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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
Sending Wedding Presents.

1t is golden rule to send your wed
ding gifts in good time, the FIRST to
arrive being much more appreciated
than that which Is one of the many
pouring in from all quarters during the
last week.
BY adhering to this rule you are also
saved the annoyance of hearing that
the salt cellars are charming, the third
set already received.
A month before the wedding day is
not too early to send the present, which
should be accompanied by visiting
card.
The package should be addressed to
the bride II you are intimate with both
the happy couple; and to the brides
house, addressed to the bridegroom, IL
1t is he with whom you are best ac-
quainted
Most people wish to give something
novel, useful and pretty. The future
circumstances of the recipients should
influence the choice. II they are going
abroad do not give anything unsuitable
to the requirements of the climate or SO
cumbersome that the packing and con-
veying to its destination will amount
to half the value of the present.
III the recipient will not be particu-
Larry well of, 1t is only kind to select
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21

the center of the other mans plate OF
soup the eye unblushingly challenged
his opinion. The owner of the scratch
did not give It, He simply howled aloud
for trapped air
AT another time a poker game was
In progress and the entire party were
casting about for a buck. And how
will this do for buekT was the re-
mark that accompanied the eye to the
center of the table.
Its last individual appearance was
brought about by golf. Its owner had
golf aspirations and hired high priced
professional to perfect him in the game.
Keep your h'eye on the ball. Mr..
Blank was the burden of the cry that
wore out that persons patience. FL
nally. unable TO stand it longer, and at
about the twentieth singsong reitera-
ton of Keep your h'eye on the ball,
sir!' Blank deposited the glass sphere
and with the query, Is my eye sum
GENTLY on the ball now started In to
make a long drive as his coach started
hurrledly for home"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
The stool osRcpeotoncc.

ANY Infractlon Of the rules at Gl-
rard college" says the Philadelphia
Record. lis punished with 20 minutes
on stool Of repentance. When the in
stltution first adopted this scheme OF
punishment. one stool was enough. As
the college expanded the stools multi
piled. aud today no less than Ga four
legged, painless instruments of disci-
plne are In more or less constant use
In room devoted exclusively 10 the
punishment Of those who have trans
crossed the rules. There Is absolutely
nothing to the disclpllnlng except the
order to sit on comfortable stool for
20 minutes and think 1t over Any OF
the lads would sooner take sound
thrnshing and have done with IT, but
the stool OF repentance has proved IT.
self an IDEAL punishment. and 1t has
come TO stay Mt Glrard college"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
HAPPY BONNIE TERRE.
Large Community without "A Munich
pal Government.

Large Community without Munich
pal Government.
To Bonnie Terre, n Missouri settle
ment of 5000 persons, there belongs
distinction of which those 5000 per-
sons are proud. 1t probably Is the
largest place in the United States with
no form of municipal government, and
this lack of officials seems not to be in
any way unsatisfactory or detrimental
to the place.
Constables and justices of the peace
are the only class of officials with
whom the residents of Bonnie Terre are
acquainted. There are scores of pref
ty dwellings, and in stores, schools and
other buildings the place resembles a
dozen western cities which for years
have had mayors, common councils and
city tax rates. The idea of ineorpora-
rating the place has been discussed
many times by the people living there,
but IL always ends In the same way.
A lead company owns nearly all of
the place. and the company is opposed
to incorporation. No one else cares
enough about 1t one way or the other
to start movement for Incorporation,
even as a village.
AS matters stand. Bonnie Terre is
merely a part of the township of Per-
ry. in st. Francois County. The officials
of that town look after the welfare of
the residents in the other, and see that
order is maintained there.
The explanation OF this odd state of
affairs is simple. Bonnie Terre up to
thirty years ago was only n mining
camp, to which struggling miners
came and settled down. The POSSIBLE
tiles of the territory were not known.
Mining companies sent in prospectors
soon after the civil war and found lead
In such quantities that large sums were
invested In the vicinity Of the village.
Miners then went to the odd Missouri
settlement and took their families
along. The companies erected build
ings for the miners to live In and stores
for the merchants who went there.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21

companying cut, which Is nothing less
than a number of stamps attached TO
the exterior of rubber sleeve to fit on
the finger Where a clerk is compelled
to work at one class of business for
some time, making use of the same
stamp, this idea will be found especial
ly convenient, as 1t is generally neces-
sary to use both hands in the work. and
time would be lost IL the clerk stopped
to pick up the stamp each time and ad-
just 1t rlght-side up. With this finger
stamp It is only necessary to touch the
pad and then the work with the end or
side Of the finger. The sleeve is nex-
ible and is provided with air openings
at the tip, the lettering being either
nodded on when the sleeve Is made or
attached as ordered by the buyer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
Why short Girls Are Preferred


