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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09
A Real Weeping Willow.

One of the curiosities of an English
residence of nobility is weeping will
low made of copper, and so dexterous-
ly fashioned that at distance it re-
sembles a real tree. 1t is actually a
shower bath. for, by pressing a secret
button, tiny spray of water can be
made to burst forth from every branch
and twlg, to the discomfort of any who
may be under 1t.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

Miss Clara Wilson Kretzinger says
the last century was barbarous, anu
points for proof of her assertion TO
football, Fourth of July fireworks and
hazing. She might have included jew
elry. jangling belt hardware and the
Monday bargain counter scramble
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

The mlcrobe sharps say that for an
all around. unparalleled atrocity the
milkman with whiskers is easily TO the
fore. 1t seems that the bacilli are sup
posed TO dive into the milk from his
facial underground.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

Three hundred young women of chi
cago who are all to become public
school teachers were recently pronounc-
ed physically perfect, including nerves
and eyesight Never before had 50
large a proportion of the number to be
examined passed the required tests. At
the New York Normal School inquiries
recently ELECTED the fact that nineteen
twentieths of the girl pupils were taller
than their mothers. The heroines OF
the English novels of a century ago
were as weak physically as they were
mentally. The modern girl is whole
some and strong In body AM In mind.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09
Nearest Approach to the Poles

Explorers have approached within
23s miles of the north pole, but the
nearest approach to the south has been
ITO miles
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

II farmers would make practice OF
signing no papers for strangers there
would be less liability of being SWIM
died. If stranger is honest he VIII
not ask for signatures.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

Mr.. Aston cannot be a peer of Eng
land because the law prohibits natural
lied subjects from attaining to that Dig
nifty. Mr.. Aston has tried so hard TO
get away from his fur and pelt ances-
try that he has brought 1t to the notice
of all the world and got nothing else
for his pains except disappointment.
1t is a wise son who accepts his own
nadioraa
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

The State entomologist Of Georgia
says that within few years that STATE
will have hundred million fruit trees.
Gracious, what times the boys Will
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

"lie was spirited away, you say p
said Glldersleeve 10 Sterlingwortb re-,
THAT was about 1t They got INN
drunk ana Carried him on" Detroit
Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

Mistress (aTanglng for the dinner
Didn't the grocer send the macaronI?
Cook Yes, mum, but oil sent 1t back.
Every wan Of them stims was empty
London Fun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

After man succeeds he says that he
regarded every defeat as step toward
victory. But he was careful 10 TAKE as
few steps as possible.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

1t is an easy guess that American
locomotives are going 10 chase cut the
native locomotives IN India, for the Tor
mer are TO be given trial there.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

II was easy enough for us to whip
Spain, but it's long, hard job to fiad
out how we did 1t.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

There are more newspapers publish
ed in Iowa, in proportion to its popula-
ton, than In any other State of the
Union.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

Man learns to put his foot In his
mouth before he learns 10 talk, and he
seldom gets over the habit.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

"1 feel sorry for the rlch.'
"Whyp
when rich man gets n counterfeit
quarter he can't remember where he
got his dollar bill broken Chicago
Record
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

Are you a cane or a beet sugarite?
1t begins to look as If people would be
compelled to take sides.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

tan to perform his well-meant offices
more pruGently as well as more eco
nomlcally
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

When a man quits abusing his rival
II Ia a sign that he has his rival down,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-09

Many a man has strained himself
trying to live up to the superstition that
he looked like Napoleon.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26

Shortly after George De Forest
Brush, the well known painter, had
sold 1000 picture Mrs Brush, whose
delicate, spirituelle face and old fash
toned gowns are familiar to the public
through her husbands canvases. was
lettering one afternoon along Fifth
avenue with her children. At an art
store window the little group tarried.
While gazing at the pictures woman
of distinguished presence and fashion
able attire came out Of the store. In
passing to her carriage the beauty of
one of the Brush children attracted her
attention Calling the lad to her, she
gave him some pennies. Then. meet
ing the wan. spirituelle face of the
mother, the same face that shines out
from that painted canvas Mother and
Child" awarded I'm Paris the gold
medal and now the property of the
Boston museum, the Lady Bountiful
said solicitously, my good woman.
does your husband have plenty Of
work." "Oh, yes thank you" said
Mrs. Brush humbly. "He Is quite busy
painting" The carriage door closed
upon the beneficent lady, who went
home doubtlessly inwardly patting her
self for having shown sympathy for a
poor house painters wife.-New York
Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
Girls Help Walters To Cheat.

