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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-03-06

GERMAN CONGREGATIONAL
Preaching every Sunday at II a. m, and s
p. m: Sunday school at 10 a. m. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday at D. m. All
German speaking people are cordially in
vited to attend. Others are welcome.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-03-06

CHRISTIAN CHURCH Preaching
every Sunday at the Christian church at
II a. m. and 7:3O p. m.; Sunday school at
10 a. M; Christian Endeavor at $50 d. m. /;
prayer meeting every Wednesday evening
at 1880 p. m
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-03-06
SOCIETIES.,

r. AND A M.--Ritzville Lodge F. g. A.
M. No. 10l, meets in regular communica-
ton on the second and fourth Saturdays
In each month at 1880 p. m. All brethren
cordially invited to be present.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-03-06

FORESTERS OF AMERICA.-Meet
every second and fourth Fridays In each
month in Greene hall. All members in
vited to visit.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
Give Egypt a Wide Berth.

A German jurist who has Travelled In
Egypt gives the following details Of the
penalties there inflicted for various Of
lenses:
In the Egyptian penal system the
lash and the bastinado are the principal
correctives used.
Vagabonds get Off cheaply, for they
are merely imprisoned until they show
evidence of Improvement" But bakers
and butchers who use false weights or
defraud their customers in other ways
receive public bastlnado of from three
to ninety-nine blows.
Any man who Injuries n tree must
either pay twice the amount OF the
damage done or take seven lashes.
A peasant who DISCUSSES himself as a
Bedouin In order to escape the pay
ment of taxes from which the Bedou-
ms are exempt is punished with seven
ty-nine lashes.
If an official is guilty Of crime he
suffers the loss of his office, In addition
to other punishment, but he may be re-
instated If five reputable persons ties
tify that his character has improved
Anyone who injuries the obellsks or
other antiquities Is compelled to repair
them at his own expense, in default
of which he is promptly sentenced to
receive 100 lashes, inflicted at the place
of his sacrilege.
A village sheik who approprlates the
taxes or shows Partially in imposing
them receives seyenty-nine lashes.
Dilatory taxpayers are put In arrest
until they see the error Of their ways.
When peasants go to law they must,
as preliminary, be held in arrest for
a time.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
DRAWING THE WATER OFF.
Ancient Mexican Mines Are Being
Systematically Drained.

Ancient Mexican Mines Are Being
systematically Drained.
In the richest mining district of Mexi-
co. that of Guanjuato, an interesting
operation is approaching completion,
the opening by company of New
York capitalists of an ancient gold
mine which has not been worked for
nearly a century. This mine is known
as the Sirena, and from it probably
came some of the gold which went to
make up the treasure of the Montezu-
mus. There are authentic records of
its having been worked as far back as
1o59, when the Spaniards dug from II a
part of that gold which gilded the vast
empire of Charles V. In the war which
resulted in the independence of Mexico
the ancient mine was abandoned and
flooded. 1t was known from the old re-
cords that the wealth of the mine had
not been exhausted entirely, and 1t
was believed that with modern meth
DDS of mining II would pay well to
open 1t again. But it was an engineer
Ing work of great magnitude, for the
rather crude chart of the old mine
showed nine miles Of workings.
Finally an American company was
formed to undertake the job. 1t has
taken two years of constant labor with
powerful electric pumps to remove the
water already In the workings and
fight the incoming flow. The water
was 1000 feet deep when the work
was first begun--now 1t is less than
400 feet. Just how much of the work
lngs remains TO be uncovered and
what there Is beyond no one knows.
Record keeping and chartmaking were
done In primitive fashion by the ear
ly Mexican miners.
AS the clearing Of the mine has adj
vanced curious relics have come to light
In one place, far below the surface.
the workmen found stable half filed
with the skeletons of men and mules.
They had been caught there by some
neglect or by deliberate design when
the mine was flooded and drowned in
their dark prison house.
The Sirena is the first of the old food
ed mines of the district to be drained
The success which has attended the at
tempt to reopen this mine has been
such that work has been begun upon
the reclamation of several other of the
rich mines of the neighborhood A
German syndicate is at work upon the
famous Nalenciana mine, out of which
many years ago great treasure was
taken by the Mexicans. Another mine
in the Neta Madre vein. which runs
through the district, once yielded the
King of Spain $17,000,0o0 In royalties.
An attempt will be made to clear this
mine. The feasibility of removing the
water from these abandoned mines
has been under discussion since the
time Of Humboldt, who had a scheme
for draining them by means of n giant
tunnel.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25

