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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
Fined For Death on board.

'The only place. as far ms law is con-
cerned, where II costs money TO die
from natural causes Is aboard a steam
ship" remarked vessel owner. The
purpose OF the law was excellent
enough. There was a time when emil
grants were being brought to this
country In very large numbers. or by
the shlpioad MS II was termed. There
Is no doubt that there WAS crowding In
the ships that brought them, and 10
prevent this law was passed impos'
ing upon the ship bne Of $40 for
every death that occurred during the
passage from natural causes of per.
SONS over = years of age This
put n stop to ovcrcrowding. or. At
least. IT Is supposed that II did, which
Is about the same thing. Ships do not
fancy having TO pay fines Of this kind.
"Of course. IN comparison with the
great army of persons who are brought
across the ocean from month 10 month.
there are very few deaths, for the stat
lstlelans have been Kind enough 10
show beyond doubt that the steam.
ship Is the safest means q transpor-
tatlon In existence. but. just the same.
there are n considerable number In the
course of IA year" Washington Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
GUIDE TO A BLIND MOOSE.
One of His Fellows Guards Him Against
Attack and Leads Him to Food.


A good animal story comes from the
region north of Minneapolis. 1t is that
of blind moose cared for by one of his
mates and taken by him to feeding
grounds, kept from wolves and cared
for as tenderly as baby.
Last fall some hunter shot this big
bull moose and instead of killing him
succeeded only In putting his charge
where it put out the sight of both eyes.
He was seen shortly after by woods
men who have had opportunity to
watch the animal more or less during
Interested In his career. The moose
does not appear to have suffered great
" from the loss of his eyes, and Is sleek
and fat. He Is a magnificent specimen,
with antlers that branch full six feet,
standing higher than a horse and
weighing probably not less than 1,3OO
pounds.
Moose yard during the winter season
In places where there is abundant brush
and when the feed of one yard Is about
exhausted they make another some dis
lance away and there they travel in
circles as before, eating the small trees
and branches clean of tips and buds.
IL alone and forced to shift for himself
blind moose would soon die from star
walton. But to this moose there has
attached himself, not cow, but a
younger bull, and the two are in con-
slant company, say those who have
seen them at various times and have
been able to compare notes. The young
er moose is the guide and friend of the
| manned one. One of the wOodsmen
who watched them for hours one day,
when the wind served and the condi
lions were right, says that the younger
led the old one to the best bushes about
the yard. 1t had then been eaten pretty
clean and was soon to be deserted, and
II was with some difficulty that the
young animal was able to lead the
other to clumps of twigs. The moose
showed the greatest sagacity In follow
ing and was almost able, probably by
an abnormal development of the sense
Of smell, tc &c without any assistance
Minneapolis Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16

According to a resident of Chinatown
the statesmen of the howery kingdom
are now considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of
altering the Chinese law which re.
quires Mongolians to wear cues. The
local informant Is authority for the
statement that the Chinese wore their
hair American fashion some 300 years
ago, Mt which time they likewise wore
garments similar to those In use In this
country today. With new emperor
came an alteration In the two fashions
and ever since cues and blouses have
been quite the proper thing.
Now there Is n great agitation for n
change back to the old style. The
Chinese are Of a practical turn of mind
and Insist that too much time Is requir-
ed to dress their long bralds. There is
considerable objection to the style now
In vogue, and so persistent for change
has become the demand that II Is like
ly the law establishing the style Of
head dress will be altered 1t is stated
that the Chinese will not wear their
hair long, but that their heads will be
kept shaver. Only indefinite rumors
Of the proposed change have been re.
ceived from the old country, but local
Chinese express the belief that the pres
ent unpopular style will be abolished
Portland Telegram.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
VALUABLE SECRET.
One Family Has Furnished Stamp Cam
celers for~Sixty-hve Years.


