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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01
CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS
Strange Ideas of ECONOMY, Poiiteness
and Gratitude.


The spirit of economy in the Chinese
race transcends all that can be imag
! ined. The smallest particle of matter
is utilized. The old, cast-off account
/ book of the merchant is cut into pieces
and oiled to serve instead of glass In
windows or lanterns. A coolie who
has a six hours march with heavy
burden will return 10 his point of de
parture without having broken his fast
in order to save the two cents his
breakfast would have cost away from
home. Nothing is more curious than te
see them eat. although, with their ia
nous ehop-sticks. they do not perform
all the wonderful feats generally sup
posed. They put their food In bowls
or saucers and with the chopsticks
they raise the pieces of meat or fish to
the mouth with sufficient grace. Each
has bowl of rice, which he holds
near his lips, and with the aid of the
chopsticks he pushes the contents into
his mouth. II is curious to see them
pick up with their chopsticks the grains
of rice that fall on the ground. The
children are taught this art from their
earliest years; nothing must be lost,
not even the smallest grain.
Europeans regard politeness as an ex-
preston of those qualities Of the heart
which render the person who desires
to be polite agreeable to those with
whom he Is thrown. The Chinese look
UPON the matter from an entirely DIFF
ferent standpoint The same senti-
ment which accords Importance to the
preservation OF dignity regulates his
actions as regards politeness. Here is
an example of their pollteness. A Chi
nese arrayed in his most beautiful
costume, who presented himself at a
house, disturbed rat which was en-
joying himself In a jar OF oil. The rat
In his flight overturned the jar upon
the visitor, whose dress was ruined.
While the unfortunate visitor was still
pale with rage his host entered tho
apartment, and after the usual saluta-
ton the visitor explained his misad-
venture: "As | entered your honor
able apartment, had the misfortune
to alarm your honora BILE rat, which, In
taking flight. overturned your honor
able jar of oil upon my miserable and
Insignificant clothing. which explains
the contemplate condition In which
you ind me In your honorable pres
ence."
To determine your conduct when a
Chinese offers you a present Is the
most difficult thing in the world. Ger
tain things are not offered to be ac-.
cepted. and others may not be refused
peremptorily In general manner,
nevertheless, one may accept, under
standing perfectly that the gift must
be returned a hundredfold.-St. Louis
Republic. --
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01

even the baby cabs have rubber tires
and everything is filed with sweet
ness and light, demands modern Mer-
curry mounted ON a swift-fying wheel
and bearing his flaming torch high in
air.
Until the time comes, which 1t doubt
less will. when the entire city Is light
ed by electricity and the lamplighter
becomes a thing of the past the In
diana avenue man will doubtless stand
as the model for the correct in lamp
lighters. 1t is hard to improve on him.
He Is as far ahead of the walking
lighter as the latter Is ahead of the
gasoline lamp men or the link boy Of
ancient London. He is thoroughly mod
ern, and as such is a type of life In
that aristocratic section where every
thing is as nearly as it should be as 1t
is possible to have 1t under our civil
Zation.-Chicago Chronicle.
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tured and gets more pleasure out of LIE
than ten ordinary people. There's q
woman carrying her umbrella swung
across her shoulders like a shotgun.
She's a true soldier of fortune, and
was never known to say die l can't
think OF anything that would feaze
her."
The man paused.
"And what would you say asked
the woman. "about that girl who car
ries her umbrella horizontally across
the small of her back and catches either
end into the crook of her elbowF
well" admitted the man, she Is
new one on me. never saw her be-
fore. but l wouldn't be afraid to wager
that she is conscientious to a degree
and has a heart as big as all outdoors
But here" he added, "comes the most
even-tempered woman of the lot. She
euddles her umbrella protestingly I'M
der her arm. AS If she doesn't want even
II to get hurt In the crowd. That wom-
an is gentle and thoughtful and kind
New York Sun.
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Only Suubtirued.

