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

Tom CDTWin had an ehoFhous bou1a
f He once said lie had been insulted ba
Deacon smith. Tie good brother asket
for further explanation. We'll. sal'
Corwin. when stood up at the lee
turesroom To relate my experience
opened my mouth. Deacon smith ros'
ND in front. aud said. viii som'
brother please close that window ahe
keep It closed:'
The New York Herald WAS represent
ed ut the Dreyfus trial at kennes b.
Marcel Provost. Vance Thompson re
lates in the Saturday Evening Posi
that he met Provost just after the YER
diet had been announced. Every one
was buzzing. eDreyfus has been found
guilty - with extenuating cireum-
stances What do you suppose the
extenuating circumstances areF
Thompson asked. Il dare say his In
nocence.e was Prevost's reply.
An lola soldier relates that one day
General Otis came out on the firing
line and ordered the shooting to cease.
\ Kansas boy, who thought he was
doing all sorts of damage TO the in
isurgents. kept on shooting. Didn't
you hear my command TO cease firingY
lthundered the general. Who are
your asked the soldier I'm General
OTIS "Otis. he'll responded the sol
der, II know that isn't so; Otis never
comes out here. Aud bang went the
gun.
Maurice Barrymore's wit IS far
famed, but a neat little wittieism at
his expense was Augustus Thomas
Ilaeonlc criticism of one of Barrymore
plays. The playwright had been merci-
llessly picking flaws in the actors
drama until the goodnatured Barry
WINGED. "0h, come. GUS" he inter
lrupted, don't be quite so hard, If its
not an Alabama Just remember that
i wrote 1t in a week" Did you,
Barryg' retorted Thomas; then you
must have loafed."
Lieutenant Governor Timothy L.
Woodruff, of New York It Is said never
violated his rule TO live frugally and to
devote himself to business until his
income was fifty thousand dollars a
year. When he reached this point he
ientered political life. Once, In de-
batting with a wealthy politician, the
latter said: Wealth gives you no
advantage; I'm as rich as you are"
Yes" replied Mr. Woodruff, but you
made your fortune out of politics. and
that's where I'm spending mine"
The enormous prices paid for the pin
ming on of orchids and button-holes at
the Charing Cross Bazaar, in London-in
several cases five pounds having been
demanded and giyen-reealls the can
tankerous action of an elderly gentle
man at bazar given some years ago,
when the Professional Beauty" was
first known by that term. One of these,
before serving the elderly gentleman
with a cup of tea, told him the price.
which he paid; and then, after taking
% sip herself, added: And a guinea
for that" There's your guinea" said
the gentleman" and now give me a
lclean cup"
+ Several members of the Scottish Re-
serve. before leaving for the Cape, were
their fellow-workers in Dundee. Now,
boys" said the chairman, after an APP
lpropriate speech, treat what is on the
table as you would the Beers" As the
feast ended one of the reseryists was
observed slowing away a bottle of
whisky in his pocket. whats that
we're daein, Tam?" shouted the chair
man, good-humoredly. "Oh," replied
Tam. I'm only obeyin' orders. Ye
telt us to treat the supper as we would
the Beers, and, ye ken, what we dlnna
kill we TAX prisoners"
The late DR.. Todd, the Irish archeol.
ogist, although great scholar, was moi
above perpetratlng a joke. A learned
Englshman once went to Dublin to
examine some manuscript In the IL
.brary of Trinity College, and was In
itroduced to DIR. Todd. One day in con-
iversation the latter told him that there
;" as 49, AiatAS Coii06t Il tuiiouS
stance of the survival of habit dating
from the time of the Danes; that at a
certain hour of the afternoon a porter
went the round of the college ringing q
bell and calling out in a loud voice
THE Danes in the hail." when all the
students rushed from their rooms to
repel the invaders. The learned but
somewhat incredulous Englishman re-
paired to the college at the appointed
hour and, sure enough, the porter ap-
peared, ringing his bell and calling out
1.-THE Danes in the hail." and the stu.
dents hurried from their rooms to the
hall. 1t was only some hours later
that the Englshman comprehended
that this was merely the customary
manner of summoning the students to
the hall when the dean of the college
awaited them, 1.-THE dean" being trans
formed by the Milesian tongue into
1.-THE dane"
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