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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
HoMEsPuN PHILOSOPHY.
Observations of Commonplace Matters
by the Atcbisen Globe Man.

observation. of Commonplace Matters
by the Atcbisen Globe Man.
An Atchison woman smiles In way
that makes those who see 1t think she
is making face.
Speaking of grief, an Atchison woman
says there is only one kind left coming
TO her, and that is to have fits.
An Atchison love AFFAIR has been
broken up by Christian Science; the
man didn't believe in it. and they had
fuss.
When ice is scarce. some people Ike
to abuse the Ice dealers. The same
thing happens in winter when coal is
scare.
Going TO visit kim" said a reporter
to a traveller at the Union Depot to-
day. No. going for pleasure" was the
reply.
An Atchlson man quit drinking sew
eral weeks ago. and Is the subject of
many favorable comments. People are
always willing TO praise a man IL they
get chance.
III bet" said an old fisherman to-
day. regarding the engagement of an
old girl and rather young man. which
is shortly TO be announced. that she
caught him through the back"
An Atchison man has a genius for
saving money. but has been unable Of
late years to cultivate 1t, because his
son has a genius for painting. and a
daughter has a genius for music.
1t was said that an Atchison girl was
helress to fortune Of six figures. and
the man who married her finds II true;
her father, mother, three sisters and
an aunt, who are coming to his house
to live.
There is considerably sympathy for
an Atchison man who is compelled to
put off his own marriage year after
year, through having to take care Of
brothers and sisters who marry poorly.
Ever notice that If a man is q worm,
he has more kin than any one else. and
that they are all birdsf
A South Atchlson engagement has
been broken. The girl had the mate
rial for ten bridal dresses In the house,
and after she had visited dressmaker
seven times, In getting the first one
made. she concluded that she would be
n mental and physical wreck before the
others were completed, and broke the
engagement.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
TOOK HIM LITERALLY.
That Was why His Signature Was
Rejected at the Bank.

Bank clerks are so often called upon
for directions that they sometimes fall
into the habit of giving them in a hur.
ried and mechanical manner, conse-
quently they are frequently mlsunder-
stood" remarked the clerk of saw
ings institution to reporter the other
day. For instance the usual formula
when a stranger is called upon to sign
his name is. Sign here; pen and Ink at
your left hand One morning last week
stranger entered our bank and asked
me for a certificate Of deposit for con-
siderable sum of money which he hand
cd over. counted the money and found
the amount to be as stated and hurried
ly said. Sign there. sir; pen and ink at
your left hand
well, II took the stranger a long
time to sign his name. but | thought
nothing more of 1t and issued the GER
tineate of deposit. About a week later
the same man, whose face l had for
gotten. reappeared and presented the
certificate. lie dashed of an ornate
signature, which / proceeded to COM
pare with the first signature. The two
were vastly different. as the first one
was apparently the labored effort Of an
old man.
- can't Pay you this money. SIR
said.
why notY asked the astonished
stranger.
because 1t is not the signature OF
the man to whom l issued the certh-
cate of deposit replied.
We'll. said the stranger, when l
was here a week ago you told me TO
write my name with my left hand. and
did so. but | can't write very well
that way
"'Then will you oblige me by writ
ing your name with your left hand
again. asked as a light dawned upon
me.
Certainly said the man, and after
much labor he produced n facsimile OF
his first signature. and ! apologized
and paid him his money. Washington
Stnf.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
White Pine News.
ELY. NEVADA.
FAMOUS BRIDGES.
Great Structures Built by Ancieats
Are MarveIs to Engineers.


