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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
A binding Chinese onth.

We are accustomed to all manner Of
swearing-that is, of course, legal oath
taking-in this country, but we do not
reoollect hearing of so queer a medium
of attestation as ''gnillotined black
cockatoo. That is what the police Of
a country district in New South Wales
had to provide the other day for a fin
licking Chinaman, who obstinately de-
clined to swear on anything else. Head
less fowls were brought, but in vain
Even black swan, luxury surely for
a Chinese witness, was declined.
After many days dead eoekatoo of
the required hue was discovered in a
hut of one of the other heather, as
they call the Celestials, who muleted
the officials 10 shillings for fast deeom
posing bird. Then the solemn and Pc
ouliar oath was duly administered, when
the difficult witness blandly declared
that he knew nothing about the case
and sat down smiling London Chron-
icle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
Birds that Have No wings.

When one is child and sees a bird
the usual thing told him is: Get a lit
tie salt and put 1t on the tail of the bird
and you can catch him." OF course. the
child and the others look at each other
and think 1t huge joke. Although this
may be the case in most parts of the
earth, It Is not Joke at Laysan Island.
b, Laysan Island, situated, az 1t is
logltude Ill degrees west, latitude %
degrees and AZ minutes north-is low,
long island, two miles by two and a
half in width. with the highest altitude
20 feet above the sea. On first approach
one sees large fiocks Of birds, which
make a black streak In the air, above
the island. This Is surrounded by reefs.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
THE SASSAFRAS PLANT.
From ii May BE Brewed "a Pleasant
Ten and "a Good MuciInse.

From ii May BE Brewed "a Pleasant
Ten and "a Good MuciInge.
A correspondent of the Charleston
News and Courier says of the sassafras
plant: 1.-The whole plant is valuable
for its medicinal properties. The root
makes an excellent tea, spicy and fra
grant, and has Alternative virtues quite as
good ms the sarsaparilla. The stalks
have an inner pith that, although tedi
Dus to extract much of it, when scraped
out and put into cold water and agitated
for few moments with a spoon forms
a most thick and tenacious mucilage,
retaining delicate flavor of the smell
of the sassafras and is a bland and
soothing drink in feyers, when the
mouth is dry and great thirst exists. II
is frequently retained gratefully when
plain water is elected.
1t is astonishing how mucilaginous
small quantity of this pith makes a
tumbler of water, which becomes thick,
as gum arabic water. A mere teaspoon
full of the pith taken out of the small
green branches of the bush will make
three or four tumblerfuls of thick mu-
cilage.
For inflamed eyes this muoilaginous
water is very soothing and curative and
has long been used for all forms of in
fammation of delicate tissues, but is so
simple that it is ignored by the profess
sion.
The oil of sassafras. which is made
from the root as we'll as other parts of
the plant. makes splendid liniment
for pains and aches in combination with
turpentine in proportion of one-third of
the former to two-thirds of the latter.
Other stimulating tinetures, such as
spirits of ammonia, are sometimes add
ed, but the chief ingredient of the light
ming liniments hawked abont by timer
ant quaoks are composed principally of
sassafras oil, which is really pungent
and effective.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
"I Feel Like a New Person."

Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
1909 Belle ST., Alton, ILL.,, writes:
Before began to take your Vege-
table Compound was great sufferer
from womb trouble. Menses would ap-
pear two and three times in month,
causing me to be SO weak could not
stand. Icould neither sleep nor eat, and
looked SO badly my friends hardly
knew me.
II took doctors medicine but did not
derive much benefit from it. My drug
gist gave me one of your little books,
and after reading it l decided to try
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. | feel like a new person.
would not give your Compound for all
the doctors medicine in the world.
can not praise it enough"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

