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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
WHERE LIGHTNING KILLS.
Five Persons in Every Million Liable to
BE Struck Dead-Ohio's Hard Luck.

Five Persons In Every Million Liable to
BE Struck Dead-Ohio's Hard Luck.
The weather bureau has issued a
statement of damage to property and
loss of life through lightning In the
United States during nine years.
1t appears that 312 persons are an
nually killed by lightning in this count
Try, taking fair average. The worst
year was 1895, when 426 Americans
were destroyed In this way. In 1898
the mortality was 1857. In nine years
from 1889 to 1898, inclusive, FIVE In ey-
cry million of the population were kill
ed by lightning. The danger seems to
be least In large cities.
Farm hands furnished the most vic
tins. Ohio is the greatest sufferer. the
death rate by lightning In that State
being twenty-four in every hundred
thousand persons Of the farming class.
The greatest proportion Of fatal
strokes is found In the Missouri VAL
ley, ON the Great Plains and In the
Rocky Mountain region. In 1893. 1 sea
buildings were damaged or DESTROYED
by lightning, involving a loss of ST.
446,sso. During the same year light
ming killed live stock of a value of S48
257.
Much damage might be avoided by
grounding wires at intervals along
barbed wire fences.
So far as human beings are concern
ed practically all the deaths occur from
April to September, the highest record
being In June and July.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
LIKE A SCENE FROM HADes.
Traveller Comes on the Naudoux Dance
in Depths of Haytian Forest.

Traveller Comes on the Naudoux Dance
in Depths of Haytian Forest.
The night grows In round us again
AS we top the next incline a scream
plerces upward TO us. We push on.
Now you can hear the short. sullen
bark of the Yaudoux drum, and. ad-
yanclng from behind curtain of black
trees, In which are netted stars and
fire-1ies. we come in sight of a great
red glow set In the heart of the forest.
A group of negroes are dancing round
the fires; 1t is the wlnd-up of a three
days-long Yaudoux orgle. Two days
ago a black goat was sacrificed to tho
sacred snake, and the frenzy Of the
worshipers Is still unexhausted There
they are. screaming. writing and
swaying, apparently blind to all out
ward things. You rein up your horse
to watch. They take no heed OF you.
for they have no eyes In this remote
and lonely spot save for their excesses.
Here they are not afraid Of interfer-
ence, not that interference Is to be ex-
pected anywhere In the island, but here
In these wild districts, cut off from civ
ilization and the town 10y the shabby
and unmanageable mud OF the rainy
season and by the painless hills. they
omit all precautlon.
Easily you can pick out the Mamaloi.
There she is in dirty white. bound
round the waist with red sash. Oppo-
site TO her dances a large, fierce-eyed
splay-footed negro. The fires, the pos
turing black forms. the uncouth bowls
1t Is like a scene from hades You
may be the brayest man In the world.
but when you reeollect that the proba-
biities are hugely In favor of these
same people having sacrificed a child to
their god at some date not too remote
your hand goes creeping to your re-
volYer.
When you grow tired of watching,
you turn and make a detour skirting
the far edge of the clearing, and finding
the track again you pass through a de-
serted village the inhabitants of which
are all at the Yaudoux dance. The fires,
which the negro always keeps a light.
still shine, mere little glow-worms. on
the bare, brown earth.
While upon the subject Of child-sacri-
fee, let me state that, although there
can be no doubt that at certain seasons
of the year, and more particularly at
Easter and Christmas, such sacrifices
do most certainly take place, still, re.
CARELESS of what has been written upon
the subject, l strenuously believe that
no European, with the single exception
of one, has ever actually been present
on an occasion of the kind. The dead
child SCIENTIFICALLY dismembered has FIRE
quently been seen afterward, but the
actual ceremony excludes most rigor'
ously all save the initiated.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
Electric Power I'M the Navy.

The cautious experiment of electric
ally driven turret turning machinery on
the Brooklyn, Of chain ammunition
hoists on the Puritan, the system OF
blowers and exhausters on the viii
mington, have all been grouped on IL
Kearsarge and Kentucky. These tn
battleshlps have more of their auxil
larry machinery driven by electric pow
err than any other warships afoat
These battleships represent the inter
mediate stage between steam and cleo
trlcally driven auxiliary machinery
and show results in economy In coal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
DISPENSED WITH A sLAeHsMlfA
How Arizona Cowboys Punched Holes
in Wagon Tire.