Among hotel employees sex does not
appear TO make any difference 80 far
as honesty IL concerned, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. Certain young women
who act as checkers In hotels work
with certain walters. Whenever one of
the girls obt,fins n position the men
soon follow her, and the hotel proprle-
tor Is vlctImlzed accordingly. The walt
err who Is IN league with the checker
makes small private mark on the
check with which he desires to chent.
She sees it, and instead of stamping
the prices against the articles ordered
she puts her fingers over the figures ON
the die SO that slight blotch IL all
that IL recorded In the place for figures.
The walter does the rest She Keeps
her account against her confederates,
and they settle up later on the outside.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26

I SAW BOLT OF LIGHTNING COMING DI-
RECTLY TOWARD Us
send such thrill through me. Before
the sound of the bell had been swal-
lowed up In the roar of the storm had
whistled for the brakes and reversed
the engine | knew that this would be
OF little avail, for the rails were slip
perry as glass, the train was heavy and
we were running down an eighty foot
grade. Just then | CHANGED to look
back and saw Tom Gage, the conduct
or, climbing over the rear end of the
tender. moment later he was In the
cab, and his face was as white as a
sheet. He shouted in my ear:
"How far are we from the old gravel
pit siding? Tell me, quickw
The fireman had come over to my
side of the cab, and motloned to him
to answer the question. "a little more
than 800 yards, reckon. Whyi"
"Why?" Tom repeated in shout.
Were all of US going into the ditch;
that's why! That guerrilla chap has
just come to his senses, and he says his
gang pulled out the spikes and then
threw the switch, so as to open the side
track, and that whole lot of the gang
are waiting there for us now. I'm GO
ing to climb down before we get there.
So goodby, boysw And, jumping to the
side, he disappeared.
Jump, Jimr' cried to my fireman.
"Pm going to stick here and take my
chances, but you needn'tH'
He looked at me steadily for second,
shook his head and turned to his own
side Of the cab. Our speed had now
slackened, but not sufficiently to offer
the slightest hope of our coming to a
stop before reaching the fatal siding
And remember now that fell to cal
culating how long it would probably
be until we struck the switch. noticed
that we seemed to be running into the
heart of TIE storm. The lightning was
terrific
And now we were In the cut-just
beyond 1t was the siding-and | knew
that within the next three minutes the
story would be told, for we were still
running at fair pace. AS we came
out of the cut the siding was In plain
sight in the llgirrhng, and saw in a
moment that the wounded man had
told the truth, for the switch had been
thrown over and no earthly power
could save US from turning off to the
left, passing over three or four sections
OF the trestle, and then, when we
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
, A'ANANAJNA7NAIVNANANANANANz
! ACR OSS s:.Hss4a$;
! D E A Y H ;;...;::;':$:ll!
: VALLEY :;
& Copyright, 1901, by 4. c. RoieseD
Observation-Disclosures
BY A. c. ROW SEY

Over the Amargosa valley stole the
advancing light of day. Out there,
where the land grows pale with seas
of alliali at the approach of dawn, ev-
cry living thing scurrles away to the
little cool springs which struggle In the
shadow of the canyons against the
coming vampire of heat.
The sunbeams struck down upon the
solitary cabin III Ash Guleh, and the
bunch grass that grew around the
house withered. There was no hope of
life In fierce heat. Yet within the
shack was n woman who did not stir
with the dawn-a woman Drowned by
exposure, whose resolute face was al
most masculine In its strength. 1t
was II queer home, one half dug out of
the living rock, the outer walls built
of rubble. She was lying on the soli-
tary bed, bound with larlat. Yester-
day, all night, she had struggled fierce
ly, furlously, then weakly, family.
With the dawn came TO her the great
thirst. The great thirst2 When the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
Due 10 the Relationship.

