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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
uov Mccullough Lost a Ret.

William II. Crane. the actor, once
tojl this story Oh his old friend McCul-
tough. He said that one night In San
Francisco he was awakened from n
sound sleep by Mccullough pounding
on the door of his room and In response
To his sleepy Inquiry as TO what was
wanted responded: Let me In, Biliy.
| want you 10 decide bet.
once in. Mccullough told Crane that
mr. And the mau who accompanied him
had net $50 goldpieee as TO who could
stand the longer ON one foot ana that
Crane must referee the contest. The
urelimiunries being arranged and the
stakes deposited. time was called. and
each contestant. lifting foot from the
uoor. stood like a crane, while the real
Crane lay back In n recumbent posi-
ton with a drowsy eye on the contest
ants. The seconds dragged into min
utes, which again threatened TO extend
into the hour without either dlsputant
giving up.
Suspecting something was wrong.
e5sue walked himself up and examined
his laerf more closely. The other man
gas wagering a bit. but Mccullough
was standapg like rock. Another FIVE
minutes went by. and then Crane, hop
ping ont OF bed discovered that McCul-
Tough had one foot resting against an
adjacent sofa and could have stood
there for Il week. II necessary. The
other man won the bet but the joke
was on the referee.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28

Hitherto these two old mines have
regulated the supply and the price Of
the article and enormous profits are
said to have been realized from them.
1t is estimated that the fuller's earth
found in this new vein can be put on
the market ready for commercial uses
at one-third the cost possible from any
other mine.
Some of the more important uses to
which this material is now put, with
excellent results. are the following:
/. In making baby's powders of
great healing properties for the skin.
9. In refining all kinds of crude oils.
3. For distilling WHISTLES and brew
ing beer.
4. In the manufacture of all kinds
of vaselnes.
0. Packing houses use 1t for refining
lards, oleomargarines, butterines and
cottolenes. These commodities cannot
be made without the use of fuller's
earth.
O. As foundation for manufactur-
ing all kinds of laundry and toilet
soaps.
7. A new use recently discovered for
fuller's earth is that the wool manu-
facturers wash old wool with 1t, as 1t
is a great absorber of all oils and re-
fuse matter found In raw wool.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
Naming tho Prince of Wales.

About six hundred years ago there
was a king of acknowledgement l.
who subdued the people of Wales. At
ter conquering the Welsh he was anx-
lous to get their goodwill, and so,
when 1t happened that his first baby
prince was born in Carnarvon, In
Wales, he had a bright idea. He an
nounced that his boy was o native of
Wholesome who could speak Welsh
just as well as any other tongue this
was true, as the baby was but a few
weeks old, and he should therefore be
the peoples own prince. Edward,
Prince of Wales.
Twenty-three years after this baby
became King of England, and about
hfty years later his grandson had as
signed to him, as the third Prince of
Wales, the crest and motto which has
been borne by all the English kings
sons who have since that day had the
title. The crest IL three ostrich feath-
ers. and the motto Is the sentence, "Ich
den'--.I serve" 1t was given to the
Black Prince, boy of great promise,
who fought brayely at the battle Of
Crecy.-Forward.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28

SENIOR Sawyer considered himself
personally responsible for Republic
an majority in Wisconsin and was
quite sensitive 90 that subject.
During the Garfield campaign l was
sitting one day in his eimple office Mt
Oshkosh when a gentleman. then I'M
known. but now occupying prominent
position In public affairs, appeared
with letter OF Introduction from Mar
ssall Jewell of Connecticut. chairman
of Ape Republican national committee,
who stated that the bearer had been In.
structed TO visit Wisconsin for the pur-
pose Of making n report upon the po-
lltieal situation and the prospects OF
the Republican ticket. This pricked
the old mans pride. lie resented, In
his good natured way. the invasion of
his territory. and I noticed that his
face flushed as he read the letter. Aft
er looking out OF the window for a few
moments be looked at his watch. hand
ed back the letter OF Introduction TO his
surprised visitor and remarked with
edeaiberation
''lbere's train leaving here at 8
O'Clock tbat will get you inte New York
day after tomorrow morning, and I'll
send up one OF my boys TO see that you
get aboard. When you get TO New
York. you tell Jewell that old Sawyer
read that letter and said there was
nothing for you TO report OF. You
might add. however. that old Sawyer
asked you who was looking after
things In Connecticut" -Chieago Rec
ord
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Chenp Cats.

