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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
ON TO HIS CURVES.

When He Tried to Discover Her Senti-
ments He struck snag.
lie WAS "A young man. as SOME young
men are who are eyerlaslingly paying
their devors to pretty girls, and never
reaching any definite business conclu-
sion.
\ man Ike that learns exactly what
girl thinks Of him, and when he hnds
+ II Is favorable, even TO matrlmony, lie
begins to hedge, aud after n few pain
full struggles OF II choked Cupid. the
affair is all over, and the girl wonders
whatever she was such an Idiot Tor.
Willie the man laughs softly TO himself
and seeks fresh fields aud pastures
new
Really there ought TO be law against
II. and II Judge Lynch would iniere-
vene now and then II would elenr the
atmosphere; but public sentiment Isn't
sufficiently educated yet aud we must
wait awhile for the needed reform.
However, all girls are not the same.
and the one OF this chronicle WAS differ
ent. though the young man WAS like
those referred TO.
He had been paying asslduous court
to her for six months. aud II Is mol TO
be denied that she liked him. Most
well-balanced girls do and nobody can
or wants To censure them for II. He
wasn't quite sure where he stood In her
affections. and he was anxious 10 know,
so he proceeded In the usual fashion.
Only this time the girl wasn't an idiot.
What would you do. Fannie" he
said In his pleasant finland way. III n
fellow should tell you he loved yonf'
That would depend" she responded
with a little fiutter of she didn't exact
ly know what.
Depend on WHAT" he inquired.
"oh, on good many things" she
said, rather weakly.
And suppose he were TO ask you 10
marry himY" he asked next. concluding
that promptness was the soul Of dis
patch.
THAT would depend too" she nm
swered nervously.
ION whatY" and he became very ten.
der Indeed.
We'll. you ask me to marry you and
see" she said, SO rorcbly that hs was
disconnected to the point OF utter rout.
and he has been kicking himself ever
since. for he learned afterward that the
girl was worth 100000 In her own
right and he might have won her
Detroit Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
When Ma.capni Comnose.,

Maseagnfs greatest passion and de-
light is to conduct an orchestra, for
which be himself says he has natural
talent. But what Is more interesting
is TO watch Mascagnl composing his
works. His wife. Signora Lima. Mimi
this eldest boy. Dino (another som and
Emilia This little daughterl all have
their parts in it. When the maestro
10 feverishly writing notes and rush
ing TO the piano to catch an inspiration,
bis wife follows him TO and fro while
the children climb on his knees, he IN
consciously running his fingers through
their curls. AS soon as he has fixed
on a melody he gathers the children In
his arms and they all roll indiscrimi-
nately on the floor, the shouts, humps,
laughter. tears making such an uproar
that at last Signora Mascagni inter
feres, scolding her husband and telling
him that a grave musician should give
a better example to his family. She
bundles away the children and he re-
turns to his desk. but few minutes
later the scene repeats itself.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
SUGAR AS A sTIMuLANT.
jwiss Guides and Canadian Lumber
men Aware Of Its Value.

IWt94 ouioc8 anu
men Aware of Its Value.
The Swiss guides fully appreciate the
value of sugar as a stimulant, and al
ways carry 1t In their kits, preferring
lump sugar or highly sweetened ehoeo-
late. The muscular lumbermen of
Canada consume an extraordinarily
large amount of sugar during the sea-
son In the woods, taking 1t In the form
of molasses. They sweeten their milk
less tea with II, make cakes with 1t and
even add II to their fried salt pork,
which is the only meat they get during
the time they are in the woods cutting
lumber, and this is practically half the
year. In the "black belt" OF Alabama
the staple articles of diet are also mo-
lasses, salt pork and cornmeal. These
and day out, year about, and yet the
negroes seem to thrive on them. But II
ID on the sugar cane plantations, per-
haps, where the value of sugar as an
article of diet Is most apparent. A
pamphlet entitled Sugar as Food" re-
Gently issued by the Department of
Agriculture, referring to this fact,
says: For months the chief food of
the negro laborers on the plantations
Is said to be sugar cane, and they are
seen to grow strong and fat as the sea
son advances. They go through the
hard labor of harvesting the crop and
come out in fine condition, although
they began 1t weak and half starved"
1t should be added, however, that the
entire juice of ripened cane is more
complete food than sugar. containing,
as 1t does. other food constituents be-
sides carbohydrates.
Children have natural craving for
sweet things, and the sugar Of milk,
which makes up from to per cent. of
1t. forms an important part OF baby's
first nutriment taking the place of
starch until the child's stomach Is able
to assimilate 1t, so that 2-year-old
child drinking two quarts of milk a
day consumes in this way about three
ounces OF sugar.
A lump of sugar contains as much
nutriment as an ounce of potato and is
far more easily asslmilated. In times
OF great exertion, as are likely to occur
In army life, this feature is particularly
valuable. In warm countries sugar
takes the place OF fat and either sugar
sweet fruit, as dates, figs, etc, Is
aten In large quantities in tropical eli
mates. As source OF muscular energy
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23

