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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-11-13
Fright,

We have heard much of late of the
evils which excessive bicycle riding
brings in it's train, and there appears
to be no end to the numerous physical
phenomena which the extended use Of
the bicycle has brought to light, and
which have proved profitable subjects
for speculation and study. Human in
to perfect the mechanism of the ma
chine in almost every direction in which
improvement Is possible, but after all
1t is not so much the question of the
adaptability of the machine to the rider
as of the rider to the machine. Many
Of the accidents for which the bicycle
is held responsible are more or less
chargeable to the want of care and the
lack of skill on the part Of the rider,
and this is more particularly the use
with many collisions. There Is II
cause of accidents associated with the
bicycle In that the latter Is a means to
the end of producing what may be
termed bicycle fright" This form Of
nervous perturbation Is not neces-
sarily confined to the inexperienced
rider. but frequently attacks those who
are proficient. Under certain condi-
tons the machine becomes by Il mental
perversity of the rider an uncontrolla-
BILE and active agent of an apparently
unavoidable accident, and the rider ap-
pears to aid the perverse tendency.
This is purely a perversion Of deter
mination on the part of the rider HIM
self. This would appear to resemble
stage fright in many essential particu-
lars, and the desire to do well In the
face of danger temporarily paralyzes
the necessary will force and makes
such a result impossible. When once
n rider is attacked with this nervous
malady it is almost useless to attempt
to overcome its injurious tendencies.
The victim cannot help himself, and his
only hope is in Immediately dismount-
ing and gaining an opportunity for the
natural recovery of nervous equili-
brium.-New York Ledger.
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loaned, a scarce blanketed savage,

loamed, a scarce blanketed savage,
wei the far western wilds of North
America. A war whoop had been far
more natural to him then than the fine
tenor solos he executed now without
difficulty. He had been a brave among
the braves.
Eight years before this story begins
Mr. Blake, ST., was seized with the
fet er of exploration that so often takes
the moneyed Englishman of to-day in
Its grasp, and set sail for America and
the wild and woolly west.
In due time Mr.. Blake found himself
In the far west, and, securing suitable
guides, plunged into the wilderness,
wilderness most satisfactory, wilder
ness far beyond his widest i~maglnings.
Here, with his guides, he spent many
months in hunting and exploration.
several times experiencing the proud
sensation of being the first white man
to visit.
One day the guides brought to the
temporary camp n young Indian, who
had fallen i'll while on n lone hunt, and
was unable to get back to the home
from which he had wandered far. The
guides had gone to his rescue. For
weeks the sick boy lay in the little
shelter of boughs erected by the
guides.
Mr.. Blake, q childless widower, be-
came greatly Interested in the youthful
savage, and as time went on much at
tached to him. Through a guide as In
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-11-13

In country road making there is much
blowing of roadsides and scraping
away of the surface soil. This Is almost
alwaysa mistake. But the farmer should
see to it that at least the work of road
Improvement does not obstruct the en-
frances to his fields. Making it easy
for the farmer to use any part of his
farm Is for him about the most neces-
sary part of road improvement. Out
of this field into the road he will each
year draw many loads, besides the
loads of manure he will likely draw
into It. If a plowed ridge or ditch OBJ
structs the entrance to the field many
wagons will be needlessly broken. If
a ditch Is required in the roadside op-
poslte a gate, the path master may be
obliged to convert 1t at that point into
a sluiceway, with stone or tile passage
for the water. An underdrain beside
the road, three feet deep, with good out
let, is the best way to improve most
poor roads. But whatever the method
adopted, the farmer should see to It
that road improvement does not OBJ
struct gateways that he has to use.
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mystery concerning young Mr.. Blake

mystery concerning young Mr.. Blake.
lie was, as has been said correctly,
sedately, soberly English In every way
except, perhaps, a slightly unfamiliar
cast of countenance. What was 1t that
was puzzling? There is always so
much idle talk on a steamer.
Not a great talker, but when warmed
up on a subject, though this Ina opened
rarely, as lie appeared to have e, cry
emotion under supreme control, the
blood mantled in his dark checks, aud
his large, black, deep-set eyes glowed
with IN intense though rather sonibre
fire. His English was singularly un.
deiiled for this sIang-loving genera
ton.
Your son does not look much like
you," some one would say to rudy,
bright-faced senior Blake.
no, he is like his mothers people,
Mr.. Blake would calmly reply, but not
continuing the conversation further In
that direction.
Like his mothers people," aye. and
like his fathers. too, for Charles Blake
only seven short years before had
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Timothy on Sandy Soil,

