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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

Barker see Molliwitz is going to
marry Maggie Shrewsbury. ! don't
envy him. bur | suppose money talked.
GruiIley He'll find that matrimony
can talk too.
Barker-And | fancy that alimony
will have something TO say before long.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

Aladdin had to rub his lamp when he
wanted things. When j. Pierpont Nor
gan has an Aladdinish feeling he just
goes and takes them without any rub
bng
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

Even II boy Is always whlstling ~
want to Be An Anger 1t is Just rs
wen to keep the raspberry jam and
cheese cakes on the top shelf of the
pantry.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

Hero Hobson is to be retired. But
why should hero who can draw a
salary from the United States for 60
ing around the country lecturing want
10 be retiredi
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

Andrew Carnegie has given his niece
Sl,000,OO0 as a wedding present. This
is another plan that will help one to
avoid dying rich.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

So long as we have not introduced
football into the Philippines the
charges of cruelty made against US
must fall fat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

Eastern doctors are treating Brights
unpopular disease by surgery. II you
recover you get well.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

DID 1t ever occur to you how much
harder II Is to HIT mortgage than II is
to raise one?-Boston Transcript.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

]. Pierpont Morgan has bought
statuette Of Hercules for $4,000. Why
Hercules, Pierp.? Atlas is the boy for
yOlI
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

1t must keep Jacob Riis busy to live
up to his reputation as the most use
full man in the United States.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

Mrs Lou peswl.er, OF o'Br!en couu-
ty. writes Iowa Homestead. VIII You
please give good plan for an under.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21
nisfnrhed the Pence.

"She disturbed my peace Of mind
How
Gave me piece of hers" -Detrol
Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21
ELY, NEVADA.

Opportunity uses battering ram
when she knocks at some mems
doors.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

Some people never get before look
ing-glass without proceeding to squeeze
the plmples on their faces.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

Every man is gent after he Is
dead.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-21

Men no doubt seem funny" to WON
en-. 1t is dead sure thing that women
seem funny to men
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
Extra Special OilcIoth Barga
DR.. REEDS CUSTOM SHOE

We viii place OF sale tomorrow 100 rolls Of the best quality Of floor oil cloth
u Is IN widths hOm n yard to two and onehaf yards. 1t
Is a grade that generally sells at 40c a yard. We omer il to- mo
morrow, as long as 1t lastaa at a yard. go.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
Remarkable Bargains in Linens

The progress that our linen department has made
is phenomenal. Buying direct from European
manufacturers for spot cash and buying in the
largest quantities. often enables US to sell at less than
wholesale price. Very special bargains are on sale to-
morrow for the first time. When in need OF anything
in the linen line, we solicit your patronage.
Pinch finest grade. full bleached, all linen double
satin damask, new and very attractive no.
designs regular $50 quality, at, a yard ....... SOS
S25 quality. Pin. full bleached. extra fine. all 3Ec
hhen satin damask, elegant goods, at. yard .AOS
75c quality all linen. German silver bleached and Irish
full bleached table damask. This lot is a S0r
great bargain at a yard wv
Soc quality. all linen. German silver bleached 0nc
table damask. at, a yard ..........."....".... ASS
s5c quality. all linen. Scotch unbleached table IOc
oamask, at a yard .................. ..... AOS
Extra heavy 24-inch German half bIesched napkins.
the kind that win give you wear. 800 I.1S
Nalue, at, a dozen -O
A lot of very fine full bleached double satin damask
napkins. worth up 10 500, at, = 80
800 hemsitched damask towels with fancy drawn
work. 47-inch long. made from the finest EOcI
double satin damask, at ...................... ~
table cloths. 2 and 3 yards long, in plain
white and fancy border, regular price N6 OQCl
and 8, go in this sale at each SIC and. ,....S OSI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
Popularity in Fiction.
rom the Philadelphia Press


