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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
APACHE TRIED SALT TEST.
Old Chief Victoria Selected Warriors

Old Chief Victoria Selected warriors
by an Up-to- Date Method.
In the early days of Union Pacific
railroading, Victoria, Mana, and the
present Geronimo, the three chiefs of
the Arizona Apaches, with 100 of their
best bucks, came through to Green
River. Wyoming.
| They had heard of the cheap wagon
and no hoss' and had come to stop the
train. They made a lasso of rawhide,
and fifty men on each side held on to
the rope as the freight came down the
Wasatch divide. The engineer saw
when several miles away what the
Indians were up TO. so he whlstled .off
brakes" and. opening his throttle. let
her loose. The cowcatcher struck the
rope and hurled the Indians In all di-
rections, literally tearing them to
pieces, headless. armless. and legless.
Three chiefs went south to their cactus
plains, very crestfallen.
Before the selected these men the old
Chief Victoria had them all eat piece
of rock salt about as big as n pecan
run swiftly about 100 yards, sit down
on log or rock, and cross their legs.
Then he watched the vibration of the
feet which were crossed The feet
which vibrated the longest or had the
longest strokes he declined to accept
for a severe duty or a dangerous trip
or for one that was at all hazardous.
But he accepted the feet which vib-
rated short. distinct. and regular
strokes.
Now, what did that old chief know
about pulsation of the arterlal system
or of heart action, and, indeed, about
salt In the system? | have lived near
to Indian reservations and have had
occasion often to survey over their
lands for railroads and other objects,
and since this salt controversy have
wondered where old Victoria got his
ideas. Is not the child of the sage
brush plains better posted than his
pale face brother?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
BASE-BURNER THE THING.
The Old Man Says 1t Beats Other Heaters and that Steam
and Hot Air Won't Do for the Family Use

that above all things fashion should
not be permitted to decree modes whose
effect is to weaken that most sensitive
of the organs, the eye. Yet 1t is de-
plorable fact that many Of the fash
ions are blindly followed by the fair
sex Mt the behest of some Leader" In
the gay world of society.
The veil Is one of the fashions Of the
present, as 1t has been of past times.
The sex is divided In opinion as to the
effects of the veil upon the vision, but
where you will find one to maintain
that such an adornment fades the
complexion you will find ten to aver
that no penalties would prevent them
from wearing 1t.
Go and ask an ocullst his opinion, and
what he has to say on the topic is to
plump condemnation upon every veil
that is worn. Yet he will admit that
while some nets are extremely danger
GUS and deleterious to the eyes, others
are almost uninjurlous. There are
fashions in nets and gauzes, and many
are the variations with which the veil
Is worn, but In England 1t always COW
ers the eyes, and it is here that the dan
ger arises.
OF all the wells ever tried, the Ideal
one Is yet to be discovered. Some wom-
en- can trace step by step its evolution
throughout the century. They have
heard their grandmothers talk about
the white lace "falr' that used to be
liked, and themselves can recollect the
thick green blue. gray, white and green
gauze horrors worn TO protect the COM
plexion from tan. Those wells were fol
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
PARIS is BEST FORTIFIED.
Twenty-one Miles of Defenses Now
Guard the French Capital.


