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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07
LIFE IN THE SEA.
The Curious Things that Thrive I'm
an Aquarium.

The Curious Things that Thrive In
an Aquarium.
Mr.. Spencer, the superintendent OF
the New York Aquarium. few days
ago was busylng himself by picking
lot of sand fieas from dlpper and
dropping them into jar OF anemones.
As they fell Into the water they
Strengthened themselves out and then
slowly dropped to the bottom, kicking
as they fell A few OF them alghted
ON the body OF an anemone, which
promptly closed up. One, unfortun-
ately, found himself, when he had set
tied, on the tentacles of one of the
anemones. These began to serve the
purpose for which they were bestow-
ed upon the anemone, and the flea, or
scnd, suddenly found himself inside
the capacious nav OF the anemone.
and the life was soon squeezed out of
him.
All Is grist that comes to our MILL"
quoted Mr.. Spencer. These were on
lot of mussels which came In a
little while ago thought l would
save them. There Is life everywhere
In the water. Look at thisr He held
up dozen mussels. held together by
what appeared to be vegetable
growth. THAT Is an animal growth,
known as serturlarla," said he. I'm
this bunch you will find all sorts of
animal life There are scuds, or sand
deas, and rock crabs. Lookw He
held up one Of the valves of n mussel
shell. On II was sea anemone. No
tice that reddish coating, part of
which has faxed off. Look at II
closely. Doesn't It look like lace
work. That is the bryoza coral. the
lowest form of mollusk coral. You
Will find life on nearly everything
that comes from the sea. Here's one
of the rock crabs" He took out of
the nest of mussels little crab about
the size of ones finger nail, and drop
ped II into n jar of water.-New York
Tribune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

OF military salutes, raising the right
hand to the head II generally believed
to lave originated from the days of
the tournament, when the knights filed
past the throne of the queen of beauty
and, by way of compliment. raised
their hands to their brows to Imply
that her beauty was too dazzling for
unshaded eyes to gaze on. The Off
GERS salute with the sword has dou.
bic meaning. The first position with
the hllt opposite the lips, Is a repetI-
ton Of the crusaders action In kissing
the cross hllt of his sword In token Of
faith and fealty, while lowering the
point afterward implies either submis.
sion or friendship, meaning In either
case that It Is no longer necessary to
stand on guard.
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/ G O O .
! Short StOrie5|
!. ss.s..s.-ssi-i-f'si

\ doctor was attending a dangerous
case. where "A Scotch butler was en-
gagged. on calling in the forenoon. he
said 10 Donald: Il hope your mas
ter's temperature Is much lower to-
day than il was last night" I'm no
sac very sure ABBOTT that replied the
butler. for he deed this morning"
Senator Lodge tells Of member of
the Massachusetts Legislature who
was much impressed with the dignity
of his position. One night his wife
woke him and whispered. John,
there are burglars in the house" You
must be mistaken. my dear said her
husband: There may be few in the
Senate. but in the house-oh, no; the
idea is simply preposterous.'
Frederic [. Crowset, in his volume,
Musicians Wit Humor and Anec-
dole. says that when the famous
Strauss first visited America musical
women went wild over him. and to-
ward the end of the season the king
of waltz music was shOwered with
applications for hair. In due course
Of time Tie locks were distributed
many hundred of them, too, each one
accompanied by the compliments Of
the composer. Sufficient hair was sent
out To make Strauss look as though he
had been sandpapered, yet when he
left this country his locks were as
abundant as ever But when the
beautiful black retriever STRAUSS was
great dog faneierl took its departure,
the animal looked like shorn poodle.
In his "Recollections." Aubrey de
we're tells of an freshman he met in
Switzerland. with whom patriotism
was so truly a mania that every word
in praise of the scenery about him
seemed distinct aspersion on the land
Of his birth What can you compare
here" he demanded, with the noun
tains of Wicklow" Perhaps" said
traveller, "one might name the noun
tains Of the Mont Blanc range" Oh
lie replied, scornfully, they're out Of
all reason. | am walking along the
Caamouni Valley for three days, and |
only saw four of these mountains.
Sure. in Wicklow I'd have counted as
many as eight of them in three hoursP
Have you seen this wonderful water
rail within half a mile of u.s." Il
have not seen it, and l am not going
TO see il. Didn't see the o'Sullivan
Cascade at Killarney? Down 1t comes
from such a height you don't know
where it comes from. Down it
plunges. numbering and believing,
sometimes black as ink. and sometimes
white as milk. dashiDg itself against
the right-hand rocks and smashing IT.
self against the left-hand rocks What
is your Handeck Fail compared TO
thatf" Some persons would say"
was the reply. that the waterfall here
is about ten times as high and six
times as broad" "Ah, then" said he,
with an added note of scorn, then the
0'Sullivan Cascade is not big enough
Tor you? And tell me this now:
Couldn't you take a magnifying glass
to itY'
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feet, cutting through only the short
way. This raft, sixteen cakes long
and four wide Is then broken off the
main body by means Of bars and with
sharp ice hooks, set in long handles.
the mes conduct it down toward the
skid, CO end of which is in the water
and tbs other ending In long plat
form. at n convenient height to load
the sleshs without any Hitting to speak
of. Al the foot Of the skid the men
Tickle She lee raft with bars again.
breaking off the cakes which go flying
up tho skid propelled by a team of
horses, hitched to long rope The
rest is all easy. for the slelghs stand
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07
SERPENT IN CHARLES EDEN.
About to Propose When a Little Green
Snake Appeared on the Scene.

