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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
Paymaster and President.

A railway paymaster, whose CONVEX
sation is reported by the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, is inclined to magnify
his office; and no doubt he is n pretty
important man in the eye of the EN-
ployes, who look to him for theii
wages. This view of the case is EN-
phasized by a story which he tells OF
President Ingalls,, of the big Four"
President Ingalls, was out In his spe'
cial car one day on his road, and stop
ped near st. Paul, Ind, for the purpose
of inspecting a gravel pit that he an.
ticipated purchasing. He had several
minor officials of the road with him. A
section gang was at work near by, and
u switch ran up into the gravel pit
half a mile distant.
The day was very hot, and an almost
tropical sun threatened to warp the
rails out of position. Naturally Mr.. In.
gals did not choose to walk half a mile
under such circumstances, so he called
to the section boss and ordered him to
bring his handcar and crew, and carry
the party up to the pit.
mot on your life," was the surprls.
ing reply. "Sure, l have me orders
from the superintendent to do the work
beyond and not leave till it's finished
Mr.. ingalls, smiled, colored, and was
about to reply, when II of the party
tried to help him out by saying:
"Oh, that's all right, Mike. This is
Mr.. ingalls,. Get your car and come
along"
But Mike was not moved in the least
by this appeal, and promptly replied:
"Mr. Ingalls,, is 1t? Nivir Il bit do !
care who he Is. l wouldn't lave this job
for the paymaster himself, and that's
all there Is about 1t. Yez can walk to
the gravel pitt
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
"rHAr 1ERRleLe STRAIN.
Engineers Are Too Busy to Think OF
Passengers or Fret About Dangers.

Passengers or Fret About Dangers.
1T does beat the mischief" remark
ed IA railroad engineer the other day,
how the public clings TO the old-fash-
toned, WORKOUT notion that every ran
road driver lives about six years. and
then. If he amt killed on the road, dies
of prostration or brain fever
caused by the terrible strain he Is I'M
der and the awful thought the next In
slant he may be waited into the he
yond along with 400 or 800 passengers
at his back. That notion Is as old rs
the first locomotive ever built, and it Is
just as much played out.
You never heard a story of n ;ail-
road engineer in your life that he
wasn't just everlastingly shaking In
overalls at the thought of his terrible
responsibility and the Thousand souls
or the precious freight that Is cntrnst-
ed to him.
Now, I'll admit that It's all pretty
and sounds nice and brave. bun the
only trouble with 1t is that there is
nothing in 1t.
Il have no doubt the engineer would
think about the responsibility ana wor
ry some about the women and children
behind him If he had time and Didn't
have to hustle so ALFRED hard every
minute to pull his train in on time.
But you see he hasn't got the time.
From the minute he Jumps into his cab
and pulls open the throttle he Is kept
guessing to keep his old machine going
fast enough under him to make the dis
lance in schedule time. Nowadays the
railroads don't allow many minutes for
the passengers and crew to get off and
shoot jackrabbits, and the driver Of a
fast train over a division has his mind
full all the time without going behind
the tender and worrying about what is
going to happen to the passengers If
there Is a smashup.
"Then there Is the mechanical part of
the game to keep your thoughts off the
passengers. How much coal Is your
fireman burningY Gould we pull up
that hill II burning less coal?' or save
time by crowding on the steam going
down hillT Every engineer wants to
get the maximum amount of speed out
of his engine and burn the minimum
amount of coal. He can't think about
that and the passengers. too, and so he
let's the passengers slide and take care
Of themselves.
II do not mean to say that an engi-
neer who is true to his duty does moi
worry when there is actual cause for
1t, or that he will not hang to his post
till he has had the life mangled out of
him, If he thinks 1t will do any good.
There are too many cases on record
where locomotive drivers have sacri-
feed their lives; but mean to say that
the popular notion that engineers stay
awake nights dreading the responsible
lty before them is all wrong. They get
just as hardened to the work and cal
lous to the dangers as a circus perform
er, and they think no more of the risks
that they are taking"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
Thy schilling's Best tea and baking powder.


Southey's story is of a tame fox at
Bridgwater. which had been brought
up from a cub to run in the wheel as a
turnspit. One day, however, his vaga-
bond instincts proved too much for him,
and he determined to take a holiday.
Tho Heshpots of his Egypt were as dust
and ashes TO his palate compared with
the chickens of his own selection. I'm
fortunately he chose the hunting seaso
for his excursion. and soon came in con-
tact with his hereditary prosecutors.
He evidently determined to give them
a good run, for he took them twice
through a stream called the Parrot,
after a grand circumbendibus, which
involved a chase of nearly 80 miles. He
made his way back with hounds in full
cry. and re-entering the kitchen re-
sumed operations in the wheel with as
much as though he had never
left it. The fat cook, with whom he
was a great favorite, succeeded in beat.
ing the hounds off until the arrival OF
the huntsnsan, who humanely assisted
in saving a life which, il sagacity and
ingenuity be virtues, we'll deserved to
be spared. New Illustrated Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
Paper Bag Making.

