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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
NEW SWINDLlNG GAME.
Prosperous Looking Old Gentleman
Has a Good One.

Persons who advertise for situations
should beware of a slick swindler, who
is working a new game. He Is de-
scribed as an elderly man of substan-
tial appearance and an air of fatheriy
beneyolence, whose very manner is
enough to disarm suspicion.
His scheme is to call on young men
and women who are advertising for sit
uations, and after a long talk, during
the course of which he inquiries closely
into their habits, he engages them.
Here is my address," he says, Civ
ing one that is equally as fictitious as
his name you may begin work In
the morning"
Satisfactory terms have been agreed
upon, usually In excess of what the ap-
plicant had expected. This puts him
In a good humor. Then the old man
rises as though to take his departure,
and, still talking, he feels in his peck
cts He discovers that a piekpoeket
has gone through him, but, fortunately,
he had very little money when he start
ed out. Still 1t is embarrassing to be
totally without change. Could he be
obliged with small loan, just as dol
lar or so? 1t will be returned when the
young man or young woman, as the
case may be, comes to work in the
morning.
Under the circumstances 1t would not
be policy to refuse, and he gets what
he asks for. The next morning the
victim goes to the address given pre-
pared to start In on the new duties and
finds that no such person Is known.
Several cases of this kind. have re-
Gently come to light. says the Philadel-
phla Record, and the same benevolent
looking old man has been implicated In
all of them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

A low birth rate, provided 1t does not
proceed from the physical decadence
of a people, has Its compensations. in
the opinion Of the Des Moines News.
Take France for instance. The census
shows that in thirty years the popula-
ton has increased from thirty-fve
millions to thirty-eight millions, an In
crease of only about per cent Dur
ing the same time the population Of
Great Britain has increased about 20
per cent. Germany, Austria, Russia
and Italy have gained even more than
that. II is said that the low birth rate
in France is a misfortune In that 1t
makes difficult recruiting for Its army.
0ermany's increase makes 1t possible
for that country to maintain the iarg-
est army in the world. On the other
hand the low birth rate In France
makes its people, taken a. q whole,
he most prosperous Of any nation -
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
Complimenting the General.

When General Moreau was In Eng
land he was once the victim of a rath-
er droll misunderstanding He was
present at a concert where a piece was
sung by the choir with the refrain:
Tomorrow, tomorrow"
Having a very imperfect knowledge
of English he fancied it to be a cantata
given in his honor. and thought lie dis.
tinguished the words:
ITO Moreau, to Moreau."
Each time the refrain was repeated
he rose to his feet and gracefully bowed
on all sides, to the great establishment
Of the audience, who did not know what
to make Of it.-London Tit Bits.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

That we live too fast In this country
has long been conceded. Fundament-
ally the cause of it is the old mistake of
considering the means as the end. We
pursue business and attainment OF
whatever sort as II the pursuit were
the thing and not the results of the pur-
suit and therefore as IL the fercer we
pursue 1t the more 1t Is to be desired.
The result is that we wear ourselves
out without getting the finest fruit or
flavor Of anything.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

In the long run education Is the uni
yersal cure for anarchy. 1t Is better
than law. 1t is especially superior to
special legislation AS soon as the edu-
cational systems Of the States are COM
prehenslye enough to draw all classes
and conditions Of people within their
Influences We Will have the nearest ap-
proach to a millennium that can be OBJ
taineI by mortal means. Great prog
res has been made and is still going on
Compulsory education is the only kind
of paternalism that Is tolerable under
our most beneficent system Of q union
OF States.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

II political party is worth perpetual
ton the young man Is worth cultiva-
ton. 1t is not necessary to place him
In position of responsibility or to give
him 80 much as an equal opportunity
with his elders. 1t would be an ex-
ceptionally conceited young man who
would expect as much. All he asks, as
a rule, Is to be allowed to serve an ap-
premiership so that when the responsi-
bility Of propagating correct doctrine
has fallen upon his generation he will
not be entirely unworthy or unpre-
pared.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
TRIPLES AFFECT MEMS LIVES.
Great Inventions Are Suggested by
Com monpiace Incidents.