About to Propose When a Little Green
snake Appeared on the Scene.
Love Is strange thing" com
mented Charles. Persons say that II
endures till the stars grow DID, but
| know better. There are circum-
stances which / viii guarantee to cure
the most ardent affection that ever
burned in a mans heart. loved Rose,
and she knew It. One lovely June day
We set out awheel for the woods ON
the Jersey shore. which | thought
would make a fitting scene for the
declaration l was to make and her
sweet consent to be mine.
Let US walk little" | suggested,
when we reached the woodland path.
padded soft with green moss and SET
about with ferns and purple yiolets.
| took her hand. "Rose, dear" | be-
gan.
OH she shrieked, the snake!"
Don't be frightened. | will kill 1t. -
cried, reassuringly.
She ran TO one side Of the road, ut.
leTiHE llltlt hfItdiHs. Nuilt 1 SudltntA
a stick and struck at the snake. 1t
darted up my trousers and wriggled
around my leg.
Horribly frightened lest the venom.
Gus reptile should bite me, grab
bed my trousers first in one place and
then in another, dancing frantically
up and down to rid myself of that
awful, sqnlrming creature around my
leg. Presently the snake dropped its
hold and slid to the ground. With ter
rlble energy | struck 1t with my stick.
trembling with nervous dread and ex-
element.
| turned to Rose. She was sitting on
the ground. doubled up with helpless
laughter
oh" she cried, tears of mirth roll
ing down her cheeks, "lf you had only
seen how funny you looked, dancing
around, grabbing for that little green
snakei | didn't mean to laugh, but
-hei he! hep'-she wiped her eyes.
l helped her on her wheel. The rest
of our ride lacked enthusiasm, and
have never been to see Rose since.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07