The manufacture of paper bags Is ar
industry which depends largely for its
prosperity on the prevailing condition Of
the times. The more stringest the finan-
cial pressure becomes, says the Chicago
Chronicle, the more paper bags are
used. In the grocery stores customers
will come in who, instead of ordering
of potatoes and carry them home in q
paper bag. Groceries Of all kinds are
purchased in small quantities, and the
paper bag is used almost exclusively to
do up not only groceries, but fruit. veg
etables and candies. A customer In
hard times will drop in and buy hDlf n
pound OF tea. In n few days he will
come again and buy another half
pound. In good times he would have
bought a couple Of pounds, and one bag
would have wrapped 1t up.
1t is so with all kinds of groceries and
everything purchasable for which paper
bags can be used, and the only real
complaint which will be found coming
from the paper bag manufacturers will
be on the occasion of prosperous times
coming on us again. The paper bag
mills are doing a thriving business now,
and until the growing evidences Of
prosperity eliminate in a general re.
sumption of business activity through
out the country, they will not lack for a
constant and large demand for their
goods. But when the mechanic begins
to buy potatoes by the bushel, apples
by the peck, coffee by %iye-pound pack
ages and -four by the barrel, then the
paper bag Will hide its diminished head
and prosperity be with us once more.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
Finally Dlgested.

1t is said that an American went into
n London booksellers and asked for
Hare's Walks In London. In the
United States it is printed in one vol
ume, in England in two.
"Oh," said the Yankee as he looked
Mt them, "you part your Hare in the
middle, do your"
81. sir?" said the clerk, with u bewil-
dered look. "Oh, no, siri'
II saw he didn't see the joke" said
the Yankee, $50 l didn't explain, but
bought the books and went away. A
week later | entered the same shop. AS
oon as the clerk saw mo he approached
me, exclaiming: Good, CAPT al! Part
your hair in the middle? That 3 capital,
sir--capitall'-Anecdotes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
Queer Marriage Custom.

A decidedly curious marriage Gus
tom obtains In the Island of Himia
directly opposite the Island Of Rhodes
The Greeks, by whom 1t was peopled
subsist for the most part on the results
Of the sponge fishery. No girl In the
island is allowed to marry until she
has brought up a certain number OF
sponges, which must be taken from q
certain depth. In some of the other
Greek islands, however, this demon.
stration of ability Is dominated by the
men. and IL there are several sultors
for the hand of any particular maiden
her father hands her over to the IA
who AN dive best, and In consequence
brings up the largest number OF
sponges.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
A hematicai Wonder.

Jedediah Buxton was the greatest
prodigy of mathematics that ever ap-
peared in England. His education was
very limited, and be had never been
taught arithmetic or indeed any branch
of mathematics, so that his abilities in
this respect were peculiarly natural.
He would walk over a piece of land and
tell with exactness how many acres and
square rods were contained in it. His
memory war so great that while resolv-
ing a question he could leave Off and
resume the occupation again the next
morning OF at a week, a month or sew
eral months later and proceed regularly
till it was completed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
Herm,t of the smoky Mountains.

A curious specimen of human nature
was In Gainesville, Ga, the other day.
He speaks of his life as Of entire
solitude, living aloof from the world
out In a small hut over in the Smoky
mountains of South Carolina, but says
hat he is known far and wide and all
oyer this country.
He had been on a trip to Atlanta for
the purpose of purchasing a few need
ed books, because he could procure
them there a few cents cheaper than
elsewhere. He was 10Y on his return
trip, carrying with him forty pounds
of literature swung In a sack across his
back. With his huge bundle of books,
his large, long walking stick, his gray,
grizzly and tangled beard and his Pc
culiar and cute manners, he presented
an attractive and curious sight.
He told of his revices In the army
and of the priyations Of the war. He
told how the people had treated him in
his travels, Of his life as a hermit with
his home In the woods, where there Is
no one he can call his friend, with only
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
Fakirs.

