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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-31

ever, the tribe spread northward into
what is now Colorado. For 300 years
these people have been fighting the
Spanish invaders and their Mexican
descendants, and never have they ae-
knowledged a master. Reduced now
10 remnant of their former strength,
numbering not more than 10000, and
occupying the mining region OF the
State of Sonora, their spirit of indie
pendence remains unbroken. their war
like nature Is unsubdued. The world
does not furnish many types of fight
ing men more difficult to subdue than
these same Yaquis. They have much
the same qualities of endurance. BRAY
cry and audacity that characterize the
Apaches, but are further advanced In
civilization.
In the Land of Sunshine. Verona
Granville gives an account of a recent
visit to the home of the Yaqui Indians
In the State of Sonora, Mexico. The
writer was surprised to find this people
we'll dressed and up to date In their
cooking utensils. agricultural nipple
ments and weapons. "a fine modern
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two months In whaie.huntins in Green

wv mohsho ~ mhuie-uuutiuk IN 0recU,
Bay, ON the northeastern coast of
Newfoundland, reports an interesting
experience. He was sent out by the
Institution to study the finback whale.
and OF ninety-eight animals caught all
but eleven were of this variety. The
story-book romance has gone entirely
out of whaling as pursued by the New.
foundlanders. There is no frall whale
boat, with the grizzled old harpooner
In the bow to strike the whale, but in
stead little steam craft and power
full gun.
This gun throws large iron har-
pooh, with crossarms which lie against
the shaft until 1t strikes n solid BODY
and then project out and imbed them
selves The head of this harpoon is
eigar-shaped and sharp-polnted and
explodes as II pierces the whales side.
generating a gas. which serves to keen
the fish afloat after the wrecking effect
of the shock on its internal organs has
left Ii n lifeless mass. A stout rope il
attached TO the butt of the harpoon
and by this the whale Is kept In leash
as II thrashes madly through the water
In vain effort to escape Its unknown
enemy. Death rapidly ensues, unless.
as sometimes happens. the projectlle
goes through the fish from side to side,
when a second shot is necessary"
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and which the Yaquls believe is right
fully their own at this day They work
FOR mere pitance, about 81 month,
and work hard. They make no com
plant on that score, but the oppressive
taxes which the Mexican Government
imposes upon them and the sovereignty
which Mexico assumes are intolerable.
Cause of the Outbreak.
The present outbreak was brought
about in the usual way. The Mexicans
violated the treaty made with Tetabi-
ate and encroached upon Yaqui land.
Immediately the Yaquis were In arms.
The fighting blood which centuries of
warfare and oppression have been pow
erless to cool, boiled under the sense of
wrong. The Yaquis took the field. Sev-
eral engagements have been fought.
Chief Tetabiate was killed, but his fol
lowers were only fred to avenge his
death. Hundreds of Mexican soldiers
have gone down before the Yaqui fire.
Mexico realizes that the uprising Is Sc
rious and 1t Is making strenuous exer-
lions to meet the crisis. The war on
the part Of the Indians has been con-
Quoted with marked ability and splen-
did dash and courage. The Yaquls
have some idea of military combina-
lions. To the cunning and daring OF
the Apaches they add the self-control
and cool judgment which association
win the whites and something ap-
preaching civilized modes Of living
have developed.
The Indians inflicted a terrible blow
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One of Glen McDonough's Jokes.

In one of his farces Glen McDonough
spoken by chorus girl. The lines
were given to a green, heavy amateur,
who looked well and would do. At the
rehearsal the girl made her way to
McDonough, who held the book, and
said. "Mr. McDonough, have a line
In the first act and one In the third.
Couldn't you write me one for the sec
ond act, too?" McDonough thought a
minute, looked at the girl and said:
Eyes; in the banquet scene you enter
and say, Here is the ham,. "oh, do
| bring the ham on with meF' No,
my dear; il is not a speech, it is con-
fession."
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.paradi.e piled Down.

A tourist tells how he travelled with
a young couple evidently on their hon.
eymoon, and the passengers in that
particular carriage were on the grin
most of the time over their antics.
The bride had got the man she loved,
and she didn't care who saw her put
her head on his shoulder. The bride
groom had got farm with his wife,
and If he wanted to feed her on sweets
or squeeze her hand whose business
was IL?
A little old man sat directly opposite
the couple, and he looked at them SO
often that the young husband finally
explained:
We've just got married"
81 knowc,l 1t all the time" chuckled
the other.
And we can't help 1t, you know"
NO. you cant. I'll be blowed If you
cam"
Il presume 1t all seems very silly to
an old man like you" continued the
husband.
Docs II: Does it?' cackled the old
fellow. "Weh. | can tell you 1t does
not. then. I've been there three times
over. and now I'm on my way to marry
n fourth silly. Why. children. it's
paradise billed down"-London Fun.
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Is the Potato Overdone?

One eminent authority on cooking.
who has issued several books upon the
subject, calls for crusade against the
potato. 1t is, she holds, an overesti-
mated vegetable. Certainly there Is
something odd in the place 1t has taken
in the domestic economy. There are
other vegetables quite as cheap and
quite as palatable, that might at least
occasionally be offered in its place. But
still the potato triumphs. 1t has be-
come sort of superstition. How many
times have children who did not like
potatoes been made to eat them? And
they are not n particularly valuable
article of food either.
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LIFE m MARS
=. mere Are Human Beings There They
Are Probably Giants.

Are Probably Giants.
Mars possesses so many features In
common with the earth that II is I'M
possible to resist the thought that 1t
also has inhabitants. This Is, how
ever, by no means equivalent to say
ing that Marian folk are constituted
in the same way as human beings; In
deed, every consideration points to the
contrary. Whatever atmosphere ex-
lists on Mars must be much thinner
than ours, and far too rare to sustain
the life of people with our limited
lung capacity. a race with immense
chests could live under such conditions
or q folk with gllls like fishes could
pass a comfortable existence In spite
of the rarefied air. The character OF
life anywhere is, In fact, nodded by
the external circumstances, ana as
these are known to be different on
Mars from what they are on the earth'
Marian Inhabitants must have deYel-
oped peculiar characteristics in order
to adapt themselves to their environ.
ments-the forms of life capable OF
fiourlshing In attenuated air have sur
vived while those requiring denser air
have dropped out of existence.
The tenuty OF the atmosphere OF
Mars is not the only fact which sug-
gests that the inhabitants of that plan
ct are not fashioned after the image
of man. 1t is known beyond the pos
siblllty of doubt that the force with
which substance Is attracted to the
surface of Mars Is but little more than
a third as strong as 1t Is on the EARTH
or, to express the point In figures. 100
pounds on the earth would only weigh
3S pounds on Mars II tested in spring
balance. In consequence Of this weak
er pull. II would be possible for hn-
man being to perform astonishing
feats on Mars without excessive mus
cular exception. man who could
Jump five feet here could top fifteen
feet there; he could lift three hundred
weight by putting out the same
strength as 1t required to raise one hun
dredweght ON the earth; he could
spring across road as easily as he
now leaps over mud puddle, and a
couple of bounds would carry him to
the top of a flight of stairs.
But, paradoxical as 1t may seem, the
smaller a planet, and, consequently,
the less the pull of gravity at Its sur
face, the greater is the probability that
its inhabitants are giants compared
with us. Terrestrial giants are gener-
ally weak in the knees; they are crush
ed by their own weight. But on Mars
they would only weigh one-thlrd as
much, and would therefore be able to
move about In a sprightly fashion, so
that an elephant there might be quite
n nimble animal.-Natlonal Review.
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and strategic skill of their white sup
porters cannot be known, but the tao
tics pursued by the Yaquis at Quay
familiar with elementary military sci
cnce at least. 1t is probable that some
of the Rough Riders are with the va
quls, putting into practice some OF the
things they learned about war In Cuba.
Doubtless by means of the same infiu.
enee the Yaquls came into possession
of Maxim gun, which was shipped
into the mines In sections under the
guise of a new style of mining drill.
This engine of destruction was set up
and It is said the Yaquls' natural tai
ent for mechanics enabled them read
lily 10 master the guns action and me.
ehanlcal principles.
At all events, when Gen. Torres with
6,000 Mexican troops moved out OF
Guaymas to attack the rebels, he was
treated to a dlsagreeable surprise. He
had declared that he would end Yaqul
rebelllons once and for all by the sim
pic PlOttsS vi " IN
the forces at his command he could, he
alleged, drive the Indians into a corner
and then annlhilate the tribe root and
branch. But when Torres came upon
the enemy he was himself glad to es-
cape humiliation. He won the battle
1t Is true, but only by the aid OF a
naval landing party after the Mexican
general was pretty nearly whipped out
of his boots.
Contrary to all principles and prac-
tees In Indian warfare, the Yaquis
were entrenched, and as the Mexicans
advanced they were met by a murder
Gus fire from the Maxim supported by
modern rifles. The shock OF the sur.
prise and the mortality among the
troops demorallzed Torres invincible
army, which retreated precipitately
upon the river, where the gunboat lay.
Again the Mexicans charged, and
again they were driven back by the de-
destructive fire. The gunboat moved
into position to bring Its guns to bear
upon the entrenched Yaquis, but the
Maxim soon put the boat out of the
fight, and 1t drlfted helplessly down
stream until 1t grounded on the hither
bank.
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Mexican or other Indian labor. There

NexIcan or other Indian labor. There
Is not a lazy bone in the laqul bC"y.
They are a peaeeable, law-ahlding PEG
pie when justly treated. From time
immemorial they have been hunters.
miners and tillers of the soil. Ihe1
have the nomad instinct in less degree
than almost any other Indian tribe.
Nevertheless the Yaquls have rec
ord for fighting, as the Mexican au-
thorlties know 10 their sorrow.
"When oppressed they have simply
risen to redress their wrongs. In their
mountain fastness they could no more
be conquered than the Scotsmen before
the battle of Bannockburn The Coy
eminent at last recognized the futliity
of continuing the struggle TO conquer
them. and Mt the Invitation OF lresl-
dent Dlaz. the old chief of the Naquis,
Tetabate. visited the City of Mexico,
where the terms of treaty of peace
were agreed 10. The signing or tue
treaty took place at Ortiz. military
station near Guaymas. 1t was an I'M
pressive sight, with hundreds of In
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-31

Not long ago, when Booker Il. Wash.
ington was In Chicago, he stopped for
day at one Of the hotels. He was
pointed out to William, an old waiter
who has been at the hotel for n long
time. William was delighted to get n
glimpse of the great man of his race.
aud was never tired of telling about il
after that. One of the regular boarders
Is stanch friend of William and lib.
eral Upper.
William" said the boarder next
morning, putting on n serious face. ~
met Mr.. Washington yesterday and
asked him what he thought of tipping.
He Is opposed to it,
The boarder stood with his hand in.
sinuatlngly In his change pocket. Will
Jams face fell and settled into do.
spalring gloom.
well, boss" the waiter said. shak.
Ing his head emphatlcally, III dat is
de posishun oh Mlstah Washington Pse
INVARIABLY opposed to it."-Chicago In.
ter Ocean.
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The Final Struggle.

This temporary triumph proved the
undoing of the Yaquis, as when the
gunboat ran upon the bank a party
was landed and making a wide detour
thanked the entertainments. Unable to
bring the Maxim to bear on two points
at once, the assailed In front and flank,
the Yaquis were forced TO retire into
the mountains. They executed this
movement slowly and In good order,
saving their machine gun for future
use. When the smoke Of battle lifted
300 dead Mexicans We're found upon
the field. The Yaquis lost heavily also,
but not SO heavily as the assaultlng
column.
The battle of Guaymas has taught
the Mexican Government what TO ex-
pcct. The determination OF the Yaquls
for resenting Mexican aggression and
breach of faith promises to be hercu-
lean task.
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non .he Me,ican FORCES near Nnat

