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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-04-19
Soldiers of Fortune.

at Is embarrassing to meet former
cotillon partners as elevator boys and
walters" said a European lady now
visiting New York. at has been my
fate to undergo and inflict this unhap-
piness several times.
81 went to fashionable hotel on my
arrival. Wearing his hotel livery with
the same grace as he had borne his
officers uniform when last saw him
and danced with him at state ball In
a foreign capital, was man / had
known. He colored to the eyes as he
saw me, but made no sign, nor did l.
1.-THE same thing has happened since
at restaurants, at other hotels, In rid
ing academies and In carriages. Some
day M. lie Baron de Trois Etoiles and
Graf Won Truemmer-Schloss will up
pear In European society with new
eclat and full purses. VIII ever say
that l know where they made their
money? Why, of course not. 1t is a
far cry from America to Europe. and
IN their own country these gentlemen
have an irreproachable social position.
] have really already forgotten the
names of those ] have seen, | assure
you."-New York Mail and Express.
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Hindu Arrogance.

l was having my lesson In Hindus-
TAM from my high-caste munshi, whom
l employed on first arriving in india,
who dilated with great bitterness on
the arrogance of Europeans. Present
ly. wishing to give some orders to my
low-caste sweeper about my dogs,
asked the munshl to interpret for me,
and, among other things, to hand the
sweeper two rupees, and to give my dl-
rections as to certain purchases. In
stead of placing the money in the mans
hand, the munshi threw 1t on the
ground, and the sweeper quite content
edly gathered up the coins, saluted re-
spectfully and withdrew. l asked the
munshi how 1t was that he, who re-
sented the arrogance of Europeans so
much, was so insulting in his behavior
to the poor sweeper; and he explained
that the latter quite understood their
respective positions, and did not ex-
pect high-caste man to run any risk
of touching him, well knowing the PEN
atty of fine and troublesome purifica-
ton which would be thereby entailed.
--Chambers's Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-04-19
QUEER FLORIDA FISHES.
Odd Members of the Finny Tribe
Found by the Fish Com M issIon.

Odd Members of the Finny Tribe
Found by the fish Com m isslon.
The Florida waters are strlkingly rich
In fish life, and the United States fish
commission has Just published a check
list In small compass, which will be in
teresting to anglers everywhere.
Sixteen different kinds OF sharks
have been taken and Identified. Among
them are the curious nurse shark, the
great tiger shark. the swift and raven
Gus mackerel shark, the ugly and
strange angel shark and the huge ham
merhead.
There are thirteen varieties of rays.
including everything from the common
barndoor skate TO the electric ray and
the immense butterfly ray. There are
no fewer than six varieties of the ter
rible sting ray, locally known as sting.
arees and feared as being fatally ven
omous. Strange rays are the eagle
rays. and stranger stu are the mon
strous deyIllsh. more popularity known
as seadeylls, thus being distinguished
from the octopus aud the squld, which
are called devilfish all over the world
There are three varieties OF garilsh.
the long nosed garplke, the short-nosed
gar and the alligator gar, which Is fear
ed by fishermen as much or more than
a shark.
Eleven species of catfish are listed.
ranging from the blue cat of 100 pounds
and more to the tiny fellows OF one
quarter of a pound.
Twenty-three kinds of cells are to be
found In the inland and oceanic waters
OF Florida. There are three varieties
of fierce and serpent-like morays.
There are two varieties OF tarpon. and
twenty five varieties Of the rest OF the
herring family.
Among tho more curious fishes that
are not known generally are the lizard
fish, the viper fish, the trumpet and
the cornet fish, pipe fish and sea
horses. there being four varieties Of the
latter; the savage varracudas, the cut
lass fishes, sawflsh, amper jacks. moon
fish, the triple tails. the rudder fish.
croakers, parrot fish. lady fish, angel
fish. trigger, file and trunk fish, buffers.
or blow FISH, of which there are twelve
varieties: the shark suckers and other
remora fishes which have a fiat disc
like the sole Of rubber shoe on top
! of their heads. with which they attach
themselves by suction TO shark or
anything else; the star gazers, which
have eyes that are turned upward at
so sharp an angle that they have a
ludicrously sanctimonlous aspect; the
hldeous bat fishes which look as IL they
had escaped from the inferno; and, for
beauty, the lovely little bride fish, also
known rs the foureye fish, because 1t
has deep velyety black spot just be-
hind the tail which looks like a glow
Ing eye.-Atlanta Constitution.
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BROUGHT BACK OLD TIMES.
A Tidbit Tint was Not on the Res
taurauf uiII of Fare.

