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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01

about i've feet wide. The size Is ample.
because they are used merely for sleep
ing apartments Reading, smoking, and
writing rooms. as well as layatories-
are provided in other parts of the
building On the floor of each sleeping
room is rug. Each room has chair
and Il small closet. The bedstead Is
iron. and it is provided with a hair
mattress. hair and feather pillows, and
clean sheets. blankets. and spread or
covering. The 30-cent rooms are in the
corners of the building. and they are
somewhat larger than the others. These
latter rooms each have two windows.
supplied with outside air, while the
cheaper compartments have one win
dow each. as n rule. All the rooms have
electric lights. The dodgers are not
permitted to have heavy baggage In the
rooms Trunks and similar effects are
cared for in the basement, where there
are individual locked storage compart-
ments. Washstands are provided i'll
the corridors on each floor. The plaster
partitions dividing the sleeping cham
bers stop eighteen inches below the
ceilings This arrangement permits
free and constant circulation of al
even when the windows are closed, be
cause the yentilating machinery is al
ways in operation.
The restaurant is cheerful handsome
and spacious, and 1t can accommodate
at one time 300 persons. The regular
dinner, consisting of soup. meat, yege-
tables. dessert, and tea, coffee, or milk,
costs 10 cents. Twenty-one meal tickets
can be purchased for So. The cost,
therefore, TO a man for meals, lodging,
baths, and the other privileges of the
hotel need not be in excess Of $40 per
week. He obtains, in return for his
money, value that he could not get else
where for twice the expense. and he
gets that value because the business is
carried on upon SO large scale. If
$40 per week be assumed TO be the
charge 10 the average guest, 1t Is
worth while to add that there are some
who get along with less expense.
While the average meal costs Is cents,
a 5-cent dish or a 10-cent dish may be
ordered, or for 10 cents may be obtained
a special breakfast. consisting Of two
eggs. boiled, fried, or scrambled, two
rolls. and a cup Of coffee. By such
economies the expense of living at a
Mills hotel may be brought within 81
a week. The furnishings throughout
are plain (but not cheap, substantial,
and omfortable-Leslle's Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
ALUMINIUM A USEFUL METAL.
II Is Available for Many Purposes In
the MechnnIc Arts.

IL Is ANailable Tor Many Purposes In
the Mechanic Arts.
The principal uses of aluminium are
too many to be enumerated. The pro-
pertles of the metal are so akin to those
of copper and brass that, broadly speak
ing, aluminium or one of Its light alloys
should to large extent, replace both
copper and tin and also nickel or Ger
man silver. Such a change would be
followed by various advantages to ali
concerned. Not only would there be
a considerable reduction In the weight
of the articles but they would not tar
nish or turn black on exposure to air.
The cost should be the same, II not
actually lower, inasmuch as, bulk for
bulk. aluminium is already cheaper
than copper or tin. and Its price Will
continue to fall as the demand in
creases.
One field, however, remains which
copper Is bound to maintain as Its own,
namely, the construction of Isolated
electrical conductors. Experiments
have already been made on large
scale with bare conductors Of alu-
minimum for telephones, with perfectly
satisfactory results, Its conductiyIty.
weight for weight, being double that of
copper, But when the mains have to
be insulated copper Is absolutely un
approachable, on account Of Its greater
conductlvity, volume for volume.
which is 10 per cent Of that of alu.
minimum.
Besides the advantages set forth
above aluminium is not poisonous and
Is pre-eminently adapted for the man
ufacture of cooking utensils. A steady
demand for aluminium is springIng up
In various kinds of printing processes
as well as In photography. The metal
appears to answer admirably for the
construction of rollers used In calico
printing, and when its surface Is prop
erly prepared 1t is also capable of re
placing the ordinary photographic stone.
1t can easily be imagined that, instead
of having cumbrous and heavy stones,
which can be printed only on special
slow-running 'ltho" machines, 1t is far
better and cheaper TO use thin sheets
of metal which can be bent into cir
cular form and printed on rotary
presses.
Bicycles. electric light fittings, chains.
brides, stlrrups, surgical instruments.
keys, cigar cases, pen and pencil hold
ers. toilet articles. plates and dishes,
spoons, forks, frames, name plates,
door furniture, hat and coat pegs, boot
trees. fire engine fittings business and
visiting cards and Photographic cam
eras are few of the things that are
being daily made in aluminium by yari-
Gus firms.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
A Cnmnnxite Name

"One of the differences between the
east and the northwest" said Puget
sounder lis the names of places, and
the Skikomishes. the Snohomishes, the
Snoqualmies, the Wahkiakums and the
lot of them give man funny feelings,
and when he runs across Bucoda, on
the Northern Pacific railroad in Pierce
county, Wash. he doesn't know wheth-
err 1t Is Chinook or Siwash or what.
But 1t is none of them-like Kenoya. In
West Virginia. which is near the juno
tion of Kentucky. Ohio and Virginia,
or Delmar. where Delaware and Mary
land come together
.sBucoda Is n composite name. and
its story Is simple enough. When the
Nortbern Pacific came in. town
sprang up. and it must have name.
There were Indian names In plenty,
but something more novel was wanted,
so Messrs. Buckley. Coulter and Davis
all N. p. officials. put their heads to
getber first and their names later. and
fine name Bu-co-da was evolved, with
an etymology very apparent TO any one
who is at all informed In terminology
Rucoda IL has remained. and II Is mol
half bad as names go 10 the ruge'
sound country. New York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
LIGHT SMOKERS.
The Japanese Are Satisfied with Small
Quantities of Tobacco.

The Japanese Are Satisfied with Small
Quantities of Tobacco.
you may have noticed that the Jap
anese who visit America are very mod
crate smokers" said prominent jap
anese now travelling In the United
States to n Star reporter recently.
"Those of my country men who do IN
dulge In the weed mostly smoke olga
rettes or preferably the smallest pipes
filled with the mildest tobacco obtain
able. OF course, there are Japnese
who like some Americans, have such
a craving for tobacco that nothing less
than the strongest cigar or the largest
pipe Will satisfy them. But such smok-
ers are exceptionally few among the
Japanese. As rule, my countrymen.
while Mt home and abroad, are satisfied
with short smokes, such as a cigarette
or tiny pipe affords.
THE Japanese are moderate smokers,
not so much because they are small
people, but for the reason that up to
within recent years but very little to
bacco came into Japan and the tariff on
1t was very high. Being a poor but
frugal race, the masses purchased only
limited quantities of the weed. which.
as matter of economy. they have for
generations been taught to smoke In
only the tiniest of pipes. These pipes.
the most popular Of which hold about
as much tobacco as would fill an ordin-
nrv thimhle arc n survival of the DAYS
when money was scarce, tobacco dear
and the tariff high. In another genera
ton or two, when Japan shall have
taken her place among the wealthy ma
lions of the world, my countrymen Will
no doubt smoke large quantities Of to-
bacco, and then the small pipes will he
Abandoned for big ones, such as
Engllshmen and Americans now
smOkpn
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
Resting the Muscles.

When a man is tired he stretches his
arms and legs and yawns. Birds and
animals, so far as possible, follow his
example.
Birds spread their feathers and also
yawn or cape. Fowls often do this.
Fish yawn; they open their mouths
slowly until they are round the bones
of the head seem to loosen and the gills
open.
Dogs are inveterate yawners and
stretchers. but seldom sneeze unless
they have a cold Cats are always
stretching their bodies, legs and claws,
as every one knows who has had cat
for pet.
Horses stretch violently when and
after INDUCING in a roll, but not, as n
rule. on all fours.
\ stag when stretching sticks out his
head. stretching his forefeet cut and
hollows his back and neck as though
trying TO creep under n bar.
Most ruminant animals stretch when
they rise up after lying down. Deer do
1t regularly, so do cows. This fact is so
well known that IL a COW when arising
from lying down does not stretch her
self 1t Is n sign she Is Ill.
The reason for this is plain.-the
stretch moves every muscle of the body.
ana II there he any injury anywhere il
hurts.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
LITTLE SURPRISE FOR HIM.
The Experience OF q Man the First Time
He Passed the Plate In Church.

