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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14

The labor organizations of Connect
cut have united to secure legislation
raising the factory age Of children from
ii to 10 years.
The boot and shoe makers of New
England are hard at work and are sell.
ing all the goods they can turn out. The
industries generally are well employed.
There are $50 India rubber manufac-
turers In the United States, employing
1000 operators, who produce 100000
tons Of goods valued at S250,O00,o 900 per
annum.
The Journeymen Brewers National
Union, according to recent report of
Its Auditing Committee, has over S40,-
600 in its treasury, $4,000 of which is
invested in gilt-edged securities.
One-fourth Of the working people of
Colorado are said to belong to labor
organizat lions, and the State Federation
Of Labor claims that Colorado is the
best organized State In the Union.
Label leagues are being rapidly or
ganized In the principal cities and
towns throughout Pennsylvania, and
are creating an immense demand in
that State for union-made goods.
The printers employed In the Govern.
ment printing bureau at Ottawa, Ont,
have had their wages raised from $12
to $3.50 per week, an increase of II pei
cent, through the efforts of the union
of that city.
The Journeymen Bakers and Confec
toners international Union, nearly 80.
900 strong. will make general demand
for a ten-hour day ON May /, 1901
Members are now working twelve tC
sixteen hours daily.
The United Association of Plumbers
Gas and Steam Filters won forty
strikes last year and lost thirteen. TIL,
officers attribute their success In q
great measure to the healthy condition
OF the reserve and protection funds
held by the subordinate unions.
In 1892 the finest labor temple In the
world was built in Paris at n cost OF
100000. Eighty-two trades and organ
izations have meeting places and offices
under the roof, for which n nominal
rent Is paid. The municipal council an.
propriates $4,000 annually for its
maintenance.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
Tie Wrong Text.

every few good speeches are really
impromptu,n said n New Orleans law
yer who has reputation as n clever
ofhand talker, but IL is generally
easy to produce that effect by simply
leading of with some strictly local al
luslon. CT course that's trick. but
It's a trick employed 10y n good many
eminent orators. | was broken OF 1t
myself by rather peculiar incident.
zone day some years ago | happened
to he In a town where large CONNER
eial college Is located and was Invited
by the president TO make few re-
marks TO the boys during the noon re.
cess. | mentally framed little talk
on the subject Of energy, and as ! was
going Into tie main hall | Glanced 10
notice the word 'fush' In big letters on
the outside Of the door. by Jove.' |
said to myself. that's the very thing !
need for locaiizing my opening SEN
tcnccr So when reached the platform
| launched out something like this.
"'My young friends, as | approached
the entrance 10 this room moment
ago | observed word on the panel OF
the door that impressed me as being an
appropriate emblem for AN institution
Of this emineutly practical character.
II expressed the one thing most useful
to the average man when he steps into
the arena Of everyday life. II was
"'Pullr yelled a dozen of the boys on
the back seats. There was roar of
laughter, and I was 50 horribly discon-
certed that | was unable 10 take up
the thread Of my remarks. The con-
founded door had Push on one side
and Pull on the other. had taken
my text from the wrong slde."-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14

1 1S99-1900 found the magnetic south pole
| and reached the highest southern lati-
tude so far, 7S degrees 80 minutes; at 16O
degrees west longitude, where Ross in
1912 found land which is probably con
tinental mass; at ITO degrees west longi-
tude Cook, 1774); at 30 degrees west
longitude, where the Belgian expedition
under De Gerlache, during the winter of
1S9S-1s90 drifted beyond II degrees 30
minutes south latitude; at 30 degrees
west longitude, where Weddell penetrat-
ed to "A degrees 80 minutes south lati-
tude, and finally at 10 degrees west longi-
tude (Ross, 1S43). The enormous extent
OF the unknown south polar region can
best be illustrated If its limits are trans
ferred to a map of the north polar region.
1t will then be found that the boundary
would include Norway, Siberia and North
America down to 65 degrees north lati-
tude, taking in the entire northern half of
Alaska.
Thibet Still a Mystery.
For the completion of the map of the
Asiatic continent the researches of the
nineteenth century have established new
and exact bases, yet there are still small
er and larger regions which are entirely
unknown. Much remains to be done in
Thibet, despite the successes of Russian,
English and French travellers and Indian
surveyors. This is particularly the case
of the land north of the route of Main
Singh QS74-1S75), south of the Kwenlun
and west of the route of the journey of
De Rims in 1893. North of the Kwen-
lun and of the routes of Prschewalski
and Hedin, stretching to the Tarulo,
are extensive unknown deserts. The
eastern half of the Himalasas is known
only in incomplete outlines. The highest
peaks of the earth in this region have
been measured by trigonometry from the
fats Of the Ganges river, but their bases
nor their tops have not been reached.
Unknown in the sense of modern re-
search is also the territory cast of Blu
tan across the Tsangpo, Bramaputra, and
the Yang Kiang. In the southern
part of Arabia is the so-ealled vacant
quarter" as will be seen from a glance
at the map, an area more than twice the
extent of the German Empire.
Activity in Africa.
In Africa the researches have been par
ticularly active, and what is known of
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14