Fakirs is the name given to a cele'
brated class Of fanatics found in many
parts of the east, but more particularly
in India. Some Of them will make {
vow to continue all their lives in one
posture and adhere to it strictly. Others
never lie down, but remain in a stand
ing position all their lives, upheld only
by sticks or ropes under the armpits.
They pretend to have sub6ued every
passion of mortality.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of Testimonials.
Address, T.. J. CHENEY SEQ, Toledo, ..
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
A Lioness shows u.r Wit

An interesting exhibition of lion wit
has been seen for the past few days In
the cage Of Rose, the l%ioness, and her
three cubs in the Central Park Menag-
erie, New York City. The cubs, one
female and two males, We're born about
a month ago. They have since been
allowed the shelter of n small box,
with II hole cut in 1t large enough for
them TO get in and out of the box. The
cubs seemed to think that the object
of life was to get In and out of that
hole In the box. So they almost wore
themselves out at that occupation,
scraped the fur partly off their sides,
and made their mother nervous by
their continual egress and ingress.
When her patience had given out,
the mother would catch one of the
cubs by the back of the neck and thrust
1t into the house. But 1t would always
get out while she was after the others.
She could never succeed in getting
them all in.
The other morning the mother, after
several days of hard thinking, con-
trlved to get the upper hand. The cubs
had been playing about the cage,
sometimes In the box and sometimes
out. In n grand rush all got into the
box at one time. The lioness had APP
parently been paying no attention to
them, but as soon as she saw that all
were inside she got up quickly from
the corner where she had been lying
and walked over to the little box. Then
she lay down with her back to the
hole and stopped 1t up. The cubs
squeaked ~piteously for ten minutes,
but 1t was of no avail.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
A Superstitious Soldier.

Lord Wolse,ey makes no secret of The
fact that he is extremely superstltlous
indeed, he once owned, in a letter to tn,
members of the Thirteen Club. thai
while IN Ireland he had worn out sew
eral hatbrlms through saiuting sing.t
magpies, and that he would not, 'or
any account" walk under IA ladder. HI
also believes in ghosts. and can tel
some exceedingly strange stories Of
regimental specters. 1t would be Gu
rious to discover whether this renown
ed soldier has ever Planned any mil
tary engagement upon the dreaded Fri
day.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
GONE NJ

One ripe summer fresh and fair, has
gone glimmering. What with rain and
breeze and fair sun, the harvest has left us
grain enough to feed the world, and hard
times are broken by a kindly hand. But
autumn changes come, and We cannot be
too self-content not to guard against what
autumn brings. 1t is the changeful tenn
p~erature of midday warmth and night and
morning chill, from the dampness of dews
or vapors cast adrlft on eastern winds.
With The breath of such comes back to very
many old-time physical troubles of pains
and aches, rheumatism, neuralgia, soreness
and stiffness. This is a crop not spoken OIL
in a farmers almanac, but It must be cared
for, else it will lay waste and grow misery.
st. Jacobs Oil is a reaper and binder; il
reaps the field of pain and binds up and
cures. There is no bodily pain it won't re-
lieve, and to the whole group of rheumatic
pains, it is a certain and specific cure. Lei
not the bounties that have been reaped be
marred by misery and pain. st. Jacobs Oil
is the helper to enjoy the better times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

Il understand you have just been on
n little cruise with Hersliof on MS now
yacht. How is he; much of a sallor?"
sailor? Why, that man doesn't I'M
derstand the first principles Of yacht
ing. He hadn't II thing On board, OK
cept water, to drink."-Cleveland Lead
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
A Difficult Problem.

"What kapes We shtill so long, Do
LAM" inquired Mr.. Rafferty,.
"Oi'm thryin TO convince meself that
it's no harder 10 push a w~heelbarrow on
the level than to push me bicickle up
hill an Oh can't do it. "-Washington
Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

The stomach that is not turned thu by a
shaking up on the briny wave'' must be a
well fortified one. The gastric apparatus can
be rendered proof against sea sickness with
sea and land-Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t
defends the system against malaria and rheu-
matism, and subdues liver complaint, consti-
patton aud dyspepsia.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

Abraham Lincoln once received a let
ter asking for a sentiment" and his
autograph. He replied:
DEAR When you ask from o stran
ger that winch is of interest only to yourself.
always inclose a stamp There's your senti
ment, and here's you autograph.
A. LINCOLN.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

you should have beard Smith crack
ing up his wife's biscuits this morn
ing"
II believe l did hear him. l thought
at the time he was chopping wood
Truth.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

"'Tain allus de energy you puts inter
whut you does dat counts" said Uncle
Eben. "Some folks doesn' mind me
OBJ muffin but a skyrocket pinted up
side down."-WashingtOn Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

There Is a tribe in Central Africa
among whom speakers 10 public de-
bates are required to stand on n leg
while speaking and to speak only as
long as they can SO stand.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

The Rialto at Venice is said to have
been built from designs OF Michael
Angelo. It. consists of a single marble
arch 80 feet long and was completed
about 1892.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
An Extinct Animals Remains Found

AN ExI1nCC huAtIAdh 3 EhcAhdInb II Ounu
The fossil remains of a seal of an ex-
tinct species and vast antiquity were
found near Newport, Lincoln County,
Ore, recently. The remains were i'm
bedded in a sandstone deposit, and
from the strata in which they were
found Professor Condor, geologist at
the State University of Oregon, is of
the opinion that the body of the ami
NAL must have been washed ashore by
the sea at least $4,000 years ago, per-
haps longer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

