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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06

/ 1t is a strange thing that to-day, not
fifty years after the bitter civil strug
| gle, this country should be using names
of the Alabama and the Kearsarge-
even the memory of their brilliant con-
| tict-to cement the South and the
North into firmer union. What would
Capt. Rafael Semmes, the stanch Con-
federate who commanded the Alabama
to her grave, say of this peace bond?
What would Capt. Winslow of the
Kearsarge say of it?
! There Is another Kearsarge In the
United States navy and there is TO be-
another Alabama to fight for the South,
| but this time under the stars and
stripes. And each of these ships will
bear n silver tablet In memory of Its
forerunner and to commemorate the
reunion of the States.
The old Alabama and Kearsarge were
wooden men-of-war, each with eight
guns to man. The Kearsarge was
somewhat the speedier. but her great
advantage lay in the forethought of
Capt. Winslow, who hung chains over
the sides of his vessel to protect her
boilers and machinery. Both were
fair-sized vessels for their day, yet we
read with amazement that the crew
Of the Alabama consisted of eighty
men. The Alabama of today carries
500 men. Instead of the eight small
guns of the Confederate Alabama the
new battleship carries altogether
forty four guns besides four water tor
pedo tubes.
The old Alabama was built in En-
gland In 1862. and although she was
not one of the largest warships of the
time she was considered of fair fighting
capacity. She was built to meet men
of-war, yet she did meet and was fairly
matched by the Kearsarge, an old,
but still serviceable. member of the
dwarf United States navy. In a two
years cruise on the Atlantic the Ala
bama had preyed on the merchant ma
rine of the North and when she steamed
out to meet the Kearsarge off the coast
Of France she had list of sixty-four
destroyed merchantmen to her credit.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06
GOOD FORTUNE FOR TWO MEN,
They Are Both Named Thomas, but
They Never Had Doubts.

When Fate has slammed a man down
hard and upset his opinions or turned
them inside out, she sometimes takes
compassion on him and sets him I'D In
business as a millionaire. That was
the way 1t was with Tommy Cruise of
Helena, Mont, and that Is the way II
has turned out with another man. Tom
my Cruise located the famous Drum
Lummon mine at time when he was
near neighbor to starvation. His hard
luck had been persistent for years and
his credit was worn out. His friends
were as scarce as the proyerbal hens
teeth. But Tommy had a good thing
in the Drum Lummon and he knew 1t.
SO sure was he Of the fact that he re
fused to sell when the money was
showed at him, although he was SO
hungry at the time that he could have
eaten his bootlegs with relish. Tommy
took a great fortune out of the Drum
Lummon In few years and then he
sold the mine to an English syndicate
for 100000.
The other man who has reached the
end of his hard-luck streak Is Thomas
Cooney. For a long time he was
land agent in Helena for the Northern
Pacific Railroad. Then he branched
out for himself, and everything went
wrong so fast that when the Spanisb
war came along Cooney was glad To
volunteer and go to the front. He went
in Lieutenant and came out lieuten-
ant, although he had counted on finish
/ ing up his career on the BATTLEFIELD
When he got back to Montana Cooney
was 'stone broke" As a last chance
be took turn at mining. He had n
prospect known as the Blue Grass I'M
In the same district as the Drum Lum-
mon and he went there and fell to
work with pick and shovel and drill
In the hopeless fashion characteristic
OF men who have been on the down
grade financially for long time.
One day he struck what is known as
a contact lead. 1t wIdened into bean
tlful shute of ore, and when Cooney
had 1t assayed he was astonished to
ind that the ore clear across the lead
sampled 500 a ton in gold. Then
Cooney began to examine his lead more
carefully. Almost in the center of the
vein he found streak six inches wide
that was just studded with "free gold"
The lead was all pay ore" but that
streak was fortune in itself. Various
assays made of It gave returns of from
$1,000 to 50 900 ton.
Cooney had prospected his lead far
enough to make certain that he Is an
immensely rich man. He could borrow
$500. 600 ON the Blue Grass mine. But
only a week before the strike" half
dollar looked as big as n balloon to
him. Now he doesn't need to borrow
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06

