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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
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An ingenious chemist has made the
claim that lie average human being
Is worth about $500 from the chem
ical standpoint His calculations are
based on the fact that the human
body contains three pounds and thir-
teen ounces OF calcium: and calcium.
Just TOW. Is worth $500 an ounce.
The last discovered and most distant
Of great planets. Neptune. extended
the solar system more than one thou
sand million miles. Prof. George
Forbes is seeking an even more dis
tant planet. 50 confidently that he has
actually named il Victoria, and he eX-
poets that it will be found about TO-
O00,O00.OO0 miles from the sun.
Cotton growing has lately attracted
much interest in Paraguay. and many
inquiries have been addressed 10 our
Consul at Asuncion about American
cotton gins. presses, tires. baling. and
SO forth. The native cotton of Para
quay grows on tall bushes, approach
ing the size of small trees, and is con-
sequently difficult TO pick. These
bushes produce during from seven to
ten years The question OF planting
American cotton in Paraguay is under
discussion.
\ new Illuminating material has
becn discovered by Herman Blau, the
Bayarian chemist. 1t is made from
oil gas. BY process OF rectihcation
the lnethane AM hydrogen contained
in it are separated from the gas, and,
by pressure of 40 atmospheres, are
reduced TO the liquid form, in steel
receivers. The new compound can he
used in the place of petroleum, alco-
hol and acetylene. and it is SAID 10
give light of beautiful color, pref
cradle to that of the electric light
/. The German government has erected
new lighthouse on Helgoland, Ill
which q return has been made from
the Fresnel lenses and prisms OF 9TH
er modern lighthouses to the old form
of parabolic reflector with a power
full illumination in the focus. The IL
luminator is an arc-light, with a cur
rent of "a amperes and an estimated
candle power of 100000. The re-
yolying rehectors are parabolic glass
mirrors, silyered on the back, and no
protection against the weather Is pro-
yided in front of the light
Prof r. H. Thurston, of Cornell
University, calls attention to curious
variety of nickel-steel alloys. recently
invented in France, which he thinks
may have more importance for the
world than the form of nickel-steel
that has given US the modern armored
battleship. The new alloys are prac-
tically non dilatable-that is, their d.
mensions do not alter with ordinary
changes OF tempera ture Thus pen
dulum of constant length can be made,
and already the new material is en-
ployed In making clocks and watches
10 run true in both winter and sum
mer. For measuring instruments Of
precision, like those employed in geo.
detic surveys, these alloys are partic-
uarly suited. The inventor Monsieur
Guillaume, is also experimenting with
nickel steel as n substitute for the car
bon tilament of the ordinary incandes-
cent lamp.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
CITY LIFE WAS DULL.



mot long ago Lad an old gentle.
man from a rural village to visit me-
said the suburbanite, "and he found
New York dull. | never realized be-
fore how dull our place could be-"
The New York Times explains why
the gentleman from the country found
the city less lively than the life to
which he had been accustomed. To
most persons, particularly to city resi-
dents, the old mans point of view will
be a new one.
when at home the old gentleman
was accustomed to go after his mail"
said the city man; 80 after break
fast one morning he said he would just
step round to the postoffice and ask
for the mail. We had to explain that
there was no postoffice within two
miles of US, and that We never visited
the office; we just waited until the
postman came round.
when the old gentleman was balk-
ed Of going to the postofice. he said
that he really must get shaved. Would
we direct him to barber shop? Then
| had to tell him that | didn't know
of a barber shop within mile of the
house. l shaved myself, and when
needed the services of barber l
found one downtown.
THAT greatly surprised him, for at
home his visits to the barber, cheer
full, neighborly. laxative fellow, are
among the pleasantest incidents of the
week. 1t also set him thinking, and
we had to confess under cross-exami-
nation that we hardly bought SO much
as a paper Of pins in our part of the
city. We did not patroniZe the little
shops of the region. Everything we
needed we bought in great shops ten
miles away. We had to wait for most
things twelve or even twenty-four
hours, and If an article was urgently
needed, we had to make journey of
something like twenty miles to get it.
THAT seemed to the old gentleman
an excellent joke on city life. His
own village is about as far from the
only nearby city of any size, as our
house is from the heart of New York.
1t was plain enough that he thought
we had returned to something like the
conditions of the frontier.
HE was evidently comparing the in
conveniences of our situation with the
condition of his farmer friends few
miles from his village. He had al
ways been sorry for them; he was
just as sorry for us. Looking round
upon the dense. shrubbery near the
house and the wall of woodland only
a few yards away, he said. with Il
kind of shiver,a No doubt this is a
lovely place in midsummer. but it
must be cold here in winter -
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
The Iron Pillar of Delhi