Sweden is the greatest match produc-
ing country in the world although the
industry is conducted ON an enormous
scale in the United States and else
where.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
StOp!l Women,

And consider that in addressing Mrs.
Pinkham you are confding your private
Ills to . woman-a woman whose ex-
perience in treating woman's diseases
Is greater than that Of any living ply
stefan, male or female. :
You can talk freely to woman when
It is revolving to relate your private
troubles to a man; besides, a man does
not understand, simply because he lisa
man.
MRS. PINKnAM'S STANDING
INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form Of
female weaknessa are invitedtopromptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. All letters are re-
ceived, opened, read, and answered by
women only. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman
Thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and
the women of America which has never
been broken. Out of the vast volume
of experience which she has to draw
from, it is more han possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that
will help ysur case. She asks nothing
In return except your good will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely anywoman, rich or poor, is very
foolish il she does not TAKE advantage
of this ~e--erous offer of assistance.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
PURE FOOD.

"Can't give you nothing but straight whiskey,
'Iiend," said the barkeeper to the Klondiker.
ALI the soft drinks Is frozen hard"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is the only
cough medicine used in my house. d.
G. Albright, Mitf1inburg, Pa, Dec. IL, %,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
PURE o

Tea Garden Drips Is q pure sugar product.
The sweetest and best favored table syrup ever
made,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
s1OO 500.

Toboggan Maple Syrup is absolutely pure and
rich in havor. Recommended by ply sicians.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
ALMOST INSIDE OUT.

Gaylord-Who is your fayorite poet? Bomber
-McJingle. He never brings his poetry In.
He always sends 1t by mail with a return stamp
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
A Festival of Hope.

EASTER is the worlds great festival of
hope. 1t is the mighty arc unanswer-
able confirmation of all mans dreaming.
that there is something better farther
on. The miracle of broken and an
empty tomb converted the dream of i'm
mortality from blind hope into ra-
diant rainbow of promise. A Risen
Christ" is the sufficient evidence that
there is God in the universe and that
man is his child. The disciples turned
away from Calvary with slow steps and
heavy hearts. But when the faithful
women on Easter morning came running
with the wondrous story of the "stone
rolled away" upon their lips, how elec-
trical was the effect! The faith which but
moment ago lay shattered in thous-
and fragments rose again as the tides of
the sea rise. sweeping all before it..
Christianity had been born again, this
time to die no more. Thus every note
or song and snowy blossom with which
the Easter tide is kept. voices single
meaning; that meaning is that the Cos
pei of Jesus Christ. with its revelations,
and promises, and hopes, is true, and that
human death has been "swallowed up in
victory. L. d. BoYNToN.
ROCHESTER,. MINI.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
Christ Alive Forevermore.
DETROIT, Mich

Il am he that liveth and was dead; and
ehold 1 am alive forevermore. " Rev. 1:
is.
d Thus spake the spiritually risen
Christ. and his comforting words have
gone sounding down through the ages
for more than eighteen centuries. lifting
up the head of doubling souls, strength.
ening the weak and faithless, and COM
forting the mourner with the tender as
surance of glad meeting with loved ones
in the nightless land. Assurance OF thisf
All, that depends upon the rank we give
to Him who uttered this wondrous mes
sage. If we rank him as God. his words
may have no meaning for humanity, for
because God has power to perpetuats
his own existence is no certain evidence
that the human race are the recipients
OF such Infinite favor. But il we rank
him as the crown of all manhood, the
perfect elder brother of our race, divine,
yet human, spirit. yet once clothed
with flesh, even as we are essentially
spirit, though now clothed with flesh,
then indeed does he speak for all hu-
nanity, even as he speaks for himself,
when he says: 81 am he that liveth and
was dead. and behold am alive for ever
more" IF. RICE.
Coz RIDGES o.
toeSTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.)
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
Easter in the Churches.
OMAHA, Neb,

EASTER Sunday should be the best day
of all the year in our churches. 1t sug-
gests the renewing OF life, and more
bountiful life is what we need. The in
diyidual needs this newness of life in
his own soul. The church needs it in
its local and it's larger relations. Will
the Easter day not inspire this new and
larger lifeP Look at the earth, and the
growth of the grass tells Of new life.
Look at the forest and the buds are
bursting with it's expanding power. The
poetry of life is proclaimed by the posies
and the birds sing it into our very souls.
Can we thus see and hear. and yet not
feel with nature the sweet Joy and the
expanding thrillF Filled with this
abounding life we will give forth from
our hearts and hands that which will
kindle and sustain it in others.
T. E. DoTTER.
MANCHESTER, Iowa.