Since 1885 all the machines by which
postage stamps are cancelled and enye-
lopes marked with the name of the post
office, the date, etc, have been made by
one family. In the year named the
Postmaster General entered into con-
tract with Benjamin Chambers, a citi-
zen of Washington, to furnish a device
by which postage stamps might be can
celed SO that they could not be used
again, and, although there have been
multitude Of competitors on several oc
easions, that contract has been renew
ed year after year for sixty-five years
with Mr. Chambers, his son, and his
which the dies are made of malleable
iron and carbonized into steel at cost
of from 80 cents to $2.75 each. 1t Is
certainly the only government contract,
and probably the only contract In the
| United States, that has been renewed
so often and continued so long. The de-
partment buys about $4,000 worth of
new cancelers every year. Bids are ad
yertised for annually, and every now
and then some ambitious manufacturer
who thinks he has a good thing offers a
proposal, but the Chambers family are
lnvincible. They have improved the de-
vice until 1t Is now almost perfect.
The stamper Is circular cast-steel
box with screw thread, one end of
which is closed, and is provided on the
outside with a square shank to secure
1t to the hardwood handle The cover
of the box Is disk of steel. A portion
Its thickness enters the box by means
of almost twenty threads to the inch
This permits of a space between the in
ner face of the die and the bottom OF
the box, while the remaining thickness
of the disk forms n fiange with the
edge. which Is coarse mllled, so that the
disk may be turned with the hand oil
a wrench. On the outer face of the
disk are characters Of the body of tht
cylindrical die. These combine the
marking and the canceling devices, one
being ON one side of the disk, inclosinl
the name of the postoffice In a circle
There are three slots for removable
type. for months, dates, hour. and half
hour. Numerically opposite the cir
Gle Is the cancelIng device, the side o.
which is parallel with the edge OF thu
disk. Any required number or iettel
Is cut In relief In the center. while thre'
grooves are cut intagllo. The remov
nble types are Of Steel and have on thu
ends opposite their faces projection
from their outer edges, so that whel
Inserted in the slots the projections cal
be clamped and held In place.
Until 1880 Captain Chambers manu-
featured the caDcelers here In Wash
incton, and he Is still required to main
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16

A rash clergyman once. without fur
ther equipment In natural history than
some desultory reading. attacked the
DarwinIan theory In some sundry mag-
azlne articles IN which he made him.
self uncommonly merry at Huxley's
expense. This was Intended to draw
the great mans fire. and as the batter
les remained silent the author proceed
ed to write to Huxley. calling his at
tentIon to the articles and at the sans
time. with mock modesty. asking nd
vice as to the further study of these
deep questions.
HuxIey's answer was brief and tC
the point. "Tnke cockroach and dis
sect IL Argonant.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
ORIGINAL SPEECH.
In All ProbabiIit 1t Consisted Exciu-
siveIy of Vowel Sounds.

siveIy of Vowel Sounds.
The original speech, the true prime
val tongue of man, was quite unlike any
language we have ever heard; yet We
have all the tongues of today. The pri-
meyal language was vowel language
altogether; 1t had no consonants, or CON
facts as we ought to call them, at all.
Its words consisted of vowel sounds
following each other. repeated or varied
of words Ike aeaea, aoao. ala, auau.
aeloa. laua, iolo, ouou, uaua, ueue-all
Of which. may say In passing, are
taken from a language In use today.
The sentences were intermittent
streams of yowels, each stream held on
so long as the speakers breath allowed
or within dictated. When all literature
was recited, the same consideration. the
capacity OF the lungs. determined the
length OF the bardle line; so we have
our shlokas, our hexameters, our Alex
andrlnes. and SO forth. each a lung full
Of verse; In the primeyal tongue II was
likewise, but the sentences were VOW
els only.
There are about ten or a dozen pure
vowels to go upon, and vowel words
may run up TO five syllables. so we have
a very considerable fund TO draw on for
our vowel streams. And these streams
of vowel speech corresponded to, and
expressed, streams Of emotion or feel
ing rather than descriptions of concrete
objects. For we hardly realize how ter.
ribly overladen with material trifles
our life is today, and therefore what
great demands we make on language
for concrete words. But our exclama-
lions, each of which indicates single
emotion, tend to remain pure vowel
sounds even Mt the present day.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
LOOK JUST LIKE A FOREST.
Tribes of India that Escape the Police
by Novel Method.