The placing of the future Shah under
Russian influence is especially slgnlfi-
cant in view of the fact that the present
Shah Is not expected to live many
years, even If he does not abdicate his
throne within the next few months
Several times ii has been reported that
the Shah had become insane, but he has
so far been able to hold his power with
out serious difficulty. The Crown
Prince has sixteen brothers of royal
descent, besides others whose mothers
are not of the royal elan, and as the
law of primogeniture does not neces-
sarily hold in Persia, 1t Is possible that
he may need some strong outside influ-
ence to aid him In securing possession
of the throne at the death or abdlcation
Of his father. In addition to holding
the key to British India, on which Rus
STA Is supposed to have designs, the
Shah Is the possessor of private for
tune of more than $200,00OO 900, most
Of 1t in the shape of precious stones.
which are kept in glass Jars so that he
may keep close track of 1t and cut off
a few heads If the jars lose too much
of their contents at any time.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
MONUMENT OF BLOCK COAL.
Discoverer of Anthracite Will Have an
Ebon Shaft TO His Memory.

Discoverer of Anthracite Will Have an
Ebon shaft 10 His Memory.
A movement Is on foot said to be
backed by Philadelphia coal men, TO
build at Summit Hill, near Mauch
Chunk, Pa, monument of coal to the
memory of Philip Gnter, who discover
ed coal within very short distance of
Summit Hill. In September last 1t was
100 years since Ginter made his great
discovery. He lived in a rough cabin
In the forests ON the Mauch Chunk
mountain. While in the quest of game
for his family his foot struck black
stone. BY the roadside, not far from
the town of Summit Hill, he built fire
of wood and threw pieces of the sup
posed stone about 1t so that the embers
might last longer while he was roast
ing a fowl. He was surprised after a
| little while to see the stones aglow and
retain their heat for a long time. lie
carried a lot of coal home and burned ii
there. The few neighbors soon learned
of the discovery but there was no min
Ing to any extent In Carbon county I'M
til after the war of 1912 had begun.
The first load of anthracite coal ever
mined In Schuylkill county was shipped
to Philadelphia 100 years ago. George
Shoemaker, who owned a small tract of
land where Pottsville now stands. In
1900 dug up a peculiar black stone.
Digging farther out of curiosity he
came upon bed of the stuff, which
seemed to underlie in thick stratum
all of his land. He communicated his
find to nelghborlng farmers, but they
told him IL was only new sort of rock.
Shoemaker, however. loaded a wagon
with the black stuff and started for
Philadelphia. lie took it to the Penn
sylvania bank, In Second street, and
interviewed the bank people.
you've got a big load of nothing
there, Shoemaker" said the president
with smile, as he examined specimens
of the coal.
well, II you say so it must be So"
said Shoemaker, disappointed, and he
dumped his load In vacant lot adjoln-
ing the bank and drove home sorrow
fully.
About a year afterward Patrick
Lyon, a blacksmith, carried some OF the
black Jumps to his smlthy and demon
strated to the satisfaction of himself
and the bank people that what Shoe
maker had dumped on the lot was the
best fuel of which the country at that
time had knowledge.
1t was not long before Shoemaker re-
eeived fabulous offers for his land and
his farm became the scene of the first
mining operations.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
4)lsGs
D2s5o
1885,
Poor Opera GInases.

CHEAP opera glasses are au abomi.
nation" said an eye specialist recently.
"There is no doubt about this. | have
made special study of the matter
Lots of eyes are nearly ruined by them
| find this particularly true of young
girls who go n great deal to the theater
and who seem to think they must have
opera glasses. To their way OF think
ing an opera glass Is an opera glass.
and that's all there Is to IL. So they
buy cheap ones and then wonder why
they have such headaches.
Unless the very best lenses are used
| should advise everybody TO taboo OPP.
era glasses The farther from the stage
one Is the better and more perfect the
glasses should be- Exactly the reverse
OF this is actually the case. for the peo-
pie who sit In the rear seats OF In the
balcony are usually the ones who have
the poorest glasses. a performance
viewed with the naked eye Is much
more satisfactory. to my way OF think
Ing. An opera glass gives but limit
ed view. and only the one object on
which It Is focused is visible. ! don't
see why people use even the best of
then" -Philadelphia Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25

