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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-12
No NosouItos.

The is5 guests at the Oakland Beach
hotel are among the fortunate ones. They
enjoy the cool breezes OF the bay. a fine
mosquito.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-12
The Constitution and Columbia
Having Another Contest.
New Boat Gets Over the Line First and
Draws Out on Old Cup Defender.
Race will Be Long One.


the conditions
sO-mIe the of
that
In and the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09

1t Is easy to misunderstood and easy
to be misunderstood; and sometimes,
happily, 1t is easy to give and to accept
an explanation.
Il did think would never come tc
see you again." said cousin Of the
prominent society woman who had
come to the country to visit her and
was about to start homeward. "It's kind
Of you to ask me. of course, but re-
member that when was at your house
in the city, two years ago, you did mol
seem glad to see me. You were kind
and hospitable, of course. but remem.
Der You did not smile once during the
entire two weeks Of my stay"
To her establishment her city cousin
burst into At Of laughter.
Maria" she said, '.just before Won
came / had the misfortune to break the
porcelain crown from one Of my new
front teeth, and as my dentist was out
Of town on his vacation, had to wait
for his return. didn't dare to smile
when any one was looking at me for
fear Of showing the ghastly metallic
back to which the porcelain had been
attached. It was strain. Maria. but /
was equal to It, and did not want to
have to explain"
And her smile, now without ! mo.
chanical haw. reinforced the renewet,
invitation.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09
UNLIMITED Guests.

Persons who want to save hotel bills
are extremely likely to drop In at the
parsonage, preferably one where the
occupant has limited salary and an
unlimited family. The merest shadow
Of an excuse sufiices for an introduc-
ton, as in two cases which clergy
man reports In the Chicago Times
Herald.
"Once." he said, 1.-THE last Of our COM
pany had gone, and no new arrival was
expected. | felt that could renew ac-
quaintance with my family and that
we might sit down to meal without
strangers being present. Just then the
doorbell rang. opened the door my
self, and young lady whom had
never seen before stood on the doorstep
with satchel In her hand.
Are you the Dew. DIR. Blank she
asked.
Il told her that was, and she intro
duced herself as coming from Ak
ron, o.
~ heard you preach in Akron when
was little girl, and now have
come to spend few days with your
family and hear you preach again.
Il handed her over to my wife and
daughters, and she staid week and
treated us with the assurance Of an old
friend"
Another guest he liked to tell about
was a fussy old woman from his ma
tive town who had been waited on by
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09
Idfe-savine Politenoss.

Patriotism and politeness are great
virtues, and a Japanese physician
Doctor Aoyama, owes his life to the
fact that he possessed them both In
high degree.
He had caught the plague. and was
dying for need of the food which, In
his delirium, he refused to take. His
nurse was in despair. but finally con-
ceived the idea Of playing upon his
patriotism by filling a glass with liquid
nourishment and then Offering to drink
to the health Of the mikado.
This was repeated until, ardent
patriot as be was. the doctor felt that
he had honored his sovereign enough.
Then his politeness was appealed to,
the nurse proposing toast and re-
preaching the sick man for not joining
1t It. In this way the patients strength
was maintained until the delirium sub
sided and he became convalescent.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09

the humidity Of the air, the pen being
actuated by a strand of human hairs
stretched inside the long tube seen at
the top of the figure. These hairs
lengthen when subjected to moist air
and shorten In dry air.
The next pen toward the left traces
line upon the record sheet which
shows the pressure Of the air, the pen
being actuated by the gang of five
round, thin objects seen between the
pressure and humidity pens in the fig
ure.
The next pen traces line showing
the temperature Of the air, which acts
upon special form Of thermometer
contained within the long tube at the
top. When the instrument is attached
to the kite the wind blows directly
through this tube, thereby acting
strongly upon both the thermometer
and the hair hygrometer inside.
The pen at the extreme left Is de-
signed to record, electrically. the yeloc-
ity Of the wind. For this purpose a
small thermometer Is fixed to the kite
and connected to the instrument by
wires. The pen makes little marks on
the record sheet corresponding to every
two miles of wind movement.
The Weather Bureau kites attain an
altitude of mile and half In some
cases, and frequently reach 1000 feel
in height
When flying at an elevation Of from
8. 900 to 1000 feet one of the Weather
Bureau kites, supporting It's instru-
ment, will pull from go to 80 pounds, II
not more, and from 5000 to 10000 feet
of wire will be out.
The great Importance in meteorolog-
ical studies and weather forecasting OF
such observations as can be obtained
by means Of kites is apparent. These
give the conditions prevailing In the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09
OLD BoB.s GRIEVANCE.
His Especial Sorrow Over the Death Of
His Pet Coon Dog.

