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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09

1t is very important that potato sets
cut for seed should be thoroughly dried
on their surface before planting. II
put in the ground while moist they will
quickly rot. 1t Is quite common to
sprinkle gypsum or land plaster on the
cut surface, under the idea that the
plaster being dry will absorb the pieces
of the potato as they exude. Instead
Of this, the gypsum only causes the cut
surface to blacken and be rather more
likely to decay Than before. Fine pow
dered lime Is much better for this pur-
pose. 1t absorbs water until 1t takes
In all 1t can hold. In early planting
lime Is specially useful, for 1t helps to
dry the moist soil, and thus prevents
the potatoes from rotting in the hill.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
Hiuhwaxa to Wealth.

Good roads are the highways to
wealth. II | could take you with me
north. south, east and west, to where
the beginnings of road improvement
have been made, | could show you
small farm communities growing rich
In these hard times, contented and hap
py. and troubling themselves not at all
with the great problems of hnance
which agltate their brethren. They
have no time to waste In talk. If their
fields are too wet to work, they go on
The road. Their marketing Is done In
bad weather, and In rainy spells they
bring from a distance cheap fertilizers
to enrich their farms, such ms mari,
city refuse, etc. Philadelphia refuse
Is carried twenty miles on the stone
roads.
In these fortunate communities ey-
ery day brings its earnings to man and
beast, for there Is always paying work
On good roads, and II n man has no
hauling of his own to do he can get
work from others, and good wages. Elk
tend these conditions and Imagine, II
yon can, the prosperity that would
burst upon the country II every farmer
and every farm team could earn n fair
days wages for every day In the year
rain or shine; If every farm could be
cultivated and improved to Its utmost
extent.-Address by Gen. Roy Stone.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
unmilitv of Geniua.

The eminent scholar and church his
torIan, DR.. Philip Sehaf, used to say
of himself: II have not genius. am
simply n hard worker, and what am
| owe to God and to constant applica-
ton. keeping my wits about me"
This notable humility recalls the re-
mark of Sir Isaac Newton that the
only genius he had was the ability to
keep a problem before his mind until
he saw through II.
A Scotch clergyman said: 'Sir Isaac
Newton Is as weel acquainted with the
stars as II he had been born and brocht
ND amang them" But the great phil
osopher was much more modest In his
self-appraisement II SEEM" he wrote
ito have been only like n boy playing
on the seashore, and dlyerting myself
in now or her finding a smoother peb-
BILE or a prettler shell than ordinary,
while the great ocean of truth lay AL
undiscovered before me-"
Our readers will not overlook the
hrtus of that modest remark. Sir Isaac
was always wandering on the sea
shore, and always intent on finding
pebbles and shells. "He that seeketh
fndeth,"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
E1ms In Cultivated Fields.

The elm Is one of the most beautiful
Of shade trees, having long, pendant
bra4ches, which wave gracefully, n
make a fine appearance. But 1t Is a
nuisance in all cultivated ground. Its
roots are as long proportionately as Its
branches, and on wet land, where the
elm is mostly found, most of these roots
run near the surface. The elm Is so
great a lover of water that when wet
land Is underdrained, If there be an
elm tree anywhere near 1t will send Its
roots down to the drain, working In be-
tween Joints of tile or through stone,
and will in n few years entirely fill the
conduit. We had a tile drain entirely
filled with elm roots once. 1t was as
much as thirty feet from the drain, but
the elm roots found 1t, and swelled I'M
til they fully filled a four-lnch tile
American C%ultivatOr.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09

IN ~" u
In working farm teams, either for
blowing, cultivation of the land or
hauling heavy loads. there are Mt least
two prime requisites demanded for In
surfing satisfaction to the driver and
the greatest amount of ease and COM
fort to the horse, says the Indiana
Farmer. First, they should be evenly
matched as to size. speed and spirit;
AMI In the second place, the harness
and whIfletrees must be 50
and adjusted to the load that an even
pull will bear equally upon the weight
to he drawn. The average plowman
Is liable to overlook the Importance OF
this equal adjustment system, ana IL
Is not to see the end OF the
doubletree to which the furrow horse
is hltched several inches, often n FOOT
lower than the other as the team pubs
the pillow along. This not only adds
labor and friction, but 1t throws the
running of the pillow out of balance,
making Ii harder for he plowman IL
impossible for the best class Of work
to be performed. The whlfietrees' or
MS they are known to some, the double
trees. should be level when the pull Is
on. and not cooked up at one end
atylst. MS is too often the case. 1t can
be obviated by a proper adjustment OF
the harness and by using the larger
horse. II there Is a difference In SIZE
In the furrow. The lowering or raising
of the traces at the breechings and
backband, as the occasion requires Will
do II.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09

In unfolding the many advantages
Of rural life G.. clubhouse Patterson
says In the Southern Cultlyator:
Happiness probably depends more
upon the temperament of the lndivid-
ual than upon his surroundings and
condition; but II II were practicable to
ascertain 1t would no doubt be shown
that, as n general rule, the agricultural
class are the happiest. What is there
to mar the happiness of the farmer who
owns a large and fertile farm, a COM
Portable home, and who Is free from
debt, and who is blessed with good
health, a loving wife and happy chill
dren, n whose ambition Is only to
live uprlghtly, %honorably and peaceably
in the sight of God and of men?
"The farmer Is free from the crime.
strife, turmoil and contamination OF
urban life. lie enjoys, In rural sim
plicity, the beauties of nature and
fresh country air which gives him
health and strength. Truly his is a
wholesome existence, and all the infiu-
ences are eleyating and purifying. A
strong argument in favor Of the superb
GRITTY Of rural over ur3an life is found
In the historical fact that most of the
great men have been born and reared
In the country"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
Value of the Bee.

The value Of the bee in the work Of
fertilizing plants by carrying pollen
from one plant to another is greater
than Its use in producing honey. In
fact, without the aid of bees, many
crops would be complete failures. Oar
win found that in 100 heads of purple
clover protected from the visitation Of
bees not a seed was produced, while 100
heads visited by bees produced nearly
1900 seeds. When two varieties of Ger.
tain plants are grown in the same
neighborhood there Is n liability Of
Decentralization, as bees forage over
a wide territory. 1t will, therefore, pay
the farmer or fruit-grower to keep at
least one hive of bees or encourage his
neighbor to do so.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
Girls In Corea.

When a girl Is born In Corea she IL
not even dIgnined by a name. Several
names are written on slips of paper and
placed in an urn before some favorite
deity and when 1t Is necessary her god.
father selects one without seeing 1t and
she is known by 1t until she reaches
w~omanhood among the members of her
own family. Strangers designate her
as the wife, mother, sister or daughter
Of such or such II man. This Is not
merely the result of custom. The laws
are strict In this matter and hold a
oma Of little more consequence than
n domestic animal. In the higher
classes Of society the girls are separat-
ed from the boys of the family at the
g of I years. They occupy the apart
ments of women and are forbidden to
communicate with anyone outside.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
Apple Tree Borers.

There are several borers of the apple
tree-the fiat-headed, which bores I'M
der the bark, and sometimes into the
wood; the round headed. which pores
into the tree, remaining in the laryal
state three years; the twig borer,
which enters just above a bud. Dig out
the borers with a sharp knife, or probe
into the bores for them with n sharp
pointed wire. Scrub the trees n ap-
ply early in June and July whale oil
oar Tor soapsuds), with a little carbol-
lc acid added. Burn all twigs attack
ed. The soapsuds keep the moths OF.
The digging out of the round-headed
and fat-headed borers must be done
effectively. The borers are about an
inch long. A sharp wire kills them In
the tubes made by them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
CHINESE FARMING.
1t Is Carried ON Successfully Near st.
Louis.

Louis.
The old Cahokia Common Fields have
long enjoyed the reputation of being
the garden spot Of the Mississippi Val
ley. and, indeed, 1t Is generally coneed-
ed that Its fertility can hardly be du-
plicated In the world. The original set
tiers recognized this fact when they
pitched their tents IN the then banks of
The Mississippi River. The most fer
tile lands commenced at the very banks
where, like the Nile, the overflow was
annual, and In order to give each set
tier the benefit Of the finest lands, the
farms were made just two acres wide.
and extended from the river TO The
bluffs. a distance Of eve miles. Until
recently the farms remained In this
condition of being long, marrow strips,
but by a hate legislative enactment the
Common Fields were divided and each
lnha bltant owned all he could buy In
s~eyeralty. About a year ago IA few Chi.
namen. believing that a section of the
lands nearest the river bank would by
a little work agree most admirably
with the lands Of the Flowery King
dom. secured a few acres and began
farming in true Oriental style. The
principal crop-rice-grew In abund-
ancc, and the men made more money
In II year than they would ut the wash
tub In ten. They now expect to go In
to the business on a larger scale. and.
instead Of two laborers. ten men Will
be employed to I'LL rhe soil and raise Its
peculiar vegetables. flowers, etc. 80
dear to the heart Of every Celestial. The
place is now full of life, and in contrast
with the farms about II, there Is not a
weed. cornstalk or other particle OF Inst
years crop on the whole premises. II
Is neat and clean. and In some places
where the soil was turned up last year
Is now almost ready for n new crop.
The farm has more fowl of all kinds
than the average farmer keeps on hand,
and il Is said that the Cinnamon make
more out Of these alone than the other
farmers do out of their crops, as they
pay as much attention To them as they
do 10 peas, beans, cabbage, etc. The
Chinese farm is n pronounced success.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
OF L
Early Precursors of the Modern Phar'
mncists and PhyAicians.

mncists and Phyaicians.
For n long time religious incantations
formed the only method of treating dis
c,se. Iitanies were chanted while REM
c6les were applied. In Egypt phar-
macy was practlced Mt an early date.
One branch of the priesthood of isis
was proficient In the art. and to them
the prescriptions of the physician
nrlcsts were sem to be filled. The doc
TOR was always accompanied In his
visits by the chanters of songs, ana
they were thought to have more power
than the man of medicine.
Legends show us that among the ear
llcr races the art of healing was con-
sidered a prerogatiye of the gods. Hos
pbtals were built In honor of Hygela,
and. though drugs were administered,
the cure of n patient was always re-
garded as a direct intervention of the
goddess.
The Hebrews were far advanced in
the art of the %apothecary, and 50 were
the Chinese. Ching Nong. a contem-
porary of Mcnes |. of Egypt. is said
10 have been a proficient pharmacist
The Chinese ~antedated the modern
drug store by five centuries.
-Four hundred years before Christ 1t
began to be fashionable In Greece and
Rome for one man to combine the Of
fees of physician and apothecary. One
hundred and eighty-seven years before
the Christian era an epidemic ragged III
Rome and a~pothecarlcs were intro
duced from Greece. One of them was
fond of using the knife and combined
surgery with drugs to such an extent
that he had to flee the city to escape m
dignant Romans.
The Arabs, who early began to study
drugs, soon led the profession. Phar'
macy owes its greatest Impetus &c
them. and 1t Is said Mahomet himself
had no mean skill In the science. Nc
record of a drug store In Germany ap'
pears prior TO 1867. In the fourteenth
century grocers and apothecaries were
legally the same in England. During
the seventeenth century the pharma
ciSt came to America and modified hi'
English ideas by what he learned iron
the Indians in regard to the art OF heal
inc
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
Another Matter.

Many persons oppose a spelling re-
form, so-called, on the ground that a
slmpliHed photography would deprive
the language of Its richness by de-
stroying the evidence of the derivation
of words, and making the words them
selves look cheap and undigniied, so to
speak, when printed. They are NOT
without examples that seem to bear
them out In their contention.
Jones-What n magnificent actor Sal
vini was, and how his name somehow
seems to fit him!
Mrs. Jones-Yes, but wouldn't II be
an uphill job for a woinan to try to be-
come famous with such a name as Sal
Neenyi
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09