was going through performance In a
cage with full-grown lion lately
caught Suddenly 1t was seen that the
brute was rather putting the trainer
through his PAGES than being put
through itself Softly crouching and
creeping the big cat edged Itself be-
tween the now thoroughly unnerved
man and the door of the den. fixing its
victim with two rolling orbs of flaming
ferocity, and saving the empty air
with its tufted tail, as 1t crouched pre-
paratory TO springing.
Many men among the audience, used
to the ways of wild beasts, saw, and
comprehended; but only one man pos
sessed the knowledge and the presence
of mind to avert the apparently ineyi-
table. Pursuing up his lips as though
he were going to whistle, he emitted n
hoarse, low, rasplng hiss.
The beast heard and understood
thought 1t did-for the sound was an
exact imitation of the noise made by
the giant constructor when its huge
body is coiled for the throw that never
misses, that never relaxes, and that no
beast of the field is strong enough to
Withstand. Again. and yet again, the
raucous sound rasped the stiffness. and
the angry brute drew back its head, its
great eyes grew small and dull, the
hackles rose and stiffened on its back,
and 1t covered whining on the floor Of
the cage.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
ROMANCE OF A NEW STATE.
Okla homa's History Is One of the
Marvels of This Great Nation.

Okla homa's History Is One of the
Marvels of This Great Nation.
The story of the coming State of Ok
lahoma promises to afford an example
of rapidity of growth unmatched in the
history of any other commonwealth in
any age or country. Hitherto, when an
instance of unparalleled progress has
been wanted by way of illustration, the
city of Chicago has been cited with full
confidence that 1t could not be match
ed. That confidence and the stupen-
dous facts on which it rests will still
remain, but Oklahoma will occupy i'm
the list of states the position held by
the western metropolis In the list of
municipalities. Both are giants in In
fancy, with unlimited facilities of
growth and an assured prospect of in
creasing greatness. just as Chicago
has grown in area by annexation of
the adjacent towns, villages and farm
Ing lands, Oklahoma is destined to ex-
pand by taking in the Indian territory.
Governor Barnes annual report upon
the condition of Oklahoma reads more
like tale from The Arabian Nights"
than the sober reality which we know
| it to be. on June l, 1900, the census
enumerators found 39S, 900 inhabitants
! in the territory anG the 100000 mark
has been passed since that count was
made That is about equal to ten Ne
vadas and more than 80 per cent ahead
of the District of Columbia. The Gov
ernor states that the assessed valua-
| ton of her property in 1900 is, In round
| figures, $49.000,0O0, an increase of &c.
600 coo over 1899, and within her limits
there are still almost 6,000,000 acres of
public lands subject to entry. The $49,-
000,0 of taxable valuation represents
| S135, 10000 of actual value of proper
| ty The products of her farms, mines
and factories in the fiscal year aggreg-
ated $75 100000 She has 1000 child.
rem enrolled in her public schools, with
1900 in the higher educational instltu-
tions. Her public school enrolment is
double that of this district. And there
is something marvellous In a 1000 en-.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25

rollment in Institutions for liberal edu-
cation In a region that was a wilder
ness eleven years ago.
At LOO a. IN. on April %, 1889, there
was not an inhabitant In Oklahoma.
all the squatters having been expelled
set of that memorable day Oklahoma
contained $4,000 inhabitants. At
o'clock in the afternoon of the opening
day bank with $4,000 capital was es-
tablished in tent at Guthrie, a town
born a few minutes earlier. The SOW
ing of 100000 acres of wheat began
that day and towns by the score were
staked out before sunset. The next
day schools were established and
churches were In process of erection
not very stately structures, but mag
nficent attestations of the spirit of the
pioneers. On May %, 1889, just a
month after the opening day, a conven-
ton assembled in Guthrie to form a
provisional government One year aft
er the opening President Harrison
signed the bill which created the terri
tory of Oklahoma. The census of 1890
showed population of 81,OOO. In ten
years those figures have expanded to
100000.
Who will venture to fix limit to the
progress and prosperity of Oklahoma
when, with the superb lands of the In
dian territory annexed, she takes her
place In the family of states Wash
ington Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
NapolrOn In Peter'a Bed