ny ANpfei NtethOIs
Some of the Indian tribes over which
Great Britain rules give great deal of
trouble, notably the Mahsuds, though
1t Is pleasing to learn that they are at
last being brought to something like
order and are paying the fine lately i'm
posed upon them as well as agreeing
to cease their raids.
The Mahsuds, however, are not by
any means the worst of the Indian rob
Der tribes, that unenvable distinction
probably falling to the Bills, who are
thecleyerest scoundrels In the world
both In their methods of acquiring
other peoples property and I'm evading
pursuit. They are very fond of their
skill In pilfering and openly boast of 1t.
One of them once told British officer
that he could steal the blanket from
under him and was promptly challeng-
ed to show his ability.
That night. when the officer was fast
asleep, the Bill robber cut a hole In his
tent, crept noiselessly In and gently
tickled the hands and feet OF the sleep
Ing man. The officer stirred uneasily
and turned over. In this way the Bill
was able to pull the blanket out a little
way. BY repeating this performance he
finally succeeded in cooking" the
blanket completely from under the
sleeper.
When engaged in his nefarious little
gamosthe Bill weares hardly any cloth
ing aud his 1.-THE body Is rubbed with
OIL to facilitate escape from any would
he captors. When holly pursued by the
British troops the robbers make use of
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
A STRANGE LAKE.
The PeeuIIarities of n body of Water
In Australia.


Lake George Is situated about four
miles from the railway station at Bun.
gendore, Australia, and has for many
years engaged the attention OF scien-
tific men by reason of the singular and
inexplicabie phenomena connected with
Ii. The estimates of its size vary con-
sIderably according to circumstances.
but when moderately full about ~ by
miles Will be found tolerably correct
At either end the land Is fully loo feet
above the highest recorded surface of
the lake, which possesses no known
outlet, although IL is fed by numerous
mountain creeks.
The lake was discovered by a bush
man In 1920 and was known to the
blacks as the big water" 1t was then
supposed to form the source OF river
having its mouth on the south coast
but subsequent visitors were much
perplexed Mt the manner in which the
blacks avoided the lake, OF which they
appeared TO entertain n superstitlous
dread, one aged aboriginal stating she
had seen Ii all covered with trees. an
other explaining that the whole of the
water sunk through the bottom and
disappeared, while others remembered
the lake only as a series of small
ponds.
During the following 20 years con.
siderable variations were noted In the
depth and extent of the lake. In 1911
the lake became partially dried up the
moist portions being simply grassy
swamps. \ few months later large
numbers OF sheep were pastured In the
bed of the lake. but fresh water had TO
be carted for the use of the shepherds,
that OF the lake being too salt for hui
man consumption. The place remained
more or less dry until 1852. the year of
the great floods In that part of the col
ony, when II again became filled. with
an average depth OF nine feet. Since
then the surface level OF the lake has
varied considerably. but the bed has
never been so dry as In former years.
There are indications that many hun
dreds of years ago the lake covered
far larger area than any yet recorded.
remains OF trees over 100 years old be-
ing found In spots formerly under wa
ter. The saline character OF the lake is
the more remarkable by reason OF its
being fed by pure and sparkling fresh
water streams.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
FACES

IN the eye that lights to meet Us and the Ace
that smiles 20 greet u
Are the shadows Of the future and the impress
Of the past.
And the check that In its dawning flushed as rosy
as the morning
Shows the outline Of its beauty As II fades away
at last
And the little children's faces mid their dimples
are the traces
OF the rnaiden's glowing beauty and Of man
hoods brow Of care.
And the prophecy Of glsdness and the shadow OF
the sadness
To the Thoughtful eye that gazeth are they
lurking ever there
I'm, III. f,ces that are nearest and the faces that
are dearest
Ar. the true. the tender faces that our trust and
loving Win;
Then. vhen CONES to them the shading. when the
roses shall be fading.
Like the szse with light nlumined shall We see
the soul Within
-Womau's Life,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
OCCUPY A HIGHER PLANE.
Agricultural Laborers in England Bet
ter OF than a Century Ago.

Agricultural Laborers in England Bet
ter OF than a Century Ago.
The agricultural laborers OF to-day
are certainly better clad, more luxur-
iousIy fed, have far more leisure. are
better educated and are rapidly becom-
ing better housed than their forefath-
ers century ago says the Nineteenth
Century. And IL these are the main
constituents of happiness then they are
happier.
On the other hand, their grandfathers
and great-grandfathers were much
more gay and light-hearted than the
modern; they enjoyed their lives much
more than their descendants do; they
had incomparably more laughter, more
amusement, more real delight In the
labor of their hands; there was more
love among them and less hate. The
agricultural laborer had a bad drunken
time between twenty and thirty years
ago and he has been growing out OF
that A village sot is now a very rare
bird-as rare as he was 100 years ago.
Then the laborer could not afford
a drunken sebauch-he had
not the wherewithal. His master,
the farmer. did drink. and some
times deeply In the days when he
was prospecting. And for few years
after the rise of the laborer's wages
some twenty-five years ago the laborer
was the publIean's friend. But hard
drinking has been steadily declining
and the habitual drunkard is looked
upon as a coarse brute to be avoided.
AS to other vices. things are pretty
much as they were: am afraid rather
worse than better.
Perhaps the saddest characteristic OF
the men of the present. as compared
with the men of the past, is that the
men Of the past were certainly more
self-dependent-Id do not mean indepen-
dent in the sense In which that word Is
used now more resourceful, more
kindly, courteous and contented with
their lot than their descendants are.
| think | know something about the
English peasantry of n century or two
gone by. | think | know just little
about the agricultural laborer nova
days. l bear him genuine love and
feel with him a cordial sympathy, and
there is no knowing any men or any
class of men whom we do not love and
sympathlze with. But as to the agri-
cultural laborer of the future | am
sometimes inclined TO doubt seriously
whether before another century has
ended there will be any such thing as
an agricultural laborer to know.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
LIBEL IN ENGLAND.
Not Hard There to Give Cause For
Actions mt Law.

England's libel law is terror to the
defendants. A short time ago young
playwright sold n piece to a London
manager and drew a small royalty
each week, which was paid by check.
One week when the playwright pre-
scented the check to the bank for cash
ing 1t WAS returned to him marked
"No funds" The playwright had the
check framed and hung conspicuously
in his study. He took pleasure in
pointing IL out to visitors and making
biting comments until one day the
managers lawyer called and told the
young man that he was committing
a serious libel on the manager. where
upon the check was taken down at
once.
Over In England the railway COM
panles, or at least one of them, put up
in the station placards bearing the
names of passengers who had violated
rules of the road. with addresses, the
nature of the offense and fines impos
ed. The offenders took the matter into
court. and now the placards show only
the words opposite the offense, "A
passenger"
1t frequently happens that names
giv6 to villains and ridiculous charac-
tiers In fiction will duplicate In real life.
A certain English novel had its scene
laid on the west coast Of Africa, and
the villain of the book was a major
In the army. supposed to be stationed
there. To the novelists dlsmay there
appeared one day out Of the unknown
a real major. bearing the name of the
villain of the novel, who also had been
stationed on the west coast of Africa.
In vain the unhappy author protested
in the consequent action that he had
never seen or heard of the plaintiff.
A verdict for the latter was given.
with substantial damages.
A Birmingham lawyer held that one
could libel a man effectually enough
by leaving out his name. He brought
an action against a local paper for
persistently emitting his name from
its reports of cases In which he pro-
fessionally was engaged. Presumably
he imagined that the loss Of the adj
vertisement he would have obtained
by his name repeatedly appearing was
damage enough. He was nonsuited
howpvpr
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
Sale of William Penn,s WIN

At recent sale In London of hIstor.
ical documents some interesting speci.
mems of callgraphy changed hands.
The list included large number of
autographs by William Penn. the quak-
er founder of Pennsylvania, Including
my Last VIII and Testament made. and
writ In my own hand this TWENTIETH
day Of ye 9Th month of year 1905 In We
10 years of my age" VIII and codlcil
cover ten pages quarto, all In the hand.
writing of William Penn, except, ais
the catalogue points out, the signatures
OF the witnesses.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16

tain a repair shop In the neighoorhood
of the Postoffice Department but he
moved his factory TO Northumberland
county. Virginia. ON leg Of land at the
mouth Of the Potomac. where he has
little village composed exclusively OF
employees and their families. No one
can enter his grounds without permits
sion. and these who have been there
say it is quite an ideal little village,
safe from spies Of competitors VINO
would like to get the contract away
from Washington Correspond
ence New York Tribune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
Gold In Sea Sand.