How Arizona Cowboys Punched Holes
in a Wagon Tire.
up at my camp near the -Four
Peaks" told Jim Bark, the well-known
cattleman, ''the boys are all handy
with a rife. We've a lot of guns up
there. The old-fashioned blaek-powder
Winchester has been discarded and
nothing but the best goes. Most Of the
new guns were bought during the
Spanish war, when we would expert
ment all day with tree trunks and
rough trenches. learning the art Of war
at home. We found that a bullet from
enc of the new Winchesters, driven by
smokeless powder. was good for four
feet and more of pine timber aud for
the boys had done about everything In
the shooting line that could be done
long ago, but l was mistaken.
Il sent them up wagon. In hauling
down some flrewood they broke the
holsters all to flinders. The holsters
held up the wagon bed you know. Well,
the boys figured out all right the re
building of the wooden parts. but came
near being stumped ON the iron fxings.
They got some old iron wagon tires and
cut them in proper lengths. but hadn't
way that they could see 10 punch the
necessary bolt holes. Finally the ques-
tlon was solved. One of the boys care
fully marked the places for the bolts,
stood the piece of tire against a tree
and put n bullet. 80 caliber. through
the tire at each place marked. 1t was a
novel sort of blacksmithing, but il
worked. Arizona Graphic.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
Poking Fires for a Living.

The trades OF London are many, and
some OF them seem very strange to an
American. One occupation by which
a score of Brltons are said to earn their
livelihood is that of "poking fires" 1t
Is thus described by a London cx-
change, aud whatever else may be
thought OF the story. II speaks well for
the Jews of England as faithful keep
ers of their law.
BY the Rabbinical law, no jew il nj.
lowed to kindle or mend any fire OF
the sabbath; and in certain places IL
England, where Jews are very numer
Gus, this prohibition makes 1t necessary
that persons shall be employed from
sunset on Friday to the same hour or
Saturday, In going from house to house
lighting fires and lamps, and attending
TO them.
One woman In the East End OF Lon.
don often has as many as fifty houses
to attend to, and draws small fees from
each Of them. II Is not long since
male "flre-poker' in that quarter died
worth more than three hundred pounds,
which he had saved out of his earnings
II often happens at the East End that
a strict jew goes out into the street and
says to some Christian passer-by.
Would you be so kind as to come in
doors and light my lamp? The fire
poker has failed me-"
Many a tip do the police constables
Vpt for saryfcca Of fhIa bind nna 80
them said that he had received scores
of small presents for putting kettles
on the fire.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
PssF ALI and i,oss i,i,,..

When Jim Brldger. the famon. senpt
OF the plans. grew old. he thoupht H.,
would like TO retire from the somovvha,
arduous life of a plainsmau and settla
down to the ease of the east" which
to him meant Missouri. SO he used hi.
best endeavor 10 find competent man
to fill his place aud went back In Mis-.
souri,.
A year or two passed, and one dav
Captain Russell. the eommandant ~
the post which Brldger had left. was
surprised To see the old scout beaya
In sight. When he came in. the can.
tain asked
well. Bridger, what brings you back
herer
Captain" said Brldger, IL want 10
20 back 10 scouting again"
Indeed? Why, thought you had
settled down in the east for the rest OF
your life
well. eap.n. I'll tell you how 1t is
went bacl, to old Missouri. and IL
youll believe II they've got railroad
station within ten mile o. the old place
yes. sir. railroad station. And
what's more. they've got ranch now
In every four mile. tell you what,
cap'n. the air aln't pure down there no
morer
rs that possible? But | thought
you'd like the good things TO eat they
have down there. You like good things
to eat | remember
Good things 10 eat. Why. cap'n,
didn't have "A Drilled beaver tail the
whole time was therew-Youth's
Compa Mon.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
Friday Is All Right.

Friday as an unlucky day has lost its
grip. Superstition regarding beginning
great enterprises on that day Is fading
away. Great steamers start on long
voyages on every Friday In the year,
Good Friday included. Journeys of all
sorts begin on Fridays, and the sixth
day of the week has no more terror now
TO the average man than the first day
of the week. People even get married
on Friday. There are multitudes who
make their advent into the world on
that day, but that Is not their fault.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
ELY, NEVADA.
THREE O'CLOCK IN THE moRNINf

There ia time n morning
When The iuhi'ant. newborn day
Aud the opal tinfs Of approaching dawn
As yet SEEN Tar away
In the eastern SKY IS movement
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
Coughs.