Great Inventions Are Suggested by
Com monpiace Incidents.
incidents of a trlfilng character have
Influenced the career of many success
full inventors 4. j. Manville was a
hard working machlnist. living In Wa
terbury, Conn.,. when one day he heard
a woman complaining because she had
pricked her finger with pin. pin
that would not prick fingers, he
thought would have a ready sale. A
week later he had worked out the safe
ty pin and within five years his inven-
ton had made him rich. Carlos French.
another Connecticut mechanic, In the
course Of railway journey noticed the
EARRING and jolting of the car and fell
to thinking how they could be over
come. The problem kept him awake
nights for some two years, but In the
end he solved It so successfully that
his car spring is now used on all the
railroads of the land. George Westing-
house was led In somewhat similar
manner to invent the air brake. He was
the son OF manufacturer and possess
ed a marked mechanical bent Once he
was In railroad collision, the result of
a brakes failure to do Its work. He
Immediately started to devise brake
that would operate more quickly and
with greater certainty than the ones
then In use. and. like Carlos French. he
was completely successful In his eff.
forts. His air brake brought him great
wealth. and for thirty years he has
constantly added to his fortune by In.
venting new devices of his own and
buying those of other inventors. The
result In nfe-savihg has been simply
cnormOua
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
the wealthy Mis-. seiden seemed so fond

the wealthy Miss Selden seemed so fond
OF her.
Soon after Mary went to Mount Hol-
yoke she had received letter from Billy.
in which he expressed his pleasure that
she was at school. but added that the
fact of her being there interfered great
ly with his plan Of educating her him
self. Mothers i'll health" said he. pre-
vented me from doing anything until now,
and just as | am in a fair way to accom-
plsh my object someone else has stepped
in before me. But il is all right, and as
you do not seem to need my services at
present | shall next week leave Mr.. Sci
denis employment, and go into MIR. Nor-
thingtons law office as clerk. hoping that
when the proper time arrives | shall not
be defeated in another plan which was
formed in boyhood, and which has become
the great object of my life"
Mary felt perplexed and troubled.
Billy's letters of late had been more like
those OF a lover than a brother, and she
could not help guessing the nature of
''the plan formed in boyhood." She knew
she should never love him except with
sisters love, and though she could not
tell him so her next letter lacked the tone
of affection with which she was accus-
toned to write, and was on the whole
rather formal affair. Billy. who readily
perceived the change, attributed II to the
right cause, and from that time his let
tiers became far less cheerful than usual.
Mary usually cried over them, wishing
more than once that Billy would trans
fer his affection from herself TO Jenny,
and 1t was for this reason, perhaps, that
without stopping to consider the propri-
ETY. of the matter. she first asked Jenny
to write to him, and then encouraged her
in answering his notes, which became
gradually longer and longer, until at last
his letters were addressed to Jenny, while
the notes they contained were directed TO
Maryl
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
Rooseyeit's Nine Letters.

There are nine letters in Roosevelt's
name-a mystical number Nine con,
sists of a trinity of trinities. According
to the Pythagorean numbers man is 4
full chord, or eight notes, and deity
comes next. Three, being the trinity.
represents a perfect unity, twice three
is the perfect dual and thrice three Is
the perfect plural. This explains the
use of nine as a mystical number and
also as an exhaustive plural, and conse-
quently no definite number, but sim
pie representative of plural perfection.
There are nine earths, nine heavens,
nine gods, nine muses., nine WORTHLESS,
nine virgin priestesses, nine lives In a
eat, nine rivers in hell. nine crowns in
heraldry, nine heads to the hydra, nine
tailors to man, nine buttons Of official
rank, nine planets, nine crosses, nine
points of the law, nine spheres, ETC.
New York Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
Marking Steel or Iron.

The Textile World picks up some
where this recipe for solution to mark
iron or steel: Dissolve one ounce blue
yitriol in four ounces of water and half
a teaspoonful of nitric acid. When this
solution is applied on bright steel or
iron, the surface turns copper color.
and marks made by sharp scratch awl
will be seen distinctly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
THE MUSTANG.
In Earlier Times IL Was One of the Most
Common Pests of the West.


Common Pests of the West.
Twenty years ago, or even ten or five
years since, the mustang and the jack
rabbit were two of the commonest
pests of the West. On every plain and
mesa, in each spot where particle of
green food found livelihood, beneath
the shelter of dusty sage-brush or a
thorned mesquite, the little, hardy,
shaggy cayuse and the long cared, alert
and rapid jack-rabbit browsed in peace
and qnietude. A rider across the arid
wilds of the great Southwest could
count, If he desired, hundreds and
thousands of the wiry-wild horses, and
from every bush jack hurried away
from the path of the traveller, gray
streak scurrying over the sand and
gracefully sailing over obstructing
brush-the kangaroo of America.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
A Promising Young Financier.

