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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05
WATCHING EACH OTHER.
The Crooked Course of True Love at the
First Annual Picnic.

The Crooked Course OF True Love at the
First Annual Picnic.
1t was at the first annual picnic of
the Salesladies' and Salesgentlemen' s
Association. E. Harry St John and
II. Maude rockingham had with
drawn from the gay throng of merry
makers and stood alone under the
spreading branches Of noble elm,
Her fair young face was clouded by a
frown and his noble brow seemed
troubled. H Maude broke the silence
by saying: M
MAY be you think didn't see you
swinging with Sadie Murray
"Well, what if you didP' he re-
torted, his face assuming a defiant ex-
preston.
"Oh. nothing, nothing at all. It's
nothing to me whom you swing with,
and my heart won't break il you dc
SIT an hour at time in a hammock
with Name Benson"
"Poohl 1 didn't sit ten minutes
WIFI ntIs duc WASH you tdblHS iCc'
cream with Bert Lawson at the same
timer
Shouldn't wonder if l was Did
you expect me to sit and suck my
thumbs while you and that Benson CIR
enjoyed yourselvesP You're badly lief
if you did don't happen to be bull
that way"
well, what you kicking up such s
row about then?'
II kicking up row? As though
cared if you sat monthin a hammock
with Name Benson"
! "WelI?h
"And it's nothing to me if you dc
buy soda water twice for Sally Marsh
Oh. sa,c you"
And l saw vOn flirting with Fred
Barton"
well wasn't you swinging around
with Hattie Deane on one arm anC
Lol Drake on the CHER, so sweet OF
them both sugar wouldn't melt il
your mouth? Tell me that's
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05
Both Parties Satisfied.

A young New York widow, who
moves about a great deal in society,
was lately visited by young gentle
man.
lis that your deceased husbands por-
trait?" asked the visitor, pointing to
the picture of an elderly gentleman on
the wall.
Yes, SIR" replied the widow, de-
murely.
How blissfully happy, and what a
Heaven on earth must have been his
life belowr exclaimed the young man,
rapturously.
"Ah, yes" said the widow; "but we
divided the thing up so that when he
became blissful in Heaven. | became
happy on earth. "-Teras Sittiags.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05

Street and Roadside Shade Trees.

In no branch of rural economy. per-
haps, are Americans so far behind the
people of almost every country of Eu-
rope rs in the selection. planting and
care Of street and roadside trees; and
this is particularly true in the case of
the plantations made in most of our
large cities and their suburbs. So
says our admirably conducted cotcm-
porary, Garden and Forest Two mis-
takes are almost invariably made in
undertakings of this character in the
United States; the work is done too
cheaply, and the trees are badly select
ed with reference to future effect.
Saplngs dug from the woods. with
mutilated roots and branches, are
planted in shallow SOIL and are then
left to struggle unaided against the
enemies which beset urban and subur-.
ban trees.
There is no poorer economy than
trying to plant trees cheaply. Unless
the work can be done well it had bet.
ter not be done at all. The ground
should be thoroughly prepared. and
well-selected nursery-grown trees.
carefully pruned for the purpose,
should alone be used. The American
habit of taking saplings from the
| woods, cutting eff all their branches
and half their stems, can not be too
| strongly condemned. The result of
such treatment is this: A fork is
formed by two or more horizontal
bran ches pushing up from the top Of
the stem. Water gathers and stands
in this fork. and gradually carries
decay down into the trunk of the tree.
destroying it long before it reaches
maturity.
In the matter of selection we make
as MANY mistakes, and almost as seri-
Gus ones, as in our methods of plant
ing. 1t is q well-established rule,
based upon common sense, that trees
of one variety only should be planted
on one continuous street or avenue.
The reason is obvious. II trees Of
different varieties are used that uni
formily essential in urban planting to
the production of harmony of effect
will be lost Trees of different varie-
ties grow differently. Some grow more
rapidly than others; some. as they APP
proach maturity, assume stately and
others graceful aspect, and a variety
which may make country roadside
beautiful is entirely out of place in
connection with the formal lines OF
city buildings. This rule is rarely OBJ
served in the United States. Trees oil
one variety are rarely planted in con-
tinuous lines Tho pendulous Ameri-
can elm alternates with the rigid.
branched sugar maple, or a heav,
horse chestnut is seen between two
sprawling silver naples -RuraI Neu
Yorker
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05
WARRANTED TO KILL.
The Inevitable Fate In Store for Young
and Old Cigarette Maniacs.