The famous iron pillar of Delhi is q
solid shaft Of wrought iron, 16 inches
in diameter, and of length that is
yariously reported. The total length
Is from 4S to 60 feet underground and
above, including capital of 31a feet.
The pillar contains about 80 cubic feet
Of metal, and weighs about seventeen
tons. The metal is, of course, charcoal
iron, made directly from ore in small
billets; but how it was welded up no
one can tell, as no record exists of any
early method Of dealing with great
masses Of wrought iron. An inscrip-
ton roughly cut or punched upon the
column states that Rajah Dhara SUBJ
dued people in the Surdhu, named
Vahlikos, and obtained with his own
arm an undivided sovereignty on the
earth for long period. The date Of
the inscription has been referred to the
third or fourth century after Christ,
but on this authorities are at variance.
After man gets nice home, he Is
usually compelled to leave it for sew
eral months in the year, and live at q
poor hotel at some mineral spring.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
LEAVING THE HOME.
Desolation That Reigus After the Chill.
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Once we heard man who was well
advanced in life, the father Of large
family of children, descant, with
moistened eyes and quivering lips, up
on the loneliness which broods over
a home when the children have all
gone out from 1t. We couldn't under
stand what this perturbed father
meant. We reckon this Is one of those
heart truths-One Of those yerities of
life which can not be fully imagined
nor adequately described, but to be
realized must be personally expert
enced. We have lately lifted the veil
and taken a peep, just peep into this
sombre realm of experience, and
faint idea begins to dawn dimly upon
us as to what that father meant. To
feel the thrill of parentage, to listen
to the sweetest music that ever charm
ed human ears-the cooling and the
prattle of innocent childhood-to share
in the later glory Of the romp, to
watch with increasing hope and pride
the budding and blossoming Of these
flowers of the family, to have the
tendrlls of the heart entwined and in
tertwned about these objects and af,
lection like ivy, creeping into every
crevice Of a wall. and then be com
PEELED to turn from the contemplation
of these pretty pictures to that pathet-
ic creation, Breaking Home Ties"
which hangs on the walls of SO many
memories, to have these idols of the
home go out, one by one, until every
Light III the window is gone and the
halls of the old home are deserted,
and the music of many voices is hush
ed and the fireside is no longer glad
dened by the dear, familiar faces, and
the home coming gets no more the
coveted greeting, and the places at the
table are vacant, and the cradle and
the high chair and the school books
and the souvenirs are all put away.
and father and mother read in each
others eyes the mutual story, and two
full hearts find themselves in empty
rooms, at time when the frail baraue,
tossing upon restless sea, most needs
strong Oarsmen, and dim eyes most
need the supplement of clearer vision,
and the lettering flmbs most need SUD-
port-ah, this Is part, just a small
part of what the old man meant
Marion (Kan.) Record
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21

