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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
one view OF q Moot Point.

1t may BIO said that the little word
my" placed before the word dear"
has significance of its own. When
used between the ladies thus, my dear
Mrs A." it is to devote an extra
amount of cordiality and friendliness,
and again when gentleman SO writes
to a lady Of his acquaintance it has the
same reading. On the other hand, My
dear Mr. b. " is seldom or never writ
ten by ladies to their men acquaintance,
Dear Mr. b. :" being considered suiii-
GENTLY affectionate. Elderly ladies,
however, are outside of this rule and
write my dear Mr.. b. TO men whom
they have known as boys. -Philadel-
phia North American.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
THE OLD CLERK.
A Pathetic Picture Too Frequently Pre-
sented In the Business World.

A Pathetic Picture Too Frequently Pre-
sented In the Business World.
He is familiar figure i'll almost ey-
cry business house-the old clerk.
White haired, thin, with clothes that
are always of decent black and scrupu-
lousy brushed he has sat behind the
same desk or stood behind the same
counter for dear knows how many
years, growing thinner and older and
muster as the time went by. Some
times we meet him III the early morn
ing going down to Office or store, walk
ing the same route he has trod for 20 or
80 years with "a regularity so perfect
that the very policeman on the beat
might set his watch by his movements
Often, late at night, when we are 60
ing home from the theater we see him
through the iron grated window, still
bending over his ledger, for he works
slowly nowadays and must work over
time to make up his accounts. His eyes
are growing dim and he fumbles with his
glasses, his hands are losing their trick
of deft penmanship, and his brain its
swiftness. He does not understand it.
but the fly boys all about him, young
enough to be his SONS, rush through
their tasks and are ont and gone while
he is still laboring over his. Slowly but
surely it is being borne in on him that
he cannot compete with them.
In the managers Office he is already
becoming "A problem. Customers have
begun TO complain Of his slowness. a
man, not Intentionally cruel, called out
that he wanted somebody who was alive
10 wait on him; not that old fossil. \
woman complained that he had not
matched sample and asked Why they
kept blind people. The old clerk heard
them, and it sounded like the knell of
his own foreboding thoughts. He knows
that the time is coming when he must
go. He has seen it happen before with
others. First he will be retired to some
other department, with less work and
less pay. They will remember for a
time the many years of faithful service
In which no has seen the firm grow from
small beginnings to present wealth.
Then after time they will forget
even that, and one day when he has
been slower than usual or some mis-
take has passed unnoticed by his dim
eyes they will send for him 10 come to
the president room, and he will be
told that they think 1t best to put a boy
in that department-somebody who is
young and quick and can get about
swiftly. Sometimes they give him a
little pension, oftener not, but in Ell
ther case he goes out a poor, heart bro
ken old man. They talk to him Of en-
joying leisure, but he has never learned
the art of idling, and so he hangs about
the store after he is dismissed, walk
ing by it through sheer force of habit.
To others it is commonplace enough
store or Office. To him it is the mauso
leum where lies buried his youth, with
all its dreams and hopes and ambitions,
and there is tear under the smile on
his wintry old face as he says that he
has left Blank a. Blank and has got
too old TO work. New Orleans Plea
yune
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
LINCOLN ESCAPED.
A Vain Attempt to Inocuiate Him with
Smallpox In 1861.

1hihiipO4 N 1901
During the exciting period of 1861
great fears were entertained for the
safety Of the president, and every pre-
caution was taken to insure his person
al protection.
One morning there appeared at the
White House a woman, closely yelled,
demanding an immediate interview
with Mr.. Lincoln. Approaching Mes
senger Perkins, who guarded the door
of Mr. Lincoln's private Office, the Wis
itor make known her request and plead
ed earnestly that she be admitted to
personal interview The doorkeepers
orders were, however, very strict, and
finding her eloquence all III vain she
finally compromised by confiding her
message to the courteous but firm en-
ployee. Taking him to one side, the
yelled lady seized both his hands in hers
and tenderly rubbed them as she ex-
tracted promise that he would imme-
diately deliver her request to the presi-
dent. Perkins was almost overcome by
a most peculiar odor that appeared to
emanate from his companion and has
tened to get rid of her without creating
a scene.
No sooner had he accomplished this
than he confided to one of the official
household the effect produced upon him
while in conversation with the impor-
tunate visitor. A physician who was
present promptly OWNED the truth and
instituted a search for the woman, when
it was learned that she had driven rap
idly away in carriage, and all trace
was lost Perkins was Immediately or
dered to return to his home and await
developments
Within the usual period he was taken
i'll with one of the worst cases of yiru-
lent smallpox on record, and for weeks
lay at the point of death. Upon his re-
covery the faithful messenger, whose
devotion to duty doubtless saved the life
of the president, was appointed by Mr..
Lincoln to permanent position ON the
clerical force of the war department.
Washington Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
Brave Acts.