Cast steel balls when made require to
be examined in order that faulty ones
may be east aside. This examination
involves much time and labor. and even
then faulty balls are not always detect
ed. German has devised an abJar-
atus for testing them In accordance
with physical laws. The balls are
placed on the top Of cylinder in which
works a piston rod; each ball is struck
with the same force by the rod and
falls on an inclined surface: at the end
of this plane II strikes against an i'm
pact surface. II a ball is perfect IL will
have enough elasticity to rebound be
yond fixed barrier, but II it is lmpe;
feet II has an inferior degree of elias
ticity and falls short. All balls which.
do not pass the barrier may safely be
rejected as faulty.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
am Dean Howels, Glddings. and

lam Dean Howells Glddings, and
Wade
Hundreds of people each year visit
the old law offices of Giddings X Wade.
the famous statesmen of anti-slayery
times, located AT Jefferson. Ashtabula
County. Their monuments in the little
Jefferson cemetery are also a point of
interest. Scattered here and there
throughout the reserve are the old I'M
derground railroad stations which shell
tered many a slave on his way TO lib
erty The birthplace OF Mckinley is
located at Niles and the home of james
A. Garfield at Mentor. William Dean
Howells set type in a printing office
at Jefferson which is still standing. and
the same paper Is issued weekly. Edith
Thomas. the poetess of nature, often
went down beside the brook at Geneva
and wrote poetry beneath the canopy
OF an umbrella as she watched the tor.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
How Toll Conquered Pride.


John Adams, the second President of
following aneedote:
when | was a boy | used to study
Latin grammar; but II was dull, and
hated 1t My father was anxious to
send me to college, and therefore
studied the grammar till could stand
IT no longer; and going to my father
told him that | did not like study. and
should prefer some other employment
My father said Well, John, II
Latin grammar does not suit you, try
ditching-perhaps that will My
meadow yonder needs ditch, and you
may put by Latin and try that.
This seemed delightful change.
and to the meadow | went But soon
found dtehing harder than Latin. and
the first forenoon was the longest
ever experienced. That day ate the
bread OF labor, and glad was | when
night came ON. That night | made
some comparison between Latin gram
mar and ditehing. but said not word
about 1t
Il dug next forenoon. and wanted 10
return TO Latin at dinner; but IL was
humlllating. and could not do il. Al
night toll conquered pride. and though
il was one of the severest trials | ever
had In my life, told father that II he
chose would go back to Latin gram
mar
HE was glad Of 1t. and II have
since gained any distinction, it has
been owing TO the two days labor in
! that ditch"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
The Summer Boarder.

The summer boarder Is often used TO
point Joke or adorn a romance, but
now for the first time, so far as we are
aware, he has been Investigated. an
alyzed, tabulated and reduced to a tan
gible form as an economic and busl-
ness factor. This service has been ad-
mirably performed by the New Hamp-
shire labor bureau. and the result
shows that the summer boarder is, af-
ter all, creature of no mean Import.
ance regarded from a practical and
commercial point OF view. 1t is set
forth that not less than S10442, 352 is
Invested in properties used for summer
boarding purposes In New Hampshire.
and OF this amount $937,7S5 was In
vested In new and enlarged buildings In
1899. Summer visitors left 4,94T, g31
In the State last year, an excess of
S4O2,341 over any year on record. There
are 204 cities and towns In New Hamp-
shire where summer visitors are enter
tained, and only thirty-one where they
are unknown. Grafton County had
the largest number last year, Its total
being 2,322,20O. The hotels and board
Ing houses furnished employment to
ZOO residents.-Leslie's Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23