The grandest bridges of the Romans
were aqueducts, but after centuries Of
unrest the modest conceptions Of archifec-
ture we're realized in the Gothic churches.
There was little demand for roads. bridges
and still less for aqueduets. Yet the
monks did not build cathedrals and mon
asteries only. To them we owe the intro
duction Of fat arches. The Romans had
preferred semicircular arches, which rare
" exceeded 20 feet in span The founder
of the Brothers of the Bridge. St Bene-
get, adopted for his Rhone bridge OF ITS,
at Ayignon, elliptical arches which had
their smaller radius OF elevation at the
crown instead OF at the launches. The
famous Ponte Vecchio at Florence and
the original Augustus bridge at Dresden
date from the twelfth century The aque-
duct of Spoleto, which looks as IL many
high and narrow windows had been cut
out of a massive wall. Is thirteenth cen
fury Gothic work. SO Is the Devils
bridge near Matorell, in the province of
Barcelona, Spain. with its apparently
reckless pointed arch. which is crowned
at its weakest part by heavy dollhouse.
The builders no doubt understood that
the load did not endanger the structure.
The springings Of this arch are certainly
of antique origin. Roman or Carthagin-
ian: an inscription OF the year 1T60, when
the bridge was restored. aseribes the
foundation to Hannibal The span OF The
stone arch over the AIDA, near Trezzo,
236 feet, built under Barnato Eisconti of
Milan in 1870 to 1877, destroyed again in
wartime In 1416l. has not been surpassed
yet. But the piers were in general made
unnecessarily heavy. and many bridge
failed because the Roman art Of laying
concrete foundations between piles had
not been rediscovered from Vitruyius' for
gotten architecture. French engineers
first used caissons and suggested iron
bridges.
The first cast iron bridge, really COM
pleted In 1T79, however. and still stand
ing. Is, according to Engineering, the
well known Coalbrookdale bridge over the
Severn. The arch consists of five ribs
1t found many imitators-the Pont des
Arts at Paris. with nine openings, and
the Southwark bridge OF 1914, with e
center arch Of PA feet and a rise of "a
feet, are fine examples. Failures Of some
OF these bridges, however. brought an
other material to the front-p1ddled iron
which helped us to suspension bridges.
The first specimens-the Tees bridge at
Middleton in 1741; Telford's Menai
strait bridge; further. the bridge over
the Danube at Budapest, the handsomest
of its type probably, supported by two
rows OF chains on each side. were link
bridges. Wire cables came over from the
United States about 1915. Some of these
bridges collapsed, almost ALE. g.. the
Sarine bridge at Fribourg. Switzerland
with a span Of POS meters $50 feet)-had
TO be e-enforced.-Boston Transcript
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
AN INGENIOUS YOUTH.
How He Mended the Sleeve of His
Best Fr0ck Coat.

The average bachelor has been forced
to learn to sew on buttons, but there, as
q general thing, his knowledge Of the
gentle feminine art Of mending ends.
His stockings are rejected when they be-
come ragged, and the tailor repairs his
trousers, vests and coats, so that he
makes a presentable appearance even il
he is sans wife. mother and sisters and
a knowledge OF the needle.
One young man Of this city has. how
ever. OF necessity enlarged his sphere of
usefulness recently. 1t was on last Sun
pected prodding.
The young man, dressed In his best,
was on his way to church, whence he
was to 90 on home to dinner with some
friends He was late for service. as
young men usually are, and SO. as he
hurried on. be tripped and fell. slid a
minute on one elbow, then arose a sad
and disheveled youth.
When he had gathered himself togeth-
er, had smoothed his high hat and looked
his tie over. he examined the elbow which
had acted as a toboggan. Sure enough,
there was a small hole in the sleeve OF
his frock coat. Then the man was at his
Wits end. In two hours he was due at a
dinner at which there were sure to be
several OF his smartest friends. The rent
showed plainly. and he had no one to
darn it for him.
He started home gloomily, had a bright
thought and quickened his pace.
What any ignorant woman can do
can do" he said through his set teeth as
he took of the coat.
He ripped the lining at the bottom OF
the sleeve and cut of a small piece OF
the turned up part. This he raveled,
threaded the Rawlings In a needle which
he borrowed from the man in the next
room and darned the hole.
In and out. up and down, he went with
infinite patience. and In 80 minutes nc
one would have known that the sleeve
hadseyer been torn. Then the man hem
med the sleeve lining again. brushed the
coat. put II and his hat on and went to
church.
And bis meditations didn't seem to be
at all disturbed during the sermon by the
thought that all the stitches he had put
In that Sunday morning would have to
be pulled out with his nose in purgatory.
To the contrary. he merely grinned as he
thought of the adage. "The better the day
the better the deed."-Baltimore News
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
Fortunate Findings.