Peter the Great hated Moscow, and
above all, that stronghold of oriental
intrigue and moral darkness, the
Kremlln. IL | remember right, he
never inhabited the palace within its
walls after he was a child. The old
palace is network of incredibly small,
low, lll-ventllated rooms, some little
bigger than closets, painted In greens,
blues and reds, after the Swedish fash
ion; rooms which seem, even today, to
reek Of plots, intrigue and murder.
Napoleon. always trne theatrical, In
sisted on sleeping In the bed of Peter
the Great when he occupied the Krem.
lin In 1872. The bed Of the boy Peter
fitted the hero of Austerlltz to n nicely.
1t Is very abbreviated couch In the
very heart of this oriental palace, with
no window which gives on the outer
day and the open air, Is the terem. or
women's quarters. The terem was, to
all intents and purposes, q harem. The
ladies, even the tsaritza and the sisters
of the tsar, were only permitted to look
down into the hall of coronation
through carved wooden lattice. lust
as ladies' do In every harem IN the east
They received no men except their hus
bands and brothers, and when they
went out 1t was in curtaIned litter
When Peter mounted the throne of the
tsars, the women Of Russia were orient
ais, imprisoned far more vigorously
than the ladies Of Constantlnople to-
day.-Louisville Courler-Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
THE BARGAIN CRAZE.
Men. II Is Alleged, Are as Much In
fected ms the Women.


fected ms the Women.
"This perennial joke about the love
of women for bargains wearies me-"
said bright business woman the other
day. with most presumptuous supe-
riority men charge our sex with an ex-
travagant zeal for bargains, but | see
enough of business men to assure me
that they are just as eager as women
are to get an article at few cents less
than the usual price.
"Mr A Is generally extravaganza
In his personal expenditures, but he Is
keen after bargains. The other day he
came into our office wearing an air of
great satisfaction, and his jubilation
had no other foundation than the dis
covery of street stand where sec
onds' In lead pencils were sold at 2
cents each.
aft you know good pencil when
you see it, be explained. you can rum
mage In the pile and pick out s and 10
cent pencils at cents each or three
for 5.
"'And that reminds me of another
bargain. You know the 10 cent cigars
smoke? Well, there is little shop
down near the ferry where you can
get them four for a quarter. I just
heard of the place and ran down there
at lunchtime and filled my pockets.
Great bargain
"And would you believe 1t, that man,
whose transactions run into the mill
lions. went on telling my employer of
bargains In clothes, stationery. ETC.,
and Mr.. B stopped In the midst of
his estimates on a big contract TO note
addresses and to tell Mr.. A of bar
gains he had discovered In neckwear
and shoes and household supplies.
"Yet women are said to monopolize
the bargain hunting disease. New
York Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
MONEY TO FEED THE BIRDS.
Gov. Flower Gave a Stable Boy Tip
and He Is Now Wealthy.

| and lie Is NOW " ealtny.
l.. Schneider & Sons have filed suit IL
the United States Circuit Court al
Richmond, Va, against Leila Moore
Newman and her husband, Walter g
Newman. to collect $4,000, alleged tC
je due them by the Newmans.
The story back of the suit concerns
| the desire of a man who left town In
Virginia a penniless, friendless boy and
leinrned having money with which to
| feed the robins.
lie Newmans live near Somerset,
| orange County, and are now building a
magnificent country estate. Mr.. New
man was the poor boy. and he Is now
spending money In way that has sur
,nlsed all Orange County out of three
years growth.
The story of Mr.. Newman's success
eads like romance 1t was told by
one of the lawyers representing the
complainants in the suit. 1t Is said
that when he left Orange County Wal
Ter Newman was an humble stable boy
lie made his way to New York and
ound friend in the late Governor
lower. 1t is n well-known fact thai
fhen Flower was potent FACTOR ii
he business of making great fortunes
In Wall street he would take any friend
of his who desired 1t along with him
on great money-making venture and
turn him from poor man into rich
one. This was Newman's luck, says
the story told by the lawyer. He was
put onto a sure thing in the market
by Mr.. Flower and gathered In $4,000.
With this as a starter he was soon very
wealthy. A good part of his money was
invested In copper mines in North Car
DINA, and 1t has paid well. Then the
stable boy went back to Orange Coun-
ty and bought up a 1,500-acre piece of
land, had lakes constructed In 1t,
streams gurgling music to him, trees
and flowers and hills and little dales to
delight him.
The old-timers gazed and stretched
their necks and declared him a wonder
and gathered around his wonderful
place and watched the mansion and the
handsome stables and servants quar-
tiers grow under the workmens ham
mers. 1t is also said of Newman tina
he always kept special train waiting
for him and that he never bothered to
write letters in the usual way; he tele
graphed them. Schneider & Sons were
contracted with to build an iron fence
with ornamental gates around the prop
erty. They now claim that after pre-
pairing the material their contract was
broken. There had been some delay, |
which the compliments claim was not |
on their part. and the Newmans de. |
clined to have the.work completed The
claim against them is for $4,000, and a |
lien against the property near Somer.
set Is asked.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
FisticufYs with n Bufralo.