The harbor is ON the southwest side.
The island itself is ONLY a large bank
of sand. with "A lagoon in the CENTER.
This Is some three miles in circumfel.
cnce. There are ten buildings upon IT,
including lighthouse There is also
a railroad mile and n quarter long
which is used for carrying guano to the
warehouse.
Among the many things of interest
which may be mentioned are, first the
birds, of which there are millions
Among the sea birds found there are
the goonie white and back, the BOBBY.
the man-of-war hawk, the tropic bird,
the petrol. five or six species of the
mutton bird. the coylio and other varie-
ties.
Among the strange things that may
be told Of on this little spot are the
land birds. found In no place on earth
except ON Laysan Island. They are the
wingless or walking birds. such as the
Laysan canary. miller bird. love bird
and the Laysan duck.-Pacllic Com.
merelal Advertiser.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
CHINESE REeeAR CHIEFS.
One of the Peculiar Features of so-
cial Life In China.

cial Life In China.
One of The most peculiar and lntes-
esting figures in Chinese social life is
the beggar chief; and no less peculiar
and interesting. both as TO methods
and personal appearance. are the mem
bers Of the motley organization Of men
dicants over which he reigns ahso-
lutely.
lie Is required TO pay sum equlya.
lent to about 500 to every newly-ap-
pointed tung hwan project rs a hum.
Bile testimonial of his allegiance 70 the
high authority from whom his badge OF
office emanates, and when this require.
ment has been duly fulfilled he Is al
lowed 10 exercise the prerogatiyes OF
his position without fear Of Interior
ence on the part of the government ON.
clals In the district assigned 10 him.
His authority over the beggars Is all
solutely unlimited. and they obey his
orders without hesitation or sign OF
protest
The Office Is hereditary, so long as
the tribute is paid; but the immediate
progeny of the incumbent are debarred
from the enjoyment of any literary
degree. Why this condition is exact
ed Is not quite clear, but 1t is certain
that no descendant of beggar chief
has ever held literary degree. How
ever the other privileges enjoyed by
him are so attractive and the Income
Is so substantial that he probably does
not worry much over this one priya-
ton.
How does he secure his Income
from the merchants and tradespeople
who know that unless they procure
from the beggar chief on or before
New Years day "hOlo iva" or pass
port of safety" their shops or "hongs9
will be infested almost constantly by a
horde OF boisterous, impudent, impor-
tunate vagabonds, who will drive away
customers and damage the stocks OF
goods without hindrance from the rag
ular authorities of the district.
Once a month. on a day suited to the
convenience of the chief he assemblies
all the beggars of his district at the
"Khlehia jan" or rendezvous, and dis
tributes aims among them. each re-
ceivlng a sum commensurate with his
personal merits and obedience to or
ders.- Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

The great Napoleon, done in ever
green, is the unique statue that stands
in the garden Of NJ d'Aguilleres, in the
suburbs Of Paris. The statue isa perfect
model of the little corporal" in char.
acteristio attitude, wearing cooked
hat and sword and snuffbox in hand
The features are very lifelike
The greatest care Is necessary in order
20 preserve the likeness. and the artist
gardener spends considerable time in
clipping oil dead leaves and cutting
away an occasional branch. The sigma
fure of Napoleon Is reproduced at the
foot Of the statue in flowers. Paris
Letter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
LATE NEW INVENTIONS.