A perlpatetic of the barefooted va
riety met a farmer, who was also a
church deacon. The deacon was TAX
ing lunch under his own vine and fig
tree and unto him the perlpatetlo said:
'Sir, am very hungry"
you haven't been shaved" replied
the deacon.
mo, but I'm very hungry"
you're very dirty, into the bargain"
Eyes. but I'm very hungry"
"Well, can you say the Lords
Prayer?"
mo, can't.
"Wfl you say 1t for a piece of
breadp
* WILL"
Tho deacon started I'm with "Our
Father" at the same time cutting of
n slice MS he enunclated the words.
The tramp repeated Our Father
then suddenly asked
did you say Our FatherT"
eyes. Our Father"
"Stop just moment" continued the
dirty man. you mean your father
and my father
81 do" answered the deacon.
'Then we are brothers," triumphant
ly proceeded the unshaved.
ave are"
"Then for our fathers sake. cut that
bread thicker and cut 1t quicker
Boston Herald
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
An Old Enemy.

Persons who rise In the world are not
always as frank about their former
place In life as good sense and humor
might lead them to be. Dean Hole In
his book of "reminiscences, Now and
Then" tells a little story of one whose
humor did not desert him In time Of
prosperity.
A footman who had begun life as a
doctors boy grew interested I'm the
study of medicine and spent his leisure
hours reading medical books. He came
to the United States, worked hard as a
student and as n physician for many
years and attained large practice.
After some years OF absence he re-
turned to England. Seated one day at
luncheon with those whom he had for
merly served, he suddenly astonished
the company by holding up the mus
tard pot and addressing It with, Hast
thou found me. o mine enemyY
Afterward he explained that the only
reproof he had incurred from the lady
who was then at the head of the table
was evoked by the neglected condition
Of the mustard pot.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
A Crisis Met Half Way

There were strict orders In the Phil
ippines regarding lootlng. and one day
q lleutenant's suspicious were aroused
by a private whom he saw peering ca
gerly under the plazza of house on
the outskirts Of Manila, writes Dixie
Wolcott in Harper's Magazine.
"What are you doing there" he de-
manded in his gruffest tones.
"Why, SIR" said the soldier, salutIng,
I'm only trying to catch a chicken
which I've just bought"
Lieutenant X. stopped and caught
sight OF a Inc pair of fowls.
"There are two chickens under
there" he exclaimed excitedly. 81
bought the other one. Catch 'em BOTH
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
A SPECIAL
PROVIDENCE
BY George F. Seymour

Late in the spring of 1864, on the old
Nashville and Chattanooga railroad,
which had been taken possession of by
the military authorities, | was doing
times | would run n shifter In the yard
and perhaps the next thing would take
an extra train out over the road
We didn't have very much in the way
of rolling stock at that time, as the
"Johnnies" had run most of it away
when they evacuated Nashville, and
we We're particularly short of good en-
gines. One day was sent out with an
extra train and told to pull 1t down to
Chattanooga with the shifter. This had
been in its day first class engine, but
1t was very old and had been patched
and doctored up for use in the yard.
We had a squad of soldiers for guard,
and orders had been given for every
thing TO keep out of our way.
Several changes had been made on
the road since ! had been out, but the
only one having anything TO do with
this story was with regard TO n siding
about two-thirds of the way down.
This was a spur some thousand feet or
so in length, running into gravel pit
There was quite gully between the
main track and the pit, and the siding
ran for some distance over trestle
Some of the rails had been taken up
and used TO lengthen out another spur
track farther down the road. The
switch stand had been removed and the
switch spiked fast
We stopped at a water tank just this
side of Stevenson. Here the lieuten.
ant In charge said he had wounded
guerrilla, and, as he didn't know what
to do with him, we would have TO take
him to Chattanooga with us. SO he was
carried into the conductors car, at the
| rear of the train and laid on the floor
1t was now well along toward even
| ing and growing dark very rapidly,
| more so than usual, as n thunderstorm
was coming up. Before long 1t was up
| on lis, and it was a terror. | rolled the
| old engine along for all she was worth
and as there was Il pretty stiff grade
on this part of The road we were max
| ing tolerahly good time. About three
| quarters of an hour after passing Ste
yenson the gong gave the signal to
stop. Never. before or since. did IT
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
PlcKlNGs FROM FICTION

The fools ear was made for the
knave's tongue. -Ramaswami's Indian
Fables"
BAD habits are leeches that would
suck Hercules to effemlnacy. "A
Speckled Bird"
Money buys things, and love wins
things; power takes things. -"Fame
For Woman"
Duty Is what we think about when
i'll or are reminded Of by creditors
Dayidson's Dumas
When II man ceases to make love to
his wife, some other man begins
gables For the Elite"
People whose lives are anything but
Il joke are usually content with the
smallest Jests.--"1he Nultures."
Mothers personlfy circumstances to
children. We IRE symbols to them OF
battling, cramping fate.-"The Rescue
A woman Is like unto volcano,
which, even when inactive, IL palpltnt-
ing to spit forth its fire and which,
when II does vent It's fury bursts the
bounds of It's late enforced suppress
sion.-"The Woolng of Wistarin."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26

This Is letter from II lad Mt school
to his mother:
think | have got consumption. The
boys at this place are not gentlemanly,
but of course you did not no this when
you sent me here. win try not to get
bad habits.
The pants have worn out at the
knees. | think the tailor must have
cheated you, the buttons have come on,
and they are loose behind. don't think
the food is good, but shd not mind n
was only stronger. The piece OF meat
| send you Is off the beef we had on
Sunday, but on other days 1t is more
strlngy.
There are black beetles in the kitch-
en- and sometimes they cook them in
the dinner which can't be holesome
when you are not strong. have tame
beetle as pet. Do not mind my being
uncomfortable as do not think shall
last long
Please send me some more money,
as o two shilllngs, IL you can't spare It
think | can borrow 1t of boy who Is
going to leave at the half quarter, but
perhaps you would not like to be under
an obligation TO his parents. Yr loving
but retched son.--London Standard.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
A FEAST THAT FAILED.
The story of RRccoon That Was
Not Served For breakfast.

Not Served For breakfast.
1t Is within the memory of many
people that the custom of schoolteach-
ers boarding around" was the usual
thing in country districts. Although
Il custom which teachers seldom liked,
1t is doubtful II many OF them had MS
hard time rs young schoolmaster
who described his experience in the
New England Galaxy for 1917. The
article was written by Leonard APP
thorp, then an undergraduate of Bow
doin college. The young schoolmaster
was TO receive SO month and his
board.
From the first day | perceived that
l was at board ON speculation and at
the mercy of close calculation, he
writes. One day the whole dinner con-
sisted of Il single dumping, which
they called Il pudding and five sau-
sages, which In cooking shrunk to the
size of plpestems. There were five of
us ut table.
few days afterward, on my return
from school, my eyes We're delighted
by the sight of an animal l had never
seen before 1t was raccoon, which
the young man, Jonathan, had killed
and brought home In triumph. When
skinned. he seemed TO be one entire
mass of fat and of n most delicate
wilderness. | was overJoyed and went
to bed early to dream of delicious
steaks which the morrow would bring.
Long before daylight | heard the
family stirring. and the alacrity of
quick footsteps and the repeated open
ing and shutting of doors all gave AS
surance of the coming holiday.
l was soon ready for breakfast, and
when seated Mt table | observed that
the place of Jonathan was vacant.
"Where is Jonathan" | asked.
"Gone to market" said they.
market! What market, pray2 |
did not know there was any market
In these parts"
ooh, yes" they said, 'he Is gone to
-. about thirty miles to the south
ward of U.S."
"And what has called him up so
early to go to marketY'
Gle Is gone" said they, ITO sell his
rnccoon"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
WHOLE NO. 1869

Silence.
"Reckon your wife'd like to have
some water" The shot told. The
prospector lncautlously raised his head
above the low earthworks. Il left her
trussed up at your old shack across
'My God, Mollyv' groaned the young
man. His throat was parched. He
could scarcely speak. 'All right" he
whispered, and the other man, strain
Ing his ear, heard and smiled. 1t was
not pretty smile.
"Throw out your gun, then" he COM
manded.
The prospector complied.
Nov your belt"
The broad leather belt, with the Colts
revolver, fell over the breastworks.
Douglas came out of the trees with
grin of triumph on his sinister counte-
nance. He stopped to pick up the rifle.
Two shots rang out. Douglas fell In
heap over the younger mans weap-
ons. Ii had been only No 81, which
| he never dreamed the prospector had
carried, but 1t did the work
The sun was sinking, blood red
globe. far up the valley when the tall
young prospector crossed Death valley.
! The child's head lay in heavy slumber
| on his shoulder Two rifles hung from
his saddle, and the claim jumpers bur-
ro plodded along behind. Before he
reached the cabin he heard and shiv-
cred II was fhe voice of n woman
babbllng of green fields and cooling
waters, pleading with the great thirst
as thing that understood. Just one
drop just one wee drop, then wan of
despair.
At midnight woman mounted on
the dead assayers horse and clasplng
| In her weak arms a babe that slept
calmly and man on foot, leading
burro, wended their way down the tor
tuous ravine. A. cool breeze, wander
ing aimlessly, famed their faces and
then died away. Bathed In moonlight
the lonely trio moved onward away
from the alkaline sea, away from the
| great thirst. Sometimes the woman
turned to the man and talked rational
| ly of claim papers and pretty homo In
| Los Angeles; sometimes strange look
came into her eyes, and she murmured
of ripping waters and cool green fields.
| Then the man would offer her the can
teen, and as she drank he would stand
| Mt her side, one arm about her waist,
the other resting protectingly on the
| child.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
Look Out for Fever.

Billousness and liver disorders at
this season may be prevented by
cleansing the system with DeWitts
Little Early Risers. These famous
little pills do not grippe. They move
the bowels gently, but copiously, and
by reason Of the tonic properties, give
tone and strength to the glands. Geo.
NJ. Shamalia.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26

Once upon n time there was man
who was chronic borrower OF money,
and he was never known to slight an
acquaintance through neglect. He was
extremely we'll known by large circle
OF acqualntanccs, which he was contin-
ually endeavorng to enlarge.
The members Of this growing circle
never forgot him. and even after his
death lac remained green In their mem
ories.
Moral.-A man to insure being re-
membered must keep In touch with his
friends. New York Herald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26

Manageable salesman In depart
ment 400 says he won't perjure his soul
longer lying about our goods. He's a
good man, and 1t will be hard to re-
place him. What shall l do?
Proprietor What's his salary2
Manager-Ten dollars, sir.
Proprietor him $11.-New York
Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26
After the Sunshine.

"What became of that Sunshine club
which Daisy startedY
"Oh, it's under cloud. After the
first annual election of officers 1t was
impossible to get quorum owing to
the fact that no two members of the
club were on speaking terms. Chi
cago Record Herald.
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.DE Dayld KenncdyS
EayOFite Remedy
CURES AL kiDNEE STOMACH

Have you seen the new 1902 WALL
PAPER at Helms Hardware Store !?
The prices are lower than last seasons
and the patterns very pretty. You
will miss it If you do not look at them
before papering your rooms.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26

"You spoke OF Gloober as being
queer Is he mentally unbalancedY
"Not exactly that. He's merely &C.
centric and peculiar lie gives In his
property to the assessor at the same
figure he has It Insured for."-Cbicago
TrIhunn
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26

Judge-You do not seem to realize the
enormity Of the charge against you.
Prisoner-Eo; amt got my lawyers
bill yet, but I'm expectln' the charge II
be enormous, all Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-11-26

Don't worry II your associates push
you to the wall You will find the wall
handy as brace when you get ready
to push back. yici,sburg Herald.