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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
Nut-Growing Industry.

In commenting on the excellent quail
ity of nuts this season New York pa
per says: Since the cultivation of nuts
has become such great industry in this
country 1t is marvellous to see their i'm
iprovement In size. From the little nut
not much larger than the hazel nut. the
albert now assumes surprising proper
tons, and 1t is the same with the hick-
DRY nut and English walnut. They are
twice as large as they used to be, and
their favor is much improved. Ameri-
can nuts now rival any of the imported
ones. In prices they are lower than
ever before. Nuts that used to cost 20
cents pound. may now be bought for
15 cents.
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HIGH LIVING.
On, Needs a Balloon to Reach Prices II
Dawson Cafe.

On, Needs a Balloon TO Reach Prices II
Dawson Cafe.
"You might suppose" said a mar
who was In the Klondike last summer
that with the improved facilities OF
travel and freight transportation to the
Klondike country prices of commod
ties there would have become tust n
little more nearly normal, but hav,
in my possession bill of fare got nj
Healy's hotel and cafe In Dawson In
September last. and here are some OF
the prices that one must pay for eat
ables. The hotel is wooden struc
ture, chiefly logs. and the convenience
are not altogether modern, and good
many OF them are lacking but the rate
per day Is twelve dollars. II one eats
at the cafe la carte here's what he
pays: Sirloin steak and onions, So
porterhouse-plain, $3.50; with mush
rooms, 81; tenderloin-plain,$ $3.50; will
mushrooms, $3.50; Chateau Brianl
(spelled that way. 81; with onions
$3.50; Hamburg steak, $1.50: English
mutton chop (one). 81; (two), 1915,
Dreaded, $2.75; corn beef hash. $3.50.
lnmb chops, plain, $3.50; pork chops
,auce piquant, S3.25: liver and bacon.
S1.iJ; plain. $1.50; ham and eggs, $3.50;
bacon and eggs. $3.50: fried tripe. $3.50,
pigs feet Sl.50; fried In batter 81; kid
ney, fried, brolled or saute, 81 80: with
mushrooms. S1.75; pork sausage, $l.5o;
fried eggs two. 81; scrambled. poach
ed or on toast. 80; with oysters. $3.50
plain omelet, 81; ham. oyster. Jelly ONE
let, or with onions, $3.50; Spanish OF
rum omelet. So; souflle, $3.50; Welsh
rabbit, $3.50; golden buck. So, and 50
on, with pie at dollar u slice, and pud
ding dollar smell, and cigars 80
cents for the cheapest. As said. II
does seem that at this late date living
would become n little cheaper, but PEG
pie who have anything 10 sell want
the earth for 1t, and the hapless con.
sumner must pay the price or 20 with
out The only consolation is that II
will be as bad or worse at Cape Nome.
though that will probably tumble
quicker because It is so much more ac-
cessible than the Klondlke."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
Lawsuit Over 100 Years ola.

A lawsuit which has lasted more than
100 years has recently been settled In
Ireland. In 1870. Robert Smyth, brew
er. of Smock alley, Dublin. failed. A
dividend was paid, but that was not
sufficient to realize $3.50 In the pound.
1t has now been discovered that small
sum invested at the time by the court
as being too trlfling for distribution.
has, by the accumulation of compound
interest in hundred odd years. deyei-
oped into four figures. enough to pay
off all the debts and leave n good sum
for law costs. Strange to say, there Is
a claimant for every penny due In 100.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

The Emperor of Russia, who. In the
Polar Star. which cost over fl,COJoUo
sterling. and the STANDARD, which cost
about hale rs much, possesses finer
yachts than any other European mon
arch. -Four hundred thousand pounds
was spent on the principal apartments
on the main deck of the Polar Star. The
decoration of the dlnlng-room cost CO.
600. The decks are very curious. being
paved with red, black, and white mar.
BILE, and the "a Is a marble fountain.
The big dining-room below decks VIII
seat 200 persons. All the apartments
are fitted with rare stones and wood.
The crew and stewards number 400
men. The yacht STANDARD Is splendid
vessel, somewhat on the lines of the
Paris and other steamships that run
between Southampton and New York.
Her accommodation below is superb,
there being suites OF cabins for eleven
members Of the Royal family.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
The Thinner Market.