1t is an undeniable fact that the ma
jority of men prefer short women to
tall ones. Perhaps this is because they
like to be looked up to-at all events
by the fair sex-and 1t is only natural
for them to prefer the girl who. in her
little caresslngs and fascinating, lover
like ways, has, on account of her short
ness, to look up at him for the purpose
of peering into his loye-lit eyes.
Tall women are usually dignitied
and appear to scorn kttenish ways,
and although they manage to draw ad-
mration it is rather Of the awelnspir-
ing kind.
No doubt, owing to the smallness of
stature, and pretty, playful ways, men
give to little women more pettlng than
the tall, dignlfied woman demands. The
lovers oft-repeated expression, "You
little darling" could hardly be applied
to the very tall girl without tickling
the risibilities of those who overheard
1t.
This Is certainly very hard and looks
like a punishment for being tall, but
who can help her stature? 1t Is fact,
too, that men are rather shy about ap-
preaching tall women because of the
restraint which they feel but cannot
explain.
They are under the impresslon-why.
1t Is hard to tell-that tall women are
built to be commanders and they are
In their natural element when left
alone In their reserved dignity and
musings in their lonely wanderings.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21

l FASTENED down the path to meet
him.
bad news, my child; bad news" he
exclaimed. There has been an encoun-
ter with the kings troops" And then,
reading the question in my eyes, he con-
tinued, But they brought no news of
our men,"
The hour set for the wedding was s
o'clock, but 1t began TO look as If there
would be no weauing, for 1t was now
after o'clock, and none of our men
had returned home.
At last we heard steps outside, and
then my brother Arthur, who was
among the first to reach home, stagger-
ed into the room. l sprang up and ran
to him. He sank into the nearest chair,
and his gun fell to the floor with thud.
Arthur was only a boy of 10, you must
remember, and the day had been ter
rible one.
When he had recovered a little, my
father spoke. "What news do you
bring my SOM" he asked.
Arthur" l said, lis 1t Henry?'
Listen" he said, speaking rapidly
1.-THE kings troops were in full retreat
when we reached the road. We did not
keep with our companies. but each one
found shelter as he was able behind
trees, walls or fences. | met Henry as
was crossing a field. and we took
shelter together and awaited the COM
ing of the troops. We had just got set
tied when Henry caught sight of
flanking party coming right down on
us. He called to the men near us TO
run for their lives, and at the same time
we both jumped the wall and ran for
house which stood in the field just OPP
posite. | reached the opposite wall In
safety and turned round to look for
Henry, but he was not with me. At
that moment the troops came round a
sudden turn in the road and sent some |
shots in our direction. All the risk of |
being shot, stood up and looked across |
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
FAST SPEED IN A FOG.
strain on the Nerves Of Engineers
q Express Trains.