The Experience OF a Man the First Time
He Passed the Plate In Church.
"The first time ! ever passed the
plate In church," said "A reminiscent
man. something very unexpected hap
pened l got half way up the aisle,
and was getting along as nicely and
smoothly as could be, when man silt
ting In the end OF one of the pews
that | came 10 Indicated a desire To-
speak TO me.
Now you know that was something
| never dreamed Of. Ii had always
seemed to me that the man passing the
plate walked straight up the aisle in
n solemn kind of way, while the whole
church was still. never pauslng ~,
cept to hand the plate In the pew and
get IL back. and the idea that anybody
could ever speak TO him had never &C.
CURED TO me, and so this mans indiea.
ton that he wanted 10 speak 10 me
came as great surprise and some
thing of n shock. But | didn't drop
the plate. and | had gumptlon enough
to incline my head TO him so that no
wouldn't have to shout 10 make mo
hear. and what he said was:
"'Can't you have that window over
there closedr And be indicated with
little nod window high up In The
side of the church where the VIM
was blowing In and making draught
Il Strengthened up aud passed ON.
and when | had finished my part OF
the collection and got back TO the
rear of the church sent to the sex.
ton TO close that window. aud. as he
saw IL go up. the man that had made
the request sent a friendly glance
down the aisle to me.
Later, at one time and another In
the course OF my experience, | reeeiv,
ed various requests while passing the
plate. and now and then notice for
the minister, but was always ready
for them after that"-New York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
Old Map or the United states.

State Librarian Galbreath has Just Sc
cured another valuable addition to the
collection of relies at the library, n map
OF the United States. made IN the year
l196. The map was found IN an old
book shop at Philadelphia, and was for
merly the property of a gentleman who
was for years In the employ Of the fed
eral government. 1t Is made from cop.
per plates and IL mounted on heavy
linen. On the chart Ohio Is a territory
with rather vague outlines. cleveland
Is not to be found, and Cincinnati Is
designated as Fort Washington. san
dusky is the only city of any great prom.
inence. The eastern states are shown
with substantially the same boundaries
as they have to-day. Georgia extends
us far west as the Mississippi river, and
the southern portion of FlorIda Is ap-
parently unknown. Lake Michigan Is
much too narrow and Lake Huron ia
far too broad At the lower corner Is a
curious picture of Niagara Falls. Mr.
Galbreath has discovered another chart
t the United States, drawn In liza
and 1t will soon be sent to Columbus. -
Columbus Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
CACTUS PLANTs-THElR USES.
Powerful Alcoholic Drinks Are Ex
tracted from Their Trunks.

Powerful Alcoholic Drinks Are Ex-
tracted from Their Trunks.
Cactus Is a genus of plants, the type
of the natural order OF eaetaseae. and
comprises numerous species, all OF
which are native TO America. The
name was originally given by Theo-
phrastus to a spiny plant found in ST.
ely. The stems Of the cactus are US
ually leaness and neshy. globular or
colnmnar, and are armed with spinr
and bristlcs. The structure of many
Of the species Is singular aud grotesque
In the extreme. and the ronghness Of
the stalks and the beauty of the flow.
ers make them one Of the most inter-
esting botanical curioslties Of our con
tinent. They are found chiefly In the
hot. stony places Of tropical America,
and their tough and almost impenetra-
BILE skin incloses abundant Juice, which
enables them To support a sluggish
Vital action without Inconvenience
even In a parched soil.
Some of the varieties of cactus are.
only few inches high. while Others
HllhlH u HflShl W loiAs icft. IL Is u
curious fact that the cactus nourishes
even nj the foot OF Mount Etna. In 81
ely The most splendid example OF
the cactus family is the giant cactus.
OF which q fine example Is still stand
ing although it Is slowly rotting aud
viii soon fall II was found at point
eight miles south OF Phoenix, Arlz.,
near the Pima reservation. 1t is about
forty feet high. What the date palm
Is to the African deserts the giant cac-
ms Is to our own arid lands,
From IL the Mexlcans extract the
drink called "mescal." and the Indians
also obtain beverage from 1t. ON Its
fruit the Papago Indians live for
weeks as a time. Woodpeckers dig
their nests In the trunks and branches.
and even doves feed on the fruit.
When the cactus OF this kind dies It's
usefulness is not destroyed. for the
tough ribs beneath the outer skin are
used by the Papago Indians for the
foundation Of their mud roofs and they
also use II In building chicken ooops
aud even as covering for their
graves. II is not this species Of cactus
from which travellers are. supposed 10
obtain n supply OF water. but the small
cactus. which contains a plentiful sup.
ply OF sap.-Scientlfc American.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01