Last summer two little girls In a
College avenue family were repeatedly
demonstrated with 10y their indulgent
mother for pll ying bareheaded in the
sun. You viii be burned so badly
sad she To them finally. that people
viii think you are black children" Her
warn ne had little effect. however, and
ste gave up trying TO keep their hats
on
che day she sent them to neighbor
a h'ock or 50 distant to make some In.
"uiri,s concerning washwoman. Mrs
$. tie ne. rbor in question. mistook
ton FIR Tie children OF Mrs. Black
who lived in another street nearby.
"iuu tire The little Black children
are tuu noi z" she asked
Ca. no" came Tie prompt response
fruni he elder only sunburned. -
lni ans, polls News.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01

be fat and finbby. but at % a remark
able change takes place. The foot then
completely subsidies. the fiabbiness dis
appears, the flesh of the foot becomes
nrmer, the muscles and tendons gel
stronger and the bones become well set
Altogether great difference is notice
able.
Yes, we have great difficulty with
girls of about II or thereabouts, for
then they require a shoe large as a
full-grown woman. When they get
older and the foot becomes settled new
boots made on the old last will be
found too large, and 1t is only when the
young ladies' complain that their new
shoes are too big that we know the foot
has undergone the change just de
scribed. Then explanations have to be
given. but the shoemaker doesn't mind
that so much, for woman as she
grows older likes TO be told that her
foot is getting smaller.
After 40 the feet of a woman go
back to the fat and fabby state, and
herein grows the trouble of the shoe
maker, who has to state in explanation
why the last pair of shoes do not fit
that the cause lies In the fact that her
feet are getting bigger.
No, | don't think that cycling in.
creases the size of girls foot True,
one or two of our lady customers have
asked us to make their new boots
shade larger, but this difficulty is got
ten over by making them full We
have never altered the length. Chi
cago Chronicle.
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has held that electricity, like water,
and often gas, ought to be provided by
municipal rather than private enter
prise. Consequently many English
towns manufacture their own electric
light and power. But 1t is contended
that electricity can be manufactured
and transmitted, even to a long dis
lance, much cheaper in quantities large
enough to supply half dozen towns.
Consequently several companies, each
intending to sell power to large manu-
featuring districts, are besieging Par
lament and If their requests are grant
ed It will not be long before the total
of electric power produced in England
will be increased by third, and, &C
cording to the applicants, reduced In
price by a third
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oMENs OF ROYAL DEATHS.

When Bells Ring Thirteen and Phan-
tom Ships Appear.
A grewsome story came from London
of the appearance of the phantom
barge of the Thames" for three success
sive nights preceding the death of the
queen. This phantom barge Of the
Thames appears when a member of
tho roval 70 rniiu 10 about tn die Inst
as the celebrated white lady of the
Hohenzollerns" gives warning of the
death Of a monarch OF that family. And
when this phantom barge appears GID
ing through the low-lying shadows and
night mists of the river the great clock
Of Westminster Big Ben, gives thir-
teen strokes at midnight instead of his
ordinary dozen. Just now any num-
Der Of Thames watermen can be found
who say they have seen the phantom
barge and heard Big Ben strike his
ominous number.
There are well-authenticated In
stances of Big Ben having struck thir-
teen at midnight. Once a soldier on
sentry duty at Windsor was charged
with having slept on post and was SEN
fenced to be shot runs a story In the
Portsmouth Times. 1t was charged
that he was asleep there at midnight
Of certain night. His defense was
that he was not asleep and that he had
heard Big Ben In London strike tliir-
teen at the moment he was charged
with having been sleeping on duty. 1t
was proved that on that night Big
Ben had struck thirteen and had been
heard In Windsor The man was par
doned. This Is a recorded case, but
the record does not say that any catas-
trophe happened to the royal family
the next day.
1t Is said that the phantom barge APP
peared on the Thames at midnight and
| Big Ben struck thirteen ON the night
before the death Of the prince consort
and that the same things happened the
night preceding the death of the Prin-
cess Alice and OF the Duke Of Clar-
ence. When the phantom barge ap-
peared on Jan. 10. 1892, the night be-
fore the death Of the Duke Of Clar-
ence, another boat pulled by four men,
gave chase. The phantom boat glided
swiftly toward the terrace of the
House of Commons and vanished. The
pursuing boat dashed against the stone
embankment and was wrecked.
A warning which applies to the death
of sovereigns only Is the fall of one
OF the stones at Stonehedge, the great
Druid relic on Salisbury Plain A
stone certainly did fall there on the
night OF the death of the late queen.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01
Tobacco and Tennyson.

