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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29
STOOD FOR sToNEWALL.
when jackson Gave an Order. II
WINS obeyed to the Letter.

When JACKSON 1aNe an -
Wns Obeyed to the Letter.
The following dialogue, current at
the time, between one OF Stonewall
Jackson's soldiers aud the provost
guard illustrates Jackson's tact at eiud-
ing his enemy and also the obedience
rendered and the confidence reposed In
him by his troops.
The orders read on dress parade the
evening before Jackson left the valley
TO take part In the seven days nght
around Richmond we're that In case
the army moved before further orders
the answer from every soldier to any
and all questions except those connect
ed with the army shall be, Il dom
know" On the march the provost
guard found soldier In cherry tree
helping himself. when the following
took place:
"Who are you?" demanded the guard.
81 don't know" replied the soldier.
"Where Is your commando
81 don't know"
ITO what command do you belongY'
Isl don't know"
'what are you doing In that cherry
tree?"
II don't know"
"Are those good cherries you are eat
ing?"
81 don't know"
as there anything you do known
Eyes"
"What Is it?"
"well. the last order | had from old
Stonewall was that was not to know
anything until further orders. and. gen.
tlemen. will see you all hanged before
I will know anything until old Stone
wall takes that order off" - Waco
Times-Herald.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29
THE MAN WHO WORKS.
And the Man who Gets Through
Things the Easiest Way He Can.

And the Man VINO 1ets Infoukh
Things the Easiest Way He Can.
1.-The man that is so far advanced
that he likes the work he is doing"
said Mr.. Stoggleton, has reason to feel
hopeful of himself l suppose that the
very great majority of US 60 through
the work we have In hand the easiest
way we can and get through it, skip
ping the hard places when possible and
thinking we'll be glad when it's fin
ished; but the next job will be just the
same. There will be just about so
many hard places In 1t, and then we'll
be wishing just the same that we could
get through that job.
1.-The fact appears to be that we are
always trying to shlrk the present job.
We mean well in feeble sort OF way,
and the next thing we tackle we are
going TO do right up to to handle. but
when we strike that, when that be-
comes the present work. don't we try
to shirk that too? We do. indeed. And
that's what we do all through life-dai-
~ putting off our best endeavors till to-
morrow. Kind of a miserable thing to
do, Isn't 1t?
But occasionally you meet a man
who puts in his best ticks every day
and rejoices in the labor. He doesn't
care continental what the next day
is going TO bring to him-he can handle
1t, whatever 1t is. Just now he's en-
gagged with today's labor, and he does
that up thoroughly and completely and
searches out the last nook and Granny.
He isn't trying to see what he can
pass by, but what he can root out. and
he goes home satisfied with his work,
and he's the one man in a thousand
that leads all the rest, and his pay cor
responds with his labors. New York
Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

Said Mrs. Gadabout. who had come
TO spend the day, to little Edith:
Are you glad to see me again,
Edith
Eyes. MN. and mammals glad, too"
replied the child.
us sheY
Eyes. MIN. She said she hoped you'd
come today and have 1t over with
Ohio State Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29
GIVE A REALISTIC RECITATION.
How the Elder sothern Rebuked Too
Persistent Mess.

Persistent Mess.
Il. A. Sothern. OF "Dundreary" fame.
was once dining at Portsmouth at
regimental mess. After dinner one OF
the officers asked Sothern to give them
a recitation. Now Sothern would not
tolerate being treated as an entertainer
when he was by way OF being treated
as gentleman. He coldly declined,
They pressed him. He holly declined.
Still they would take no denial. At
last he said. In a manner which show
ed that he was nettled, but yet yield
ing. We'll. II you won't let me of. l.
must. I'll give you the dinner-scene,
from David Garrick.'" lie did. He
had never acted II better. They were,
delighted until. springlng to his feet. he
made his wild tlpsy exit, just as he
did on the stage, and dragged the cloth
of the table and with It all the regi-
ments priced dessert china and de,
canters and glasses. etc. Thereuponi
he calmly resumed his seat, but there
after Sothern dined no more with that
regiment-San Francisco Argonaut.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

He-What allowance do you think
your father ought to make us when we
are marriedf
She-Well, II be makes allowance for
your faults l think he will be doing all
that can be expected OF hlm.-Harlem
Life.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

Soap has been In use for 5000 years
and is twice mentioned in the Bible.
A few years ago a soap boilers shop
was discovered in Pompeil. The soap
found in the shop had not lost all its
efficacy. although 1t had been buried
1880 years.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

and who became
OIL d-famous as
the originator of an
overland fret & h I
limo and pony ex-
press was Col. Alex
ander Majors, no
died in Chicago not
long ago. At the
time Of his death
Col. Majors was ST
years old. Seventy
years of his life he
had spent on the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

Tommy-Isn't the spider patient, sit
ting there all day?
Papa-How could be catch flies IL he
We're not?
Tommy - Why, with fy-paper, |
should think.-Judge,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

..No," he complained, Il have never
succeeded In getting anything for moth
ing. | have always had to strive hard
for everything that has come to me-
r.
"What about the mumps you had
last winter?" his wife interrupted
Chicago Times-Herald.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

pendence. Mo-, GU a certain date and
scheduled to reach Santa Fe or Salt
Lake or Denver, as the case might be,
on a certain date. The organization Of
a freight train for crossing the plains
consisted OF twenty-five wagons carry
Ing from three TO three and one-half
tons each, the merchandise being pro
tected by sheets Of duckng Each
wagon was drawn by twelve oxen, and
the train was provided with thirty or
forty extra animals. in case some Of
those drawing the wagons went lame.
The whole train consisted of from 800
TO $50 cattle, half dozen mules. for
herding and riding. The force OF men
consisted OF wagonmaster, his assist
ants. the teamsters, a man to look after
the extra cattle. and three or four re.
serves.
oxen almost altogether were used In
freightlng, because they We're more re-
liable for long trips, and because they
foraged for their own food, and with
proper care. could travel 1000 miles be-
tween April and November, and still
be sleek and salable.
The business done by the freight line
established by the Colonel was enor-
nous. In one year he carried 10000. 900
pounds of Government supplies 10 Uni
ted States troops In Utah. Forty thou
sand oxen, thousand mules, and over
5000 men, under his supervision. once
carried freight and mail from the Mis-
souri, River across the Rocky Noun
taiDs.
The Pony Express.
Col. Majors greatest enterprise, from
4 spectacular point of view. was the
establishing of the pony express" II
the days of the California gold fever
this was to the coast what the fylna
mail trains are to the people to-day
From the terminus Of the eastern tele
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

A bachelor says wife Is undoubted.
~ good thing to have around the
house-to blame things ON when they
20 wrong.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

Seven japanese fishermen left Santa
Monica, Cal, to open, fat-bottomed
skiifs aud rowed 80 miles Ia five days
without u mishap.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

Central America Pyramid Builders.
Barring the Egyptians, the ancient
Mayas of Yucatan seem to have been
the greatest pyramid builders the
world ever saw.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

California has 40 mountains. the high
est peaks Of which are more thah w.
900 feet above the sea. Coioraoo nas
90 peaks which are more than iS'o"
feet In altitude.
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Ready with the Retort.

The following story is attributed to
Marshall Z. Wilder: Some evenings
ago man was seated in the corridor
of one of the large hotels smoking a
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29
PONY EXPRESS LINE.
COL. ALEXANDER MAJORS ORiGl-
MATED THE SERVICE.
He Began to Transport Freight Across
the Plains in AZ, and Did a Remark
able Business-Empioyed Five Thou
sand Men and Forty Thousand oxen.