General Sir Herbert Chermside was
formerly q consul In Asia Minor. Once,
In q weak moment, he sent couple of
beautiful Angora cats as a present to
a lady In Constantinople. The lady
was so pleased that she asked him to
send some more. Sir Herbert gave his
native servant some money and told
him to go and buy two or three. Then
came a demand for more cats from the
consul's friends. and he gave his sery-
ant more money with which to buy
cats.
This went on for two or three
months, and the native servant waxed
exceeding fat. One morning, however,
the general, on coming out of the con
sulate. was surrounded by host of
Infatuated yelled women, who besought
Mohammed to curse him because he
had stolen all their cats. 1t appears
that the native servant had pocketed
the money for himself and gone round
with a sack and confiscated every cat
In the place,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
HOW the Heart Escaped.

An old officer. walking along Pail
Mall, stopped to speak to a crossing
sweeper who saluted him In military
fashion.
you have been In the Service, my
manw said he.
u have thin yer honner" replied the
sweeper. In broad Irish brogpe,
Have you been In any engage
ments|
"Shure was all through the Crimayo
war"
Ibid you get any wounds?" asked this
officer.
II was shot through me heart" re
piled the crossing sweeper, without the
slightest hesitation.
"Get along, fellow" said the officer
Indignantly. assuming that the sweeper
was an impostor III you had been
shot through the heart you would have
been as dead as a door-nail"
But shure, sur" said the man, "me
heart was In me throat at the timel"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
OLD TIMES, OLD FRIENDS. OLD LOVE.


There are no days like the good old days
The days when were youthful;
When humankind were pure of mind
And speech and deeds were truthful;
Before love for sordid gold
Became mans ruling passion
And before each dame and maid became
Slaves to the tyrant fashion.
There are no girls like the good old girls
Against the world I'd stake 'eni-
As buxom and smart and clean OF heart
As the Lord knew how to make EN-
They we're rich In spirit and common sense.
piety all supportn:
They could bake and brew and bad taught
school. too.
And they made the hkeliest courtin.
There are no boys like the good old boys
When we were boys together,
When the grass was sweet to the brown bare feet
That dimpled the laughing heather,
When the pewee sung to the sumner dawn
OF the bee in the billowy clover,
Or down by the mill the whippoorwill
Echoed his night song over.
There Is no love like the good old love
The love that mother gave US
We are old, old men, yet we pine again
For that precious grace-God save US
So we dream and dream Of the good old times.
And our hearts grow tenderer, fonder,
AS those dear old dreams bring soothing CLEANS
OF heaven away Of yonder
Eugene Field.
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no connecting or adjusting of parts
necessary. the scale being ready for
instant use as soon as the case is open
ed. Another good idea In this design
Is to have sliding beam scale. so that
there is no picking out and manipula-
ton of weights, the beam weight be-
ing simply adjusted at the proper point
on the beam to balance the opposite
pan and its contents, when its weight
can be read on the scale at once. This
arrangement also secures great stabili
ity, as the box. when opened, forms
the base for the scales, and prevents
their being toppled over when In use.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
A Thrifty Habit.

"Stinginess Is pns thing and an OBJ
seryapce of excessive nicely IN finan.
cial details Is another" said a Western
man who is worth good deal of mon
ey. "As an example will cite rich
old uncle once had. He was a mill
lonaire and not stingy, but he watched
the pennies Ike n hawk, and he was
so exacting that everybody said he
was the meanest man In the county
but he wasn't, for he gave away $780,
900 o year in various charities that he
would not let the recipients mention.
But TO the case In point, One day
asked him for nickel for car fare,
telling him | would return 1t when
got some change, but forgot all about
It. Three months after that 1t occur
red 10 the old gentleman to be very
nice to his five nephews and nleces,
and at Christmas four of them received
checks for 5000 each, while mine
was for $4,999.9a. It vas Just his
way. don't you see3 owed him that
nickel and he wanted IT,"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
Origin OF visiting Cards.