The force of childhood reeollections
and the truth of the quotation. "A
touch of nature makes the whole world
akin" were shown graphically by
little Incident In n restaurant the 9TH
err day. A quiet looking, middle aged
man of prosperous appearance was
eating his dinner when another wei
dressed man took seat opposite MN.
After giving his order In blum, genial
manner the newcomer took n sip OF
water and faced around. Suddenly
queer expression came over his FACE
Ms he watched attentiyely the actions
nf his vis-a-vis, and apparently With
out realizing what he was doing he
blurted out In a loud tone. Well We'll
wellr
Every one Mt the table, including the
ouiet looking man, started, and the
others, observing the direction OF the
speakers gaze, turned their eyes also
upon him of the quiet appearance to
see what had caused the exclamation.
The man who had come In first was
in the act of spreading sugar over
slice of buttered bread. and when he
realized that all eyes were turned upon
him he blushed like one detected In
heinous crime and almost fell off his
chair. Ii took him a minute or two to
recover, and then he said to the table
In general:
81 used to get bread and butter and
sugar for being good when ] was
child, and eating 1t is a habit which l
like to indulge in even yet. | know 1t
isn't upon the restaurant bill OF fare.
but | couldn't resist the temptation"
81 must beg your pardon for my rude
exclamation" replied the other man.
my mother used to put bread and
butter and sugar In my lunchbox when
/ went to school as an S-year-old up in
the country town where was raised,
and | haven't eaten any since my
childhood, and guess I'll join you in
a piece now for the sake Of old times"
And he did.-Bangor Wing.
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AN ODD CASE.
Will Linger Long in the Memory
of a Suraeou.

of n Surgeon.
What was the strangest case ever
had?" said one of the surgeons In at
tendance at the late convention, repeat
ing the question Of reporter with
whom he was chatting. "Well, let me
see. l believe the oldest incident of
my career occurred in-but hold! on
second thought l don't care to give any
names or dates. The facts, If you like,
were these: l was called by messenger
to cheap boarding house one evening
to attend man who was said to have
been hurt In fight. found a young
fellow of % or whereabouts, half dazed,
with bloody confusion on one of his
cheeks and badly broken nose. The
bridge was smashed almost fat with
the face, and l saw at once that the
case would need very careful handling
to prevent great Disagreement. Not to
bother you with technical details, I
confined myself that night to a superb
clal dressing, and deferred further pro-
ceedings until next day. When called
the following morning the young man
had quite recovered his senses, and al
though his clothes were shabby and all
his surroundings poor and mean. II
was evident from his hands, talk and
bearing that he had never done anv
hard work and was person of educa-
tion and refinement. | took him for
the black sheep of some good family.
but made no comments, and explained
briefly that | would try to restore his
nose as far MS possible by performing
slight operation and inserting an arti-
fetal support. To my establishment he
objected fatty, and insisted on letting
It heal exactly as 1t was. But Won will
be frightfully disfiSured,' protested.
L doubt II your best friends would rec
ognlZe YOU Strange to say, that as
surance seemed to render him only the
firmer, and was compelled to LET him
have his way. 1t was nearly three
weeks before he was well, and, as an
ticipated, he looked exactly like some
battered bruiser of the prize ring.
never saw the man again, but six
months later l was shown the photo-
graph OF handsome young chan who
was badly wanted for big embezzle-
ment. / put my finger over the nose
and recognized my late patient. He
had walked aboard ship right under
the eyes OF the detectives and sailed
for the Argentine Republic. They had
his photo, but never dreamed of con-
Meeting 1t with the caved-in counte-
nance of that particular passenger"
"Dld he get somebody to break his nose
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-04-19