His Especial Sorrow Over the Death of
His Pet Coon Dog.
Bob was one of the old-time darlxies,
and an uncommon character. He was
great, black strong-limbed fellow.
who lived close to nature, and was N
spontaneous In his feelings as his cele-
brated coon dog. Pete. Birds and
beasts were almost as familiar with
him as with one of their own kind, but
there was a notable exception, to wit,
coons. Between Bob and coons waged
an unremltting warfare, In which he
was ably assisted by his dog. Pete. who,
as he said. he had ''done brung up into
de bes' OF coon dog in Gawgy."
One day Bob and Pete had freed q
coon, and Bob got his az and proceeded
to bring Brer Coon within reach of
Pete's prowess. When the tree fen
Pete rushed for his victim, and Bob
"done in'coughed him de bes' he
knowed," but the coon was game In
every hair. and gave such a battle that
it became a question whether he would
not avenge the lives of many Of his
brethren who had gone before Bob's
ideas Of fair play were none Of the
keenest when 1t came to q conflict with
coon, so he drew near with his AZ,
and, watching his opportunity, aimed q
blow which was calculated to end the
conflict In short order. Alasl just ~
his stroke fell the combatants executed
a lightning change of position. and the
faithful Pete received the fatal stroke.
With tears and groans Of honest feel
ing. Bob bore Pete's body homewart1
and told Of his tragedy.
"De good Cord knows hub OF Pete, !"
he said, "but hit hain't 30 much dat he
am gone dat huhts me. Course kin
brung up 'noddah coon dog en- mex him
mos as good. but dat nevah kin mex
up To- de fack dat OF Pete will allus be
undeh de collision dat dat no-'count
coon done kill himw-Detroit Free
Press
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ElEPHAk1s IN TIE WATER.
they We're the Only Animals That
saved Themselves IN shipwreek-

rh.x We're the on1y Animals That
saved Themselves IN shipwreek-
when a number of elephants are ship
ped strong structure Is erected on
deck and there they are stabbed. chain
ed by the feet. No doubt IN an emer-
eency they could easily walk away
with their chains and the deck flooring,
throwing the stable aside II It offered
any impeachment to their progress and
the door happened TO be shut HE
plants, fortunately. are not always put
ting forth their prowess and the chains
In ordinarylweather and ordinary cir
cumstances keep them sufficiently IN
check. About twenty years ago VIII
lam Jamrach, who had made fortune.
was returning from India with cargo
of elephants. black panthers. tigers.
cheetahs. leopards. hyenas, apes. ser
penis, orang-outangs and rare birds OF
all kinds. He valued the lot at $50. 900.
The Agra-that was the name Of the
ship he was coming home on = was
swinging at her anchor on Point de
Gale. Ceylon.
Suddenly there was heard a fearful
crash that gave pause to everything,
The chattering. the screaming. the
growing and the roaring Of the ami
mails stopped dead. The startled men
looked for just moment straight In
the face Of each other. Then the ex-
clamation. Great heavens, she's sink
mgr was followed by clamor that
Just blotted out the stiffness. At one
and the same moment both man and
beast seemed to realize the situation
and at one and the same moment they
all began to exhibit symptoms Of the
alarm they felt. In the case Of the men
they were free to devise means Of es-
cape and they Immediately busted
themselves accordingly. In the case Of
the animals they were confined and
had to undergo the horrc Of facing .
death they were powerless to avert It
Is natural for an animal to die In COM
bat with an enemy and while the COM
bat lasts there is hope of escape. There
is no facing of death here. the animal IL
otherwise engaged engaged, too, In Q
natural way. But with the animals
cooped up on the Agra, with never an
enemy to fight 1t was far different, and
they gave vent to cries Of unbounded
despair. The elephants made a noise,
too, but there was not one touch Of des-
pair there. 1t was the businesslike
sound Of crashing timber, and before
the Agra had reached bottom a herd
of elephants was swimming to CeylonI
-Cnssell's Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09