''Phe use Of visiting cards dates back
to quite an antiquity" explains Mrs.
Van Koert Schuyler, in the Ladies'
Home Journal. Formerly the porter
at the lodge or door OF great houses
kept visitors book, In which he
scrawled his idea of the names of those
who called upon the master and his
family, and to whose inspection II was
submitted from time to time. One fine
gentleman. scion Of the nobility from
The Faubaurg 81. Germain, was shock
ed to find that HIS porter kept 30 poor
register OF the names of those who
had called upon him. The names. badly
written with spluttering pen and pale
or muddy Ink. suggested to him the
idea Of writing his own name upon
slips of paper or bits Of cardboard In
advance Of calling upon his neIghbors
lest his name should fare as badly at
the hands Of their porters. This Gus
tom soon became generally estab-
lished."
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no taste for the conventionalities of So
cial life, and although on the death of
his father he became entitled to all the
privileges Of a member of the House of
Lords, he voluntarily renounced them,
and went to sea- AS an ordinary sail
or he made several voyages, and even
tually was drowned. on a passage
from Boston to Melbourne, on jan
uary 9th, 1870. For some time a GER
tain amount of mystery existed re-
Epecting his death, but as there was NO
doubt Of its occurrence, the Countess
second son. the present Earl. succeed
ed to the title and the estates. For
many years the late Countess of Aber-
deem lived in retirement. She was es-
teemed aud beloved by innumerable
friends. by whom she will be sincerely
regretted.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
"TAkING" A DOCTORS LECTURE

Why a Stenoarapher's Report Was Not
Appreciated by Her Brother.
"will you go over to the medical col
lege and take a lecture for me this af-
ternoonr said young Charlie Brown to
his sister.
Brown Is studying medicine and his
sister is learning stenography.
Eyes. It will be fine practice" assent
ed Charles sister. So she got good
seat, sharpened her pencil. and pre-
pared to take lecture on nerves while
Charlie went to a ball game. The doc
tor illustrated his talk by charts and
used the most informal expressions
that he could, for 1t was junior class.
Miss Brown got along famously. Occa-
sionally abe leaned over and asked a
young student In front of her a word,
but In the main It was all easy.
Medical lectures are simply snaps"
she announced as she handed Charlie
the copy. "Of course don't understand
the technical terms and l had to leave
a few out, but you will know what they
are"
Charlie took the lecture and settled
down to read It, thinking he had at last
settled the problem OF studying medi-
cine without the formality of going to
lectures. This is the way 1t read. to the
extent of some ten pages;
Gentlemen, you will observe that
this - which begins here Mt the =
and extends over there to the - Is n
nerve called -. This - is sometimes
attacked. gentlemen, by disease, =.
which causes - to this other nerve,
which you all know is the -"
II was plain that Charlie was not sat
isfed with the report" Of the lecture,
and, on being pressed by his sister for
the reason of his apparent dlsappoint-
mont he told her that the omission of
the medical terms made the notes
worthless.
I'm sorry" said the girl, naively,
"but l really didn't understand what
the doctor said, and, besides, l didn't
think that part of his talk amounted to
much,r
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28

after ! landed In Algiers," said q
P1ttsbnrg man who is visiting Detroit
friends, Il went out for little walk
to see the town and Incidentally TO
find barber shop.
after spending some time IN fruit,
less search | accosted n man and po-
Rltely asked him TO direct me TO the
nearest place where could get shaved.
Monsieur did not comprehend. and
Eepeated my question. What he said
do not know, as he understood no
English, and ! am equally ignorant OF
French. We parted.
81 walked on until ! met an intelli-
gent looking chap whom stopped.
Slowly, distinctly and In a loud tone
of voice | again stated my request.
jAeybody ought to have understood,
lDW he did not. He threw volley
of Frs,nch at me, gesticulated madiy
and left ape standing there.
with tue third man l changed my
tactics. did act attempt TO talk 10
him III n foreign tongue that he was
too stupid 10 understand | clutched
him by the arm and held him while l
performed pantomime shave. WhG3
l finished looked at him inquirlngly.
: "'Yes.' he said, 4 can see that you
are a desperate man. ! suppose YOU
syam mr. To lake you to secluded
spot where you can cut your throatT
Never did the English language
sound sweeier 10 me. ana, learning
what wanted 10 know. ! was soon
happily vending my gay to the near
est barber shop Detroit Free Press
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WELLINGToN's DECISION.
When the Moment to Strike Had
Come, He Did Not Hesitate.

Whea the Moment to Strike Had
Come, He Did Not Hesitate.
BadaJos Hes In Spain five miles from
| the Portuguese frontier. 1t was the
key of situation Wellington's chance
was to strike at Badajos before the
French marshals could combine and
crush him. His task was both In front
Of him and behind him. He lacked
transport; he lacked food for the men:
the soldiers were eating cassaya root
instead of bread; the buliocks were
weak and emaciated. All this was the
doing Of the parliament at home.
But Wellington knew that the mo-
ment to strike had come. and be seems
to have hesitated very little. Placing
no faith In the tongues of the Portu-
guese, he made his plans with all pos
slble secrecy. The guns for the siege
were loaded on board the transport at
Lisbon and consigned to a fictitious ad-
dress But In the river Sadhao they
were placed upon smaller vessels, and
finally they were again landed and
drawn by bullocks to Eloas. a post In
the possession of the allies. Having
stationed twe-thiFds of his force under
General Graham and General Hill to
prevent a most probable interference
by Soult and Marmont, Wellington adj
vanced, reaching Eloas on the 18th of
March, 1912. He had made the most
incredible exertions.
The stupidity OF the Portuguese had
We'd with the stupidity of the govern
ment at home. Wellington had been
carrying the preparation for the cam
paign upon his own shoulders. II he
was to via Badajos. he was to win 1t
With no help save that from gallant
and trustworthy subordinates. He was
Ill withal Even his strangely steel
like nature had bent beneath the trou-
bic Of preparation amid such indiffer~
ence. But on March 16 Reresford, with
three divisions, crossed the Guardiana
on pontoons and flying bridges, drove
the enemy's outposts and invested
Badajos.-Stephen Crane in New Lip
Dincott's.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
POCKET SCALE.

Convenient for Physicians. Amateur
Photographers and others.
A convenient pocket scale for the use
Of physici ans. photographers and 9th
ers who require scale capable of ac-
curately weighing small quantities of
drugs, chemicals or other solid sub
stances is here illustrated. As soon as
the box lid is opened the standard,
which supports the scale beam, Is
thrown into an upright position by a
spring. This scale beam is just long
enough TO go In the box. and the stand
ard Is so connected TO II that there Is
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
ouAll.dUNTINo IN EGYPT.
Half Q Million . Year Ensnared b.
Natives,

HAIR htihou fcAr Ensnared Dy
Natives,
Much has been said lately Of the cap
ture Of quail In Egypt. touching the
protest made by FreAebmen against
carrying the birds across French terri
tory for English use. Until this mat
ter rose nobody seemed to know that
quail existed in Egypt, but they do
by the millions.
The passage of bands of quail over
the coast Of the delta OF the Nile, from
Port Said to Alexandria, begins In Sep
tember aud lasts month and a half,
the birds arriving In little groups and
alighting on the dunes.
Generally the chase Is made by means
of nets of Ave meters high. which the
natives extend on cords fastened TO
poles, In the fashion Of curtains Gid
Ing on their rods.
In reality the net Is double. The first
near the side OF the sea is of meshes
very large and loose, but on the back
Is another net where the bird will real
ly come and perch Itself in the folds
formed by this second net Of small
meshes. There Is another method Of
capture which Ia more picturesque,
Rows of dried branches are placed on
the shore. At the foot Of each branch
is disposed tuft OF fresh herbs, in
thu middle of which is arranged an
opening which ends In a snare. The
quail, tired by ~ journey, takes refuge
in the branch, without Aspring to itself
that II Is going to put itself into trap
where a native will surprise 1t and Kill
It. With these perfected means OF de-
,truction. II is not astonishing that each
year more than half million OF these
poor little birds are taken.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
NEW FIND OF FULlER'S EARTH.
Deposits Of pngsgai Purity Discovered
in Florida.