On Jubilee day. which commemorated
the discovery of gold in California in
1919. squad of Battery | of the regu-
Ter army was firing salute at Lime
Point fort, near San Francisco. One
load-the charge was 30 pounds Of pow
der inclosed in a WOODEN bag-did not
20 off, and the officer in command or
tered it to be pulled out of the cannon.
The charge was Withdrawn, and as
it dropped to the ground it was seen
that one corner of the wooden bag was
on fire. In an instant the powder would
have caught and the seven men with
their officer would have been killed
Private John NJ. Jones jumped toward
the smoldering bag rolled it in the
mud and with his bare hands plastered
the singed edges with damp earth.
1t was a quick, brave deed, and had
the hero been British soldier it would
have brought him Victoria cross to
wear ON his breast
During the sepoy war young cap
tain of artillery saw an ignited shell
fall near his battery. Instantly he lift
ed it up. carried it to a distance and
flung it away. Just then it burst, shat.
tering his left forearm.
In the Crimean war Captain Peel
of the royal navy, son of the former
prime minister, Sir Robert Peel, COM
manded a naval battery in front of Sc.
vastopol. One day large shell, its fuse
burning, fell into the battery near
where Peel was standing. Picking il
up, he carried it to the rampant and
tossed it over 1t exploded before il
reached the ground -Exchange
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
When Molten Lead Wont Burn,

When the Prince of Wales was study.
ing under Sir Lyon Playfair in Edin-
burgh, that gentleman, after taking the
precaution to make him wash his hands
with ammonia to get rid of any grease
that might be on them, said:
"Now, sir if you have faith in sci
ence you will plunge your right hand in
to that ccldron of boiling lead and Ia
die it out into the cold water which is
standing by.
Are you serious?" asked the pupil.
Perfectly, was the reply.
"lf you tell me to do it, will, said
the prince.
81 do tell you," rejoined Playfair.
and the prince Immediately ladled out
the burning liquid with perfect impu-
nity.-London Standard.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
A Qualified Misfortune.

To illustrate the readiness of some
INSCRIPTIONS people to turn even theil
calamities to a dishonest advantage
the story Is told that certain small
farmer complained TO a relative thai
his COW was sick.
And you have to buy milk?' asked
the relative.
Land, yes"
How much d'you have to payT'
mis- Tewkesbury lets us have soms
Of hers for five cents n quart
We'll, what d'you do with your mill
while the cows sick?'
'.Oh. we sell It to the city milkman."
Get five cents quart from him?"
"Sakes no. He gives sixH-Youth'I
Companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

A worthy old Gentleman in the Coun-
try, having employed AN Attorney, of
whom he bad pretty good Opinion, to
do some Law Business for him in Lon
don, he was greatly surprised on his
coming to Town, and demanding his
Bill of Law Charges, TO find that it
amounted to at least three Times the
Sum he expected; the honest Attorney
assured him that there was no Article
in his Bill but what was fair and rea-
sonable. Nay, said the Country Gentle
man, here is one of them am sure
cannot be so, for you have set down
three Shillings and four Pence for CO.
ing to Southwark, when none of my
Business lay that Way; pray what is
the Meaning of that Sir; oh Sir, said
he, that was for fetching the Chine and
Turkey from the Carriers, that you sent
me for Present, out of the Country
Joe Miller's Jest Book, 1889.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
RIGHT WORD ArTHe RIGHT TIME
some Examples of Fe1ioitous Express
sions in TickIiah Places,

HAOhs "a ih0CHs
The art of avoiding a conversational
unpleasantness by a graceful way of
putting things belongs In its highest
perfection, to the East When Lord
Dufferln was NicerOy of India he had
''shikarry," or sporting servant,
whose special duty was to attend the
visitors at the vice-regal court ON their
shooting excursions. Returning one
day from one of these expeditions. the
shikarry encountered the Viceroy. who,
full of courteous sollcitude of his
guests enjoyment, asked:
well, what sort of sport has Lord
- hadg'
"Ob," replied the scrupulously polite
Indian, 1.-THE young sahib shot dlyinely,
but God was very merclful to the
birds"
Compare this honeyed form of speech
with the terms IN which the English
gamekeeper would convey his opinion
Of "A bad shot. and we are forced to adj
init that the social superiority of Lord
Dufferin's 'black man" But II we turn
from the Orient to the Occident. and
from our dependencies TO the United
Kingdom, the art of putting things Is
found TO flourish better on Irish than
On Scotch or English soil. We all re-
member that Archbishop Whately Is
said to have thanked God on his death.
bed that he had never given penny In
lndiscriminate charity. a successor of
the apostles might have found more
suitable subjects of moribund self-con-
graduation, and have always rejoiced
In the mental picture of the Archbishop,
In all the frigid pomp of political econ
omy. waving off the Dublin beggar
with:
Go away; go away | never give to
anyone on the street" and receiving the
instantaneous rejoinder:
Then where would your reverence
have me wait on your
A lady of my acquaintance who Is a
proprietress in County Galway Is In the
habit of receiving her own rents. one
day, when a tenant farmer had plead
ed long and unsuccessfully for an
uDdltintlls ne fAtllllltu as he nduutu
over his money:
We'll. my lady. all can say is that
II l had my time over again, its not a
tenant farmer I'd be. I'd follow one of
the learned professions"
The proprietress gently replied that
even In the learned professions there
were losses as we'll as gains and. per-
haps. he would have found professional
life as precarlons as farming
"Ah, my lady, but how can that be-"
replied the son of St. Patrick. III you're
a lawyer-win or lose. you're paid. II
you're n doctor-kill or cure, you're
paid. If you're priest-heayen or hell,
you're paid"
Who can imagine an English farmer
pleading his ease for an abatement
with this happy mixture of fun and
satire?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
TRY ALIENS FooT-EAsE.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous
and hot, anu get tired easily. II you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet and makes
walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating
ieet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunioHs of all pain and gives rest
and comfort. Ten thousand testimonials
of cures. Try it to-day. Sold by all drug
gists and shoe stores tor 25c. Sent by mail
for 25c in stamps. Trial package FREE.
Address, Allen 5. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. I.
on the way home.-Jim mie-Didn't you hear
the sunday school teacher say your conscience
is what tells you when You do wrong2 Tommy
Its good thing II don't tell your mother.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
THINK MOI AGAIN oF ME-.

Dark sorrows wings brood DER my soul,
And meath their baneful power
My hopes have withered like the dews
Upon n blooming flower.
No more roam the realms Of bliss,
From pangs Of anguish free.
Thy love must ne'er, meier be mine.
Think not again Of me.
When In the halls Of reyelry,
OF music and Of mirth,
Oh, would have thee to forget
That e'er we meet on earthi
would not wreck thy bark Of life
Upon an unknown sea.
Go share thy love with some fond heart
And waste it not ON me.
The shell that Is By ocean cast
Upon the sandy shore
Still in its secret, deep recess
Keeps echoing its roar.
So in my heart, which fate has thrown
Upon loves hidden reef,
Still echoes my lost loved ones tones
Amid my tears Of grief.
New York Ledger.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
Strong Soup.

