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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27
FASCINATION OF ANGLING.
True Fisherman Loves 10 Mattel His
Mita ARainst the WHY Trout.

The anglers art Is but a preteXt, or
rather the incentive to a ramble and
not the sole object of the fisherman,
unless, alas! he belongs TO that too
common variety the man whose sole
object is his catch. Such a man fishes
with a worm, hides fingerlings In the
depths Of his basket and photographs
his catch as a witness of his crimes.
He Is not a fisherman, but a butcher.
A yellow primrose on the rivers bank
Is to him a primrose and nothing
more. The true fisherman loves to
catch fish, to match his wits against
the wary trout, but as he wanders
from pool to pool the songs of the birds
greet him restfully; every turn In the
stream reveals a nook In which strange
wild flowers nestle. The gentle ex-
element of the sport prevents the
scene from becoming monotonous, says
a writer In Worlds Work. The ele-
ment Of chance, the uncertainty Of the
catch add the drop OF tobasco sauce
which gives zest to the day. And the
noontide meal by the brink of the
stream! When did a meal have a
more delightful fiayor2 Delmonlco
never served a trout like unto those
we have eaten by the banks of a noun
tain brook with the clear. blue sky
above, the waving forest round about
and the murmuring stream at our feet
The hours of contemplation comes
afterward with the pipe of peace In
our hand instead of the reIinaulshed
rod. How far off the city seemsl Are
there such things as corporations
trusts, stocks, bonds; electric lights
that amaze the sight, harsh warnings
of trolley gongs, the rumble and grind
Of the wheels and the breaks on the
elevated road which alright the earY
The harshest note that breaks the
stiffness here is the boom of the biz.
tern In the distant marsh. Home 10
camp the fisherman goes, taking a cast
In this silent pool In which the trout
rose in the forenoon to his cast but
missed the fly, or In that dark hole
deep under the bank in which the vlgi.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27

Another struggle ensued more ruri-
Gus than the first one. The snake
made frantic efforts To shake the rat
loose. He lashed the cage with his
tail, and gave out a slckening odor.
but the rat chung TO him with death.
like tenacity with his teeth and feet.
This round lasted one minute. The
rat was then d~lslodged and the snake
made for him the second time. The
snake chased the rat around the cage.
the rat jumping about and lodging
the blows Of the snake and avoiding
the mouth OF the snake. until the
snake presented another opportunity OF
being stretched out in full length.
and then the rat took advantage Of
this opening and for The third time
he sprang ON the snake and riyeted
his teeth in the snake at the same
place. The struggle of the Two for
mer rounds was repeated. The time
was one minute and five seconds be
fore the hold of the rat was broken.
The snake. finding himself free
from his enemy. Crawled Into one
corner of the cage and coiled up. but
did not renew the fight. The rat re.
sumed his place in the eorncr he had
originally chosen and stood there
painting and trembling. but did not
make another attack. and the victory
was awarded 10 the rat, which was
uninjured. Ills ears were then crop
nod 50 that tbav would lunur hin, 10
he WIS ever caught again. and for
putting up such a gallant fight he was
turned loose 10 roam the museum.
The cage was bloody and an examina-
ton of the snake disclosed a severe
wound through the neck, but this was
soon cured. The snake Is still in the
museum and does not appear vicious.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27

iy make for peace. and II individuals, communities and
nations were governed by the spirit of Christ wars would
cease. But, unfortunately. this is not the case. Ambition
selfshness. love Of power. love of glory still rule the hearts
of men. Great masses Of human beings are enthralled'
and they must be freed. Ancient and hoary systems Of
oppression prevail. and these must be overthroNn. When
reason fails; when all manner of fair compromise is re-
iected. then there must be a call 10 arms. In this easc
war is UNSUITABLE. not TO aggress or Cypress. but to main
tain the right and to overthrow the wrong. Not 10 sub
jugatc. but to set free.
The knot that neither argument nor diplomacy can nm
ravel must be cut by the edge of the sword. Thus. I'M
happily. but Of necessity. the pathway leading TO national
unity. national solidiy. and national progress has been
strewn with myrads Of the slain. Thus 1t Is that nations
sealed FIR centuries have been opened; that commercial
Intercourse has been established, and that an opportunity
has been given for the preaching Of the gospel Thus
commerce has hean enlarged, civil liberty acquired, felg-
ious liberty Won, and the gospel has a free entrance to
nations previously III darkness.
The cost Of the wars of the last twenty-five years In
lives and in money has been appalling, bus good results
have followed.
But what have been the results Of these awful con-
dets between men: Italy. instead of being II number u
states. is a united country, and free from end
to end for the preaching Of the gospel. Germany is nov a
grand united nation of tremendous influence. Our own
country. free from slavery. is united as never before in
lis history.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27

Every few months one well-fed
person or another becomes inspired
TO live a day on eleven cents. or may
be a week at that rate. for the educa-
lion of the poor In table economy.
Seemingly those phllanthropists have
never head Of the famous DIR. Tanner,
who lived forty days on sips OF water,
which cost nothing. Their shot at
fame, measured by his standard, Is
like a little boys arrow-hight at the
l.OOO-yard butts of Creedmore. The
well-nourished Idle are improved phys
by a little starvation, yet 1t Is
doubtful whether they would stahd
even the eleven-cent regimen for Tor
ty days. But some Of them, and some
professors and chemists and expert
mentors, since the days OF Edward
Atkinson, have been demonstrating 10
the poor man that life can be lived
for a day on next to nothing, just 10
show him that he is a most extrava-
CANT person. The tendency or wages
wherever there Is one workman more
than there are places, is to the low
est rate at which that man Will con-
sent to work. That tendency is beaten
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27
EFFECTS oF MONEY
Interesting study Of Reznit- of inner
tied Wealth on Families.

Interesting study Of Results of inner
tied Wealth on Families.
An interesting contribution 10 the
study of the effects Of money on fam,
lies can be made by any person OF
statistical lnclinatlons who viii take
the trouble to trace out for a few
generations the history Of a score or
two OF our very rich families. and
learn what effect the requirement Of
a big fortune by any individual Ameri-
can has had on the divorce record OF
that individual and his descendants. It
is early yet TO get results that would
prove much. because most OF the great
American fortunes are pretty
new but already tendencies seem TO
be showing themselves which Il would
be worth while 10 race back, There
are believed 10 be about 1000 million
aires In the United States, enough to
give a statisjician ma ample field 90
work in. A fortune sufficient 10 make
life easy and comfortable rs probably
a promoter OF domestic happiness. but
stlll It seems likely that rich people or
their descendants get more divorces
than poorer people do. In the first
place. heirs and heiresses are more cN-
posed 10 the wIles OF the designing
than tie scions Of poverty. and for
that reason are somewhat u:Dre likely
to make unwise marriages. Again. the
rich, as a rule, have more leisure than
the poor. are not 50 steadily aud enec-
lively disciplined by work. are less
safeguarded by a wholesome routine,
and cast about more widely and con
|tlnuously for pleasures. Satan. as
heretofore, finds mischief stll Tor IDLE
hands to do, and some Of the mischief
results In divorce. Moreover. the rich
are somewhat more used 10 self.in-
diligence aud having their own way
than the poor. They an meet the ex.
pcuse OF divorce, which Is often con
siderable. can go as far as Is neecs.
sary. stay there as long as Is neees-
sary 10 gain divorce On convenient
terms. and they can afford 10 break
up families without fear Of want
Many a wife sticks to n bad husband
hpcause she aud her CHILDREN need his
support. many n husband puts up with
an unsatisfactory wife because he can
not afford to try a urw ole. Divorce.
Ike the appendicitis operation. Is n
luxury. aud comes hlgh-Harper's
Weekly.
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science
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sZs4flventiO1.