Little Isaac, who was barely years
old, was paid by his mother a penny
per dozen for pins picked up from the
carpet to keep the baby from getting
them.
Nurse" said little Isaac, ms his stock
of pennies increased, do you know
what am going to do when l have 10
centsT'
NO" answered the nurse.
81 am going to buy piper Of pins
and scatter them all over the door. ana
then pick. them up" replied the young
financisr.-Jewish World,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

The theory that the monkey is de-
seconded from man now confronts civil
ization with serious question. How
far ought a human being be allowed to
degenerate from the Hottest ideal of
manhood before he Is compelled to
shed his clothes. climb a tree and re-
Train from conversation?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
Transmission OF Consumption

The danger Of living In a house that
harbors consumptiyes is Illustrated by
the fact that of 6,273 patients officially
examined by the German imperial
board of health, 2lI7, or 34.7 per cent,
belonged to families that included other
victims OF tuberculosis.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
Cause for Gladness.

Dolly Dimples-I am glad you kissed
me first and asked permission after.
ward.
Cholly-Wby?
Dolly Dimples-Because good form
would have obliged me to refuse.-Ohio
State Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

A Brooklyn man lived without MISS
ing his stomach for fourteen months
after the surgeons had removed 1t. 1t
was nothing remarkable. Many men
never know that they are without
brains.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

IL the world concludes to put all its
anarchists together on an island 1t
might not be a bad plan to send along
such college students as insist on hav-
ing the privilege of hazing.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

ANY anti-foreign feeling that may be
engendered by the attempt on the life
of the president should be checked by
the reflection that the would-be assas-
sin Is an American by birth.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
Heroic Treatment

In a recent case Of pneumonia in
Brooklyn $500 gallons of oxygen gas
was used, the sick man was packed In
ice. an alcohol bath was given every
twenty-five minutes, and four quarts
Of milk with three quarts of whisky
were administered daily. The patient
recovered.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

We do not believe girls realize what
a big compliment man intends when
he says he likes girl because there
IL no nonsense about her"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

A German scientist now claims that
monkeys are descended from man.
There is some evidence for this belief
on Halloween night
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

Anarchism Is. briefly. colossal ego
tism, as the crime of Czalgosz and the
philosophical tommyrot of Emma Gold
man sufficiently prove.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

According to the testimony Of some
witnesses. the log book is a record kept
by ships for the purpose OF not record
Ing important incidents In 1t.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

The trouble about long hair is that
you can't tell whether Its wearer IL a
poet or football player.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

1t would, indeed, have been a sad ex-
emplification Of the irony Of fate If
Funston had been undone by a little
old yermiform appendix.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

1t is hard for the professional poll
tic:an to understand why any man
should ever ask for a court OF inquiry.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

Secretary Roots proposed war coll
lege embodies a fresh effort to teach
the young idea how to shoot
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

John Armstrong Chanler has re-
turned to Virginia and proposes to
prove his sanity. But he can't deny
that he married Amelie Rives.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

II Lieutenant Peary has the least pro-
fessional pride, he viii proceed to get
lost again.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

Manila Is to have trolley cars. Amer
lean progress certainly follows the flag.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

The mob spirit develops much more
easily than It dies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-10
WOMEN AS BUILDERS.
Some Energetic Women Breaking Into
 Field of Carpentering.


 House building is one of the late in- dustries entered into by women in the United States. A year ago it was a German woman and her two daughters that built a brick house in Chicago, now it is Mrs. George Lease in Ken tucNy, to be explicit, at Fountain Fer ry Park, near Louisville. MT and Mrs Lease are young married people and anxious to have a house of their own, but unable to hire an architect and carpenters Therefore the materials were bought and the house was being built in the end of August and very likely is done by this time, for 1t was to be a one-story house of four rooms, with a stone foundation. The story seems to be this: Mr. Lease wished to build the house because he had work and it was necessary to do it. The stone was bought, the lumber bought and while the husband is gone during the day the wife tugs the tim- bers and sets them in place when the husband comes home at night they work together, and to such purpose that when the story was written Mrs. Lease was shingling and expected to lathe and plaster as coon as that was finished. There was pluck, strength and perseverance. Even more enter prising is Miss Sara l.. Cunning, who has this summer furnished her a home on Fourth Lake in the AdirondackS nf Tables and chairs were made from branches of white birch with the bark left on, and being a woman she made the chairs serve a double pur- pose, boxing them with boards, mak- ing the seats with a cover, so that each and closets are made from her pack ing boxes, and one serves for corner stand In another tent which serves as kitchen Miss Cunning has made dresser cupboards and tables. On tho edge of the lake she has built dock for her boating convenience and in the big hemlock before her door she has built a reading room, which she reach es by flight of steps, also made by her. Most of her materials are fot< sam and jetsam found on the lake. It is understood that ths pride of her heart is the stairway to her dock, or rather it is it's handrail of which she is proud. This is made of small birch tree trunks, nailed to the trees on either side, and their graceful curves and beautiful color add much beauty to the original stairway.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-10
PILES! PILES! PILES!

Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointment is prepared to cure Piles and DOES TT in short order Easy to apply, every box guaranteed, soc and s100 All druggists or by mail WILLIAMS MFG CO, CLEVE-
 LAND, OHIO
 Wholesale and retail by w. l.. De- woody & Go. d&w1y
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-10
LAWS OF kAFFIRS.
A Widow May Marry Her Deceased Illus.
 bands Brother.

bands Brother.
 The duties of husband and wife are distinctly defined among the Kaftirs of South Africa. The husband does not expect his wife to build the kraal, or hut. That is his work. It takes from five hundred to a thousand young trees to make the beehive kind of dwelling which is in favor and which is excel lently adapted for protection. When the husband has erected the hut it is the wifes place to cut grass, carry it home, and thatch the kraal once a year. She looks after all that is need ed in the hut, cooks the food, gets the firewood and makes the beer, which is not small task, for the men drink it in immense quantities. 1t Is made from millet and mealies, and is mild but intoXicf 1g. Until nuite recently everything was carried on the head. A Zulu woman will carry 200 pounds of mealies in this fashion. When a Kaffir was first seen carrying a load by the hand instead of on his head, the Dutch thought it dangerous imita- tion of European fashion Women have so far asserted themselves as to refuse to hoe the mealies for planting, but they will weed A woman goes about with her baby tied on her back, while she rocks herself and eroons to it. When man dies his widow may, if she chooses, become the wife of his brother She stays at the kraal, and all the children, including those of the new marriage, are held 10 belong to her eldest son, who takes his fathers place as guardian, and has the priyil- ege of using. supposedly for the com mon good, all the wages of the young CT sons. It thus sometimes happens that a little boy is head oyer his mother and older sisters. If the widow does not choose to marry the brother. but takes another husband, she loses all control of her children, who stay in their fathers kraal.-Youth's Com panion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-10
Fine Statu. Finished.

St NarcoauX. the French sculptor, aas finished his statue of the late Al- 9honsa Daadet and it will be set up next spring in Paris. It is to be paid for by pa5Iic subscription The author ia represented as resting under the shade Of an olive tree.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-10

Had Enough Of Parlia ment.
 Sir Thomas Sutherland, M. F., for Greenock. Scotland, and who is chair man of the P. and 0. Steamship Com pany, announces that be will not seek re- election.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-10
stopping Trains.

A train travelling at the rate of CD miles an hour can be brought to standstill in 400 yards, at D miles an hour in $40 yards, 50 miles in 275, 40 in 1S0, 35 in 135, and 30 in 100 yards
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-10

nent popunst Ieaueis oi ,u,e .,,,,,- ,,...
 fse'ai years ago r., oInred ], at par ty and has since affiliated With the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-10

saturday night and incarcerated her ln the county jail She is charged
 "ith grand larceny, the warrant being
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-10

uay afternoon and later released m HIS own recognizance. The evidono
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-01-19
THEY DROP FROM THE SKY.

Shooting stars vary in weight from
30 grains to seven pounds.
In most cases of luminous meteors
q train of light many miles in length
10 left behind.
One characteristic Of meteoric stones
IL the fused black crust, like varnish,
with which the surface IL coated.
There are numerous records and
stories In all ages and countries OF
the fall Of stones from the sky; but
until recent times they were treated
by philosophers rs instances Of popu-
lar incredulity and superstition.
lleteoric stones have In times past
been regarded with religious venera-
ton. AZ Emesa, in Syria, the sun
was wroshiped under the form of q
black stone, reported to have fallen
from heaven. The great stone Of the
pyramid Of Cholula, in Mexico, has q
similar history.
From the height and apparent
diameter, the actual diameter Of the
largest fireballs IL estimated to vary
from about 500 feet to half q mile.
One or two instances are on record
where the train Of the firebal con-
tinned shining for IN hour after the
BODY disappeared.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-01-19
MONEY FOR TIE STATE.
Auditor Cole Estimates That Il WIN r.
auire %. 9s9. eis.sS the Next Two Ysas
Senate Standing Committees.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 10.-It will cost
s3.909,6ls.s5 TO run the state Of Kan
sas during the next two years, ac-
cording to estimates prepared by
State Auditor Cole. Heretofore the
legislators have started in to appro-
pirate money, with no figures to
guide them. This time the state
auditor and the governor called the
heads of the various departments
and boards before them and got their
estimates. Then they pared down
the wants rs much rs possible and
the auditor fixed up the estimates to
submit to the legislature. There will
be no Hobbies from state institutions
hanging around this time, the Of
ficials having been ordered to stay at
home. No provision is made for the new
asylum at Parsons. A recapitulation
Of the estimates for improvements,
maintenance and salaries for the va
rious departments, boards and insti-
tutions for the two years follows: