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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-05-04
Monthly Statement of Debt

WASHINGTON, May 2-The month
ly statement of the public debt, issued
today, shows that at the close of bus
mess April 20, 1899, the debt, less cash
in the treasury, amounted to s1,172,-
5S7,264, an increase during the month
of S23,0S1, 701. This is accounted for
by the payment of $20,000,000 to Spain
in the settlement of treaty obligations.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-05-04
An English Duke Dead.

LONDON, May Henry Charles
Fitzroy Somerset, eighth duke OF
Beaufort, is dead. He was in his 10th
year.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

One Chicago girls hat made "A sensa-
tlon In the women's lunchroom ut the
Auditorium yest,-day. She came In
from Michigan avenue and stopped for
n moment In the parlor While there
she noticed "A young sparrow fiutter In
through the open window and wheel
once or twice around the ROOM She
felt II brush against her hat In Its
flight, but thought no more OF II aud
passed on into the lunchroom. She had
picked ND the bill OF fare aud was
reading IL when she felt that sosne one
was watching her. and. CHANGING
around, she discovered that she was a
focusing point for all the eyes In the
immediate vicinity.
OF course she blushed and colored up
and began to wonder at the cause of
the peoples interest. lust then the
walter, who had been lowering around,
noticed her confusion and. bending
down, whispered, "Pahdon me. miss,
but dah's a live bnhd on yo' hat"
And then instead OF going into hys-
terlcs she calmly said: THANK you.
VIII you please shoe IL offf'
And the waiter "shooed" the sparrow
toward nearby window. while the
owner of the hat fixed It ON straight
and proceeded to order her luncheon.
Chicago News.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

"The ordering OF my luncheon used
to be 4 great nuisance" said lawyer
yesterday Il would 90 into cafe.
perhaps pretty hungry. but two or
tree minutes study of the huge menu
would put me ia an uncertain, irrlta-
bile mood. and no matter what I'D order
wouldn't enjoy 1t on account Of tina
thought that / might have ordered
something different and better. 1t WINS
like going into public library TO read.
With SO many books there, 1t n i'm.
possible to sit down and read oae hook
contentedly. as you can at hatnes But
now have an arrangement. stlatIma kes
my luncheon u joy. ! saldst0 nay wait
er one day:
"'What | eat here AZ ason costs me.
on the average. $1.2ss. spd my average
tip TO you is 20 cents. Now you ought
to know what a, nice luncheon is better
than do. SC, make You this proposal:
Serve me. every day lunch OF my
usual. number OF courses. and whatever
under ST % II costs you can keep
1.-The waiter jumped at that. He
brings me every day now n better meal
than. | would think OF ordering myself
and he makes from 20 to 80 cents by
keeping down the price. 1t is splsn-
did scheme, and l wonder why never
thought of 1t before. "-Philadeiahia
Racor1
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
Music Wards on Fatigue.

A Philadelphia contractor. who has
recently returned from the Soudan.
tells Of an interesting fact connected
with the building by the English OF the
new military railroad in that region.
With every gang OF forty or fifty men
are assigned two harpers and n Hute
player Music is furnished almost con-
tinuously. and so long as the musicians
play the workmen- nearly all negroes
do not seem TO feel the fatigue. and
their movements are conformed as
nearly as possible to the time OF the
music. AS general thing the players
get tired before the wOrkmen do. TO a
white man the melody produced by
these cheerers Of labor would not be
inspiring, for 1t Is peculiarly plaintive.
The Africans. however, find the music
great inspiration, and work with
eheerfulness and dispatch.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
They Don't Know Nerves.

Those who know the Chinese best
have been particularly struck with
their absence of nerves. The foreigner
fidgets, the native sits STILL halnIy
sleep. especially in hot weather, viii
resist the foreigners sweetest wooing,
while to the native lying on heap of
stones or across the bars of wheel
barrow she comes as matter OF
course; we need constant change and
variety. they would find eontentment
and rest on the treadmill.
ut would Ice easy" says Mr. Smith,
ito raise In China an army OF .o0O,OOo
men-nay, 10000. 900 tested by com
petitiye examination as to their capaci-
ty TO go TO sleep across three wheel
barrows, with heads downward, like n
spider. their mouths wide open and n
fly insldew
From which 1t Is evident. says The
North China Herald, that In Il crusade
against noise we can hope for no as
sistance from our native fellow towns
men. but instead II great amount of
Wis Ineru0e, II not positive opposition.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