Howltzers are steel breech-loadlng
weapons, weighing twenty-five hun
dredwelght and having length of six
feet ten inches. In loading a howltzer
the gun Is swung horizontally ON the
carriage, but for the firing position the
muzzle Is pointed high In the air, thus
giving TO the shell long, curved
course. -Four kinds of projectlles can
be used In a howltzer. The lyddIte
she'll measures 27,225 inches and
weighs one hundred and twenty-five
pounds nine ounces. The shrapnel,
which contains over Ave hundred mixed
metal balls, weighs slightly above one
hundred pounds, and measures in
length little more than nineteen inch
es. For the firing cartridge two pounds
one ounce of cordite are used.-House-
hold Words.
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That Cameo Bracelet.
Observation-Disclosures
How calm her voice vast

How calm her voice WnSi
As for Demolne, his blood was on
| fire. He uttered an inarticulate ejaeu-
lation. He caught the girls hands In
mis- own and held them to his heart; lie
poured forth torrent of passionate
words; he called himself dolt. jack
ass, to have SO degraded himself as to
offer his hand where he could not give
his heart.
He could never remember how he ex.
planned matters, but 1t was certain
that he made Margaret Sears under
stand that he was thankful for the mis-
take, and that he loved her and no
other.
Fifteen minutes later. when the two,
carefully masked again. re-entered the
ballroom, n woman In gorgeous 1f.
teenth century dress swept by them, ON
the arms of Louis XIII. musketeer.
THAT is my Cousin Jenny whIs-
pered Margaret "How curious that.
at the last moment. she should have
changed her mind, and fastened the
canoes on my armr'
III.
The next morning Marion, who had
gone home before supper, asked her
brother:
"Dld you propose to the girl with the
cameos?"
"Yes."
"And she accepted you, of courseT'
"Yes."
Il congratulate you" cried Marion.
with sparkling eyes.
Jack Demoine lit cigar and walked
out, wisely thinking he would leave
explanations TO the future.
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pope Leo in Extreme old Age.

A correspondent In Rome, writing to
a London paper, thus describes the
present appearance of the Pope: "There
is no doubt that since | last saw Leo
XIII. he has greatly altered He is
much thinner and much whittier than
he was a few months back. His face
looks so very small that one almost
fears that should he wear his mtre 1t
would entirely extingulsh his tiny face
and head. On the other hand, his eyes
bright, and his voice Is fairly
.rong. lie could not stand unasslsted
u even walk across the room without
the aid Of stick, and is afflicted by n
constant Irritating cough. His Intellect
Is as strong ms ever. and his memory is
very clear and precise. lie is, moreover.
quite able to attend to business and to
write his letters and sign documents.
His last signature shows no alteration
In the firmness of the hand, and is ms
clear and distinct as 1t was twenty
years ago"
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CAMEO CARVING.
Brief Description of the Tools and the
Mefhon En- pIOXed.

