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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-26

the official record of congress, 1nclud-
ed Allen of Nebraska, Populist; Bacon
Of Georgia, Democrat; Coclxrell of Mis-
souri,, Democrat; Faulkner of Virginia,
Democrat; German of Maryland, Dem
ocrat; Harris of Kansas, Populist;,
Heitfeld of Idaho, Populist; Lindsay
Of Kentucky, Democrat; McEnery Of
Louisiana, Democrat; McLaurin Of
South Carolina, Democrat; Mallory Of
Florida, Democrat Mantle of Mon
tana, Silver; Money Of Mississippi,
Democrat; Morgan of Alabama, Demo
crat; Murphy Of New York, Democrat;
Pasco of Florida, Democrat; Pettus of
Alabama, Democrat; Rawlins of Utah,
Democrat; Smith of New Jersey, Dem
ocrat; Teller of Colorado, Silver, and
Wellington of Maryland.
Senator Kenney, Democrat, Of Della
ware, who was absent when the vote
was taken, subsequently announced in
the senate: "Had I been present I
should have voted in favor of the BILL"
Twelve Democrats and Populists voted
against the bill, while 20 voted for it,
s-'uS S-'As - 80 soppoA .u~n 10y
lHdn HidJollly VI Tie seHdte uuelnDerS
of the parties now supporting Mr.. Bry-
an. When the bill went to the house,
the Democratic and Populist support
was even stronger, the vote in that
body standing 203 yeas to SO nays the
opposition not being sufficiently strong
W even coHlihahu yea anu nay vote.
Mr. Sulzer's Appeal.
Whan n namo nm for fpal action in
=
enae oouy, representative ouiAel VI
New York, one OF MIR. Bryan'S most
ardent supnorters. sneaking of the Hill
.o;d
u am in favor OF it and shall do all can to
PASS it. Fifty-fve members OF the senate voted
for it, and only 10 voted against it. We
will be derelict to our fidelity to the Democrats
in the other branch Of the legislature il we now
impede or defeat this bill. ! trust that every
- MI. WV, sls a,e "a aills
Philippines, will uphold, at this critical moment.
the hands Of the president and give him the
power vested N MN oy .ne Terms o. lnis Dill
subordinate INV partisanship 10 nv patriotism.
We should all be patriots today. We must not
forget we must not forsake our brave heroic sol
our as9 a. tha or;aut W. nnst stand Nv thara
-. The bill is only temporary measure 1t
will cease to be operative in 1901 The increase
ab o ,n ~ nosnn t psamanen'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16

zone day | was talking fish with a
number of friends" said an old fisher
man. "and | made a bet that / could
catch more perch than any other man
In the party In a given time. The
crowd picked out the most experienced
fisherman In the lot. and we set n day
to try our luck. The day before the
match l got large glass Jar, filed II
with water and put some mlnnows In
II. over the mouth of the jar put a
piece of parchment In which l had
made some small holes. Then | went
to a point just east of the waterworks,
picked out likely spot and sank the
jar In the river. first attaching a cork
float to II by which l could locate II
next day.
1--WE went out for the fishing match
the following afternoon, and l soon
found my float and anchored there.
The other man located short distance
away. and we began. The perch were
Just beginning to run, and In a little
while l had pulled in $50 perch, while
my opponent got only "a. Then he
gave up, and won my bet.
~ showed the boys the trick before
we left the fishing ground. You can
always In that way make good catch
of fish that will swallow minnows. The
sight of the bait In the jar always at
tracts n crowd of fish and seems to put
them In good biting humor."-Detroit
Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16

magnitude OF their Christian opera.
lions may be gathered from the fact
that the Egyptian mission of the Amer
lean Presbyterians has 100 stations.
twenty churches and nlnety-seyen
schools. Ask a little Egyptian child
where 1t has learned its English, and it
will very probably answer, "At the
American mission" The mission doc
tors, too, are of much service. An Eng
lish woman might have died on board
our mail steamer had not a telegram
been sent to an American mission ply
stefan, who came ON board, attended
her and removed her to the hospital at
Assut. Egypt has, and will always
have, extraordinary attractions for the
Anglo-Saxon race, for 1t is race con-
versant with and believing in its Bible.
In which Egypt holds so prominent a
place. And let me add that. after visit
to Egypt, the ancient Jewish history,
with which we have been familiar from
childhood, acquires an interest and real
ity 1t never previously possessed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
Home Life In Porto Rico.

To one unaccustomed to tropical con.
ditions the furnishing of the Porto
Rican home would at first sight seem
meager but 1t is quite ample. A short
residence will demonstrate that nearly
500 years of experience with the I'm.
pleasant features of life in the West
Indies have been crowned by sur
vival of the fittest In house furnishing
as in other matters.
Austrian bent wood furniture and also
wickerwork and willow ware coRsti-
tute the main equipment of the par
lors and living rooms. Upholstered fur
niture is unknown and undesired little
or no attempt being made at decoration
except in the matter of embroidery and
fine handmade lace work. Hundreds
of yards of crochet work are used in
the establishment of single canopied
bed. This work Is the chief delight OF
the Porto Rican housewife.
The walls are for the most part bare
but here and there painting of merit
may be seen. The sofa pillow is the
one great feature of the home. 1t is ev
erywhere, in every conceivable size
shape and material. Ferns of gigantic
size and exquisite formation, as well
as broad spreading palm leaves, are
used TO festoon the walls and arched
doorways. Cut fresh from day to day
they render the dark, cool rooms invit
ing and attractive. Potted tropical
plants in great variety abound within
and without the house.-Harper's Ba-
xar
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
The Tamahac or Tomahawk.

Tamahac eventually came to desig-
nate the war Ratchet" of the Indian,
supplied by the military commanders
warriors on the many expeditions In
which French and English were con-
stantly engaged. and was furnished
the Indian allies of the English In our
war of independence.
This weapon was either In the form
of spear or Ratchet blade on one side,
While upon the opposite side there was
a cuplike cavity, with a small hole ex-
tending into the eye of the weapon, in
to which n tough handle of wood was
fitted IS inches or two feet In length.
The handle was perforated almost its
entire length, and below the hollow of
the bowl 1t was bored at right angles
to this perforation. a suitable stemhole
for che passage of the tobacco smoke
when the implement was In use as a
pipe.
The tomahawk pipe was not only at
tractiye and popular In trade. but, like
the earlier trade pipe, was given as a
present at councils and ratlfcations Of
treaties. 1t was pipe, Ratchet and
a mace or hammer all in one and an
swered an important military require
ment in lesseDing the weight and in
cumbrance of the warrior. who other
wise would have tenaciously held to
the stone pipe. which In itself was
heavier than the tomahawk. = Smith
sonian Institution Report.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
A TWO NICKER.
The Old Printer Explains What He
Meant by the Expression.

The Old Printer Explains What He
Meant by the Expression.
81 was just stepping of the street
car" remarked the old printer, who
was telling a story, when l met a
two nicker face to face
You met a whatP
"a two nicker. And, as I was say
ing, She
But what in the world is a two
nicker?"
"Oh, you know what that is, don't
your"
mo. I don't. Never met one in my
life"
well, two nicker is lady. wom-
an, anything that wears petticoats."
81 never heard the expression before.
Where does 1t come fromT
"Now you're too hard for me. l
don't know where 1t started, but in the
good old times of case type and hand
presses 1t was the common expression
used to designate woman In print
shop. 1t wasn't used outside of the
composing rooms. I'll tell you how |
tuluk II dTOSt. All tue OAu nuuu tSpC,
as everybody knows, is provided with
hicks on the side, so that the type
settlers don't have to look at the face of
the type to know how to throw it in
the stick Far back in prehistoric
days the type had only one nick. but
later two hicks became the style, and
80 years ago two hicks was the usual
thing. But there came Improvements
in typemaking. and 1t was discovered
that three or four hicks on the side Of
the type made 1t easier for the printer
to handle, and so the three or four
nicked type came into style and the
two nicked type went into disuse and
bad repute. Printers despsed the two
nicked type. About that time women
got a foothold in the printing offices.
They were not regarded with favor b.
the old time printers. The women and
the two nicked type were in about the
same category in the esteem Of the old
typo, and 1t was very natural that he
should come to express both by the
same words They both became two
nckers.' and the expression has be-
come traditional in printshops. Mem
phis Scimltar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
Plausible, but Failed.

