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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22
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Bakers used 100000 bread labels in
October.
New York housesmiths and bridge
men get So 20 for eight hours.
st. Louis now has a Tobacco Work.
ers' Union made up entirely of eolored
men.
Button workers In Rochester, n. Y,
have secured substantial increase In
wages.
Out of 100000 in Massachusetts en-
gagad in galnful occupations only
$1,000 are employed on Sundays.
Reporters and newspaper writers In
Troy, n. Y. have formed union sub
ordinate TO the International Typo
graphical Union.
Eight months ago there were but
three unions In Niagara Falls. y. Y:
to-day that town boasts Of twenty-five
organized bodies.
The Iron Age reports 2SS.522 tons of
pig iron produced weekly in the United
States on Nov. /, against 27s,G50 Oct.
l and 243,5l6 Jan. /.
Ten carloads of mule shoes and one
carload Of nails were loaded on the
Manchester City at New Orleans last
week for shipment to South Africa for
use by the British.
Fall River cotton mills paid dividends
amounting to 5.71 per cent. last year,
the largest since 1892 The item Is COM
pleted by the advance of 10 per cent.
in the wages of $4,000 workmen.
Dies Moines. Council Bluffs. Dubuque,
Davenport and Ottumwa are TO have
accent fuel gas within three months
and probably 50-cent Illuminating gas,
according to the promises of the Iowa
By-Product Coke Company, capitalized
at 100000.
The production of oleomargarine dur
ing the fiscal year 1899 was 81. 130.4T4
pounds, in contrast with 57.5i6, 1873
pounds during the preceding year. The
record for last year was the best in
the history Of the industry. bringing re-
cepts from the tax to nearly S2,000,000.
The single working girls of Boston
are organizing against married women
who work In restaurants and big stores
for pin money. The girls think that
women who have husbands TO support
them ought to stay at home and not in
terfere with others who are compelled
to work for their living.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22

Mark Twain has met the Boer. and
this is what be says of him:
HE is deeply religious; profoundly
ignorant; dull. obstinate, blgoted; un-
cleanly in his habits; hospltable, honest
In his dealings with the whites. hard
master to his black servant; lazy, n
good shot. good horseman, addicted to
the chase; a lover of political independ-
ence; good husband and father; not
fond of herding together In towns, but
liking the seclusion and remoteness and
solitude and empty vastness and silence
of the veldt; man of mighty appetite,
and not delicate about what he ap
peases 1t with; well satisfied with pork,
and Indian corn and biltong. requiring
only that the quantity shall not be
stinted; willing to ride long Journey
to take hand In a rude all-night dance
nterspersed with vigorous feeding and
boisterous jolllty, but ready to ride
twice as far for prayer meeting.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22
llFe.sAvINo HUMAN CHAIN.
Three Young Women Narrowly Escap


Three Young Women Narrowly Escape
Death by Drowning.
1t takes lot of pluck aud good
amount of common sense TO rescue
three young women from death by
drowning, but pluck and common sense
were not wanting during a recent aeei-
dent ON Long Island. 1t was matter
of seconds only, at least so far as Miss
Minnie Hiddnk was concerned. ana
the others were nearer death than they
are ever likely to be again and escape.
Patchogue mill pond, one of the larg-
est on Long Island, was crowded with
skaters. They had been warned to
keep away from the east shore, where
ice cutters had been mt work. Agnes
and Minnie Grundy and Minnie Hid
dInk neglected the warning. So long
as they skated singly the lee was
strong enough to bear their weight, but
when they gllded along three abreast,
their arms nterlocked, II gave way I'M
der them and they were plunged into
the water.
VIII Stlllman realized conditions. He
ordered the skaters to keep back, and
almost in the same breath called for
volunteers to form human life line.
Men and boys threw off their coats,
threw themselves fiat on the Ice and
grasped each others heels. Stillman
found he could not reach the young
women and the ice was sinking under
his weight. He called to George Ho-
man, who is light and strong. The lat
ter pulled himself along the chain un
til he was at the end.
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Too Polite.

It is well to be thoughtful of other
peoples feelings, but in all things 1t is
we'll to be discreet. This is the moral OF
an amusing tale found in Short Stories.
At recent church dedication the
preacher, who was stranger, followed
up his sermon by an earnest appeal for
the balance of the money needed to pay
for the building.
The collectors went round, and prom
ises came in AS the subscriptions
were one after another read, a7collec-
tor announced, THE five Black chill
dren, one dollar" The courteous preach
err quickly amended the statement by
announcing, Five little colored people,
one dollar"
A lldst an outburst of merrlment, the
pastor hastily explained that the dom
ors were white children of the name Of
Black
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22
he LOST BOTH HIS HANDS.


Determined wan NdD Dos
IN example of what can be accom-
plished by determined man, even
though deprived of his hands, is shown
by the work performed by Michael
Laffo, as he is called, although the or
igina name is Lend.
Mr.. Laffo is not only deprived OF his
hands. but the right arm is Off close at
The shoulder, the result Of an accident
in Il sawmill in New York State twenty
four years ago. Though having only
In a stump, Mr.. Laffo performs an
amount of work which would seem I'M
possible, and which would put many a
healthy bodied, whole-limbed man TO
shame.
He handles lumber, ties and cord
wood. loading and unloading them from
a wagon; can hoe. rake, pitch hay, and
will cut standing corn at a rate which
will keep two good men on the hustle TO
bind after him.
Last summer he raised a number OF
acres of potatoes, doing all the work
on the place himself after the ground
WAS plowed, planting, hoelng, treating
the plants with paris green, aud finally
digging the crop A four-tned fork Is
pushed into the ground with his foot,
then with the handle under his arm =
pry across the knee brings the tubers
out at lively rate.
Mr.. Iaffo came TO Palmer from Con.
necticut eight years ago, taking con
tract TO draw the logs and ties from a
large wood lot, in which he worked
early aud late, often from in the
morning until at night. lie has eight
children, all married but one, who is
engaged with him in business, which
consists principally of teaming. ETC.
Mr.. Laffo making the contracts and
overseeing the work, while his son
drives team and otherwise assists
Palmer (Me.) Journal.
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ANNUAL SNOW FIGHT
ENGAGES ATTENTION OF ROCKY
MOUNTAIN RAILROADS.
Days of the Quicker" Are Past, ana
the Rotary Cuts Its Way Where NO
Power ut Command Could Push
Through-Danger of the Old Methou'

Thlrty-two miles OF snowsheds cost
ng S64 a foot, or total OF S1O,S13, 44O,
represents the price one transcontinen-
lal railway had to pay before 1t could
run its trains over the Rocky Mountain
division of its road. That was merely
the first cost; since that outlay fully
81 200, 900 has been spent annually III
keeping the sheds in repair and the eA-
posed tracks free from snow. During
The summer months when even IN the
higher passes the sun and warm wlnds
serve to keep the permanent way clear
aud free there is little 10 do save the
ordinary run OF repairs and reconstruc-
ton, but along about Oct ! all this Is
changed.
Little Hurries of snow on the level
and gradual but continuous spreading
Of white on the tops and in the upper
crevices of the mountains give warning
that the hard. desperate battles of the
winter months are at hand. The super
intendent takes trip over the road
with his assistants and careful In
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22
ARTIFICIAL TEETH OF PAPER.
Latest Thing Devised by the Ingenuity
of Modern Dentists.

Latest Thing Devised by the Ingenuity
of Modern Dentists.
PAPER teeth are the latest thing In
dentistry. For years some substance
has been sought for which could re-
place the composition commonly EN-
ployed for making teeth and fortune
awaited the man who was lucky enough
to hit upon the right material. Al
though paper has some disadvantages.
says Pearson's Weekly, they nre small
compared to its many qualifications.
and paper teeth are likely TO be used
exclusively-at least until a more per-
feet material Is found.
Up to this time china has been used
almost exclusively. but 1t presents 30
many disadvantages that dentists al
ways have been on the lookout for
some better substance which could re-
place 1t. Not only does china not re-
sist the action OF saliva and turn black.
but china affects the nerves OF the
jaws.
People who wear false teeth often
complain OF suborbital neuralgia, and
this Is put down by many dentists "a
being caused by heat or cold acting on
the china or porcelain. Porcelain or
mineral composition also Is liable To
chip or break. and for these reasons
has never been satisfactory.
The paper teeth are made OF papier
mache, which is submitted TO u ire
mendous pressure until 1t is as hard
as required. Their peculiar compost
ton renders them cheap, aud the price
Of set of teeth Will go down consid-
erably, owing to the new invention.
The color of the papler mache can
also be made to vary. which Is an Inn
portant point. as no two sets OF teeth
are identical In color. some teeth hay
ing strong yellowlsh east. while
others are blush white. In order.
therefore. TO obtain the right tint the
coloring matter has only TO be intro
duced into the mixture before the tooth
is cast In order to match the other
teeth exactly. II Is in this particular
that china teeth often fall to appear
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22
BOUGHT AT PUBLIC EXPENSE
Queer Things Senators Buy When
Uncle Sam Foots the Bills.