One of the romances OF money-mak-
ing is the story of man who found n
newspaper inside n shark when fishing
In Australia in 1870, and who learned
the news of the Franco German war In
this way early enough to make a for,
tune out of II. The story may be true
or not; everybody In Australia knows
II. Another after the same kind Is that
of the Milford Haven trawler, which,
while fishing off Carllngford Tough n
year or two ago, caught up In the net
a packet of papers, tied together with
red tape aud carefully sealed. The
skipper of the boat handed the docu-
ments to lawyer, and 1t was found
that they provided missing link
which stood between woman and her
fortune. They proved the right OF n
Miss Macdonald to certain estates In
Ireland. which she had claimed ten
years before, but which she had failed
to win because the will could not be
produced. 1t was this will which was
brought up from the philadelphia
Telegraph.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
Celtio Has Berths for Baohelors.

The New White Star liner Celtic has
all sorts Of staterooms There are a
number Of suites Of three rooms. fitted
with berths for four or six persons.
There is u large bathroom between the
staterooms. and a dainty parlor at the
end of the suite. A novelty In the line
of stateroonis are those which have
only a single berth. They are for the
travelling bachelors, male or female,
and fill O decided want.-New York
Tribune
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
Folding Linen In Holland.

Folding linen Is an accomplishment
In which each one Of the women In
Holland Is expected to be proficient
before she becomes mistress Of home.
In Holland especially the folding Of
linen requires considerable skill and
training. Much Of their fabric is of
the finest texture and quality. and they
fashion the various pieces In ironing
into birds, animals, flowers and all
manner of artistic shapes. Their linen
closets are often shown to visitors with
the same pride that china closets are
shown elsewhere.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
Cat That EARNED a Raise In Salary.

Some time ago the cat of the st. Paul
postoffice made n record by Staying a
hundred and twenty-five rats and mice
In one month. In recognition of her
abilities the postmaster wrote to
Washington, asking an increase in her
salary, and she now receives $1O.40 n
year. Soon after she showed her graft.
tude by presenting the Government
with five kittens. each of which enter
ed the United States service as soon
as II was old enough to tackle a rat
Ladies' Home Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21

The infant of n household wns IN IT'S
fradle. The head of the house was ut
home, peevish and fault finding. At
length he became uncomfortable. you
tonight" he growled. ..
YES" she answered meekly; II be-
gan by putting the wrong baby to bed"
Chicago Journal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21

Before the invention of wigs the hat
vas rarely removed except TO salute
others. especially royal personages. II
was worn at table when ladies or per
sons of rank were present. Except
when saluting royalty II was the Gus.
tom merely TO raise the hand TO the hat
somewhat after the manner OF mill
tary salute. When II became the mode
to wear a profusion of false hair. the
hat was less needed as protection for
the head and was carried under The
arm. 8
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21

Almost every dying person is liable
to be allnred by the solemn attitude OF
the company and the restrained or
flowing torrents Of tears and emotions
to an alternating conscious and uncon-
selous comedy of conceitedness. The
seriousness with which every dying
person is treated has undoubtedly been
the very finest enjoyment OF his life to
many poor despised devil and sort
Of decentralization and partial payment
for much priyatlon.-Works OF Metz
sche =
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21

Towne-Hear about Goldman? You
know he bad picked out a site for his
new suburban residence, made all his
plans and was just about to buy the land
when some other fellow sneaked In and
bought it. He's simply crazy about II.
Brownc-l should think he would be
crazy. "Out OF site. out Of mind" you
know. Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
Coffee Drinkins Denounced.

As early as 1868 coffee was satirized
in England, and on every hand the bit
terest invectives were applied to 1t by
the press and pulpit. In one instance a
preacher hurled anathemas mt the
heads OF those who used as beverage
"a strip OF SCOT and essence of old
shoes" Probably lie had good grounds
for this statement. having sampled
some boiled coffee. Another divine de-
nominated 1t "a poison which God
made black that it might bear the dew
IFS colorr The women also took up
the cudgels against 1t.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
WALKING GIANT,
Run by Steam, Goes on a Rampage In
a Park.