Every person who coughs should not
alarm himself with the idea that he is
in a bad way. Experience has con.
WINGED us OF fact that there are two
distinct kinds OF coughs-one proceed
ing from an affection of the lungs and
air tubes, rs in cold. the other pro.
ceeding from effervescence In the stom.
ach. The lungs cough is a symptom
which all know TO require attention
lest serious consequences ensue. The
stomach cough is n much more simple
matter, and may easily be got quit of.
1t is caused by the food and drink
which are put into the stomach effer-
yescing, and producing an irritation. a
knowledge of this fact ought 10 lead
persons so affected to ponder little
on the nature of their ailment and the
tone of their digestive powers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
the COMING OF MISS MARY.

I never see de sunshine
In all de worl' 50 bright;
But long come sweet Hiss Mary,
En- know what make de light!
De gyarden-be des primpin'
In all he SUNDAY cloze;
But long come sweet MIS- Mary,
En- know how come ale ross!
De night come up de hillside
Let down de erenin' bars;
But long comes sweet Miss Mary
En- | know what make de stars.
Bekaze she des SO purity,
De worl', FUN cas- ter ives.
Tell sky, en- star, en- sunshine
you better look 70 bes :.
ATLANTA Constitution.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
THEIR DRINK is MADOENlNG.
Native Triple of the Filipinos Is Hor
rib1e Concoctiou.

Native Triple of the Filipinos Is a Hor-
ribIe Concoction.
The effect of the so-called American
saloon on the Filipnos Is not nearly as
bad as the effect of Filipino liquor on
American soldiers. In fact. the former
Is distinctly superior to the latter. since
American liquors do not produce mad
ness. George Hobart. a regular army
man, who has just returned from Ma.
Mia 10 his home at indianapolis. says
of the Filipino booze 1T is not heat
that Is driving the soldiers crazy. It,
just simply 'beno Absinthe Is not
in the same class. 1t looks like water
and tastes like licoriee.' he says and
when the boys cant get beer or whisky
they buy 'beno' from the natives. Ii
takes pint of it 10 make drinking
man drunk. The third or fourth con
secutive drunk makes a blooming idiot
out of the victim. fhe soldiers crave
it after they have once tasted it, Out
on the lines the boys never get beer or
whisky and when the natives sneak
this 'beno' into camp the fellows buy it,
In the southern Islands. where the
demand is not so great. the natives
sell 1t for 3 cents canteenful but
around Manila the demand is so great
ihnt the price has been raised to 81
cents. After man drinks about pint
nf the stuff he begins to get silly, but
he RECEIVERS in a day or two. Then be
will want more of II and IL he can't
get it he will go mad Then the Off
GERS have to shackle him and he Is sent
TO the hospital for the insane ut Wash.
inston They tell me that the poor
fellows who have been taken there will
never get well."-Omaha Bee.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
Every Inhabitant Is Insane.

indo-Chlna has the only village OF
mndmen in the world This village
which is called Ban Keune, is composed
Of some 300 families, Is highly organ
lied as community. Is industrlally
prosperous and pays yearly goodly
tribute to France. Yet IT has not n
single sane inhabitant. To enter II one
must be downright mad-or, as the ma
tives call 1t, "plpop." The conception
of insanity prevailing In this part OF
the world is not that Of n disease, but
of possession. philadelphia Times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04

"Do you mean TO say that the horse
ran away with your" said Mr.. Meek
ton. aghast.
Yes" answered his wife.
"And wouldn't stop when you told
him tor
"Of course he wouldn't"
"Well, Henriette, | don't know what
to say except that the horse wasn't nc
quainted with you or else he wouldn't
have dared TO net In that manner. -
Washington Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04

Mrs. Hoon-They say that Mrs.
swIftsmith is greatly troubled with in
somnia.
Mr. Hoon-Yes. | understand that
she discovered the fact, week or SO
ago that her husband talks In his
sleen and she hasn't slept wink since
for fear of missing something'-Har-
pers Bazaar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
SILENT SAM.
sssssssasssassss#as#asass