Queer Things Senators Buy When
Uncle Sam Foots the Bills.
1t cost the country $1,374,01196 TO
run the United States Senate for the
year ending last July. This included,
of course, the salaries of the Senators.
the salaries of the clerks, messengers,
private secretaries, Capitol police on the
Senate side. mileage and other ex-
penses, including the contingent fund.
Secretary Cox of the Senate recently
made his annual report, showing how
this money was expended. Some inter-
esting items appear. Each Senator Is
allowed a certain amount for station
cry and newspapers. IL he desires he
may draw the allowance In cash. The
Secretary's report shows that there has
been great falling off In reading
among the Senators. for large number
preferred to take the cash. Ex-senator
Cannon of Utah stands first in this re-
spect. He took $SI.25 in cash from his
allowance. Senator Hoar comes next,
having received $7032 In cash.
1t costs $4,000 TO report the Senate
proceedings and over $1,000 went for
the purchase Of furniture, while s.. 900
more was paid to repair 1t, and over
81 800 to clean 1t. II cost $1,000 TO keep
the Senate horses and wagons. and
$10,397.90 for newspapers and station
cry. During the year the Vice Presi-
dents room was refitted in the most
handsome style, the rug on the floor
costing over $50. while the hall clock
cost $500. The lace curtains cost $500
and the antique desk $3.50 The sofas
and chairs cost $3.50. The most expen-
siye thing in the room, however, Is a
silver inkstand, which cost $1,000. and
the desk pad on which 1t stands cost 81
During the blizzard OF February, 1898
1t cost $50 TO clean the snow Off the
Senate roof. and over $500 to carria ges
10 send the Senators home during the
storm.
Fuel cost $l4,935.47 and Ice averaged
about 1925 per month. The Senators
seemed very fond of lemons, for during
one week in June SIG was paid for
thirty-two boxes of this fruit. Another
item of interest is $13I.6I for 2.510
pounds of sugar, while 1l6 cases of
lithia water cost $725.2S. 1t is explain.
ed that during the hot months the Sen
aiors drink lemonade instead of water
The report contains page after page OF
TENS for kilograms sent by Senators
The Senators seemed 10 be very fond
OF drugs, for thousands Of quinine
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22

get him started In the opposite direction.
and so he he gave a regular cowboy
yell. The bear looked up and started
shutting off toward the mountain,
about a mile and n half away. My
brother spurred his horse and lit out
after the grizzly, at the same time keep
ing up the piercing 'Yeep-yeep' of the
cowboy. The bear soon got into the
running, and the way he got over that
ground was caution. My brother
saw that the brute was getting away
from him and he urged his horse to the
uttermost, but he did not gain ten yards
In the whole mile and a half. That
bear numbered along with leaps equal
to greyhound and his pursuer did not
have the chance to cut him out from
his retreat
IL went over the course the next day
to verify the story. for 1t sounded fishy
to me. / found that the bear had made
jumps from fifteen to twenty feet in
length and that the ground had been
cut up by his claws so that 1t looked as
II harrow had been run over it. !
would advise no man to try footrace
with grizzly. Washington Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22
No More N,,rog,yeer,n Powder

