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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
"a Cool Tn"

HES q cool IN, " Is the way the sol.
diers in a certain English regiment de-
scribe one of their officers, q young man
whose self possession In q time OF dan
ger saved bis men from defeat and
probably from death. The circumstance
which gave this officer bis reputation
is related by Rudyard Kipling il The
Westminster Magazine. He writes:
A very young officer, who had gone
almost straight from school to the.army
and thence 10 India, was leading his
company through a rocky pass on re-
turning from u scouting expedition.
They were beset by the enemy, who
fired at them from behind the rocks,
and the men were growing very un-
steady. Those in the rear began to be
impatient and shouted to the men In
front: Hurry up. What are you wait
ing for there?''
The young officer answered quite
coolly Hold ON a minute. I'm light
ing my pipe"
And he struck a match and lit it.
There was a roa of laughter. and q sol
der called out, well, since you're SO
pressin, | think I'll have q pipe my.
self. And he, too, struck "a match and
began to smoke. This hit of fun steadied
the men, and they came through in
good order.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

It fixed at once !;
why not pay the
same respect to
your own body?
Write TO Mrs.
Pinlkham, Lynn,
Mass, and tell her
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

His excellency Mira Mahmoud Khan,
the shah's ambassador at Constantine
pie, holds his distinguished office upon
conditions which are quite without prec-
edent in the diplomatic world. The
Lord Of the Lion and the Sun does not
devote a penny of his revenue to main
tanning a representative at STEAMBOAT.
He has in that city about 10, 900 sub
jects, and these are duly taxed for the
purpose. Mira Mahmoud has no reason
to complain of the arrangement, for by
the help of half a dozen ablebodied col
lectors he secures an income of about
eco. 900. True, he is compelled to hand
over "a, 900 yearly to his colleague at
Vienna, but the balance enables him to
live very comfortably. The contribu-
tors. however, insist upon his spending
a certain amount OH hospitality, and
whenever be gives a dinner party to the
corps di%plomatique a committee of tax
payers is posted in an anteroom. whence
they can satisfy themselves that their
ambassador does the thing in proper
style and keeps up the dignity of the
nation. London Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
LAW OF SELF DEFENSE.
The English Theory OF Where Protection
ENDS and Revenge Begins.

The English Theory Of Where Protection
Ends and Revenge Begins.
The right of self defense is by some
old writer's declared to be inherent in
all men by the law of nature. Now,
these natural rights are all very
well, but they are not recognized by
the law OF Great Britain. 1t is the law
that a man may defend himself, his
wife, child or servant from physical ag-
gression. He may also repel by force "a
foreible attack upon his property. When
you, or your wife. child, or servant IL
attacked, or threatened with violence
in such q manner as reasonably to lead
you to believe that violence is about to
be used, you may resist the aggressor.
And as the best mode of resistance is
very often to attack, you may lawfully
follow the advice given by an old prize
fighter to a pupil. O., get in the
first whack,
But self defense must be moderate.
IL must not be totally disproportioned
to the attack. For instance, if "A hulk
ing rufiian runs at me with Il knife, |
may shoot him. But il he runs at me
merely with his fists clinched, and |
shoot him dead with u revolver. | shall
probably be hanged by the neck. Not
that the law expects IA man to be calm
and cool and collected in all circum-
stances. By no means For instance, If
the said burly rufiian rushes at me with
clinched fists. evidently meaning mis-
chief, and | hit him with a heavy stick
on the back Of the ear, | may kill him.
But l shall not be hanged for that. l
had a right to use the stick, and in the
circumstances l am not to be supposed
to be cool enough to aim for "a spot not
likely to be fatal. Again, self defense
must not develop into revenge. Thus,
II | am threatened with "a knife, and by
the timely display of a pistol | brighten
my assailant so that he run away, |
must not shoot after him. II l do, l am
just as liable as though he had never
threatened me, because | shoot ut him
not in self defense, but by way of pun
ishment or revenge.-Family Lawyer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
DENTISTRY AT SEA.
Something About the Practice of Med.
icine Aioat.