At one OF the regattas OF the Nation
al Association OF American Oarsmen
during the early nineties James Pilker-
ton, for many years the champion soul
Ter OF America, was matched TO row
double against another team. He and
his mate were the champions. and the
general belief was that they would win
without effort. But the night before
the regatta public opinion suddenly
and mysterlously changed. Mr.. PHI
kerton knew that this was not caused
by any new development of strength
in his opponent or any loss OF skill on
his own part After making some quiet
Inquiries he discovered that there was
talk Of his rowing mate having been
bought up by the other side and OF an
arrangement TO throw the race.
He didn't say anything about his sus-
picions, but when the two men were
seated In the shell and were well out
into the deep water he leaned over 10
his mate and said:
Look her, you blooming cutthroat!
You've got to swim, drown or win this
racei You know mew He won.-Sat-
urday Evening Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
safely made the Journey, soon after he

safely made the Journey, soon after he
landed In this territory as one OF It's
early settlers. He. with several other
enthusiastic young hunters, were out
after deer One of these animals, an
extra large one, ran TO the bank OF the
lake and jumping in swan far out into
its blue waters. Swaziland followed
in canoe. He was caught in a gale
OF wind aud found it impossible to re-
turn 10 shore. All that day and night
he drifted about helplessly bailing the
water from his canoe at intervals and
holding on. In the morning he sighted
the Canadian shore and landed safely,
and few months later returned home,
where his relatives had mourned him
as dead
One of the first pioneers on the re-
serve was Alexander Harper, who.
with his wife aud seven children, ar
rived at a point near Unionville June
IS. Here within three months time he
died. There being no collins available,
he was buried in one hewn from the
trunk of tree The family fought
hard against great priyations and hard
ships and We're successful pioneers. To
day the Harper residence stands as one
II the landmarks of the reserve. 1t
contains the rarest of relics.
Later In the Western reserves his
tory We lind John Brown picking many
or his men from the Western reserve.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23

The Philadelphia Bourse Is the home
of a very intelligent cat. This tabby.
which Is coal black. without single
white spot upon her, has fondness for
travelling in the elevator. She is per-
feetly Mt home there, and travels I'D and
down many times daily. She goes to
the door of the elevator and news I'M
til the car comes along and takes her
on. The various elevator mer are very
careful OF her. for she is a great
mouser, and in the Bourse, M In other
big buildings, mice are troublesome.
These little pests frequently destroy
valuable documents supposedly safely
slowed away In desks and drawers.
Tabby notifies the elevator men what
floor she desires to get off upon by
mewing loudly rs the car comes TO the
particular story. In this way she
makes a tour of inspection of the entire
building.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
Worth Fifty Thousand Dollar.

The tail feathers of the feriwah, a
rare member of the family OF Paradl-
seidae, or birds OF Paradise, nre the
most expensive known. Indeed, It's
price may be called prohibltlye. for the
only tuft existing in England-prob-
ably In any civilized land-was pro-
cured with such difficulty that 1t Is con
sldered to be worth $4,000 1t now
adorns the apex OF the coronet worn
ON state occasions by the Prince of
Wales. The feriwah, like most birds
of Its family, Is shy and difficult TO
track, haunting the most remote re
gions OF the East Indian islands. As
home of tigers and other fierce anil
mails, Its pursuit is attended with great
danger 1t is said the aforementioned
tuft was secured by the cost OF twelve
lives. Its full beauty and luster are
lost unless 1t is pulled from the living
bird, which must therefore. at first
be only wounded or trapped. Very
valuable also are those of the drepanus
and moho OF the Hawaiian islands.
The brilliantly colored feathers of these
birds were formerly exacted as a tax
from the people, and employed by them
TO ornament their state robes. Only
one of these cloaks is now In existence
in Honolulu, and II is kept with the
greatest care for the use of the sover-
eign on state occasions. Such would
be the demand for this should II be for
sale that 1t may safely be said to be
worth more than 100000, single
feathers having been sold for fabulous
gnma
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
ODDITIES IN GOLD COINAGE.