free atmosphere, often in and above the
clouds themselves, at points far re-
moved from the disturbing effects Of
great cities, forests, the earth's surface,
etc. In fact, observations thus obtained
are characteristic conditions of great
masses Of the atmosphere, and when
determined regularly and completely
they afford far more exact and prob
ably earlier Indications Of important
forthcoming atmospheric changes than
the most elaborate observations taken
at the surface. The tops of our highest
buildings, after all, are only an insig-
nificant distance up In the free air, and
all SUFFICE conditions always are mod
flied as result Of the actual contact Of
the air with the earth and the imme-
diate effect of the latter upon adjacent
portions of the air.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09

A coronation without a crown sounds
distinctly Irish. yet such was In effect
the ceremony In which Henry III took
the most prominent part at Gloucester
on Oct. IS. 1916. On this occasion
a plain circle was used instead Of q
crown. which had been lost with the
jewels and other haggage OF King
John In passing the marshes Of Lynn
or the Wash near wisbeach- London
Telegraph.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09
YANKEE ~ uppER sURMAA.

Telegraph Opsrator Reached Hfs Post
After Dangerous Trip.
There II not q remote corner Of the
world In which one may not run across
a wandering Yankee Americans are q
pervasive lot. From away up In Shan
States. In North Burmah, comes q
letter from goyernm .nt telegraph
operator to his brother, which says:
when l wrote you last from RAN
COON, a few months ago. thought that
in all probability IT would be the last
you would hear from me. YVES then
about to leave with the boundary COM
mission on a tour Of 600 miles
through the Shan States to the
Chinese frontier-on horseback. on
muleback, and on foot. OF the
seven who composed the party three
were killed In a fight we had with the
Wahs, one died of fever In the Chin
hills, two returned to Mandalay, while
l remain here In the government tele-
graph Office
could have induced any one to ac-
company me should have pushed on
into China and taken pot-luck in the
crusade against the Boxers. Kentung
was as far as got however. and on re-
turning to this village the option Of re-
naming here or returning to Rangoon
was offered to me. SO much for my re-
cent experiences. which. though doubt
less of no interest to you. recount for
the information Of the folks at home, to
whom trust you will be good enough
to send this letter In the hope Of NOV
Ing them to send letter of cheer to a
wandering brother.
If all goes well shall remain here
two or three years Living Is expen-
siye, but the pay Is good. and the people.
though wild and uncouth, are Of a
happy and peaceful tribe. The handful
ow white men which we have here are
all gentlemanly chaps. My address ID
Taunggyi. Shan States. Upper Bur
mah."
what story this little letter outlines
for KiplingI
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09
BATTLES OF NATURE.


UuDEHE1uU sFM8#Acs WnA4n suu IN
survival Of Fzttest-
We read the tablets OF long ago
which the geoiegist has deciphered for
as. ard we flnd them an endless story
Of battles. The successful species
which occupy the great geological
horizons have come out Of great tribu-
Iation. The frilobites and stone lilies
Of the silurian period. the gigantic club
moss and f1uted sigiIlarinns OF the coal
age. the enormous ammonites of the
jurassie and chalk cpochs, the mighty
elephants and majestic deer forms of
the tertiary era are magnates Of the
times and masterpieces Of the struggle
They have been redeemed at great
price. even OF thousand species and
tens Of thousands Of Individuals who
fell short OF the typical fitness and
were killed out. These magnates. each
In Its turn. were pioneers Of progress,
ike the scouts OF great army and
were caught In q physiological am
bush
The pedigree OF the horse In the most
recent past has been made out. traced
shall we say. for hundred thousand
years before man came on the scene
flor Lord Kelvin asked the geologist
to hurry up and not be too lavish with
time or we should have said 100000
years before mani. The ileetness, grace
and strength of the horse are owing to
his ability to walk on one toe, to which
have been correlated the wonderful
instincts by which he has become the
partner Of man In his industries and
struggles He has been derived In
almost a strict graduation from the two
toed. three toed. four toed and five
toed ancestors which fourished In the
ages which preceded man. Myriads Of
Individuals and all the species and
varieties died out to make room for the
one toed selection to enable this favor
tic to occupy the ground unthwarted
by crossing or by recurrence to average
forms. He was redeemed at a great
price and has come through q great
tribulation. Contemporary Review.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09