strain on the Nerves of Engineers
q Express Trains.
! raiIfuad engineer referring 10 a pub
lish,d story Of the strain upon the nerves
of pilots OF Long Island sound steamers
ia drnse fogs, said 10 a reporter: Il just
wish you would suy Tor the engineers:
They don't have a very easy time in such
weather."
And then he went on 10 tell how on
foggy nights the engineers OF the fast
trains, and, fer that matter, the slow
ones. endured Il strain that would sieken
many a han. They sit on the hard little
perch provided foT them, rushing along,
often at pace Of 80 miles an hour or
more Under them the huge mass OF iron
and steel trembles and throbs, as nervous
ms a woman and twice as skittish.
II is impossible 10 see ten feet ahead OF
the engine, aud the signal lights. be they
red or white, are only visible as they are
passed by. a misplaced switch would
mean disaster horrible to contemplate
These men know all this, and still they
are Obliged TO SIT there with n hand on
the throttle, ready AT any minute TO shut
of steam and stop the enormous bulk OF
plnnging metal
Il have been running ON fast trains
now for ten years" said the engineer in
winding up his story. and every time |
get on my engine % take my train | say
10 myself that II viii be for the last time.
but somehow ! always come again. Ii is
not the danger which attracts me. for |
know too well the results Of a slip or a
mistake, but somehow or other | cannot
give it up. When | get old. will be
put TO running some freight train aud
then will probably die in a smashup.
after having taken one OF the fastest
trains In the country over 125 miles of
track day in and day out. STILL | cannot
give it up"
And that Is the tale that all OF them
tell. They all say that II Is not the dan
ger which fascinates them, but they cling
TO the life which wears man out In n
comparatively few years and ages him be-
fore his timo.-New London Telegraph.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
GlASS-EYE HUMOR.
Rather Grim Fun INDUCED In by the
assessor of One.

hutnef Orlm r uu iuuuiSeu IN Dy the
assessor of One.
There Is certain resident of city
not 800 miles from the HUB" said l..
A. Goodwin, of Boston, at the Hotel
Manhattan, reports the New York Trlb-
une, who in addition TO somewhat
highly developed sense of humor is also
the possessor of a glass eye. 1t is a
wonderfully natural creation and did
not its owner publish the fact of his
proprietorship far and wide few would
there be who would not suppose him
still to be the possessor of both the OPP
tics with which nature originally en-
dowed him.
"Some time ago the eye-shy man was
at that particular kind of dinner pop
ularly termed stag. His neighbor, 1t
must be confessed, In a reprehensble
spirit Of pride, turned to him with
What do you think of that for a
scratch, BlankT at the same time scalp
ing himself and revealing pate as
bald as that of the man whom the late
lamented Travers once advised to sugar
his head and go TO certain ball In the
character Of pill. Blank glanced at
the shining surface thus revealed and
tho his hand stole to his face. And
That do you think of that for an eye?
was the response he made. and from
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
so ANXIOUS TO MEET HIM.
Her Appeal Touched the Heart of
the Railway station Gnteman.

A few minutes before the afternoon
train from New York got into the Penn
sylvania station the other day beautiful
young creature waited herself over to the
man stationed at the exit gate aud pro-
ceeded 10 hypnotic him.
"Wll you please let me through" she
said appealingly.
Cant do ii, miss. It's against the
rules" said the man at the gate.
But | do 20 want TO meet him when
he gets Off" said the beauteous young
thing, looking into the mans face search
ingly with her imploring violet eyes.
And he Will be so disappointed If | am
not right at the car TO meet him when the
train gets in.
The man at the gate looked aud hest
tated.
please" said the lovely young crea-
ture, rustling her silk skirts neryously
and seeming 10 hang ON the gateman's
nod.
We'll, maybe | can take chance"
said the gafeman, aud be pulled the gate
open and admitted her.
'S'pose she's only been married little
WHILE" reflected the gateman, "nnd her
husbands coming back after being away
the first time since they were spliced, and
she wants TO hand him out the big hug
before he's moron landed from the car
steps Wei, | guess we all have 1t that
bad. once in our lives anyhow" and he
looked lhoughtfully down the siding
where the radiant young creature stood,
impatiefsly tapping her foot.
The train pulled in a couple of minutes
after. The young woman ran alongside
the baggage car and the baggagemaster
handed her out n miserable little speei-
men OF stuck up hideons muzzled pug
dog. which she took in her arms and load-
I'd down with caresses.
As she passed out Of the exit gate with
the pug in her arms she bestowed
bewitching smile upen the gafeman.
And | WAS come-on enough TO pass
her through mud to weave pipe frances
ahout the reason why she wanted u get
thfnugh.' said the Fateman disgustedly
10 the station cop. "Sny. ! don't belong
here | ought Il be dping blowing some
ghetc.- Washington Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
TO BRIDGE THE BosPHoRUs.