npon the Mexican forces near Qua!
mas, recently, killing 300 MexieanA
aud very nearly capturing the post II
self. The latter disaster 10 MeHlc@h
arn,s was only ayerted by the assist
anee given the land forces by the navy.
This engagement assumed the proper
tions and characteristics of battle,
and gave Mexico an idea of the gravity
of the situation which II is facing. But
the Naquls had powerful allies. The
cowboys of Arizona have an inveterate
hatred of the "Greaser,' and esteem 1t
special privilege when fortune puts
It In their way to legitimately kill one
Of the obnoxious race. And the cow
boy Is liberal in constituting the mean
ing of the term legitimate. Moreover,
the cowpunchers dearly love II fight
for its own sake, and when the Yaqui
rebellion presented the opportunity not
only for fight but for chance to get
shot at the hereditary enemy, NUM-
hers of the cowboys crossed the border
and Joined the Indian forces.
How much of the success of the Yaf
qus Is due TO the organizing ability
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Not a ..pompou. preiate. .

Bishop Gailor, at Il banquet ut when
the bishop of Kentucky was present
told this story on the latter gentleman;
''In one of the backwoods towns OF
Kentucky. said Bishop Gailor. 1.-THE
pastor of the Baptist church gave out
this notice before the sermon one sun
day morning.
II am told and have been partially
convinced he said, that il is my Chris
tan duty to give the following notice
g. wit: That man who styles hlmseii
bishop of kentucky" is about to visit
Ihis town and will hold forth In the
courthouse on Wednesday evening. l
desire to add, however my brethren,
That. In the humble opinion OF your
pastor, the place for members OF this
congregation on Wednesday night Will
be in this place listening to your own
pastor rather than listening to the
words of that pompous prelate at the
courthouse
ION the following Thursday morning
the Baptist went out upon the street
seeking for some ,of his congregation
who had not been at the Wednesday
evening meeting. The first one he
found was deacon.
"'Well. Deacon he asked, were you
to the courthouse last nightT
Yes said the deacon.
81 trust said the parson, with some
irony In his tone, you were edited by
the words of the pompous prelate.
"'Now. looky here, parson,' said the
deacon. that man amt no pompous
prelate; no such thing. He's just as
common as there Is. What do you reck-
on he did? He preached in his shirt
sleevesr indianapolis Sentinel.
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No Time to Get Acquainted.

A man employed on the street cars
In New York walked into station
house and inquired If lost child had
been brought there. He was shown
into n back room. where three waits
had been collected from the streets.
After inspecting them in a perplexed
way he asked one, Are you johnny
The child was too sleepy to answer. Il
must send for my wife," said the puz-
zled applicant. The woman came and
picked out another child as her own.
you must excuse me-" said the man
to the police officials. 81 work on the
surface road and never see the children
except when In bed"
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The fact that Mexico is at war with
the Yaoui Indians is known by means
of the newspapers, but il has no spe-
clal significance TO the average reader
who knows little about the Naquls OF
their history. This history Is TO
nance of an uneonquerable race. Nheh
Cortes landed in Mexico the 1aqnls
were a powerful race numbering 3Oo,-
600 souls. They occupied the north
western part of Mexico, bordering on
the Gulf of California on the west, ana
on what is now the State of Arizona
on the north. In the early days. how
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-31

We have got 1t into our heads that
Sunday WAS better observed In the
puritnnical acceptance OF the word
three or fouf generations back than II
Is now. II was quite otherwise. All
the great iatiies when Queen Victoria
came to the throne-the Duchess OF
Wellington. the Duchess of Rutland,
the Warehouses of Salisbury. the La
dy Hyde Parker. the Misses Walpole-
had regular card parties on n Sunday.
and there were concerts and receptions
all over the town announced with be-
coming regularity in The Morning
SATURDAY Review.
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NOTE THE PASSAGE OF TIME.
Dogs Appear TO Keep an Almanac
Handy for Use.