In Bullet and Shot In Indian Forest,
Plain and HILL" c. +. NJ. Russell re-
lates thrilling adventure which be-
fell Colonel c., member of Lord
Roberts's staff, while he was buffalo
hunting in India.
The colonel had wounded n buffalo.
Relodding as he ran forward, he was
disconnected when the animal charged
at him from behind clump of bam-
boos.
Colonel c., interposed a tree between
himself and the bull, who cut piece
out Of the bark with his horn as he
rushed by, and then turned and went
at the man again with the same result.
c. then thought that he would try to
reach larger distant tree. He started,
but trlpped over bamboo hidden in
the grass, and fell prone, upon which
the bull overlook and did his best to
horn him. The beast ripped the col
oners garments, and at last, getting his
horn under him, tossed him several
feet and came and stood over him.
Colonel G.. now did a most unwlse
thing He sat up and hit the buffalo
in the eyes with his fists, and kicked
him on the nose. Fortunately the bull
left the man and went off.
The hunters knuckles were terribly
skinned and his gold ring was battered
out of all shape This bull, luckily for
the colonel, did not behave at all as one
would have expected. The battering
of a mans feet and fists would only
enrage the ordinary buffalo, and insure
terrible, If not fatal, punishment to
the man.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
Cost ofnLondon Fog.

A London fog is an expensive vista
ton. A day Of 1t. counting the day at
eight hours, is estimated to cost any
thing from $4,000 to 100000 in hard
cash. No small proportion of this goes
to the gas and electric light companies,
which have TO supply about a third
more power than usual. But there are
also the railways. Fog signaling is
expensive. AT Chaplain Junction alone
ESQ has been spent by a single railway
company during n days fog In extra
pay to the plate layers When the red
light cannot be seen at distance of a
hundred yards. the plate layers become
fog signalers, and for this they are paid
a shilling a day in addition to their
regular wages and fourpence per hour
overtime. providing the overtime does
not run into n second shilling.-London
Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25
TELEPHONE GIRLS AT WORK.

the telephone
telephone
a
corresponding all the
of a
the practical the vocation well as being
Following
in of the she does not learn
to of
until she has had
the school the de-
under circumstances until she gets good idea Of the system
weeks 5
usually duty only during the SLACK hours when one of the old employees
light flashes when subscriber desires communicate with some
the old
the bother
andna
tmeLedger
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-25

The action Of poisons upon the sys.
tenn is and always has been one of the
most interesting of subjects. Just how
and why 1t kills has but Just been de-
termined through a series of experl-
ments made by scientists. The follow.
ing description Is unqnestlonably the
best and most lucid of any that have
been given to the public: "The venom
may be roughly separated into two
parts-one acting upon the blood. and
the other upon the nerves. When I'm.
jected 1t Immediately begins to create
terrible destruction in the blood vessels
the walls of the veins are eaten awov
and an internal hemorrhage takes
place. When this is going on a portion
of the venom Is attacking the nerves
Particularly susceptible to Its ravapes
is the 'vasomotor system, a nerve cen.
ter which controls the muscles of res.
plration. Paralysis takes place i'm those
organs, and the victim generally dies
from an Inability to breathe."-New
York Ledger