Fine Structure Will Be Constructed
by a Railway Company.
The scheme of bridging the Bospho-
rus has been revived and ii Is an
nounced that a magnificent structure
will span the river ere the lapse of an
other year and will bear the name Of
the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid.
1t is to be constructed by the Bosphorus
Railway Company. which designs a
junction between the railways Of Eu-
rope and the Transatlantic railway of
Bagdad. Naturally the narrowest d.
viding line of sea has been chosen for
the point Of connection. A military
bridge, erected by a Corlnthian long
before the Christian era, once spanned
these 600 yards of water at the same
spot and over it marched King Darius
and his 100000 Persian braves. Lord
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21

On one occasion when Horace Greeley
was power in New York journalism he
was sitting on hotel piazza in Peeks-
kill. quietly scanning the columns of that
mornings Tribune, when stranger came
along. glanced contemptuously Mt the pa
per he was reading and remarked:
"Fne sheet you've got there, misterl
! used to read it myself, but I've sub
scribed for decent newspaper now. and
as fast as The Tribune comes along
feed 1t to my goat. That's all it's fit
for"
Mr.. Greeley looked at the man with a
quizzical smile.
$50 you feed your goat on Tribunes, do
you?" he asked In the midest of accents.
"Yes, sir, ! do" clustered the stran-
ger
"All right, my friend" said Mr.. Gree
ley quietly: keep right on reading some
other paper and feeding your goat on
Tribunes. and I'll guarantee in three
months time the goat will know consid-
erably more about what is going on in the
world than its owner does"-Lippin-
colts
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
CHINESE DRIED OYSTERS.
Prepared by secret Process, They
Are Said to be Very Good.

"Some time ago." said New Orleans
Bohemian, II dropped in to see my friend
Lee Yin, who keeps what he calls a
'gloeely sto,' which is as near as he can
come to grocery store. lie gave me an
excellent cigar, and presently he said,
'You likee dly ostelr What in the name
OF Confucius is IDLY ostel?"' ] asked be
fore | realized that he was talking about
dried oysters. .Comel l show he re-
piled, and, opening the lid of big box,
he took out a handful of what looked ex-
actly like oysters carved in mahogany.
"They were not shriveleG and warped,
like other dried foods, but were as plump
and symmetrical as any well conditioned
biyalve fresh from the deep shell. The
only difference was that they were dark
brown in color and as hard as bricks.
When Lee Zip tossed them back into the
box, they ratified like a handful of
marbles. OF course, | was greatly sur
prised, and before | left | took pains to
find out all about them. The oysters are
caught and prepared at the big native
shrimperies on the other side of the lake.
The process is q trade secret, but as near
ly as / could gather from Lee they are
spread on the tops of large sheds and ex-
posed to the sun for several weeks. What
prevents decomposition / do not know,
but they come out of the operation as
sweet and brown as nuts.
Zone night | tried some by special in
vitation in the back room of n laundry
run by another Monaghan friend of mine.
They were brought; in in a bowl and form
ed sort of stew or sautc, which was
really delicious. The oysters themselves
were firm, but very tender, and had
a peculiar peppery flavor, different from
anything else | have ever tasted. The
Chinaman who did the cooking told me
he had simply boiled the dried oysters in
water and added small strip of pork
and seasoning When l tried to probe
into the seasoning feature, he suddenly
lost command of English, so there, sus-
pect, the secret resides. | am told that
the local colony consumes many barrels
of these oysters every month and that
large quantities of them are sold in San
Francisco and New York. New Orleans
Times-D Democrat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
A CURIOUS CLIENT.
An Unexpected Verdict on a Picture
Painted by Col.