Have dogs an almanac2 That is a
question that has exercised" the
minds of their loving observers. That
they always know Sunday Is certain.
Where Sunday is n bad day for the
dogs, to show them prayer book Is to
send them back mournfully to their
beds. But many dogs need no book for
token. They rise In low spirits on
the day of rest, dropping melancholy
tails and ears and lips. Some one says:
oh, yes; we know that dogs are crea.
lures of habit The seventh day comes
regularly around. They feel the flight
of time" But this theory does not
cover all the facts of the case. The
dogs that belong to families keeping
saints days (Which don't occur with
the regularity Of the Sabbath are
equally aware that the festivals of
their masters are no red letter DAYS for
them. "of course, 1t Is the Sunday GO
connecting hats and bonnetsv explain
ed eocksure junior some time aQo.
But 1t Is not this, Neither IL II the
church bells ringing, ms some one else
suggested For at n French watering
place, at villa out OF the reach of
sounds Of bell ringing. where the fam
lily had no peculiar livery for Sunday
not smarter coats tall hats or feminine
finery- where even the books were
not carried In the hand. being locked
up In reccptacles In the church, the
dogs got up limp and detected on Sun
days and on holidays. too. and stayed
In the same depressed condition until
the hours for going to church were past
ana going out again meant starting nm
n nice, doggie walk!
Is II not for Maggie Tnlliver, who has
been CROSSED in love" that some one
tenders recipe likely to cure her in
the words give the girl pup 1t
Is offered TO the reader as an uncon-
sciously humorous suggestion. Many
accept 1t In this sense and laugh at II.
But that Is their mistake, l venture to
think.-London Mail.
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The Girl Was Right.

A London clergyman tells moving
tale Of innocence. A frail little girl
came into public house with jug to
fetch her parents half pint. When
the jug was filled she neryously put
down two halfpennies on the counter
and made for the door. The barman,
though he hardly liked to frighten the
poor little thing. called after her In q
gentle voice: You're halfpenny
short" mo- you're halfpenny short"
she answered, and disappeared.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-31

The bacilli are found In the sputa.
and II is settled by repeated researches
that tuberculosis Is spread nearly ex-
clusiyely by dried sputum.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-31

rifle stood In the corner of the first
house / entered. All the family wore
shoes, and the mother and three little
girls wore neat, lace-trimmed calico
dresses. They had just come from
church, 1t being Sunday. Though we
were invited to dine with the family,
we declined, as our time was limited In
the village. Many other huts were WIS.,
tied, and all We're far cleaner and their
occupants more intelligent than | had
been led to expect from my reading
about the Yaquis. Both men and wom-
en- are above the average Mexican
height. Many are extremely tall and
all well proportloned. Their features
are pleasing, their eyes large and pierre
Ing, their noses straight, and their
teeth white as ivory. The carriage of
faqui woman would fire the heart of
a Delsartean with unquenchable envy.
so tall, so straight, so well poised Is
the entire figure, especially when the
ola is placed on the head on returning
from the well or river. The constant
carrying OF burdens on the head pre-
serves an erect position OF the torso,
and the act of walking is performed
from the waist downward-a method
employed by the Greeks for beautify-
ing the human form divine.
A Superior Race.
'The Yaquis are the backbone OF the
population OF Sonora. They are the
best workmen in the republic, com.
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Few people would be conceited IL
they could only see themselves as 9TH
ers see them.
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Get over your little annoyances Ny
recalling how trivial they would seem
TO man away off In Japan.
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Poverty drives some men to drink
and keeps others from drinking ss
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Good looks are often great ara"
back to q man In business. /.
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FIGHTING FOR HOMES
DESPERATE CONFLICT WAGEo
BY YAQUl INDIANS.

Mexicans, Occupation of Their Land
the Casus BeIIi-outbreak Believed to
he Their Last stand-Transvaai OF
.,ns-ica Ipvolyed in Fierce Contest.
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Modern Way of Killing whale.

Or. Frederick W. True. of the Smith.
sonian Institution, who recently spent
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-31

''The Yaquis are the backbone OF the
population OF Sonora. They are the
best workmen In the republic, COM
handing from ten to twenty per cent
hisher wages in many localities than