The man to whom was due more than
any other the advance of civilization
across the plains OF the great West
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29
Land.

or the 77.e71,O 900 acres Of land and
water In the United Kingdom about
Al 100000 are under crops and grass.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

Many people have wretched taste.
the world Is full of people who Ike
Sousa's marches.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

When man is as busy srs,v day as
a barber Is on Saturday, he soon has
nervous prostration.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

In Paris there is wineshop FOR
every three houses.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-29

financial power. As a patriotic Cana
dian and distinguished philanthropist
Sir Donald stands without a peer Id
the Dominion.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
CHINA WANTS PEACE
BUT MUST ACT FIRST.

with the powers for a cessation Of hos
tilities.
The reply. in effect. is reiteration
of the demands previously made by the
United States upon China, coupled with
vigorous intimation that no negotia-
tions will be entered into until the Chi
nese government shall have complied
with those demands.
This government, inspired by de-
termination to effect the rescue of the
legatiOners besieged in Pekin. takes adj
vantage, in the reply to the edict, to
reiterate the demands previously made
to China. These demands were first
made by the President July 23rd, and
subsequently We're reiterated sub
stantially by Acting Secretary Adce, by
direc ton of the President.
The demands for the protection of the
ministers, for free communication be-
tween them and their respective gov
ernments, and for the restoration of or
der in China, form the keynote of the
memorandum forwarded to the imper-
ial government by the President
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
FIFTEEN KILLED
IN A COLLISION.

Slatington, Pa, Aug. Fifteen
persons were instantly killed and nine
others We're fatally injured tonight
in grade crossing about three miles
east of this city, passenger train on
the Lehigh and New England railroad
crashing into an omnibus containing
twenty-five persons.
All the dead and injured people We're
in the omnibus. But one of the occu-
pants escaped injury.
All are Pennsylvanians. The party
was returning to Slatington from Il
funeral. The dead and injured We're
nearly all relatives of Sophia Schoefer,
whose obsequies they had attended.
The accident occurred at > o'clock, at
a sharp curve. The train was II spe-
cial and was running mt lively rate
The omnibus came along at n good
rate of speed, the occupants uncon-
scious of any impending danger AS
the bus swung around the curve the en-
gine came in sight.
1t was too late to stop either the ON
nibus or the train, and as the driver of
the former whipped up the four horses
to cross the track ahead of the train.
the latter crashed into its middle.
The occupants We're thrown in all di-
rections. bruised and bleeding. The
fifteen dead We're killed outright
No watchTlan is employed to warn
teams or pedestrians of any approach
ing train, and those living in the vicin-
ity state that it is impossible to hear
an approaching train. The horses draw
ing the bus escaped unhurt.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16

Washington, Aug. 12-Indications of
the desires of China for peaceful set
tlement Of her present difficulties have
been multiplying for several days. Of
ficial evidence of that desire was pre-
sented to the Department of State to-
day 1t was in the form of an edict
promulgated by the emperor, Kwang
Hsu, appointing Earl Lii Hung Chang
as envoy plenipotentiary to negotiate
with the powers for an immediate
cessation of hostilities," pending a So
luton of the problems which have
grown out of the anti-foreign uprising
in the empire.
Earl Ii is to act directly for the En-
peI'or and n fair Inference is that what
ever terms of settlement he may reach
with the powers will be approved by
the imperial government.
Tonight Secretary Adee, by direction
of President Mckinley. presented to
Minister Wu for transmission to mis-
government the reply of the United
States to the imperial edict appointing
>Li Hung Chang envoy to negotiate
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
Terrible Heat In New York.

New York, Aug. 12.-Ddhth reaped
a harvest yesterday from New York 5
humidity. At least thirty-three per-
sons died in this city and vicinity.
thirty of them from prOstratiOns and
three children from falling from fire
escapes on which they had crowded to
get some relief from the torturing heat.
Since August 9th, when the tempera-
ture was ninety-One degrees, the condi-
tions have been growing worse. All in
all, 1t the hottest continuous weather
New York has ever had. Forecaster
Emery said to-day that it surpassed in
the aggregate the record of the 1896
hot spell. All local weather records for
this year We're broken in the most I'M
comfortable way. The thermometer
reached ninety-five at . p. m. and reg
istered the same figures an hour later.
This was the official record taken in
the bureau, high above the street, and
is many degrees cooler than the tenn
perature the people were subjected to
on the streets.
thunder shower to-day brought a
lower temperature and much needed
relief from the heat.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
.CHAFFEE'S FORCE
NEARING PEKIN.

