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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13
A Bengal Tigers Elxtrnn.

A Bengal tiger at the Philadelphia
ZOO one afternoon recently astonished
his keepers by catching flies in man
ner which told of reasoning almost
human. 1t was warm day and the big
tiger was lazily lying in the open air
in the little garden upon which his cage
opens In summer Beside him was a
puddle of muddy water made by a re-
cent rain. Mr. Tiger glanced about him
for amusement, but could find none.
He looked at the muddy pond a while,
and then watched the flies which
buzzed about him. Evidently he isn't
lover of flies, for 1t is very apparent
from what followed that he was plan.
ming some means to rid himself Of the
little pests.
Finally he put his forepaws in the
puddle and rubbed them in the bottom
until they were covered with a black.
sticky mud. Then he threw himself
down and stretched out his paws. The
flies would no sooner settle than they
found themselves stuck tight in the
muddy paws. When great number OF
the flies had thus been caught Mr.. Tiger
would rub his paws along the ground,
crushing the life out of the little in
sects. This done, he would look ex-
tremely satisfied, prepare again his odd
trap and stretch out for more prey.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

The man who makes the best hus-
band has temper calculated 10 bear
the wear and tear of everyday life
He does not fly Into a passion ut a trl-
fle, or vent his rage Mt things that no.
body on earth could have prevented. lie
may show his righteous wrath on occa-
sons, and rail at persons or things that
deserve It, but he doesn't harp ON tho
annoyances for hours afterwards and
make everybody about him miserable
A good proportion Of men who take to
drink do II because they have little else
to occupy their time. When man
takes to doing nothing from choice,
look out for that man. lie Is pretty sure
TO soon drift into bad habits. The best
of husbands Is consderate; he Is al
ways thoughtful regarding his wife,
performing various acts likely TO min
lister TO her comfort. II men had any
idea how women love to be taken care
of and looked after, they would, per
haps, exercise their own powers in that
direction little o,fener. When u hus-
band comes home at night and meets
her, tired and worn with the burdens
and cares of the day, Of which he
knows nothing, n kind word VIII cheer
and comfort her as nothing else will
New York Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

In the old days of the Hudson Bay
Company, trade with the Indians was
conducted wholly by barter. The stand
ard of value was a beaver-skin, and
guns. knives, powder, lead and blankets
were exchanged for furs without re-
course to coin. In time, however, the
trade produced It's own eurrency-a
stick or tally known as the "made-
beaver" This was issued by the COM
pany and accepted for the value of one
beaver-slSin at any post. Some flavor of
the old romance will attach to the new
Canadian gold coins to be known as
the beaver the half-beaver and the
double-beaver. They will be the coun-
terpart In value of our eagle. half-eagle
and double eagle, the beaver being the
national bird of Canada as the eagle
Is of the United States. 1t is safe to say
that interest In these new coins will not
be confined to people who care for ro-
nance.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13
Then he is human enough to forget

Then he Is human enough to forget
something sometimes"
mot his manners"
"And may ask if this excess of ad-
mlration is returnedY
"Of course it is"
Cyril smiled at the banks as If they
held for him a bright and happy flu
ture.
Isn't 1t time to land for tea?' he
suggested.
Their tea-making was a more silent
operation than usual.
This is rather dull, isn't it?" said
the girl, as they were finishing. II
think | will walk straight home, if you
don't mind taking the boat. My sister
will be at home by this time"
They had only come half mile from
the cottage during their hours row, and
the girl was glad of the opportunity of
a brisk walk to calm her ruffied feel
ings.
Then l am to congratulate you on
the mutual affection that exists be-
tween you and your IDEAL" Cyril said
as they parted. Il shall be interested
to meet him."
He'll be here by the 1915 to-mor-
row. Come up to tea and you will see
him"
Mrs. Holland was surprised to see her
sister back so soon.
what have you done with Cyril,
Blanchy? Quarreled, suppose. Well,
perhaps it is as we'll George heard
something so interesting about him to-
day. Shall l tell you about it? He had
q fanatical old uncle. who died three
months ago. He left f2,0O0 a year to
Cyril on peculiar condition. 1t was
that he should marry girl who was a
Roman Catholic"
"And did he-I mean, will he?" asked
Blanch incoherently.
HE may, of course But he refused
for the time being, on the grounds that
he loved and hoped to win a lady who
was a Protestant. If, In six months
time he had not become engaged or
married to a Roman Catholic, the
money would then go to an institution
or something. To prevent undue infiu-
ence being used, George said, no one
knows but the lawyers what institution
1t is. 1t was not to be made known I'M
til the six months were up. Interesting
isn't iti"
Yes. | never heard anything quite
SO curious"
Mrs. Holland glanced at her sister,
for she detected tremble In her voice.
The girl had to make her choice be-
tween spelling Cyrll's chance Of in
heritance and her own. and possibly
his, happiness, so Mrs. Holland had
thought it kinder to tell her when
alone than to let the little story reach
her in the presence of others.
lies coming to see Jack tomorrow"
Blanch said, as she went to take her hat
Off
In the meantime Cyril was despon-
dent. For the first time he was face to
face with the hopelessness of his love.
He had meant to win Blanch, had given
up his Inheritance on the certainty of
his purpose. And now he knew that no
one could ever take her place in his
utilt, anu tHdt She iONeu duothtr hlah'
Because he loved her so truly he wish
ed to know the man who had succeeded
where he had failed, and so he saun-
tered up to the cottage the following
afternoon, outwardly as imperturbable
as ever.
Blanch was dispensing tea on the YER
anda, while her sister was playing with
her dachshund. A good-looking man
was chatting and laughing with them
both, and chatting Blaneh on her pen
sive looks.
Glow do you do, CyrilT was Mrs.
Hollands greeting. "Blanch says this
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13
THIS DOOR YOU HAVE TO SHUT.
An Ingenious Invention of Scotch
man for Use on Vessels.

man for Use on Vessels.
The invention is just announced of n
door that Is never closed and never
open. 1t is the only door on earth
that a person Is forced to shut behind
| him under any and all circumstances.
Water cannot pass through it, nor
around the easing. 1t is the invention
of Alexander Kircaldy of Glasgow,
| Scotland, and he has labored TO bring
1t to its present state of perfection for
ten years. Primarily, this door is in
tended for vessels. for Its chief claim
| to distinction is that it Is water tight
TO the bulkhead where the door is
fitted Is bolted a hollow, cylindrical
casing. In this casing are two doors,
but they are not opposite one another,
being located on two sides of the cas-
ing. Within this hollow casing reyolyes
hollow cylinder, and there is a door
way to this cylinder.
Now, when it is desired to pass
through this novel door, the cylinder
referred to within the casing Is turned
so that the door therein Is opposite
one of the doors in the casing. When
the lngress doorway Is In a line with
bulkhead doorway the passenger en-
tiers and stands on the bottom of the
casing, and reyolves the hollow cylin-
der by hand until he brings the III
gress doorway into line with the second
bulkhead doorway. which permits Of
egress from the casing.
The remarkable feature of this dou-
BILE door is, as stated, that it is abso-
lutely impossible to leave it open, as
one door must of necessity be elfectu-
ally closed before the other opens. The
revolving cylinder is hung on ball
bearings, and Is easily brought into the
position desired for lngress or egress.
At the same time no gear, which is so
familiar to other types of water-tlght
doors, Is required.
The Importance of this doorway TO
the modern vessel Is hard to oYeresli-
mate. Any one familiar with the con
structlon of the modern ocean liner
knows that the various compartments
are connected by doors. 1t often hap
pens that the sailors in entering these
water-tlght compartments are careless
about leaving the doors open. 1t may
be remembered that the loss of the
steamship Elbe off the English coast
several years ago is supposed TO have
been due to the fact that the compart-
ments of the vessel were not closed
properly Had this door spoken of been
In use such an event would have been
impossible.
Let the sailors pass from one COM
partment to another as much as they
may, 1t Is not in their power to leave
the connecting ways in such a condl
tion as to be menace to the vessel
Therefore this new invention removes
tremendous menace to the ocean tray
eler, provided 1t is, as 1t is stated 1t
will be, generally adopted. For many
years inventors have been endeavor-
Ing to evolve just such door as this.
because the demand therefor has been
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13
GOOD
Short Stories

Dean Swift, of ST. Patrick's, Dublin,
was one day watching with friend the
roof of building on which several men
were at work fixing states. Suddenly
one of the men vanished. Thereupon the
dean turned to his companion and said:
81 like to see a man go quickly through
his work.
A friend once apologlzed to Robert
Louis Stevenson for not visiting him,
and said that the real reason was that
i he did not know where Samoa was.
Stevenson replied that 1t was simple
enough 10 find 1t. All you had to do
was to sail out of San Francisco ON IL
ship, and take the first turning TO the
! left.
The Sultan of Turkey recently played
an amusing Joke at the expense of
some medical experts at Constantine
/ pie. When the plague broke out In his
capital the Sultan asked II anything
was known as to the cause. ON being
i Informed that II was to be found In the
state Of the drinking water, he called at
once for six empty bottles. which he
had filed In his presence, all from the
same one of the palace wells, placed his
own seal upon them, and then, without
divulglng their community OF origin.
handed all six to a prominent analyst.
To his amazement, the report sent In
was that four of the samples contained
plague microbes The fifth was merely
jutrld water, and the sixth was quite
pure. Abdul Hamid calmly shrugged
his shoulders, and kept his thoughts to
himself.
Some of the naval cadets who are
aboard the Alabama, aud are having
their first real cruise Off the Atlantic
coast, recently got a lesson in prompt
ness that they will not soon forget.
They went ashore with the captain,
and were told that the boat would re-
turn at a certain time. Five minutes be
fore that time they appeared at the
head Of the long per, sauntering slow
ly toward where the captain stood wait
ing for them. Exactly on the dot Of the
appointed time he gave the order 10
shove or, and the boat started, leaving
five astonished cadets on the pier not
forty feet away. When they had got
pull-boat and rowed out 10 the ship.
three miles or more. they were told By
the captain that it was not polite to
keep their superior officers waiting, or
to approach him as II they were "go-
ing TO funeral
Ellhu Root, the Secretary Of War.
has a vein Of humor In his composition
which sometimes finds vent in irony.
During the most trying crisis In the
Chinese affair, a group Of newspaper
reporters were admitted TO his pres
ence, and standing In n row, piled him
in turn with questions. The Secre.
tary's expression changed from Inter-
ested curiosity 10 rather marked wear
mess as the bombardment went on.
but his manner never lost its gravity.
and when the last Of the group burst
out with: Mr.. Secretary, ! am Inform
ed that the President Is very tired Of
Minister Gonger. aud Is going to get
rid of him" "Ah,p responded Mr..
Root, with evident relief that the news.
was out, "you have discovered that ut
last, have your" YES: and now could
you tell me whether Mr.. Conger viii
be dismissed, or simply supersededF'
"Neither; the President, with careful
regard for Oriental etiquette, VIII send
him a poisoned letter"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

Two boys, busily engaged fishing in
strictly preserved water, for which
only one was provided with a permit
We're quite suddenly confronted by the
gamekeeper. Whereupon one of them.
hastily collecting his tackle set off nj
his best speed across the fields the
keeper following. After covering three
or four miles of very heavy country. the
angler seated himself, and awaited the
painting and angry water baille.
DO you know" asked the kecper.
that you are not allowed TO fish in
that water without permssIonY
yes" answered the lad, but baye
permission. I've got a pass.r
what did you run for then ?" said
the astonished aud lrate keeper.
oh just to let the other lad away;
he had not a pass"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13
Snow Eircnlnccs.

Sixty degrees below zero Is the
frightfully cold atmosphere in which
Alaskan gold hunters must often work
They make hrcplaces of snow IN that
desolate region. The snow Is pressed
into blocks like bricks and fireplace
two or three feet square is built with
them. When the fire Is lighted the
snow, Of course, melts on the surface;
but when the fire is out this freezes so
hard that the next fire causes Il 10 he
come only damp A snow fireplace used
only for cooking purposes will last Tor
an entire winter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13
300 HEN the man settled himself

E2(4 ~ II TN tit Abtai NtAiieh
WW more comfortably among the
Ills cushions in the stern he lazily
dipped a paddle into the water, lie
looked at the girl out of half-elosed eyes
as he stopped to knock the ashes OUT Oh
his pipe against the side Of the boat.
"I'm sure" he drawled, Il can't I'M
aglne what kind of a man you want
81 can" snapped Blanch.
He shrugged his shoulders as he mel
her contemptuous glance
"May l ask what he is like"
"Well. be is energetic, for one thing
He has a heart. too. and If he proposed
to a girl he'd care whether she said
YES or mo- He wouldn't loll among
cushions and placdly smile
"a fussy person, in fact, who'd swear
to kill himself for your sweet sake. Sc
he's that kind"
HE would really care for me, you
see"
"And drive you to death with his at
tentions. Bad form, surely"
The girls eyes flashed.
lie, Wouidh ask me 10 marry nm
regularly every week just because be
ran short of conversation"
REALLY. This is interesting"
Gle would talk to some purpose
make his life a credit to his family and
blessing to his country
"And teach In the Sunday school
Have you match"
she passed her box. AS she did sc
her hand touched his, and again hel
anger blazed forth.
''He would give up smoking when
asked him. No." she exclaimed, in an
swer to an expressive glance at hen
matchbox. II do not smoke, even
though l carry matches. l only carry
them because-well, because some ont
else Is sure to forget them"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

a new patent steel roofing VIII short.
ly be placed on the market, and II Is
asserted that this product will COM
pietely dlsplace galvanized iron for
roofing purposes. The system of man
ufacture consists Of steel strips bent
cold in the press. the covering being
formed of plain galvanized sheets bent
back on the edges and locked into tu-
bular rafters. Works for the manu-
facture Of this product on n large scale
are being constructed at Darlington.
England.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

"I've been hearin', John" said the
old farmer to the son who had just re-
turned from college, that We spent a
good deal of yer time in chop houses. "
"Well, yes" admitted the boy. II sup.
pose | did frequent them quite bit"
I'm glad to know 1t, john" asserted
the farmer, with a sigh Of relief. Il
was afraid we might git out of tralnIn'
while we was away an ferglt how to
handle the axe. Our chop house, John.
is in the same old place, right back of
the kitchen, an We can't git to work
there too soon to suit me. There's nigh
onto six cords o wood that needs to
be cut up right away"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

Various theories are entertained by
people who have no children as to when
children should be spanked. how they
should be spanked and when they
should not be spanked. Almost any
parent is qualified to give an expert
opinion as to how often the neighbours
children should be spanked. but when
1t comes to his own children he wan
ders about in a hazy atmosphere OF
doubt, seeking advice from all the high
dome thinkers who have made a study
or children In the abstract and who
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

A British firm has secured the con-
tract for constructing an electric rail-
way in London. The circumstance Is
considered so remarkable that all the
English papers are growing about 1t.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

The cause of the death of Ii Hung
Chang illustrates the scripture, He
that controlleth his own spirit Is great
err than he that taketh CITY," Chang
died from a fit of anger. Although he
could control millions of men and OF
money he could not control himself.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

Khaki-dyed tentage is the rule in the
army now. No more white tents Will
be purchased. White is too consplcu-
GUS. The poetry of the service, in peace
and In war, has made much of the
snowy canvas homes of the men; but
war is not carried on with even the IN
cldental purpose of furnishing material
to the bards.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

Madame Sarah Grand declares that
men are happier than women. Per
haps that is true. They have more to
make them happy. They have the
women.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

OF all the definitions OF what consti-
tutes a wise man that of Chicago ed
itor hits 1t off the best. A wise man.
says this editor, is one who knows
what not to say
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

An idiot has been cured by surgery
In New York. Now let surgery try Its
hand on some of those Anglo-maniaes
who swallow the ends of their canes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13
Golden Poppy OF California.

Calfornia's State flower is the golden
poppy, and one of the professors Mt
Stanford University has published n
book devoted exclusively to the flower
and its legendary history.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

Hell haven't heard anything about
that bullet-proof clothing for some
time.
Shell suppose II has gone out Of fash.
ion.-Puck.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

Rural mail carriers resign to the num-
Der of $50 month. Thus has our mar
Vicious American progress developed an
office that has to hunt the man.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13
"T'cw Die and None Resi,n i,

Lord Blair Balfour, Lord Justice
General, recently mentioned that there
had been In Scotland only fourteen
Lord Justice Generals in the last 200
years.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

The cruiser Albany Is said to be a
menace to health. Admiral Ceryera wilt
testify that the Brooklyn was also anti
health.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

Oklahoma will cheerfully accept eth
err single or double statehood. The only
kind she objects to is deferred state
hood
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

A woman is really seriously III when
the bargain advertisements in news
paper fail to Interest her.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

"Faint heart never won fnir lady, >
bu. IL undoubtedly has often saved IT.
self lot of trouble,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13
Belgium Initiates China's "Casb. ,,

A year ago the Belgian government
had resolved to initiate the Chinese
"cash" by Issuing nickel coins with
hole bored through the middle 1t is
now announced that the new pieces
OF 5 and 10 confines will be ready in a
fortnlght.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

The world Is full of people who would
do wonderful things II they could only
get started.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

The name Seth is having liberal run
at New York christenings.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

What relation is the yoke oyercoat to
the Mother Hubbard?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

very great and uprgent. Mr.. kileaidy
is the first to succeed of the many VINO
have attempted philadelphia Times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

Some peoples idea of pleasure is to do
the things they can't afford to do. a
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

When farmer is fat, there is room
for suspicion that he doesn't work very
hard.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

''Voyagc."
Voyage" was formerly any journey,
whether by sea or land.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

Blanch was dispensing tea on the YER
anda, while her sister was playing with
her dachshund. A good-looking man
was chatting and laughing with them
both, and chatting Blaneh on her pen
siye looks.
"How do you do, CyrilT" was Mrs.
Hollands greeting "Blanch says this
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-13

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