Have you any idoa,' remarked the
cashier OF one Of the largest lunch res.
taurants in New York how many
minutes the average down town bust.
ness man devotes 10 bis midday mealf'
al n venture answered the report
or, watching the hurried play Of knives
and forks about him. Il should say -
minutes"
You set about the time usually esti-
mated" returned the cashier. but IN
reality half that time would be nenrcr
right The average time consumed for
lunch by the patrons Of this establish.
ment Is Just eight minutes The fact
Is" continued the cashier after the re-
porter had ventnrcd n foreboding for
New York digestion. people find 1t
such trillng and unobtruslve matter
just to get a bite of lunch TINT few
realize what n gigantic business II Is
merely TO supply hungry people down
town AT noon. because few bring their
lunches with them and from the for
nation Of the city none can go home.
This establishment feeds 1900 poo
pie day, and the amount of food re
qulred 10 care for that patronage IL
enormous. For example when we put
hash on the specials enough is made
up actually 10 fiji wagon. We are
not the largest lunchroom, however"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06
AFouRTEEN-FooT TooTHACHE.
Probable Cause of Sudden Freuzies In
Captive Elephants.

Captive Elephants.
81 told you the other day about the
Sultan of Zanzlbar's clocks" said Rob
ert Crawford, but there was another
thing | heard of while In that country
which is not without interest. The Sui
tan used to take me round to show me
the place and of what its trade consist
ed. 1t Is the greatest cloYe-raising
country In the world, and as such con-
yeys comfort and courage to out-be-
tween-the-acts theater-goers the world
over. Other spices and cocoanut ropes
are also important features of their ex-
port trade. But In addition to the sale
of that which they raise within their
own borders their revenues are large
ly increased by the trade in ivory. Fan
zibar is the greatest market for South
African ivory, which is brought there
In large quantities from the interior.
The ivory is placed In large ware
houses, from which 1t is either sold ut
once or else held therein for a better
market
1.-THE man In charge of these ware
houses was a very interesting character
an expert In ivory. He told me many
curious things about 1t, and, among
others, propounded the following the
DRY as an explanation Of why elephants
go mad and occasionally run amuck:
In the warehouse were pair Of mag
nificent tusks, measuring fully four
teen feet from tip to tip. which In life
must have been carried by yeritable
Goliath among elephants. The expert
In showing me these tusks, pointed out
the fact that, while one OF the tusks
was complete and flawless, the other
was broken off at the point and showed
deep scratches and abrasions through
out Its length. Now said he. II you
will look near the base you will find
hole made by decay that had struck
Into the nerves and given the elephant
a toothache. and think what a tooth
ache of toothaches a fourteen-foot tooth
must havu held In his effort to relieve
this pain the elephant rubbed his tusk
against rocks and trees and drove II
Into the earth, which mutilated II In
the manner you here see. | have fire.
quently come across places where an
elephant has ripped up great spaces in
a forest and torn down the trees. and
am positive that toothache was the
cause Of this frenzy. An elephant In
circus going suddenly mad and killing
his keeper is not an uncommon thing.
but I'll wager that In nine cases out OF
ten, II they would properly investigate
the matter, they would find that the
brute's sudden frenzy sprang from so
ordinary a cause as common. everyday
toothache.' New York Tribune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06
BOTTOMS LAST YEAR.
The Way He Spent 1t Preparing Fo,
His Death.

"Bllly Bolton, the Lansingburg brew
er, was n very rich man and one with a
host of friends" said an up state man
to the New York sun. Ills brewery
In Lansingburg was profitable con-
Germ, and he practically owned about
all the saloons In that town.
lone day after a consultation his ply
sicians told him that he had Brlght's
disease and that he surely would not
live more than year. Billy took their
word for It and made up his mind to
make the fur fly while life was left
lie had never Travelled much. and so he
decided to go around the world
"EIe took with him congenial friend
and plenty of money, and away they
went. They left trail OF fire and ash.
rs through all the capitals of Europe
and the queer and strange places of
Asia and Africa. After nine months
they came back, and Bolton brought
with him the most marvellous collection
of souvenirs and presents that any
man not professional collector ever
brought into this country. The duties
amounted to $4,000
arrived In Lansingburg, Billy hired
the town hall, sent his packing boxes
filled with these oriental and European
treasures up 10 the hall and had them
all taken out and put on exhibition as
though for a church fair. Upon each
article he marked the name of some
friend whom he wished to remember
with n gift There were hundreds In
this category, but Billy had presents
for them all.
ION the day appointed for the pres.
entation he invited his army of friends
to the town hall. To each he turned
over the present selected for him. and
amid the cheers Of his grateful and ad-
mirlng fellow townsmen the hall was
stripped of its beautiful things.
when the last present had been
placed In the hands of its recipient.
Billy went back 10 his home and lay
down 10 die Within the year his ply
slclans' prophecy came true. aud the
town gave him the finest funeral that
any man ever had"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06
His Fathers Palace,

