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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

Statement In a recommendation OF n
former employe, that like many
others, he left our service during the
strike" Ia held, In Kansas City, M. g.
B. r. Company VS.. Delaney Tenn.), As
L. r. A. 800, not to be nbelous or action
able per Sc so as to constitute a cause
Of action without special damages.
One whose horses shows signs Of be-
coming unmanageable while being
driven at distance from home, though
they have hitherto been gentle and east
ly managed is held, In Creauer VS.. Nc
Twain (Md), 45 L. r. A. o31. to be en-
titled to continue the trip home instead
of being compelled to leave them at a
place where he has temporarily stop
ped.
Exemption of national banks from
the penalties Of usury prescribed by
State statutes Is held, In Gadsden vs..
Thrush (Neb.), 45 L. II. A. 654, to be
strictly limited by the provisions Of the
federal statute. and not to extend to a
note held by bank merely as col
lateral to another note or mortgage,
when the question arises on foreclosure
Of the mortgage.
A purchaser of land who accepts,
without objection until after the time
for performance Is past, a search or alb
stract of title which Is In fact defective,
Is held, In Moot vs.. Business Mems In
vestment Association IN. ", As L. r.
A. 0e6, to have no right to reject the
title merely because of such defect In
the abstract II the title offered Is In
fact good.
Maintenance Of dangerous machinery
on private grounds, unprotected from
visits of trespassing children, Is held,
In Biggs Vi. Consolidated Barb Wire
Company (Kan.), A L. r. A. 655, to
render the owner of the land, who has
knowledge that children and others are
accustomed to frequent the grounds
and climb upon structures which sup
port the dangerous appliances, liable in
damages for an injury to a boy caught
in the machinery and killed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
Youthful Classification,

In this household the true and only
Vermont maple strip has never lost
Its sweetness, and several times a week
from the head Of the table paterfamil-
las pours out Judiciously measured
quantities of 1t on the plates Of his
children. To give piquancy to the cere-
mony, he always explains that this time
he is going to give Bob an ostrich and
Maize an antelope, with something else
from the nursery books for Teddy. One
day the latter small philosopher was
seen to regard the various plates for a
considerable space Of time In silence.
what Is 1t. Edwardr' his mother
asked.
Muffin" replied the hopeful. 81 was
Just fnkin' that me an Bob an Maize
allus seems to get birds an snakes an
hngs wiv skinny legs, but pop he gen.
orally gets a ELEPHANT or a hipperpota-
mus"-New York Commercial Adver-
tiaQr
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MISTAKE OF A NEWS AGENT.
His notwithstanding Customer Was q
Chicago Detective in Disguise.

His Bucolic-Looking Customer Was
Chicago Detective in Disguise.
When the west-bound New York spe
cial on the Michigan Central stopped
at Dowagiac, Mich, last Wednesday
an elderly man, who possessed all the
outward characteristics of country
man, boarded the train and took a seat
In the smoker. He announced Ia loud
voice to the travelling man across the
aisle that he was coming to Chicago to
see his boy. He also gave out the in
formation that this was his first trip to
the city.
The news agent heard him and gave
the wink to the commercial traveller.
1t had been bad trip for the agent
and he expected to unload a good share
of his stock on the man from Dowa-
giac. He tried unsuccessfully to sell
him maps, views of Chicago. photo
graphs of celebrities, and other things.
The countryman's purse remained
closed.
Presently the wise butcher passed
down the aisle with basket of apples
on his arm. He stopped before the
Dowagiac mans seat, leaned over, and
said, loud enough to be heard from one
end of the car to the other. "Apples,
three for cent" and passed on. Now,
as matter of fact, his apples were
selling at the rate of three for dime,
and everybody knew 1t. His offer to
the "yeoman" was unnoticed apparent
ly by that party.
In few minutes the agent returned
from his trip through the train, and
the countryman beckoned TO him.
"Gi'me six apples" he said, and held
out his hands to receive them.
"All right; three for a dime" the
butcher said, as he took six Northern
spies from his basket and dropped
them into the passengers lap.
Now, young feller," said the Do
wagiac man, when you pranced
through here minute ago you offered
the fruit to me three for cent. Here's
2 cents for siA. Now, run along and
be good"
But the agent was interrupted by the
loud shouts Of the other passengers,
and retreated to the baggage car.
And George Tousley. the Chicago de-
tective. who had been in Dowaglac on
business, divided his six apples with
the commercial traveler.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
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ing more likely to harbor lice or flea
and s,,nDlv hraadino plaoo g. -,