The manufacture of nltro-glycerln
powder for the use of the army will be
abandoned and the army ordnance de-
partment Will adopt pure soluble cot.
ton powder, similar to that used by the
navy. The decision for this change Is
brought about by an accident which
recently occurred ut Sandy Hook while
testing 6-lnch gun and while using
the smokeless powder made for use In
S-lnch guns. but with the grains cut In
half. The charge. on this occasion.
gave pressure Of over 10000 pounds,
which exceeded the pressure gauge OF
the gun. Several parts OF the brcech
mechanism were injured.
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masses remain where they have been
thrown by the pillow. but under the lat
ter conditions 1t Is impossible without
the most strenuous efforts to keep the
glistening, frozen pellets from sliding
back onto the tracks. Cases have been
known when comparatively light fall
OF snow has blocked n mountain track
for forty-eight hours.
In the old days when the rotaries
were weapons OF the future and the
snow had to be literally "buckcd" by
main force from the tracks. casualties
were numerous. The type of pillow used
was homemade affair-a product of
the railroad shops. 1t consisted OF a
REINFORCED and strongly braced boxcar
as base, upon one end Of which was
built an iron-tipped pillow shaped some
thing like lofty cowcatcher. Near the
top the sides were so arranged that the
snow masses were directed into the air
at an angle.
When a particularly heavy and tight
ly packed drift was to be tackled 1t was
the custom to place one of the crude af-
fairs In front Of from six to ten engines
and charge the drift with flying start
of mile or two. II the drift consisted
of granulated snow frozen into separ-
ate particles. the enormous mass Of
iron went through II like heated knife
through butter. In the wake of the
plow came an army of shovelers. whose
duty It was to bank the scattered
masses far enough from the track TO
prevent them sliding back. This was
difficult enough and victory came only
after herculean labor.
Sometimes 1t happened that the drift
In the cut was composed OF damp snow
and had had time to settle end become
packed. Then the perlls OF snow-buck-
Ing became perils in truth.
The Quicker" with Its powerful mo
tive force of seven or eight loeomo.
tives was hurled bodily at the drift and
one of two results followed. Either
the drift was broken or the quicker"
crumpled up like toy of cardboard
The fate of the crew of several men de.
pended on what Artemus Ward called
"thelr nat'ral born luck" Stories are
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22
MOTHER ooose-HzR RHYMES.

Grave of the Author of Nursery Dit
ties Has Long Been Neglected.
A correspondent informs me that the
tomb of John Newbery. In Waltham
st. Lawrence churchyard, is likely to
suffer the fate that oyertakes all such
monuments unless properly and regu-
lary cared for.
have not seen 1t since I visited the
quaint and quiet little village In the
summer of 1898. when was collect
ing materials for life of the phil
anthropic publisher of st. Paurs
Churchyard.' immortallzed by Gold
smith in his "yicar of Wakefield" by
DIR. Johnson In "The Idler," by Wash
ington Irving In "Braeebrldge HALF
and by many other writer's who have
recognized the influence of the first
publisher who wrote, edited, compiled
and published books for "all those lit
tie masters and misses who are good
or who intend to be good"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22
AFRICA IN THE NEXT CENTURY
Dark Continent Is Undergoing "a Won
derful Transformations


derfui Transformation.
The twentieth century Africa prom.
lses startling contrasts when compared
with the Africa of the nineteenth cen
fury. With an area four times as great
as that of the United States, a popula-
tion Of 150,000000, soil and climate
capable of infinite variety of produc-
ton. a rapidly expanding commerce,
and the greatest known supplies of
ivory. gold and diamonds. its develop
ment under the modern methods which
are now being applied to 1t is practical
ly assured. The home of the oldest civ.
ilization. it Is the last of the continents
ilizaton. But yesterday enveloped in
darkness of mystery without and gnor-
ance within, 1t Is today Illuminated by
the searchlight of modern methods,
and as its Importance and attractions
are being recognized. with this recog-
milton must come development.
With 100000 Europeans scattered
over its vast area. acqualnting them
selves with its natural conditions ana
requirements. with the steamer, The
railroad, the telegraph and the tele-
phone carrying light and knowledge
and civilization to It's darkest corner,
Africa cannot long remain unknown or
unknowing.
1t was only after the explorers-Liv-
lngstone, Spoke, Stanley and others
hnd dfocoyorod fhrouOb nnreigtant nd
heroic efforts. that there existed vast
navgable water ways above the falls
near the mouths of the great streams
which flow from the interior that Eu-
rCpcan nations awoke TO the physical
and commercial possibilities of Africa,
and then. in twinklng. the dark con
tlnent was seized upon and divided up
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Desperation.