washington, Aug. 13.-The American
commander in China, in a dispatch OF
Just three words received ut the War
Department late this afternoon, sent n
thrill or eXultatiOn and expectancy
throughout official quarters by an
nouncing his arrival at Ho-Si-Wu, only
thirty-three miles from Pekin, last
Thursday.
The last heard of him before this was
at Yang Tsun, which has been cap
tured after hard fight and word of
his movements since then had been
eagerly awaited. Thursday he was
eighteen miles beyond Yang Tsun.
Lang Fang, the place where the ill
fated Seymour expedition met its fate
and turned back, had been left be-
hind. The battle of Yang Tsun was
fought on the 9th and the advance to
Ho-Si-Wu was accomplished on the
9th-a march of eighteen miles in three
days.
This was four days ago. and at the
same rate of progress Chaffee is even
now fairly within striking distance of
the walls of Pekin. 1t was consum-
nation which the War Department
had awaited calmly as it accorded
with calculations, although the ad-
vance had been more rapid than was
| expected.
Word of the advance soon spread
throughout official quarters. In the
enthusiasm report got about that this
was the day of the actual arrival of
Pekin, but the War Department has
not word of the advance beyond HO-
Si-Wu. 1t was deemed hardly likely
that the march to Pekin could have
been made since last Thursday. At the
rate of progress, six miles Il day, from
Yang Tsun to Ho-Si-W WI. about twenty
| four niles would have been covered in
the last four days and up to-day this
would still leave the international
forces nine miles from Pekin.
Viewed from any standpoint, the ad-
vance to Ho-Si-Wu was of the utmost
| Importance, not only strategetically,
but showing that communication was
open back of Che Foo, that the eX-
pected opposition from Chinese hOrdes
had not been sufficient to prevent the
steady movement, and in the influence
it would exert upon the Chinese gov
ernment.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
Dynnmitcrs Arrested.

st. Louis, Aug. 12.-Maurice Brennan.
Fred Il. Northway and James
Schwartz, formerly employees of the st.
Louis Transist Company, We're arrest
ed to-day ON the charge of dynamitlng
the conduit of the Olive street cable
line last night. Brennan and North
way have confessed and Lave implicat-
ed Schwartz.
The Central Trades and Labor Union
to-day decided not to revoke the boy
colt which has been operative In conse-
Qucnce of the street railway strike,
while the strike of the Cast st. Louis,
Illinois. electric railway was declared
Off by unanimous vote of the EN-
ployes.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
WAR over smaIITcct.

a st. Louis dispatch says Oak nm
Lodge of the Royal Tribe OF Joseph is
divided into hostile camps all ON nc
count of the pretty feet of several won,
en-. A Cinderella contest for pair Of
dainty slippers Is the cause of the dis
scnslon. An agcd shoemaker had the
tcmcrity TO make u selection, awarding
the honor of the smallest foot to Mrs
Adonls l.. Camlln. worthy prostcss.
and wife Of the worthy patriarch of the
lodge.
Friends Of the various contcstccs
made bets MS to the merits Of their feet,
and those who had wngcred on n lady
who refused TO take off her shoes In
sisted that she had the smallest foot,
and that the prize he not awarded. The
officer refused TO issue the order for
the slippers. and general quarrel en-
sued. In which some mean things were
said.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
Fifty Sunk on Torpedo Boat.

Paris, Aug. 12.-During maneuvers
of the French fleet off Cape st. Vim
cent, last night. collision occurred be-
tween the first-class battleship Bren-
nus, flying the flag of Vice Admiral
Fournier, commander of the fleet, and
the torpedo boat destroyer France.
The France sank Immediately, and
only portion of the crew, consisting
of four officers ana fifty-eight men,
We're saved.
1t is believed that no fewer than fif-
ty We're lost. Details are meagre. The
accident was due to the fact that the
France, which was a recent addition
to the French navy, turned to the right
when ordered to the left.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
Y. S. @. T.. Convention.