Many stories of President Lincoln
might be classified as fiction, although
few of them are. so II Is not nnnatu-
raj that this little anecdote, which is
better than most. should appear In Mr..
Irving Bachelors novel, "Eben uol-
den"
my son." he said, taking my hand
In his, why didn't you runT'
Didn't dare" | answered. II knew
II was more dangerous to run away
than to go forward"
Reminds me of story" said he,
smiling. Years ago there was bully
In Sangamon county. Ills. that had the
reputation of running faster and light
Ing harder than any other man there.
Everybody thought he was terrible
fighter. He'd always get a man on the
run; then he'd catch up and give him n
licking. One day he tackled n lame
man. The lame man licked him In a
minute.
"'Why didn't ye rum somebody
asked the victor.
"'Didn't darst,' said he. Run once
when he tackled me, an I've been lame
ever since
allow did ye manage to lick himr
asked the other.
"'Wnal,' said he, I he'd to, an done
It easy
That's the way II goes" said the I'M
mortal president. aye do 1t easy IL ye
have to-"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
U. s. CABLE SHIP BURNSIDE.

unreliable. Consequently the cable lay
ers will not know until they find out
for themselves when the slender strand
is stretching up the side of submarine
mountain and when 1t is descending
into the depths. After the Burnside
has done her work there will be some
new information regarding the ocean
bottom between the more important isl
ands that will be valuable TO navlga-
ton.
On reaching the point whence the ca
BILE is to be laid the crew proceed to
land the heavy shore ends, this being
done by hauling from the beach with
ropes and supporting the cable with
rubber air balloons until sufficient
length is landed. Connection having
been made with the signal station on
shore, the Burnside will set out for the
'shore with which communication will
be established. going at rate from four
to eight miles an hour. She must pro-
coed cautiously, as the rate at which
the cable Is paid out depends on the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
Adaptable Americans.

In America there are, as elsewhere,
wealthy families who lead quiet, I'M
ostentatious life. But there is a vast
mass of transatlantics who live only to
attract attention and to see their names
In the newspapers, remarks Henry La
bouchere in London Truth. This Is to
them pleasure In itself, with the addi-
tional joy of making their friends jeal-
Gus. The dominant note in this sort of
Americans is perfect mania for noto-
riety. 1t Is their waking thought and
probably 1t pervades their dreams. We
have a good many of the class who
have made England their residence. In
watering place like Homburg they re-
vel. Some of them have excellent man
ners, and are lively and agreeable. Some
Of them are ladies', probably recently
caught in trap on the prairies and
having been put into the hands Of a
French dressmaker they are adapting
themselves to fashionable society. This,
however, must be said of them, they are
exceedingly adaptable, and after few
months there is little sign of the prairie
left But all these butterflies create a
false impression of the American peo-
pie. The more an American Is an
American the more l prefer him or her.
| no more admire Europeanlzed Amer
leans than do their own un-European-
lied countrymen. The Ethiopian,
make no doubt, had merits as an Eth
opian. But he was poor washed-out
creature when he tried to change his
skin, and, having become Whitley
brown, sought to palm himself off as a
white man
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
poor n,chnrd,n Trend pex.

Reniamln Franklin was hearty eat
or in the good old days before the
vending of lightning rods became a
profession. When history caught one
Of her first glilnpsos of him, he was
eatlh. roll in the street. After he
laid the cornerstone OF the Pennsyl-
vonia hospital In the happy reign of
George II. lie was frequent visitor In
the halls of that institution. His Ia
bors there being arduous, 1t CHANGED
that he frequently fell hungry at work.
He appeared at the hospital gate
one day with n big tin box under his
rrm. Designating the gaze of the Gu
rlous. he marched through the cor
rdors TO the dlspensary, brushed aside
n few cobwebbed beakers from a shelf
and In TIER place planted the tin box.
What might this beT' queried his
friend Or. Rush.
This" ead Ben Franklin, as Poor
Richards bread box. Help yourself"
The hox was filled with penny cakes.
When the supply ran out, Ben Frank
lin bought more cakes. That was $50
years ago.
Since Franklin's lime, new hospital
buildings Lave crowded the old out
Of existence and the hospital has
grown to be one of the most noted In
the world. Yet an old tin box. much
battered and dented, stands on a shelf
In the drug room. and II contains cakes
and ginger snaps. Whenever the resi-
dent physicians or nurses visit the
room tlhcy 90 to the box. take out n
cake aud eat. When the cakes are
gone, the hospital steward charges the
box afresh.- Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
WEDDING AT AN ARMY POST.
How q Young Lieutenant and His Bride
Were Welded at an Arizona Fort.

How q Young Lie ufcnant and His Bride
Were Welded at an Arizona Fort.
In an article In the Woman's Home
Companion, entitled Holiday Week at
an Army Post" Harriet A. Lusk de-
serlbes as follows a military wedding
performed at an Isolated post In Ari-
IONA:
"Such unexpected things happen in
military life! We nearly lost our breath
when In the midst of our galety an or
der came for Mr.. Knox TO so to the
Philippines. He and Miss Porter were
to be married next June, and he insisted
upon leaving her bride instead of a
fianeee, hoping she might join him If
not soon recalled.
"0nly a few In the garrison had
known that the order to our senior lieu
tenant was not wholly unexpected The
Coloners family had guarded well the
secret The ceremony, with
all Its features, was so picturesque and
SO unlike those we have seen In civilian
life. On the afternoon of New Years
Day blue coated soldiery walked with
formal tread up and down the walk
which led from the Colonel's quarters
to the chapel At the former place
national flag almost hid the little We
randa, which was transformed into a
bower Of flowers and foliage, for the
day was warm and dry, as If Nature,
too, smiled upon the occasion. Soft
rugs carpeted the walk to the gate, and
there the bridal party formed after the
guests had been received. A tiny girl
and boy tastefully gowned formed a
fair advance-guard for the party, and
scattered flowers on the way from the
Southwick home to the chapel. The
stage was a mass of ferns, and in the
center was small silk American flag.
Here and there ON the walls Of the
chapel were military ensigns and guild
ons In beautiful colors, and portiere
of fags hid the balcony, behind which a
stringed quartette struck sweet strains.
1.-The ceremony was performed in
front of the stage, and the solemn
words of the ritual were spoken to the
strains of the hidden music. Through
the ribboned aisle the bridal procession
retreated and marched to the Colonel's
home. The regimental band played In
welcome, and squads of soldiers stood
In attention about the lawn, while Mr..
and Mrs. Knox, beneath the national
ensign, received congratulations before
refreshments were served"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
EngIIsh Peers Can't Vote.

Disfranchisement is one of the pccul-
lar disabilities under which n peer of
the realm suffers. Lord Salisbury once
attempted to secure vote for Hert-
ford and Middlesex. but the revising
barrister at Hatfield refused the claim
on the ground that time had given the
disability the character of law and that
peers by the law of parliament necss-
sary for the dignity and freedom of the
two houses were not permitted to vote
for members of the house of commons.
Lord Salisbury took the case to the ap-
peal court, but as he could quote mel.
Their precedent nor authority" lie was
obliged to so back to Hatfield without
his yote-Iondon Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
Christening the children.

An English parson of church In
Berbice, British Guiana. writes enter
tainlngly of his pastoral duties. In the
matter of christening the choice Of
name is left TO the taste or fancy OF the
parents. This leads to strange combs
nations He copies from his register
"Nannie Bellona." frank Locust" and
"Whlsky Emmanuel" OF earlier times
he tells the following:
One black man brought his child, and
when the minister asked its name he
said, "Seriatim ad yalorem."
On another occasion the parson ask
ed, "What ia the name of the childY
The father said. AK, parson." The
minister looked inquiringly at the man
and said:
but don't understand YOU
'Nell. parson." said the man. "my
mind gle me to go troo de New Tesla
ment. have had four boys. The lrst
was named Matthew, the secoad Mark,
the third Luke and the fourth John.
Now, this, the fifth one, Is to be Ak
[Actsl. parson."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
Search for South Pole.
NEW CABLE TO PHILIPPINES,
Uncle Sam will Soon Have Connec
ton with the Islands.

Uncle Sam Will Soon Have Connec-
ton with the Islands.
The United States will soon have ca
BILE communication with the Philippine
Islands and the people hereabouts may
learn with greater facility than is now
possible details Of Aguinaldo's efforts
to win the sprlnting championship Of
the world. For some time the difficulty
of communication between the Islands
has seriously hampered American oper-
atoms In the Philippines and has been
the subject of complaints to the govern
ment from Gen. Otis, Gen. Macarthur
and other officers. 1t was obvious that
some method of quick communication
must be put into operation, as the dis
patches carried by the warships were
In many cases too slow Of delivery to
be practicable. As soon as this impor-
tant undertaking of laying a cable had
been decided upon the War Department
set about finding suitable vessel In the
transport service. The transport Burn
side was chosen on account Of her large
capacity and her shallow draught In
proportion TO her size. She is the first
cableship ever owned by the United
States.
The Burnside was formerly owned by
Spain and named the Rita. She was
captured during the war by the Yale
while trying to run the blockade Off
Porto Rico with cargo of arms and
ammunition, lowed to Charleston, s.
c., and there taken charge Of by Capt.
Latin, her present commander, re-
named and put into commission, first
as a transport carrying mules and gen
eral government stores to Cuba and
afterward as troopship. Taken to
the Morse iron works in Brooklyn, the
Burnside was there reconstructed and
transformed into cable steamer. The
cabins and saloon were refurnished
with a view TO accommodating army
officers and their wives en- route to the
Philippines. Three huge tanks made
of copper were placed in her hold, each
capable of holding $50 miles Of cable.
These tanks are twenty-five feet in
diameter and fifteen feet in depth, with
an iron core in the center TO keep the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
We'd on a Sinking Vessel.

Perhaps the most impressive mar
rage ceremony ever performed was
solemnized while death stood leering by
on the deck of the sinking emigrant
steamer st. Levan. The vessel was
bound to Australia, with 300 emigrants
on board and heavy cargo. During a
violent hurricane in the Indian Ocean
the cargo shifted, throwing the vessel
over on her beam ends and leaving her
entirely helpless. A panic ensued and
before the ships officers could quell it
thirty of the passengers had leaped
over the side in their terror. For days
the ship drifted, swept by the seas, and
life was lost daily. Finally 1t was de-
cided TO give the steamer one more day
and then take to the boats, as the ST.
Levan was sinking slowly. Then two
of the passengers-a young man and
young woman, who had become en-
gagged ON the voyage-hunted up the
chaplain and demanded to be married.
The chaplain declined at first, saying
they had much better spend their time
getting ready for the death that seemed
certain. The pair had no notion of look
ing at the gloomy side and said they
would rather die as man and wife If 1t
was inevitable. Eventually the clergy
man married them before two witness
es, with a sinking ship instead of a
church, and the cries of terrified pas
sengers as chorus. The boats were re-
sorted to two hours later and all were
taken Off. OF the $50 souls on board
only the newly married couple and six
other people, in the smallest boat ever
saw land again. They reached the Isle
of Soeotra after twelve days at sea.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14

While Sir William Harcourt was
travelling In the highlands with Lord
John Russell and other friends they
were one day crossing a Scotch loch.
and In course of some conversation
with boatman. from whom they were
trying 10 elicit information as to his
views on the beauty OF the surround
Ing landscape. the man assured them
that the water OF the loeb had spe
cial value. When asked to explain
what II was, he remarked that it had
the reputation of making the finest
teddy In Scotland. Chambers Journal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
Bibles for the Heather.

Over 100000 copies of the Bible
were sold by the British and Foreign
Bible Society last year. This is an in
crease Of 100000 over the sales of the
year before. says a London newspaper
Sixty thousand parts of the tesla.
ments were printed and bound for the
use of the troops In South Africa. But
for this number the sale of Bibles in
England has remained for two years al
100000 copies. The missionaries are
responsible for the additional million in
the output. The heather has more
Bibles than ever before. Most of the
books were printed In China and In
Chinese characters. Many were print
ed In Hlndostan. II the present rate of
increase Is kept up and each Bible rep.
resents converted heather, the world
may be all Christianized about two cen.
turtles hence.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14

cable in position when being paid out
from the ship.
Laying the cable is going to be diff
cult and delicate job. A crew of more
than twenty men will have the handling
of the cable and their duty Will be to
see that it is paid out properly and that
1t runs smoothly from the great tanks
to the deck and thence out into the wa
ter. If the ocean bed were fairly level
cable laying would be comparatively
easy operation. But in the Philippine
Islands region the sea bottom is ex-
tremely rough, full of high mountains
and deep chasms. Moreover, the charts
are few and what there are are mainly
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14

OF pigs 1t Is commonly reported that
so queerly fashioned are they that II
they attempt to swim they cut their
throats with their fore feet but this is
only an old wife's fable. Whether wild
or tame, they are all good swimmers,
though. owing to the shortness of their
legs, they Just touch their threats with
their fore feet and beat the water very
high. Many of the Islands OF the SOUTH
ern seas are now Inhabited by wild
pigs. which nre the descendants of
those which have swum ashore, some
times great distances. from wrecked
tesscls. Petersnn's Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
A Marat Relic,

Literary Paris is greatly agitated
over the difficulty of deciding which is
the genuine copy of "L'Ami du Peu
pie" which was stained with the blood
Of Marat when the revolutlonlst mel
his death at the hands of Charlotte
Corday. SO far seven copies have turn
ed up. all solemnly accredited and all
bearing the blood stain.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
Age of Big Trees.

Referring to the age of the big trees of
California, Prof. G. Il. Bessy records in
Science" that he once counted with
much care the rings of growth of the
tree of which the stump constitutes the
floor of the so-called dancing pavilion.
This count was made from circumfer.
ence to center, and every ring in all that
distance was counted, no estimates or
guesses being made. The result was
that 1,l47 rings were counted aud ac-
cordingly 1t is safe to say that this tree.
which was fully "a or 20 feet In din.
meter. and considerably more than 400
feet in height, acquired these dlmen-
sions In eleven hundred and forty-seven
years. Prof. Bessey doubts whether
any Of the existing trees approach the
age of two thousand years.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
The Point of View.

The squire tsympathetically)-I'm
very sorry TO hear that your husband
IL ut the point OF death. Mrs. Hodge.
but you must try and be cheerful, as
you know II will be all for the best
Mrs. Hodge-Ah, yes. indeed. sir;
It'll be a blessing when 'e's gone.
Ill be able 10 live In comfort then, as
! ave i'm In four different clubs
Judy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14
why He Preferred to stay.

Landlord-You will obllge me by pay
ing your rent, now three months over.
due. Unless you can pay you must
move. Or is the rent higher than you
can afford? In that case we might
perhaps
Tenant-No. ! think I'd rather stay
right along at the present rate than
be obliged TO face the alternative of
nav or moye.-Exciange.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14

Bass-Styles' wife is terribly plain.
and she does not appear to possess any
compcnsating attractions. and yet
Styles evidently thinks the world of
her.
Fogg--Styles IS an odd stick. When
be was a schoolboy. he was actually
fond OF mental arithmetic. - Boston
Transcript
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-14

Mrs. Easey-My husband does annoy
me so.
Mrs. Kauler-Really? What's the
matter now?
Mrs. Easey-Oh. whenever he starts
in to sew a button on his clothes /
have to stop whatever I may happen
to be doing just to thread the needle
for him.-Philadelphi Press.