On the last Wednesday of August
every year there Is a fair called the
thinner Market held In the Castle
Square in Aberdeen, Scotland. Some
fifty or sixty years ago nothing could
be bought at 1t but wooden articles
from which arose the name thinner"
Now. however, 1t Is the Scotch house
wife's last chance Of getting her ber-
ries for preserving. Every patron Of
the market knows that after that
month the only chance Of fruit is gone
hence the rush. Great and small,
rich and poor alike turn out.
Booths, set to the best advantage and
numbering perhaps two hundred, are
arranged in rows, ample room being
left for the buyers and pleasure-seek-
ers between. Fruit stalls, old clothes
dealers, shooting ranges, wheels of for
tune-everything to make a penny can
be found there. Schools and colleges
have no recognized holiday on that
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ing party WAS organized and they set
out TO find her. The ground was not
frozen and they soon came upon foot
prints In the mud and going from the
house.
These were followed as far as they
could be in the darkness, when the
party returned home to await the COM
ing of day before renewing the search.
When the morning broke, however, the
earth was frozen hard and the trail
abandoned the night before was hard
to follow. New parties were added,
and a reward offered for the discovery
of the woman dead or alive. The coun-
try was secured for miles In either d.
rection, but always without result.
Sometimes they fancied they had
discovered the broken trail. but these
fragmentary discoveries led to nothing
tangible. At last, In despair. the rela-
tives Invoked the aid of bloodhounds.
The trail they followed was a devious
and winding one, running from the
Craig home. on Fayette street, north
by northeast to Glen Oak Park, thence
In westerly direction to Bradley Park.
outside the city's limits and on Its
western border. Here the trail grew
faint and II was only with difficulty
that II was continued to the Easton
farm. where 1t was lost, and the dogs
stopped and never after did they get
any further
At this juncture little Grace Holmes
appeared on the scene. She is a child
about ten years old and especially
bright for her age. Her parents are
uneducated people and not In the best
of circumstances. She declared that
while lying in her bed at home more
than mile from the Craig house she
had seen the unfortunate woman come
out of the house, climb over the fence
and make her way stealthlly to the
river, where she had plunged into an
opening left by the icemen the day be-
fore.
This statement was borne out by the
parents, who asserted that she had told
the story identically as repeated on
coming downstairs In the morning, and
that this was long before she could
possibly have had an opportunity of
learning the facts In the case from any
source whatsoever. The child was
questioned closely, but she stuck to her
story with persistence that began to
disarm suspicion. She described the
garments worn by Mrs. Sommers at
the time Of her departure, and to the
surprise Of her listeners her descrip-
ton proved to be entirely correct
At length in response to her earnest
solicitations she was allowed to &c
out and point out the restlng place OF
the woman aha insisted was In the
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wednesday, yet the average "med" Is

wednesday, YET Tue average meu -
regular attendant. Up and down he
parades, blowing his trumpet In the
face of everyone he meets and looking
the very picture of happiness, although
past the age of three.
BY I o'clock the ''tarry rope" lamps
are lit and the fun commences. Coun-
try "bumkins' fetch their classes" and
buy them candy and pears or whatever
is wished for; provided that the cost
does not exceed sixpence. The elite
of both sexes mix with the crowd and
treat" the one the other. When all
is about sold out the students start for
home with a rush, upsetting the stalls
as they go. Nothing, of course, is said
by the police, 1t being thinner" day.
Should any one be so absent-minded
as to forget the months and the days
thereof he has no doubt whatever,
from the head-splltting noise. of the
last Wednesday in August.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
Negro p.strust OF tho Jnnh-rl

