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ROME'S JANITORS TRICKY, TOO
PLOT AGAINST AN AMERICAN
A CASE IN POINT.

POrtIere, Did woman and Boy Unite tn
Punish MIR. Brown -ElOquenco OF an
Italian Lawyer Keeps Him Out On
Prison EVerybOdy Is Disappointed.
ROME, Oct. 3O.-The Italian p%ortiere. or
doorkeeper in general. and the Roman In
particular, equalsin cleverness his colleague
the New York ~janitor. n he Is more than
apt to stoop TO intrigue to revenge him
self for some slight given by one OF the
fat jewellers. especially in the case OF a
foreigner. There is never any secret made
II the belief that all foreigners were sent
70 Rome for the express purpose oil being
cheated.
The wise fat jewellers who wish to live
in peace pay the p0vtiere "A certain sum
every month, generally five francs. thereby
making the man their friend and devoted
servant. Otherwise their letters are lost
or sent up To other Hats in the same build
ing, cards and kilograms are forgotten.
The only resource Of the sufferer Is TO
complain to the pddrORe di casa. the land
lord, who very poLit ely tells him that
nobody nas ever complained before OF
such treatment aud that the Signore must
have made a mistake. The poor foreigner
then changes house again and again until
b." learns that the remedy is TO pay a monthly
stipend to the p%oTtiere.
In q certain case Arising from a porheTe's
,~ntriCues and just heard before the Italian
courts an American gentleman was the
"ictim. sIr. Crown. TO give him a name.
had lived in a certain building OF fats Tor
several years and had as a servant an old
gossipy woman who appeared TO be as
honest IA the day. She served him well
for several years. but finally she was taken
III and q young woman took her place. +,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-10
4 Queens wedding Dress.
From TIT Bits

The Wedding dress Of lilac poplin worn by
Queen Alexandra on the occasion OF her mar
rlaRe forty-fOur years ngO, and in which abe
won the hearts OF her future subjects, h still
This dress was chosen In compliment TO Queen
ElotOria, who always had "A Loys Of lilac. -
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IMAM IOIt1lH. AutTt II III AUdNNtT WHICH
has made me smile often. I've heard in
late years about the great amusement
places uptown, Of the gay after theatre
supper parties and twattle Of such sort.
@Why, back in 1899 Castle Garden, when
FOL. Richard French was its manager,
Wouldo often hold audiences Of II. 1000 people.
And gay suppersl | was kept awake four
nights in the fall OF 1850 by the supper
parties right across the street from ms in
the Aston House Those were the nights
when Jenny Lin sang in Castle Garden.
just one thing more in that line: one
seat for Jenny Lind's first concert sold for
a22S. What? Why, from all i have henrd in
late years New York to-day isn't a bit gayPr
or more e~xtravagant a IL was fifty or
sixty years ago. The difference IL that
people brag about how gay and extravu-
giant they are now. Then they had other
things TO ak about.
aBarnum's Museum was right across
Broadway where | could look at il. But
You know, or your dad may nave told you,
that what sly old Barnum called his Moral
Lecture Room was nothing else than a
regular theatre. Yes, indeed, I used TO
ace a queer little fellow about here in those
laws nance charley StrattOn. v heard
thai Barnum afterward made him famous
"a Gen. Tom Thumb.
Speaking OF play actors. one OF them
named George Frederick Cooke slept under
my shade many a year. There's his o
ment. put up by another player named
Edmund kean. IL has always been kept
in order: first by Charles Kean. then by Ed
ward A. Sothern and later by Edwin booth
1--we seen none Of them around here
lately.
change OF the fashionable folk To their
present conditions l really do not know
What TO say. stood there. according TO
your reckonin'. only a matter OF a couple
Of hundred years, and that's too short q time
20 learn much about folks. fashionable or
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