Guard the French Capital.
The best fortified city In the world
is Paris. 1t is defended by seven great
forts about the city, eight miles away
from its walls; nineteen smaller forts
four miles out, each containing three
acres and mounting two ninety-fiye-
ton guns. Great stacks of 1o0-pound
mellnlte shells are ready for these
guns to hurl There are twenty-one
miles of continuous Notifications about
the town-earth-w walls 150' feet
thick at the base and fronted by forty
five-foot moats. So cleverly are the
forts masked by long slopes of green
turf and the walls by trees and bushes
that one can pass In and out of Paris
n dozen times and see scarcely trace
of its Notifications.
The range of the ninety-flye-ton guns
Is fourteen miles. To work these guns
Paris has $4,000 trained artillerymen
among her reservists. She could man
every gun twice over. garrison all her
forts with infantry reseryists and put
dozen cavalry regiments into the
field for scouting purposes. Such n
performance no other city on earth
could rival.
At every 1000 yards along the inner
slope of the Notifications Is a three
story guardhouse. Some 10000 troops
could thus be sheltered within call of
all attackable points. Every horse over
4 years old is registered. The general
staff could choose from some 10000
horses. There are In Paris 1000 cabs,
with three horses to cabs, 900
mounts fairly suitable for cavalry. Add
10000 tram and bus horses and $4,000
draught horses-the balance may be
taken as In private hands. The mill
tary stores of Paris are houndless. In
day she could arm and clothe 10000
fighting men with 70,000.0OO rounds of
melnite cartridges, and at the army
bakeries she reserves large stores OF
grain.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

could you tell me the meaning of
the word 'cataclysmp he asked of the
street car passenger who was folding
up his newspaper.
"Are you going to ride two or three
blocks fartherY' was queried in reply.
Yes, sir"
"Then you'll see one. The conductor
has carried that sharp nosed woman
two streets past where she wanted
to get off already, and she'll wake up
soon and start cataclysm that'll prob
ably jump the car Off the trackr'-
WASHINGTON Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
waiting For his Turn.

"Speakine of drinking as cause for
headaches" said an old practitioner,
reminds me Of a trip took several
years ago with a special train full OF
western physicians going to the annual
meeting of the American Medical as
ISOLATION In Philadelphia.
"On such occasions as this with
perhaps $50 physicians congregated In
a special train, a good many manufac-
turers of wines, liquors and carbonated
waters are anxious for the opportunity
of putting bottled goods on Ice. with n
representative In charge to see that
samples are dispensed at just the right
temperature.
ION this particular occasion | remem-
Der that one firm dealing In mineral
waters had an especially competent
agent on board the train. Dinner was
Just over In the dining car, tables had
been put up In nearly every section of
the sleepers and champagne corks We're
popping. Redder liquors were on all
sides, and the rattle of cracked Ice
was nearly as loud as the clicking of
the trucks.
at was Just at this Juncture that
this especial agent for the mineral wa
tiers matte his hit. He recognized that
1t was not his deal, and he started
through the train. beginning MT the
rear end of the baggage car. With a
profound bow to all present he said:
"'Good night, gentlemen, good night.
but I'll see you In the morningf
"He went through the train with
that, making the hit OF the whole trip.
Ny greatest wonder Mt 1t, too, has
been that II has not been seized upon
as an illustrated advertisement for his
ouse."-Chlcago Tribune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
What the Sultan spends.

The yearly expenses Of the Sultan OF
Turkey have been estimated at no less
a sum than S3O,OOO,0O0. OF this 81 800
900 alone is spent on the clothing of the
woman and 100000 on the Sultan's
own wardrobe. Nearly S7,5o0,OoO Is
swallowed up by presents, $5OO0,00o
goes for pocket money, and still another
$4,000, 600 for the table. 1t seems incred-
lble that so much money can possibly be
spent II year by one man. but when II
Is remembered that some fifteen hun
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

As an example of the progress of
medicine during the last century The
Medical Record cites the case of Wash
ington's last illness. He died of laryn-
geal diphtheria, and the treatment was.
1t would seem, for an old man sick
with disease, very exhausting to the
vitality. 1t consisted In the abstrac-
tion of between two and three quarts
of blood, the administration of about
20 grains Of calomel and 6 grains of
tartar emetic and an injection, with ex-
ternal application of blister. And yet
so strong was Washington's constitu-
ton that be survived this treatment for
"a hours.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
Called 10 an Easier r,.,a