While the late David Col, the great
Antwerp painter, was at work in his stu
dio one day many years ago there enter
ed farmer who requested him to paint
his fathers portrait. The artist, not be-
ing overburdened with wealth at that
time, gladly agreed TO do the work and
said that he would be pleased TO see the
old gentleman at any time. Thereupon
the farmer said mournfully:
"Oh, you can't see him, sir, for he's
dead"
"Then how on earth do you expect me
to paint his portrait?" asked the artist,
with sigh.
"Oh, you're fooling me, sir" said the
farmer. Just tell me whose picture that
is on the easel there"
THAT is a portrait of st. Anthony"
was the answer.
SIS that really st. Anthony?'
"Yes,"
did he sit to you?'
"Of course not"
'Well, then, isn't that n clear proof
that you are able TO make the portrait of
n dead mani"
Col, who wanted money badly, allowed
himself TO be persuaded by this novel
argument, and, therefore, he obtained
from the farmer as many particulars
about the dead man as he could, and
then, after making a sketch of the son,
because he said that he closely resembled
his father, he began work on the portrait
When ii was finished, he sent for the
farmer and showed it to him. To his
surprise, the man fell on his knees and
began to cry bitterly, his eyes meanwhile
fixed on the portrait. Col hattered him
self that he had made a lifeike portrait
and that it was the wonderful resem-
blance which caused the son to grieve
so sorely.
"Why do you cry so much p he asked,
trying to comfort him.
"Oh, my dear sir" was the unexpected
reply, 81 never thought that any one
could change SO much in such a short
time! Dear me, how terribly ugly my
poor father has becomew
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
THE CHURCH BACK HOME.

When the big pipe organs swellin' an
the city choir sings,
An you almost hear the swishin' OF the
lovin' angels wings,
An the congregations musin' on the
proneness for to sin.
Sort O. leanin' listless, waitin' for the
preacher to begin;
In that holy hush it happens that clean
forget the place,
An again I'm meek an lowly fore
throne of sayin' grace;
A throne that wasn't nestlin' meath
spire or a dome.
But the sinners sought their Savior in
that little church back home.
When we had protracted meetin's, why,
'twould done you good to hear
The congregation singn' with blend
voices clear,
How the Rock of Ages lowered like
shelt'rin' sort O. wall,
An our souls scared up to glory since
the Rock was cleft for all.
Ey'ry face was wreathed with sweetness,
an we always had a smile
For the stranger saint or sinner, in the
pew across the aisle;
For diamonds often gathered from the
eommonest of loan
An we didn't mind the settin' in the little
church back home.
There were weddin's where the neigh
bors gathered in from far an wide,
An the boys looked on in envy while
their sisters kissed the bride;
There were fun'rals, too, where neigh
bors didn't feel ashamed to cry
When they laid to rest the sleeper in the
little yard close by.
Each pew seems sort O sacred, an the
lowy pulpit there
Pears like holy gateway TO a trma-
ment that's fair;
Where the sweet, supernal sunshine soft
ly scattered sorrows gloom
An lets us enter heaven from the little
church back home.
The city choir's voices rise in cadences
SO sweet
As they sing about the river where the
sainted ones shall meet,
An the preachers coice is pleadin' as he
asks us, soft and low,
To treat all men as brothers in this
weary vale of woe.
This city church is handsome, an the
congregations large.
The preachers dom nobly with his heay-
en- seekin' charge.
The choir's swelln' anthems soar to
heaven through the dome,
But my old heart is sighin' for the little
church back home.
Roy Farrell Greene, in Leslie's Week
ly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
Coffee Intoxication.

A visitor recently returned from Bra.
I'll, says that the whole country is per-
petually intoxicated by coffee. 1t il
brought to the bedside the moment one
awakes and just before he drops
asleep, at meals and between meals
on going out and coming in. Men,
women and children drink It with the
same liberality and it is fed to babies
In arms. The effect is apparent In
trembling hands, twltchlng eyelids. vel
low, dry skin and chronic excitability
worse than that produced by whisky.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21

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In
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bacteria those containing water sea salt one ny CON
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21

Byron, impatient of bridges as of many
things, swan the flood and as result
Leander. The new bridge Is to be
erected on lasting lines. Massive gran
lite pillars are to be built and these will
support the steel cables on which the
bridge depends. They win provide ac-
commodation for artillery and orna-
ments will not be wanting in the shape
of minarets and cupolas, decorated
with tiles and arabesques.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21

some useful present. In these days
when artistic taste is shown in all the
necessities of life this should not be
difficult.
If the happy couple are likely to re-
ceive many presents 1t is safe to give
something which will not be amlss II
received In duplicate, such as silver
sweetmeat dishes, silver teaspoons, or
a bronze or china ornament.-Woman's
Life.