davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
~ SWEDISH IRoN NIL.
Domnarfvet Works, the Largest In
sweden, Operated by Electricity.

Domnarfyet Works, the Largest In
Sweden, Operated by Electricity.
T The Domnarfvet Steel Works. belong,
| Ing TO the stora Kopperhergs Company.
Is the largest iron aud steel producing
concern in Sweden, and which concern
probably has the largest charcoal iron
works in the world The present COM
pany Is Of quite modern date-fs7S-
/ but ron bad been manufactured By its
I predecessors a. far back as 1644 The
plant now consists Of six ore-roasting
kiins. five blast furnaces. Two Bessemer
acid eonverters. three basic conYerters.
four Slemens- Martin open-hearth acid
furnaces and nine rolling mills Of varL
cts sizes.
Tie annual output Of the Domnarfvet
blast furnaces averages 1900 tons. The
production Of steel ingots amounts to
$1,000 tons. by which il will be seen
that they DO not produce all OF the pig
ron consumed By them. Only the high
est quality OF steels are produced. 1t
being claimed that the average pig
iron viii show but 0019 OF phosphorus
and DOL OF sulphur. Water power Is
used. The rolling mills and blowing
engines are run by directly coupled tur-
blne wheels: the smaller machines are
driven by about forty electric motors.
the current for which. of course. Is also
derived from water power. They now
have a rolling mill which Is run direct
ly by electricity. about 1900 additional
horsepower being obtained by electri-
cal transmission from a waterfall about
three miles away. There are about =
600 horsepower produced at the main
plant by twenty-four turbines. The
Swedish Bessemer conyerters are all
small, five tons being quite the maxi
mum capacity Casters Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
WHEN YOU STRIKE A MATCH
Did You Ever Inquire How Many Fol-
low Youi- Examptes

Did You Ever Inquire How Many Fol-
low Your ExampleF
How many matches are struck n 4
single day. asked an enthusiastic
young statistician. "and how many
cords of wood and how many TONS of
sulphur and how many units OF heat
are represented in the worlds daily
consumption Of matchess Here is an
interesting problem. Matches. OF
course. are NOT used in al the eoun-
tries Of the world. There are many
primitive peoples who are still kind
ling fires by striking sparks from iinty
substances, Just as our ancestors did
in the long ago. when they made pots
and kettles out Of clay and stones and
knives out of bones and the harder
formations in the crust of the earth-
Some countries are so damp that
matches cannot be used with eonYen-
fence. In many Of the tropical coun-
tries which may be classed as civil
lied matches cannot be struck on ae-
count of the dampness except on the
rough sandy edge Of the box.
But in the great and more advanced
countries OF the world matches are IN
almost universal use. Exceptions may
be found in rural sections that are al
most completely isolated, like some
portions Of agricultural Germany or
remote parts of the United States, Tor
chat matter, but these exceptions are
very rare. Getting back to the daily
consumption Of matches, it is really
an enormous thing The consumption
in the United States daily is something
enormous. Roundly there are s00oo.-
600 persons in the United States. on
the accepted allowance Of five for each
family this means 10000 goo families,
so right on the jump We would have
10000. 600 stoves which would consume
at the very lowest an average Of three
matches each and every day. or a total
Of 100000 In the evening the lamps
must be lighted in each Of these homes.
Then there are the hotels, the res
taurants, the saloons and the business
/ places generally which keep open at
night with their millions of gas Ie-s
and lamps, and Il is reasonable to as
sumo that the consumption Of matches
in those places would equal, II It did
not surpass the consumption In the
+ homes Of the country. Mind you |
have said nothing about the factories
and institutions Of that sort. and Moth
ing about the vast quantity Of matches
consumed daily by the smokers Of the
country. the cigarette dends and the
fellows whose pipes are always gnizg
ont. Why. a fortune goes up daily
In matches smoke, and the sulphur
and wood and units OF heat wasted n
this way is something startling. Flee
I tricity has to some extent cut down
f the consumption OF matches. but the
consumption Is large enough and the
t fellows who are to come after US may
have reason to deplore' our extraya-
gance IN this respect, for wood is get
ting seareer all the time. New Or
/ leans Times Democrat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
Didn't Care for Any. Tbank.,

A lawyer OF this city who gets fsh
hungry about once week dropped into
n restaurant the other day to discuss q
tinny dish.
what have you got in the way Of
fish to-day?" he inquired OF the waiter.
"snapperbaek. SIR" was the reply.
I've never heard Of that kind of fish
before" said the attorney. but I'll Just
try some to see how 1t goes"
The snapperback proved to be moth
ing but common mudcat about the
size of mInnow. and the disappointed
man. casting one glance on the unsay.
ory article. showed 1t from him and ex.
claimed to the sheepish-looking waiter:
You just snap her back and bring
me a Goldfish balL"-MemphIs scimi-
tar
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
The Favorite's Joke.

The sultan was going through his
morning mail Suddenly he developed
terrible scowl. and, passing a page
over to his fayorite he exclaimed:
Wouldn't that jar your
What is 1t, your majesty" asked the
favorite, for she knew not how to read.
"A note from the powers snapped
the sultan.
An murmnred the lady. with a
dark look IN her eyes, Il have
heard Of jarring notes. but this is the
first time knew they produced the
discord in the concert OF the powers"
Which goes to show that n college ed
ueatlon is not necessary to one who Is
naturally wltty.-Portland oregonlan.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27

Thousands of microscopes are en-
ployed in Germany to prevent tricbino-
sis by detecting diseased pork; but il a
tenth Of the money thus expended were
used in dIssuading people from eating
raw meat, the desired result would be
attained more completely. A medical
Journal uses this illustration to show
show science outruns craftsmanship -
Perhaps 1t should be reminded that sci
ence can deal with things as they ought
to be. whereas legislators must move
slowly because Of the interests, habits
and prejudlces Of people as they are.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
wEll.nREssEn aEeeARs.
In London They Solicit Aims in FASH
unable Attire.

iouabte Attire.
It would seem that the age OF the
wail-dressed beggar has arrived. for the
supplicants who now come to the doors
Of the houses in well-tO-do neighbor-
hoods are becoming more aud more
prosperous in appearance as time goes
on. Yet It can scarcely be that their
calling has become more lucrative.
The beggar who went from door to
door used 10 be ragged, hungry-iook-
ing creature who usually sneaked soft
II round 10 the side door; the sort oc
supplicant one encounters nowadays
is as often as not neatly dressed In
dipidual, who boldly goes up to the
front door with a smart rat-a-tat and
asks to see the mistress OF the house.
They are well washed, well spoken
and apparently well fed, says the Lon
don Express The writer was speaking
the other day to a lady who lives In
suburbia and during the course OF the
conversation she spoke OF her own ex-
periences of this new type Of beggar.
4 win give you three examples |
T Chile uEIHah AAAllz II jill SO 81@Af 49,
said. THE first was an old man with
beautiful white hair and a fine beard
He wore a silk hat which shone like
a mirror and the rest OF his dress was
in keeping with It, For a moment |
thought be might have been our land
lord. whom I had never seen. so you
may Judge OF my surprise when he.
said.
Madam, this is new to ne. for
was more fortunate once. Now | am
poor and old and am so weak that
can hardly stand on my legs. To ap-
pear as a suppIlcant at other persons
doors il an almost unbearable torture
TO me, but IL Is the only thing | can do.
II hope You pardon me, madam, II
ask you out OF the great kindness OF
your heart to let me have a few coins
"a an assistance
Another was tall young man, fair
~ good-lookIng, who wore a neat
lounge suit and straw hat His linen
was scrupulously clean.
- don't want anything OF any kind.
thank you | said when saw him, for
I made up my mind he must be some
sort Of a commercial traveller.
But do be replied. I am In seri-
Gus distress. and the smallest help
would be welcome
He did not seem a whit abashed
when | ordered him out OF the room
The third instance | came across
was that Of a woman Of about 10 years
wearing a fashlonabiy trimmed hat
and a neat. well-eut walking costume
don't think my daughters have better
ones themselves.
When | entered the room I thought
she must have called at the wrong
house Judge Of my surprise, then,
when she began;
Could you possibly let a poor. desc
late woman with two fatherless chill
dren have a shilllng7 or slxpencs
would do II you cannot afford to give
more"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
STREET CAR CONDUCTORS.
Diplomacy that Il Required in ths
Collection of Fares.


"That man viii not last long as a
street car conductor. said the observ=
or. Strange said his neighbor, for
[ had inst been thinking what a re.
markably good-looking fellow he was.
quite above the average in Intelligence.
What dc ron see wrong IN him Sim.
ply that he lacks the fundamental quail
ifcation for the position. He Is not I
harmonizer. and I am afraid he is lazy,
for he yielded TO 4 petty temptation.
See those two gentlemen seated on op.
poslte sides of the aisle in the front
seats? [ happen to know those men
are violent personal enemies and have
not spoken to each other for years.
When the conductor went TO collect
their fares one was holding nickel IN
his hand, the other a dime. The cir
man gathered in the coins crossed his
right arm over and gave the nickel as
change to the man with the dime. The
coin was still hot from the hand of his
enemy, and 1 saw the blood rise to the
mans cheek, and | believe he would
have broken loose IL he had been sure
whether to throw the money in the face
of the railroad man or the hated pas
senger He fingered the nickel as If It
were infected and finally dropped 1t
into his outside coat pocket TO cool of.
Now, of course. the conductor was not
supposed to know the enmities of all
the passengers he collected from, but
an experienced man with n true con-
duct0r Instinct would never have taken
the chance, and would have dumped
the coin into his big pocket. even II he
brought it straight out again.
"The case was an extreme one, but
every day the carman is called on to
use discretion in handing out money.
To collect fve-cent piece from ilthy
track hand and at once transfer it to a
superfine woman OF the upper crust is
about the limit of indiscretion, but
have seen even that done more than
once. There is something especially
offensive in the oily warmth Of coin
that has been held for several minutes
in the hand, and It is a cardinal prin-
eipIe in street railroaders' that each
piece shall be passed through the puri-
flying money pouch on Its way from
passenger to passenger. I saw a curl
Gus violation of the rule the other day,
when a pretty girl gave a nickel to a
new conductor, who passed it across to
dude opposite. The man at once
piped out that the coin was no good
and entered into violent alteration.
which ended IN the young woman ring
ing the bell and leaving the ear, al
though only half way home. New Or
leans Times Democrat
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27

ment the screws which secure the TWO
supports being inserted underneath the
keyboard. The guides can be raised or
lowered until adjusted to the pla yer's
needs. and the rolling carriages offer
minimum resistance to the movement
Of the hands up and down the key
board. The wheels are rubber tired and
the wrist guides are suspended from
pairs OF spring bows. which are de-
pressed against the wheels when too
much weight is applied to the guides
by the dropping Of the wrists. This in
creased pressure thus serves as a brake
to prevent movement OF the carriages
as soon as the hands drop to an i'm
proper position and also removes the
tendency Of the pupil to depend too
much on the guides as a means of rest
ing he arms when tired.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
PuNcTuAuTY WON.
How the Indefatfrable Life-Insuraaee
Aren't Run Down His Prey.


Aren't Run Down His Prey.
A life Insurance agent who resides III
this place deserves great credit not only
for The energy and perslsteney with
which he pushes his business, but for
his punefnality in keeping engage
menfs He had been after man who
resides IN Anita for the past two years
and had received some encouragement
He called one day list week, and when
the man saw the insurance agent ap-
preaching he ran and hid. But the III
snrance agent had caught a glimpse OF
his heetlng form and was not to De
feiled. He hnally smoked his man our
and told him he had come 70 talk IN
surance.
Il am too busy said the man. "eal
again when I have more time.
when may l call, then? Set your
own time. aud I'll be there.
The uan thought a moment then
made reply:
You may call next Friday morning
at O'Clock
Z win be on time
When the appointed day arrived our
interchangeable insurance man arose at
1 80 o'clock. and walked TO Anita
distance of nearly FIVE miles, arriving
there at 2:55. He sat down on the porch
and waited until precisely 3 o'clock,
then rang the door bell.
whats wantedY inquired a female
voice from an upstairs window.
rs Mr.. Jones at home"
HE is
Tell him 10 come down right away.
have some very Important business
With him.
Mr.. Jones hustled downstairs in his
night shirt, and there was the life IN
surance agent.
Il have called he began, rs you re.
quested, TO talk life insurance
Jones was somewhat astonished and
bewildered, but, realizing that he was
ND against il, said:
such punctuality deserves to be re-
warded. surrender
And he gave him his application for
policy. -Punxsutawney Spirit.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
Eskimos Not Small of stature.