We wonder II any men with white
skins are called to the ministry after
the fashion described by Booker L.
Washington In his autobiography lie
says: "A colorcd man In Alabama. one
hot day In July. while he was at work
In n cotton field. suddenly atopped !
looking toward the skies said. 20 lawd,
de cotton am so grassy. de work am 80
hnrd. and de sun am not so hot dat (
bli've dis darky am called to preachr :"
Chicago Standard.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

"Your little birdie has been very.
very ILL.," she wrote to the young man.
at was some sort of nervous trouble.
and the doctors said must have per-
feet rest and quiet and that ! must
think of nothing. And all the time,
dear George. thought constantly OF
you"
The young man read 1t over and then
read 1t through again very slowly nnd
nut II In his pocket and went out I'M
der the silent stars and kept thinking
and thinking and thinking. lie only
kept on thinking.--I.ondon Answers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

Once upon time there was Bath
ing Suit which was much reprehended
In that II was not modest.
There was likewise at this same time
also Violet whose modesty was n
matter of universal comment
what is your system" asked the
Bathing Suit. accosting the Violet. "for
/ would faln be thought modest toor
"Why. ! shrink" quoth the Violet.
meaning no harm.
But when the Bathing Suit shrunk in
pursuance of this hint 1t was only rep
rehended the more and was finally cast
away as being quite impossible.-De-
troit Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
odd and Even.

One would think that twelve was
more entitled to be considered an
even" number than ten, for Its half is
an "eyen," whereas the half of ten Is
odd" Yet on the Stock Exchange
twelve is an "odd" number. The house
takes five shares as the basis of deal.
Ing, remarks Commerce, and all multi
pies of five are considered even" num-
bors. Any intermediate numbers are
odd" and parcels of shares not dIyls-
ible by five are difficult to sell, except
at reduced price.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
COLOR OF GOLD COINS.
Reasons For Differences In Tint of
Coins of French MintaRe.

Reasons For Differences In Tint of
Coins of French MintaRe.
Some time ago a Frenchman placed
together number of gold coins Of
French mintage of the beginning. mid
die and end of the last century. He
was much surprised TO see that they
differed In color. He set about finding
out the reasons for this difference, and
the results Of his investigations have
been published in La Nature.
There Is a palcness about the yellow
of the 10 and 20 franc pieces which
bear the -etIigies of Napoleon | and
Louis XVIII that is not observed In
the goldpieces of later mlntage. One
admirer of these coins speaks of their
color as beautiful paleness" and ex-
presses regret that It is lacking in later
coins. The explanation of 1t is very
simple. The alloy that entered into the
French gold coins of those days CON
tanned as much silver as copper, and 1t
was the silver that gave the coins their
interesting paleness.
The coins OF the era of Napoleon III
were more golden In hue. The silver
had been taken out of the alloy.
The gold coins of today have still
warmer and deeper tinge of yellow.
This is because the Paris mint, as well
as that In London, melts the gold and
the copper alloy In Theoretically sealed
boxes, which prevents the copper from
being somewhat bleached. as 1t always
Is when it Is attacked by hot air. So
the present coins have the full warm
ness of tint that copper alloy can
give.
II the coins of today are not so hand
some in the opinion of amateur collect
ors as those issued by the first Napo-
leon, they are superior to those of Ell
Their of the Napoleons In the fact that
It costs less TO make them. The double
operation of the oxidation of the copper
and cleaning 1t off the surface of the
coin with acids Is no longer employed,
and the large elimination of copper
from the surface of the coins. formerly
practiced. made them less resistant I'M
der wear and tear than are the coins
now In circulation.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

women are much more thoughtful
and considerate than men," remarked
Mr.. Meekton's WIFE,
Il know they are, Henrietta; know
they are was the thoughtless answer
Take our own case for example. re-
member that you refused me half n
dozen times before you finally yielded
to my entreatles to marry me. Wash.
ington Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