CHAPTER bob Brownley creates
OF Jim Randolph of Randolph & Ran
ley and Randolph had gone to college
lege days. Brownley is a Virginian by
birth Beulah Sands. daughter of an
and tells him her father has been prac
tically ruined by the stock operations
of Reinhart. She hopes to otilize her
INV hep m b m his
condition becomes known, and asks for
employment in the office that she may
have, an opportunity to better under
stand how her money is invested She
does not want 1T used in purely Wall
street gamble, but in the buying and
selling of legitimate securities Brown
ley agrees to help her, and falls in
love with her.
CHAPTER II--Brownley plunges in
sugar stock. He uses the. money of
is backed heavily by the Randolph
millions. His coup seems successful
and he tells lis Miss Mis- Sands that she i has
CHAPTER III-Barry Conant head
broker for Standard Oil and sugar in,
terests, suddenly begins to sell sugar"
In the midst of panic he breaks the
market and with its fall he carries
away the earnings and much of the
A pretty love scene occurs between the
two at the office when Bob attempts
to tell her the terrible truth Of their
fall Brownley takes trip to Virginia
CHAPTER IV-Beulah and Bob be-
come engaged. Randolph wants to loan
her father the money to meet his obli-
on how to beat Wall street at its own
game. Sugar takes another sensational
squirt upward, but BroWnley, keeps out.
ar to record breaking point, and the
'street'' goes wild. Barry Conant; for
the System" pushes prices up and up;
and wonderful cleanup is promised
when the exchange closes, Thursday.
November IL. Sugar opens higher Fri
day morning, November 10 When the
steps into the pit and begins to sell;
He sells every share the SYSTEMS"
brokers will take, and pounds the
iinentry occurrence, and the system"
has lost millions. He has made mill
lions for Beulah Sands and her father.
CHAPTER VI-Beulah Sands insists
upon being assured that there is no
dishonor connected with the money he
has made for her, and he cannot hon n
think it out. When he returns he finds
her staring at the glaring headlines
of a newspaper extra announcing that
had killed his wife, his daughter and
himself, and Beulah had gone crazy.
CHAPTER VII-Bob BroWnley mar mar.
ries beautltul, insane beuiau 9a iIist
of the old home does not restore her
reason, and he returns with her to
New York and builds a palace, for his
especially for her. He begins plung-
ing on the "street" and adds millions
to his now great fortune: He always
opposes the System" His every ap-
pearance on the floor of the exchange
means panicky conditions. Time after
time he has the street" seemingly at
his mercy, but relents before the great
crash cofes
CHAPTER VIII-Brownley proposes
to break Wall street. In the midst of
a panic he has created Randolph
threatens to commit suicide If he does
not stop. He stops, but assures his
friend that it is the last time he will
plete the job when he begins it. Brown
ley "bears' Anti-Peoples' Trust stock.
He pounds the Systems" prices down,
down. down.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
Motorinu Over the Simplon.

The Swiss passes are gradually be
ing opened to motor traffic. The latest
to abandon prejudiced ways is the
Simplon but coupled with this con-
cession to progress the authorities of
the Wallis Conton make certain stip-
ulations, including the by no means
agreeable one that when meeting pc
destrans, cattle or horse-drawn We
hicles the man at the wheel must
steer toward the outer edge of the
road away from the protection of the
inner curve toward the usually I'M
protected side bordering on the preci-
pice.
Considering the dangerous nature of
mountain motoring at its best, one
may we'll be excused if this rule does
not tend TO aacrity in taking this way
into Italy, more especially as non
observance of this regulation is pun
ishable by the in1iction of fines vary
ing from so to 500 francs on first con
viction and double that amount
aftcrward. The permit of five francs
(thrifty Swiss; can be obtained at the
gendarmerie at Brig and Grondo, on
either side of the pass.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
Dog Had lmbibed Too Freely.

An Irish terror was recently arrest
ed by the police in Washington for
drunkenness. SANDY" the dog, owned
by saloon keeper, was found doing
all kinds of stunts, such as st.ndng
on his head, walking on his hindlegs,
turning somersaults, and attempting
to climb trees. A policeman took him
to the police station, where he locked
him up. Sandy was intoxicated In
vestigation disclosed that Sandy wan
dered away from his masters roof,
and entered saloon where the bar
man offered the dog some beer. The
animal shifted contemporary. Ale
was then offered him. Sandy declined
the draught. patron then submitted
a whisky and soda. The dog quaffed
it gratefully. After he had dispatched
two more WHISTLES Sandy sought the
street, where he began to act so hui
man that the policeman placed him
under arrest.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
Absent-Minded Composer.

