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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.

A woman's interest In insurance on
her own life is held, in Sydnor VS.. Boyd
IN. CD, 81 L. r. A. 1874, to be a part of
the body Of her estate within a statute
restricting contracts as to that estate
between herself and husband.
The board of control of the knights
of Pythias Is held In Supreme Lodge
X. of p. VS.. Stein MISS, 81 L. X. \.
715, to be a mere ministerial COMMITTEES
without power to pass a law voiding
benefit certificates In case of suicide.
The right of a mortgagee to sue in
his own name on an insurance policy
payable TO him as his interest NAV ap.
pear Is upheld, in Lowrey VS.. lnsur-
ance Company of n. A. (Afiss.), 81 l.. X.
A. 779, where his debt is more than the
whole value of the Insurance or of the
property destroyed.
A foreclosure sale of land for part of
the mortgage debt is held, in Curtis vs.
Cutler &C. c. App. Sth c., 81 L. II. A.
1871, to exhaust the lien of the mort
gage. The other authorities on the eff
feet of foreclosure for part of the mort
gage debt are presented in the note to
the case.
The wrongful execution of a power of
sale in a mortgage when there was no
default is held. in Rogers VS.. Barnes
Mass, 80 L. r. A. 145, to give the
mortgagor a right TO damages even il
the sale was an absolute nulllty, where
a subsequent transfer TO a purchaser
for value with an apparently perfect
title has made a cloud ON the mortga-
gor's title.
The right to assign the interests Of a
beneficiary to whom an endowment GER
tifcate is payable in case of the death
of the assured is held, In Carpenter vs..
Knapp Iowa, Is l.. II. a. 12S, not to
exist during the endowment period dur.
ing which the assured had a right to
change the beneficiary. A stipulation
requiring the beneficiary's consent to
an assignment Is held not to apply to a
change of beneficiary.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
The Cost of Eggs.

If eggs are high in winter, It is be-
cause they cost more in that season.
As has been frequently affirmed in
these columns, eggs cost but little or
nothing in summer, II the hens are on
a range, and will then pay, ever If
prices are low. If eggs are 80 cents a
dozen, the real food material costs
the about % cents a pound;
but when eggs are Is cents a dozen, the
consumer gets about "a pounds of food
material for % cents. But In both cases
the farmer sends away the same pro-
portion of material from his farm; and,
whether the hen picks the food up her
self or Is given her share by her owner,
the loss of that much value from the
farm occurs But again, the hen on
the range utilizes materials that the
farmer cannot sell. A dainty young
weed, a piece of bone, insects, seeds,
grass and refuse thrown away are all
made to do service by the hens convert
ing them into eggs. 1t will pay in win
ter to save food by keeping the hens
warm. If they are not well sheltered
more corn will be necessary to heat
their bodies. Shelter Is not really food,
but 1t generally serves to economic In
its use for preventing the waste of corn
in the form of heat.-Mirror and
Farmer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
FRANCE.
In Every Particular She Is Failing In
the Race of Civilization.

the huce OF SiYilizntions
In the view of the rest of Europe
France Is seen at her worst since the
tiger-llke outburst of the commune.
writes Harold Frederick. The scandal
of the Panama canal corruption was
nothing by comparison, for that faint.
ed only "A single ease in public life. Nor
was even the m itself so bad,
for then It was only Paris which went
wild, and 1t was the rest of France
which roughly put It right. But In this
abomlnable Dreyfus crime the dry rot
permeates all Of France. 1t Is easiest
10 describe the disease as antl-Semi-
tlsm, as that Is what one sees ON the
surface. The cheap newspapers which
have the largest calculations, have
been for years openly preaching de-
struction to the Jews until they have
filled the weak and III. bnlanced brains
of their hundreds OF thousands Of read
ers with the most cayage ideas. But
In reality anti-Semitism Is "A symptom
and not the disease itself. The true
malady Is degeneracy. The French are
no longer able 10 keep up with the rest
Of the world under the tremendous
strain of the pace at which contempt
rary civilization moves. They have
broken down by the wayslde. Their
adults cannot adapt themselves to the
new conditions. Their youth are pitt
fully below the standard OF any past
generation Of Frenchmen we know
about. From every standpoint, numer-
ically, commercially. financially, men
tally and spiritually, they perceive
themselves dropping further and fur.
Their behind their rivals. Nobody any
longer treats French opinion with in
tellectual respect. Even Russia, hay
ing borrowed more Of their money
than they could spare, laughs In their
faces and makes open oyertnres TO
their enemy. 1t is the disordered, Ill
formed and more or less vehement
a at the vague perception of these
things which Is the matter with the
French masses. il needs no prophet
TO see that they VIII be much worse
before they are better.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
safe. although they were at WORK dr,ll.