ing more likely to harbor lice or fieas
and supply breeding-place for them.
than the sweepings Of the house.
The nest boxes are each four feet
long, nine inches WIDE six inches high
In the front, and ten inches In the rear.
They are divided by partitions into Ave
apartments. each having separate en-
trance, which is four and half inches
high, and three wide. The picture
shows only one side of the house. the
other side is fitted In precisely the same
way, and the ends may be occupied bv
nests as the stock increases. The two
sides will hold fifty nests, and IL the
ends of the house and the gables are
furnished In the same way hundred
and fifty pigeons may be kept In
house of this size.
Pigeons should be fed four times n
day IL they are expected to STAY Mt
home. If not fed they will wander n
long distance, staying away the great
err part of the day, and returning Mt
night to their homes. There is very
little trouble and quite satisfactory
profit In rearing them, for there is al.
ways a demand for them In the posi
try markets and at the country hotels
and boarding houses. so that while
much pleasure and amusement may b.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
He Missed he Motive.

This Is a story which Representative
Eddy OF Minnesota tells on himself.
Mr.. Eddy not only enjoys the situation
when the laugh Is turned against him,
but has q sense of humor which leads
him to start the laugh sometimes HIM
self.
'Tn making the campaign In my dis
trict one year." said Mr.. Eddy, II took
along as an attraction veteran Of
the war Of 1912 and Of the civil war
who was famous hand at beating the
drum. He was drummer from away
back and could arouse a whole town.
ship. Drum music Is an incendiary
kind of thing, anyhow, and the old cap
tain's drumming was particularly stir
ring
"Well, one night, after the captains
drum had given the usual overture, l
commenced my speech to the populace
which had been lured to the scene by
his drum. l noticed at the foot of the
costrum, the same being big dry goods
box, a bright-eyed little fellow about
IL years old. who sat through the
speech, following me with great atten-
ton. II pleased me very much. Any
fool can interest an audience of adults.
but 1t takes a genius to hold a child.
$50, after the speaking, | went down
and spoke to the little fellow, and after
shaking hands with him asked him how
he liked my speech.
"'Oh. 1t will do he said; but II
was you l would keep the captain a
drummin' all the time "-Washington
Star.
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the driver to see the space between
the carriages and to govern himself ac-
cordingly. His seat on that side and
the turning to the left arose from the
necessities of a driver who handles
horses and must have his right hand
free and at the same time be In posi-
ton where he can see between the
passing vehicles. The next question
that arises is In regard to the position
of the driver In America and our meth
DDS of turning out. Here we keep to
the right instead of to the left in meet
Ing vehicles and pass vehicles going In
the sume direction to the left, reyers-
Ing the English and continental rule.
This custom has puzzled foreigners
as well as Americans. 1t arose from the
fact that during colonial times the OK
team was In almost universal use. The
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
stand Up to Fit a shoe.

"People would find less difficulty with
ready made Shoes" said the expert
enced salesman, IF they would stand
up to fit them on instead of sitting
down. Nine persons out Of ten. partic-
ularly women, want comfortable
chair while they are fitting shoe, and
1t IL with the greatest difficulty you
can get them to stand for few min
utes even after the shoe is fitted. Then,
when they begin walking about, they
wonder why the shoes are not so com
Portable as they were at first trial. A
woman's foot Is considerably smaller
when she sits In a chair than when she
walks about. Exercise brings a larger
quantity of blood into the feet, and they
swell appreciably. The muscles also
require certain space. In buying shoes
this fact should be borne In mind"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
SERIOUS FACTS ABOUT FOOD.
How Can the Danger From Alum Baking
Powders be Avoided?