When a sailor on a deep-water ship
has a toothache lie is likely TO go to
the captain. The captain gives him
something to put In his tooth. and II
that doesn't cure 1t perhaps he pulls
1t. 1t Is a common thing, says the
New York Sun, for sailors to pull their
own teeth. Their method Is 10 put Il
string around a tooth and pull II; but
dental forceps are carried ON deep-wa-
ter simpson some vessels a fair outfit
of them. A ship captain of long ex-
p~erience said that in the course of his
life at sea he had pulled 200 teeth.
The ships medicine chest on large
vessels is like a closet or cupboard.
with Il glass door, built in the ship. In
this chest the medicine bottles, gilt-la.
beled, are arranged on shelves that rise
n above another In receding tiers. 1t
is practically a well-appOinted little
drug store. There Is supplied with
the medicine chest a book explaining
the uses of the medicines. The zap
tain Is likely to have some other book
on medical subjects which he has read
and studied, and is likely to have had
a good deal of experience before at
tanning the rank of master of a ship.
The sailors are generally healthy
men, but when occasion requires the
captain prescrlbes; he is the physician.
Limbs broken at sea are, Of curse, set
there, and there might be circum-
stances In which the captain would not
hesitate TO perform a surgical opera
ton.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Once more an electric eel is In resi-
denee in the insect-house at the Lon
don zoo. and once more visitors, anx-
ious 10 test its powers, can be thor
oughly shocked for s%lXpence. Pretty
well half of the body of this extraordi-
nary being is occupied by organs which
are not only electric batteries, but ac-
cumulators as well, and the shock is
sufficiently powerful to numb ones
arm for a minute or two, and to kill a
good-sized fish on the spot. The two
ends Of the fish seem to be in opposite
electrical conditions. SO that those who
wish 10 make experiment of Its prop
critics should grasp both head and tall
simultaneously, In order to obtain the
full benefit of the discharge.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
Letters sent Around the World.

How long does it take a letter to trav-
occurred to c. II. Foster, of the firm of
Thomas & Foster, of Clinton, early last
March. He concluded to give 1t Il trial,
and ON March 10 he dropped a letter in
the Clinton ~postoffice addressed to him
self, care of the United States Consul
at Calcutta, India. In one corner was
the request to forward to Honolulu,
Hawaii. If not called for In ten days,
while the firms card on the envelope
insured its final return 70 Clinton. Ten
cents in postage stamps paid its pass
age. On Dec. 20 the long absent letter
came back to Clinton and was returned
to Its owner. Several of the postmarks
are illegible, but the Calcutta postmark
bears date of April 21-only IA little
over a month from Clinton, which was
good time. Then 1t was forwarded to
Honolulu, reaching there on June 3.
II was turned over to the United States
Consul, who kept 1t until Dec. q, atfix-
ing his official stamp. On Dec. 1 1t was
again postmarked by the Hawaii post
office, reaching here thirteen days later.
The whole trip took nine months and
ten days. OF this time, 1t was in the
United States consulate at Hawaii for
FIVE months and three days. reducing the
net time of the trip around the world to
four months and seven days.-Clinton
Democrat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

all your
symptoms
Herexperi
ence in
treating
female ills
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
SMt els OF OIden DnYs

During the EliZabethan period there
grew up in England a great national
liking for sweet things. Not merely
was this seen In the general taste for
sugar conliture, but ii was manifested
In the general demand for sweet wines,
the rich sherries, the charneco. the sack,
the sugary almond-fiavored sack posset,
and other drinks of the same class. In
drinking. as In eating, the Increase of
appetite for sugar grew by what 1t fed
on. Though not a sweetmeat IN the
strict sense of the term, ''sack-posset"
SO largely represented the taste of that
time for sweetness and flavor that the
recipe of Sir Fleetwood Shepherd. Civ
en- by Howard Staunton in his Shaks-
peare notes. Is worth quoting: TO
make a sack-posset: Take two quarts
of good cream and n quarter of a pound
of the best almonds. Stamp them In
the eream and boil with amber and
musk therein. Then take a pint OF sack
IN IA basin and set Ii on a chatting dish
till 1t be blood-warm. Then take the
yolks of twelve eggs, with four of their
whites, and beat them well together;
and SO put the eggs into the sack. Then
stir all together over the Goals till II Is
as thick as you would have it.. If yon
now take some amber and musk and
grind the same quite small with sugar
and strew this on top of your posset,
promise you that it shall have a most
delicate aaab,pleasant taste" There
was another mixture of the same class
called '~'rambooZ," made of eggs. ale.
wine and sugar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
Spurious Mummies.

Spurious mummies have from time
to time been palmed off upon the pub
lie, and a doubt arose in "a Vienna mu-
scum as to the validity of one daughter
Of the pharaohs in their collection. 1t
occurred to them. in view of the general
hollowness of life, that the young lady
might have been manufactured in Bir-
mingham. So they turned the Roentgen
rays upon her and saw at once through
the many folded wraps the amulets
which the Egyptians placed upon the
bosoms of their dead, thus proving the
ge~nuineness of their specimen.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
Evils of Indisoriminate Reading.