To lock communicating doors be-
can he opened in the absence of the oc-
cupant new lock has n double bolt.
one-half of which is drawn from each
side of the door by means of n key.
Tor Use in fishing new boat has an
open well cut out in the center of the
boat, in which Is mounted a wire cage,
which can he raised and lowered. the
interior being divided into eompart-
ments for live bait and the fish caught.
To assist in cutting hair new clipper
has a stationary comb plate attached
to the lower handle of the clipper, with
a spiral-bladed cylinder mounted ON it
just back Of the comb teeth, To be re-
yolyed by contracting the handles of
the clipper.
\ new hitchng post Is formed of iron
10 be set in the ground with slotted
top In which n number of clamping
jaws are set to grip the rein or hitchlng
strap after il is passed through one of
the slots, n lever being provided TO
cioSe edfi jaw uBHtlA.
\ new can opener is made with n
curved pointed blade, with n projection
on the lower side of the blade TO be
used as a fulcrum In opening the can,
the point of the knife being forced into
the tin and pried along by bearing
down on the handle.
Hunters will find new gun case
very useful, the case being formed of
canvas with pockets and cartridge
holders on one side for use when the
case Is removed from the gun and dou-
bled TO form belt to be fastened
around the body by straps near the
center.
To assist farmer in planting corn
and like seed in hills new device Is
attached TO the back of the hoe and
consists of n reservoir for the seed.
with an opening in the bottom, which
is fitted with "A proper to be operated
by rod running up the handle of the
hoe.
In new blotter just placed on the
market spring steel clip Is made of
such shape as to slip over the back OF
the hand. the blotting paper being fast
ened to a wheel set in the clip, to be re-
yolyed by turning the hand over and
drawing 1t across the paper.
To assist in loading railway freight
cars the floor In front of the doors is
mounted ON an elevator set in the side
of the car so 1t can be lowered to an
equal height with the platform to load
the freight, after which 1t is raised TO
the level of the car floor and unloaded.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
RECLAIMED HEALTH.
Gratifying Letters to Mrs. Pink
ham From Happy Women.
"I owe You MY Life.s
Mrs. L. WooLHIsER,

Mrs L. WooLHIsER,
Mills, Neb., writes:
"DEAB Mrs. PINKHAM Il owe my
life to your Vegetable Compound. The
doctors said l had consumption and
nothing could be done for me. My
menstruation had stopped and they
said my blood was turning to water. !
had several doctors. They all said ]
could not live. Ibegan the use of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it helped me right away; menses
returned and have gained in weight.
/ have better health than have had for
years. 1t is wonderful what your Conn
pound has done for me-"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

Mr.. a. Ballard, b. A., LII. b., sends
us the following from Oxford: "Your
tale of the Italian prelate reminds me
of the negro student who at one of our
great missionary colleges was conduct.
ing family prayers, and in an outburst
of enthusiasm prayed, Give us all pure
hearts, give us all clean hearts, give us
all sweet hearts, to which all the con-
gregation replied, Amen. '"-London
Chronicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

A powder to he shaken into the shoes.
At this season your ieet feel swollen, ner-
Yous aud uncomfortable If you have
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Foot Ease. IL rests and comforts; makes
walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating
feet, Busters and calous spots. Relieves
oorns and bunions OF all pain and Is Ger.
tain cure for Uhiblains, Sweating, damp or
frosted feet. We have over thirty thousand
testimonials. Try il today. sold by ali
druggists and shoe stores for 25c, Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen 5. Ohm
stsd, lie Roy N. Y.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
Nerves Live After Death.

With an apparatus called the myo-
phone Mr.. D'Arsonval has proved that
the nerves may, contrary to the old be-
lief, live many hours after the death of
the body. This cannot long be made
perceptlble through the excitability of
the muscles, but the sound In the In
strument shows that a nerve may act
ON a muscle, in state of electric ex-
citabillty, without producing more than
simple molecular vibration.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
ola MathematicaI Work.

The Rhlnd manuscript, deciphered
some thirty years ago, a hieratic papy-
rus now in the British Museum, writ
ten by an Egyptian priest, Ahmes.
about 100 b. c.. is the oldest intelligl-
BILE mathematical work extant. Anoth-
err and older roll on mathematical sub
ject exists, but has not yet been de-
eiphered. ~
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