An Irishman has no rooted objection
to n little brag now and then on his
own account, but he gradually deplores
the habit Of boastfulness In his neigh
bors, and hastens to subdue II.
ITO think of me coming down to
wurrk like thisi" grumbled one of Mr..
Dennis Herlihy's associates In the
STRENGTHENING department.
you've no made to talk of coming
down till they put you to underground
wurrk. digging for pipes" said Mr..
Herllhy. q.
ut may be all right for the likes Of
you," persisted the grumbler, "but for
me, that might have lived Mt home in
me own fayther's palace. 1t comes
hard"
Palace, is it?' echoed Mr., HerlIby.
with snort of lncredulity. ITS mesilf
that's thinking II you were there, you
could stand on the ground, put your
hand down the chimbly and open the
door of it! You and your palaces had
better get to wurrk, manr
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06

methodieally. The Alabama pushed Tor
ward to get within range, as surely
the Kearsarge backed away to get the
advantage of the greater range OF her
guns. In doing this the two ships
moved in a circle, keeping always Win
in view of the spectators.
Battle Was Hard Fought.
For more than an hour the battle
lasted: it might have been gala day
maneuyer for all the audience saw. On
the ships, however, the business OF war
was bringing its suffering. The chains
hung on the sides of the Kearsarge
protected the engines, but not the men
who were struggling on the decks with
the guns. And on the Alabama there
were no chains and the sea was forcing
its way through the wooden hull to add
its horror to the suffering of the
wounded. The men on the Alabama
found their gunpowder cakey and bad
and they were discouraged at sight OF
the unexpected armor of the enemy.
Finally the Alabama turned and made
for French waters hardly a mile away.
1t would not have taken long for the
Alabama, disabled as 1t was, to swing
in and out of danger, but Captain
Winslow saw the move and was quick
to meet II.
The Kearsarge swung to, and, cross
ing the Alabama's bow, raked her fore
and aft. An English yacht, the Deer
hound, which was lowering near to
aid the officers of the Alabama, sour
ried away In fright. while a cry from
the watching boats foretold the end.
The Alabama went down quickly, al
though her colors had been struck and
the white flag was flying when her
bow dropped out of sight. Captain
winslow stopped firing when he saw
the end had come and boats were sent
out to rescue the enemy's crew. The
men from the Kearsarge worked with
such good will that all told sixty-elght
were saved from the wreck. The Off
GERS of the Alabama were taken off by
the Deerhound and carried to Eng
land, where, in spite of his defeat,
Captain Semmes was feted and made
much of.
The career of the Alabama was one
of the most notable in history. Never
was such record made at privateer-
ing. Although hardly two years at her
work, she lrreparably injured Ameri-
can commerce and busted a greater
part of the United States navy In her
chase. For years her history was the
horror of merchantmen and tradesmen
kept sharp lookout lest another might
come to succeed her.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06
Lettuce as a sedatlve.

The soporific properties of the COM
mon, or garden lettuce, were known In
the earliest ages. Galen used to eat the
lettuce in the evening as n remedy for
wakefulness at night, and most persons
find 1t induces sleep. Lactucarium is
the inspissated juice of the garden let
tuce, and has the color, and in some
measure the taste and odor, OF opium;
but no morphla has yet been obtained
from 1t, and its narcotic principle Is
therefore still undiscovered. It's analy-
sis is said TO prove 1t to contain a large
proportion of caoutchouc. as much as
twenty-five parts In fifty. Its medlci-
nal effects are very nearly the same as
those of opium, but 1t is undoubtedly
much milder in its operation. and NAV
consequently be used in cough and con-
sumption and in other cases where
opium. from Its stimulating effect, can
not be borne.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06
The battle between these two wooden