Powders be Avoided?
The reported cases Of poisoning from
the use of alum baking powder have
awakened the public to the serious
danger which menaces the health of
the people OF this country in the nu-
merous alum powders which are urged
upon consumers.
Among leading physicians and seien-
fists there is no question as to the
detrimental effects which alum baking
powders produce upon the system. In
many foreign countries and in many
cities of this country, the authorities
have absolutely prohibited their sale
or the sale of bread containing alum.
Even small doses Of alum, given to
children, have produced fatal results,
while cases of heartburn, Indigestion,
gripping constipation, dyspepsia and
various kindred gastric troubles from
irritation of the mucous membrane,
attributed to the continuous use of food
prepared with the alum or alum phos-
phate powders, are familiar in the
practice of physicians generally.
Congress has recently been investi-
eating the subject of food, and in its
official report to the Senate the Commit
tee says: 80 far as the use OF alum in
the manufacture of a food product,
such as baking powder, is concerned.
the committee, in view of the over
whelming mass Of evidence antagonis-
tic to its use, recommends that its use
in food products and baking powders
be prohibited by law"
1t is not possible that any prudent
housewife, any loving mother, will
knowingly use an article of food that
will injure the health of her house,
hold, or perhaps cause the death of her
children.
How shall the dangerous alum pow
ders be distinguished? And how shall
the danger to health from their use be
avoided?
Generally, alum powders may be
known from the price at which they
are sold, or from the fact that they are
accompanied by a gift, or are disposed
of under some scheme. The alum pow
der costs but few cents a pound to
make, and is often sold at twenty or
twenty-five cents a pound; sometimes
as low as ten cents.
1t is impossible to name all the alum
powders in the market, but any baking
powder sold at low price, or adver-
tised as costing much less than the well
known, high-class powders, or accom-
panied by a present, or disposed of
under any scheme, is of this class,
detrimental To health and to be
avoided.
These facts should incline consumers
to turn deaf ear to all opportunities
to buy the inferior powders. The
wise housekeeper will decline in all
cases to take them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
A Legitimate Business.

From the district court at the national
capitol comes the judgment that the
sale of newspapers on the streets is a
legitimate business, and that newsboys
have right to enter street cars aud
sell papers to passengers, provided they
behave themselves and leave the ear
when their business is finished. One
newsboy was forcibly elected from a
car In Washington some time ago. and
had leg crushed by car running on
the other track. He has Just Obtained
an award of five thousand dollars dam.
ages from jury. with Instructions 70
| the above effect
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
the AMERICAN NEGRO TODAY
New Generation Objects to Thorough
and Continuous Work.