A grandfather. well known in the
British House of Commons, was chat
ting amicably with his little grand
daughter, who was snugly ensconced
on his knee. What makes your hair
50 white. grandpaY' the litrle miss
querled. II am very old, my dear: was
in the ark replied his lordshlp, with
painful disregard OF the truth. "0h,
are you Noah z" NO" Are you Shem,
then 2" mo, am not Shem." Are you
Ham, NO" Then" said the little
one, who was fast nearing the limit OF
her biblical knowledge, you must be
Japhet." \ negative reply was given
to this query also. for the old gentle
man inwardly wondered what the out
come would be. But. grandpa, II you
are not Noah, or Shem, or Ham, or
Japhet, you must be beast"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

A boy, IA years old, who was told &c
write all he could about breathing In
composition, handed In the Following
Breath Is made of air. We breathe
with our ldngs, our lights, our liver and
Kidneys. If 1t wasn't for our breath
we would die when we slept. Our
breath keeps the life a-going through
the nose when we are asleep. Boys
that stay In a room all day should not
breathe. They should walt until they
get outdoors. Girls kill the breath with
corsets that squeezes the diagram.
Girls can't holl6r or run like boys be
tcause Their diagram is squeezed too
much. If | was girl had rather be
n boy SO can run and holler and have
"a great big diagram"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

Lar eour, loss of appetite, indigestion
and o ten feverishness are the common
symp. oms of physiological condition
term malaria All these symp-
toms may be and frequently are the
effect oil the use of alum baking pow
ders in food making. There is no
que tion about the poisonous effect Of
alum upon the system. 1t obstruets
dig, stion, prostrates the nerves, coag-
uates and deyitalizes the blood. All
this has been made clear, thanks TO
physicians, boards of health. and food
commissions. So 'thighly injurious To
II health of the community does
the eminent head OF the University OF
Penney lvania, DR.. Barker, consider tile
alum baking powders, that he says
their sale should be prohibited by
law
Under these circumstances il is
worth the while of every housewife to
employ the very little fare that il nee
essary to keep so dangerous an element
from the food OF her family.
pnre cream of tartar baking pow
der, which is the only kind that should
be used, ought to cost about iorty-fiye
to fifty cents pound. Therefore. il
you are paying much less, something is
wrong; il you are paying twenty-five
cents or lees per pound, the powder is
certainly made from alum.
Always bear these simple facts in
mind when purchasing baking pow
der. Popular Science Monthly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
A study In fIoao.

The girl behind the counter said to
the young man who appeared as though
he knew just whnt he wanted 10 buy,
what can do for youT'
Il was going 10 buy nice pair OF
right Department.
Yes What material and what
size
II thought | might leave that To you,
Ms we are sort OF related In our call.
ing"
what DO you meant
well. I'm iireman-the man with
The hose. don't you see? As the head
Of this department you're the woman
with the hose | haven't the slightest
Elea of what | want or what 1t should
BE- or what II should cost"
For your wifef
No; hoe my own row"
80 do L." she laughed. "and as a
hosier"
They're for my sister. And that's
all know about the whole thing She's
smaller than l am. but larger than
You:
Il take elghts.
"'rhen | should think she'd take six
teens
He laughed Ia hear her laugh. and a
whole row OF customers waited.
ITS the best hose attachment you
ever made" lac thought to himself. aud
so II proved. for the cards are out and
they are furnishing "A regular birdcage
of flat In the north end.-Detroit Free
Press
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
660 THINK him the very embodi-


astically.
She was a dark checked, diamond
eyed girl of Is. with braids of blue
black hair eolled around the back of
her small Greek shaped head, and a
color as rich and yelvety as the side of
IA July peach.
"Humpht" said Aunt Sara. I've
heard girls talk so before, and 1t gener-
ally ended in one thing
For shame, Aunt Sara" cried Ethel,
colorlng up to her eyela shes. Il only
mean, of course. that he Is very agree
able companion"
Now, this Aunt Sara of our little
ethel was no specialized splnster of an
uncertain age, nor portly, pillow
shaped widow with the photograph Of
her dear, departed husband worn,
locketshaped, upon her bosom-but
pretty young woman Of four or five and
twenty, with bright blue eyes and hair
all streaked with golden CLEANS, who
was engaged in the congenial occupa-
tion of making up her wedding
clothes.
An agreeable companion, of course"
said Aunt Sara. Look. Ethel do you
think white Maltese lace or French
blonde, with a heading of Roman
pearls, would be prettiest for this
berthe?"
Aunt Sara knew when to drop cub
ject and when to hold on TO 1t. But
while Ethel was stitching the quilting
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
THE WINDOW IN THE TENT.
An Old Soldiers Way of Securing
Ventilation when In the Field.