Green is the color most beneficial to
the eye in diffused light and reds and
pinks the most harmful. In strong
direct light, however, blue and neutral
tints are the best for the eyes and pure
white the most harmful, as is proved by
the phenomenon snow blindness
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16


saved by the power of his lost will.
The love that wastes itself in giving
has always plenty in store.
The white light of truth may be born
of the many rays of opinion.
The mistakes of love are better than
the projections of selfishness.
The wise preacher looks for most
trouble where he finds most taffy.
Gods providence never places you
where His grace cannot keep you.
There is an advantage In every dis
advantage, If we take 1t to the Lord.
Being good is Gods requirement
feeling good is what most men desire.
Beauty is the visible part of Divinity,
Truth the logical part, Love the social
part.
Some preachers forget where to put
the punctuation mark in their SER
mons.
Science is playing n game of blind
mans buff with the great truths of the
Bible.
The man who talks because he has
something to say always interests his
hearers.
1t is quite possible TO be a very cor
rect guide-post, and yet never go 10 the
road yourself.
Freely We have received, freely
give True, logical, commanding, yet
obeyed only In part.
The reason some people do not be-
lieve in foreign missions is that they
are heather themselves; they worship
other gods.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
SHALL PORTO RICO BE A sTArEq

Our public men are trying TO decide what
action should be taken regarding the status
of Porto Rico. We have never before had
to deal with similar condition where
nearly million people of Il foreign tongue
have been annexed. Neither have We ever
had before such a reliable medicine Tor ms
laria, fever and ague as liostetter's Stomach
Bitters. 1t drives The poisons out Of the
system and establishes strength To resist
future attacks.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

Write it down in book, so you can
see it every day, that st. Jacobs Oil Is
as sure to cure Lame Back or Lumbagc
as you write it down. 1t does its best
with it and leaves behind cure that
stays.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

When coming to San Francisco go 10
Brooklyn Hotel, 20s-2i2 Bush street. Am
shcan or European plan. Room and board
$l.00 to Si.60 per day rooms 90 cents TO
xl.00 per day single meals 20 cents. Free
coach. Chas. Montgomery.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

The Bachelor Well. how did your
battle with the coquette come out!
The Newly Made Benediot-It was
tie. Syracuse Herald.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

A slip may sprain, a thump may
bruise; easy ,chances for pain and
trouble An easy way to cure right
off is TO use st. Jacobs Oil. II takes
no chances and knows what it can do.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

"What will be the cost of the war;"
asked Queen Augusta when French aud
Germans grew belligerent. "only a
Napoleon, 3" replied Bismarck.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

No household is complete without
bottle of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey.
10 Is pure and wholesome stinlulant rec
commended by all physicians. Don't neg
lect this necessity.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

Etc Permanently Cured. No fits or nervous
ITO ness after first days use of Dr. klneis
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE 5000
trial bottle and treatise DIR. X. IL. KLINE Ltd,
80 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

"Tri> ial" is derived from the Latin
for three ways, aud means the petty
gossip of the crossroads.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

"St Louis is 70 have the largest shoe fac
tory in the world Here is chance for
Chicago to jump on ST. Louis with both OF
its maligned feet
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
Taken Hold.

We can wake up from sleep and find
that soreness and stiffness have taken
hold of us. We can use st. Jacobs
Oil and go to sleep and wake up and
find ourselves completely cured.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16


FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner OF the firm OF +. J. CHENEY q Co.,
doing business In the city Of Toledo, county
and state aforesaid and that said hrm Will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR Rs Tor each
and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use OF HALLS CATARRH CURK.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day OF December, A. ID. 1886.
49, A. W. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

A fine ostrich is calculated to yield
Sc, 600 worth of feathers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

Some books are Just bound to make a
house look literary.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption. - Anna Nj.
Ross, Williamsport. Pa, NOV. II, 80.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
TRUMPET CALLS.
Rams Horn Sounds n Warming Note
to the Unredeemed.

w A S TED life
will prov I G
have been a self.
ish life.
Panderi II g t q
p o p ularity pal
sizes the arm OF
the church.
Il h e greatness
of God Is not de.
pendent on our
litleness.
The lost man
can N e yer b t
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