-Could you tell me the meaning of
the word 'cataclysmT he asked of the
street car passenger who was folding
up his newspaper.
"Are you going to ride two or three
blocks fatherT was quericd in reply.
Eyes, SIR"
"rhen you'll see one. The conductor
has carried that sharp-nosed woman
two streets past where she wanted to
get OFF already, and she'll wake up soor
and start a cataclysm thatll probably
lump the car right off the track"-
Washington Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
er that he was not disturbed


Tears chung to the lashes of Egypt's
Queen, to say nothing of the headless
slave who weltered In his blood at the
foot Of her gorgeous divan.
1t was plain that the daughter of the
Pharaohs had received evil tidngs.
In the streets the newsboys could be
heard hawking the Evening Monollth.
"All about the football camel Cor
NTH Latin School. 10. Alexandria
Polytechnic, ST. they were shouting.
Now, wouldn't that scald your
faltered the Queen, and burst into
tears.-Detroit Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
Wells AND THE EYESI0aT.

Women Often Ruin Their Vision bS
Wearing such Gauzc.
One would naturally suppose the eye
sight Is Of such inestimable value that
rational human beings would scrupu-
lously shun all risk Of impairlng 1t, and
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
Taiiest Men in British Common.

The tallest man In the last British
House of Commons was Eugene Wason
who has been reelected member for
clackmannan and Klnross. His brother
Cathcart Wason, the winner of Orkney
and Shetland la the Unionist interest. Is
half an inch taller.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
COLOR OF GOLD COINS.

Ieasons for Diiferences In Tint of
Coins of rench Mintage.
Some time ago Frenchman placed
together numbers OF gold coins of
French mintage of the beginning,
middle and end of the last century. He
was much surprised to see that
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
Archaeological Discovery.

Near the church of Plan Couthey, In
the Canton Valais, Switzerland, there
has just been unearthed an ancient
Roman villa In splendid preservation.
The professional details of the build.
Ing excite enthusiastic admiration
among Swiss architects.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

A lecturer at the London polytechnic
declared Mt a recent meeting that ces
sation In the progress Of leprosy could
be attained II sufferers would abstain
wholly from eating fish.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
HANDLES LEGISLATIVE MAILS.

Miss Birdie Doherty Is Assistant POST
mistress of the Illinois House.
When the Illinois House of Repre-
sentatives was organized Miss Birdie
Doherty of Marshall, Clark County,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04
A. n Remedy.

az want to get copies OF your paper
for n week back" said the visitor TO
the newspaper office.
"U.ouldn't It be better TO try por-
ous fJasterY' suggested the facetions
clerk. Philadelphia Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

dred people live within the palace walls
live luxuriously and dress extensively
at the cost of the civil list, 1t appears a
little more comprehensive.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

When woman says that one of her
children looke like her husbands fam
ily. 1t is her way of admitting that 1t
Is not as good looking as the rest.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

II woman is provided with a black
dress, she feels that there Is really no
reason why she should not attend every
funeral.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-04

Fools are apt to discern the faults OF
others and overlook their own.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-25
INTEREST IN CLUB WORK.
Women of the State Federation Elect
Officers.

Interest was undated yesterday in
Women's Clubs.
At yesterday mornings session of the
Federation interesting reports for the
State educational and library committees
were read; an address was made by
Mrs. George II. Bowerman, and other
interesting business which will be re-
ported later. The State executive, Gov,
HUM, honorcd the club by his attend
ancc and made a short address. He
promised his hearty cooperation to the
federation in all its aims for the better
ment of the State. He explained some
Of the provisions of the New Library
Commission law passed by the legisla-
ture and announced the appointment OF
the following library commissions: Mrs
ella G. Marshall. of Dover, Mrs. HI. A
| Richardson. Of Dover, Mrs. Charles r
Miller, of Wilmington. Mrs. Julia Bur
ton. Manlove Hayes, Daniel G. Corbit
George II. Bowerman, Joseph S. Hol
land and John Barton.
The following officers were elected
Mrs. Bcniah Watson. Dover, president
Mrs. j. S. Willis, Milford, vice president
Mrs. X. r. Cooch, Seaford, second vice
president: Mrs. i. G. Vandegrift, Will
mington, third vice president; Miss Saral
Cannon, BrdgevIle. recording secretary
Mrs. G. r. Fulton, Dover, correspondent,
secretary; Miss Annie Ellison, Middle
town, federation secretary; Mrs. j. E
| iIofecker. Smyrna, treasurer: directors
Miss Mabel Connor, FELTON,: Mrs. Josepl
lJ@kins, Wyoming; Wiss Alice Hastings
Delmar; Miss Clara J. Van Trump
Wilmington; Mrs. r. G. Robinson, VIII
mington.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-25
STOPS WORK ON TORPEDO BOATS
Machinists' Strike May Delay Their
| elivery.