The cunning of children is well rec
ognlzed 10 be of very superior kind.
and It is seldom II given chance that
they cannot lnvelgle their elders into
seeing things their way. The follow
ing is an Instance of where a little girl
slipped up on this by not taking into
consideration that her Iiiother had had
enough experience with children to
have an insight into their nature.
The girls birthday was a couple of
weeks off, and her parents had told her
that they were going to give her n
handsome present upon that occasion.
She had been counting "the minutes
for several days, but thinking she
could not possibly await her birthday
without knowing what her present
would be she stole softly up to her
mother and begged her to show her the
present.
"Why, 1t wouldn't be right to show 1t
to you now" her mother answered,
because we want to surprise You on
your birthday"
"Oh. that's all right! exclaimed the
little one. "I'll forget what 1t Is before
then."-Memphis Sclmitar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
GROWTH OF cARIcATuRE.
John Laws wild Schemes Gave 1t
Tremendous Impetus.

John Laws Wild Schemes Gave 1t
Tremendous impetus.
Caricature is nowadays one of the
principal methods of criticism. No
movement can overreach the mark
without elicitlng dozens of works Of
art from caricaturists all over this and
all other countries.
This branch of criticism and attack
dates far back. but the greatest i'm
pulse 1t ever felt came from the age
OF tremendous speculation. when, In
1719 and 1870. John Law was manipu-
latinG things financial In France. New
er before had the financial world been
so carried off its feet as 1t was at that
time. Members of the nobility were
waiting for chance to purchase
shares In Laws schemes. Duchesses
and ladies of high renown tried their
most persuasive charms ON Law In the
attempt to get hold of shares. Men
hired out their backs for writing desks,
so great was the press of business in
making contracts, and one hunchback
is reputed to have made 100000 francs
In this way In few weeks. The
French went veritably mad over the
schemes to become wealthy. Natural
ly the papers of the time, especially
those of Holland. caricatured the state
of affairs. There were pictures of all
sorts. carlcaturiGg Law, the nobility,
the schemes and everything connected
with them.
1t was this tremendous amount Of
pictorial work that first directed the
energies of William Hogarth, In Lon
don, In this direction. Caricaturing
began to be used more and more in the
political field, and soon afterward 1t
caused the shelving of Robert Walpole
from the English ministry. Ever since
then has caricaturing been one Of the
bitterest and most effectual methods Of
checking public men and their
schemes
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16

Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the
Richmond school, Chicago, H., writes
the following letter to DR.. Hartman re-
garding Pe-ru-na. She says: "Only
those who have suffered as | have, can
know what blessing it is to be able
to find relief in Pe-ru-na. This has
been my experience. A friend in need
is friend indeed and every bottle of
Pe-ru-na | ever bought proved a good
friend to me. Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1914
North Superior ST., Racine City, Wis,
writes: 81 feel so well and good and
happy now that pen cannot describe it.
Pe-ru-na is everything to me. | have
taken several bottles of Pe-ru-na for
female complaint. am in the change
of life and it does me good Pe-ru-na
has no equal in all of the irregularities
and emergencies peculiar to women
caused by pelvic catarrh.
Address DIR. Hartman, Columbus,
o., for free book for women only.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16