The Inevitable Fate In Store for Young
and Old Cigarette ManIacs.
The cigarette is small tube of
paper about three inches long and per-
haps little less than quarter of an
inch in diameter. 1t is filled with a
yellowish fibrous substance which
some enthusiasts claim is tobacco, but
that claim has never been substanti-
ated. To plagiarize the fishing-pole
smile, the cigarette works finely with
fire at one end and fool at the
other.
The cigarette is about as harm
less an implement of vice as could
well be imagined. The smoking of
one gives no satisfaction to real to-
bacco user. and on the other hand it
does not knock out the person who
first tries it, as does the first tive-cent
cigar. The ordinary cigar when first
lit by an amateur plants deadly
blow where it will do the most good
generally below the belt
The apparent innoxiousness of the
cigarette is the source of all its power
for evil. 1t is like the little drops of
water and little grains of sand which
the poet so tenderly alludes to. In
themselves they are of exceedingly
small account, but when they unite
themselves into sort of labor union,
we have the authority of the poet for
saying that they form the mighty
ocean and the beauteous land.
The mildness of the cigarette makes
| 1t possible for the user to smoke them
continually while he is awake. This
he could not do with cigars or pipe.
He could not stay in the ring if he
tried it. The cigarette, however, ar
rives at its destination just the same,
and the smoker finds when it is toe
late that he is done for.
They dissected a cigarette victim in
a New York hospital the other day.
The victim was twenty years old and
he had long known that cigarettes
were killing him. but he could no,
break away from the habit The re.
suit of the dissection showed that the
young mans body was simply satur.
ated with cigarette poison. His lungs
had gradually solidified and every vita
organ was hopelessly diseased. Tn,
full particulars of this interesting cas-,
would hardly do for the columns of i
newspaper, but we beg to suggest tina
they be obtained by the makers Of
cigarettes. printed. and placed in thu
cigarette boxes as change from thu
photographs which now adorn tn,
packages. Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05
A Business Proposal.

He walked into a Woodward avenue
shoe store and asked to see the pro-
prietor Immediately.
"Well, sir?n queried the latter.
al stole this pair of shoes here last
night" said the man, in a virtuous
tone.
"Ahl You did And you found you
had conscience after all, in spite of
your many efforts to kill it; so you
came to return them, and claim the
usual reward for honesty.
'sOh, no. said the tramp, with a
surprised air. u thought that you
would be kind enough to exchange
them. These are two and a half
sizes too large. The fraternity all
know me as Small-Footed Jim. DE
troll Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05
"What if | WASP"
"What if / tlirted with Fredp"