New Generation Objects to Thorough
and Continuous Work.
The distaste which the new genera
ton of blacks feel for thorough and
continuous work Is most consplcuously
shown In their objection to following
trades. says the Contemporary Review.
Owing to the distance caused by the
size of the estates in the age of slavery,
which made 1t lnconvenient to send for
white mechanics, who generally lived
In the villages, 1t was the custom TO
train negroes to most of the common
handicrafts. There were blacksmiths,
carpenters, wheelwrights, masons.
bricklayers. shoemakers and saddlers
on all of the most extensive plantations,
and many of these men were very skill
full In their trades. They had from
boyhood served an apprenticeship With
older slaves. and for years had been
called on to do great quantity of work.
craft was often passed down from
father 10 son. and had thus. on the same
estate, been In the hands of the mem
beers Of the same family for century or
more. One may travel now many hun
dreds of miles through the rural dis
tricts of the South and not come upon
a single black mechanic. And this
seems all the more remarkable when 1t
is recalled that In the numerous col
leges for tho blacks established In all
parts of the Southern States manual
tasks have been used as an important
branch of the system of instruction.
The graduates of these Industrial
schools either give up their trades alto
gether or they do not return to their
native rural communities as the most
promising field for such pursuits. In
most cases the trades are abandoned,
because to follow them would make
necessary n combining and exactlng life
In one place. White men have Dracti-
cally usurped all the handlerafts in the
rural districts, while the negroes still
continue to look to the tasks of the
field for subsistence. These tasks they
.an drop In one locality without risking
their chance of securing work In anoth-
sr, as would be the case II they were
mechanics. Such tasks they can also
perform with rs many intervals of in
iolence as they like.
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house. This will do for dozen birds,
half males and half females. for pig
cons pair, and each pair must have its
own nest.
For larger focks a house may be
made on the top of a barn, and II the
barn has a cupola ON top of it, this Is
the very thing. Twenty, or even forty
pigeons may be kept in such a place,
but 1t win be necessary to have a trap
door at the bottom which must be care
fully closed every time the house is
left, after having been visited.
But larger fiocks may have to be
provided for. and a small flock will
soon become a large one, for although
these birds have only two young ones
in the nest, yet they will nest several
times in the year. and the young ones
soon go to keeping house for them
selves.
A large number of pigeons may be
kept In one house IL 1t is arranged in
proper manner. And pigeons II left to
themselves will soon bring their owner
into trouble, for they are apt to go on
to neighbors newly sown fields, and
gather up the seed with much indus
try. This, however, is easily prevent
ed, for these birds love to stay about
their home. and II they are regularly
fed they will not wander away after
food. But If it Is thought that the
home fields may be injured by the
birds, 1t may be said that where pig
cons have had full opportunity to run
over wheat or oat fields Tor peas, of
which they are extremely fond, yet
the seed they eat is well spent on them,
for as a rule the thinning of the seed
will increase the crop, SO that the yield
at harvest time is often much larger
than 1t would have been but for the
pigeons thinning out the seed. If the
pigeon house is kept at the barn, or on
1t, the birds will not wander away to
the fields, unless to one quite close to
them. A house large enough for a
hundred pigeons is shown In the draw
ings, both the outside and inside of 1t.
The house is ten by eight feet and the
walls are eight feet high. The ar
of the inside Ia shown In
figure 2. The nest boxes are placed
on shelves fastened to the sides of the
house, and a roosting platform is made
In front of the shelves. The shelves are
supported by props, and the little doors
on the outside open on to them. There
is a box In the house In which food
is kept for use in stormy weather when
the birds do not wish to go out.
To get good view of the inside of
the house, bend one hand SO as to make
a short of tube to look through, and
use one eye only, shutting the other.
This makes the perspective very plain,
and shows just how the house would
look II one were In It
OF course these birds, like all others,
must be kept very clean, and the house
should be swept and sanded twice a
week. 1t will be the least trouble to do
1t every day, when a few minutes will
suffice to do the work. The floor should
be sanded after every sweeping, and
the nests should be busted with a mix
ture Of sand and fine gravel, wood ash
es and sulphur. There will be no trou-
BILE with vermin II thorough cleanliness
Is observed and above all things the
sweepings of the house should be dis
posed of safely In the barnyard or
away from the house, for there Is moth
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
ABeautx of the Arctic.

There Is a beautiful bird called the
rosy gull, very few specimens Of which
exist In any museum, and whose entire
life is spent In the immediate neighbor-
hood of the eternal ice that surrounds
the north pole. A paper describing
these curious birds was read at the re-
cent meeting of the American Associa-
ton In Boston by John Murdoch. They
follow the advance of the Ice toward
the south as winter comes on, keeping
near the loose edge of the floating pack
Ice, and then retreat with 1t toward the
north when the summer sun begins to
rise high upon the Arctic circle. The
bird Is small and of a deep rose color.
whereas all other gulls are white.
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Flo.yery Phrases.

Professor Walter Raleigh, who has
published rather clever book on
"Style," likes making phrases. THE
poetry Of Catullus," he said In col
lege address. the other day. has sur
vived the passing Of a religion and an
empire; the diary of Mr.. Samuel Pepys
will be as fresh as at the day OF Its
birth, when the Forth bridge Is oxide
of iron and London is n geological pan.
cake of brick dust"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
Personally CONCERNED.