In the life of William Stokes, written
by his son, which has appeared in Lon
don, it is told how Soyer was sent over
to Dublin during the great famine to
show the people how make soup. Stokes
asked starving beggar why she did not
go and get some of the soup that was
being freely distributed.
"Soup, is it, your honor? Sure, it
ism { soup at all. " "And what is it,
then2' inquired Stokes. 1T is nothin,
your honor, but a quart of water boiled
down to pint, to make it sthrong !"
This is the soup maigre which Ho-
garth earicatured in his picture of the
French troops ut Calais.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

than better. In consulting Mrs. Pink
ham no hesitation need be felt, the
story is told to a woman and is wholly
confidential Mrs. Pinkham's address
is Lynn. Mass, she offers sick women
her advice without charge.
Her intimate knowledge of women's
troubles makes her letter of advice q
wellspring fhope, and her wide expert
ence and skill point the way to health.
~ suffered with ovarian trouble for
reven years. and no doctor knew what
was the matter with me. l had spells
which would last for two days or more.
| thought would try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. / have
taken seven bottles of it. and am en-
tirely cured. '-MRs JOHN FOREMAN, 20
N Wood berry Ave, Baltimore. Md.
The above letter from Mrs. Foreman
is only one of thousands.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

The following epitaph is over grave
in the Caroline islands: sacred TO
Wllm. Coils Boat Steerer of the Ship
Saint george of New Bedford who
by the Will of Almltey god was siviri-
lery injurd by a BULL WHALE off
this Hand on IS March 1860 also to
Pedro Sabbanas of Guam 4th MATTE
DROWNED on the SAME Date his Back
broken by WHALE above Mention
Oh
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
Iriah TaMn in Maine.

"If there is another town in this coun-
try with record like Benedicta, Me-,
| am unable TO locate it," writes Pro-
fessor Bateman from the Aroostook VII
lage to the Lewiston Journal. The
peculiarly of the place is the fact that
the population is composed exclusive
ly of Irishmen. There is not family
In the entire township through whose
veins courses any other blood than that
Of the Emerald isle"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

Clerk have been in your employ
now going on five years, and am get
ting the same salary | started with.
Proprietor-I know it, but every time
that I've made up my mind to cut you
down or discharge You something has
reminded me of your wife and little
ones at home. and so just couldn't do
it. There, my man, You see | have IA
heart us well AS head.-Chicago News.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
A Failure.

but, my dear, you are so pretty that
| really cannot see how your beauty
needs any addition in the shape of such
expensive finery as you wish,' said Mr..
Wickwire mo. l am not" replied
Mrs. Wickwire. If was so pretty as
you pretend | am l would not have TO
argue so long TO get new dress"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
WHAT WILL BECOME OF oaINAg

None can foresee the outcome of the quarrel
between foreign powers over the division OF
china. IL is Interesting 10 watch the going To
pieces of this ancient Dut unprogressye race.
Many people in Amenoa are also going 70 pieces
because OF dyspepsia, constipation, blood, liver
and stomach diseases We are living toe fast,
but strength, vigor aud good health eau be le=
tanned II we keep oil aud cure the above dis.
eases with HOstetter's Stomach Bitters.
optieian-Yes you see double. can correct
the fault with specticles Patient-hurry.
Maybe IL isn't twins after all.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
A Pleasant Anniversary.

Mr.. Frankstown-spiffin's birthday
comes next week. Let's give a smoker
in his honor.
Mr.. LaIimer-That' S the very thing.
Spiiiins doesn't use cigars and can't
bear the smell of tobacco, -Pittsburg
Chronicle. Telegraph.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
Efficacy of Olive oil.

Medical authorities are generally
agreed as to the value of olive oil med
icinally. finding it also a potent agent
for any defects of the excretory ducts,
especially the skin. Eczema has rapidly
disappeared upon a discontinuance of
starch foods and the substitution of a
diet of fresh and dried fruits, milk.
eggs and olive oil The beneficial effects
of the latter, when thus taken i'll CON
junction with fruit diet, have fire.
quently been remarked in respect to the
hair, nails and scalp, supplying to the
sebaceous glands the oily substance
which they secrete when in healthy
condition, and the absence of which is
the cause Of debility of the hair, fire.
quently ending i'll badness, says The
Scientific American. 1t has long been
observed that those who treat olive oil
as a common article of food and use it
as such are generally healthier and in
better condition than those who do not,
and its therapeutic and prophylactic
properties are very fayorably regarded
by medical men, 1t is known to be de-
structive to certain forms of micro or
ganie life, and for the eradication of such
from the system its internal use has
been successfully resorted to.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
Gold Mining In Colorado.

out of the fifty-slx counties In the
State of Colorado twenty-six are gold.
producing, and since 1853, when gold
was first discovered there, the State
has produced $4,000. 600 In gold and
silver.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
Take Them on in Church.