~ wasn't kicking about your flirt-
ing with Fred"
"And L wasn't saying any thing
about you and Heab and Lol-oDly |
think that when fellow takes a girl
to picnic he might at least speak to
her once after they got there"
Speak to hcrP Stuff Didn't l
stick right to you all m morning? And
didn't eat dinner with you and all
that? Do you want me to get down
on my hands and knees and crawl
around after you all day?"
"Now, smarty! The Lord knows l
don't care if you don't even look at
me. If you was any kind of gentle
man you'd know how to treat lady
when she condescends to favor you
with her company
"Phew! what Il long tail our cats
got.'
"See here, Harry ST. John. this
this thing had better end right here,
and you'd better take your ring if you
want it. If we can't get along noW
without fight every day how will it
be atterward q
well, who begun this fuss?"
"You did. F"
APP U
Eyes. you did"
"YOu did Yourself"
"You begun it by pitching into me
because waded the brook with those
girls from the ribbon COUNTER
"Well, how did it look? How would
you like to see me padding around
barefooted with lot of boysP'
81 don't know as I'd care
II guess you wouldn't
"Well, I-I-pshaw, Maude, lec
kiss and make up. You're an old dar'
ling, anyhow"
"Oh, you can't soft-sawder me. y"
"Now, now, my old ker-sweetness.
"Oh, behave yourself.
81 shan't"
You'd better, or Tll-Harry"
"You amt so awful cross. are youp
You better not kiss me again"
"Lets 60 and get some ice-cream.
"Well, you've got to behave the res
of the day."
Gan right" and the storm is over. =
Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Hlsborldl, HAS liie idrScSt pIlNdOc IL
brary in the country. 1t consists of
$4,000 volumes and is valued at $780,
900.
Mr.. Gladstone has accepted the
dedication of the English edition of
Prof Villari's Life of Savonarola."
This work is now being translated into
English by Nine. Villari.
1t is calculated by appleton
Literary Bulletin :" that the increased
price of books, if any, consequent upon
the passage of the International Copy
right bill, "would fall solely on new
books of popular character-almost
exclusively, in fact, upon reprints of
English fiction"
Charles Egbert Craddock Miss
Murfree), the gifted Tennessee writer
of fiction, is thus pep-pictured: A
small woman; so lame she can scarcely
cross the floor unaided. Slight yet
square in figure. A small, white face,
with the withered whiteness of one
whose health had always been delicate.
Pale, neutral brown hair and eyes, and
a formal primness of manner like that
of shy, clever woman who has lived
much in retirement.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
wishes it distinctly understood that no
one but her son is in possession of let
ters and papers to serve as a basis for
an authorized version of her life.
Mrs. Stowe has no interest in the biog-
raphy now being written by Florine
Thayer McCray, of Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Stowe, in fact, has never met
Mrs. McCray, in spite of contrary
statements which have been mysteri-
ously spread abroad.
Seth Green, the well-known fisher
man and naturalist, is out with letter
in defense of the English sparrow. In
stead of being nuisance, a destroyer
of song birds, and deserving of ex-
termination, the English sparrow, ac.
cording to Mr.. Green, is most useful
member of the feathered creation. Its
presence here, he says, has no more
connection with the disappearance Of
other birds than it has with the scarci
ty of cats.
Colonel Elliott F. Shepard, the new
proprietor of the New York Mail anC
Express, prints at the head of the edi
torial page, daily, a verse of Scripture
giving as his reason that "men who are
necessarily much absorbed in business
should be reminded of the words of the
Heavenly Father He is undaunteC
by sneers, and says 1T is God they
ridicule, not me- and declares that ht
shall continue the practice us long AZ
he owns the paper
The Garden of Eden, it is nov
claimed, was located in Central Amer
lea. Nine. Alice lie Plongeon, wife o
an eminent man of science, is tn,
prophet of the new belief and she il
also believer in the submerged cont
nent of Atlantis, She says that among
the manuscripts of the Mayas, the pre-
historic inhabitants of Yucatan, is al
account of the sinking of Atlantis
which once joined America to the west
ern coast of Africa and Europe. Othe
Maya writings give us, she asserts, tn,
whole history of the intellectual devel
opment of the human family.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
A PUZZLE.

There's one thing don't understands;
1t really seems to me so queer
That my mamma last night should say:
'Be sure and always mind, my dear"
And when got that dreadful fall
This very morning from chair,
Should pick me up and cuddle me.
And pat my cheeks. and smooth my hair:
And press her face down close to mine.
That might hear her whisper, kind
The while she kissed my tears away
''rhere, there! my darling; never mindw
- Youths Conn fnioR.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05

~ Washington Critic.
=" What do you know Of interest
to day, Mr.. ChinkerP" asked reporter,
while nosing around for news. Same
as usual, seven per cent. on good secu-
rity," was the brusque reply.-Mer-
chant Traveller.
Crushed Poet (going ouD-"I
thought l should be sure to sell it. :"
Editor" What made you so surep'
Crushed Poet use Great Byron
as as expletive in it, instead of Great
Scott, '" Editor" Hold on! Come
back here, Thanks. The cashier will
hand you fifty dollars, It'd Bits.
The Governor-''A pretty fellow
you are to disgrace me in this way!
What on earth tempted you to run
away with that girl?' Alfred-"Why,
leaving out all sentiment, sir, it was
her twenty thousand year The
Governor-"Oh-- ah-it was pretty
rough, after all, to have met with so
/ luuCn OppOSlbiun. -LUt.
-"Ah, Mr.. Dumley,' said the wild
ow, with gush of tears, ''if il were
not for my children, life would have
for me few charms indeed! You dc
not know what a mothers love for her
offspring is" "Ah, no, my dear
madam" replied Dumley, with tender
sympathy; Il have never been a
mother, n-Hdrper's Bazaar.
Il don't think much of the scenery
in this part of the country" said a
Western man on Central Hudson
train bound north. Give me prairie
every time" What's the matter
with the scenery in this part of the
country?" asked fellow passenger.
gosh, you can't see any. Them
diAged hills an mountains are in the
way.'-N Y. Sun.
=" There are so many isms now"
sadly deplored a member of the Gen
eral conference to a fellow passenger
on the elevated. 1--WE have Arian
ism, Armanianism, Calvinism, Spirit
ualism, and so on. May | inquir,
what ism you incline to-" "Yol
may" replied the interrogatee, VIII,
was from Boston. Il take the mos
interest in pugilism, mvself.-Ptts
bur0h Chronicle
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05

The salaries of the Bishops of the
Episcopal church in.this country vary
widely. The highest is $4,000 and a
residence-that of Bishor Potter, Of
New York. The next highest salary is
5000, Eight receive 5000
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05

Between sixty and seventy Luth-
eran clergymen have been arrested for
following iifelr calling in the Baltic
provinces, and number of them have
been banished to Siberia.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05

Dental ethics are peculiar. but in
exorable. A dentist in Pennsylvania
advertised for a wife and got one
worth $50. 600 without forfeiting his
standing in the profession. while
Wisconsin dentist who advertised tor
customers was elected from the State
Association
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05
HUMOROUS.

IL never had boarder complain
of my coffee before, Mr.. Timpkins,
snapped his landlady. Il think have
more than sufficient grounds" was
Timpkins' weak reply.-M Y Tribune.
Il wrote sweet poem to lovely Louise,
The fairest for whom lover could sigh;
And when it was printed, the printer had
spelled
The dear darling's name by dropping the 1.
- WqShinOfOR Critic.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08
A Large raIr Of Shoes.

shoemaker. of Atlanta, Ga, has Just
finished the largest pair Of shoes ever made
for actual use IL took a piece OF leather
containing l,040 square inches to make the
uppers. and 1900 to make the soles That is
5000 square inches altogether. II that
leather were cut into strips an eighth Of ar
inch wide and made into one long string. the
string would be $4,000 inches long. Tbe
shoes weigh eight and one-quarter pounds
The soles are fourteen inches long. 81 wide
and So inches deep. That doesn't count the
heel, which would add another inch to the
depth. h.-Chicago Herald
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08

Chicago, August, 24-"Oh, papal'
shouted a pretty little child at the
Union depot Wednesday night. The
little ones mother, however, richly
dressed woman of about 35 years,
tried to restrain the child, but the lit
tie arms twined about the neck of a
bronzed, fine-looking man. "Oh,
papa" said the little girl. 'come over
to mamma
The man trembled, the woman low
cred her vail. 1t was their first meet
ing in six years. He WIS James Whit
ney, San Francisco merchant. and
he was returning from New York
Since their estrangement Mrs. Whit
ney had been living with her parents,
wealthy Philadelphians. She was on
her way to visit friends in Omaha
"Papa, do speak to mama," pleaded
the child. "She has cried SO much
and told me how papa always WAS"
Mr., Whitney approached his wife
and their hands clasped. Father
mother and daughter together entered
the West-bound train.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08
STATE AND COAST ITEMS

Wood sells at So 80 per cord in Nye
county.
A kiln of 100000 bricks is being
burned at Tuscarora.
While grading for millsite at Tus-
carora a quartz vein from 40 to 80
wide and of fine appearance was un-
covered.
A quartz mill IS to be built at Boise
City, Idaho, to rue n custom work.
The population of Los Angeles
county, Cal, is estimated at 100000.
An artesian we'll boring company
has been formed at Eureka to bore for
water in the cattle ranges in that and
adjacent counties.
The Victoria Colonist says it is re-
ported that the famous Tread well mine
of Alaska is to be sold to an English
syndicate for $12,000,0O0.
Last Saturday night, during a drunk
en- row in Douglas county, VIM. Egles,
stabbed his brother Henry in the back
several times.
Stock cattle on the Owyhee in Idaho
are being sold to Nebraska men at $12
per head.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08
Freight Car Carrying Capacity.

An increase In freight car carrying capa-
city from ten to twenty tons nominal load
has beer accomplished within the last decade
Freight cars, as now built, are intended 10
carry twice their weight in load, while for a
number of years before the increase was
made the weight of the possible load was
generally assumed as that of the box car In
which it was carried The narrow gauge
movement, though not successful in changing
the standard width of American railroads.
served. we think. useful purpose in calling
attention TO the relations between dead and
paying weight. with the result, as stated OF
increasing the relative load carried. Rail
way Review.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08
Quite to Her Satisfaction.