In a recent symposium" In an English
magazine two different authors who have
experienced two different sorts of popu-
larity express two different opinions upon
the question of popularity in fiction. The
first, Mr. William LIE Quex, whose sensa-
tional novels have wide reading both
here and abroad, advises the literary as
pirant for popular favor to study the pub
lie, find what they want and then give it
to them. The second, Mr.. A. E. w. Mason,
whose Miranda of the Balcony" was en-
joyed by the few as book and by the
many as a play. protests. on the other
hand. that. in his opiRion, popularity-and
by that mean genuine and lasting pop
ularty--is not to be obtained by perpetu-
ally and deliberately aiming at it"
Here. then, are two antipathetic views
on the same question from two men who
should certainly be qualified to form a cor
either side, according to the definition
which one gives the word popularity.
Yet, to take that word even in its broadest
sense we are inclined to side with Mr.. Ma
son. However, one may debase it, litera-
ture. In the last analysis, remains an art,
and no art lends itself to distortion for
the sake Of popularity. Quite apart from
any consideration on their literary merit.
the fact remains that most OF the legiti-
mately 'big sellers" of recent years have
been more or less in the nature Of new de-
partures on the part of their authors. who.
when they attempted to win a second popu-
larity by another book modelled upon the
first. have generally failed.
However as has been said, all depends
upon what Is meant by popularity. Ger
tain sort of sensational story Is always
sure to find a certain sort of large audi
ence, and a conscientiously artistic one Is
also sure of hearing. The only differ
ence is in the question of financial returns
Using the adjectives in the sense OF the
ethics of art, the good novel and the bad
novel have this in common, that each is
assured a sale. Unfortunately, 1t Is the
bad novel that has, for the most part. the
larger sale, and that Is the easier written
by the average man. Otherwise it is
matter Of choice, and a very simple affair
for writer Of a certain temperament to
do bad work for the sake Of selling few
extra COPIES,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
A FRIEND OF LAWYERS.
How the Mississippi River Promotes
Real Estate Litigation.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
eff a man had the combined acreage in
volved in all the changes of the Mississippi
river between Lake Itasca and the Gulf OF
Mexico during sgle year he would be one
of the largest real estate owners in the
country" said an old river man. land real
ly it would be very interesting IL some river
expert would give out an estimate on this
subject. If you want to get some idea OF
the extent of this acreage make the trip
from New Orleans to st. Louis by boat
some time and talk with the men who are
directly affected by these changes. One
man will tell you that for stretch of sew
eral miles there has been caving of any
where from a foot to ten feet. and that
some of the richest of his soil has thus been
washed into the river Now this same
thing goes ON all along the river. What Is
lost on one side as a rule is gained on the
other. that is, the acreage involved In the
caving on one side Is nearly so much made
land on the other.
sistances which have been formed on the
other side arrest a heavy per cent Of the
sediment and the formation of bar is the
result. One man told me some time ago
that In one short stretch In Mississippi more
than 1000 acres Of land had caved into the
river in less than dozen years. l person.
ally know of another instance where the
river in little less than two years time
clipped of point which contained more
than 100 acres. Property rights do not cut
much figure with the old Mississippi In
fact, I may say that the big muddy stream
is one of the most prolific breeders Of liu-
cation in all the country because Of the al
most innumerable controversies which
spring up in the courts over riparian rights.
In not a few instances state lines have
been changed, and believe there is a dis
pute still hanging fire between the states
of Arkansas and Mississippi, due to a
change in the river. But 1 was speaking
of the immense acreage involved In the
washing and shifting of the river. It is
something much larger than one not famil
lar with conditions would think, and If
had its value in honeywell, would be
steamhoating STILL suppose. but on very
much larger scale than at present"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
Japanese Foresight.
From the Toxic Times.

tfOm Cbe TOXIC Times.
The Dai-ichi Gingo in 1900 received a de-
post of 1900 yen which will remain fixed
for $50 years from Mr.. Goichi Abe, dealer
in coal and coke at 4 Minami Shimboricho
Nichome, Kyobashi-ku. Tokyo. The bank
has contracted to pay the sum OF 1.20S, AL
ITO yen at the end Of go years dating from
1900 inclusive. The father Of the depositor
was 'rikishaman. and he himself was an
iceboy some twenty years ago. Then his
mother was seriously Ill, and three days
before her death she said that she would
like to eat SODA, which is cheap dish. but
a luxury for the poor. He. then only eight
years old, purchased some SODA with the
money he had got from the sale of ice and
was carrying 1t home when he was encoun-
were then scolded for their righteousness
His mother died, and he was employed as
an errand boy for the next six years by
twelve different masters. Meanwhile the
father and the son did not know of each
others whereabouts. It was only by acct
dent that the son read in a newspaper that
his father, who was named Ki-ichi Abe
was employed by Mr.. Soichiro Asano. The
son searched for his father, and was able
to find him out again. After this the son
was given a situation in Mr.. Asano's es-
Establishment. Lately the father lost ship
Che had become rich enough to own a ship
in a storm. The ship had been insured at
5000 yen. The fact Of the insurance was
unknown to him, for the policy-holder was
the son, But the father and son settled be-
tween themselves that the money should be
deposited on behalf of their posterity and
hence the long term contract
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
Russian Land Reform.

Among the changes gradually coming
over Russia none is more worthy Of atten-
ton than that of the rise Of middle class
whose growth is, Of course, at the expense
Of the mobility or land-owning class. In
the manufacturing centers this change has
been pretty rapid and is now extending to
areas whose consequence is-not dependent
upon manufactures. In the recent list Of
estates put up for sale for arrears of debt
upon moneys lent by the state to the nobii-
ity for the improvement Of their property
we find the Volga provinces showing much
the same tendencies as those of st. Peters
burg and Moscow. Altogether in the prov
inces about the Volga something like 800
600 acres of mobiles land are advertised for
auction. In other words. in half dozen
provinces of European Russia, mostly de-
voted to agriculture, an area of 2, 800 odd
square miles in the aggregate is passing
into the hands of the newly forming middle
classes. This is equivalent to the entire
province Of Lorraine, or more than three
times the size of the duchy of axe-Coburg
and Gotha. The largest area for sale in any
single province is In that Of Saratov, which
was one of the chief centers Of the peas
ant rising last summer. In this province
alone 100000 acres are advertised for sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
The Belgian Lace Industry.
From the London Times

Lovers of beautiful products Of Belgium,
Brussels and Flemish lace will learn with
regret that, according to an exhaustive in
quiry that has just been completed under
the auspices Of the minister of industry,
the lace industry Of Belgium Is gradually
dying out. That the number Of workers
employed in the manufacture Of Belgian
lace has fallen during the last quarter Of
a century from 10000 to 1900, or 68 per
cent. is a sufficient Indication of the ce-
cline in this once f1ourishing industry. This
decline Is attributed to the existence Of q
system Of sweating that is the evident out
come OF exploitation by middieman and
salesman. The degree to which this ex-
ploitation Is carried on Is indicated in the
report Of the department of industry deal
ing with the present condition of the lace
industry by various examples. of which the
the depot Of factor" at Barlaere.
berthe Of fine duchesse de Bruxeles with
the following indications on the docket at
tached: Making, 4Of.: my price to shop in
Brussels. 1907; sale price at shop in Brus-
sells, 25Of. No. r. a factor" at Lierre
pays his workers 4.50f. for a dozen hat
knots embroidered with spangles; one of
these knots was purchased by lady from
Lierre at a Brussels modiste's for 14f. The
department Of Industry in Brusse is at
present examining the feasibility of inter-
vening in some way in order, IL possible,
to resuscitate the industry, and to place it
on sounder economic basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
"LIKE 80 cENTa~
How u Current Slang. Phrase Started
on It's Travels.

From the New York Mall and Express.
The origip of slang has always been a
puzzle to phllo.ogists. but once in a while q
current phrase can be traced to its source
The copoquialisrn ITO feel like 30 cents"
Is apparently nonsensical. but II Is certainly
the most 'forceful expression of the day for
denoting anything small, mean and con-
temptib.e in ones own sight. Its origin Is
thus explained by Philadelphia lawyer.
who sometimes practices in New York:
There is ragrant law in New York
under which person having no visible
means Of support may be placed In dur
ance. 1t has also been decided In that
state that person having small a sum
as 80 cents in his possession has visible
means OF support Now. there is no law
in New York except the vagrant law under
which pool sellers and gamblers OF that
sort may he held Shortly after the deci-
sion just mentioned was formulated two
gamblers were-captured in a raid and taken
TO the Tenderloin station house. They sent
Tor lawyer. who came and had a talk
with them. 1t will never do to make any
show Of money here he said Give me
your rolls They handed their wads over
to him and he gave each of them a quarter
and nickel with instructions to produce
the coins when he asked them to do so in
court. ,.,-as,-s-s-s. ---sss
when their cases were called the LAWYER
got them OF on the plea that they were not
Migrants, each having the legal amount of
FUNDS IN his possession. just as the deci-
sion was rendered in favor of his clients a
messenger entered the court room and re-
quired the lawyers presence at the SUI
preme court He left without seeing his
clients. and they wendell their way to the
nearest saloon.
How do you feel?' said one.
Il feel like 30 cents said the other. and
probably will until l get my roll back, or
what's left OF tt
And that's how that phrase was started
on It's travels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
Chinese Medicines.
From the New York Times.


81 have always heard that Chinese medi-
cines are very powerful said the city
salesman, but never had any idea what
tremendous effect they were capable of pro-
ducing on the system till 1 saw Doyers
street Chinaman take a pill the other day,
and then I realized that one dose Of a celes-
tial compound can safely be warranted to
kill or cure. Never in my born days did
see such pill. How on earth the fellow
ever got it down is a mystery. 1t was fully
as big as pigeons egg. and, so the patient
told me afterward. fearfully bitter. Upon
INQUIRY found that that was a fair sample
Of most Chinese remedies No matter what
the nature of the medicine. 1t is generally
made up into enormous pills. whose natu-
rally bad taste IL modified by nothing but
little lcorice These pills are fnclosed In
wax capsules which preserve them from the
air and keep them from being broken to
pieces before their time. Aside from the
pills. the only remedies used by orthodox
Chinese In New York are medicinal oil
which they rub on the temples to cure head
ache, and a liquid made by boiling down
the leaves. stems. seeds and roots OF GER
tain plants in q quantity OF drinking water.
According to my Doyers street authority.
this fiuld medicine u even worse than the
pills, for It Has to be cooked till it Is al
most like a strip and drunk scaidiug hot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
Breaking a Balky Horse.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
A balky horse was blocking travel at 10th
and Callowhill streets the other morning.
He stood stock still. His chin looked obsti
nate He was no more to be budged than
mountain.
They tried everything with him. They
even built a fire under him. But he stepped
hastily out of range of the heat and re-
sumed his baking again.
At last horse doctor appeared. He step
ped out of the crowd and held his hand up
to the driver for silence. The driver there
upon ceased his loud oaths.
81 am a horse DOCTOR, said the new
conner, land in less than minute I'll have
your horse on the move
He took out OF his pocket penknife and
a little whistle. He opened the horses
mouth and scratched its gums with the
knife, while at the same time he blew
shrill blast into its large ear.
Now, then" he said, quietly. "git-ap.
thar Git-ap! You hear me-"
The horse departed at brisk trot, and
the doctor said to the crowd:
You can always break up fit of the
balk gents, by working on two senses at
once 1 worked. as you saw, on the hear
ing and the feeling l shocked the horses
ear with a sudden noise, and i shocked his
feeling with sharp little scratch. on he
started, then at once, his Darkness all for
gotten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
NEWSPAPERS AND READERS.
Discriminating Attention Needed In
Order to Keep Informed.

From the Chicago Tribune.
In talking about newspapers not long ago
a college professor is reported to have said
that twenty minutes q day was all that one
ought to give to newspaper reading 1t Is
to be feared that such advice will fortify
the skipper and the skinner In their helter-
SHELTER habits. Not that there is no justlfi-
cation for skipping and skimming.
There certainly is. The perfect, ne plus
ultra reader is the one who can adjust his
speed to the Importance OF the matter
which he Is perusing. who can float lightly
over passages which do not concern him
and piod conscientiously through passages
which do concern him. who has acquired
the power of rapid survey without losing
the power, whenever 1t is necessary to eX-
ercise 1t, Of accurate insight. This kind of
reading machine, capable of being adjusted
to any required velocity and to any re-
Quired degree Of thoroughness. will do more
work in a day than any other kind OF read
Ing machine that can be devised.
1t remains true, however. that most peo-
pie skip and skim unintelligently. They
fail into ways which are fatal to mental
health. They become too cursory. Such
people should give their paper more than
read everything that the paper contains.
The headlines will enable them to pick out
those articles which are of particular value
to them. Other people VIII pick out other
articles. MAI IS the plan vi WhicH tue
daily paper Is constructed. 1t is not meant
in all it's parts for all people. What 1t at
tempts to do is to give each of it's readers
the things which he is interested in. When
he has found those things he should read
them carefully. Unless he does he will
find that his acquaintance with current
events is exceedingly unsatisfactory.
The farmer who plows through the col
umns of his paper with much more care
than speed is, of all men in the country.
the best informed on many subjects of
political moment. The thing We need is.
perhaps. not that newspaper reading should
be less absorbing. but that it should be
more discriminating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
# the Mississippi Flowed North.
From Success,

I
The Rhine Is less than 900 miles long,
and the Danube less than 1000. The length
Of the longest river in India is $500 miles,
and the longest in Asia is 1890. The Nile
Is 4,062; it affords. however. only 100 miles
Of continuous navigation from It's mouth.
You may take q steamboat from the mouth
OF the Mississippi and pass UP $500 miles
from the gulf-as far as from New York
across the Atlantic to the strait Of Gibral-
tar. across the Mediterranean and the
Aegean sea to Asia Minor. and up the
Dardanelles to Constantinople, and then
you will have to disembark and walk 400
miles If you wish to equal the distance that
would have to be Travelled to reach the head
waters OF the river.
What II this Father OF Waters" like the
Nile, had flowed north instead Of south,
and. like the Red river Of the north, had
emptfed into the Arctic ocean instead Of the
gulf? ComHercially speaking. 1t would
have cut OF thfs great river system, from
the world. would have made the isthmian
canal useless to the Mississippi valley and
would have spread annual devastation
throughout It's course. because the foods Of
spring from the southern portion OF the
river would have poured down upon the
northern while the latter was SIN Ice
bound. FITTING the basin OF tin .AElssissippi,
only q few hundred feet would have made
oil this vast difference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
A Relic Of Darker o. Times.
From American Medicine

from american Medicine1 e sft.
All England has been, indignant at tho
crime and at the insufficient punishment Of
mother. who punished her daughter
brutally for bad habit" Almost every
one can remember such. an illustration Of
Furnishing children for being Ill which oc-
Cured in Ids neighborhood or family during
his childhood. The fact arouses the thought
that the old-time punishments Of the insane,
Of the aged. etc, are by no means past.
To every ocuiist.s ONCE are frequently
brought the pttiable victims Of stupid school
teachers who are still often punishing chill
dren for the ast'gmatisHh nayopia or hyper
opia which has prevented them from seeing
figures on the blackboard or from studying
diligently. or from being as bright-minded
as the teacher wishes. We know Of one
railway superintendent who Furnishes his
men who are growing presbyopic BY dis
charging them II they wear glasses One
wonders II the detestabie superstition OF the
evil eye. and the horrible punishment sin-
-hicted on its supposed possessor, has not
arfsen because OF stsabismus.