Judge. your honor" said the pris.
oner, ''bcfore enter my plea I'd like to
ask n few questions"
You have the courts permission"
IF go to trial. will have to sit here
and listen while the lawyers ask hypo-
thctlcal questions of the jurors?"
Certainly"
"And then hear all the handwriting
expertsY
"Of course"
"And follow the reasoning of the
chemistry and insanity experts?'
every probably"
well. judge. your honor. I'm ready to
enter my plea"
What Is it?''
Guilty" Washington Star.
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Africa, CITY Ru,,, orI..,

There is n city In Africa where lead Is
used successfully for building pur-
poses. Byra Is the name OF this rather
extensive town. which has over 300
buildings built of pure lead. Three very
fine public buildings, with beautiful or
lamentations, have been constructed
from pure lead. Besides durability, the
cbeapness OF the mineral Is great con
sideration. Thus the construction OF
any OF these very elaborate buildings
never exceeds the cost of $50, 900.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22

pills were bought at various times.
Soda mint tablets. bromo-seltzer,
cough drops, one drachm of altar
of roses and one quart or castor
oil are also noted. Formerly there was
n big item for snuff, and snuff box
was kept In the Senate for the use OF
the older Senators. This year SNUFF
seems to have been little used. for only
one purchase on this account appears.
Gross after gross of penkniyes and doz-
en- after dozen of scissors and scrap
books were also purchased for the use
of the Senators.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-22
GRIZZLY BEARS RUN SWIFTLY
Can Cover the Ground About as Fast
as Any Other Animal.

as Any Other Animal.
"Some people think that grizzly
can't rum" said A. j. Daggs of Phoenix,
Ari. II want TO state right now that
while the bear is a clumsy beast, he
can cover as much ground as the aver
age saddle horse. and n man should
be sure that he has good mount be-
fore he tries to get out OF the way OF
one which is angry. My brother was
out in the mountains of the territory.
among the sheep ranches. one day,
when he saw, about 250 yards ahead OF
him, a big. awkward silver tip. My
brother had a rifle, but he was not GER
tain that he would kill the bear II he
shot, and he did not know how race
would turn out. He was mounted on
one of the best horses in the country,
for man needed one In those days. He
knew that the bear would not fight I'M
less wounded or cornered and he
thought he would like to see how he
would run against his horse.
HE was pretty certain that the bear
would run from him II he could once
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Thought He Had Been Noticing.

Willie Washington was trying to be
conversational, but the young woman
wore glasses and looked severe, and
her mother surveyed the scene with an
expression of austere liberation. Will
lie ought to have known better than to
call on Monday, wash day, anyhow.
Have you read any books lately?"
asked Willie, with the inane grin which
he uses in society.
Yes" answered the girl
Been some pretty good ones written
htely. don't you thinkT
Il haven't read any recent novels"
she answered
You ought to read some"
II find ample entertainment In the
classics" was the rejolnder, while her
mother looked on with an approving
smile.
"Oh. yes; Shakespeare, | suppose.
He's good old classic"
II read Shakespeare occasionally
when | read English | also read Ger
nellie and Moliere and Goethe and
Schiller. but only for diversion. Philo-
sophie studies are my especial occupa-
ton at present"
by Jover exclaimed Willie admir-
ingly. You're getting to be regular
bluestocking. aren't your
"a what" repeated the young wo-
mans mother grimly as she rose to
her feet.
why. a bluestocking. you know
that IS
mo explanations are necessary.
Amelia. | am going to tell the servant
to take I'm the clothesline at once.
Hereafter neither of as will be at home
to Mr.. Washington" Washington Star
Trick of the sleight of Hand Man.
The Anne Psychologlque has an In
teresting article by NJ. Blnet. the well
known French psychologist, on mental
suggestion and prestidlgltation. In
which he shows that sleight of hand
and clever tricks do not make pres
tidlgtateur without a power OF ''sug-
gestion" on the spectator. A skilled
performer has marvellous power OF
acting on the secret springs OF the
will Thus he can generally make
person choose a figure below ten by
the way he asks for II. lf be wishes
the person to choose FIVE. he runs rap
idly over the first figures and dwells
n little ON five" to suggest 1t 10 the
memory. IL Is also curious that OF
such figures seven" Is the most likely
to be chosen and lone" the least likely.
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Ireland,s New CanitaI

The Lord Mayor of Dublin. Danlel
Talon. Is pleasant speaker both at u
banquet and on the rostrum. At Bos
ton. where he was Hospitality entertain
ed by Mayor Quincy. some one asked:
Dublin is the metropolis as well as the
capital of old Erin?"
1T used to be. but Mt present New
York has that honor. "-Phlladelphia
Post.