In selecting Denver as the place of
their meeting in October, the Christian
Endeavorers of the Rocky Mountain
states have selected q city sure to be
highly attractive to the hundreds of
delegates who will be present.
The advantages of Denver as con
vention city have been appreciated by
numerous organZations-natio in
their scope-rcligious fraternal, edu-
cational. or commercial in their char
acter-which have in years past chosen
that city as their rallying point. to the
great delight and satisfaction of thou
sands of delegates who have borne
willing and enthusiastic testimony to
the wisdom of the choice. Thousands
have thus been afforded their first
glimpse of the Rocky mountains, and
their first experience of Colorado eli
mate and hospitality. But when dele
gates from all parts of our country
90 to Denver it is recognized that,
aside from convention duties, it is not
wholly Denver which is the attraction.
Yet the city has not ceased to be n
surprise to those who for the first time
view its broad streets, its handsome
business blocks and its thousands of
beautiful homes.
In Colorado all roads lead to Denver
If the city is attractive to visitors from
afar. II is also increasingly attractive
to its own citizens, and to their friends
throughout the West, who find pleas
urc in its many fine lawns. homes,
parks and resorts. where rest and rec
reation may bring forgetfulness of the
toll and anxiety Of the day. "Beauti-
full for situation. the joy of the whole"
of Colorado-can well be said of
Denver. Therefore. when an inter
state convention is called to meet in
Denver it awakens in many hearts a
desire to be present. Business in Den
yer; friends in Denver; stores, offices,
houses, churches, in Denver; above all,
their convention in Denver, proves to
be an attraction not to be resisted. And
the fact that the State Christian En-
dcavor Union will hold its twelfth an
nual convention In Denver, October
Al, 1900, will prove to be an attraction
to thousands of Colorado and western
Endeavorers and should bring hundreds
of them to the city at that time.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
Advocates Zig standing Army.

Chicago, Aug. 12.-Gcnernl Joseph
Wheeler made strong plea for the
standing army in his convocation ad-
dress mt the University OF Chicago. He
declared that the most certain way to
avoid the dissolution and the horrors Of
war was to be constantly ready with
men ana arms for every emergency
that the only security for peace was tn
be always prepared and ready to en-.
gage In war
At the close OF the address General
Wheeler was cheered by the students.
many of whom are from the southern
states, and when the University band
struck up the tune of Dixie the en-
thusiasm rose to n high pitch.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
Killed Isy Lightning.

New York. Aug. i2.-Ninc persons
who sought shelter under trees In the
woods in the Bronx section, during a
storm. this evening, We're struck by
lightning. They We're james Brown. n
Hungarian tailor of this city; his wife
and five children. and Bertha Lascho-
witt and Bertha Silverman. They were
taken to Fordhnm hospital.
-Four persons were killed in Brooklyn
and two others stand little chance Of
recovering from injuries received.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
Russians Mny Hold Manchuria.

London. Aug. PA special from st.
Petersburg attributes to Russia the in
tention to ill Manchuria with troops
and not to let go that territory when
the present cbullition Is over. The Rus
sian war office expects TO have 142,-
600 men and 2i2 guns in Siberia by the
end of September.
The total number of allies In the
province of Pei Chi Ii is $4,000 with
ia guns. The total August Both will
be $1,000. with $50 guns.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
Tim, popu,ist Notification.

Topeka, Knns.. Aug. 12,-Kansas
Populists and Democrats are combin-
Ing to make the Bryan Popullst notifi-
cation at Topeka, August 23rd, one of
the biggest political events that has
ever taken place in Kansas. Besides 4.
NJ. Patterson, who will make the noti-
iication speech. Webster Davis and J.
Il. Weaver will address the crowds.
John w. Breidcnthal, Popullst-Demo-
cratic nominee for governor, predicts
meeting.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-16
Fur,ou. rlrc on ocean s,c,,n.r

Now York, Aug. 1.-the White Star
liner Cymrlc, just arrived. had u terri
BILE experience while crossing the At
lantlc. At noon August 9th. when the
hlg vessel was nineteen hours out from
Queenstown, fire was discovered
among the cargo In the forward hold
ana II rngcd thlrty-six hours, until
midnight Mondny. when 1t was re-.
ported under control.