Deposits OF GnNsHai Furity uncovered
In Florida.
There has just been brought to light
near the Ocklockopee River, fourteen
miles west OF Tallahassee. Fla, what
is believed by experts TO be one OF the
most wonderful pure veins OF fuller's
earth ever discovered In any country.
1t Is said to yield, at the expenditure of
very lttla labor. immense quantities of
fuller's earth, which stands the 100
test-that is TO say. there Is no waste.
Nearly all mines OF the kind contain.
besides the valuable commodity, rock,
tiint gravel. sand. etc, but this Is abso-
lutely free OF all such substances.
Fuller's earth is soft clay and 1t has
many uses. Half century ago 1t was
little mined In England, and was so
valuable there that expectation Of 1t
was prohibited.
Twelve miles from the place Of the
aew discovery are two fuller's earth
hines that have been worked for a
.ong time. One II kRowp as the Ward
mine and the other is owned BY the
STANDARD oil Company. The product
" used largely for refining crude oil.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28

fhave taken Lydia t. Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound as advised and now
send you letter for publication. For
several years l was in such wretched
health that life was almost burden.
l could hardly walk across the floor,
was so feeble. Several of our best
physicians attended me, but failed to
help. concluded TO write to you for
advice In few days ] received such
akind, motherly letter. ! followedyour
instructions and am my old self
again. Was greatly benefited before ]
had used one bottle. May God bless
yon for what You are doing for suffer
ing women e. Mrs. CLARA GATES,
Johns z. o., Miss, Oct. 8, 1899.
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MOtherlY Diacretinn.

Mother, Mr.. Simkins Is coming to
supper. Can we have strawberries
What is young Mr.. Simkins' sal
aryT
"Seven hundred, mother"
'No, my dear. We will have canned
prunes and doughnuts. 1t would be
doing a great unkindness to the young
man to give him false views of culinary
happiness on 500 year. Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
COUNTESS OF Aberdeen.
She Died Recently at the Advance

She Died Recently at the Advanced
Age of rs Years.
Herewith is given portrait Of Mary,
Countess Of Aberdeen, who died recent
ly, at the age of 70. The deceased lady
was the mother of the present earl. and
WAS a daughter of the late Mr.. George
Baillie. Of Mellerstain and Jeryis-
woode. sister of the tenth Earl of
Haddington, and became. In 1910. the
wife Of the ffth Earl of Aberdeen. who
succeeded his father-the First Lord
of the Treasury ut the outbreak of the
Crimean War-and died In 1864. They
had two sons. George. the sixth earl.
and the present peer The former had
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO. I
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LUCAS COUNTY, &C.
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doing business in the city OF Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and thai said firm will pa,
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use Of HALLS cAIARRH CURE;
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of peeember, AID 1886.
~ A. W. GLEASON
SEAL Notary Public.
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acts directly ON the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free,
+. ]. CHENEY Il 90, Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists, lac,
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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$1,000, Hotel, clearing $4,000 year; Sl75,
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working Partner, can learn trade and make
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Saloons, Lodging Houses, Stores, Ranches,
Houses, Lands, Lots, Etc Information
absolutely free, and We guarantee every
statement we make. "A years of established
reliability. Cosmopolitan Agency, a Geary
street, San Francisco.
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ST wonder will they miss mer wrote
&he poet In violet ink on gilt edged
paper.
Ana the editor. as he tossed the
manuscript into the yawning gulf at
his side. murmured softly, "If they do.
they never ought TO be trusted With n
gun again. London Telegraph.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-28

why do you think the plaintiff m
saneT witness examined AS to some
body's mental condition was asked by
counsel at q trial.
because" replied the witness, "he
is continually going about asserting
that he is the prophet Mohammed."
"And pray. sir" retorted the learned
gentleman Of the wig, do you think
that when a person declares he is the
prophet Mohammed that is a clear
proof of his insanityT
81 do"
"WhyT
Because" answered the witness, re-
g,rding his questioner with easy CON-
placency, II happen to be the prophet
Mohammed myself" = London An
swers.