Confucius our greatest glory is not in
never falling, but in rising every time we
fall.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
fArr OF ONO. CRY or TolrDo,l ,

lzaak Walton: Good company and good
discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16
TRY ALLEN,s Foor-EAsE,

The soubretle is never half as bad as she
is painted
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Send for testimonials, free.
f. J. CHENEY 4 CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls amiIy Pills are the best
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-16

To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Qulnine Tablets All
Druggists refund money il 1t fails to cure, 2)c.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-25
NO EXCUSE
Has Any Democrat For Abandoning
His Party's Faith.

know, my friends, that you have
heard a great deal of criticism and
abuse heaped upon what Is known as
the Goebel election law. / am not go
ing to argue that to you. Goebel said
enough about it. All / want to say
on the subject is this: A Democratic
legislature passed it, and a Republic
an governor vetoed it. Every Repub-
lican on the stump today is demanding
a repeal of that election law. Every
Republican newspaper and every Re-
publican orator and every Republican
candidate swears that the Republican
party will never rest in peace until it
repeats the Goebel election law. All
right. Let them win this fight in Mo-
vember, if God forgets to be gracious
to us and If reign of the devil on
earth is to be inaugurated and Ken
lucky is to be doomed to four more
years of Republican incapacity and
misrule. Let them carry this state in
the coming election and elect their
state ticket and carry the legislature
and will bet my right arm against a
counterfeit nickel; l will bet my hope
OF my souls salvation against a coun-
terfeit penny that with the aid of a
search warrant you cannot find un-
buried on this earth single solitary
Republican who would not jump in the
river before he would vote to repeal
the Goebel election law.
am willing to believe that 1t Is pos
sible for a Republican to tell the
truth sometimes when he tries, and 1T
is an assured fact that it is not going
to hurt him much If he does. I am
willing to stretch my liberality to some
extent and to believe that 1t is posi-
BILE for Republican, when all the sur
roundings are favorable. to tell the
truth by accident, but / would not be-
lievs the best Republican the Lord
ever made II he ever did make good
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-25
MANLY DECLARATION.
Why Blackburn Favors the McChord
Bill and Goebel Law.

Your state platform tells you that
we indorse what is known as the Nc
Chord bill that passed a Democratic
legislature and died at the hands of a
Republican governors veto. That
platform tells you that we indorse
what is known as the Chinn school
book bill, which put the knife into the
vitals Of the American schoolbook
trust and protects the pocket of the
poor parents of the common school pu-
pills throughout the limits of this COM
monwealth. That platform tells you
that we indoTse the newly passed cleo
ton law known as the Goebel bill, and
each and every Gods blessed one of
those measures / am here today to de-
fend and uphold.
was asked in the western end of
Kentucky in great audience like this
by some one in the crowd-asked po-
litely-if / would answer-and / told
them at once | would-whether | was
in favor of the Goebel election law
and if was, whether / would kindly
give the reasons for my support of
that measure. Acknowledged my OBJ
legations TO my unknown friend for
the favor he did me in asking the
question, and told him it did not en-
barrass me at all to answer it; that
was in favor of the Goebel election bill
not simply because Democratic legis-
lature had passed It, although that
recommended IL to me-not simply be-
cause a Republican governor vetoed
it. although that to my mind was proof
conclusive of it's merits-not because
Democratic legislature had passed 1t
over a Republican governors veto, but
L was for il as an original proposition.
!. believed 1t was a good bill, and ia
yored 1t on its merits, and | had ex-
actiy 40 good reasons for supporting
it, but didn't propose to give him but
one, but if that one did not satisfy him,
that would give him the other SO.
am for that Goebel election bill be-
cause ! do not believe that under its
operations there will ever be any more
stealing OF elections In the state of
Kentucky. but IL tbA.political thievery
lis to continue Ia Kentucky, In spite Of