Time was, and not so very long ago,
when world history was but record
of heroisms, real or fictitious, of kings
and princes. But nowadays kings
and princes are Insignificant figures
in human events. We have passed
the old dividing lines of empire con
tlnue only on the maps. The great
international wars that in former ages
made the demarkation of epochs are
now, under the new order, becoming
recognized as uselessly wasteful and
all but impossible. So closely are the
business interests of the financial
lords of the leading nations becoming
bound up together that wars mean
fatal disturbances of vested rights
and so are not to be tolerated. The
world moves. and great issues that
were once settled upon the battle
fields are now quietly decided in
counting rooms. The great trust or
ganizer has become the real diplomat
of this age. The world has stood in
awe of the power of Caesar. But
Caesars power was small compared
with that of Rockefeller or Morgan
or the Rothschilds. The might Of
Caesar extended no further than his
sword. But the power of these ex-
tends wherever ciYilizat ton extends.
and all mankind pays them tribute.
The smallest fractional increase in
the price of oil carries taxation to
the very frontier of sayagery itself.
The slightest arbitrary raise in the
London interest rate is like a pebble
dropped In a pool, sending ripples and
rings to the furthermost borders of
barter and exchange. The great
financlers, like their former military
counterparts, have secured a con-
trolling influence over all that Is nee
sary to human life or desirable for
human comfort Nothing may pass on
the great public highways without
their consent or without I'm some way
paying tribute to them. Their posi-
ton is stronger than that of an in
vadlng army. that merely builds a
fort beside a highway; the financial
group controls the road from end TO
end The most important thing of all
in warfare-communic tlon-is con-
trolled by the financial lords absolute
ly. They have carried the monopoly
of this to an extent never possible in
any army Such Capitalization of
money power as now prevails has
never been realized before In the
worlds history And centralized
money power is the real power in this
day, not only In national but in inter
national affairs.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

CO HE harvesting Of ice for city
such as Montreal is. no mean
q proposition. even in the abstract,
but for moment we will enter into
figures and see just what it means.
There have been harvested in the
city during the present winter some
thing Ike 100000 tons Of Ice. Multiply
this BY 20oo and we arrive at total
Of 32oo0oe0o pounds Divide this
into the population OF the city and
outlying districts allow for the neees
sary waste. and ii is found that every
man. woman and chAd consumes in the
zl'sr hood OF son pounds during the
year HoN ess a great deal of this
consumption is indI act. as it were. for
in these figures come the restaurants.
butchers and other large consumers Of
lee. The calculation is a fair one. how
ever. for sooner or later the members
Of the community benefit thereby.
The ice upon which Montreal de.
ponds IS drawn from several sources;
for instance, the Back River furnishes
some. the st. Lawrence below ST
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

FRAUlElN WAS CLEVER.
She Quoted the Law to the Lawyer
Who Brought Her Over.

she quoted the Law TO the Lawyer
Who Brought Her Over.
The recent experience of an East
Orange clergyman whose wife brought
a woman over from Germany with
her this fan with the object of making
a domestic employe out of her, only
TO have the woman fall into the
clutches of an Immigrant mission
ary," recalls the experience of man
connected with the United States dip
lomatie service.
The official in question, after Il long
stay in a German town, had resolved
to come back to this country with his
family. which included bis wife and
two daughters just entering upon
womanhood. 1t was thought deslr-
able TO have German governess ac-
company them to America, and after
short search an exceedingly prepos-
sessing young woman was found, who,
upon securing the promise Of large
salary to compensate her for leaving
the fatherland, consented to tutor the
young woman.
Fraulein. as she was known, was a
most charming young lady, and be-
fore the voyage was half over the en-
tire family had become much attached
to her and she had apparently become
very fond of her benefactors; she was
full of expectation at what she was
to see in the strange new country
ana seemed most eager to arrive.
At last Sandy Hook hove in sight
and ere long the steamer was blowing
her way up the North River. Eager
ly fraulein scanned the crowd that
stood on the wharf to welcome the
voyagers. \ young man stood out a
little prominently from one group and
soon fraulein saw him. Out came
her handkerchief and soon she was
throwing kisses to the young man
and he was manifesting the utmost
delight at seeing her.
Almost the first person to pass
through the gate after the customs
officials had passed the baggage was
fraulein, and soon her employers saw
her clasped In the arms of the young
man. The diplomat was nonplused.
but he allowed the two time to talk
things over and then gently suggest
ed to the young woman that 1t was
time for her TO accompany the party
to their hotel.
"Oh. but that is impossible said
the young woman, with a suspicious
CLEAN in her eye.
"Impossiblel' gasped the astonished
man. why, fraulein, what do you
meanf'
"Oh, nothing. sir, only this-this
gentleman is my fiance and have
come over to marry him. l am most
grateful to you for bringing me over"
replied the girl, with the utmost
calmness.
For a few moments the situation
was too overpowering for the duped
man to say anything. but at last he
managed to gasp out that he would
sue the girl for breach Of contract
you will do nothing Of the kind"
responded the frauleln. "You en-
ployed me abroad-and you as a law
yer. know very well that under the
alien-labor law you have no right to
bring me to this country under such
circumstances"
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rhinrs ,hat Makc Eng,and.