The old tradition that the Eskimos
are people Of small stature Is without
foundation. On the contrary. In Labra-
dor, Bafiinland and all around Hudson
Bay the height OF the men is probably
above rather than below the average
Of the human race, but. as a rule. the
women, although very strong. are CON
siderably shorter than the men. They
are brave, industrious, provIdent and
communicative, in all of which charac.
terlstlcs they contrast with the north.
ern tribes OF Indians,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
HAND GUIDE FOR PIANOS.

One of the chief difficulties to be over
come in mastering the piano Is the ten
deney Of the hands TO assume an ineor-
rect position, the desire TO drop the
wrists seeming to be a fault with all
pupils. William Bohrer Of Montreal,
Que. believes that his hand guide
shown herewith-will aid greatly In
overcoming this fault. besides auto
matieally raising the hands to the prop
er level when playing on the black keys.
The arrangement may be attached to
any piano without damaging the lnstru-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
A CONNECTICUT MUNcHAUsEN.
The Rev. Samuel Peters Was the An
thor of Some Good Ones.

The Rev. Samuel Peters Was the An
thor of Some Good Ones.
Once upon a time-to be more precise,
in the latter part Of the eighteenth CEN
tury-there lived worthy Connecticut
divine named the Rev. Samuel Peters.
Peters was a picturesque parsonage in
his way, but his fame rests entirely
upon the fact that he wrote a book.
This IS one Of the most marvellous
works ever issued from the press,
1t was Mr. Peters, for example, who
first discovered and made l,nown,to the
world that the founder Of Yale College
was a Rev. Thomas Peters, evidently
one Of his own ancestors; that at Bel.
lows Falls the water flowed SO fast that
It became as hard as marble, making
It possible to float a croWbar upon It;
that two most marvellous quadrupeds,
the "whappermoeker' and the cuba
evidently the ancestors Of the Jabber.
wock) roamed wild in the Connecticut
forests; and it Is also from Mr.. Peters
that we first learn of the famous incur
sion Of the Windham frogs But II was
in the early Jurisprudence Of Connect.
cut that this expatriate made his most
Interesting discoveries
He Informed his English readers
and most of them believe the story to
this day--that the citizens Of the State
were forbidden by law to make mince
pies, to play on any Instrument OF
music except the drum. trumpet Of
jewsharp, and that every male musl
have his hat cut round, according to
cap"-the model preferably being the
hard shell Of a pumpkin. In other
words, says 3. j. HendFick in Leslie's
Monthly. Mr.. Peters was the original
promulgator Of the Connecticut blue
laws and his fame as the inventor OF
many of them is secure.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
NOVEL RULING IN A PIE CASE.
Man Whose Teeth Suffered In a Restau
rant Gets Damnoes.

Man Whose Teeth Suffered In a kesfau-
rant Gets DamnoeA
An interesting case TO the public was
disposed of recently in the City Of Lon
don Court by Sir John Paget, Deputy
Judge. in a claim made by Andrew
Moyes, clerk TO the Bank Of Tarapaea.
81 Bshopsgate street, against Joseph
Lyons & Co., Limited, caterers, to re-
cover Ef0 under peculiar circumstances.
Mr. Abinger. the plaintiffs counsel.
said that in April last the plaintiff went
to the defendants establishment in
Bishopsgate street for some refresh
ment. While eating a beefsteak pie bis
false teeth came into violent contact
with a button or with the shank OF a
stud and knocked off two teeth, break
ing the plate In his mouth When lie
claimed redress he was referred to an
insurance company He had had to
get a new set Of teeth. which cost him
Is and he claimed another to for fneon-
venience in being without his top teeth
for a week
The defendants said there was no re-
sponsibillty upon them. When a mem
Der Of the public went to a restaurant
the presumption was that he was fully
equipped with teeth to eat ordinary
food. 1t was not an extraordinary cir
cumstances to find piece Of bone in
steak pie. and the plaintiffs teeth ought
to have been strong enough to contend
with 1t.
Sir John Paget said there had been
negligence on the defendants part. II
was their duty to see that the food
which they supplied contained no hid.
den danger alien to its character as de-
scribed 10 the bill Of fare. When a man
ate beefsteak pie be did not expect TO
find Ia 1t a piece of bone or a button
from the coat Of the man who made
the pie As to the suggestion thar
man was bound to have a perfectly
solid set Of natural teeth before he ven
tured into a restaurant Of high-class ca
terers It was perfectly ridiculous Firms
who provided lunches took the risk of
the teeth the public We're likely to have. T
He should find for the plaintiff for Is
the price Of a ne wset Of teeth. and
costs, but he could not allow him any f
thing for inconvenience.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27

A consular report OF the tests made
of two American locomotives in use Oh
a Bavarian railway says that they are
found satisfactory In every respect bur
one. They whistle after q fashion
which sounds "unearthly" to musical
German ears. They screech In the
way familiar to all who live near Amer
ican roads instead Of letting out gentle
murmurs as foreign-built engines do
when they wish to attract attention.
1t is not strange that there should be
such a difference In whistles. In the
United States innumerable country
roads cross the railways at grade. Men
and live stock trespass on the tracks,
while they do not abroad. 1t is neces-
sary to have some device to warn hui
man beings and cattle that they are
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27

IN danger. 70 better device than the
ear-piercing whistle has been discover
ed. IN the early days Of American raii-
roading he signs at road crossings read
look out for HE locomotive when the
bell rings ft WIS soon discovered
thar the ratfiing Of wheels often kept
driver from hearing the soft sound or
a bell. and the whistle, whose shriii
sound pierees through everything, was
substituted for it. Il will be an easy
matter for American locomotive build
ers TO put on the engines which they
send abroad the toy whistles 10 which
foreigners are accustomed and which
answer there all tie purposes OF a
whistle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27

The Department Of Agriculture urges
strongly the introduction of a new in
dustry, the cultivation Of flowers-par-
tlculariy roses-for perfume-making 1t
Is believed that In California the oil, or
altar, of roses can be distilled on a
scale so extensive that American per-
tuners may ultimately become indie
pendent of foreign producers of altar.
In any event the industry, which Is pc
cullarly adapted to the tastes Of WON
en-, will be new and large source Of
domestic income.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27

Can you tell by the manner in which
rainwater eats Its way down a hillside
whether the soil was originally COW
cred with forest? If the tract of land
was once wooded, can you by the same
sign tell about how long 1t has been
cleared? Such observations are full Of
interest. The rains make rapid work in
erodlng newly cleared and newly titled
land and hlllsides; but the prairie has
reached state of comparative equilib-
rum.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27

During the blizzard Of 90 started
one day from the central Office Of the
Bureau of Charities to distribute mon
ey to some cases reported for instant
relief" In an attic found a poor Wild
ow, seamstress, with one child, boy
of 6. The room was cold and bare,
there was not fire. the windows were
loose and snow lay upoh the floor The
boy had been kept in bed for two days
to keep warm. ! asked the usual ques-
tons and gave the woman two dollars.
All this before ! discovered the boy.
Suddenly his head bobbed from be
meath the bedclothes. and at sight of
the two bills his eyes became moons.
"Gee-e-e, Mister. All that for us? Then
we can give some to Ted Burns mother
downstairs to buy coal. Can't we.
Nom fs-Ladles Home Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27

A Philadelphia bank teller has been
stricken with smallpox because he han
died germ-infeeted currency. This IS
unpleasant news, but it viii hardly
abate the fondness Of men. women and
children, in Philadelphia and else
where, TO handle money, even If It is
not fresh from the mint or the bureau
of engraving and printing.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
YOUNGEST IS nlnETY.one.

Brothers Married Sisters, and the Four
Have Lived Together for rs Years.
Ludlow Deham and Elliot Deham,
brothers. are 90 and 81 years old. re-
spectiveIy. They are married to sisters.
whose respective ages are OIL and 80.
All four are alive and well. The two
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27

81 almost hate to win this battle. +"
said the admiral as he took another
look a the enemy.
why so?" inquired the dapperyoung
flag lieutenant
Because these COMPOUNDED inquiry
cases cost so much. cleveland Plain
nnalcr
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
BIRD Was the aIiscrennt.

A Partisan actress who had for some
time been suffering losses of Jewelry
determined to set trap for the thief.
So she left diamond bracelet on her
bureau, retired into an adjoining room
and began to watch through the key.
hole. Presently a startling hoped
through the window. seized the brace.
let and deposited 1t in the chimney
where all the missing jewelry was sub
sequently found.