Remarkable Specimen of Uncle Sans
Mintage Owned ny "a Kansas Man.
D. NJ. White. Of Emporia, kan., has
gathered an array Of gold coins which,
in interest and value. is probably not
to he equaled by any other private col
lection in the country. Among them IS
25-eent piece. octagon In shape. mark
ed "a dollar Beside il is a round
piece Of the same value. Other coins
are gold 0ctago and circles stamped
with the following values: 81, $50,
and So There is also gold coin mark
I'd 100 cents" with large star ia the
center. In which is stamped the purity
Of the gold and the amount of alloy
used. OF the 81 pieces only l00 were
issued; and these. ON account OF their
close resemblance 10 the 81 coin. We're
soon called in by the government. To
this call eighty-three pieces responded.
of the seventeen which objected to re
coinage Mr.. White OWNS six. for
which he has refused S1.O0O. \ s.
piece OF this collection presents a sur
face entirely blank save for the date
Of its issue. 1907. Another interesting
DIN Is $40 Pixies Peak" piece. Is
ued in 1861 from the private mint Of
Clark, Gruber a Co. of Denver.
still more notable coin. oetagonal IN
shape. is marked nifty dollars The
date Of Its issue from a San Francisco
mint. 1851, and the name of the assay
er. are stamped ON its edge. This coin
was carried for years a. poeket-plece
by C. = Cross. an Emporia banker. IA
nous as the owner OF the Sunny slope
ranch, one OF the largest thoroughbred
stock farms in the world. Other coins,
forgotten by the old aud nnheard Of
by the young. might be added TO those
mentioned. but enough have been men
toned 10 show that. during the cen
fury, the United States has made some
surprising experiments in the coinage
OF its gold
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
Plant. boarded i'm the Summer.

A Philadelphia woman makes COM
Portable living each summer by TAX
ing plants to board" When the
wealthy residents of the city close
their homes, preparatory to spending
the season at the seaside. the woman
calls and gets their plants and takes
them to her own conservatory. She
makes a nominal charge for caring for
the plants and those who have rare
flowers find that 1t is much more sat.
isfactory to send the valuable speci.
mems out to board than to leave them
to the care of servants.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
Queer Thin &c Heard In tho Elevators

"A funny thing about this business,
said man who runs the elevator In a
big office building, lis the way people
" II sometimes call out whatever hap
sns to be on their minds instead of the
Tamber of the fosr at which they want
to stop. Just a few moments ago a
very good-looking lady got in the car,
and, when we were about half way up
she called out suddenly: Two back
teeth 'Whatr said |. little startled.
L mean i've she answered, turning
red. Then she saw that made 1t worse
than ever, and she turned red some
more. L mean please stop at the fifth
floor she managed 10 say. very low,
when we were nearly to the top. You
see. she was on her way to the dentists,
may be to have two back teeth
snatched out, and | suppose she could
not think of anything else. The other
day a fat. fussy old man rushed in with
a bundle of papers in his hand. When
we got near the fourth floor he blurted
out: He's contemplate rascal
Very likely said |, and kept on going
up. HI, there he yelled, why didn't
you stop where told your How did
l know what floor you meantr said l.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
THE HARDY GOAT.
II Can De Made Valuable as a Dairy
Animal

The usefulness of the goat In clearing
foul lands and the profitableness of the
animal for its hair. skin and even car
rass are becoming pretty well Under.
| stood. But the goat Is valuable as
dairy animal II the cows, for in.
stance. are being used for supplying a
city milk trade. the keeping of goats
for the home milk supply would be an
excellent policy. The goat Will live
where COW would starye, and, while
It. like every domestic animal, will do
best on good pasture, 1t Will live and
yield milk on astonishingly little food
The animal and Its milk are almost
entirely exempt from disease. The
milk IS mere nutritious than that OF the
row and agrees with stomachs that
cows milk frequently offends. The
animal requires only the cheapest kind
" shelter. but II needs shelter from the
storms and in winter. II by reason OF
| drought soiling Is necessary, leaves.
vegetable refuse. peelings OF the apple
| or potato, bread crnsts or stale bread,
If they are sweet and clean, viii be all
the feed that is needed.
All goats, however, will not eat the
same food, and the feeder Will have to
study the appetites Of the individual
animal. Frequent feeding and a va
rlety of food In winter will be found
beneficial. Roots. oilmeal, oats, corn
(of the latter In the whole state the
goat Is very fond, are proper feed. es-
pecially for the milking goat Rock
salt is greatly relished. The flavor OF
goats milk cannot be distinguished
from that of cows milk II 1t is proper
~ cared for From three to four plnts
day Is the average yield OF Il good
mixer. The milk Is so rich and OF
such a character that In making pastry
II will take the place OF eggs.-Epto-
mist.
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silva AND DEW.
The Fearful Devil of the Hindoos
and His Principal Wife.