safe, although they were at WORK drill.
ing 1t open when relief came.
From the time that the engine
stopped Polly was missing. When the
rescued and excited passengers and ex-
press messengers began to crowd
around and inquire, the Mercer men
remembered her. A party of them went
put to find the girl who had brought
help to the beleaguered train.
In a little clump of bushes they heard
a a moaning, and an instant later
they saw Polly kneeling in the sand
with her fathers head In her lap, cry
ing bitterly, and they gathered up the
brave engineer and his daughter and
carried them down to the train, cheer
ing all the way.
Engineer Marshall was not badly
hurt, and he was able to be In Mercer
when the general manager of the road
thanked the blushing Polly officially
and offered her n new and better posi-.
ton in Mercer, and, of course all the
passengers and express messengers
heard about Polly's brave deed and
said n great many pleasant things
about her. but Polly, being a sensible
girl, only blushed and said that she had
to do 1t, and that any other girl would
have done the same under like clrcum.
stances. Which no one believed, OF
curse.
Later, when the robbers were cap
tured, Polly was able to identify one Of
them ~positiyely-the n who had run
the engine-and through him the en-
tire party was convicted aud sentenced
to the penitentlary.-Brooklyn Stand
rd-Union.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
Destroying Lice ON Cattle.

Aloes In fine powder is a specific for
the destruction of lice on all animals,
and as it has no poisonous properties,
Its intense bitterness being what kills,
1t can be freely applied, and as it is to
be used in a dry state its application is
as safe in cold as well as in warm
weather, consequently 1t Is free from
all objections urged against other rene
dies. Use with a fine pepper box, dust
Ing and rubbing 1t in all over, then
curry out inside of a week. Or, take a
pound of fresh lard, a fourth of a pint
of kerosene oil and 4 ounces of SUI
phur powder or flowers of sulphur; mix
them thoroughly. With this mixture
rub the animals head, also the spine
and upon the shoulders and brisket and
under tie thighs and wherever the YER
min Is seen. Repeat the operation once
a week until the lice disappear, which
will not be long. Or, take quassia
chips, steep In water and wash the
animal thoroughly. One application
will kill the lice, and In case of nlts that
are not Matched. the second application,
put on n few days after, will entirely
rid the stock of the yermin.-American
Horse Book.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
The Farmers Wife Is Paid a Well
Deserved Tribute = How to Destroy
Lice on Cattle-cost of Eggs-Farmer
Boys and the Bicycle.
The Farmers Wife.

Mrs. Noble Prentis, of Kansas, paid
a well-deserved tribute to the farmers
wives the other day when she said:
''The farmers wife is n woman of
thought. Her way of life is favorable
to thought, to reflection. Far from the
madding crowd, she is away from its
distraction. Its noises, the sight of its
sins and its mysteries. In her life there
are whole long, still days when there is
no sound louder than her feet upon the
floor, the ticking of the clock, the song
of the lone bird In the dooryard tree.
During these quiet hours she thinks
and thinks. While she goes along at
work, without a false step or motion,
she thinks of many things and she
thinks of good things.
while mems minds are filed 1t may
be with ambitions to be attained In du-
bious ways, and of strife and trick and
circumvention, and covetousness, ha-
tired, malice and all alncharitableness,
this woman is thinking of better things
of her home and her husband and her
children-and thinking, too, how they
may In some way be helped and Dene-
flied. When she thinks Of the house in
which she lives, it is to plan improve
ments to 1t, to wish at any rate that 1t
were a better house or more comforta-
bic place, not for herself alone, but for
all the family. When she thinks about
the children it Is to plan for their good,
how they may be better clad ard nur-
tured. She often wishes there were n
better school In the district. The moth
er is frequently the reader of the fam
lily, and she is the best Christian in the
house and she thinks Of another and a
better world than this where she shall
e%ternally abide, and where everything
that is wrong here shall be made right.
To the dream of that world she would
If she could conform this world, and We
should all strive to make this world In
which WI live as this good woman
thinks it should be-"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
horticultural Notes.