Mr.. Justice Brown, of the United
States Supreme Court, in the recent
cigarette law" decision, asserted that
no other vegetable has contributed 50
much as tobacco to the comfort and
solaee of the human race. On the sub
ject of tobacco and Its votaries here is
a pretty story which the death of Prof
Max Muller has brought to the front
again. AS Is well known, Max Muller
was a warm friend of Tennyson, and
once when he was staying with the
poet the after-dinner talk turned TO to-
bacco. The professor confessed he had
formerly been the slave of his pipe.
but had asserted his independence by
making an entire Pronunciation. The
poet said, Anybody could do that"
and, his words being doubted, proceed
ed to deeds. He threw his pipes de.
family out of the window. The next
day he was placidly self-righteous. the
day after he was moody, on the third
day he was impossible. On the fourth
day he was seen in his garden gather
ing up the discarded gods, never again
to be cast out.-Buffalo Commercial
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AMERICAN IDEAS IN FAVOR.
England IL Fully Awake to the Value
of Electric Force.

OF Electric FOrCes
England Is beginning to catch up
with this country in the general use of
electricity. the movement being sum
ciently pronounced to be regarded as an
electrical awakening. The idea mas
forced itself into the stubborn and III
traconseryative British nnnd that the
success of American commercial traV-
elers against their English rivals is In
great measure traceable to the preYa-
lence of cheap electric power In the
United States. One result of this dis
coyery is that large demand Tor
American electrical appliances has
sprung up In England. Already an
American electrical manufacturing
company is building a large factory IN
London. In the matter of underground
rapid transit of electricity however,
London will soon be far ahead of all
cities In this country. The line from
Shepherds Bush to the Bank of Eng
land-six and one-half miles under the
busiest part of the capitals com
pleted and passengers are being carried
the distance named in twenty-five min
utes, stopping at thirteen stations en-
route. Fresh air is pumped into the
electrically lighted tunnels. Two other
underground electric lines are being
constructed and another Is in opera
ton carrying passengers under the
Thames.
These underground railroads are I'M
portant enough. but much more I'm
portant, so far as manufacturers are
concerned. is the electrical development
embodied In several bills before Parlia-
ment asking permission for the estab-
lishment of power companies to sup
ply large districts with electric power
at low prices. Heretofore Parliament
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lAMPLIGHTER ON WHEELS.
Up to- Date Servant of the Public in "a
Chicago Avenue.


Down Indiana avenue way If things
IRE not aristocratic the folks VIII not
lave them. The houses, the lawns,
he very paving blocks are all that
might be desired in that line. and when
he trolley car hunted its way into the
Ifhoroughfare the cars were not the
vulgar. haunting yellow caravans
which tear through Clark street ana
Wentworth avenue and other plebeian
highways. They were of a subdued
shade and upholstered; they were Iuii
of cushions and content; the conduc-
tors were suaye and polite. and the
motormen apologlzed when passen-
ger was staggered by the sudden start
ing of the car.
To follow out this rule In all things,
they have a lampllghter down there In
the region of Thirtleth street who does
not trot around the streets in greasy
Jeans with an ill-smelling torch over
his shoulder, leaving light and cheer
In his wake, as is the case in less IA
vored neighborhoods. This particular
lamplighter on whom Indiana avenue
dotes rides u wheel as he makes his
rounds, lights his lamps from the sad
die and is a thing of beauty to the first
people, who are present in large mum
bers on Indiana avenue. Pedestrian
ism may be well enough for Blue ISL
and avenue or exc Halsted street lamp
lighters, but Indiana avenue, where
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White Pine News.
ELY, NEVADA.
English Robbers.