During a recent trip of the city of San An
tonic. of the Mallory line, from New York to
Fernandina, an old lady passenger, who was
hard to please. and who grumbled at every
thing and everybody about the ship. said to
Capt. Wilder at the breakfast table Just be-
fore reaching port,
"After all, captain, there's one thing that
is really good on this ship, and when say a
things good, mean it. Never saw better
anywhere"
"Glad TO hear you say so, madam" replied
the gallant captain I'VE always try to
make things pleasant and comfortable for
our guests. But what is there on this ship
you admire so muchr'
THE salt" replied the old lady.-Florida
Republican.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08
LOVE SONG.

Sweetheart, lifesfs drifting By.
Casting chances on the shore;
What Is there that you and
Fain would gather for our storeS
Chance is gold. but gold unmtned,
We must labor for the ore
Only he who works will find
Precious treasure at bis door.
Little sweetheart. stand up strong,
Gird the armor on your knight;
Sing your most inspiring song.
Flame aioft Loves cheering light.
There aro battles TO be fought.
There are victories to be won,
Righteous labors TO be wrought,
Valiant races to be run:
0rievous wrongs TO be retrieved,
Right and justice TO be done;
Glorious aims to be achieved
Heaven on earth to be begun.
Little sweetheart. stand up strong,
Gird the armor on your knight;
Smile your bravest, sing your song,
Speak your word for truth and right.
Annie l. Muzzey In Frank Leslie'a
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08
The way q woman Reckoned il Up

To the Fort Worth (Texas) Gazette
woman wrote some months ago as
follows, and ber statistics we're so we'll
calculated that they will bear reprint
ing once a month: MY homeless
friend, you say you have for years
longed for the free. independent life
of the farmer, but have never been
able to get enough money together to
buy farm. But that is just where
you are mistaken. For snvaral years,
you have been drinking a good i'm.
proved farm at the rate of 100 square
feet at gulp. Figure it out your
self. An acre of land contain 1850
square feet. Estimating land $43 :56
per acre, you will see that is just one
mil per square font and one cent for
ten square feet. Now, pour down the
fiery dose and imagine you are swal-
lowing a strawberry patch. Call in
five of your friends and have them
help you gulp down a five-hundred-
foot garden. Get on prolonged
spree and see how long it requires to
swallow a pasture large enough to
feed cow--twenty cows.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08
A Heathen Converts shrewdness.

Converts from heathenism can sometimes
quote Scripture for their own benefit In
Madagascar lately a teacher applied for an
increase of salary. "But, my friend" said
the missionary. ~ shall have to consider the
case of the other teachers-shall notf" "Oh,
1t does not matter that; you need not tell.
our Savior has taught US to give our aims In
secretl" Whether this "doubly private" In
depreciation availed the applicant, we are
not informed. Christian Inquirer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08
A Blaze at RellexilIe.

A fire at Belleville, Esmeralda
county, on Saturday night burned
Levi Smiths store, the postoffice
building and two or three of Swim
dell's boarding and lodging houses,
together with five empty buildings,
making ten in all destroyed. The
loss is roughly estimated at $4,000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08

Last Wednesday George Gordon of
Big Valley, Shasta county, was driv-
ing with his family toward Cotton
wood, when his team was attacked by
swarm of yellow jackets. The
horses ran away, the family was
thrown out and more or less bruised,
and one of the horses was stung to
death.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08
WHITE PINE NEWS
Published every Saturday morning by
w. L. DAVIS.
Terms of subscriptions:
JOB PRIN TIN

THE NEWS Office Is supplied with every
facility for executing all kinds of Job
Printing ia a neat manner and at living
rates. Any job fron lady's visiting
card TO fnll-sheet poster turned out at
short notice. Orders solicited.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08
Hardly worth While.

Dakota Man with head out OF car window
-Anythin' interestin goin' ON this yere
town today, strangeri
Citizen-Theres hangin' this AFTERNOON.
Dakota Man-Single or doublel
Citizen Single
Dakota Man-Only single, ehi WAL,
rec1en won't stop off.-Tid Bits.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-08

A Brush street boy with piece of black
cloth on his hat was playing In front Of the
house tho other day when q man stopped and
inquired:
Are you In mourning, bubi"
"Yes, SIR"
Father or motherf'
"Nether one"
"Oh, it's brother or sistern
mo, sir. I've put it on to see II grandpa
won't die and give us a rest-Detroit Free
Press.