The French composer Meilhac on
the occasion of the first presentation
of one of his operas entered fashion
able restaurant and threw himself
down at a table, thinking earnestly
about the event of the evening. A
waiter brought him menu.
Meilhac ahstractedly indicated the
first dish on The bill that his eyes had
struck. 1t CHANGED that this was the
most elaborate and costly dish on the
bill, and when the waiter went to the
kitchen with the order there was great
commotion there. The proprietor was
summoned and he and the chef de-
voted themselves to the preparation
of the famous dish Meanwhile, Neil
hac waited, absorbed. At last the dish
was brought with great flourish, and
the proprietor, with proud smile,
waited to observe the result. Neil
hac regarded the dish with an express
sion of melancholy interest.
did ordri' that?" he asked.
Certain, ,Ionsieur Meilhac."
DO you like it?'
"Yes-ycs. Monsieur, but"
Then kindly take it away and eat
it yourself ordered Meilhac, "and
bring me two fried eggs" The Bell.
man.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
Chill Sauce,

One dozen good, fully ripe, large
sized tomatoes, peeled four medium
sized onions, peeled; three large pep
pers, green; chop fine and boil from
one to two hours in cider vinegar,
enough to prevent burning When
thoroughly tender add spices as fol
lows: One level teaspoonful of salt,
one-third teaspoonful of ground Gin
namon and allspice. one-fourth tea
spoonful of ground cloves, and the
same quantity of cayenne pepper, one
half teaspoonful of black pepper, and
one-half teaspoonful of ground ginger.
Boil the whole ten minutes longer;
then seal in jars while hot. 1t is bet
ter to add the pUngent spices gradu-
ally, tasting now and then to obtain
the desired pupgency. This will make
one quart of Chill sauce.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28

the stores of the people. What, ask,
do you wise men think of the situation
as you now see it?"
There was an oppressive stiffness
on the floor. The great crowd, which
now contained nearly all the members
of the exchange, listened with bullying
eyes and open mouths to the revela
lions of their fellow member. From
time to time, as Bob Brownley poured
forth his shot and shell of deadly logic,
from the vast mob that now surround
ed the es-hange rose hoarse below
of Impotence, for few in that dense
throng outside could understand the
silence of the gigantic human crusher,
which between the hours of ten and
three was never before known to miss
a revolution except while its victims
hearts and souls were being removed
from its gears and meshes.
Continued next week.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
Head Waiter Loses Out.

about the meanest man I've seen
yet said a head waiter yesterday,
was a little chap that blew in here
Saturday lie looked to be from some
little town, and | guess his trip to
Cleveland was about the biggest thing
he had ever done. hadn't more than
seated him, until he pulled out two or
three coins and handed me a quarter.
Il guess ii MADE him mad when ne
found out that | wasn't the man that
waited on him. Before he gave any.
thing to the man who took his order,
he called me over and said | would
have to give HIN back that quarter
Don't you think that was a shabby
trick for man to do?'-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28

and nu--f., - OF millions each year for
profits-for you know that we have
nothing to give them in return for
what I ~ bring to us. You know that
every dollar of the billions lost in Wall
street means higher prices for steel
rails. for lumber and cars, and that
this means higher passenger and
freight rates to the people. You know
that when .:,e manufacturer brings his
wealth - Wall street and is robbed of
1t, he Will add something to the price
of boots and shoes, cotton and wooden
clothes, and other necessities that he
makes and that he sells to the people,
You know that when the copper, lead,
tin, and iron miners part with theiI
surplus to the System, it means
higher prices to the people for their
copper pots and cutters, for the water
that Genes through lead pipes, fol-
their tin dippers and wash boilers, and
for their rents, and all those neces.
stiles into which machinery, lumber,
and other raw and finished material
enters. You know that every hundred
millions dropped by real producers to
the brigands of our world means lower
wages OF less of the necessities and
luXIries for all the people, and espe.
cia|iy fox the farmer. You know that
it is habit with us of Wall street to
glcai over tie doctrine of the System,
which the people parrot among them.
selves, the doctrine that the people
at large ARE not affected by our gam.
bling, because they, the people, having
no surplus 20 gamble with, never come
into Wall street. And yet, knowing
all this, you never thought, with all
your wisdom and cynicism, that right
here in this institution, which you own
and control, was the open sesame for
each or all of you, to those great
chests OF gold that your clients, the
System, have filled to bursting from
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
CAPITAL IS SHABBY
DiSREPUTABLE SURROUNDINGS
OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Many Blocks Along Pennsylvania Ave-
nue., the Great Artery of the
City, Are Lined with
Wretched 'Hoveis.

