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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
THOSE BoER LADIES.


BY Middle Life They Are Almost TOO
Fat To Walk.
The Boer woman is very little Ike
the trim. handsome Dutehwoman OF
her ancestral Holland. She Is seldom
petty. Her complexion Is her prihei-
pal charm, and she guards this care
fully whenever she goes out She II
never seen outdoors without great
peaked bonnet ON her head, her visits
to church being made behind an al
most oriental seclusion Of wells. ms
Is necessary TO preserve the PINK anu
white of her skin, for the climate
would otherwise soon tan 1t TO the col
or of sole leather. Her eyes are small
and set close together, and her features
are irregular. Her cheeks are broad
and fiat, and her hair Is naturally light
In color, although time and weather
soon bleach II from its early straw
color. At a very early age she loses
all her teeth, for she Is constantly
chewing sweet cakes and eonfection-
cry.
A European woman would replace
the molars that nature has deprived
her of with well mounted works OF
art. but the Boer woman does not do
this. She thinks it would be lmpious
thus to try to duplicate the work of
the Creator Her figure is thick and
almost walstless. While still young
woman she begins to grow fat, and
by the time middle life Is reached she
is often so unwleldy that the only ex-
ercise she Is able to take is TO waddle
cumbrously from one armchair to an
other. She Is clad In loose. scapdly
made gown. devoid of trimming and
apparently waIstless. The day gar
ments Of the Beers are also their night
clothes, so the gown Is generally wrin-
kLed.-Charleston News and Courier.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

\ conntryman who had just regis
tered at the Peabody this morning
made a comicni blunder, which, how
ever was a very remarkable one.
Front" exclaimed the clerk TO one
of the bellboys. show the gentleman
to Room No. -"
The old fellow started off with puz-
lied look. but remarked TO bystander
ITS mighty funny thing. but no
matter what hotel | stop at there's al
ways Il bellboy named Front. Mem
phis Seimitar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

'Superstitious." he exclaimed. "Of
course | am superstitlous. | sat down
10 dinner as one of n party of thirteen
once on the thirteenth of the month,
and thirteen courses were served
And one of them diedY'
Yes, sir; one of them died"
How soon after the dinnerP
Thirteen years after. oh, tell you,
when thirteen sits down TO dinner it's
a dead-sure thing that somebody Is go
ing TO die some time. New York
World.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

"What wretehed daub" exclaimed
the unsophsticated visitor at the art
exhibition, turning to-. speak TO a
stranger.
"Ha, har' laughed the stranger. at
is pity to violate all the time honored
precedents. but ! really am not the
painter of that pcture.0
This Is cold iconoclastic age. ana
the Notifying. yet Instructive. con-
tretemps of the olden time is not good
form In literature qow.-Chicago Trib-
una
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
\ slight misunderstanding.

"Young man" said the girls father.
do you realize that in asking for my
daughters hand in marriage you are
asking ne 10 give up my only ehildf'
Excuse me. sir replied the young
man, hut yon are evidently laborlns
under mis- pprchension. propose
10 come and live with you after We are
married, aud you will then have two
children Instead of on. Now what
more could you ash =
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

A primary teacher WIS hearing n re-
composed largely of the smaller stu.
dents. The teacher wrote the three
words, bees, bear. boys on the board
and asked the pupils TO write n sent
enee containing the three words. She
WAS quite taken back n few minutes
the class handed Ia the following:
Boys bees bear when they go In SWIM
min.'"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Miss swelltop- Sister Is SO disap-
pointed. She can't go to the opera to-
night.
Miss Blugore-Is she so III rs all
that?
Miss Swelltop-Oh. mol It's just ner-
Yous affection of the throat. Shes not
really i'll.
Miss Blngore-Why cant she she go,
then?
Miss Swelltop-Why. goodness gra-
eions She can't speak above whls-
per.-Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

The Car of Russia was, as hoy.
very fond of cycling lie has now
grown tired OF pedaling his own ma
chine, and has had record-breakiny
petroleum tricycle. made for him In
Paris. A wicker work car Is being
made which will be tackled on to the
end of the machine for .be Empress.
Another distinguished cyclist-who
still uses his own legs-is A. J. Balfour.
lie stated not very long back that in
his opinion the cycle Is the most civil
hing invention OF this generation.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
A pecu,,aS Plant.

There is a species Of. plant growing
In New South Wales whose snowy
flowers contain large proportion OF
mucilagInous juice OF glossy var
nisblike appearance. Chinese ladies'
use the juice for dyelng their hair ana
eyebrows. In Java the flowers are
used for backing shoes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
The Diagnosis.

First Physician What's the matter
with Jones?
Second Physcian-He's either got an
everyday cold or severe complication
OF grip. | can't tell till look him ND In
Bradstreets.-New York World.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
Alaskan Babiea.

Alaskan babies are rubbed with oil
stightly rolled in skin or blanket pad
ded with grass and bound with deer.
skin thongs, which are undone but once
a day. when the grass is freshened. If
the baby cries he is held under water
luntil he is still.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Aunt Gerlrude-And what will you do
when you are a man, Tommy
Tommy-Tm going 10 grow beard.
Aunt Gertrnde-Nhyf
Tommy Because then | won't have
nearly SO much face TO wash.-colliegs
Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
ENJOYING Poor Health.

The Chicken-How's your appetite
these days, old man?
The Bulldog-Not very good | feel
just as satisfied after few bites as II
I'd had a meal. How's yours?
The Chicken-Poor, very poor! | lust
pick at thngs.-New York Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Hostess-Did you hear Wagner's
"Lohengrln" performed In Parlsl
Returned Tourist-No. was in Lon
don mt the time aud the wind was
blowing the wrong way.-New York
Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
How should lie Take ItY

She-Oh. how | wish you were young.
He-My dear, IL were I should have
to go out to South Africa and fight, per-
haps to be killed.
She-0h! how do | wish you were
young.-Pick Me Up.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

The most ancient dictionary and
glossary IN the world Is OF The Chinese
language and is the lexicon or IA
cu,she. This first known glossary was
compiled more than 1000 years before
Christ
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
Nnt a Spenkinp One.

Hoax uenpeck's wife is an awful
talker. Did you ever meet herr
J1ax-oh. yes; have a listening ac-
quaintanee with her.-Philadelphial
Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

What made you so long getting
readyi'
i had lost the combination and
couldn't get my ear muffs on."-Chica.
80 Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Maude- Did he tell yon he loved yonf
claFa-Aes
Maude-Then why did you refuse
him?
Clara-1 want a paying teller.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

The optimlst-A pure woman's heart
Is like an open book.
The Old One-Yes. I've often won.
dered what the language Is 1t Is writ
ten ln.-New York Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
eossY.

Bossy il kind old cow
She dreams beneath the apple bough
And swings Der tail and rings her bell
While roaming up aud down the deli
| see her through the pasture bars
Eat ali the pretty daisy stars,
Then gently toss mr. head On high
To watch the clouds that dot the SKY
When night makes al the meadow black
She lets the chickens on her back
Fall fast asleep. and sleep until
The sun comes peeping DER the hill.
r K. Aun1ittriok In woman's Home Compsn-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

The world Is full of thin, slckly look
ing young people who try to convince
their healthy looking ancestors that
sleeping on feather beds isn't good for
them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
A Secret No Longer.

Wytte-The great inventor Is dead
and his marvellous secret is lost.
Wycke-Not at all. | understand he
committed II to his wife.
Wytte- Exactly Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

He-Yon have stolen my heart.
she-Thats nice thing to say after
you have been begging me for six
weeks to accept it.-New York Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
A Poor Witness.

Pardon me-" began the visitor, "bnt
we are anxious TO secure from you a
testimonial. We understand that you
were troubled with falling hair, and
that one bottle OF our Elixir relieved
you"
Yes, young man," replied the vic
time, removing his wig, at relieved me
of the few that remained 10 me."-
Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Pa-My son. we must never put of
till tomorrow what we can do today.
Willie-Well, then. pa. lets finish up
that mlnee Philadelphia Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

She-I heard about the eiopement.
Has her mother forgiven them?
He-I think not. | understand she
has gone to live with them.-Collier'
Weekly
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
HUMOR OF THE WEEK
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Odd, Curious and Laughabie Phases
of Human Nature Graphically Por-
trayed by Eminent Word Artists of
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
Carloads of Ahnse

1t is said that when Barney Barnato
gave picnic at the opening of the Jp-
hFi esburg water works he related an
IL lent that had happened TO him In
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Mrs. Hayrix-My son Jerry Is gittin'
to be n reg'lar mechanical genius.
Mrs Corntasel-Dew tell What's he
been a-doin now
Mrs. HayriA.-Why, he's gone. an
ma le fiddle out of his own head-an
he's got enough wood left for another
one.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Just about the time you begin to
think your cup of happiness Is going
TO run over 1t springs u leak.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

There is nothing that ilatters a young
housekeeper quito no much as to have
an older woman ask her for recipes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

All the emery IN the world comes
from the little Island OF Naxos' uea'
Greece.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Dramatlst-Don't you think my play
is very realistlcf
crltle-yery. The church scene IN
the third act was SO natural that went
10 sleep.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Il have but one rule that l follow
absolutely IN this life, and that is to
make other people as happy rs possi-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

ff'AAt ~ oht AVhA'
Teaeher-Wrong. 1t would only take
one hour.
Little Girl-Oh. I didn't know YOU
were talking about servant girls that
wasn't on speaking terms.-Colllef 5
Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
one

T 1T IsIIIIIIVTTI = IT II 7 v IT M : =
raise Your rent.
Anntie- Well now. dat's poW'ful good
IN go, Mistah MeGuire. eos 70 de Lawd
done guy up all hope nv evan ralsln' it
m self.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08
PersonaI Equation.