ventilation "heh IN the rie'"'
II never pull down the window Al
the top to let In little fresh air When
| 20 To bed. said the old soldier WITH
out thinking of how We used to open
the window Ia the tents IN the army
In wartlmes. An \ tent. seven feet
square at the base and running up
wedge shaped To ridgepole seven
feet above lie ground, made comIorta-
BILE enough quarters Tor four men II
you could leave the tent open, when
was equivalent TO leaving on the front
of the house, but II 1t were cold or
rainy and the wind blew on the front
Of the tent so that you had TO close II.
why then you wanted ventilation some
where, and you got 1t by making an
opening In tie back OF the tent
There was seam, oyeriapped' run
ning down the middle OF the Dnc6 OF
the tent from the ridge pole to the
ground, and we used to cut the stitches
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
CECIL RHODES IDEA.
His Reason For Declining a Drink
la the Early Days at KfmherIe

His Reason For Declining a Drink
la the Early Days at Kimberley.
In connection with the foundation of
Cecil Rhodes colossal wealth, there is
u story told by an old fellow miner,
himself lately 4 colonial minister OF
finance, which illustrates at least one
trait In the character OF the great
South African ilnancier and politician.
During ths early days OF the Kim
berley dlggings 1t was the custom
when a miner found particularly fine
gem 10 invite those about him TO the
ceremony of "wetting the stone"-i e.,
drinking champagne at the finders
expense. with the idea that 1t would
bring good luck in the discovery Of
another treasure. In the adjoining
claim TO that first taken mp by Mr..
Rhodes. In the very center of the crater
holding the precious blue dirt, this in
yitation had upon certain occasion
gone forth, and the men were going
their way up to the hotel When il was
noticed that Rhodes stood aioof.
Hello, Come ON Rhedess' shouted
the lucky finder OF the gem. aren't
you coming up to wet the stone for
good luck? To which. however, Cecil
Rhodes only shook his head
II say. come on, there's IA good fell
low" persisted his neighbor.
What are you going to do?' asked
Rhodes, looking up.
"Wet the stone with champagne, of
course"
Well replied the future magnate.
declsively, Il did not come out here TO
drink champagne. but to make money!"
aud then went on with his work
That Mr.. Rhodes has succeededI In
that purpose, probably beyond Tail
Nights of bis imagination. is now u
matter of history.-New York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

There came to a young doctor an un.
commonly unclean infant, borne In the
arms OF mother whose face showed
the same adherence Of soap. Looking
down upon the child for a moment, the
doctor solemnly said:
1T seems to be suffering from hydro
pathic hydrophobia.'
ooh. Doctor is il as bad as thatT'
cried the mother. That's a big sick
less for such mite. Whatever shall
l do for the childT'
Wash its face, madam" replied the
doctor. 1.-The disease viii go off with
the dirt
Wash its face-wash Its faue, In
deed" exclaimed the mothss, losing
her temper. what next. lid, like to
know
Wash your own. madam wash your
own" was the rejQinder.-B Buffalo En-
quirer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

of French blonde on to the white silk
dress her young aunt's mind was busy
upon the topic she had apparently
abandoned.
THE disagreeable fellow" thought
Aunt Sara. lie has somehow heard
that Ethel has money. and he Is deter
mined to win 1t. II she could only see
him in his true light; but know what
perverse thing "A woman's heart is.
Just as sure as | attempted to tell her
what he really is she'll make up her
mind that he IL the finest and least APP
preclated parsonage on the face OF the
earth. And | do so want to keep her
heart whole until Everard Grafton
comes to be Charles groomsman. Ever
ard Grafton is worthy Of princess"
And Miss Sara Martell sat and sewed
away In absorbed silence, without
speaking a word for the unprecedented
period of fifteen minutes.
They say he is perfectly intolerable
at home" she said to herself. Clara
| Waters WAS there once and heard him
rating his sisters fearfully because the
beefsteak for his late breakfast was a
little overdone. II / could only manage
1t that Ethel should see him In his true
light"
She sat and thought a while longer
and suddenly the color bloomed In he1
! cheek. the dlmples into her chin. She
started up.
ETHEL" she said, I'm sure you must
ne tired of sitting over that everlasting
stitching. I've got TO go over to Susy
Morand's to borrow a pattern; 1t will
be lust pleasant walk for u.s."
eTo Miss Morand's?" Ethel was
vexed with herself, but she could not
| help the tell-tale blood that surged into
her cheeks. Isn't It rather early? Only
BIO clockT
Early. Not bit. Susy and l are
so intimate we don't mind curl papers
and calico wrappers. Get your hat and
come along quick
But, in spite of her celebrations to
speed. Sara Martel smiled TO herself to
perceive that Ethel Hunt fingered long
enough in her own room TO change her
black lace breast-knot for n becoming
little butterfly bow of rose-colored rib
bon. and TO rearrange the dainty ten
drills Of silky black hair that dropped
so caressingly over her low, broad fore
head.
.'She thinks we shall see Julian Mo
rand" she thought to herself. wei
perhaps we shall. am putting myself
entirely into the hands OF luck and
chance"
But when they reached the Morand
mansion. instead of ringing formally
at the front door, Miss Martell Wen
around to the back porch. "A pretty little
entrance, all shaded with honeysuckles
and trumpet vines.
Il always go in here said she. non
chalantly. In reply TO Ethers remon
strating glance. "Sue Morand and arr
!. Just like sisters"
Sue Morand. II blooming girl of 1S
: was in the kitchen making apple pies
. The pattern? or course, you shall
, have it, she cried. Just wait n min
. ute until get it,
G III go with you.' said Sara. ETHEL
you'n not mind waiting for us hereT
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

After you had been at my house the
other day" said ono woman to another,
my little maid said she thought you
We're such n pretty woman. don't
like to correct her too often for taking
such an Interest rs she does In every
one who calls TO see me. The first
time Miss Blank called she thought
she ought to say something. so she
said: Isn't Miss Blank nice lady;
she's so quiet And you know she
isn't that either.'
And silence relgned while the other
woman dlgested it.-New York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
The Great nimercn..c.

An average pedestrian covers about
thirty inches in each step. The average
wheelman at one revolution of his ped
ials dhe equivalent of a step) covers
iabout seventeen feet, aud as the move
ment is so easy and devoid of fatigue
he usually raises his foot twice as often
F.. IN the same time, thus covering thirty
-four feet while the pedestrian goes two
land half feet.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
PLEASANT SUMMER HOUSE.
Something that the Children VIII
Thoroughly Enjoy.

A nice little summer house may be
constructed from an old umbrella and
the stump of tree. Sometimes this
stump is planted full of vines and
flowers and then 1t is thing of beauty,
but oftener 1t Is left unadorned and
ugly. Some little girls made nice
playhouse for themselves this summer
by boring "A hole In the middle of the
stump in their yard and putting down
into the hole the handle of an old red
umbrella, whose best days had gone
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

81 have been considering your appli
cation for an editorial position" said
the managing editor, "and | sent for
you today that | might get some idea
OF your style"
"Just So" replied the bright young
man. "Well. you will observe. | am
wearing blue suit, plain, but well cut
and brown soft hat; quite the proper
thing for this time of the year. VIII /
dof"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

Reckless youth-Father, dear,S would
1t be asking too much for you'to adj
vance me a small loan-say about $500
The goyernor-Not at all, my son.
You might ask me for double the
amountwith equal likelihood of getting
1t. You can't affordjto be modest in
these little requestsla bit more than
can afford to granttthem.-ohiO State
Journal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

"why, 1 didn'tknow she had tAs'goif
craze" !.
"You didn't? oh. lisa terrible case
Seems TO have struck. In She sold her
caDaries awhile ago and won't have
anything but bobolMks In the honse
n0w."-G Chicago Times Herald
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
wou44h =. nc IN Harmonvi -,

Brisket-What can send you up to-
lay, Mrs. Styles?
Mrs. S.-send me a leg of mutton.
md be sure 1t is from black sheep.
Brisket--A black sheep?
Mrs. S-Yes; we are in mourning.
ron know.-Tit- Bits.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