silva is both typical of destruction
and OF reproduction. But the latter at
tribute was doubtless later addition
to the sum OF his qualities. The orig
inal conception of this deity was that
of a power dellghting in destruction.
In the achievement of physical evil and
wrong and in hurting death and devas-
tation upon the people and their land
He Is represented In the sacred books
OF the Hindoos as the terrible destroy
err" the one who delights ia the de-
structlon Of men," But In all this there
is no whisper as yet Of any moral quail
tiles OF evil. The conception Is entirely
one OF physical power, used with the
utmost maleyoience and injustice
against men.
Along with his principal wife, who
is variously called Dew. Durga, Una
and Kali he is portrayed as the incar-
nation of physical evil. wrong. injus-
tice or misfortune. In the "Puranas'
silva is described as wandering about
surrounded by ghosts and goblins, In
ebriated, naked and with disheveled
hair, covered with the ashes OF n fu-
neral pile, ornamented with human
skulls and bones, sometimes laughing
and sometimes crying. Dew, his con
sort, Is represented with a hldeous and
a terrible eountenance streaming with
blood, encircled with snakes, hung
round with skulls and human heads
and In all respects resembling fury
rather than a goddess. The only pleas
ure which silva and Deyi feel is when
their affairs are drenched with blood.
which. OF course. could not be shed
without the destruction Of some form
OF life.-Westminster Review.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23

"You need change" said the doctor.
II think you should take trip to Eu-
rope"
well. DOCTOR" said the man with a
large and expensive family, you need
a change, too. I'm thinking"
Really"
Yes. You want to change your
mind Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
EARLY DAYS IN OHIO.
OLD WESTERN RESERVE CELE.
sRATES ITS CENTENNIAL.
Home of Great Men-Church Dedicated
with Whisky-Pioneer Settlers suf-
fered Hardships, and First White
Child Born Died OF Starvation.

That section OF the country known In
early days as the Western reserve" in
Ohio recently celebrated its centennial
One hundred years ago the first white
child born in the Western reserve died
of starvation. The first church In the
section was dedicated by the breaking
of a bottle OF whisky over its steeple.
Among the prominent men born and
raised In that part of Ohio were James
A. Garfield, William Mckinley, Will
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23

The whistle Of locomotive is heard
$500 yards through the air. the noise
of the railway train $500, the repor,
OF rife and the bark of a dog Soo
yards, an orchestra or the roll OF n
drum 1000 yards. the human voice
reaches to n distance OF 1000 yards.
the croakiug of frogs 800 yards. the
chirping of crickets 800 yards. Distinct
speaking is heard in the air above to p
distance OF 900 yards; from above
has range OF only 100 yards down
ward.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the nom
conformist preacher, was a great pun
ster. One day, while an invalid at Men
tone, he was walking by the seashore
at a time when the Mediterranean was
raging furiously. Suddenly he inter-
rupted the conversation and asked:
What are the wild waves sayingY'
and then he gave his own witty answss
to the question: let us (s)prayw
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
Law Case 800 Years Old.

A case in the courts Of Russia is sup
posed to hold the record in age. making
the celebrated case Of Jarndyce VS..
Jarndyce an infant OF few days in
comparison. 1t is a claim for some
land alleged to be illegally included
within the bounds of Russian city,
and, though 1t was begun in 1400, 1t il
still In progress, a veritable legal Methu-
selah. aged 500 years exactly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
Effect OF Climate ON Pianos.

The finest pianos known in America
were imported from London In 1874 by
John Jacob Astor, but as they could
not stand the rigors OF this climate thsy
soon became ruined. The fact led to
the attempt to build pianos In this coun-
try, and in the early part Of the pres
emit century uprights made their ap-
pearance.