The battle between these two wooden
vessels was one Of memorable interest.
Nearly all France was present, with
goodly representation from England,
stationed off shore to cheer the Ala
bama to victory. The whole affair was
arranged much as though 1t had been
a regatta instead of stern sea battle.
When the Kearsarge steamed into the
Cherbourg harbor on the 18th of June,
1854, and found the Alabama there
every one knew there would be fight.
The news of 1t spread throughout
France and from every corner of the
pleasure-loving republic crowds started
for Cherbourg. Parties went down
from as far north as Germany, and
yachts carrying private parties cross
ed the channel from England when ii
was known that the Alabama would
not try to run away as she had done
before.
Every man on the Alabama Was
etching for a fight after the months
of uninterrupted domlneering. They
were looking for an enemy that would
not give up at the first shot. Captain
Semmes, who had conducted their ex-
petitions, was a Southern gentleman
and not an inch a coward; besides that
he knew the ship which lay waiting for
him was fair match for the Alabama
and he loved nothing better than a fair
fight. 1t was therefore much TO his
satisfaction to give the orders to clear
for action, nor was a moment wasted
by the men. Sunday was the Ala
bama's lucky day. 1t was the day of
her christening, and Captain Semmes
chose 1t to be the day of her death.
Early Sunday morning, the 10th of
June, 1854, the Alabama swung away
from her pier. She was in the best of
fighting trim and the good cheer of her
crew echoed in the forecastle refrain
We're homeward bound, we're home
ward bound;
And soon we shall stand on English
ground
But, ere our native land we see,
We first must fight the Kearsargee.
A fleet Of small craft accompanied
her to- the three-mile line, their crowd
ed decks shouting words of eneour-
agement to the waiting gunners. A
mile farther out In the purple haze the
Kearsarge waited. Captain Semmes
called his men forward and addressed
them briefly, with perfect assurance in
his words. Then ordering them tc
their places he charged the Kearsarge
leaving in his wake the line of specta
tors. So began the most spectacular
naval battle the world has ever known
Thousands of people witnessed the
sight, their boats keeping just within
the safety line.
The Kearsarge waited silently whils
the Alabama rushed in wasting hel
first broadsides from carelessly train
ed guns. The clear-headed prudenc,
which has since distinguished the Unit
ed States ravy saved the day for thu
Kearsarge. Captain Winslow was II
no hurry to open fire. but when he di'
begin the guns worked steadily an'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06
A I.iterarY Nightmare.

When does Mary Mapes Dodge?
When Thomas w. Knox.
What did Charles Reade? Whatever
he saw Mabel Osgood Wright.
When Is 1t that John Burroughs?
When he hears Edward Everett Hale.
Why did they Hall Caine? To make
Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Who gave Thomas Paine? Hamilton
Wright. Mabie.
What made Winston Churchill? Eat
ing what he saw John Esten Cooke.
What will make Walter A. Wyc-koff?
/. Gang will.
Why did Charles Darwin? Because
he never turned his back to De-foe.
Where did Capt. Frederick Marry
at? At the Ellen 0lney Kirk.
What made Col. Richard II. Savage?
Hearing Charles Carlton Coffin.
Why was Wagner Haydn away
Bach? because De Koven had him on
his little List.
What kept Charlotte NJ. Yonge?
Helping Elizabeth Phipps Train.
Why do we not laugh at r. d. Black
more? Because we find John Green
leaf W(hdttier.
Whence came Samuel Smiles? Be-
cause he saw hen reward Beecher.
Why did Miss Mu-loch up the silver?
Because she saw Flora Annie Steele
Life.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06
Rolling Out Gunpowder.