Timothy grass is often sown on
sandy soil, not because IL is especially
adapted to it, but because sandy soil
Is not easily seeded with anything, and
timothy, which al be sown late in
summer and all through the fall, sue
ceeds rather better than the grasses
and clovers sown in spring. All sandy
soils are deficient in mineral plant food.
Timothy does % require much, either
of phosphate or potash, until its seeds
begin to form. 1t does not need one
quarter as much Of these minerals or
of lime as does clover, and as its roots
run near the surface, it is MANFRED
chiefly by the ammonia gathered by
falling rains in their passage through
the air. When once seeded with tim
othy, the grass will rem ain in sandy
soil until it is starved out, and NOSES
take its place,
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The excitement of settling In his pew
home, the days crowded with engage
ments, his marriage, had all served tt
keep his mind well occupied.
But now, after the hustle, the stir
there was comparative quiet again
and the old temptation returned witt
redoubled power.
How he hated his fine clothes, only
badges of his servitude, he bitterly
thought. He longed with all his un,
subdued savage heart to throw the gar,
ments of civilization to the four wilds
of the earth, and roam once more the
painless forests, clad at most in
blanket and moccasins. o, for his bed
of pine boughs, his glorious nights
under the canopy of heaven, lighted
only by the moo or stars. Gas, lamps,
electric lights were one and all I'M
speakably hateful to him. Poor Sa
tucket!
There were days when he could not
eat; the dainty food of a well-ordere1
house was absolutely loathsome to
him. He saw again In his minds eye
the half-cooked slices of yenison or
bears meat of his long-forsaken bonei
he was starving for that food now.
The end soon came, alas, poor human
nature Is very weak. Struggle as he
might, there came a time all too soon
in the short married life that had
seemed to promise so much happiness,
when poor Charles could no longer re-
sist the tempter.
One morning Amy awoke to find her
self alone, a deserted wife. A dim re-
membrance of passionate kisses per-
vading her slumbers, a few hastily
scrawled words on paper strangely
blotted and tumbled, words that she
never showed to anyone, were all that
were left to her now.
In one of the few tribes of hostile In
dams still left in America, there is a
young warrior, a chieftain, admired
and revered by all his savage followers;
he is their pride and glory.
Except for a finer form, a more lofty
carriage, there is little to distinguish
him from his wild brethren. His life,
his language Is as theirs.
Only one difference, no sQuaw lives
in his wigwam, or is ever hidden to
enter there.
No other woman will ever take the
place, once held, ever so briefly, by the
sweet English girl, Amy.-Utica Globe,
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Fat Heus Wanted.

With all the abuse that may be heap
ed upon the fat hen because she does
not lay. she brings more in market
than any other kind of poultry except
the turkey. and at times the difference
in favor Of the turkey is very little. AS
the are willing to pay good
prices for fat hens, it is best to sell
them as soon as they cease laying II
in a very fat condition, as the time re-
quired to get such hens to the proper
condition for laying again may be
weeks or ever months. The best time
to sell is when you have the article the
sun requires, and ut the present
time the fat hen Is in demand.-Port-
land Transcript.
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Winter Grain After Potatoes.

Wherever the potato crop can be got
off in time for seeding with fall grain,
1t makes the very best seed bed. No
been kept down. 1t is only necessary
to pile the potato vines in heaps and
burn them, starting the fire in a brush
heap, If the potato tops'are too green
to burn readily. A great deal of plant
food is developed after growing a crop
Of potatoes. 1t is largely heterogeneous,
as the potato crop is chSfy later and
carbon. with some potash, which is
mostly found in the potato tops.
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Hanged by His Friends.

At Ballarat n ruined gold miner once
committed suicide in a dramatic man.
ner. During the time of the gold rush
n certain deserted claim was FOR years
held sacred, and the tools strewn about
the windlass were left to rust away
untouched. A party of varsity men,
old school fellows and of gentle birth,
had sunk their shaft there and worked
without success until their money was
spent. One evening one of them at
work at the bottom of the shaft shout
ed. Haul up, boys, the time Is come
at last" They hauled up, and when
it came to the top they found their
comrades lifeless body hanging from
the chain. He had detached the bucket,
tied n moose about his neck, fastened
the moose to the chain, and was hanged
by his dearest friends. The party had
been much liked and respected by the
other miners who would readily have
subscribed 1000 ounces Of gold dust to
give them n fresh start, but ere the
dawn of the next day the whole party
had disappeared, leaving their claim In
the same state as 1t lay at the time or
the tragedy.-Weekly Telegraph.
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Chicago Times-Herald: The state
board of pharmacy has acted wisely in
declaring war against apothecaries
and grocers who are dealing in adui-
terated drugs and chemicals. For some
time past an Investigation has been go
ing on, and the discoveries made by the
chemists employed for this work are
startling. AS the result it is said that
more than 200 arrests will be made in
Chicago. Frederick NJ. Schmidt, resi-
dent member of the board, says that
among other peculiar things discovered
by the state chemists may be enumer-
ated "boraX'' which contains no borax.
"lithia tablets which contain NJ form
of lithia. "quinine pills" which contain
no quinine and CREAM of tartar" con-
tanning So per cen of plaster of paris.
Comparatively recently several takers
flooded the drug market with a new
'tasteless quinine." Sufferers from
ague and other forms of malarial dis
eases purchased the new drug eagerly.
hoping thereby to escape the bitter
taste Of the old familiar product of
Peruvian bark. They did escape the
taste. but they couldn't shake the ague.
That 'tasteless quinine" was pulveriZed
Plaster of paris. 1t is this sort of i'm
position that the board of pharmacy
aims to prevent. The use of plaster of
paris in the arts has been known from
earliest times. 1t is especially valuable
for interior decoration. But when it
comes to decorating the interior of ones
anatomy with a plaster of paris frieZe
wen he most enthusiastic lover of art
would be justified in registering Il mild
III
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Fruit Better than Cake.


Used In moderation and whcn fully
ripened fruit will do no harm to any
body. The ftful appetite of children
often calls for something between
meals. In the city 1t is often respond.
ed to by the too indulgent parent by
giving a piece of pie or cake. A healthy
boy will digest almost anything If he
has plenty of play to keep him active.
But even the healthy boy would fare
much better If he were given a ripe
apple or pear or peach. 1t Is a mis-
take to suppose, as most people do, that
these are hurtful in lot weather. All
that Is needed is that the skin be re-
moved and that the fruit be fully ripe.
Green fruit Is acrid and astringent.
1t often causes collie and bowel dis
eases. But we%ll-ripened fruit eaten
with moderation is good for everybody.
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TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Make Good Entrances to Fie1ds-How
Orchards Should BE Cultivated
Winter Grain After Potatoes smut
on Sweet Corn-General Farm Notes.
Washing Butter.

Years ago 1t was generally supposed
that in order to make really fine but
ter one must not allow a drop of water
to touch it. OF late years, since we be-
gun to hear so much about granular
butter, we have been Instructed to
wash it in successive waters until this
was drawn off clear, or free from milki-
ness. 1t is my opinion that neither n
of these policies is the right n to fol-
low.
| have tested this matter Of wash
ing butter for a number of years, Il
have come to the conclusion that either
extreme Is to be avoided. To wash 1t,
ever In granular form, will give us n
butter that will not decay or turn
strong so soon as that not washed SO
thoroughly, but it washes out much of
the flavor. On the other hand, while
the flavor Is enhanced by not washing,
the buttermilk left in it after working
will tend to qualification, for, as we
all know, there is nothing which more
quickly spoils and becomes i'll smelling
than buttermilk.
To work out all the buttermilk breaks
the grain, makes the butter salyy. OF
course, we do not want to do this, so
we will wash 1t in granular form
through two or three waters depend
ing upon quantity of water used and
also upon temperature of the butter),
work in the salt until thoroughly in
corporated, and call it finished-Jersey
Bulletin.
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Cultivating orchards.