Evils of Indiscriminate Reading.
An ardent love of books and a light
purse Is a combination not at all un-
common and one that occasions many a
man genuine and frequent annoyance.
How often has such a one avoided ex-
aiming the shelves of "A book store be-
cause of his impotence to transfer doz-
ems of the goodly volumes thereupon
displayed TO the smaller shelves Of his
private study, and because of the enyl-
longings which that impotence
seems TO engender.
Yet 1t Is questionable whether a Inn
tied income. restraining ones purchas-
ing power, Is not rather a blessing
than a curse. Unutterable WEAKNESS
waits IN the reader who attempts 10
keep up with the procession Of volumes
daily emerging from publishers
presses. Hear what Eliot Barnes lin
the Literary Review has to say of the
matter:
II am tired of reading. Books. pa.
pers, magazines, pamphlets. all come to
me and demand that they shall he
scanned; nay. thai they snail be read,
admired or damned. And when they
are read they are east aside and a fresh
batch OF matter lies close at hand.
| know my fate. | shall go on
to the end of time reading. reading
whatever comes 10 me; reading ii with
out purpose, reading for no thought,
reading but TO say to myself that | have
read such and such books and papers:
and | shall become more and more a
macintosh on which the gentle rains
of diluted thoughts fall and glide off,
and | be all dry and musty within"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

Ne are asserting in the courts our right TO the
exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and
PITCHERS cASToRIA," as our Trade Marx.
l. Dr.. Samuel Pitcher, Of Hyannis, Massachusetts.
was the originator of !" PITcHER'SCASroRIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature OF cHAs. II. FLETCHER oil
every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS
CASToRIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers Of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
ne kind yoH hare aiaa,s bought, and has the
signature OF cHAS. II. FLETCHER OH the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The centaur Company of which
Chas. II. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

The best of our glad days sometimes
come quickly following the most sor-
rowful. just as mist and storm are often
succeeded by the clear shining after
the rain. No one can be sure that to-
morrow will be beautiful. but he can
hope so, and there is a pleasure in look
ing for streaks of light In our sunsets
which we should not deny ourselves.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Ii Americas Greatest Medicine. Sold by all
druggists. 81; six for S.. Get only Hoods.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
A Different Case.

whats the matter, old mang'
'0h, an old uncle of mine is coming
up from the country 10 visit me. He's
one of the greenest old guys in seven
States. | suppose he'll make me the
laughing stock of everybody that
knows me-"
1T isn't your Uncle Henry who was
up here last year, Is it:'
Yes"
you didn't seem TO be afraid that
he'd make n l~aughing-stock of you
then
81 know: but the old chump's gone
and lost all his money"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
THE A RATE.

While II is quite true that the proportion OF
deaths from malaria as an immediate cause Is
proportionally small, as cited In annua NOR
tuary statistics. yet physicians arc thoroughly
convinced that it causes maladies OF a fatal
character, and begets DANCE fous nervous pros
tTation. This malady Is eradieated and pre-
vented by Hostetter's Stomach Bite rs. which
also cures biliousness, constipation, rheuma-
tism and dyspepsia.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Teacher-Which member OF the class
can give a definition of the word pat
riotisln?'"
Politicians Oldest Boy - Kickln'
against everything the other party does
when II gets into office.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
"Friend of the family? r


Here, hold on there, boys. What
are you chasing that child for?'
He's a Spanish symperfizer, that's
why"
Spanish sympathizer? What do
you mean by thati'
His ma washes him wild CASTLE
soap-come on, kidsr-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Tommy-Papa, what is hat diploma
cy the papers talk so much about?
Papa-Diplomacy is the art which en-
ables one man to inform another that
he Is a scoundrel without giving him a
chance to get mad about IT,"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
After the Concert.

Mr.. Wellwood-How did you like
Mime. Medley?
Miss Highrooks-She was wretohed.
Mr.. Wellwood-I'm astonished to
hear you say that. l thought she was
In fine voice.
Miss Highrocks-Oh, her voice may
have been all right, but I'm sure the
gown she wore never could have been
made in Paris. -Cleveland Leader.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Take care how you listen to the voice
of the iatterer, who, in return for his
little stock. expects TO derive from you
considerable advantage. II one day
you do not comply with his wishes, he
imputes to you two hundred defects in
stead of perfection.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Thompson must be a very able man
In his line"
"Oh. ] don't know. He doesn't amount
to much
I'm told that he draws a salary of
$4,000 n year.
"Yes, but the chump never spends a
cent of It,"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
TRY ALIENS ~Foor-EAsE

A powder 10 be shaken into the shoes. Al
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous
and hot, and get tired easily. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen''
Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet and make,
walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating
feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves
and comfort. Ten thousand testimonial,
of cures. Try it to-day. Sold by all drug
gists and shoe stores for 25c. Sent by mai
for 25c in stamps. Trial package FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

CONFIDENTIAL Friend-How did the
Duke propose to you?
The Duchess-He asked me II l would
give him a life pass ove papa's rail-
road lines.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO.
iNoS HERE AND THERE.

Jokes and Jokelets that Are Supposed
to Have Been Recentiy Born-sayings
and DOings hat Are Odd. Curious and
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
How They Get Their Names.