81 T was a strange conglomeratlon Of
humanity that occupied the mining
. camp in Rocky Guleh. Prospectors
and adventures from all parts of the
globe were there assembled. There was
Red Mike; there was Badly Slick, who
had made and lost fortunes at the card
tables; there was Coyote Pete, who had
prospected in every gold field upon the
face Of the globe; there was Silent sam,
so called because of his Discrimination
to join in conversation; and Talkative
Bob, who received his appelatlon for
q dissimilar reason; there was st. Louis
Joe, who dispensed liquor to the min
ers; and Tipsy Tim. whose sole ambi-
ton was to pan enough dust TO keep
himself in a chronic state Of intoxica-
ton. There were others, but among
them all no representative Of the gen
tier sex until Joe Hardy-Honest Joe,
they dubbed him-drifted into the camp,
accompanied by his brave young wife.
Some way the camp seemed different
after Mrs. Joe" came. There may have
been no less drinking, but there was
less brawling; there was perhaps just
as much gambling. but there was less
shooting; and when Joe's baby came a
wave Of reformation actually swept
through the camp.
1t became the custom to gather
around Joe's cabin every Sunday, and
the hahV was pazad at with mingled
awe and admiration. As months went
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
A sermon In Brief.

A man met bull In field. I'm toss
you to see who stays" said the bull.
He tossed. and the man lost. The NOR
al is that It is never safe TO indulge In
games OF chance. especially when all
the odds ARE against you -Philadel
phia North American.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
searchIights Reouired mt sucz.

In order to facilitate navigation of
the Suez canal at night the company
has ordered that no ship shall go
through the canal at night unless
equipped with a searchlight sufficient
~ powerful to light up the channel at
least 1000 feet ahead, in addition to
electric lights sufficiently powerful to
light up q circular area around the
ship Of about 700 feet In diameter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04

A woman works hard cleaning up
the house all day. and all the difference
an unappreciative husband sees Ia that
the sewing machine stands where the
organ used TO be.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04

Parents are SO unsatisfactory TO deal
with, even In novels, that when n
writer wants to treat girl particular
ly well he makes her an orphan and
gives her a guardian.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04

1t cannot be said that you are a wei
come guest to some women unless your
visit is referred to as IAN oasis in p
desert"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04

Timed meat still holds the record for
longevity. according to Good Words,
which cites the case of that preserved
mutton vouched for by DIR. Letheby In
his Cantor lecture. which had been
timed forty-four years, and was still
In condition at the end of that time.
Those tins had an adventurous career.
In 1924 they were wrecked In the good
ship Fury and cast ashore with other
stores on the beach at Princes inlet.
They were found by Sir John Ross
eight years afterward In n state OF per-
feet preservation, having passed
through alarming variations of tenn
perature annually-from % degrees be-
low zero TO 10 degrees above-and
wlthstood the attacks of savage beasts,
perhaps OF savage men. For sixteen
years more they lay there broiled and
frozen alternately; then her maJestys
ship Investigator came upon the scene.
and still the contents were In good con-
dition. For nearly n quarter OF cen
fury they had withstood abe climatic
rigors. and, as was but natural. some
of them were brought home again,
where they lived on in honored old age,
till they were brought under the no
flee of DIR. Letheby.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04

The ports Of New South Wales are
,ha rreest on the globe, and In none OF
the Australian colonies are there any
discriminating or differentiai duties
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04
Lot Long Lived,

The life of an Australian native rare
ly exceeds 80 years.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04

No professional man lives so much
from hand to mouth as the dentist.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04

One must have Unlimited confidence
In order to enjoy love and sausages.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-10-04

A girl never looks SO killing as when
man accidentally steps on her dress
skirt
The Delawarean., 1900-12-19
THIRTEEN THOUSAND CHICK
EMS SOLD ATT MAGNOLIA.
William M. PrOnse Buys Tons of
Fine Delaware Poultry For
the City Markets.-Enter-
tainment at Magnolia.
Bowers. 'IDel.. Dec. 1S.