Southern negroes regard the jayblrd
with comieally grave distruet. say, The
Chicago Times-Herald. 10 them he Is
the counsellor. guide and friend Of tie
evil one himself. Tie amount of con
fidences established ages ago between
the devil aud the jaybird is 10 the AZ
rican mind enormous Plantation mn
Giles" aud "auntles" believe that wlen-
ever Satan can spare the time from bil
frying operations he visits earth. aud
he and the iayoird hold council Of
war. deylslng ways and means wherein
and whereby to ensnare the darby soul.
Before this combination the Noodao
charm OF red flannel, hsh-boues. scrap
ings Of human nails. and hair from u
dead person Is Of no avail. The rab-
bits foot Is powerless. The only de-
Tense is "rnsslln'" In prayer. This Ia
highly esteemed. as the more arluous
the 'rasslin' the less work viii ba
done in the field next. day. The lay
bird is safe from negro ATTACK safs
through fear.
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slight attacks of dementia. though 1t
was not supposed that they were of a
serious nature. But on the night men-
toned she arose from her bed, and an
nouncing to her mother, who was
watching with her, that she was going
to get a drink she left the room and
was never after seen alive. When she
did not return her mother gave the
alarm and the inmates OF the house
turned out to hunt for her, supposing,
of course, that In a tlt Of temporary
alteration she had wandered to the
house of one of the neighbors. But the
most dillgent inquiry failed to reveal
her whereabouts and then the family
became genuinely alarmed. A search
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
The Six Hundred.

: This is the name popularity applied to
the British soldiers that immortalized
themselves in the battle Of Balaclaya, IN
the Crimea, October %, 1854. when the
handful Of soldiers CALAMITY charged
the whole force of the Russian infantry
and cavalry. The charge occupied less
than half an hour, and only about a
third of the attacking party survived.
There were $40 men, all told, In the
Light Brigade, and Tennyson's poem
gave them enduring fame.
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White Pine News.
ELY, NEVADA.


Over a score of years ago Judge Fitz-
gerald was appointed to the bench OF
the district that includes Pima and
Cochise counties, in Arizona. He found
on coming to Tucson that formality
was almost unknown in the courtroom.
If the days were warm, the attorneys
and attendants dispensed with coats.
This to him appeared particularly dis
respectful. He announced that smok-
ing in the courtroom would not be toll
Grated and that coats must be worn
under pain of the courts displeasure.
The grand jury was called. Among
the jurors summoned was a brawny
miner, who appeared in his usual cos
tune, dark blue shirt and overalls.
what do you mean" Numbered the
magistrate, by appearing in this court
room In your shirt sleeves? Where Is
your coat"
AT home. judge" mildly returned
the juror.
"Then go and get it! No, not word.
sir" glaring down upon the man as
he attempted to speak. go home and
get your coat, sir, or I'll commit you
for contemptw
The miner went silently out. He
didn't return that day nor the next,
and the judge, after issuing a bench
warrant for him, swore In another
juror. About two weeks thereafter the
original miner, dressed as the court de-
handed, again stepped within Judge
Fitzgerald's range of vision To the
irate magistrate he rendered the ex-
PLANTATION that his home and coat were
both In Harshaw mountains, near the
Mexican border, over 100 miles away,
and that he had but obeyed the orders
of his honor In going home after his
coat.-Arizona Graphic.
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liver. Sd. started from The house &C