Alfred-Papa, do they use swapping
turtles for soup?
Papa-No, my son.
Alfred-Why do they cali them snap
ping turtles?
Papa-Because they have a snap in
not being used for soup.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Higgins-Does Your wife play whist!
Adams-She thinks she does. but
when Gabriel blows his horn I'll bet
she'll awake with a start and ask him
what's trump.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Seryant-Well, what do you want?
Wandering m~usician-Ah, then pos
sibly you did not hear the music We
have not as yet played before your
door?-Detroit Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

"rhey say, Blokely, old man, that
your wife has an Independent fortuneT'
That's right. It's so c~onfoundedly
independent that ! can't get any of it,"
Detroit Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

"Old Scadds, across the way, is the
~stinglest man on earth"
How can you prove itT'
HE lives on Cruel, simply to avoid
wearing out the gold filling In his
teeth"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Attorney-You say this defendant
kissed you In a dark room?
Fair Plalntiff-Yes, sir.
Attorney-Will you please explain to
the court how you came to enter a dark
room with the defendant?
Fair Plaintlff-Oh, 1t wasn't dark
when we went In. l turned the light
out afterward.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
Bad Sign,

Customer-Why do you think my doe
tor Is green and Incompetence
Druggist-Because his prescriptions
are written SO plainly that any fool can
read them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
A Woman's Idea.

Jones says he Is entirely a self-made
man.
well, he must be put together with
awfully long stitches"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

D'Auber-What would you do II you
had a hundred dollars?
Mahlstick-Oh, come down out of the
clouds. Let's be practical for once.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

On the dead quiet, girls do not like
bon-bons. They choke them down. be-
aus bon-bons are pretty and fashion
able, but the girls really prefer peanut
candy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
Popular to SOME Purpose.

isn't 1t wonderful what a lot Of
friends Mrs. Burnham has,"
I'll Is. indeed. am told that SHE has
so many wedding presents it is neces-
sary to pay storage on some of them.
and this is only her third wedding. too
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
Oh, No,

"Did you notice how her fingers
taperT'
Yes; but | hope that doesn't mean
that she is llght-fingered ."-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Dreams always go by contrarles."
Il believe It. | always said my wife
was n Observation-Disclosures North
American.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

The facilities for inland %transporta-
ton are so limited in Brazil that the
inhabitants of the ports find it cheaper
to import grain from North America
than from their own farms.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

The jellyfish has no teeth, but uses
himself as II he were a piece Of paper
when he is hungry, getting his food and
then wrapping himself about it.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
An Exception.

Limitation Is the sincerest fattery."
Not If 1t Is worked Off on you by a
~10-year-old boy"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
She WINS Exnerienced-

Mrs. Yeast-Haye you ever seen any
thing in the moon which reminded you
of a MANI
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Oh. yes; when 1t
was full, l have.-Yonkers Statesman.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

| know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller
Au Sable, Michigan, April p, 1895.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Us Betty really in love with BillyT
"She is so infatuated that she doesn't
make a fuss when he sends her type
written letters"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

After a shirt has been to the laundry
about three times It Is pretty well done
up.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

"Have you attended any Lenten lee
tures?'
"0nly those my wife gives me every
night"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

1 Permanently Cured. No hs or nervousness
ITO after first days ute Of DR.. Kline's Grea
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE 81. 90 trlal bot
lie and treatise. DR.. X. II. KLINE, Ltd, $50 Arcl
ST., Philadelphia Pa.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

The Spanish lion In the PHILIPPINES that was
to go forth and destroy the rest of the brute
creation was, after all, only an ass in a lions
pelt.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

II is a safe wager that the Spanish landsmen
at Manila did better than 10 seconds for the
first hundred yards when they saw that Dewey
ment business.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

The Oregon was the first line-of battle ship to
round the Horn. She honors both the flag and
her State.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

"Why Is 1t that the plain girls are
always the one who learn to cook and
make their own clothes?'
oh. that's easily explained. The
pretty one always know they don't
need TO-"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

Here, how's this? In this article on
poets you speak of the 's%tepladder of
fame"
Il wrote that one day when my wife
was cleaning house"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16
Her Cooking Made a Hit.

where am l going? TO the hospital.
There's a patient there In whom | am
interested"
Friend of the family"
mo, entire stranger. He came to
the kitchen window last evening and
asked my wife for food. Without paus-
ing to think of the consequences, she
tossed a couple of her biscuits TO the
fellow. One of them caught him an
der the ear and knocked him senseless
and I'm in for a pretty bill of ex-
penses. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

81 say, Bridget, is your beau a gold
or a silver MANI" asked the head of the
house.
"Shure. he's neyther,' answered the
cook, who was in love with a police.
man; hes what you call a copper
man, sur.'-Yonkers Statesman.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-16

pumps. and now he's workih' on a flynn
machine"