The national capital has for years
been content with the magnificence of
its public buildings and has endured
shabby dwellings and business houses
as one of the inevitable conditions of
life. Even the filthy and disreputable
surroundings of the great marble build
ing itself have been tolerated, though
a disgrace to decency and a menace to
safety and health.
But at last Washington is waking
up from it's Rip Van Wrinkle sleep and
heroic efforts are being made to get
the lawmakers to realize their duty to
the people not only of the District, but
of the entire United States. There is
demand for laws which will clean
out, burn out or drown out the rows of
squalid novels which almost hem in
the great building on the hill, while
the main approach-Pennsylva ave.
nue-must be looked after and puri-
fed
1t would be difficult undertaking
to depict the miserably wretched con-
dition of affairs which exist for several
blocks on Pennsylvania avenue-the
chief boast of the city-extending from
historic Georgetown to the Eastern
Branch bridge. For several blocks at
the foot of the capitol this world-re-
nowned avenue is lined with low sa.
looms, cheap boarding houses, shoes.
d-while-youwait shops, shoot
ing galleries, Chinese restaurants,
laundries, junk shops, secondhand
stores and cheap lunch rooms.
Perhaps in no city could be found a
prominent street or avenue of more
disreputable surroundings than this
Washington Bowery." Instead of
growing better and more reputable in
recent years it has grown steadily
worse, though under the strongest pos
sible police protection. Many of the
buildings are unsanitary and unsafe,
but the owners decline to tear down
and rebuild or to sell at any reason
able price, for the rents are Away S
good and a house is seldom vacant.
On the Bowery can always be found,
day and night, an ever changing pan
Drama of human nature. Men of all
conditions mingle promiscuously to.
gether. Well dressed men and i'll
dressed ones, men of intelligence and
stupid ones, old and young, foreigners,
and natives, all mix up in general
tumble, and, of course, there is no
scarcity of the other sex. The color
line is not rigidly drawn and every
one is a good fellow so long as his
money holds out, be he white man,
negro or Chinese.
higher moral tone of the popula-
ton may be found in the southwestern
and southeastern sections which sur.
round the capitol, but in many in.
stances the buildings occupied as
homes are just about as shabby and
disreputable and with not the least
hope of being improved so long as
tenants can be found. Worse still,
and a burning disgrace to the city of
Washington, is the fact that several Of
the really espectable-looking resi-
dences are disreputable resorts, but so
well managed that the police have been
unable to close them. At any rate,
these houses have existed for years
and there has been no interference.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28

I hereby certify that the forego-
ing bills were allowed by the board
of county commissioners on the 3rd
day of September, 1907.
j. f. MILLER, Clerk.
BY f. ID. OLDFIELD, Deputy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
CHAPTER TX.

The governing committee was hold
ing meeting in its room. Bob rushed
In unceremoniously.
zone word, gentlemen" he called.
II have more trades outs Hnding, both
buys and sells, than any other mem
Der or house. Before deciding whether
to adjourn in an attempt to save the
Street. l ask your consideration of
this proposition: If the exchange will
suspend operations for 80 minutes,
and allow me to address the mem
bers on the floor, | will agree to buy
stocks all around the room, until they
have regained at least half their drop
all of it, If possible. l will buy I'M
til l have exhausted to the last hun
bred my fortune of billion dollars.
This should make an adjournment UNI
necessary l know that this is a most
extraordinary request, but you are
confronted with most extraordinary
situation, the most remarkable in the
history of the stock exchange. Al
ready, if what they say on the floor
is correct, over 200 banks and trust
companies throughout the country
have gone under, and new failures
are being announced every minute,
Half the members of this and the
Boston and Philadelphia exchanges
are insolvent and have closed their
doors, or will close them before three
o'clock, and the shrinkage in values
so far reported runs over fifteen bill
lions. Unless something is done be-
fore the close, there will be similar
panic in every exchange and bourse
in Europe tomorrow
The committee instantly voted to
lay the proposition before the full
board. In another minute the presi-
dents gavel sounded, and the floor
was still as tomb. All eyes were
fixed on the president Every man
in that great throng knew that upon
the announcement they were about to
hear, might depend, at least tenn
porarily, tine welfare, not only of
Wall street, but of the nation, per-
haps even of the civilized world. The
president spoke:
Members of the New York Stock
Exchange:
THE governing committee instructs
me to say that Mr.. Robert BROMLEY
has asked that operations be suspend
ed for 80 minutes, in order that he be
allowed to address you Mr.. Brown
ley has agreed, If this request be
granted, he will upon resumption of
operations purchase sufficient
amount Of e.ock to raise the average
price of all active shares at least one
hall their tntal drop-all of it, if pos
sible. lie agrees to buy to the limit
of his fortune of billion dollars.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
Currant Pie.