When Justice Bookstaver was on the
supreme court bench. he had as special
officer or attendant punctilious old
German. who always stood guard at
the door leading to the Justices private
chambers when the justice was within.
One day a prominent lawyer and two
Of his clients called and asked II the
justice would receive them.
The officer threw open the door and
called out loudly to the justice:
'sShudgei Two shentlemans und q
lawyer wants to speak NIT you"
The three gentlemen laughed
1vor What you Ian. chr
Don't you count me gentleman
osked the lawyer.
"Ach. you're-a lawyer only: OATS DIFF
ferent"-New York Mall and Express.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09

The employees of the late p d. Ar
mour always referred TO him as ''the
old man." This was not SO much the
result of a habit among workmen of
calling their employer THE old man"
as an eccentricity Of the "old man"
himself. When he wanted to give aid
anonymously, he said. That's from
the old man." Many gifts went out of
his pocket under the signature of 1.-THE
Old Man."
A young girl went to the business Of
fee of the great packing concern one
day to report the illness of a friend
who worked as stenographer in the Of
fee. Mr.. Armour happened to stand
near and overheard the girls request
for an advance In her friends salary
with which to pay the Doctors bill.
Thrussing his thumb Into his vest pock-
et-that pocket which seemed mint OF
greenbacks-h he handed the girl a roll
Of bills.
Take that to your FRIEND" be said,
then adding to relieve the girls aston
Ishment, TELL her the old man sent it."
Before the girl could thank him he
was gone, but just as she left the build
ing he again appeared and, finding her
gone, hurried hatless into the street.
Here. herel I forgot something" he
called.
The girl turned back, and without
word Mr.. Armour pressed something
Into her hand. She looked down. 1t
was a $50 bill
Mr.. Armour had decided that his gift
was not sufficient and fastened to In
crease it.-New York Tribune.
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Wearers OF eyeglasses are ,re1uenus
annoyed IN cold weather py 'lie oeposle
OF moisture tnat Iornas On .ne e,ass
upon entering warm roon. aeco'u,ns
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pie preventive OF TINS ahhoyahce 10 'iie
ruppine OF the glasses Win soi' po'asn
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applied the glasses can pe polisneo
pright tne Invisible MN That remains
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moisture
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boom liquid air commercially, but
without encouragement from scientific
periooicais A London paper says.
One o. the greatest dmcuiues 10 De
COMMENDED Win IN the pracucai app'i-
catlons OF nquid air Is tnat Oh keepins
Tor length OF ume. According 70
MI. Carl Linue, small quanuties may
De preserved IN wei-exnausted ana sil-
vered douDie-Waiied g'ass vessels Tor
Q relatively long time.
Diamonds have been found In con-
siderable numbers and Of very fine
quality in the interior OF British
Guiana, on the MaEaruni River. $50
miles above its junction with the Esse-
quibo Mr.. Moulton, our consul at
Demerara, says that the London deal
ers to whom the stones have been for
warded consider them superior to
South African diamonds and equal in
quality to those Of Brazil. The present
diggings are situated In tropical
jungle five miles from the river, and
the region is not easily reached. The
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09
SOME ouuER COST MARKS.