no Fear When Death Draws Nigh.
Il have seen thousands of persons
die under all sorts of circumstances,
and never yet have | seen one display
the slightest fear of DEATH" This re-
markable statement was made the 9TH
er day by a physician who has prac-
ticed many years In Philadelphia and
who has seen a great deal OF hospital
service.
1T Is a popular fallacy," he went on,
ito imagine that deathbed scene is
ever terrible other than as a parting
between loved ones. The fear of the
unknown is never present at the last.
Even amid ignorance and vice have
never experienced such scenes as a
novelist who strives after realism will
sometimes picture.
when patient Is told that he can
not recover and the end is near, he in
yariably seems resigned TO his fate,
and his only thought seems to be of
those who are to be left behind. This
is true alike of men and women.
''Those who become hysterical and
declare they are not fit to die are the
ones who are not as i'll as they think
they are. They always get well.
a psychological reason? oh. don't
know that there Is any. It's Just hu.
man trait. "-Philadelphia Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
PECuLlARITies OF THE STATES
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
RUNS A KITCHEN WAGON.
yehicuIar Meals Piping Hot at the
Order of Customers.

Order of Customers.
In New Haven, Conn. conservative.
Interchangeable practically, they have
met up" with tae servant gil prob
lem Ii worries them heap, too, so
an ingenious citizen has devised a de-
vice whereby he hopes TO relieve the
distress for a consideration. This
recently devised device can appropri-
ately be called the kitchen wagon. This
Is really peripatetlc culinary depart
ment. 1t is a wagon with the usual
number of wheels, hooded like the
pie wagon of commerce, but cut into
series of compartments. The purpose
is 10 stow away inside In these COM
partments a sufficient quantity of edi-
bles ready for the table TO furnish out
funeral baked meats or wedding
feast.
This is not dream, yet those who
have sampled the outfit have been
heard singing Sulliyan's lovely thing
Let Me Dream Again." For all prac-
teal purposes it has the strike of the
domestic beat TO death. 1t wins In one
round, if the reports which come out
of the East are to be credited. To be
sure. they do not credit much in New
Haven, cash being the burden of their
yesper song, yet in such gear as this-a
mere matter of report-a reasonable
line of credit, properly Endorsed. will
be extended. This business man who
Is the deviser of the device has the
support financially, morally and social
ly. so that his dream Is no dream, but
an evident fact. He answers 10 the
hail of 5. ii. Street.
Many schemes have been tried In diff
ferent parts of the world to supply
food for families through cooperative
kitchens. These schemes have never
been very successful, because 1t has
been impossible TO keep food hot dur
ing transportation from one place to
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
STREET PARADE FLOATS.
Many DimcuIt Problems to be Met In
Their Construction.

Their Construction.
'The making of decorative street
floats is difficult trade" said a New
Orleans scenic artist who has had
plenty Of experience in the line he men
toned. There are so many things
TO be considered. For instance, float
must look well both near and far. 1t
must be able TO stand dash of rain.
1t must be light enough TO go over any
kind OF street and solid enough 10 re-
sist a gust of wind. and, most impor-
tant of all. it must be so constructed
that 1t will appear all right to folks in
upper windows.
"Some years ago a young designer
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01