The soil of the greater portion OF the
grain region of Russia and Siberia Is
well known In that country as the
"Chernozem' or "black earth" 1t is a
broad belt of prairie, 600 to 700 miles
In average width, beginning In Hungary
and extending northeastward to the
Trial mountains, and then eastward into
sIberla to unknown boundaries. On the
north and the west are the gray forest
lands" and on the south and west are
salt and alkaline districts and sandy
wastes, and finally the Caucasus and
the Ural mountains. By both chemical
and mechanical analysis the soil Is
shown to be remarkably similar to that
of our own prairies, also commonly
known by the similar term OF "black
loam." The depth Is, on an average,
probably little greater than that OF
our prairie soil. From chemical
standpoint the soils of the two regions
are similarly characterized ~ by an ex-
ceptlonally large amount Of thoroughly
humified organic matter; (2) by the
presence of an unusual proportion Of
phosphorlc acid; and 90 by a great
amount, comparatively, Of lime. potash,
and other alkalies. These soils are,
therefore, alkaline, while many others,
especially of forest regions, are acid. 1t
Is well known that the substances thus
more abundant in these soils than in
others are just those needed by the
wheat plant-Bradstreet's
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
How the Dollar Mark Originated.

There Is n conflict among the stand
ard writer's on the subject as TO the
derivation of the dollar mark sign, s."
explained treasury official to Star
reporter, land they seem to be getting
farther apart all the time instead Of
approaching each other. The popular
theory among the older authorities was
that the dollar sign was made out Of
the letters u S, which were prefixed to
the currency of the country after the
adoption Of the Constitution. These
letters were written hurriedly, and the
theory grew that they eventually ran
Into one conglomerate letter or sign
and that the s was the result. This was
the generally accepted explanation until
about fifty years ago, when proml-
nent financial authority advanced the
proposition that the dollar mark grew
out of the figure s. denotng piece of
eight reals, the dollar being originally
called piece of eight. But there Is no
certainty about 1t, and as the dollar Is
clearly an American coin designation II
seems strange that there never has
been an official or authorized statement
as TO the origin or derivation of the
mark. Washington Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
The Tramp.. Advice.

She was standing on the front porch
reading the story paper, which had
Just come in the mail.
MADAM" said Meandering Mike,
"dld see you brush away a tear jes'
now?"
"S'posin | did," she returned. TITS
no business Of yours"
Il spoke in kindness, lady. You amt
treatin yerself right to cry an read
both at once. It's a double strain on
yer eyes, an you might as well listen
to my hard luck stories an save yer
eyes exclusively fur de weeps. If you
likes touchln stories, lady, here's yer
chance to have 'em brought to yer
door, an you needn't pay 81 years
subscription in advance, neither. It's
de chance of yer life, lady, 10 trade oil
cold victuals for pathos. Washington
Star
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
A HOBO Or! A TRAIN.
His Brief Interview with n Brake
man and the Conductor.


man and the Conductor.
81 spent several hours In a small
country town not far from here few
days ago" said young professional
man OF this city. "and 10 kill time
Joined the usual group In the corner
grocery store. One of the crowd was
a freight brakeman, and he told a
story about tramp who was stealing
. ride ON the bumpers during his last
tun.
1.-The conductor seen him first he
said. and when he came back to the
eaboose he said says he. "Bill, there's
u blamed ugly lookin hobo on the
trucks behind the first ear. Suppose
you go up and fire him or" IAN
right. cap" says |. and starts front.
When | gets TO the first car. | looks
down. and. sure enough. there was n
big. greasy hobo squattln on the
edge, holdin on TO the brake iron. "Hi.
tberer says |. what d'you mean by
tryin TO beat the roady We're goin
slow now, and you hop right orr The
hobo reached around into his pocket
aud pulled out gun about yard long.
When he pointed 1t at me, 1t looked
like n piece OF stoyeplpe. you freckle
nosed baboon," says he. 'if you don't
go bout your business real sudden. I'll
cave your face I'M Sklp! says he. |
skipped.
when | got back TO the caboose,
the conductor says, We'll, Bill, did you
fire the hoboT NO" says |. II didn't.
In chattln with him." says. II found
out we was kin. and | didn't really
have the heart TO bounce the poor fell
ler!'' "Well. I'll do 1t myself, then"
says the conductor. gettin hot, and
away he goes over the tops. Pretty
soon / could hear him comm back
lickety split on a dead run. He slid
down the brake iron like streak of
CREASED lightnln and dropped into
the caboose seat all out Of breath.
"Did you fire him2" says |. NO." says
he, sort of faint. why, how was
thatr says |, pretendln to be surpris-
ed. "Well I'll tell you" says he, con-
fdential. Its funny. but d'you know.
when we got to talkin, | found out he
was some kin to me too" '"-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
A DEAL IN WHISKY.
The Profits Were Not So Large
the Buyers Expected.