/
Brief Description of the Tools and the
Method Employed.
All the tools used by the cameo
carver would make but handful The
worker sits before wheel turned by 4
pedal; tools occupy small corner OF
the table surface on which the work
er's hands rest while he holds the
shaped stone or shell beneath the
needle-llke drill. The little pointed In
struments which are used TO drill re-
semble those employed by a dentist.
and. indeed. 1t was from the cameo
caryer's kit that the dentists got many
of their ideas when the tools now In
use by them came to be manufactured.
thirty years ago. The drills vary In
thickness according 10 the portion OF
the figure or design to be executed;
some are as fine as the point of cam
brio needle. a small china receptacle
also stands near, filled with oil and dia
mond dust and into this the workman
frequently dips his tool during the
progress of his work. The cameo cut
ter's occupation Is very exaeting. He
can put In only few hours work at
a time as usual thing. because of the
tension on his nerves. A quavering
hand may be responsible for the single
stroke which will spoil n weeks work.
lie must have an eye almost like
microscope, and very delicate touch,
he must be an artist in soul and as
skilled a craftsman as is watch
maker; he must know how to model
and draw, and he must have knowl-
edge of chemistry, SO as to remove
offending spots. The work is executed
in relief on many kinds of hard or
precious stones, but essentially the
ehalcedonlc variety of quartz, and on
shells. The cameo cutter himself pre-
fers onyx because of Its dark and light
layers, which throw out in bold relief
white head, say, against black
background. He evolves his picture by
removing all that portion of the white
stratum remaining after the head has
been completed. Sapphire blocks are
used, carnellan, turquoise, amethyst
and numerous other stones. 1t takes
about one month to execute a portrait
on onyx, while much less time Is con-
sumed If the work Ia done on shell.
There is always great danger of the
latter breaking; and its durability, too,
is not great, so that shell, as a rule, is
not as desirable as the harder materials.
A portrait on onyx will cost $780, while
one In shell may be had for $50. The
inquiries for these are rare, and build
Ing up patronage is slow, and is ac-
complished mainly by satisfied custom
ers influencing others.-New York
Evening Post
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schools. He was an engineer n metal
lurglst and writer of promise aud an
excellent musician. To bohemian tastes
he Joined marvellous business Instincts
and genius for affairs that has few
parallels. He stayed year, gagged
the situation and went back to New
York to organize a company to operate
In the Butte copper mines. In 1892 he
returned to Montana aud immediately
erected smelter. At the same time
he secured lease and bond on the
Glengarry, mine that had been work
ed by several and abandoned as worth
less. But the Glengarry proved a tails
man for Helnze. In thirty days he was
digging therefrom the finest ore In
Butte, and In such quantities that he
had to enlarge bis smelling works. He
purchased the Rarus In 1885 for $780,
900, and as luck would have 1t, In few
years the Rarus had developed to n Sl0,.
100000 mine. He went over into Can.
ada and purchased valuable mining
property there. All his holdings have
proved rich ones aud to-day he Is worth
millions.
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both seem to be In good health and spir-
its after their long sea trip. 1t is
claimed by naturallsts that the day OF
the zebra is fast passing away. and
that before many years the zebra, or
quagga, and its sister species will be
an extinct animal The greed of Cen
trail Africa settlers has had much TO do
with this, since thousands of the AMI
mails have been slaughtered for their
a.na, which could once be sold for a
.sw shllllngs. The result has been that
the market price of the zebra has con
slderably risen of late.
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Tho Aae ofIrnn

The census, taken at the dawn of the
twentieth century, marks the greatest
epoch In our national life says the
North American Review. The age OF
Iron has come to a climax with a force
almost dynamic.
The world has witnessed the golden
age of Augustus, the silver age of
Elizabeth, the era of great wars and
of wonderful progress In the arts and
sciences; but as the nineteenth century
eliminates, behold the age of iron and
steam and electricity, telegraphs, sew
Ing machines, telephones, automobiles;
an age which Is devoted TO material de-
yelopment, to the accumulation or
wealth and to the upbuilding of vast
enterprises, and which halls the advent
of the uncrowned king of commerce,
the consolidation of great corporate IN
terests. HIgh-water mark In our com
mercial and Industrial life has been at
tanned. and to that fact the vast emu
meration to be taken IN 1900 will add
its testimony. The work of the twelfth
census will mark the Industrial growth
of the nation and be another mlle-post
In its marvellous history
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shakespeare may have thought ne
knew II all when he said. There Is
tide In the affairs Of men that, taken
at the flood, leads on to fortune but
he didn't know anything about the
stock market" growled the shorn lamb
who had loaded up at the fioodtlde or
prices. only to be wiped out at tue
deep. low cbb.-New York Commercial
Advertiser. -
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A Narrow Eseape.

A man came to st. Louis from Texas
not long ago to see the sights. He had
with him nearly four thousand dollars.
among which were three one thousand
dollar notes. Having no friends In the
city, and being fearful of banks, he hid
these big bills very securely, as he
thought, by FASTING them on the inside
of his shirt bosom. After carousing for
about a week he took his undergar-
ments to q laundry, and three days
later discovered at the same time that
the bills were still on the shirt, and
that he had forgotten where the laun-
dry was. In his despair he left the
city and returned to st. Louis, and
when he took his clothes to laundry
the proprietor recognized him and said /:
II have something here that belongs
to YOU" When the careless fellow saw
his thousand-dollar bills again he al
most tainted from joy. Now he keeps
his surplus wealth In bank.
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Looking for a Powder,

France. Germany and the United
States are endeavoring TO secure a sta
bic and safe powder that will ut the
same time give low pressure and high
velocity. England has contented her
self with the use Of cordlte. Ordnance
officers agree that cordlte is a very suit
able powder, but 1t has one defect.
Guns from which cordlte is fired quick
ly erode, and the heat is so intense that
the life of the gun Is considerably les
senad
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THE EARLY APPLES.
Very Ancient People Used Wild Apples
and Pears Abundnntly.