Teacher-lf one servant girl could
clean two rooms in two hours, how
long would it take two servant girls
to do IL.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Well" she replied, You ought to be
gratified. then, at what heard n
Young lady say the other day"
What was thatY''
"She said that whenever she saw
you dancing she had 10 laugh. '-Chica-
20 Times-Herald
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

"0h. you needn't be so stuck up.
You're only shade taller than | am. >
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-03-08

Record.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-07-28
2uetrD.
X -
Maryland Delegation Campaign
Song.
Air: Baby Mine"

Composed by Delegate Brown.
You are going to be elected, Billy Bryan Billy
Bryan,
The people all expect it, Billy Bryan, Billy Bryan,
The fight has now begun, with you and Stevenson,
The victory win be Won Billy Bryan. Billy Bryan,
The victory will be won, Billy Bryan.
You gong to be elected, Billy Bryan, Billy
Bryan,
The boys all pect il, Billy Eryan, Billy Bryan,
Imperiastic Mack. with Marx llama al his back,
viii have to clear the track. Billy Bryan. Billy
viii have To cear the track, Biily Bryan.
You are going to lee elected. Billy Bryan. Billy
Bryan.
The great south all expect IT, Billy Bryan, Billy
Bryan,
ON plain duty you'u not iag. Constitutions follow,
tag
Aud tie trusts viii strike suag, Billy Bryan. Billy
Bryan.
And the trusts will strike snag, Billy Bryan,
You are going to be elected. Billy Bryan. Billy
Bryan.
The laboring men expect it, Billy Bryan, Billy
Bryan,
The Republic youn maintain and remove tho
tailer's chain,
That he may share the gain. Billy Bryan. Billy
Bryan.
Ths, he may share the gain Billy Bryan.
You are going to be elected. Billy Bryan, Billy
Bryan.
Aua our rights viii he respected. Billy Bryau. Bnly
Bryan.
lour cause Is jt and true and the masses are with
ynu
ANA we're goiag 60 pui you through. Bi!y Bryan,
RiJly Bryan
Aud We're going to rur yoa through, Billy Bryan,
You are gpigg 60 be elected Billy Bryan. Billy
Bgyau.
Ola Mary land yxpsct> H. Htiiy Bryan. Billy Bryan.
We have ystliei 10 the West they have done their
yers best.
Ana the boys will do rne rest Billy ssyan Baiy
UTyau.
ASS ,u. boy, atil do the rest billy Bryan
You a,e going to be elected, Buly Bryan Btny
Hryau
The faithful all rcct f. Billy Brysn. Biiy Bryan.
uH aur Platform all stand. aud weil fiEhI them
hand 30 ksni.
In The Wht'e H5use yau viii laud, Billy Bryan.
BiiIy BfyaD.
In the Waite Hoa-a you wIu iaai. Biuy Rryau.
Yau arr going So be clsc.ei. R.,y Btyan. Biny
Bryan
ramuaa .altar, al eSree, it, RilIy Bryaa. Billy
BraH.
w,,a lhc heip as usi sila yoii have Justice done
e. s.hlry.
~ yoa.u kuoa ,,,, ryssaa uby. Hiu, Bryan Euiy
Bgyap
,r yo4 lg gaoa ti,r rsasaa ahy BH'y Bryan.
yau ary roiuy ,o - elsess,I Billy Bryan. Billy
RryaH.
c,aa.aon .a.iscr, sil expect it, Billy Bryan. billy
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-07-28
Roosevelts Acceptance,


From the Richmond tval Dispatch.
Governor Roosevelt, in accepting the
Republican nomination for the vice presi-
deney, said This is very much more
than a mere party contest. We have
reached the parting of the ways
That is true, and the American people
have reason to thank Governor Roosevelt
for his words The contest is, indeed,
much more than mere party one. 1t Is
a contest of the constitution against usur
patton, of the people against oligarchy
of true repulicanism against imperialism,
of patriotism against a policy that would
wreck our institutions.
Indeed, also, have we reached the part
ing of the ways We must decide wheth-
er the country is to continue as a repub-
lie and be re- environed with the safeguards
to peace, prosperity, and freedom the
founders of our system erected, or Is 1t Ia
become an empire, drift into the whirlpool
of foreign jealousies, and from then ON be
cast hither and thither in the storm and
stress of eutangling alliances.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-07-28
Vertical and Slant Writing
Frnrn E,stnn lMhlIedrnr