Bowers, del, Dec. IS.
During part of the past and the pres
ent month Mr.. William NJ.
Prouse at Magnolia, has pur-
chased from the growers iof poultry in
@uhat vicinity $4,000 live chickens, aver
aging 4 pounds apiece. cents per
pound being paid The number of
turkeys and ducks is up in the thous-
ands This industry gives many of
The laboring class of Magnolia employ
ment. MFR. Prouse is deserving much
credit for this much needed industry
and we wish him success in this new
field of laber.
Mr.. Caleb VaHIBurl1alow, the leading
merchant at Magnolia has his store
beautifully trimmed in holly and ever
green, and beautifully decorated with
holiday goods, being the largest stock
ever offered for sale in THAT town
Those desiring to purchase a present
for some poor and needy FRIEND can
do so at reasonable prices. Those who
are blessed with plenty should rem wv
ber that it is better for the soul tonA
than to receive.
iAnocher Christmas will soon he
here, bringing sorrows as well as
pleasures to many.
Christmas shopping is now the
vogue among the ladies of this vicin-
ity, a pleasure which they experience
but once "a year.
PLENTY of ice in tIhe bay and rivers,
ponds and lakes are closed over with
ice, and the present prospect is THAT if
the cold wave lasts few more days
the ice will be sufficient for the people
to fill their ice houses, which they are
making preparations to do the pres
ent week
Mistletoe holly and evergreen seem
to be very plentiful i'm this vicinity.
Large quantities were shipped to
Philadelphia ON the two steamers from
this place during the past and preseRt
week
The members of the M. f. Church at
this place will hold mold time Christ
mas entertainment on Monday even
ing, the oath inst. Everything is be-
ing done TO make the program success
full and interesting
The majority of the farmers in this
locality have disposed of their corn
the present month to buyers from the
State of New Jersey a; fair prices
Many still continue TO hold their corn
for higher prices. which they antici-
Aate will be Offered in the near future
The carpenter work ON THE mansion
house of Mr. G. VanBurkalow ait Mag
nolia, is now completed. Mr.. Samuel
( Minner, supervisor of the work, is
deserving much credit for his neat and
mechanic-like work Also the archi-
tect, Mr. George Mitchell, shows
that he is a master of the trade.
There will be an entertainment at
the IN. f. Church at Magnolia ON Mon
day evening, the 24th inst. The music
will be under the supervision of Prof
Edward Wyatt, and the speaking by
the young folks. under the manage
ment of Prof Chamber, principal of
the high school of elle above named
place
The Delawarean., 1900-12-19
CURRENT NOTES

The Christmas entertainment at the
Magnolia Church ON Monday evening
next, December "a, consists of a
christmas sree and the rendering of "a
cantata-'fS Santa CLAUS" Doors open ait
Z o'clock. General admission, 10 cents.
All are cordially invited.
Ebenezer NJ. E. Church, near Reho-
both, was re-opened last Sunday, and
Rev. Jonathan S. Willis of Milford,
occupied the pulpit morning and even
ing. Rev J. p. Outten is pastor of
the church. IA new Methodist Epis-
copal Church will be dedicated at
Omar on Sunday, December 80.
The following officers have been
elected in MILFORD Lodge, No. II, An
cieni Order of United Worl1men, to be
installed next month: Past Master
Workman, w. a. Truitt; Master Work.
man, f. H. Kramlich; Foreman S. E.
Reed; Overseer, e. f. Whitney; Re-
corder, w. H. Richardson; Financier,
A. b. Hauser; Receiver, "A. ]. Ross;
Guide, ]. j.. Pratt; Inside Watchman
j. c. Mccartney; Outside Watchman,
B. F. Hudson; on;Representative no Grand
lodge, A. B. Hauser; Trustee, l. A.
White
The ushering in of the new century
will be the occasion of a big celebra-
tion in Lewes, which is now being ar
ranged by members offthe Lewes Band
There will be "a parade, with fine dis
play of hlorsemen, dressed in gala
attire, and Board of Judges, composed
of prominent men of the town, will
confer prizes on the person wearing
the handsomest costume. The recently
organized Lewes Band will furnish the
music for the celebration, which will
doubtless Ibe the greatest event held
in recent years in the old town.
AT the annual needing of the Kent
County Bible Society in the First Bap-
tist Church of Milford, Rev. Vaughan
S. Collins of Dover, was re-elected
president; r. M. Cooper Of Cheswold,
secretary, and DR.. R. S. Stephens of
Dover, depository. Rev. Charles A.
Hill of Smyrna, delivered fine ad-
dress in the evening, his subject being
the Bible. Rev. v. S. Collins made
am address at the afternoon session.
IA charter was granted here ON Mon
day to the Federal Fuel Oil Company,
with capital stock of 100000. 1t is
given power to acquire oil lands, bore
wells and develop the contents of the
properties in it's possession. Its in
corporators are from New York, but 1T
is said to be a separate corporation
from the Standard Oil, which it may
probably rival.