Run by Steam, Goes on n Rampage in
Park.
Hercules, the Iron Man." is a steam
mechanical walking man on exhibition
at the Forest City Park summer resort.
lie Is eight feet high. and when the
oil fire inside him Is lighted and steam
generated he walks about, pushing a
sort of iron-wheeled cart. He wears q
plug hat and II fiendish grin and puffs
exhaust steam through his nostrils.
Late last night some Of the campers at
the park lighted the fire In Hercules"
after the resort was closed and Her
cules' owner had gone away. The
valve had been left open when Her
cules' fire was put out, and when he
got up steam he began to walk about
the park. He beat Frank EnsteIn's
monster for a while.
No one knew how to stop him, and he
walked all over the park, through abe
shallow lake. over the tents of the
campers and the side-show tents. Sleep
ers In his path had to be awakened to
get them out of the way, for 1t was
impossible to control the steam mans
movements. Inequalities In the
ground, trees and other distractions
turned him aside. but could not stop
him. He terrorized the park for an
hour, but came to grief at the bar. He
marched up to 1t just as though he had
money, bumped against 1t and knocked
1t over. Hercules" fell with the bar
and alighted ON his head on the othe,
side. He stood there on his head,
kicking his feet in the air until his
steam went down.-Cleyeland Special
Chicago Record II erald
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
Assured of a Lonn Lie.

Mrs. Knowit-So you are engaged to
Miss Sweety? l do not wish to dis
courage you, but / understand that
she has said she has absolutely no
wish to know how to cook.
Mr.. Wise-That's right; proposed
as soon as heard it-Baltimore Amer
lean
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
Greatest Eruption OF vesuvius

The longest continuous eruption of
yesuvlus lasted from July, 1895, to
September, 1899. A block of rock,
weighing thirty tons, was hurled to a
height OF 100 feet during this erup-
ton.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21

The woman who orders dinner has
eaten 1t before 1t reaches the table. IL
she cooks II, too. then she has eaten 1t
twice. Is II any wonder she has no APP
pei!:e for n third course of it?-Har-
RS Bazaar. s...t
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21

Silken ralment has standing among
tie oldest garments in the world.
Robes Of that material were worn by
men and women alike $500 years be-
fore the birth of Christ.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
Once a wonder, Now SCRAP Iron,

A great ball, probably SIX feet In
diameter. that though Of ordinary cast
iron represents many thousands Of dol.
lars. Is located outside an industrial es.
Establishment I'm 10th street in Philadel
phia. 1t is painted homely yellow
and bears in streaky letters the adver.
tisement OF a manufacturing firm.
Formerly this globular piece of iron did
duty as a portion Of the famous Kseley
motor. 1t weighs probably ton, and
its present value is represented by ths
market rate Of scrap iron.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21

Barlow is rather close, isn't hep
"Close? He's stingy. He lets the
students in the BARRIERS college shave
him and cut his hair, in order to save
expense"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21

Every time family moves IT should
select smaller house; otherwise 1t will
not have enough furniture left to I'LL II.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-21

Sc How many instances of second marriages
occur in Shakespeare? Who were the parties?
81 Who was Julius Csesar's comrade al
school?
80 What Falstaff's waist measurement?
40 "LJupiter ascends
Sici: He came in thunder: his celestial
breath was sulphurous to SMELL
Annotate this passage from Cymbeline
Al From which Of the plays did Charles
Kingsley derive the title Westward Ho,"?
A. Give the arguments in the case of William
Visor Of Wincot V. Clement Perkes OF the hill.
43 How many children had Mr.. Justice Shall
low? What were their names?
a. Where does Shakespeare mention the birch
ar instrument of correction?
A. What the dickens" is one of the Shake
spearian Calculations Who used 1t?
46 What the color of Orlandos hair?
a. In which play does 'Honi soft Qui mai Y
pense'' appear
As On what occasions did Falstan refer TO the
story of the Prodigal Son?
40 Mention any instances OF bearded women
in Shakespeare.
30 Give any items you can from Perdita's
menu for the sheep shearing.
81. There is d larger than Falstaf In Shake
speare? What his name?
%. Who made Desdemona's handkerchief?
sl3. What the name of Poins's sister?
-. Mention any Shakespearian instances or
seasickness.
King Cophetua and the beggar maid was a
favOrte with Shakespeare.
56. Mention any Shakespearian views on the
spelling OF the word "abominable"
81. Recount the circumstances in which Orsi-
nos nephew lost his leg.
5S. Where was the stuffed alligator!
50. Who said:
sBase is the slave that pays?
Courses not loud. but deep?
Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none OF II
New-York tribune., 1901-01-21
WORK WHEN BED WAS HIS PLACE.
PATHETIC STORY OF AN ELECTRIC CAR
CONDUCTOR WHO STOOD AT HIS POST IN
THE CHILL WINDS OF SATURDAY
THOUGH DANGEROUSLY ILL.