The hat reform movement has struck
ia hard out In Kansas, where the wom-
en- In several towns remove their head
gear In church as well as at the theater.
1t would be difficult TO establish that
reform in the East, say at about the
close of the Lenten season.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

Officer Ito new seryanD-Murphy, I
have left my mess boots out this morn
ing. l want them soled.
Private Murphy-Nery good, sor.
Officer Cater in the day)-Did you
take those boots, Murphy?
Private Murphy feeling in his pocket
and putting on the table Is pence)-
Yes, sor, and that's all l could get for
them. The corporal who bought them
said he would have given shillings
had it been pay day. COLLAPSE of off
Ger. )-London Tit Bits.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

The mushroom life is measured by
hours, but it fiourishes long enough for
ap insect to hang its egg OH the edge of
the umbrella and for the egg to be-
come an insect ready to COLOMBO the
next "silver button that pushes up.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

Women always own from one to a
dozen cook books, but they continue to
cook things the same old way.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
Had Nothing to Say.

You want TO be a soldier, Jim? Well, l
don't blame you. lad;
The fever that has hit you now once mon
keyed with your dad.
know exactly how you feel, you're achin'
fur scrap,
An want to go an help to wipe Of Spain
clean off the map.
When | was young an full o nerve in
eighteen sixty-one
| wasn't half content till | was coupled TO
gun.
An now that you're a-feelin' in that same
OF hostile way
An want to emulate your dad I've not
ward to say.
| hope you've reckoned up the cost an
counted it up well,
Fur war, as Central Sherman said, amt
fur removed from hell.
You'll find it amt no picnic, Jim; you'll
soon find out that you
Won't have bit o. nerve too much In
pullin of you through.
II amt no circus-day affair when shells
begin to bust
An comrades lie In blood an pain e
within in the dust,
An bullets, jes like maddened bees, ZIP
past in fiendish way,
But II you have mind to go I've not a
word to say.
| want to tell you honest, boy, that this
amt no surprise;
I've seen the sparks of loyal pride a-dane-
In in your eyes.
An I've been waitin' fur a week to hear
you make your talk
An show your daddy that you come of
good Of fghtin' stock.
An now to close the matter up, I'll tell
you further, Jim,
Your daddy would have knocked you out
or you'd awalloped him
II, when you'd hear your country call,
you'd make coward play
I'm proud o you! God bless you, boy.
That's all I've got to say.
indianapolis journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

Every once In awhile some old man
who Is said to have one foot In the
grave sees pretty girl, pulls his foot
out and gets married
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
HAVE YOU A SON. sRorHEe.

Husband or Lover in The Army or Navy
Mail him to-day a PC. package of Aliens
Foot Ease, powder for the feet. All who
march. walk or stand need it, 1t cures
aching. tired, sore, swollen, sweating feet,
and makes hot, tight or new shoes easy
Feet can't Blister, get Sore or Gallons
where Aliens Foot Ease is used. 10,o0t
testimonials All druggists and shoe stores
sell it. 25c. Sample sent Free. Address
Allen S. Olmsled, lie Roy, \. Y.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
CONSULTING A WOMAN.
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Inspires
Confidence and Hope.

Examination by male physician Is
a hard trial to a delicately organized
woman.
She puts 1t off as long as she dare,
and is only driven to 1t by fear of can.
GER. polypus, or some dreadful III.
Most frequently such woman leaves
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

A defective hammock has caused
many fond lovers to fall out.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

Meerschaum is silieate of magnesia
and is to be found chiefly i'll Asia Minor,
Greece and Madrid.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03

Doctor, why do you advise me to do so much
walking in hot weather." al thought II you
saved Car fare you might pay it. on my bills"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-03
WILL g. FINCK cos.

sfhlhG ILL lhAls nag aLL91s.
Plain or with Cutter The Best Needle in the
Market. Used by all sacK sewers. FOR sale
by all general Mdse. Stores OF by
VIII finGk Co., $40 Market ST., San fIalelsCO, CAL
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aRennent.

This condi-
ton of the
mindd DESTROYS
the effect of
advice; and
5 he grows
J worse rather