On the northern coast of California.
near Gold bluff, gold-bearing beach
sands are still proftably operated The
panning surfs of the ocean act MS glgan-
tic coneentrators. There are two kinds.
the 'straight-in SURF and the ordinary
panning surf. The "stralght-lnv is oc-
casioned by the western wind accumu-
lating the sand upon the seashore. The
pannlng surf comes with n northwest
or southwest wind, exercising n rock
Ing motion on the cumulative sand
heaps, panning them down and prepar-
ing the material for the puny appll-
ances Of the beach miner.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
The Ms,.er Of a sem,coion.

A Russian military paper tells OF
a lieutenant who overheard sergeant
giving n recruit a short lecture upon
his duties. "The military service
said the sergeant. requires little pray
er to God and strict attention to the
orders OF a superior" Somewhat as
tonished at this singular definition Of
military duty. the officer ventured to
ask the sergeant for bis authority
wbereupon the sergeant produced an
ancient volume containing the follow
Ing: THE military duty requires lit
tie: prayer to God. and strict attention
10 the orders of a superior."-Army
and Navy Journal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
THOMAS KEARNS.
The Latest Silver King TO Enter the
United states Senate

The Latest Silver King TO Enter tine
United states Senate
Though he represents comparative
IL unimportant State Thomas Kearns,
the new Senator from Utah, will be one
Of the most conspicuous figures in the
upper house of the Fifty-seyenth Con-
gress. His great wealth is responsible
for his election 10 the Senate. Like his
colleague. Clark. OF Montana, he has
wrested a fabulous fortune from the
mines of the West. after tasting the bit
ter cup of toll and priyation for many
years.
Born IN New York In 1862 he went to
Nebraska as a young man and worked
on a farm. He dug potatoes and drove
a freight wagon. 1t occurred to him
that in the Black Hills of Dakota he
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16
PUT THE MULE ON sNowsHoEs
Plan by Which the Mail Was Carried
Through Big Drifts In Maine.

1t Is said that the late Jock Darling.
the most noted hunter and trapper ever
known in Maine, once brought young
deer out of the deep SHOWS of the woods
by fitting snowshoes to It's feet, and
there have been Instances of dogs wear
winter, so far as the records show, did
any one In that part of the world ever
see mule ON snowshoes.
The snow was only an ordinary fall
but the gale that succeeded it piled up
big drifts, shutting out many towns
from all communication with the out
side world. Bingham, In Somerset
county, had been without mail for n
week When on Wednesday evening
the mail carrier, Henry Caswell, ar
rived from The Forks with four sacks
slung over a mules back.
The mule, Pete, is a dlmlnutlye ami
NAL, tough and strong, but going as
mules generally go, utterly unable to
wade through the high ridges of snow
between The Forks and Bingham. So
Caswell, after studying the situation a
bit, decided to fit snowshoes to Pete.
The plan worked all right and the lit
tie mule, seeming to appreciate the
situation, allowed the shoes to be fitted
without objection.
The shoes were made Of oak frames.
woven with stout moosehide, about
half the width worn by men and with
out the usual long shank behind. Pete
came along on his snowshoes as well
as Caswell on his, and the two were
welcomed with shouts of approval by
the people of Bingham. The return
Journey of twenty-four miles was made
In the same way.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16

The empty English mail, bags not
having been returned from the Congo
for some time it was found on inquiry
that the sacks were regularly being
stolen by the natives for presentation
to their wives, who used them as pet
ticoats
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-16

Stout Man twhose appetite has been
the envy u his fellow boarder5t-l de.
clare have three buttons off my yosi.
Mistress of the House (who has been
aching 10 give him n hinn-iou will
probably find them In the dining roomr
sir. Exchange.