Very Ancient People Used Wild Apples
and Pears Abundnnt1y.
In these days of advanced horticul-
ture the fruit of the wild apple Pyrus
malus) and of the wild pear tP. com
munis) would hardly be regarded as
good for food" but 1t is certain that
in ancient times they were both largely
used. In the lake dwellings of Switzer-
land and Italy great quantities of wild
apples and few Wild pears have been
found. "The inhabitants of the terra
mare of Parma, and of the palafittes of
the lakes of Lombardy, Savoy and
Switzerland" says De Candolle, made
great use of apples. They always cut
them lengthwise, and preserved them
dried as a provision for the winter. The
specimens are often carbonized by fire,
but the internal structure of the fruit Is
only the more clearly to be dlstin-
gulshed." And from a scientific exam
nation of these carbonlzed specimens
n seems to be established that many Of
these ancient apples were almost iden-
teal with the Wild apple of to-day. But
even In the sixteenth century tue CRAB
apple of our woods was held in far
higher esteem than 1t is now. Roasted
crabs" served with hot ale, was,
as we learn from Shakespeare,
favorite dish among our fore
fathers, especlalll at Christmas
time. Another use of the crab apple
was in the making of yerjuice, of which
mention is made by good old Izaak
Walton In his "Compleat Angler"
when next you come this way" says
the honest milk woman, ''if you will
but speak the word l will make you a
good syllabub of new yerjuice, and you
shall sit down In n haycock and eat It,"
But we don't care for such rustic deli
cacies uoW-Ionpman's Magazine
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wbv Peonle Are R,abtb.nded.

A professor who has made study of
children says he has discovered why
the majority of people are right-handed.
Infants use both hands until they begin.
to speak. The motor speech function
controls the right side of the body and
the first right-handed motions. tending
to help out speech. AS speech grows so
grows righthandedness.
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What Money Would DO.

Perry Patetick-Say, watts de mean
In of "doise far niente?" It's In de
paper here.
Harvard Hasben-Dats wat de world
would call dis perfesslon of ours II we
only had money.-Phlladelpha Press,
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Men Who Paw Their NINA

The credit man Of one of the large
department stores in New York was
asked what class of customers was
most trustworthy. "Army and navy
people can have all the credit they wish
and no questions asked" was his reply.
1.-THE standard of business morality in
the army and navy Is positive assur-
ance that we Will get our money"
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Unique Inducement to Trade

An up-to-date undertaking firm of De-
troit recently purchased two whole sec
tions in a new cemetery laid out near
the city and is advertising free graves
for the defunct relatives Of all people
who patronIze It.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AT 81
August Heinze, Copper King, Has Made
1t All Himself.

1t All Himself.
August Heinze is the Napoleon OF the
great copper district in Montana be-
yond the Rocky Mountains He has
contended for the position against Mar
Gus DAILY. w. a. Clark and the other
copper kings, and won. Heinz Is now
81 years old.
When Helnze arrived. pennlless and
ambitious, in Butte in the fall of 1889,
1t was thought that all the bonanza
mines were in the hands of the big
companies and that the claims still
owned by the old-timers were of little
value. Helnze was youth of 20. but
equipped with all the learning of the
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zEeRAs AS A PRESENT.
Queen Victoria Has Received a Pail
from King Menelek.

Queen Victoria has just had a pc
euliar present given to her by Emperor
kienelik of Abyssnia In the form OF
a team of vigorous young African
zebrns. This pair of royal zehras have
recently been placed on exhibition III
the Regents Park gardens and have
attracted a great deal of attention on
account of their extreme size and pc
eulIar marking. These animals came
from the Interior of Ahyssinin. and
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FIoatine Power of Cork

A pound of cork will sustain in the
water man weighing 15I pounds.
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\ few Of mans troubles are due t.
owe and the rest are due to friendship
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An ounce of silence Is sometimes
worth more than pound of talk.