The recent elevation OF certain En-
glish nobleman to the peerage was
made the occasion OF presentation of
silver plate from his tenantry, with an
address of congratulatlon. The oldes,
tenant on the estates got up and said
that he had himself attended sevent,
rent audlts, and that his house had been
lived In by people bearing his name for
2G0 years. II Is little things like this
that make England so sturdy, substan.
tial and permanent, In comparison with
the nervous, volatile, unstable life of
this country.
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Mary's current furnishes more, while
the river opposite Nuns Island con
tributes by far the larger share The
lee IN this latter locality is beautifully
clear and IS now being harvested as
fast as men can cut and teams can
draw.
The process proper of procuring Ice
begins with the removal of the snow.
this being accomplished with horses
hltehed TO scrapers. Next comes a ma
chine termed a marker, which is n
series of teeth set at given intervals.
The teeth are so adjusted that they cut
at Intervals OF forty inches and again
at twenty inches, the width and length
Of an ordinary cake. A cutter, consist
Ing of a series OF big teeth, set one In
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07
Something Of Renl ynIn.

II notice in the horrid newspapers
that some person ovah ON the cont.
nent has discovahed the mlerobe of
hydrophobia, don't you know"
'Deah me, how stwange, But. weal.
ly, that doesn't concern me nearly so
much as would the discovery of some
means TO counteract, don't you know.
the effect that is pwoduced on blood.
ed dog by biting common persons. My
little Fluo was quite Ill the last time
he bit an ordinary child ON the street.
don't you know."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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one hoary old gray-beard told that he
had been cutting ice every winter for
twenty-five years. and as he worked
the saw up and down through the
blocks of blue crystal lie really ap.
peared to enjoy it, and that too In
spite of the fact that the wind was
blowing keen and strong over the st.
Lawrence, making the footing any
thing but secure.
\ cubic foot Of ice weighs fifty-sev-
en and one-half pounds Cut tina is
quarters and the result is four very
small pieces. hardly sufficient to fill
an ordinary Derby hat four times over,
and still each win weigh upward of
fourteen pennds.-Montreal Star.
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front of the other. Is then run over
these marks by means Of horses, max
Ing the cuts some five inches deep.
Next the saw comes into play. In
the old days each cake was sawn, but
experience has proven that lee, If prop
erly handled. can be broken very read
lily with a sharp iron bar thus saving a
great portion Of the necessarily slower
method of saving.
The City Ice Company's men IN place
of saving the Ice into comparatively
small cakes content themselves with
going through 1t with the toothed IN
strument at intervals Of slxty-four
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

Marconi is said now to be at work on
portable wireless telephone, by the
use of which one may talk with any
one having similar instrument. But
what will happen If two or three or
eleven people try to talk to the same
person at once, when there Is no girl
at central" to say that the line is
busy7 The victim of such verbal
assault would be in a worse plight
than a man In a sewing circle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

Judge, I'm low enough, goodness
knows. but my wife is meaner. She
has stolen dollars where l have stolen
cents. She taught me this meanness."
rims spoke William Randolph In
New York court the other day. And
the police say he is right about his
wife On the same day Randolph
was sentenced for stealing. the will
NJ A prominent New-Yorker was read.
In IL was this passage; Il owe ev-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

There are numerous opportunities
for young man In this country" re-
marked the student Of political econ
omy.
Yes" replied the Norwood philoso-
pher, especially II he's inclined to
make a fool of himself"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

A $1,000 libel suit, begun fifty years
ago. has just been settled by the Ten
nessee Supreme Court, 1t grew out
of damaging remarks made against a
young woman by a man whom she
had refused to marry. In keeping up
the quarrel for fifty years they have
done about as well as could have been
expected had they married
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

A foreign mission had lately two
troublesome problems, raised respec-
lively by an extremely dull boy and n
persistently wilful calf: What to do
with the boy, who was getting beyond
the school age, and seemed to have so
little capacity? And the calfl All at
once it was found that the boy, who
was regarded as so unpromislng could
do what no one else could do-manage
the calf. The sensible teacher conclud-
ed that the power TO command might
be tried on boy nature as well as on
calf nature. The capacity to influence
is to be utilized, and the small boys
are to be under the charge of the born
leader whom the calf discovered"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

That German engineer who was Sc
lected TO assassinate the Emperor
seems to have thought 1t best to send
word ahead. Perhaps he was afraid
he might get within reaching dis
lance of William il he didn't take pre-
cautions to have himself headed off.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

What Is wrong with the German am
bassadors to this country any way?
Won Holleben was recalled because he
grew too enthusiastic over a certain
brand of champagne and now Baron
6peck Won Sternberg has been called
too mealy mouthed" by German pa
per. 1t may be that the Kaiser win
see the ACCESSIBILITY of sending us a
deaf mute.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

The Iowa hen, says the census
throws off 100000 dozen eggs in a
year. Secretary Wilson, of the De-
partment Of Agriculture. says he
knows this Is SO for he went out and
counted them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

Little Willie-Say, pa. what's a
freak?
Pa-Any man who has money
enough to enable him to get out OF
New York but doesn't do It.
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The diplomat thought deeply for a
few moments. says the New York
Times. and at last concluded that 1t
was easier to say nothing, and he
went back TO his stricken family.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

The old maids of an English town
have formed a society for promoting
mans Indifference among women" If
they are trying to dodge matrimony
this must be considered reckless.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

What is the difference whether Ro-
mulus founded Rome or Rome founded
Romulus? Let the wise men explain
why fly rubs Its forelegs together.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

While wiping the perspiration from
his forehead. porter who sat down
to rest on the steps of the subtreasury
in Wall street. New York. felt some
thing drop In the hat which he held
in his hand. 1t was a nickel which
some passer-by had given to him, mis-
taking him for beggar. The porter,
after his first indignation, decided to
sit there a while longer to see what
would happen. and before he went
home to supper nearly So had been
dropped into his hat. As result Of
the "charity" of the people in the
street, he gave up the position where
he was earning an honest living. and
became a beggar because 1t paid bet
ter; and the man who gave the nickel
that led to this downfall doubtless
went home that night congratulating
himself on his kindness TO fellow
creature In need.
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If Professor Loeb has found cure
for nervous prostra ton he has taken
away an excuse that has served good
many people faithfully and well.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

Mrs. George CORVALLIS West says
American women beat the world when
1t comes to clothes. Let us hope the
ones who pay the bills will hereafter
do 1t more cheerfully.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

The Kaiser has forbidden the lmpor-
tation of English oysters. Which leads
us to believe that the oyster has
broken its long silence and been guilty
of lese majeste.
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there waiting for their loads to take
over to the houses.
The work of the ice harvester Is not
unlike that of the lumberman, and one
shares the dangers as well as the fas-
elnations of the other. That 1t has its
destinations Is shown by the fact that
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

From now on every little move OF
Germany VIII be carefully scrutinized.
Well all keep a watch on the
Rhine
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

The difference between genius and
foollshness is not like that between
white and black. In the latter case 1t
is always noticeable.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

There are many people that regard
advice or criticism about the size OF
ones family as insufferable imperti-
hence Not knocking anybody.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

George Washington may have be-
lieyed in large families, but some men
never get beyond the theoretical stage
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-07

Every play might be successful II
the ministers would attack it.
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If only nature had not left of sup
plying her creatures with two sets OF
brains like the dinosaurl