another. The scheme of many families
eating together in one building has
also proved Objectionable New Haven
has apparently solved this problem by
the invention of heat retaining devices
by which a plate of soup or a roast of
beef may be kept piping hot for as
long as seven hours. The projectors
to serve, many dishes at a price equal
to that which the housekeeper pays for
the raw product.
The secret of Mr.. Streets scheme
lies in his patent device for retaining
heat. This apparatus Is apparently
nothing more than big bucket, metal
covered and lined. with sides and bot
tom about two Inches thick. There is
n close-fitting top or lid of similar
thickness. What the sides of the wall
of this package are lined with Mr..
Street does not say. Into this heat-re-
tanning package are put porcelain cans,
which fit tightly and have elose-ftting
covers.
Mr.. Street proposes TO have various
sized packages, in which breakfast.
luncheon and dinner can be arranged.
In the bottom of the bucket Is placed
the dessert. then the meat and vegeta-
bles and then the soup. This is for
dinner bucket. These buckets are to
be delivered in big wagons, in which
there will be an arrangement along the
side for holding them in place. The
scheme is to have a large number of
wagons. which will make trips through
various sections of the city to deliver
food and take orders for the following
day. There will be small wagons for
quick delivery of late orders.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01

For motor ears there should lie a
large field for aluminium. 4 further de-
mand for the metal Will be brought
about by its introduction into the mill
tary services All parts of the soldiers
eqnipmentShave practically been made
In aluminium. such as mess tins. water
bottles. buttons, helmets. parts Of rifles.
cartridge cases. fittings for guns. tents.
horseshoes. portable bridges etc. AMI
1t is well known that continental
armies. notably the German army. are
employing aluminium on large scale
Casters Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
NEW YoRk'S MILLS HOTELS.
Where a Man Can Live Comfortably
for $40 Week.

The Mills hotels-there are two of
them in New York, one located on the
lower West Side and the other occupy
ing position corresponding in a de-
gree, geographically. on the East Side
were not Intended to he charitable in
situations. Nor were they expected or
desired TO be money-makers. They
were planned with ripe business saga
city to fill void in the great city, and
to obtain sufficient revenue to make
them self-supporting. Mr.. ID. O. Mills
having, after wonderfully successful
business career on the Pacific coast,
become a resident of the city of New
York and one of its most noted finan-
ciers, was impressed with the difficulty
which respectable single men of limited
means encountered in procuring suit
able living accommodations. True.
there were plenty Of cheap lodging
houses of the Bowery type, with beds
offered at from 10 to - cents per night.
but threadbare responsibility looked
upon these as places to be avoided.
Twenty cents each per night Is the
charge for all the rooms, except for
about seventy, for each of which the
nightly rate is 80 cents. The 25-cent
rooms are small, 1t is true, being but
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-01
COOKERY IN BOLIVIA.
The National Dish. Chupe, and Ho"
IL Is Prepared.


The stoves of the Bolivian Indians
are curious things. A hole is dug in
the ground about Is inches deep anu
foot square. and over this Is built
roof of clay with holes of different
sizes TO receive the various cooking
pots. Roasting is done on splis pass
ed through the holes. so that the meat
comes OUT very much smoked unless
great care is taken to have only live
Goals Mt the bottom Of the oven.
The national dish and the common
food of the masses Is "ehupe," sort
of FIRST cousin TO the Irish stew. IL is
n couglomerate. composed of irregular
constituents from the animal and Yege-
table kingdoms. a mess of mutton and
such other meats as are available;
chicken, fish, fruits, potatoes, carrots,
barley. corn. rice, onions, vans, etc.,
chopped up, highly seasoned with pep
pers and herbs and stewed to con-
sistency of porridge. What happens
TO be left from one meal SINNERS in
the pot until the next II the fire goes
out the "chupe" is allowed 10 cool.
but II is warmed up again and a new
supply Of the ingredients added TO the
water logged and greasy stuff for the
next meal.
a the cities. at the hotels and res
taurants where there are French or
Swiss cooks, the "chupe" is sayory and
palatable, but the farther you 90 from
the eenters OF civilization the worse it
gets. One eats 1t at first under pro-
test. then from necessity and only TO
escape starvation. but finally the stom-
aeh rebels. and you limit your diet to
boiled eggs and fruit, which are usual
ly to be obtained, but the experienced
traveller always takes canned meat and
bread with him.-Sucre (Boliyia) Let
ter to Chicago Record.