The Kew uerbarium, begun fifty
years ago. Is estimated 10 comprise
considerably more than two million
specimens. attached 10 100000 sheets.
Seeds of the castor-oil plant are sur
nrIsingly common In Egyptian tomps.
Professor Iarit. "A recent French in
I~Vesfieator. finds that some seeds from
Thebes must he AT least three thou
sand years old, aud from an ancient
napyrus concludes that the oil was
used for much the same purposes as
now.
The arslnoitherium, the new fossil
monster of Egypt, had a head nearly
a yard long. with a pair of small horns
near the eyes aud an enormous double
bony horn ON the nasal region. Prof.
e. lay Lancaster. however, hnds thar
1t differs from the rhinoceros and was
erobably descended from the early Gle
phants.
In order TO supply the Coolgardie
and KalgoorIie gold-flelds In Western
Australia with water. an aqueduct IS
under construction, leading from a
reservoir on the Helena river, 32s
miles distant. and .. 700 feet below the
level Of the district to be supplied. The
water is 10 be carried In a 30.
inch pipe, and elevated from table
land to tablelaud by means
Of eight pumping stations. The
cost OF the work is esti-
.#.a 30 81 ttt Daa aud #b4 ouuuaI
expense for operating aud interest at
S|1.75o,OO0; but those who have under
taken 1t believe that the gold fields for
the benefit of which they are working
are the richest In the world
George Henschel tells in Nature Of
a musical feat by a canary bird,
which, he says, seems to him so Won
1erful that he should consider 1t in
credible II he had not. with his "
ears. heard it. not once, but dozens
Of times. A bullhneh had been taught
to pipe the tune Of God Save the
King" and a young canary learned It
from him. Finally the canary became
SO perfect in its mastery Of the tune
that when the bullhnch, as sometimes
happened, stopped after the first half
"A little longer than the proper
rhythm warranted, the canary would
take up the tune where the bullhneh
had stopped. and finish 1t. This hap
pened when the respective cages con
tanning the birds were In separate
rooms.
Of the slags. or lung-breathlng snails
with too small or internal shells or
none at all. about one thousand spe-
Giles and five hundred varieties have
been described. Most OF these have
been brought together by Walter +.
Collinge, an English collector, who
shows specimens ranging In size from
hat Of q grain Of wheat TO a length
OF several inches. and In colofing from
dull, repulslye tints to the GORGEOUS
hues Of the butterfly. AIT slugs lay
eggs. the numbers varying from ten
10 a hundred or more and the sizes
from that Of n pinpoint to That Of a
sparrow's egg. \ beautiful and very
rare South African species Is n VERT.
able tiger among Its kind, preying say.
agefy on other slugs and on Insects.
and several other species are carniyor.
Gus and friends Of gardeners.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27
Practical Hitehine Device.

Until the last horse-drawn carriage
and delivery wagon has been taken
off the streets and replaced with the
h~orseless vehicle, the driver will o II
tinue to leave the animal united at
frequent intervals, and something will
happen which will cause a runaway.
II every property owner would pro-
vide a hltching post and every driver
would use 1t, runaways would grow
scarce, but hitchlng posts are the X
eeption In the city streets, no doubt
because of their unsightlIness on the
curb. This need not be the case II
the hitching device here presented
were put In common use. as 1t is
scarcely visible from the walk or road
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27
BATTLE OF RAT AND SNAKE.


Ended In n Draw at the North Caro-
lima state Museum,
At the last State fair held In RAJ
eigh. n, G. "A travelling Snowman ex-
hihIted a woman snake chafmer. He
had several hundred live snakes in
boxes for the use of his performer,
which had been shipped to him by a
snake farmer Iu Texas. The reptiles
We're Of Tire nonpoisonous kind and
many Of Them were five feet long and
two inches thick.
One of tls places of the show was
In a booth between the county court
house and the United States post
office building. writes a correspond
ent of the Ncw York Times. One
day after the show was over and the
snake charmer aud company had
gone a bun snake of the size stated
crawled OFT from where the booth
had been to the sidewalk aud was
caught and carried 10 the State mu.
scum and turned over to tie curator.
The snake was pronounced a fine
specimen Of bis species and appeared
to be vicious. lie fought when cap
tured and would strike at every per-
son who came near the cage where
he was confined.
one Of the employees OF the museum
was engaged in catching rats. and
one morning he exhibited a large rat.
much larger than Is usually seen, and
that looked Ike a good-slzed squirrel.
Seeing what n magnificent fellow the
rodent was, 1t was decided to have a
fight between the snake and the rat.
The cage In which the snake was con
fined was about seven feet long and
five feet wide and five feet high. with
glass on the ends and ON one side
This cage was cleaned out aud he
snake was put back, and he stretched
out and lay as If asleep. The rat was
then dropped in and he ran I'D into
the corner near the tail of the snake
To view the chGQ.
The snake apparently did not take
any notice Of the rat, but the rat
soon took in the situation. His eyes
were fixed on the snake and he was
painting from excitement. Several
minutes elapsed and neither antagon-
LIST moved, and the spectators had be.
gun to think there would be no fight
when the snake almost lmperceptibly
moved, and at this instant the rat
sprang from the corner to the head
Of the snake-a distance Of six feet
aud seized the snake Just behind the
head and sank his teeth into his neck.
Immediately the snake began 10 blow
and hiss and to strike and throw his
body about the cage in the effort TO
break the hold of the rat. This strug.
gle lasted thirty seconds before Tho
rat was dislodgcd and the snake then
struck viciously at him and made
every exertion to get the rat in his
mouth, but the rat lodged and escaped
and ran around the cage until be
again found the snake stretched ont
at full length, this position being The
opportunity which he sought. ana he
again sprang on The snake and fast.
ened his teeth IN the snake at he
same place and held on.
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ferng of the human race.
The growth OF trades unionism is largely due to the
strong public dlsapproyal of the epidemic of trusts and
monopolies prevailing during the past few years, and there
is a peril in the growing friendship between large opera
tors and labor leaders. No movement can live, no organl-
cation can live, when 1t unites with monopolies to plumber
the commo people. If the effect of it is TO help a selfish
motive 1t can serve no good purpose. Men like Morgan
recognize the trend of conditions and say, 1--WE will deal
with trades unions and give them 10 per cent, while We
advance prices 30 per cent
| am not condemning trades unionism. but trades union
ism is. after all, only a means TO an end, and the important
thing Is to discover the real end and then direct all the
energy of the organization toward obtaining 1t.
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way except when In actual service,
As will be seen, the device consists OF
a fat plate. lying flush with the sur
face OF the sidewalk and provided with
an elongated slot In the center. At
one end OF this slot the plate is In
dented slightly, to support a circular
button attached to the strap which
supports the weight. The opposite end
of the slot Is cut away TO permit the
passage OF this button. which slips
through the opening and into the well
to allow the strap to be lowered full
length when not in use, but supports
the weight when the strap Is pulled
up out of the well to hitch the horse.
Thus the animal is not obliged to sup
port the hitching weight until 1t starts
to pull away. as the strap hangs loose
and the weight is suspended from the
plate.
George w. Cummings OF Detroit,
Mich, Is the inventor.
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J. B. never asked one
man to vote for him; has never gone
out Of his way so FAR as one block to
influence any mans vote aud has
mover spent the fraction Of one cent
for campaign expenses. Twelve years
ago the people came TO him and said
they wanted him to take the Office OF
mayor. He said he did not care for
1t particularly, but. holding that 1t was
Il mans duty 10 serve his town when
he could, he accepted the place.
Two years later he was asked to run
again. lie declined. but the people
elected him. There was no opposing
candidate. Since that time the elec-
tlous have been simply matters Of
form. No one ever come forward to
run against Mayor P%lerponnet.
Last April for the sixth consecutive
time the people came to him ana asked
him to retain the office. His patience
gave way at this and he protested
against being called upon to I'LL the
chair again. But his protest was I'M
.ayaillng. The people elected him and
what Is more he received every ballot
east for mayor.
Mayor Plerponnet does not suffer
politics 10 enter into the conduct or
city affairs, lie looks upon the mu.
nlclpality as a big business corpora
ton and he administers rs affairs just
as he would his own private enter.
Drispg.
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sucn Acknowledgement Is an injustice to the negro. Just
as he Is Il beginning TO thrust his head above the wastes
OF ignorance and industrial difficulties the white man S'eps
in and takes from him the one legitimate weapon OF sl
protection-the ballot. 1t is taken from him at a lme
when he was never better fitted TO use 1t safely ana lh'eili
gently. and when the opportunities for the negro were
never brighter. The negro now owns S5ooo0o,tOO worth oil
rronarfy. or more. accumula ted in less than forty years.
If the present disposition Of the South holds this class
will be taxed without representation, and with no voice
in the laws under which it must live. Nothing so I'M
American has happened In our history. No race can rise
so handicapped. 1t Is the assassination OF the future OF
the raen-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27

back again and again by the uniors,
but 1t is ever present. and any l"ss-
ering OF the average standard of Nv
ing in any trade would give ii a dan
gerous impulse. The one wretch in
any calling who lives in misery fash
ion will save beyond his fellows who
live rightly, It is true; but II his fars
and fashion became adopted by all,
down would go wage In spite OF the
unions, until. perhaps. IL would be I'M
possible even for this Daniel Dancer to
add a penny to his pile. Luckily good
health of body and mind makes the
toiler demand the best meat and fresh
vegetables. good clothes for himself
and his family. and books and a mu.
steal instrument in the house. And
while he's well fed and clothed and
housed his work will be better and
its product more. Vigorous and red
blooded. he will demand his share OF
this increase from time 10 time. and
get 1t. and better still will be his feed
ing. his raiment and his surroundings.
Silly folk. important enemies Of prog
ress. are they who would induce the
workingman 10 forswear his constant
corned beef and cabbage for the thin
and pale phantom OF aliment that
costs but eleven cents a day.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27

lives Of luxury and Of ease held up as daily examples,
gradually arouse IN the average woman the spirit Of dis
content. She is a wonderful woman who can live on a
plttance and have constantly held up before her gorgeous
ness of attire and ease Of life, and sill be able TO conquer
the desire to be likewise, and her disappointment II she
cannot be. This display on the part Of the rich before
the eyes of the poor is the cause of more unhappiness and
more divorces and separations than one can think of. And
when l say the poor, mean those who are poor by com
parlson win what some Of the newspapers humorously
allude TO as the smart set Perhaps the hardest lot in
city life Is the lot of the great middle class. II l may use
the term-middle class in point Of wealth. 1t behooyes
young men to give this matter serious thought. Love on
little is quite romantic, to be sure, but human nature
is alike the world over, and women will ever be euvlous
of their more fortunate sisters. A man should be rich,
quite rich. before he is married II he would live happily
In a large city like Chicago or New York.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27

A seaman on board the Discovery, Of
the English Antarctic Expedition.
says that for twelve months they had
lived on seal all the time. except Sun
days, when they had mutton. The
problem Of eating a quail a day for
a month, usually considered arduous,
pales into insignihcance in the pres
ence of the seal achievement. No won
der the sailor wrote, Il reckon II they
turned the ships company out In a
field with plenty of grass there would
not be much left"
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Argument Against war

Peace leagues and societies for the
prevention Of war may be able to use
an argument which Current Literature
says was advanced by a pupil in a pri-
mary school In the Southwest.
At the beginning II the war with
Spain the teacher told the class some.
thing about the circumstances, and
asked all who favored the war TO hold
up their hands. Up went every hand
but Jacks.
well, Jack, why are You opposed to
the war; asked the teacher.
"'Cause, Miss Sophie, war makes his
tory, an there's more now n | can eye,
learn"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27

Inhabitants OF Breathitt county,
Kentucky, have about finished the work
of demollshing the old Kentucky home
of song and story. In Its place there
rises for the eyes of the world to
look upon a home barricaded and de-
Tended with deadly rife. while hatred
and bloody murder stalk about the
premises. This work Of demolition
began some years ago, but 1t remained
for the people of Breathitt county to
wreck the remains of the old home and
TO become architects Of the new-styled
ha bitation.
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When the appeal for help for the
prosecuted Jews In Kishenef was made
In New York the Chinese gave a ben
eft performance in the Chinese thea
ter, and raised nearly three hundred
dollars. AS Shakespeare might have
said, one touch of abuse makes the
alien races kin.
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A DOG nnY ninlncnc.

81 notice you've got your summer
pants on remarked the dog faneler.
Yes" gasped the exhausted terrier,
but they're not very loud; cc.ta MY
not rs loud as some Of this seasons
i%iannels.'
True. Nevertheless, what you need
Is mu.zl.n'."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-27

Secretary Wilson is experimenting
with a nearsilk worm. Unlike the real
silk worm, they do not demand null
berry leaves for food, but will eat any
thing. II successful, Secretary Will
son promises that we shall all wear
silk.