We have all met the man who, IN at
tempting to Introduce n public speaker.
apparently mlsconcelves the SITUATION
and thinks that 1t Is himself rather
than the man he Is Introducing, who Is
TO make the speech OF the evening. rms
man Is not confined to any special local
ity. Ex-Presldent Harrison tells n good
story of lust such Il person. lie says:
Once IN Southern Indiana In n cam
DaIgn, | was told there was n gentleman
holding the audience for my arrival.
When we came down to the PLATFORM
and the little stir that was made ad-
vlsed the speaker of my presence, he
turned and said:
"The distinguished orator who Is TO
address us Is now present, and must
bring my remarks to n close
However, It was not convenient for
him to close Just then, and he went ON.
After n half-hour he was reminded that
l was there, and he again reminded the
audience, In turn, that the "distln-
euIshed orator" was present, but still he
had moi found a fitting place to close.
At first | was out of temper, but pres
emily the humor OF the situation got
hold Of me, and | In%terposed to prevent
those having the meeting In hand from
putting him down. | told these gentle
men that 1t was the most humorous
performance | ever attended, although
It was not billed as such.
lie went on speaking until the runs
were beating to assemble the people
who were there and who were going
home, and ! didn't make Il speech at all.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
A Circulating Library for the Blind.

A Circulating Library for the Blind.
What Is perhaps the strangest library
In the world Is situated In n private
house on one of the quletes: thorough
fares OF Hampstead. At No. ia Bel
size road there is a lending library for
the blind, the only institution of its
kind, which caters for the wants of the
entire sightless population of Great
Britain and Ireland. Founded sixteen
years ago by a blind lady, Miss Arnold,
as a private library for the use of n
few afflicted people, there rapidly grew
up a demand for Its benefits all over
the country. 1t now numbers over
$500 volumes, has a membership Of
800 readers, and Its books circulate as
far as the north of Scotland In the n
direction and the Channel Islands In
the other. The shelves are piled with
large folio volumes. Some idea OF the
space It requires may be gathered from
the fact that the Bible, translated into
DIR. Moons system, fills no less than
slxty-two volumes. The books which
the slghtless borrow do not differ ma
terially from those which circulate
among ordinary readers. They read
mostly novels, but there Is n steady call
for Shakespeare. Carlyle, Green's His
tory OF England and the History of
Our Own Times" But, just as at any
other library, there Is a constant de
mand for the newest books. The latest
additions are Nansen's "Fartheei
North" and "Sixty Years n Queen
and both are Immensely population
don Mail.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09

Those who planted early peas may
be disappointed In the seeds not germi-
mating, due probably to tlie freezing Of
the ground and the seeds rotting in the
soil. An excellent mode of planting
peas is to put them In a trench, about
seven inches deep, covering the seed
about an inch, and as the plants grow
In the trench fill in with dirt around
them until they get beyond the surface
BY so doing the peas will produce NOR
pods and last longer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
Soaking Garden Seeds.

Some seeds have very hard shells,
and should be soaked before planted.
Parsnlp, satisfy, carrot and parsley
seed should be put In hot water and
allowed to remain twenty-four hours.
The seed can then be mixed with dry
plaster, or fine. dry earth, but II large
plots are to be planted, It Is better to
use the seed without soaking, owing 10
difficulty of using 1t in drills, planting
when the ground Is damp.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
Song.

"
A wind IL astir in my garden
Who spills the rose to death.
! will not, will not hearken
The bitter thing he saith.
A sinister, strange intruder,
lie chills my heart with fear;
Wrecked dreams and ruined visions
At his approach draw near.
BY the dial's menacing finger
The sweet hours wither and fall.
And the shadows leer and whisper
Along my garden wall.
For they know the viewless stranger,
With colder eyes than dawn,
The rustic Of whose footstep
Tells me that youth Is gone.
illustrated American,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09

II do not hesitate" said the excitable
citizen, ito lift up my voice. l feel that
it is my duty to keep up with tho times
and sound the alarm"
Its very good Of you, I'm sure" an.
swered the more deliberate friend; "but
you ought to bear In mind this fact: An
alarm clock is practically worthless
when 1t gets into the habit of raising a
racket too soon."-Washington Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
Outdoor Nests for Fowls.