The Profits Were Not So Large ms
the Buyers Expected.
''There are tricks in the whisky bust
ness as well as in Others" said the
drummer for large compromising
house, and | remember once how the
Iirm was with got stuck. One day a
man drove up in a one horse wagon
carrying one barrel of whisky, which
he wanted to sell. He told us some
kind of a story about an old uncle dy-
ing and leaving 1t to him; but, as he
couldn't afford to use as good liquor as
1t was, he had concluded to sell 1t.
I'VE took the barrel into the house.
and, prylng out the bung. we slipped In
the siphon and drew off glass of 1t to
sample. And it was fine. The barrel
showed age. and the liquor tasted It.
1t was worth $40 gallon If it was
worth cent, but we didn't give the
man any such pointers. We knew by
the weight that there were at least &c
gallons of 1t, and we made him an of.
fer of $50 for the barrel. He higgled
awhile, but took the money at last and
drove away.
.Tn the course of couple of weeks
we concluded to put that whisky IL
bottles and sell 1t as case goods, so we
set the siphon to work at the bung and
began to draw 1t Off After the fourth
bottle had been drawn the siphon re
fused to work. and we examined 1t tc
find what was wrong. We could moi
get at it that way, and, as the contents
seemed to be all right, we set the bar
rel on end and bored another hole In 1t
Then the siphon worked, but the liquor
was much paler. and one of the mer
tasted it. By George, 1t wasn't whisky
at ALL 1t was only water, colored
somewhat from the charred inside Of
the barrel.
THAT scared us, and we smashed the
head In to see what was inside, and we
saw in minute. The willy cuss had
filed n can with fine old whisky to the
bung where we made the examination
before purchasing. and when that had
been emptied the whole story had beer
told. He had probably paid So for the
gallon to fill the can, and we sold 1t fol
$3.50 n bottle. but we didn't get O
blamed cent for the 80 gallons. more oil
less. of water that filled the rest of the
barrel" Washington Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
Magnetic Clay.

Most kinds of clay contain a consid
cradle proportion of iron. The red col
or of bricks, for example, is due to the
presence of oxides of iron. Whenever
an object nodded of clay is baked al
the temperature of the potter's furnace
In the presence of a magnetic field OF
influence, the otherwise homogeneous
clay shows when cooled traces of mag
netism In a definite direction. This In
herent magnetism is sufficient to show
the direction and give an Idea as to the
intensity of the magnetizing force that
acted while the clay was In the fur
mace.
This peculiar property has been used
to solve some questions of great inter
est to scientific people in general. An
accurate knowledge of the direction OF
the earths magnetic force in early his
torical times has been deduced by sew
eral Italian physicists from study OF
the traces of magnetism shown by Etru-
rian vases and other objects of clay
exhumed from old tombs. The con-
clusion reached Is that the direction OF
the earth's magnetic field has varied
very greatly In the 5000 or COCO years
represented by the age of the objects
examined.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
The strain. They Suffered.

For exercise in expression the teach
er daily asks her scholars to describe
some of the happenings of the day at
home.
Little Minnie, loquitor: when my
papa went to go down into the wood
shed the other evening, where 1t was
dark. he slipped on the stair and strain
ed his foot, and now he can't walk"
Here another little girl was evidently
reminded of something, and she raised
her hand and fiuttered II to get the
teachers attention.
"WellT' suggested the teacher.
please, ma'am. when our COW came
home from pasture last night she slip
ped In the mud right In front of the
house and strained her milk, but she Is
able to walk Just the same."-Lewiston
Journal.