FROM EaSion tMd.l Ledger.
School teachers and educators generally
will be interested in the movement that has
been started in New York to drive out
vertical writing from the public schools.
This system Of writing has been adopted
in Talbot county.
While the resolution recently adopted
by the Board of School Superintendents of
the boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx
recommending that the system of vertical
pcnmanship be abandoned in the schools,
does not formally do away with that system
in the neighborhood of New York, it does
50 practically 1t is probable that similar
action will be taken in all the boroughs of
the city. The vertical handwriting, so far
as our public schools are concerned, will
soon be a thing of the past
Few people, except professional eduea-
tors or parents who have had occasion to
scan the handwriting books which their
children have brought home from school,
know what the system Of vertical hand
writing is 1t has been well described as
the formation Of letters as if the idea of
the writer was to make each letter ill out
as nearly as possible the sides of an imagi-
nary square. This, when it is done with
neatness, gives the letters the appearance
of print Such writing is, however, so ec-
centric and peculiar that it is greatly dis
liked by business men, and students from
schools who have been trained in this style
have had to unlearn 1t and adopt the hand
writing with the old-fashioned slant to the
right it they desire to retain their places
in the business houses. The test of exper-
fence has shown that it is good enough in
libraries and in certain distinct classes of
professional occupation, but not in CONNER
eial life and for general use A further
| difficulty Is that the vertical system is slow
in execution. 1t is said that the average
pupil using the slant system can write forty
five words minute to the vertical writing
pupil $ thirty words,
Superintendent Jasper of the borough
of Manhattan is authority for the state
ment that the vertical system is, in fact
| merely hobby, for which certain school
principals who are always hunting new
things and certain textbook publishers who
are ingenious purveyors Of educational nov
elites are responsible We thiRk that pub
lie sentiment will cordially approve the
abolition of the vertical system of writing
in the public schools
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-07-28
News of the Week.

Extra services 'were held in nearly all
the churches in Pennsylvania, Sunday, on
account of the drouth
The Crucible Steel Company of Amer
lea, capital $50, 600, 000 was chartered
at Trenton, New jersey, on Saturday
Mount Azuma, in Japan, broke into
violent eruption last week, and the lava
engulted several villages. Two hundred
persons were killed or injured
A complete eounterfeiters outfit, for
the manufacture of silver half dollars, to-
gether with the men, has been captured in
Philadelphia, Pa. Thousands of pieces of
money have been scattered throughout four
OF five States, and not until Sunday last
were the makers ''holed
At Lebanon Pa, Joseph w. Line
weaver Justice of the Peace, is under
bail for September Criminal Court, charged
by his daughter, Minerva, with assault
and battery. Minerva is 10 years of age,
and wants to marry young man living in
the neighborhood She alleges that her
father refused to give his consent unless
the groom be pays the intended father
m-law So. Minerva says this demand of
the father was considered out of all reason,
and that he choked and beat her.
The most distressing accounts of the
drouth come from all parts of Virginia.
In some portions no rain has fallen since
April, and the crops have dried up to such
an extent in the fields that copious rains
would fail to fill them out now. Wells
are drying up and in some instances it is
hard to get water for stock Forest fires
have followed the bhghting drouth, and
the farmers were forced to fight fire some
times for days to save their fences. The
watermelon crop of Hanover county, is
practically dried up, and the yield of mark
etable melons will be very small,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-07-28
Cloudburst and Fatal lightning
Near Hanover, Pa.

HANOVER, Pa, July 23.-A terrific
thunderstorm and cloudburst caused loss
of life and many thousand dollars damage
this afternoon in the vicinity of Glenville,
eight miles south of here. Glenville is
near the Maryland line.
Henry Frey, 80 years of age, proprietor
of Frey mill, was found dead behind the
hopper in his mill, having been killed by a
stroke of lightning, The machinery in
the mill was torn to pieces.
The baru on the farm of Ezra Newcomer
was set ON fire by bolt or lightning and
entirely consumed, together with all this
season $ crops, some valuable live stock
harvesting machinery, etc. Five inches
of rain fell within two hours time. Corn
fields were washed out to depth of from
four to six feet, and nearly all the fencing
was carried away by the flood in stretch
of country five miles wide by ten miles
long. Many county bridges were washed
away, and wagon roads totally obliterated
at places. Large numbers Of live stock
and poultry were drowned.
The line of the Western Maryland
Railroad was entirely submerged between
Green Ridge and Sinsheim, distance of
four miles, and trains were compelled to
await for several hours the subsidence of
the waters before traffic could be resumed
hpl1in.r this NUnnl 1lin