IL YOU have a fruit tree that grows
rampantly and does o bear, though
quite large enough, try a little root
pruning before the leaves appear. The
second summer after such pruning Il
will fruit.
Mock oranges are In much repute for
the lovely flowers and the sweet odor
of the same. But there are several
kinds in nurseries which are not sweet
scented, and when ordering see that
the sweet one Is asked for.
For an evergreen to cover graves and
for other cemetery purposes, either the
common periwinkle, the English Ivy or
the new memorial rose, Wichuriana.
would be found very useful. English
ivy does well in such a place.
Anjou Is an exceedingly large and
good pear, and one largely planted for
profit. In Pennsylvania 1t Is an autumn
pear: in New York early winter, and
further North 1t keeps well until mid
winter. 1t is a sure bearer. and one
that should not be missed in any eollec-
ton.
When a tree or plant is sick 1t does
not want manuye, yet very often for
lists and gardeners place about
them. A tree apparently healthy yet
making no growth is very likely in neet
of food and 1t should have the food
not the sick one.
For shady places the common boz
bush is one of the best evergreens. rs
the green of Its foliage Is much deeper
| when in the shade. And all evergreen
are good for the purpose, but they mus
not be set where the drip from trec'
| will fall on them much.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
A Test for Horsehesh.

"People are apt to jump at conclu.
sions." said a chemist, In speaking Of
the latest notable murder case. Chem
istry is n very nice science, but 1t Is
Dossible to make some sad blunders In
applying II to law and evidence. There
are certain things you can prove by IL
II O are sure of your premises and
certain other things that you cannot.
This thing Of trying 10 prove a good
deal by chemistry calls to mind the
beef-extract case that gave a packer In
this city considerable uneaslness.
somebody got hold of his beef ex-
tract and claimed that 1t was made
from horsehesh. and II was proved by
analysis-that is, to the satisfaction or
the man that analysed II. The ordi-
nary test for horseiesh. according to
the authorities, Is glycogen. This Is n
substance that, speaking In a general
way. is found In h%orsefesh, but does
not exist in beef. and 1t was shown
that this particular extract contained
glycogen.
'"rhe packer came to us In some dis
tress of mind for a way out of the diff
Guilty. He said his extract was made
of nothing but beef, and he wanted us
to help him prove 1t, ana we did so to
his relief and to the satisfaction Of the
health officers. We demonstrated that.
| while an ordinary piece OF beef did moi
| contain ~glycogen, 1t existed In the
| heart, liver and blood of cattle, m
| some OF each OF these might have en-
| tered into the making Of the beef ex-
| tract. The result was that the chemist
| who had arrived at such sweeping con
| cluslons from the first test had to back
| down from his position. Chicago
| Tlmes-Herald.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
spiendor of a Russian Royal Palace

No Western Imagination can easily
conceive an idea OF the splendor with
which the Russian rulers are habitual
~ surrounded. Chairs and tables OF
solid silver, ivory thrones ablaze with
brilliants and sapphires, walls of am
Der and floors of mother-of-pearl-
these things sound like an Eastern fa.
BILE; but the Car has them all.
At Moscow, in the great palace with
In the sacred Kremlin walls, there are
not only crowns, orbs and scepters GOV.
cred with dialionds. but also saddle
stirrups and sets OF harness covered
with similar gems. There are hundreds
Of swords. daggers and scimitars, thu
sheaths of which are literally masse'
OF pearls, rubies and ~turquolses.
Rare tapestries, marvellous china
from Sevres and Japan. iawless gems
from Asia, priceless antique MSS. an(
jeweled book-coyers-these are a few
of the objects scattered about th'
Cars twelve palaces, with royal prodi
| gality.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

From Mercer County the dis
concerning news that the farmers are
conspiring to rid themselves of hired
men who ride the bicycle. The farm
ers. We are told, reason that ''any
young man who PUSHES his days work
through so that he can take a thirty
mile spin in the evening and on moon
light nights be gone nearly all night,
with likely a century run into the bar
gain ON Sunday, is not worth his board
on a farm"
When 1t Is considered that heretofore
agriculturists everywhere have been
sorely harassed with the problem how
to keep the boys on the farm, 1t Is
much to be deplored that 1t the first
sign that this problem is solvable they
should begin to set their faces against
its solution. The claim that the rural
wheelman who looks forward to a spin
In the evening Is, for that reason, un-
fitted for his work, is wrong on its
face. As n matter of fact. the con
verse Is generally true. The wheel
man, who sees an in%vlgorating even
ing's sport ahead of him when his days
work is done, has manlfestly more
to - content with his lot and
therefore to throw his whole heart in.
to his labor than the spirltless fellow
who finds no means of varying the
monotony Of existence. This hold
good In the case of clerks and profes
slonal men as well as in that of farm
hands. Let the boys ride wheels 4
they want to, and one-half the Difficult
ty Of keeping them on the farm ant
getting the maximum of work out o
then during legitimate working hour
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

Wherever alfalfa can be raised. the
best. as well as the cheapest, pork and
bacon can be produced, for alfalfa
gives growth TO the muscle, making
the lean meat that is the best and sells
the best. And while growing in the
alfalfa fields the hogs get the exercise
needed for healthy development. The
alfalfa can be raised in very many por-
tons of Texas and wherever 1t will
grow it may be made n highly profit
able crop and one that will get out Of
the swine industry its biggest possible
results.-Texas Stock and Farm Jour
nal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
Another Delusion.

Mrs. Fadde, Faith Curlst-How Il
your grandfather this morning, Bird
get?
Brldget-He still has the rheumatIes
mighty bad, mum.
"You mean he thinks he has the
rheumatism. There Is no such thing as
rheumatism"
Eyes, num-"
A few days later.
"And does your grandfather stlll per.
slst In his deluslon that he has the
rheumatism
mo, mum; the poor man thinks now
that he is dead. We buried nm ylster-
day."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

Timid Youth-I-er-have c-come 10
ask a very g-great er-favor of you,
and l er-
Stern Parent-Well cut it short,
young man; this is my busy day.
Timid Youth love your en-
daughter, sir, and w-would ask her
hand in m-marriage. She is w-wil-
Stern Parent-Oh, Is that 1t? Well
take her, my boy, and welcome.
thought at first you wanted to borrow
money.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
His presence of Mind.

He-What a homely girl that is over
there in the
She-That Is my sister.
He's 1t p-possiblef Still. I'm not
surprised. You must have been grant
ed a monopoly of the beauty that was
set apart for the family.-Cleyeland
Leader.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

She-Oh, but it's lots of fun to flri
with a man till you get him to propose
and then say NO."
He-Yes, 1t is fun for the man, bu.
he runs an awful risk. She might say
Yes"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
signs of the TImea.

With a single break about fourteen
miles In length 1t Is now possible to 20
In trolley cars from Providence, II. L.
TO Nashua. N. H., a distance of consid.
ere bly, over 100 miles. This is a strlk.
ing reminder of how the trolley has
spread over New England during ths
last ten years.-Boston Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

An order has been issued out of the
superior Court for Columbia county,
Wash. authorizing the county treas
urer TO accept $1,000 as payment in full
OF all delinquent taxes due the county
from the Northern Pacific Railway
Company.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

Since scab In potatoes detracts so
much from the profit In potatoes, 1t Is
a good thing that there Is an effective
way Of preventing 1t. A correspond
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
Narrowing Fall Grain in the sprin


Some years ago | was obliged to run
a pulyerizing harrow clod crusher and
leveler across n field that had been
sown with wheat. The harrow mad
to be taken to a distant field thai had
been sown with wheat. The harrow
had to be taken to a distant field for
spring work. and as 1t was unayoid-
able l run it across the field. thought
the wheat would be killed, but 1t was
not, but on the contrary the path OF the
harrow was soon as green again as the
rest of the field, and in a short tine
became conspicuously greener. and the
mark of the harrow was visible until
harvest. when the straw was some
inches taller, and much more heavily
filed with grain. This accidental ex-
perience led me the next year to har-
row all my winter grain in the spring,
with the same desirable resnlt.-Henry
Stewart.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

When a girl casts her bread upon the
waters she always expects 1t to come
back In the shape of a weddlng-cake.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

A wife often abuses a man by exsg-
gerating the thrift and smartness of n
bum.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

The station house lodging room Is
| merely q tramp steamer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

What has become of the old-fashlon.
ed man who went Into his closet to
pray?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

ent OF the American Agrieulturlst sayr
he does it with corrosive subllmate. !
have practieed 1t, he says, for two
years with perfect success. | put hf-
teen gallons Of soft water IN a large
tub, then add two ounces Of corrosive
subllmate to boiling water in an earth
en- hand basin, stirring occasionally
with a clean stick until completely as
solved. This is stirred into the tub Oh
water, which is then filled with SEED
potatoes. These, If dirty, are hrsi
washed and then drained. The pota-
toes are soaked in the solution an houf
and a half, the latter is then drained on
through a wooden faucet into another
tub. the potatoes poured out on the
barn floor to dry, the tub filled with Il
fresh lot of potatoes and the dlluteu
solution poured back on them. Nheh
dried off. the seed is cut as usual. The
process is repeated until all the SEED
potatoes are treated. The result was
wholly successful, both years the crop
being free from scab, whereas some
early potatoes planted without treat
ment were very scabby. The chemicai
Is a very active corrosive poison. anu
therefore, precautions are necessary
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04

A colored philosopher says 1t Is fool
lsh to count your chickens before day
break.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-06-04
Instruction in Road Building.

=
The opportunities for III
building different kinds of roads az
forded occasionally at fairs ana lhstl-
tutes, and by sample sections that nave
been laid under government auspices
have been very valuable, and have
aroused the people somewhat to a
realization of Importance of regular IN
struction on this subject. The Wor-
cester (Mass.) Gazette suggests that II
would be well IL the State spent a por-
ton of the enormous sum appropriated
annually for the highway system IN
holding Institutes of instruction Tor
highway supervisors, commissioners
selectmen. and all others who have TO
do with bodybuilding. 1t thinks the
trouble with the highway builder usu'
ally Is that he does not consider his
business a profession, and needs TO
learn from the experience of others.
by establishing a school for construc-
ton In road building, the State could
do a greater service TO the public than
by using the amount snch a school
would cost in building macadam ROADS
through the country"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-02-25
AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN.

The Chicago Post urges the farmers
10 take an interest in the Eastern
question, and force their representa-
tiTes 10 action II tells them tnat the
day viii come, if it has not already
come, when their markets will BE n
The Orient, and the United States
should back up England in its policy
Of keeping the Eastern lands open TO
the world. Il quotes the official state
ment that for the last ten months the
exports from the United States to
Great Britain were valued at s47S. 329.-
O7s, while the exports to all other
countries OF the world were only 1854
653.576. The excess of exports TO Great
Britain is startling.
The situation. however. is extreme
ly amusing. Americas policy is that
Of protecting home industries. Great
Britain's policy is that of the worlds
free trade. China's policy is that OF
exclusive protection, that is, protection
with a vengeance. Now. when there
is some talk OF dividing up China's
trade between Russia and Germany.
Great Britain gathers together the
most powerful fleet Of modern times 10
prevent il. and maintain free trade.
America, sweet maiden. puts her arms
around John Bulls thick neck and
whispers in his ear. Dear Mr.. Bull,
you are so nice and charming. kisses
HIM dear Mr.. Bull, thank you for
keeping those wicked men from try
ing TO stop your trade, and my trade
100, with the Chinese. I do scratch
your eyes, sometimes, Mr.. Bull, but
you dear old thing I hate those
Russians and Germans"
The arguments OF the Chicago Post
are strong, inanswerable arguments
for the securing Of American footholds
in the Pacific.
In the long run. not in the short
run-it is for the interests OF Great
Britain that these Islands now go into
the possession OF the United States.
Some Englishmen 50 say, and they
viii say il again.