Many people who plow their orchards
in spring fail to get the full benefit
of this cultivation by not continuing
it through the summer. All fruit grow
ers understand that when the orchard
gets into bearing it should not be crop
ped. But If because there is no crop
growing the orchard Is allowed to grow
UP with weeds, these are more apt TO
rob the soil of what the tree roots re-
quire. 1t is not, however, fertility
that the orchard most needs, it is mois-
ture. The object of cultivation in the
orchard is to keep the surface mulch
ed, so that all the rains that fall will
sink into the soil and be retained.
Very shallow cultivation, repeated ar
ter each rain, will keep The soil beneath
always moist, for 1t will prevent the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-11-13

In a talk in st. Louis the other day
Bishop Vincent touched with consider
able vigor upon the question of house
work. He contended for n c~onslderate
treatment of servants as an honorable
element of the home. They should be
respected in their important sphere OF
work, and their self-respect cultivated.
The Bishop said that he is in favor OF
teaching Homework to all boys, no mat
ter what their station in life. They
should know how to cook, make beds,
sweep and wash dishes, and this, in
addition to being useful, would give
them a higher appreciation of what is
called woman's work. No doubt thous-
and of pilgrims to the Klondike would
be thankful to have had a training of
this kind. They must do their own
housework now, whether they under
stand it or not.
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4 correspondent of an Eastern paper
writes to ask why a disturbance is
made about the use of the plumage Of
birds by milliners, when bobolinks are
shot daily and served in restaurants.
1t is true that the bobolink is never
found in his own proper name on bills
Of fare. No one with any sentiment
would be willing TO eat larks, night
ingales, brown thrushes, bobolinks or
doves. The accomplished chef gets
around that neatly. In his vocabulary
the bobolink is a reed bird and the dove
a pigeon. AS n sort of retribution,
sparrows also are reed birds. When
the knowing bon vivant thinks he is
swallowing the trills and roulades of
the bobolink he may really be no near
er that aesthetic feast than the squack
of the sparrow. 1t serves him right,
as the enemy of some of our finest war.
DlerS,
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Might full ez well quit tryin' ter he any
thin err more
Than Uncle Joshua Whitcomb, at keeps
the corner store.
Amt runnin' a bizness fer pleasure, but
my measures is ginerally full;
Likely Their scales is a leetle OF f--place
wher Their weights hev u pull;
Tried my purtiest ter fix 'em, but Their
bes' at l could do
Would tip Their beam when a pound wuz
short on'y a ounce or two;
Taters somehow hey a way Nv rangin'
'emselves as ter size,
Mater fer things at er bigges' ter wanter
begin ter rise.
Wimmen folks say they never did see
sech caloker afore
Ez they git NV Uncle Joshua, at keeps
Their corne store.
Children all seem ter like me, fer my con-
dy is hard ter beat;
Sticks all striped with red I'M pink-noth-
in ats half so sweet;
They comes ter me 18th their pennies an
say "Uncle Josh, now please,
I want two sticks NV peppermint an a
p%enny's 'orth NV these"
Looks so bright an happy, 18th cheeks so
plump an red,
My OIL heart swells up bigger an I give
'cm three sticks instead;
An they smile back thro' Their winder
when they git outside Their door,
A-throwin' kisses Mt "Uncle JOSH" AT
keeps Their corner store.
SO maybe I'll get ter heaven il times
don't grow too tight;
I'll fix them pesky scales up sure afore
another night;
I'll fill my measures right up full Nv big
an little, too;
II ther small uns will touch bottom, why,
what kin a poor man do?
Coin ter send OF Granny Brown a whole
big sack NV -four
An half err barrel nv apples ats mixed
18th sweet and sour;
She lost her boy with fever an her heart
is kinder sore.
A kindly greeting from Uncle Josh, at
keeps tfer corner store.
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The Turnip Yield.

If farmers would realize how many
bushels of turnips can be raised from
an acre, and their value as substitute
for hay in wintering sheep and cows,
no one would be without at least half
an acre. They can be raised without
%cultivating or hoeing; are not an un-
certain crop. Any fairly good piece of
land, a clover sod, from which the hay
has been taken, will do. Make a we'll
narrowed seed-bed. For an acre, mix
thoroughly half a pound of seed with
200 pounds commercial fertilizer, and
sow with phosphate attachment of a
grain drill. Nothing more is necessary,
except, perhaps, to roll the ground.
Last year, from an acre prepared as
stated, 1,050 bushels of turnips were
taken.-The Tribune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-11-13

After n long period of playing pos
sum, Russell Sage appeared on the New
York Stock Exchange and sent the
stock of Manhattan Elevated seven
points up. Accompanying the advance
were many rumors of Improvements in
the road which would increase its value
as a means of rapid transit, but those
who have watched the management of
the Manhattan since Sage and Gould
took charge of it place no credit in these
stories. SO long as Sage has a practi-
cal monopoly Of the elevated railway
business Of New York city he will not
spend a 10-cent piece to improve the
road. The advance In the stock was
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merely a raid by Sage ON a lot of un.
wary bears on the Stock Exchange.

A burglar in Hancock, n. Y, mus
believe in the new woman While he
was filing a bag with silver two girls
in a room overhead heard him. dressed
themselves except their shoes, and I'D
denly confronted him with n revolver.
The burglar dashed through a window,
but the girls pursued him, shooting as
they ran, and he dropped his bag of
plumber at a stone wall in order to es-
cape. Then the girls picked up the sill
yer, retraced the quarter of a mile they
had run, and put on their shoes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-11-13

The man who is always preaching
has very little time for p|racticing. He
may be unmindful that faith without
works is void" but the people who are
compelled to continually listen to his
preaching. are not. and annot be
banned for demanding a little practlc-
inc.
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False ECONOMY i'm Greece.

Greece is, of course, now compelled
to ecOnomize; but instead Of making re-
trenchments in the direction of high
ly-paid posts with purely nominal func-
lions, the government has decided to
begin by reducing the wages Of all sec
ondary officials by so per cent. In ad-
dition the national schools have for n
time been closed to save the salaries
or the teachers for that period.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-11-13

The cable informs an expectant world
that Mary Anderson Navarro still mas
her lovely rosebud complexvion." II
our Mary will kindly furnish the regu-
latioa testimonial she will not only
help the manufacturer but enable us all
TO have q rosebud hue.
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MAI. WALSH.

dominion gold commissioners for tina
district, and in addition it is believed
he will be given full charge of the
troops in the gold region. Maj. Walsh
is Il veteran campaigner, and would be
well qualified to deal promptly and
sharply with any difficulties which
might arise in the new FL Dorado. He
commanded the mounted police in the
suppression of the Louis Riel rebellion.
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did you ever think asks Corbett,
that a good punch will knock n man
out quicker than n bullet or Il knife
thrust" If there is a subject on earth
Mr.. Corbett is pre-eminently qualified
to discuss it is the efficacy of a good
punch.
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BLOOD WILL TELL.

HE ocean was
g~loriously blue
and beautiful, 1t
being our third
day out. The
great stea mer's
decks W e r e
crowded W | t Ii
her passengers,
whom the fine
weather h a d
brought out once
more.
No one attract
more general at
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Sowing Rap, In Corn Fields.

An idea which we have lately seen
suggested Is that of sowing rape in
the cornfield after the last cultivation.
A farmer who tried it last year says
that his land was fertile and the sea
son moist. The cost of seed and SOW
ing he estimated at thirty cents per
acre. When the corn was cut the rape
had reached a height Of about eighteen
inches and the sheep were turned into
the fed. He believes it was worth So
per acre to sheep, In addition to which
the rape thoroughly smothered the
weeds. AS the rape Is killed by the
winter there is no danger of Its troub-
ling one the next season.-Indiana
Farmer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-11-13

A young man n Atlantic. Iowa. took
his girl to the theater and her ticket
won a bicycle. He seized the bicycle,
as he had bought the ticket. The boy
colt is an unholy weapon, but the
young ladies of Atlantic should remem-
Der that there are exceptions to all
rules.