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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
Assisting the Memory.

A new system of mnemonlcs is de-
scribed by the San Francisco Post Like
all other systems, 1t fails of absolute
perfection.
John Beckwith, the warehouse man,
received letter the other day address
ed In a round business hand, and bear
ing the Oakland postmark. He glanced
at 1t, rubbed his forehead refcctlyely a
moment, and then, without opening the
envelope, tore II into bits.
"Why did you do that?" asked his
partner. THAT might have contained
something of Importance"
NO, II didn't l wrote 1t myself"
Are you In the habit of writing let
tiers to yourselfT
"Yes. have to. Now II hadn't writ
ten that yesterday and mailed II.
should have forgotten that bunch of
braid. two dozen pearl buttons and five
wards of halrcloth that I've got to &c
uptown and buy right now. Once,
though. wrote letter to myself about
sonnet eng wanted to remember, and
forgot to mall it for two weeks"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
fALLAcY OF cHILoREN's BOOKS.
Notion of the Writers that They Must
Be ON the Level of the Infant Mind.

BE ON the Level of the Infant Mind.
They have succeeded, according to
Harpers Magazine. They have got be-
low the level of any kind of mind.
They are as mediocre and almost as
commonplace as half the novels that
are bought and read by adults. Is do
nestle twaddle. because 1t is printed,
of service to any mind, young or old?
The ponderous DIR. Johnson lived
when the attempt to dilute the minds
of children was just beginning to be
made, and he characterized 1t with his
usual directness and good sense. In
that inexhaustlble and wholly charm
ing storehouse of anecdote and enter
talnment. Johnsonlan Miscellanies ed
tied my Birkbeck Hill, there is record
of Johnson's disapproval of putting
Newbery's books into the hands of
children as too trifing to engage their
attention. Babies" he said, do not
want to hear about babies, they like to
be told of giants and castles, and Of
something that can stretch and stimu-
late their minds" They like genuine
stories, and a genuine story has always
a strong flavor of human nature or
some supernatural life In II. 1t Is quite
true that the young mind wants the
stories put into simple language, with
out superfluous flourlshes-just as the
signs used by deaf mutes discard ey-
erything that does not directly produce
the image of the mind. The signs ap-
proaeh the linguistic simplicity of
"Aesop's Fables And this necessity
for simplicity Is the apology for some
of the books written especially for chill
dren-that is, the class represented by
Lambs Tales from Shakespeare" and
prose tales from Homer. and generally
the Greek legends and the fairy stories
and medieval narratives, half-super-
natural. The reductions" Of good
books for the use of children are, how
ever, on the borderland of the admis-
sive, and In most cases 1t Is better for
the children, as soon as they can read
easily, to read Shakespeare and good
translat ion of Homer, or have them
read to them. II the real things are not
put into their hands they will read
something, and go on and enfeeuie
their minds with the attractive vol
umes that are prettily illustrated, and
require not so much mental effort as
the conversation at a little girls tea
party.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
WOMEN MARTYRS.

edge and how to overcome the dangers
that threaten them.
There is no need Of our describing
the experiences of such women here.
they are too well known by those who
have suffered; but we will impress
upon every one that these are the
never-failing symptoms of serious
womb trouble, and unless relieved at
once life will be forfeited.
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound never fails to relieve the dis
tressing troubles above referred TO; 1t
has held the faith of the women of
America for twenty years.
1t gives tone to the womb, strength
ems the muscles, banishes baclxache
and relieves all pains incident to
women's diseases. All Druggists sell
1t and recommend it.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
ANS


An experiment of an enterprlsing
kind is shortly to be made In one of the
congested districts of the Irish western
highlands, says the Pail Mall Gazette.
In the nelghborhood OF Drumkeerin.
County Leltrlm, bordering the shores
of Tough Allen, furnace Is now In
course of erection for smelling the ma
tive ore. and, SO far as the preliminary
trials have gone the results have been
reasonably satisfactory.
The district Is rich in mlnerals-that
is, as compared with other parts of the
island. The coal strata are the upper.
most of the secondary deposits in the
district. and are bedded In carbonifer-
Gus limestone, which has for base n
tract of the old red sandstone The coal
is the black bituminous species, and it
has been estimated that 10000, 900 tons
lie within the limits of the four coun-
ties of Leitrim. Roscommon, Sligo and
Mayo. Beds of ironstone are numerous
limestone for smelling has been quar-
ried here before, and charcoal Is OBJ
talned from the neighboring woods.
Nearly half century ago ironworks
were in operation here. but owing to
the scarcity and unsuitability of fuel
the smelling was discontinued, al
though the last iron made was OF a
high quality. To cope with this draw
back and to utilize turf fuel, peat-dry-
Ing and pressing plant has been laid
down. The success of the works will
be productive of incalculable good to
the peasantry in the vicinity, TO whom
regular and remuneratlve employment
will be very welcome.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
Resources of Genius.