Baltimore, Md, May 24.-The machin-
lists employed in the tool repair shop mt
Sparrows Point went out this morning,
as did twelve apprentices engaged in
shop No. 2. Men from Sparrows pont say
the marine department is practically tied
M and that no work is being done on the
vessels under construction there. All
work on the new government torpedo
boat destroyers, which Were to be
launched this month, has been stopped.
Many of the strikers have visited Spar
rows Point since the beginning of the
strike, and will do so until it's end. Some
time ago the company prohibited the
entrance of persons whom it did not
care. to have visit the works, and during
II recent strike enforced this rule strin-
gently, but since that time the American
Federation of Labor has discovered that
as long as there is United States Post
office at the Point the company has no
right TO prevent any person entering its
grounds. AS a consequence, it is as
serted that the labor men and others are
privileged to enter the grounds and stay
as long as they commit no disturbance.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-25
MEMORIAL SUNDAY.
G. A. R. to Attend Two Services and
Hold Exercises in Opera House.

Tomorrow will be observed as Memoir
al Sunday by the q. \. II. posts of this
.ity. The members will attend st. Faul's
n. T. Church in the morning, where
special sermon will be preached by the
slstor the Rev. w. l.. $. Murray, II. ID,
md in the evening will attend Calvary
episcopal Church, where Il special ser
mon will be preached by the rector, the
Rev William NJ. Jefferis, ID. ID.
In the afternoon commencing 1T
O'clock service will be held in the
Grand Opera House, for which the fol
owing programme has been arranged:
Music by the choir of Delaware Avenue
Baptist Church; opening prayer by the
lt.v. John Shape. pastor Of Delaware
Avenue Baptist Church: addresses by
Col Benjamin Nields and Gen. James
II. Wilson; music by the choir: adj
dresses by William S. Hilles and Robert
II. Richards. deputy attorney general;
music by the choir; address and bene
iction by the Rev. Robert A. Elwood,
pastor of Oliyet Presbyterian Church,
who was in the Spanish American war.
Captain Peter b. Ayars will preside.
The Sons of Veterans will have charge
Of the Opera House during the exercises,
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-25
PRAYERIN MACHINISTs sTRIKE
Wol kmen Asked God to Help Them
Before They Prese nted Demands,

Chicago, May 2i.-The efficacy of
PRAYER in securing Il reduction of hours
Of labor and increased pay has been test
cd by the employees of the Troy Laundry
Company. The agitation for shorter
workday reached the machnists there.
Although few Of them are members of
the union the foreman of the Shop Com
mittee is the Rev. c. III. Doolittle, of the
Peoples Full Gospel Mission, who, be-
ing Il practical machinist, works mt his
trade at intervals
When the men met to consider the de-
mands, Mr.. Doolittle opened the meet
ing with prayer. in which the $50 en-
Iployes joined.
A committee was selected to wait on
the manager and present the demand fol
Il nine-hour day and per cent. increase
| in wages. The committee received III
audience, but the company said that
conditions did not warrant such a large
increase in wages. A counter PROPOSE
tion was made. offering per cent. ad
vance and a nine-honr day. This was re
fused by the men, and they retired to The