
Therefore l have taken up this small
collection in order that you may come
tomorrow instead of trying to get your
two performances in one evening. y
Indianapolis Press
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04
White Pine News.
ELY, NEVADA.


Once | sailed these seas, where are
the cannibals, with a corpulent cap
tain. Whenever a chief came on board
the first thing he was sure to admire
was the proportions of our gallant tar,
and the chief would feel him and
smack his own lips and turn up his
own eyes at the prospect of so much
fatness-going TO waste, as one may
say. These attentions our skipper very
much disliked.
Well, one day both boats were abb
sent trading. and 1t fell suddenly calm.
1.-THE old man" (the forecastle name for
n skipper and self were the only
whites on board. The strong currents
caught the vessel and carried her ON
TO the rocks, and we could get no bot
tom hundred yards from the shore.
The underfiow from the waves kept
her from striking. The natives gath
cred on the cliffs, as ravens to car
cass, waiting for the catastrophe. L
took off all my clothes, and we waited
and waited for some two hours, the
natives recognizing the captain and
telling him plainly they would eat him
at last.
The strain on our nerves may De
imagined. At last the captains gave
way. "Goodby, c., old fellow" he
said "Those beasts will have me in
the ovens at once. You may. escape
you are thin. II You see my old girl
again. tell her l was thinking of her
at the last" This was said with
gulp and a culver In the voice. But
lust then the two boats came round
the point, having at last heard our
stern guns, and we were saved
"Among the Man Eaters" by John
Gaggin.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04
Hawaiian Women's Feet.

The graceful. firm gait OF the Ha-
wailan people, but especially that of
the women. has been attributed TO the
habit of going barefoot. Shoes have
never been used. Generally cheap
straw sandals of the Chinese were used
In muddy weather. The example of
another neat race, the japanese, has
had its sway, and clogs are also used,
keeping the feet out of the dirt. Alas!
the graceful walk must go, for Yankee
shoes, with pointed toes and narrow
soles and heels. are seen on the feet
and in the stores.
When the women wggle along the
walk as do the tourists, they will no
longer be able to lift their white gowns
from the sidewalks to avoid the water
which stands in puddles after the side
walks and streets are watered by hose
and carts.-Woman's Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04
A Loud Voiced Bird.

A story runs that on a certain day
two men, one of them very deaf, were
walking by the railway. Suddenly
an express train rushed by, and as it
passed the engine emitted a shrek that
seemed to rend the very sky.
The hearing mans ears were well
nigh split, but the deaf man struck an
ecstatic attitude. Then. turning to his
suffering friend, he said, with pleas
ed smile:
That's the first robin Pve heard
this spring" Kansas City Independ-
ont
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04
A well Merited Retort.

Ex-Assistant United States District
Attorney Sutherland Tenney of New
York was graduated from the Column
bia Law school in 1879, when he carried
off the first prize Of $500. A disap-
pointed competitor congratulated him
and added:
~ suppose it was because your thesis
was illegiblc. as usual. and the judges
gave you the benefit of the doubt"
Mr.. Tenney, unruflled, replied, How
much better you would do II you
adopted that practice In all your
workv,-Saturday Evening Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04

"Poor foolr' said the Prince of Wales,
when a boy socialist fired three shots
at him at the Nord station, in Brus-
sells. This cool remark seems to have
been an excellent summary of the sit
uation, according to later develop
ments. Jean Baptiste Sipldo, the Bel
glan boy who attempted the murder
of the Prince, Is only 10 years old.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04
A Heayy-armed Elephant.

At great meeting of the Geological
Society in London "A photograph was
exhibited, showing pair of remark
ably large tusks which had belonged
TO an African elephant. Measured
along the outer curve, each tusk was
ten feet and four inches long but they
differed little in weight, one weighing
225 and the other 235 pounds. or total
of 400 pounds, which the elephant had
carried about without the least incon,
yenience.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-04

Mrs. Mixer-Tell me the worst, doc
tor. Is my husbands condition seri-
Gus?
Doctor-There is no cause for alarm,
madam. He is now out of danger, al
though suffering acutely from enlarge
ment of the cerebral glands.
Mrs. Mixer-But, doctor. how do you
suppose 1t was brought on?
Doctor-On a tray probably.-Chica-
go News.