Charles Fisher, twenty four years old a Metro
poIitan Street Railway conductor, taken from
the Sixth-ave. barns. at Fiftieth-st last night
suffering from an extreme case of pneumonia. His
temperature l05.
Fisher $ case is a pathetic one. lie was recently
married Then he got job after repeated an
Thcaticns as conductor. He was first made to
spend several days breaking in. like all new men
for which no compensation was given Then he
became extra man Gradually he worked I'M
until he got swing run, and finally after weeks
of nard work and strict attention to duty he got
a regular car. the grand prize in the lottery of
streetcar conductors life. 1t meant a couple OF
dollars day for BILE number of hours
To miss his car by a minute for any but the best
OF reasons meant that he would be placed at the
bottom of the list with men.
When he reported for work yesterday he was IN
enough to be in bed. His wife had tried 10 ner-
suade him to remain at home but fear of displeas-
ing his superiors, and of the loss of his nrecous
regular car spurred him on and by marvellous
pluck ne managed to stick out the day Al i0.S0
trip and staggered over to the starter.
I'm done up, boss ne said I'm sick / got
awful headache" "
He managed to count oct his money and sign the
conscious when picked up and was raving II
was plain that he was very ill., and an ambulance
called from Roosevelt Hospital. to which he
taken. THAT man ought to have been i'm a
hospital two days ago" said the ambulance sur
geon. HE has no very great chance now In
and talked of his wife and OF his car. ''I was
sick boss, he pleaded. pathetically: don't cut
me-" Cut is the word the men use when thev
are esther dismissed or s-ipsed TO a lower rank.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-21
Giin Gotcls.

year that an application for a pardon or for the
remission of fine does not reach the once; WIN IN
the increase in population the correspondence OF tne
office has increased till ii is five or six times larger
than IL ten years ago, and many or the IetIerS
that reach the office daily must be attended 10 per
sonally by the Executive The Legislative sessions
give him great deal of work. for he must read ana
consider $50 200 bills and many or these are
very important and require much thought ana
careful study. 49,. .,,-.,
Shortly before his death Governor Mount talked
freely upop this subject to his friends ana salu
that he would lay down the duties of the office
with pleasure in order return to the less arduous
duties of his farm life. He had frequently Deel
troubled with dizziness and at times was 100 III 10
attend to his duties, but he had no suspicion that
he did know that there was any trouble with MS
heart though, the sequel proved, that organ was
badly affected. and to it due all the trouble
which he had experienced. He believed, however;
that rest and physir al exercise his farm would
restore him completely, and on the evening of his
death his wife had given farewell reception TO her
friends and the family would have returned to the
farm in Montgomery County Friday.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-21
WOMIN DEAD. NAN POISONED.
COUPLE IN A RAINEs LAW HOTEL EN-
GAGE IN TRAGEDY.

man said to be Clarence NJ. Davis. OF No.
252 Green-st.. Schenectady. n. Y, was taken
from Room No. IL of A TrahOld's Raines law
hotel, One hundred and twenty -secOnd-st and
Amsterdam ave, to the j. Hood Wright Hos
pital last night suffering from some narcotic
poisoning. The body of a woman, registered as
the wife of "A. l.. Smith" taken from the
same room to the West e-hundred and -twen-
ty-fifth-st. police station. and later to the
Morgue. The woman's death had been caused
it is believed by the same kind of poison
The man and woman engaged the room at
$50 D. m. Saturday night. They registered as
A l.. Smith and wife. of this city. Nothing
seen of them yesterday. and when the door of
the room was forced the man was standing in
the centre of the room with the wOman's hat in
his hand. He acted in strange way. and NUT
tered that nothing was wrong when asked what
he was doing. Lying the bed half-cad the
woman's body found. An ambulance
called with all haste. and DIR. HanscOmb exam
ined the body and said the woman had been
dead some time From a superficial eXamina-
tion he said death appeared to have been caused
by some narcotic. probably an overdose Of
chloral knockout drops"
Papers and letters and some memoranda found
on him convinced the police that he is Clarence
NJ. Davis, of Schenectady. The woman looked
like servant. She was about thirty years old
of the brunette type and Of pleasing looks.