At a recent fire In Boston, which
filled the nelghboring building, a gun
store, with smoke and threatened It's
destruction, man sat quietly upon the
powder-chest near the door, until II
was removed to a safe place In an ad-
jacent block. The cool deed recalls an
anecdote told In "a Godchild OF Wash
ington," about a fire In New York, in
1888, while the British were getting
ready to evacuate the city.
Col. Morgan Lewis had returned to
his house in the city. and with him. as
guests, were Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Hamilton. Fire broke out In the ar
senal, and all classes were frightened.
Those Americans who had returned to
their homes feared that the arsenal had
been set on fire by the British. The
British soldiers kept aloof, lest they
should be suspected, and become the
object Of popular violence. The flames
continued unchecked
Col. Lewis and Mr.. Hamilton were
forming the citizens into line to pass
leather buckets from hand to hand.
when a soldier announced that all was
lost ms the arsenal contained several
barrels Of gunpowder which the fire
had just reached.
Come, my lads. won't you help usr'
said Col Lewis to the British soldiers,
standing idly by.
yes, sir, willingly" they replied.
Hamilton and Lewis led the way into
the burning arsenal. and the soldiers
followed. They rolled out through the
fire the barrels of gunpowder, calling
them barrels of pork" and thus saved
the city.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06
A Long Way Round,

According to a paragraph In the New
York Sun, there Is postoffice I'm Mime
sofa from which 1t takes letter eight
days-and more than twelve hundred
miles of trayel-to reach another office
only half n mile away.
The second Office is in Canada, on the
other shore of Rainy River The mail
used to be carried across In a bark
canoe by half-breed, who made liv-
Ing by the work. Now 1t goes one hun.
dred and fifty miles by stage, one hun.
dred miles by rail to Duluth, six hun.
dred miles west and north to Winnipeg
two hundred miles east by rail, and two
hundred miles more by steamer and
canoe to get to that village that can al.
most be reached with shout by good
pair of lungs.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-06-06
MOST PEOPLE LoPsIpEo.

Differences Between the Legs, Eyes
and Ears of Men and Women.
The two sides of a persons face are
never alike. The eyes are out of line
In two cases out of five, and one eye Is
stronger than the other In seven per
sons out of ten. The right ear Is, also,
as a rule, higher than the left.
Only one person In fifteen has perfect
eyes, the largest percentage of defects
prevailing among fair-haired people
Short sight Is more common In town
than among country folk, and Of all
people the Germans have the largest
proportion OF short-sighted persons.
The crystalline lens of the eye is the
one portion of the human body which
continues to increase in size throughout
life, and does not cease with the attain
ment of maturity.
The smallest interval of sound can
be better distinguished with one ear
than with both. The nails of two fin
gers never grow with the same rapid
ity, that of the middle finger growing
the fastest, while that of the thumb
grows the slowest
In fifty-four cases out of hundred
the left leg is stronger than the right.
The bones of an average human male
skeleton weigh twenty pounds; those of
a woman are six pounds lighter.
That unruly member, the tongue OF
woman, is also smaller than that Of a
man, given a man and a woman of
equal size and weight. II may be APP
palling to reflect, but 1t Is nevertheless
true, that the muscles Of the human
Jaw exert force of over 500 pounds.
The symmetry which is the sole In
telligible ground for our idea of beauty,
the proportion between the upper and
lower half of the human body, exists In
nearly all males, but is never found In
the female. American limbs are more
symmetrical than those of any other
people. The rocking chair, according
to an English scientist, Is responsible
for the exercise which increases the
beauty Of the lower limbs. The push
which the toes give TO keep the chair
In motion. repeated and repeated,
makes the lnstep high, the calf round
and full. and 1t makes the ankle deli
cate and slender.
British women are said to average
two inches more In height than Ameri-
cans. Averages for the height of women
show that those born In summer and
autumn are taller than those born In
spring or winter. The tallest girls are
born In August.
AS far as boys are concerned, those
who first see the light during autumn
and winter are not so tall as those born
In spring and summer. Those born In
November are the shortest; In July, the
tallest.
An average head of fair hair consists
of 143, 04O hairs, dark hair of 105, 5000,
while a red head has only 29,200. Fair
haired people are becoming less numer-
Gus than formerly.
A person who has lived seventy years
has had pass through his heart about
$40, 920 tons of blood, the whole of the
blood In the body passing through the
heart in about thlrty-two beats. The
heart beats ON an average of seventy
times minute, or 6,792, 600 times in
the course of year, so that the heart
ofan ordinary man. 50 years of age, has
beaten 3,O0000o,000 times The heart
beats ten strokes minute less when
one is lying down than when one is in
an upright positlon.-New York Sun.