Docs the higher education tend 10
discourage matrimonyf Are the
chances of marriage for both the
young man and the young wo-
man lessened by university
or college education? These are old
and much discussed questions. but in
terest in them has been revived of late
by disclosures concerning the gradu-
ates OF Yale and Harvard. The records
revealed the fact that the percentage
Of graduates who embraced natrl-
mony was surprisingly small. much
smaller than WAS popularity believed.
Whereupon a discussion arose as TO
the causes for the reluctance or slow
ness Of college men TO enter the mar
ried estate. Ii now appears that this
backwardness about getting married
i not peculiar to graduates of institu-
tons for men. According 10 the rec
ord contained in the first general
register" compiled for the Alumni As.
sociation OF the University of Chicago,
81 per cent of the young women who
university during its first ten years
are still unmarried. OF the 5S3 women
graduates from the undergraduate col
leges listed in the register only l0I
have married. In the case of the grad
uate from Yale or Harvard 1t is not
so difficult TO account for his disln-
clination to seek the joys and respon-
sibilities Of the connublal estate. The
young schoolmate of his boyhood days
who did not go 10 college. but re-
manned at home. became a producer.
While ne was digging around for
Greek roots the schoolmate at home
was learning business or a trade,
and at the end of four or five years
he was earning enough 10 get married.
Tie college graduate has lost all this
tine He must defer all notions of
II ltrlmony until he has mastered a
business or profession that will yield
81 pport for Il family. Often this comes
50 late in life that the college man
| Fl. ally abandons all matrimonial ambi-
ton and settles down to confirmed
bachelorhOod. In the case of the cir,
graduate her "bachelorhood' is not so
easy to explain No one will deny
that she Is fitted by her education for
! fulii...ng the higher ideals Of wife
hood, but it Is doubtless true that size
is also equipped for a larger independ-
i cnco and individuality, and hence mat
rinony does not appeal to her 50
81 = ne'y as it does to the girl whose
| In the home.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21

breathed into him his immortal soul.
Look how beautiful my curly hair is,
and how majestic look when wrapped
from head to foot in my snow-white or
jungle-colored t0be. although there be
sometimes only one pie "a small piece
of money tied to it. My house is the
desert, and am born free man. Free
as the wind. l know neither king nor
master. | am as Adam was, my own
master and king. In the jungle l tend
my camels and sheep; my only labor is
TO watch them feed. In my kerrier,
my wife, my dear slave, does all the
manual work, while tending my off,
spring, and woe to her IL she forgets
to prepare my evening meal. The jedal
whip shall then have its turn to make
her remember for next day. In such
state is any man happier than I?'
Golden Penny.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
MUSKRAT ARCHITECTURE.
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The muskrat builds most comfort
nble house. In an article entitled The
Keeper of the Water Gate" published
in Lesle's Popular Monthly. Charles
G. ID. Roberts describes this strictly
militarian sigucturefo The entrance,
dug with great and persistent toll from
the very bottom Of the bank, for the
better dlscouragemen of the muskrat's
dcadliest enemy, the mink, runs in
ward for nearly two feet, and then
upward on a long slant some five or
six feet through the natural soil, to a
point where the shore is dry land at
the average level of the water. Over
this exit, which is dry at the time of
the building, the muskrat raises his
house.
The house Is seemingly careless,
roughly rounded heap of grass roots,
long waterweeds, lily roots and stems
and mud, with q few sticks woven
into the foundation. The site is cum
ningly chosen, SO that the roots and
stems Of aiders or other trees give it
HfNuIt anu tJt W uOit oil W.
ture, for all its apparent looseness, is
so well compacted as 10 be secure
against the sweep of the spring fresh
cts. About six feet In diameter at the
base, it rises about the same distance
from the foundation, rude, sedge-
matched dam, Of which something
more than three feet may show itself
above the Ice.
To the unobseryant eye the musk
rat house in the alders might look like
mass Of drift in which the rank wa
ter grass had taken root But within
the clumsy pit Is shapely, small,
warm chamber, lined with the softest
grasses. From one side of this cham
Der the burrow slants down to another
and much larger chamber, the floor of
which, at high water, may be partly
flooded. From this chamber lead
down two burrows, one, the main pas
sage, opening frankly in the channel
of the creek, and the other, longer and
more devious, terminating In a narrow
and cunningly concealed exit, behind
n submerged root. This passage is
little used. and Is intended chiefly as
q way Of escape In case Of an extreme
emergency, such as, for example, the
invasion Of n particularly enterprising
mink by way of the main water-gate.
The muskrat is no match for the
snake-swift bloodthirsty mink, except
in the one accomplishment of holding
his breath under water; and II mink
must be very ravenous. or quite mad
with the blood-lust, to dare the deep
water-gate and the long subaqueous
passage to the muskrat's citadel at
seasons of average high water. In
times of drought, however, when the
entrance is nearly uncovered and the
water goes but little way up the
dark tunnels, the mink will often glide
in, slaughter the garrison, and occupy
the well-built citadel.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
Identified.