The approach of warm weather
should be the signal for taking down
or closing up most If not all the nests
in henhouses whose occupation results
generally in filling the house with YER
min. and encouraging the hens as rap
idly as possible to lay and sit out or
doors. Ii will be all the better II the
outdoor nest Is on the ground, but part
lv protected, so that too much water
cannot get to 1t. If a little fresh straw
Is nut on soil, the eggs will hatch out
much better than II 1t Is placed In n
dry box in the henhouse. The warmth
of the hen in broodlng her eggs liber-
ates enough moisture to keep the eggs
in the best condition for Matching. II
no moisture comes to the egg many OF
the chicks will die. Where sitting hens
have a free range they manage to wet
their legs and the under sides OF their
bodies by running through the grass
when wet with dew. But where the
fowls are confined, making nests on
the damp soil supplies moisture enough
to enable them to hatch perfectly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
A Demornllzed Country.

Hasn't the story about his accepting
a big bride hurt that officialY" asked
one Chinese citizen.
Not much" answered another. 1T
seems to me he Is treated with more
respect than ever. The fact that he
could get so much money for his lnflu-
ence shows what n lot of II he must
h~aye."-Washlngton Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09
Pruning Peach Trees,

The peach tree "A endure severe
cutting back, and seems to thrive bet
ter with close pruning than when but
little wood Is removed. When a peach
tree is apparently dead, and a single
bud Is left. 1t may lose all of Its wood
except the trunk and the bud, and Will
then seem TO take on new life aud
make another top.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09

When planting trees on lawn, take
one or more jugs, knock bottom out
and bury to the neck close to tree. In
dry time fill jugs with water, which
will find its way TO the roots without
running off or caking surface of ground
Jugs may be kept corked to keep Out
leaves, etc.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09

a paper over the top, put on the lid, or
YOU may set one box on another. being
careful not to bruise them.
Be sure to put them in a dry place.
You must not put them in n cellar.
They must be kept dry and not be
touched until spring. Remember freez-
ing does not hurt them, II you leave
them alone until you get ready to dis
pose of them. The same onions thai
raise your sets this year will also raise
your sets next year, If you put them
away and take care of them like you
do your sets. But don't put them and
sets together. and | would advise you
not to keep sets or onions, either, In 100
warm n room.-Rural World.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-07-09

Scribners n new novel by
Frank Stockton, entitled THE Girl at
Cobhurst." 1t has not appeared seri-
ally.
Madelaine Lucette Ryley has devel-
oped a story out of her play, An Amer
lean Citizen" 1t Is to be published by
the G. W. Dillingham; company.
The United States Navy department
has ordered a supply of .eacho of Lieu
tenant Sargent's two'books, THE Cam
paign OF Marengo" and Napoleon
Bonaparte's First Campaign for dis
trlbution in the navy.
The Croscup & Sterling Company. by
special arrangement with the Mac-
milan Company, will publish in June,
1898, n new, complete, and limited edi-
ton of 1.-THE Life and Works of Alfred
Lord Tennyson.' The set will con-
slst of fourteen volumes, -four of which
will comprise the memoir by the poets
son.
d. c. Heath & Co.. Boston, announce
an edition of Goldsmith's Vicar of
Wakefield" edited by Professor Will
lam Henry Hudson of the Leland Stan
ford Junior University, who contrib
utes nm introduction and notes. The
text followed is that of the fifth edi-
ton, the last published during Gold
smiths life.
Those who know Henryk Sienkiewicz
say that he would rather go shooting
or trampIng over the mountains, any
day. than write. He writes his serials
from week to week, and sometimes In
the middle of one. when the most ex-
citing situation is reached. he takes his
gun and disappears. to the dlsmay of
both publishers and readers.
The new editions of "Allce In Won
derland" and "Allce Through the Look
lng-Glass," which are to be published
Immediately by the Macmillan Com
pany, will contain new prefaces by the
late Lewis Carroll Charles l.. Dodg-
SOM. The books will be printed from
entirely new type and plates, and the
Illustrations are from eleetrotypes OF
the original wood blocks.
Francis p. Harper, New York, an
unc the commencement of a new
and important series of historical
works under the editorshIp of DR.. FL
lott Coues, to be entitled THE Amerl-
can Explorers Series" The first vol
ume, now ready, is the journal OF Ma
jor Jacob Fowler. describing his tray
els from Fort Smith to the Rocky
Mountains and return in the years 1921
1922. This work is the story of n hith-
erto unknown American explorer and
is printed verbatim from the authors
original manuscript.