river She started from the house ae
companied by her father and Others
and followed the streets she claimed to
have seen Mrs. Sommers follow until
she came to the foot of Spring street.
From there she pointed out the ex'
act spot at which Mrs. Sommers had
gone down. She said that she walked
calmly into the water and went down,
down, down, until finally she disap.
peared altogether. The next night she
saw the body again. 1t rose slowly
from the bottom of the river, being
caught In an eddy. and after whlrlins
around several times moved away
slowly down the stream, sometimes
floating and sometimes rolling along
the river bed. Once. according to hei
story, 1t stood erect In the water, but
did not rise to the surface.
At her request she was then taken te
point at the foot of Fayette street
By this time the news of the child's
attempt had became nolsed abroad ano
the river bank was lined with thou
sands of spectators eager and anxious
to see what the outcome would be
After sitting quietly In her place for 8
few moments she rose quickly and witt
a hurried gesture pointed to a spot
few hundred feet from the shore, ex
claiming as she did SO: "She liei
there"
The multitude broke up and drag
ging party was at once put to worn
searching the hidden depths to wres
from them their secret. The houl
passed. the afternoon and the day, bu
nothing was brought from the lake
In strict justice 1t must be said thai
the dragging process was not carried
on according to her directions. She
now declares that the net never touch
er the body reposlng on the bottom o;
the lake
When It was known that the drag
ging had been unproductive those who
had based their faith on the child'i
judgment began to waver and she wal
denounced as a fraud of the most pro
nounced type. Then a severe colo
spell set In and the lake was locked In
ice and the matter began to fade from
the public mind. Not SO the little girl
1t was useless to tell her that she must
be mistaken.
She declared that the body was still
In the water. that she could see It and
persisted In going to the river at IN
tervals. During these visits she made
the acquaintance Of Captain Hefele
of the steamer Gazelle. She went te
the captain and solemnly asserted thai
the body was fast to snag in the bot
tom of the river. The captain paid nc
attention to the child. regarding tbs
whole thing as one of her hallucina.
tons. Again and again she went to
him, begging him to go and release the
body. Nothing would put her of. She
declared that she could see the body
and would not rest until 1t was TO
leased
At length there came day when the
waters of the staid Illinois were fan
above their banks. The wind was
blowing a hurricane and when the oc-
cupants of cabin boat on the Taze-
well side of the stream looked out OF
the window they saw what looked like
bag of some kind floating in the
water among the willows in which
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
High prioes Cor BUTTERFLIES.

High prices are paid for butterflies,
and some private collections, such as
that OF the Hon. w. Rothschild at
Tring Herts, England, are said to be
worth 100000 more or less. Some
New Guinea butterflies have fetched
ESQ apiece. One Of the Rothschilds 10
said to have paid f200 for Papilio,
now quite common. The demand for
rare specimens has led to dishonesty.
The insects are dyed or else wings from
one species are fastened to the bodies
Of other species.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
BELOW THE BOILERS.
The Mighty Powers of Propulsion of
Transatlantic Liners.

The Mighty Powers of Propulsion of
Transatlantic Liners.
Twenty five years ago the Engineer,
Of London, the recognized authority on
all matters pertaining to steamship
navigation, made the prediction that
the crossing of the Atlantic ocean, by
a steamship. at the speed Of twenty
five miles an hour. was one of the
things impossible Of accomplishment
At that time the Atlantic had never
been crossed by a screw steamer at as
high a speed as fifteen miles an hour;
the Cunarder Scotia, the last of the big
sidewheelers, never doing better than
nm average of fourteen and half knots.
Therefore the prophecy of the Engineer
was not at all wild one. But to-day
therO are steamers that have reached
the speed of twenty-five miles an hour,
and others are In course of construc-
ton which are expected to surpass it.
The fastest liner Of to-day has done
more than an average Of twenty five
miles. Her enormous engines and pow
erful propellers, mighty powers of pro-
pulsion, have forced her through the
toughest waters of the Atlantic at an
average speed of twenty-one knots,
which Is a fraction over twenty-six
miles in the hour.
The distance of the Southampton
New York route is 5000 miles, which
covers on the average In FIVE days and
seventeen hours, considerably over
twenty-five miles an hour for the en-
tire trip; her mighty engines-that
throbbing, humping heart down below
-revolve about eighty times per min
ute, or about 672,OO0 revolutions to
cross the Atlantic.-Frank Leslie's Pop
ular Monthly.
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Pitt Diamond.

A famous stone, reputed to be one Of
the most perfect diamonds In the
world. The grandfather of William
Pitt the great commoner, brought 1t
from India and sold 1t to the regent of
Orleans In 1717 for f135,000. Then it
was placed among the crown jewels of
France, and set In the handle Of Bona
parties sword of state. In 1855 1t was
exhibited at the Paris fair. Its weight
is 1877 carats, and 1t Is also sometimes
designated as the Regent diamond.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

A Welshman, walking through a
fashionable street in London, noticed
on a door a bell. At the side OF the
bell were these words. please ring
the bell"
Tafy went and rang the bell. In
second a powdered little footman ap-
peared and asked him what he wanted.
Nothing" said the Welshman. but
rang the bell because II says So"
"Oh." said the footman. with a smile,
.T see you come from the country
where nannygoats grow on gooseberry
bushesl'
YES" answered the Welshman. But
in London there are more wonderrui
sights. You have only to ring bell
an . monkey pops out"-London Tel
egraph. -----
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