J. Brutus Coldstuff-And what sal
AIRY do you draw now, Reginald?
Reglnald-Fiye hundred per
j. b. C.-Per what-year or month?
Reglnald-Per-haps. Bits.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

Perkins, paid II very interesting
visit to the asylum for the insane yes
tcrday and was surprised to learn that
IL is self-supportlng. Although the In
mates are crazy, they work. neyerth,-
less
D0little = Humph. Anybody who
works is crazy.-Ohio State Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

Debtor-Don't be so anxious TO col
lect this bill I'm not going TO run
away.
Creditor-But | am.-Baltimore jew.
ish Comment.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
Never Too Lnte to1Mend.

Naggs-Dear me, Jaggs9 I'm sorry TO
see you In this condition. Il understood
you had quilt drinking.
Jaggs-Yesh,(h icl, sho ave. oil chap.
Jush (hic) lef' off drinkin' bout (hic)
minute ago, shee?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO
lNGS HERE AND THERE.

Jokes and JokcIets that Arc Supposed
to Have Been Recently Born-Sayings
aud Doings that Are Old, Curious and
Laughable-The Weeks Humor.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
In a New RoIe

Abe Petahs-Look a yer, yo Nose
Jackson. DE mule yo' sole me las
night Is daid
Moses-Daid! Lo'd, dat am peculiar.
He neber did dat befo' Ohio State
Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

by. Stout Irvine had been tied on each
point of the umbrella and fastened to
peg driven In the ground near the
stump. Then vines were planted,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

Ida-Did ounotice how that naughty
thing swept out the room with head
elevated?
May-Yes, indeed, and don't you
know 1t reminded me of mamma down
home. She always sweeps out the
rooms with head elevated.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

"Then you mean to tell me l have
told lieY'
well, no. I don't wish TO be quite so
rude as that, but | viii say this: you'd
make a very good weather prophet
fit-Bts.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
Invisible White,

Didn't 1 tell you not to- shoot until
you could see the whites tof the enc
mics eyes?" Numbered theiirate officer.
"Yis, sor," spoke up the Irish volun-
teer, but faith, tn insmyi bod black
ened each ithers' Dyes so in "a fist
foight over rathions thot,we cudnSt sac
my white at ALL"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

Question: fellows are always near
the sea. Do you ever take dip?
Waiter-Very seldom, sir; but \ we
never fall 10 take n tip.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
Food for the Mind, Also.

Page boy-I want two pounds of pork
sausages. aud cook says will you be SO
kind as TO wrap them up in a news
paper containing a good love story
Tit Bits. y
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07
TIE BACHELORS LAMENT.

Returning home at close of day,
Who gently chides my long delay,
and by my side delights to stay?
Nobody.
Who sets for me the easy chair,
Spreads out the papers with such care,
And lays my slippers ready there!
Nobody,
When plunged in deep and dire distress,
When anxious cares my heart Cypress,
Who whispers hopes Of happinessF
Nobody,
When sickness comes and sorrow twain,
And grief distracts my feyered brain,
Who sympa thzes with my paing
Nobody.
But I'm resolved. so help me fate,
To change at once my single state,
At Hymen's altar | will mate
Somebody.
-rhomasville Enterprise
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

Young authoress (reading aloud)-But
perhaps | weary you?
Enthusiastic friend-0h, no; | long
to hear the end of your story.-Tit-
Bits
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

/. Tommy sfmamma-Toie err is human.
TO forgive
Tommy 'interrupdng)-I know what
to ferglveiis.
Tommy's. mamma-Well, lwhat il. it.
i dear?
TommyAits surekthlng that the
T gImg..n fellow can lick y0n---chic"go
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

The philosopher-Th empty barrel
gives the loudest sound.
The poiitieian-There's where you
are wrong. During political cam
paign a barl filed with Doodle talks
the loudest.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

VIII ] have a plate for grass"
echoed the old man in establishment.
Say, do you think I'm Nebuchadenez-
gar or a horse:'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-07

Great heavensi What's the cause OF
all that yelling around the corner:
Come! Let's hurry; there may be a
murder"
STAY Don't get excited. We're used
to that. We hear 1t every day. There's
n painless dentists Office around there
Chicago Times Herald. =