There is time in a small boys life
when his universe holds one glodious
central star around which paler stars
tamely revolve. 1t is of that time that
New York Tribune writer tells.
One Of the financial magnates of the
country is so immersed in business that
he cannot make the rounds of his
show-places with any regularity. One
day, however, he had an hour Of idle
ness, and strolled through the great
stables Of one Of his country estates.
In corner he came upon little boy
the head coachmans son-at play with
fox terrier. They admired the terrier
for while together, and then the
financier said, casually:
do you know who I ann"
Yes, SIR" said the child, "of course
| do"
Well who am Iy'
why, you're the man that rides in
my fathers carriages"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
CONCEIT OF THE SOMALL
His G ood Opinions of Himself Are the
Subject, of His Songs.

His G ood Opinions of Himself Are the
Subject. of His Songs.
Perhaps the most remarkable charac-
teristic of the natives Of Somaliland is
their unbounded, preposterous conceit.
Englishmen who know their language
have been appalled, by 1t. When water
ing his camel or his horse the Somali
encourages the animal to drink by
chanting to 1t in monotone. 1t Is at
such moments of eXtemporary effusion
that the man shines in all his glory.
The subject matter may be the expert
ences OF the days march, the virtues of
the animal beside him, the charms OF
his latest wife, or his own proves in
some bloodless Hibal raid. By great
good fortune the following literal trans
lation Of one of these chants or songs
came into my possession. and insert
it without any COMMENT
"Will you see man? Then behold
me! | am Somali, as perfect in size
and form as Adam was after God had
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21

The preachers Of the Methodist
church who have finished their years
Of active work and reached the age
of merlted rest are known In the de-
nomination as superannuates. Their
support is provided for by the church,
not as a benevolence, but rs a duty.
The superannuates are regarded as
pastors emeritus to all the churches
of the annual conference to which
they belong, and each conference Is
expected to collect the funds that are
necessary for It's own superannuates'
salaries" There Is movement now
being pressed In the church to make
more permanent provision for the
superannuates by raising great en-
dowment fund Of $5.O0OO00 or $4,000
600, the income Of which will be used
In lieu of or in addition to the confer
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21

An English musician accused Of
plagiarism afiirms that It is almost
impossible to compose piece OF music
having no resemblance to any other"
but his critics have retorted that the
seven tones and their semitones, twelve
notes In all, are susceptible of nearly
half billion combinations OF course
1t does not follow that 1t Is perfectly
easy to be original, but such statistics
give the comforting assurance that 4
youth who contemplates work Of
genius need never fall because Of
poverty of material.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
ORIGIN OF WORD YANKEE.
It Was in Use in, New England a.
Early as 1913.


Early as 1913.
when you come to think of it there
is no special reason, no good reason,
at any rate. why the man from the
north should feel offended when re-
ferred to as a Yankee" says /; writer
in the New Orleans Times Democrat,
"and yet it is a rather curious fact that
men and women FROM that section OF
the country do not like the word when
it is applied to them. Probably the
time was when the use of the word
Yankee in the South was meant &c
carry sting with it.. Yankee trick
for instance. and Yankee shrewdness'
meant something not exactly agreed.
bic just after the war. But all that
is changed now. | was thinking more
particularly of the etymology Of the
word Yankee | was turning over the
pages of Skeats the other day when
came upon the word. Yankee MAS tie.
fined as a citizen of New England OF
of the United States and, suggestive
ly, is of Scandinavian origin. 1t was
used in Boston as early as 1865.
In his history of the American war.
published in 1889. DR.. William Gordon
says: 1t was favOrite can't word in
Cambridge, Mass, as early as 1713,
and it meant excellent, as a Yankee
good horse 1t is suggested. too. that
the word probably spread through
New England as the result of its use
by the students at Cambridge. 1t has
gradually become part of tlfe3e6mmon
speech at the country. 1t seems to be
related to the law Latin, ,'Yankie,'
meaning a sharp, clever, forward
woman and to 'yanked,' which means
an agile girl, an incessant talker,
smart stroke We also hayesa hint of
the word in 'yank,' IA jerk to jerk II
smart blow. So 'yanky means quick,
spry. 'Yank' Is from the Scandinavian
'yack,' to talk fast 'yaike,' a blow. But
the point l Ind in mind was that there
is nothing offensive about the word in
its use now. Europeans speak of the
American citizen, no matter what sec
ton of the United States he1hails from,
as a Yankee and they talk about
Yankee shrewdness' making serious
inroads on the trading rights of for
eign countries. Yankee is a good word
and the men and women to Whom it is
applied either in its narrow or in its
broad sense are of God
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21

