The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-11-10
n.xAeas ee the Piano Club.

4 aaoeheds 81 the Piano Club.
TIE lAHest thing is piano club. which
4 far better than the watch club Two
OF them have been formed here lately. and
= sExzkG me- as the best way to get a
piano, as the purchase Is taken OIL of the
dealsrs' hands and an association some
thing ukea building association is formed
This d the idea. a good piano costs $500
Now, u $50 persons will agree to purchase
$50 pianos from q manufacturer he will
give them discount of $50 on eacI piano
and time to boot Hence a club of $50
people ere formed, and each contributes
o : week, 30 that each week a piano Is
paid for. A drawing takes place, the
lucky number taking the piano, but still
VontrIbuting dollar week for The In
etxument until his $3.50 is paid When
everybody has a piano IN this way the
club diss0lves.
You may say 1t is hard on the one who
draws last, as he must wait 300 weeks for
HE piano No, he would scarcely MISS the
dollar week. as anybody can afford that
sum. Moreover, many pay the total sum
after contributing for time. Of an ar
rangement Is made by which <pano cah
bs had Immediately by doubling the
weekly contribution Thus the rent which
woud otherwise be paid for a piano IL
conkxibuted toward its purchase very
large number of pianos In the city are
sensed, and such system tends to sup
plant Eenting.-"H B. in Globe Demo
exaA
The Palmy Days of Minstreisy.
Twas reading that the wife of Jack Hay
eTly, the once well known negro minstrel
manager, induced him to give her $40 every
night out Of the receipts of the show, SO that
when he went into bankruptcy she possessed
. fortune Of about $4,000 He begged her
% lend him the money but she refused him
and today they are living comfortably on her
Avinga An hour or two afterward | met
BIN Foote, who was a boomer for Haverly
when that skyrocket of a manager was nigh
In The cir. Foote now runs a boarding house
IN this city, and is the custodian of Dock
snAdeg's theatre during the absence OF the
DockstAder minstrels on a tour.
aOh, yes; those were 'nalcyon days" said
he .srhere was q time when the manager of
> minstrel company had to do hardly any
thing else than open the doors of hall and
- people pay to come in. The five or six
years after the war were especially profit
00s1h AeGW SOWAAoS vi VIII &C W hNC AHOAodhd
Inhabitants, were constantly being discov
cred by wide awake agents, and places OF
that sort were dead sure to yield fine audi
ences for anything In the way of minstrelsy
But IL isn't so now The milk is all gone out
Of that cocoanut, and the man who can make
. negro minstrel company pay has got to
hustle for it."-New York Cor indianapolis
Newa
Bureau and Trunk In One.
What II the latest novelty IN the
trunk business?" was asked by reporter
Of . well known dealer in that line of
goods q few days ago
''Ths very latest thing. ! believe. is
JAILED the bureau trunk. and is made es-
peciAlly for the use of ladies going To the
sountTy or seashore. where the accommo-
aations are likely to be more or less
eramped In the matter OF room think
It about the neatest thing of the kind
EVER put on the market. and to use
haekneyed expression. fills a long felt
cant for those who are practically forced
to live In q trunk for three months in
tn the year."
The dealer then drew from under the
seuntss large rectangular shaped trunk
q vas thirty. ak inches long and of pro-
poStionsss depth and width. with fat
top. and was covered completely with
light eolored leather with silver clasps
md mountings. Although of large size.
he trunk was unusually light in weight
and was easily handled. while the central
banda which surrounded it were q suffi-
dent guarantee of its stability.
But IL was on the inside cf the affair
thak the popularity which gives it the
name OF bureau" was diclosed and was
made apparent at once when the lid was
raised In the lid were two shallow but
good sized drawers for the reception of
he more delicate articles of women's APP
pArea. while above these was deeper
drawer with compartments for hats and
honnets. The body Of the trunk was spa
eious and capable of holding large guam
Ivy Of dresses, etc., when closely packed.
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