Two men were arguing upon the
question Of the need of general and
immediate spelling reform. and the dis
cussion waxed earnest
Look here, Ferguson" said one Of
the two, at last, why are you so Bit
ter in your opposition to reforming the
languager'
Because" replied the other, bring
Ing his fist down with emphasis. 81
have just invested twelve dollars In a
new dictionary
Mr.Ferguson's argument, 1t may be
added, 10 not without force. There are
many other persons ready to back II up
on the same ground.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12

1t is said that Indian fishermen have
an ingenious way Of training the otter.
They catch the small cub and put col
lar round the throat The little crea-
ture. finding itself unable for days to-
gether to swallow anything 1t catches.
ives up trying to do SO, and firmly be-
yes for the rest OF its life that an
utter can only swallow such food as it
receives direct from Its masters hand.
and, accordingly, 1t faithfully brings TO
the bank all the fsh II may capture.
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Ref and WnRer.

whats the difference between a bet
and a wagery" asked the man who
thinks there are too many words In the
English language
"a bet" said the friend who always
wears a dress coat after 0 o'clock, is
something you make with a man,
which has to be paid. no matter who
loses. A wager Is something more re-
fined. It's made with n woman and Is
not considered collectable unless she
wins. "-Washington Star.
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Cats are too fond of pigeons to be
permitted to get anywhere near them.
and In the arrangement of house for
these birds care Is to be taken that
these animals cannot disturb them.
For a small flock a small house may
be made round or with eight sides,
and with three or four floors. Each
side will have door for the pigeons
to enter, and this house is set on
pole firmly placed In the ground and
eight feet high or so. and having two
cross bars safely fitted to 1t SO that
ladder may be used to get up to the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12

We are permitted to give a copy Of
letter received by Georgia candidate:
Dear Sir an Fren-Hearin that you wm In the
Raice fer offs want to know II you would caire
for the voat OF my Settlement. As goes. 30 goes
that voat The Settlement Swairs by me. an
what tells 'em TO do they does. It Is white
and cuIlored yoat mixed, but 1t is intellergent
voat. II does say it Myself. 1t is voat that kin
read. rite and count. II you wants that voat. let
he know. II you don't want that voat, know
who does.
Atlanta Constitution.
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enjoyed, quite = little money may be
made as we'll. But we may be sure
that this result will not happen unless
the right attention Is given, and this
includes regular feeding, and watering,
the right kind of food. especial cleanli-
ness In the house. and protection from
cats and winged enemies.
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ON WHICH SIDE TO SIT.
A Question Which the Horseless Car.
riage sugRests.

The question often arises, on which
side ought the driver OF an automobile
sit? In England that question is an
swered by saying the right-hand side is
the proper place. The reason for this
that in England carriages when
Getting turn to the left and pass each
ether to the right. A seat on the right
1and side Of the carriage then enables
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
A CUBAN BEAUTY.

Sonora Abreu Is Rich, Charming, DEM
ocratic and Widow.
Senior Rosa Abrue is the richest and
probably the most beautiful woman in
In Uncle Sans new possessions. She
is the queen of Cuba society and is a
Cuba hbre" democrat from the crown
Of her head to the tip of her pearl-en-
crusted slipper. And she is a widow.
She is possessed of a plantation near
Havana covering an area of 10000
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12

A woman just naturally enjoys cut
ting pie into smaller pieces to make
II go around for company, but her hus-
band and son don't approve.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12

The more gaudy woman dresses the
more she knows she needs It. A really
pretty woman is content to wear very
simple costume
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12

As man grows older. he feels as II
he were working with one hand tied.
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HOUSE FOR PIGEONS.
FLOCkS SHOULD HAVE A HOME
OF THEIR OWN.

A Large Number of the Birds May
Be Kept In One House If 1t Is Ar
ranged In the Proper Manner-Cats
Their Foe.