Ten-Letter WORKS and Phrases Chosen
as Secret sixns-
Among the old-time features which
are disappearing from the city stores
because OF the modern methods Is the
cabalistic cost mark which the mer-
chant once thought as indispensable as
the counter over which he sold his
wares
The man who started a business for
himself devoted many hours before he
made his first display Of wares to
making up" a cost mark. This had to
be unlike any other mark, and was, In
some instances, composed of ten her
oglyphics. OFTEN of transposed figures.
and more often of word or two, the
letters of which could be used to ex-
press figures. A large wholesale con-
Germ In New York used the mark God
save u.s." and made up the tenth figure
with cross. Through this business
house the pious cost mark became
known all over the country. Clerks
from the establishment entered the
mercantile field on their own account
and took the cost mark with them, and
within a few years it was in use in
nearly every state in the Union.
Another cost mark which found
many admirers was make profit" and
this was only trifie more popular than
"Quick trade" "Johny Miles" served
as sign as well as a cost for one con-
Germ, and one sentimental Irishman
who opened linen store In New York
in the days when Niblo's garden was
away up town" chose as his cost mark
MY Bridget O."
When the campaign Of 1860 was at
its height an ardent Republican in Bos-
ton, in whose store cost mark was In
use that had been invented by his
grandfather, marked all his goods oyef
in order to use the mark, ABE must
win" and this mark remained In use
for years after ABE" had won the fight
against Douglas, Breckenridge, and
Bell, who were all candidates against
Lincoln. About that time the cost
mark "Hit Douglas was invented, and
that and Republican" are still in use
in places where plain figures have not
superseded the puzzle marks.
A large dry-goods house, which had
the patronage Of hundreds of pack,
basket, and wagon peddlers, used as a
cost mark the words. "Revoch Gilt" a
Yiddish phrase. which means PROFIT
tells" and the translation was also
used by the same concern.
"These marks were useful" said the
manager Of one of the large New York
dry-goods stores, when houses had an
asking and taking price. In those
days a man behind the counter had to
know what the goods cost to put on the
shelf SO that he could regulate himself
accordingly. An offer to split the diff
ference when one price was asked and
another offered could be entertained
then, and statesmen were often compel
led to shade prices. we will do this
for you,' and It's the last we have Of
the lot, or We want to make Gus
toner Of you were among the reasons
given for coming down on prices; but
all the time the salesman had the cost
mark before him. and knew that he
was on the safe side. New York Til
bune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-09
PAPER COLLECTORS.

odd and Interesting Ead-some Of
the CuriozItlez IN Ezisfeace-
An odd but pleasant fad Is collecting
pnper-not the printed page. but the
raw material There Is almost no limit
to the collections which can be made.
Besides those employed IN writing.
printing. engraving. chromolltho-
graphing and the IKE are the types
used for wrapping, wall papering.
binding and magazine covering. There
are paper mills In every civilized coun-
try and In such scnlicivilized ones as
Korea. China. Burma. Siam. India and
even Egypt. Hundreds OF methods are
employed. and the list of crude mate
rails Is exceedingly long. 1t includes
paper. cotton. linen. cotton and linen
rags. hemp. wood pulp. wood -four.
straw. corn husks and stalks. bamboo
and many numerous other vegetable
fibers
The most durable paper is made by a
guild near Nankin. In China. which
supplies the government Of that EN-
pire with the leaves for Its official doc
umenis. This paper Is made from
young bamboo tips. 1t Is soft. pliable.
takes ink well and seems Indestructi-
BILE There are samples In collections
which are over 1000 years old. The
largest assortment OF these Chinese pa
peers is owned by an editor In Jersey
City. who has nearly 800 different
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A nobleman once insisted on his head
gardener taking as an apprentice q
young lad In whom he was interested.
The lad was very lazy. and the garden
er was not at all pleased at having
such youth thrust upon him
Some time after his lordship. walking
In the garden. came upon his gardener
and said:
"Well, John. how is my young friend
getting on with your
ss0h, he's doin flners replied the gar.
dener. with a smile. 'He's workin
away there ut the very job that suits
him. He's chasin OF the snails ofrn
the walksi' London Answers.