Speaking OF the early Plantagenet pc.
Rod, Mr.. Henry. In his History OF
Great Britain" remarks that the num-
Der OF robbers was SO great that the
judges could not prevail upon the jul
res to find any of them guilty.
Even under the most rigorous admin
Istration of Edward III numerous
band of them assalled the town of Bos-
ton In 1878 at the time of the fair, set
II on fire and carried off an immense
booty in money and goods. Their lead
er. one Robert Chamberlain, a gentle
man of great power and wealth. was
taken. tried and executed, but he could
not be prevailed upon to discover any
of his accomplices. As the other rob
beers of this period were very numer-
Gus. SO some of them were very cruel,
and the character which one of their
chiefs wore embroidered upon his coat
In letters of silver might be applied to
many others-"l am Captain Warner,
commander of a troop of robbers. an
enemy TO Cod. without pity and with
out remorse.' Henry's History OF
Great Britain" book 4. chapter ID
Gentleman's Magazine.
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Really, your face is very familiar.
sir; but you seem to have the adyan.
tage of me in Names"
And she looked at the distinguished
stranger with a puzzled air.
Il faneied,' he said, that you would
know me. My name is Bangs and four
years ago | had the honor to be your
butler
The face Of the lady blazed.
But a remarkably lucky series of
stock investments he went ON. "bavo
enabled me to become your next door
neighbor."
The lady's face softened
so pleased to renew our aeauaint
ance, Mr. Bangs she smlingly said
New York Telegram.
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TarantuIas Are Enemies.

Tarantulas are considered deadly foes
TO each other and are seldom found in
company. When imprisoned together.
there Is n fight, one suecumbs and Is
eaten by the victor. Nature has done
service In making the tarantula so
hldeous and formidable looking an oh.
jet. Indeed. 1t Is owing to this repnl.
siveness that no greater number OF per
sons are stung. The sight of the great.
hairy spider crawling near by will
cause cold, creeping sensation down
the back of almost any one.
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Immediately Suspicious.

why did you terminate your inter-
view with that professional politician
SO abruptlyf" asked the confidential
man.
"He made me suspicious at the out
SET" said Senator Sorghum. 81 don't
care how much prevarication my as
sistants use toward other people. but !
want them TO he frank and honest with
me. The first thing that man did was
to tell me faisehood. He said he was
working from dlslnterested motives
and didn't want money" Washington
Star.
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Greene-They say that Senator Keen
err Is on the make. They even go SO far
as to say that that new house of his
was given him in payment for his
vote.
Gray-lt puts me all out OF temper
to hear such ISLANDERS! 1t Is as far n
possible from the truth know all
about II. II was this way: Some people
who were interested In Il certain bill
bet him that house that he would vote
against the bill, and he didn't aud won
the house. That was all there WIS
about It. The idea of Keener's being
open to bribery Boston Transcript.
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Wonderful stones.

The Ir: ! + the tortoise was suppos-
cd 10 contain wonderful stone which
WIS rf..iariars in distinguishing fire
an,i wiiea PLACED rnder the tongue
world p.od..ee prophetic Inspiration.
Another store possessing the latter
property WAS 10 be found in the eye OF
Tie hyera The head of the cat. how
ever. WAS thought TO contain what
worlI Undoubtedly have been the most
wonderful aud most desirable treasure
of all could 1t have only had real In
stead OF an imaginary existence. for
that man who was so fortunate as to
possess this precious stone would have
all his wishes granted. = Chambers
Journal
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Being asked his age, a colorcd citl-
zen In n Blllplile district replied:
We'll. sub. | some older dan dat pine
tree yanler, III bit younger dan dat
live oak by de gate CA not quite so Of
ez de house wlar | llfin at. | amt
much on liggers myself. but you kin
count up cn see" Atlanta Constitu-
ton
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Two Anecao.e. of Colonel IngersoII

Two Anecdotes Of Colonel IngersoiI.
Senators Morrill,. Voorhees, and Cor
man were cunversing together outside
the senate chamber, Colonel lngersoll
Glanced to pass by. Mr.. Voorhees,
greeted him and said: I'VE are discuss
ing the meaning of improbable What
is your definition of the wordT'
Promptly Colonel Ingersoll replied. ut
Is negro going in an opposite direc-
ton from brass band"
Colonel lngersoll was temperate
man. but not teetotaler. One day
Mrs James G. Blaine was passing
through Fifteenth street opposite the
treasury department. when out from
liquid refreshment saloon came Colonel
Ingersoll and friend. my dear colo
nell" said she. you would not he seen
coming out of such place. would
you?'' My dear madam replied be,
would you expect me to stay there all
the timeT'- Washington Times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01

"You have no nerve at ALL" said the
Disguised dentist TO the patient who
was making frlghtful fuss.
NOW listen TO that" returned the
patient warmly-"baming me for lack
OF nerve when you told me not i've
minutes ago that you'd extracted most
OF 1t and intended TO kill what WIS
left."-Chcago Post.
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The Cable TussIe.