At suburban church social not long
ago each person was required TO wear
conspicuously upon his or her cloth
Ing some pictorial or other device that
should represent in 'rebus" form the
title of any well-known book, and all
the others We're to guess at the book
intended. A prize was to be given for
the most ingenious of these devices.
Paradise Lost" represented by n
card upon which five dice had been
pasted, and from which two had evil
IDENTIFY dropped or been removed, was
easily guessed. Hard Cash" was no
puzzle. Neither was It hard to recog-
nize a Pair OF Blue Eyes" limo
cents Abroad" vanity Fair" or I'm
Gle Toms Cabin" in spite of their pie
torlal DISCUSSES.
One of the guests, however, had a
poser Attached to one of the buttons
of his coat was card bearing simply
the inscription:
TON.
Every one at last gave It up,and asked
for the solution.
why, that's easy" he said. 1T
means a Tale of Two Cities.'"
Explain"
Boston and Washington. Last syl-
liable of both. Seer
That's not fair" said the others.
Its the last syllable of Charleston,
Wilmington 'Coshocton,' Kingston
and 'Yankton.' We protest!'
We'll" he said, Il won't insist. Try
this one."
He turned the card over. 1t was in
scrlbed on the other side with these
three letters:
ANS.
After n severe mental struggle, every
body gave this up, also.
THAT ought not to puzzle YOU" he
said. ITS the Last of the Mohicans. !"
He got the prize.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26

Only one person In fifteen has perfect
eyes, the larger portion of defective
ness prevailing among fair-haired peo-
pie.
An even cubic foot of average soil
was weighed and Analysed at Cornell
University. 1t was found that the soil
In one acre one foot deep weighed
2,0S21a tons.
The difference between the tallest
and shortest races In the world is one
foot four and a half inches, and the
average height is five feet five and a
half Inches.
Wheat can be grown in the Alps at
an elevation of 5000 feet, In Brazil at
five thousand, In the Caucasus at
eight thousand, In Abyssinia at ten
thousand, and in Peru and Bolivia at
eleven thousand.
The bison, or buffalo, is now prac-
tically extinct In the United States, be-
Ing only preserved in small numbers In
the Yellowstone and other parks, pub
lie and private. In canada, however.
variety. known as the wood bison,
still survives in an almost inaccessible
region near Fort Chlppeway, south of
Great Slave Lake.
Esquimalt. In British North America,
is the only place in the British Empire,
according to a recent Chronological re
ness. Esquimalt Is also the dampest
place in the empire, while Adelaide, in
Australia, is the driest. Ceylon is the
hottest, and Northwest Canada the
coolest possession that the flag of Eng
land floats over.
In recent description of the astron-
omical observatory on Mount Etna, at
tention Is called TO the fact that thun-
der-storms are very rare phenomena
there. The observatory is more than
1900 feet above sea-leyel, and near the
summit of the volcano, yet 1t has .-ot
been found necessary to protect 1t with
/ lightning The absence of thun-
der storms has been accounted for on
/ the supposltion that the smoke and hot
vapor constantly rising from the great
.rater of Etna act as a lightning con-
ductor on a grand scale.
Among the mineral productions of
the earth which are chiefly valuable
because of the part they play In the
manufacture OF metals for use In the
arts Is manganese, which is employed
| In making a steel alloy. There are
mines of manganese around the Black
/ Sea, and some In South America, but
| according TO recent consular reports
a good supply of this Indispensable ma
terial lies nearer our doors, In the
southern part of Cuba. The insurrec-
ton In that island has, for the present
prevented the development Of the
mines.
Among the scientific applications OF
photography, the value of which has
recently been pointed out, is the study
of the natural attitudes of birds and
other animals, through instantaneous
photographs OF them. 1t p averred
that very erroneous impressions are
often conveyed. even in scientific trea-
tlses, through the Incorrect and some
times impossible attitudes In which
animals are represented. Not only
could such errors be avoided, but i'm
portant characteristics of animals
might be made evident by applying
photography to the study. The case is
analogous to that of the galloping OF
horses. formerly so incorrectly repre-
sented by artists.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
Hard Winds.

When the Californian tells you that
he has seen the wind blow so hard that
1t blew the grass out of the ground,
you will smile In spite of yourself; 1t is
so perfectly ridiculous. And yet 1t Is
true. once planted lawn In March,
sowing kentucky blue grass. 1t came
up beautifully and fiourished until
May. which is the month in which the
norther is prevalent. l think 1t was
the middle of the month, ana the grass
was about three inches high. when the
norther came along. In two days had
no more lawn; the grass had been
blown out of the ground. AS previous
" mentioned, the norther is a dessicat-
Ing wind, and 1t dried the loose soil
about the grass roots until 1t was re-
duced to powder and thus unable to
resist the wind, which dispersed It,.
The roots having no further hold In the
ground, gave way, and the wind car
rled off the grass. This is how the
wind blew the grass out of the ground.
1t Is a California yarn. but simple
enough when acknowledgements.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
uu,ukhtu of YenyInch,chenhua.

The Pekln Gazette of June last con-
talns n memorial from the Chinese gem
eral In command at Kuldja, asking the
emperor to sanction an avatar. GER
tain ruler-named Kung -mu-pa-tu-kun-
mu-pa- ju-p'u-chun held Tarbagatai for
the emperor In the COS. when the Mo
hammedan rebels had overrun all the
country round. He has died; and the
Mongol tribes among whom he dwelt
are anxious to have him once more
among them. At their request. accord
ingly, the memorlallst "begs that n
special edict may be Issued granting
permission to the heroic soul hutukhtu
to become an avatar-in other words,
that his spirit be permitted by special
grace OF the throne to become re-em-
bodied, to serve again the sacred dy-
nasty for the preservation OF which he
fought so vallantly." The emperor as
sents, and appoints him. beforehand.
Hutukhtu OF the Monastery of Yenyin-
Standardization Saturday Review.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
oueen,s Circus Riding.

Queen Henrietta OF Belgium, by birth
an Austrian archduchess, continues, In
spite of her snow-white hair and rank
as a grandmother, to occupy her time
with circus riding. A year ago she
gave, In the riding school of the royal
palace at Brussels, a semi-publlc per.
Torrance, In which she and her daugh.
ter Clementlne put their horses through
all kinds of fancy PAGES and trick rid.
ing with the skill of professionals. They
leaped their horses through burning
hoops and over flaming hedges, and her
majesty jumped pet horse over din.
ner table covered with flowers and
lighted candelabra. Then she drove a
team of twenty-ln-hand herself, mount.
ed ON her fayorite mare.-Newcastle
Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
GREAT AND HoNORED NAMES
Borne by New York Men In the Conn
mon Walks of Life.


New York's directory can turn out
a few odd names, but an Investigation
has shown rather remarkable and GU
rious facts. which go TO prove that the
answer to Shakspeare's question Is
that there Is nothing at all In a name.
For William Shakespeare-the Will
lam Shakespeare Of New York-ls Il
humble printer. There Is John Mil
ton In New York who, as the directory
describes him. Is an engineer. Victor
Hugo IL put down as a waiter In a res
taurant. Edwin Booth is given as a
nurse, and Francis Bacon appears In
the role of plano tuner,
There are seven Thomas Jeffiersons.
and one of them is policeman. or
a round dozen Andrew Jacksons one Is
a valet, another a repairer Of bicycles.
Six George Washingtons vary In avo-
One Plato sells hats. James q. Blaine
Is coachman. jefferson Davis a dri-
yer, Henry Clay laborer, and julius
Caesar Is a cigar salesman. There are
two Ben Franklins, one William L.
Gladstone. four Robert Burnses and
any number of George Gordons-By-
ron's name, There are twenty Tom
Moores, a Virgil and a Homer. There
is but one Henry Helne In New York,
two Richard Wagners, one Verdi, who
Is musician, and a Gluck, who Is n
florist.
This by no means exhausts the list Of
famous names whose owners We're as
obscure as their nominal prototypes
were famous. but 1t shows the posi-.
bilities of Greater New York.
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lassa~1r'.'tf
&JFat"atye.
THAhD9|T

The Sandwich-Islanders believe that
the souls of their deceased monarchs
reside In the ravens and they entreat
Europeans not to modest them.
The calf, the white COW of Siam, the
hawk, the ape. the Ibis, the cat, the
ape, the crocodile. dogs, beetles, frogs,
mice and rats have all been held IN
reverence in different sections of the
globe.
Swine were adored In Crete, weasels
at 1hebes, rats and mice in Troas, por-
cuplnes In Persia, the lapwlng in New
Mexico, bulls In Benares, serpents In
Greece and many of the African coun-
tries. The Hindoos never modest
snakes; they call them faith RS, broth
ers, friends and other endearing names.
On the coast of Guinea a hog happen
ing to kill a snake, the king gave or
stroyed.
Horses have played no inconspicuous
part In history, In some instances even
being deifled. Saddle white Surrey
for the field tomorrow" cried Richard
III. at the battle of Bosworth Field.
Black Agnes was the favorite horse
Of Mary Queen of Scots. Bucephalus,
the fayorite charger of Alexander the
Great, used to kneel when the king
mounted him. He cost $16,500 and was
80 years old when he died. Chosroes
ii. of Persia had a horse, Shibdiz,
called the Persian Bucephalus. orelio
was the favorite horse of King Rode
rick and Xanthos the famous charger
of Achilles. Copenhagen, the horse of
the duke of Wellington, was p years
old when he died.
In 1909 an Englishman named Banks
had a horse which he had trained to
follow him wherever he went, over
fences and to the roofs of buildings.
lie and his horse went to the top of
that immensely high structure, st.
Paups church. After many wonder
full exploits at home the horse and MS
master went to Rome where they per-
formed feats equally astonishing. The
result was that both Banks and his
horse were burned, by order of the
Pope, as enchanters.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting In the courts oar right 10 the
exclusive Use OF the word CAsrORIA," aud
"PIrCHER's CASToRiA," as our Trade Mark.
{. Dr. Samuel Pitcher, Of lIyannis. Massachusetts,,
was the originator OF " PITCHER 5 CAS- roRfA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-siruie signature of cHAs. II. FLETCHER on
every wrapper This Is the original PITcHER's
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 1t is
hs hind yos hare aispays bought and has the
signature Of cHAS. II. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The centaur Company Of which
chas. II. Fletcher is President.
Mayeh 5, 1897. sAMuEI. PITCHER. MD.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
RULES FOR CANDY MAKING.
Irs. Rorer Tells How CONNECTIONS May BE
Made at Home.

Ers. Rorer Tells How CONNECTIONS May BE
Made at Home.
Mrs. s. T. Rorer tells how to make
candies at home in The Ladies' Home
Journal and gives the following rules,
which insure the success Of the work.
Never stir the sugar and water after
the sugar has dissolved Wipe down
constantly the granules forming ON the
side of the saucepan. Do not shake or
move the saucepan while the strip Is
boiling. As soon as the sugar begins to
boil watch it carefully, having in your
hand bowl of ice water, SO that you
may try the strip almost constantly.
Have everything in readiness before be-
ginning. II the sugar grains, use it for
old fashioned cream candy or sugar
taffy. II cannot be used for fondant
Use only the best granulated sugar for
boiling and confectioners' xxx for
kneading. If your fondant grains with
out apparent cause, you may have boil
ed it a little too long. A few drops Of
lemon juice - little cream of tartar
will prevent this. Fondant is the soft
mixture which forms both the inside Of
the French candies and the material in
which they are dipped, and 1t is to OBJ
tain this that the sugar is boiled.
after the sugar has reached the
soft ball. semihard condition, it
must be poured carefully into large
meat plate or ON marble slab. Do not
scrape the saucepan or you will granu-
late the strip. Make your fondant one
day and make it up into candy the next.
Never melt fondant by placing the
saucepan Immediately on the stove.
PrevC~t the danger of scorching by
standing the pan containing it in ba-
sin of water. If the melted fondant is
too thick, add water most cautiously, q
drop at time. A half teaspoonful more
than is necessary will ruin the whole.
To cool candy place it in a cool, dry
place. To keep candy put 1t between
layers of waxed paper in tin boxes II
the day is bright and clear. the sugar
loses its sickness quickly; therefore
select fine day for your candy max.
ing"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
The ola Woman. RECKONING.

A railway train was running at the
rate OF forty miles an hour. says the
Chicago News, and was approaching
Big Greek. when the alr-brakes were
applied. and the train came to u stop
50 suddenly that all hands were startled.
Many OF the passengers jumped of, and
with the conductor ran ahead OF the
engine to see what was the matter An
old man with lantern was coming up
the track.
Hello! Did you signal the traln?"
asked the conductor.
YES. It was me.s replied the old man.
"Well, what's the row."
Reckon the bridge over the creek
has gone down."
1T has. ehs Well. II that's the case,
you've done a thing which the COM
pany won't soon forget. When did the
bridge go DOWN.
"Dunno 'zactly."
"When did you find II gomez"
II didn't done find 1t gone at all, sab.
but / reckon II amt thar no mo- Yo'
see, sab, was slttin' In the cabin with
the ole woman bout an hour ago. and
II was rainln' and BLOWN. when we
heard a crash, and she calls out;
80 Lord, Jim. but what was thatT
"'Reckon 1t was that big sycamore
tree says |.
"'Couldn't be. Must be the railroad
bridge
"'Reckon II wasn't,
Reckon 1t was.
But what about the bridgeT asked
the impatient conductor.
Reckon It's gone, sah.''
but why do you reckon
why, at first didn't reckon. Then
the ole woman she reckoned, and had
TO reckon with her or hev n row. When
reckoned as she reckoned. she reck-
oned I'd better come out and swing a
lantern and stop the train, and that's
what did,
you haven't been down TO the
creekg'
mo, sab"
And you don't know that the bridge
Is goneT'
mo. sab. Yo' see, the ole woman she
reckoned twas. and | had to reck-
| Oh"
Get out of the way, you old IDIOT"
Interrupted the conductor, as he gave
the signal to go ahead.
But the ole woman reckoned-"
And she's another
Both of us idiots. ehT" shouted tie
old man, as the train began to move.
''Wal, / reckon 50, too; but IL she reck-
ons we Amt, then I'm goln' to reckon
long with her. and keep out of fuss. y
We found the bridge all right, and
"reckoned" 1t must have been the syca-
more tree that went down with crash.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
A Gigantic English Brewery,

Some 5000 people are employed at
Bass Burton breweries and the num-
Der of clerks employed Is nearly 800.
The brewerles cover about 200 acres OF
land. The annual output Is about
1900, 900 barrels, and the annual issue
of bottling labels is about 230,OO0,O00.
Moreover, no less than $4,000 acres are
employed In growing hops for the man
ufacture OF Bass ale.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
COULDN'T MAKE 1T.

The bull that tried to butt down a bridge
and the goat that tackled an anvil, couldn't
make it, and were knocked out, bruised
and bleeding. From such bruises down to
pin-head blue spots they are culabe easily
and surely. The men who get the worst
bruises always get the best cure. They
make it every time; There are iight ways
and wrong ways of doing things, ss the bull
and the goat found out. The best cure fol
a bruise Is st. Jacobs Oil. The right way 70
cure is to use it and find out.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26

The richest town in the United States
is Brookline, near Boston. Its popula'
ton Is II 900. and valuation $60,OoO,000
vet 1t is governed through the typical
New England town meeting. 1t has a
public library containing $4,000 vol
umes. a $780, 900 high school, $40, DOC
free bathing establishment, and spends
500. 900 year on its parks and well
shaded streets. Boston would gladly
annex 1t, but Brookline prefers to &c
on rs 1t Is.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26

Somebody gives the following anti
thetIcal advice: Drink less, breathe
more; eat less, chew more; ride less
walk more; clothe less battle more
worry less, work more; waste less. give
more; write less, read more; preach less
practice more"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
An Del thnt Mhistles.

A remarkable eel has been dIscov-
cred in the FIJI Islands. 1t has IA pc
culiar formation In Its throat which
causes It to whistle when In an excited
state. The eel is fifteen feet long and
several inches in glrth.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-26
STATE or ONO, CRY or ToLEDo, .,
Lucas GOuETY 80

FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm Of +. J. CHE
My & Co., doing business in the City OF
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said irm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by
the use OF HALLS CArARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 9th day of December, A. ID. 1886.
sEAL A. w. GLEASON,
- Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send for testimo-
mails, free,
FL CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.