There are many ways besides read
ing and travelling in which the retired
professional or business man may get
enjoyment for himself and make him
self useful to others. He may i'd
wise and aid his sons and daughters
and other young people, who are start
Ing along the thorny paths which he
has trod with honor and success. He
may also exert an influence for de-
cency and progress in politics. What
a boon it would be to a nation II it
should become the practice for its
successful professional and business
men to retire as soon as they acquired
a competency and devote their remain
ing energy and ability and their ex-
tensive experience to promoting the
public welfare.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21

An interesting illustration Of rule
by majority Is reported from a Lon
don hospital. The surgeon IN charge
was making his morning rounds, ac-
companied by half a dozen students,
to whom he was giving clinical instruc-
ton. They came to doubtful case.
NOW. gentlemen" said the surgeon,
do you think this Is or Is not a case
for operation? Without exception the
students opposed the proposition to
operate. "You are all wrong" cxclain,-
ed the surgeon. land l shall operate
tomorrow" mo, you WON'T ex-
claimed the patient. "SlV to one Is a
great majority. Gimme my clothes.'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21

Scares from fear Of rabies has in
duced a philanthropic dog fancier to
volunteer the information: when sou
see a vicious dog approaching place
the thumb Of the left hand in the palm
of the same hand and the canine Will
pass you by" We will paste this in
our hat and now seek some cabalistic
formula to escape the highbinder
spellbinder and rabid political candi
date
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21

of the sanctuary constructed. and in
Venice The various parts OF the build
Ing were made of Neronese marble ami
Italian plaster, carefully numbered ami
packed In thousands of boxes. These
were shipped TO Eichwald, where an
other architect was emp oyed + super
intend the putting together OF all the
parts according TO the original plan.
The freight on the boxes and the cart
age from the depot TO the church site
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21
Not Dead, but a New Yorker.

How clever the ladies of your town
are!" said Marion Crawford TO a West
ern Mayor. sst
"Yes?"
81 was the guest of their literary
club. We had delightful afternoon
with Aristophanes.'
Indeed! l thought that chap was
dead" spoke up the Mayor.
NO; he amt dead" added the May.
Dress; "he's that Hindu Babu from
New York" 5.-3
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-21

Britain We're Lord Chief Justice Aver
stone, Sir Louis Jette. Lieutenant Gov
ernor of Quebec, and A. B. Aylesworth.
Under the terms of the treaty it was
not possible for the commissioners to
transfer Dyea, Skagway, Juneau or
any other American city from Amer
lea to British jurisdiction. But 1t did
leave open the question whether the
British could get to tidewater This
had always been the issue. The treaty
went at some length into the claims
Of both countries, but the main points
were based on the meaning of Articles
III. and " of the Anglo Russian
treaty of 1925, or, in other words,
whether the line of demarcation, In &C.
cordance with the terms of the treaty,
was to be drawn thirty marine miles
from the coast of the Pacific ocean or
from the headwaters of the Lynn and
other canals into the Canadian interior.
The British concession of agreeing to
three commissioners on each side with
out an umpire or referee was offset
by the willingness of the United States
to hold the deliberations of the COM
mission in London under the presiden-
cy of Chief Justice Alverstone The
commission held its first formal meet
ing In London September 3, and dis
posed of the entire question in little
more than two months.
By the decision of this tribunal, Lord
Chief Justice Alverstone voting with
the Americans, the United States gets
all the territory it has always claimed.
The Portland canal, which Is an outlet
from British Columbia, is given to Can
ada.
Lord Alyerstone, whose decision has
not met with favor in Canada, Is the
head Of the highest judicial tribunal in
and has been since 1900. For
twelve years prior to this he was At
torney General.
Wa sbnulI fhink that tho ,,,o,d