We all know that England has the
monopoly OF oceanic cables, and that
Germany is making giant strides In an
effort to overtake her rival. If France
does not hurry she will remain eter-
nally the tributary of the two.-Paris
Iiberte.
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The Main Thing.

II hear you have been selected to de-
liver the valedictory at your commence
ment."
YES" replied the fair graduate to-
be. land It's just worrying me sick. |
don't know what style to adopt"
"Why. there's only one style about a
valedictory address. | should"
"Sillyl I'm speaking of my gown
Philadelphia Press.
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An Acbieyenen,

Did you succeed in arouslng any in.
terest in your recent political cam.
paignf"
Il did better than to arouse Interest,"
answered Senator Sorghum. Il man
aged TO stir up few dividends."-
Washington Star.
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Corsets ON school Girls.

Prussia has issued an edict against
schoolgirls wearing corsets; to which
the Alliance of German Corset Makers
retorts that corsets worn by girls under
IA years are harmless, as they are never
tightly laced
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Rarrxmnres Are Bright.

Maurice Barrymore, the unfortunate
actor who has entertained tens Of
thousands in his time, but is now hope
lessly insane, had fund of anecdotes
with which he never wearied of enter
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SPECUlATOR'S LUCK.
Making a Good Profit Ont of an APP
narentlY Bad Snap.

After all the rest of the party who
were sitting outside of the hotel In big
armchairs had discussed the whirlwlnd
on Wall street and given personal ex-
periences In the stock arena. one OF
them called on the quiet man with an
unlighted cigar for some contribution
along the same line. lie blushed as he
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01
ABOUT THE FEET OF GIRLS.

At Certain Ages the Pedal Extremities
Are Abnormaily Large.
A fashionable shoemaker, whose Gus
tom comes from the best circles of so
ciety, declares that girls between the
ages of 10 and Is generally have big
feet "Their feet are" he says, "at
sucn periods Of their lives disposed to
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Excelsior.

The shades of night had fallen fast
As Ger the stage there proudly passed
A chorus in glad toys arrayed
And OF what was this chorus made?
Excelsior.
-Baltimore American
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The women claim that the men can
never find anything that Is lost about
a house; how about finding the tacks?
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American Apples Abroad.

American apples have already. In a
large measure, conquered the markets
of England and Germany.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01

The worst misfortune of farmer ls
to have no sons.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-25
GAMBLING FOR OFFICES.
Religious People ofLon6on Scandal
ised By a Recent Occurrence
I'm Politics.

Some of the ultra religious people
here are expressing astonishment that
tie in the vote for member OF the
borough council was decided the ether
day by tossing penny. says London
paper, They insist that the element Of
chance ought TO have been eliminated
from English politics long ago As a
matter OF fact. there is still corner
left in the British constitution for king
Chance TO build his throne in. and IL Is
not many years since the house OF com
mons deliberately sanctioned the a1i-
peal to chance in certain emergencies.
When city councils were being estab-
lished in Scotland the question arose In
parliament as 10 the choice of chair
man Of the joint committee in case OF
an equality OF votes. and II WAS pro-
posed that the final decision In shat
ease be taken by lot. Serious nemlrrS
objected to such frivolous mcthca OF
deciding an important matter. hui the
mover Of the resolution rrn',eed the
house Of the apostolic prcec,'rnt. and
1t was decided by majority thar whai
was good enough for the election Of a
successor to Judas Iscarioi was good
enough for the chairman OF a joint ecm-
mittee. So that The Csmberwell clcc-
tlon is likely 10 stand IN law