II is said that ench war brings out a
demand for quite crop of ehlropod.
lists, or corn DOCTORS This is due TO the
poor quality of shoes soldiers generally
wear Most of these shoes are furnish
ed by some contractor. who cares little
for the comfort his goods give, and they
are stiff and poorly shaped, thus caus-
ing much suffering among the troops.
People who arc experienced In such
matters say that going barefoot for a
day is preferable to wearing the hard,
unwieldy shoes that are given the men
when on the march. Napoleon. who
was n great general In little things as
well ms big. never neglected the details
pertaining TO his mems dress. and he
always tried TO get them comfortable
shoes. Statistics show that a larger
percentage Of shoemakers are enlisted
among soldiers than from any other
trade. but they usually have 10 Sight IA.
stead of eobble. The regimeaial eoHn
doctor is one of the most popular army
institutions
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
Ioeland,s Eider-Down Trade.

About 10000 pounds of eider-down is
COLLECTED annually In Iceland, 1000
pounds being exported to foreign coun-
tries. Formerly the peasants used to
receive over 81 shillings pound for 1t,
but the price has now fallen to half
that amount. The peasants seldom re-
ceive money. and are obliged to barter
their down for merchandise furnished
by the Danish merchants at the little
settlements on the folds.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

When the sullen waters of the I'LL
nois River gave up their dead In the
person of Mrs. Lucy Sommers some
time ago there was not only cleared up
one of the deepest mysteries that has
ever occurred in Peoria but at the
same time there was evidence estab-
lished corroboratory of a most extra
ordinary case of second sight
One night early in January Mrs Lucy
Sommers, who was visiting her sister,
Mrs. R. B. Craig at SD Fayette street
in Peoria, suddenly disappeared. She
had been III and suffering at times from
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
Hangs pictures for a Living.

There is in New York young wo-
man who hangs pictures for living.
Her novel occupation is both pleasant
and profitable. She finds most of her
customers among people of moderate
means, who cannot, like the very
wealthy, employ a distinguished artist
or first-class decorator for such work.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

their boat was fastened. A hasty ex-
animation convinced them that 1t was
human body, and upon rowing to It's
side 1t proved to be the body of the
long-lost Mrs. Sommers. When the
body was taken from the water the
condition Of the dress garments con-
firmed even to the smallest detail the
statements Of the child.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
Odd Retaiiatory Boycott.

The young men and women of Fox
Hill, Pa, have novel conflict and a
mutual boycott on hand. The young
women decline to receive the attentions
of young men who refuse to be teeto-
talers and the beaus retaliate by refus-
ing attentions to young women who
wear birds on their hats.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
The Dreams Of Axarioe.

Dorothy-Pa, do wish we were rich.
Dorothy's pa-How rich would you
like to be?
Dorothy-Oh, awfully rich; rich
enough to snub people and still be call.
ed agreeable.-Chicago Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

There are some women who begin
dressing for an evening party at 2 In
the afternoon, and who do not look par
ticularly well, either.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

Her experience with the men doesn't
seem to help a woman any when she is
a widow, and nice, polite men want to
borrow her life insurance money.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

A clever woman never shows Off a
new dress without saying something
about the goodness OF her husband in
allowing her to get 1t.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

II man Is unable to say nothing and
saw wood. he can at least try to do
either one or the other.
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Prairie Dog Towns in Nebraska.

Prairie Dog Towns In NeDraskh-
Within a radius Of four miles of Rush.
vile, Neb., there are no fewer than
nine prairie dog towns" covering as
much as $500 ncres of pasture, which
Is rendered almost useless.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

A married man spends less money
than a single man. He doesn't have 1t
to spend.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

Some men have 80 much respect for
the truth that they always keep at a
distance from II.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

Every young man overestimates his
popularity in the community In which
he lives. -.-...-..
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
HER SECOND SIGHT"
MYSTERY CLEARED UP BY a TEN.
YEAR.OLD GIRL.

She Locates 9 Dead Body in the Bot
tom of the Illinois River = Claims
that, In a Vision, She Saw the
Woman Drown.