Cover an earthen or granite pie
plate witt pastry, sprinkle about a
tablespoonful of flour on the crust, and
fill the plate very full with currants
which have been carefully stemmed
and washed. Sprinkle good cupful
of sugar over the currants, shake a
little salt on, and cover with rich
top crust, which should be well
pressed down about the edge-vents
having been cut in the center before
putting on and then well pricked with
a fork in several places. Bake until
the crust is brown and the juice boils
up in the vents.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
Earthly Oriqin Of the Moon.

A number of years ago, writes Pror.
Pickering, of Harvard, in the current
Harper's Magazine, Prof George II
Darwin propounded the view that the
moon was originally part OF tue
earth and had been separated FROM II
by centrifugal force. His conclusions
were supported by mathenatl'a
analysis which has since become
classic and are accepted at the pres
ent time by practically all the astron
omers of the world
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
Commissioners Allow Bills
at Their Regular Meeting

The county commissioners at their
regular meeting acid September 3,
allowed the following bills against
the county:
A. C. House, salary for Au-
gust, 1907, sheriff. .....$ 150 90
c. \. Eddy, salary for Au-
gust, district attorney. SO 33
VIM. Mcknight, salary for
August, auditor $3.50. 4 sc
A. l.. Parker. salary for Au-
gust, county commission
er. .. .... % 90
w. R. Bassett, salary for
August, county commits
sioner . ... %. 90
Geo. f. Parker, salary for
August, county commits
sioner -. ..,...... % 90
J. w. Hudgins, salary for
August, deputy sheriff. rs 90
J. f. Miles, salary for Au-
gust, clerk and treasurer SO .33
Lambert Anthony, INDECENT
allowance for month of
August 49,. ...... 200
Miss Panama, INDECENT al
lowance for the month of
August ........,..,. 10 10
Mrs. Moorhead, INDECENT al
lowance for the month of
August ...... ...... "a. 90
e. l.. r. Wallace, service as
county physician for the
month of August .... - 90
Sennett e Wells, supplies
for hospital ........ 2.35
Jessie Corder, for cooking
at hOsnita1 40 90
Nevin, Brown and Graham,
funeral expenses ..... 80. 90
f. L. r. Wanace, tent at
hospital 49,. ........ 10 90
Geo. f. Parker, fare for Gus
Franquist 1900. -. 6. 90
DR.. f. f. Owens, doctor SER
vices ........... w
Nevada Stable Co., hauling
patients to hospital. 49,. 8 80
Wilson-Bates Furniture Co,
supplies for hospital D 10
Mamie G. Jensen for cook
ing at hospital ... 10. 90
e. V. Brainard, provisions
for INDECENT sick. 49,. g. so
w. C. Bradley, wood for
hospital .... .......... is W
Ely Bakery, bread for hos
pltal ........ ...... I. 80
Mrs. MOorhead, laundry for
noSplth ........ ...-. I.aV
John Stemper, meat for
hoSpltai ........ ..,.. 4.lU
Ely Dairy company, milk
for hospital ...., 49,. 6. 80
J. II. Brennon, moving tot
let at hospital ...... 10. 90
Minnie Currier. nursing at
hospital ...... ..,... 10. 90
e. M. Gilbert, constable fees SO 90
The Lawyers Corporation
Pub Co.. for law books. 90
Irwin Hodson Co, for rec
ords books ...... 80. IS. so
Nevada Press Co., rubber
Pembroke Stationery, for
typewriting paper 49,. .. 40
Remington Typewriter Co,
for carbon paper .. 81 90
Ely Mining EXpositor, for
supplies ...... ....... 10
Graham Mercantile, for sup
plies 49,. ....,.. ~
l.. c. Smith, for sheriff's
fees ...... ......... 80. 90
A. Carlisle & Co, for JUS
tice blanks ....... $50
C. A. Eddy, for telegram. .05
VIM. Mcknight, for cash
paid out 1916
Geo. +. Parker, for mileage 10 so
J. f. Miles, Tor eXpressage. 20
7 he White Pine News, for
printing and advertising. 6S 20
Heber c. Smith, for taking
school census ..:. 100
J. w. Hudgens, for mileage 76 90
Ely Bakery, meals for pris-
oners 49,. ......... II Sc
Ely Furniture Co, for COM
forts and cots .... IS 90
Geo. o. Kelsey, for repair
ing road ........... 90
Nevada Press Co, for legal
blanks 49,. ........ 81 80
w. II. Miller, auditing
county books ,........ 275. 90
1Otal ...,..,...H.. , I - 20
I hereby certify that the forego-
ing bills were allowed by the board
of county commissioners on the 3rd
day of September, 1907
J. f. MILLER, Clerk.
BY F. ID. OLDFIELD, Deputy.