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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

side of Boonville. do you think an old
pusson who used to peter out the best
wrestler in these parts, back, side or
pough-an'-tumbleh holt could fetch up
bout time for dinner Mt the Yaller
tavern on the four corners kept by Ell
Jones. who can take care of fourteen
men snd bosses without going to the
neighborsf DO you think 1t can be
done by an ole pilgrim who draws a
penshun of asthmay from the Civil
War-if he should start now without
further parleyf"
II took the same route day before
yesterday and ! know It can he done.
Eli Is still at the Waller tavern. doing
a brisk business, same as usual" And
again the drummer tossed the old chap
a knowing smile. says the New York
Times And again the old chap never
twitched a hair of the eyebrow nor
curved a bristle of the lip
And II | should take the eyenin'
boat from Albany Ia reach New York
in time for break good Lord! Hes
gone! Snaiched the train on the zip
and went quickern a wink. They're
n mighty KNOWN lot and I'm glad |
got information; for | may take 1t into
my head to try jant sometime my
self Good-by. 81 So glad happened
along and found man with p'iuts"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

Railroad accidents, so fruitful OF
tragic incidents. are also occasionally
productive of bits of humor. although
It is not often that the humor finds a
place in the newspaper reports OF the
accident.
One amusing incident is reported by
a woman 10 whose care Il young man
had been inrusted after he had been
badly hurt IN n collision. He was un.
conscious when he was carried to her
house. aud did not open his eyes OF
speak for some time
His first conscious moments were
evidently full of bewilderment. lie
looked all about the room, and finally
let his eyes rest upon his bandaged
feet. lie looked at them long and care.
fully. A puzzled frown slowly gather.
ed on his face. With feeble finger he
pointed toward the foot Of the bed.
Those are not my feet" he said
MY feet had russell shoes on themp
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
when They Find Him ont.

The venerable Senator Pcttus OF Ala
bama IN one of the most genial and
popular ms well as one Of the most in.
huentlal members OF the body 10 which
he belongs. To an acquaintance who
was CONCENTRATING him upon the com
pletenoss With which he had suppress
ed in debate bumptious new Sena.
tor, says the New York Times. the
Nestor of the Senate explained:
well, sub, its like this: When a
new senatah assnahs the Senate OF
the United States that he knows mo-
about the pending question than all
the rest Of them put togethah, they be-
lleve him. When he repeats that as
su'ance next day about an entiahly
different question theih acqulescence
Is tluged with incrcdulty. When, ON
the thnhd day he rcnews II about a
thuhd question, their suspicious all
aroused. And when, on the fo'th day
he says the same thing about a foth
question, unrelated TO any of the 9th
abs, they know he Is llah."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
Nails of Aluminium.

After numerous experiments and
trials an alloy OF aluminium has been
made with which nails, staples and
tacks cnn be made to compete with
copper, says a writer in Science and
Industry Among other advantages
claimed for the new material is that
il Is not affected by the weather, and
VIII not deteriorate It is to be noticed
that this quality should recommend
the nails for use in laying Of roofs, lin
Ing tanks, etc, and also that, as the
alloy Is non-coToslYe and non-polson-
Gus, the new nails ought TO find favor
among makers of reffigerators. When
the difference in point Of number and
weight Is taken into consideration, It IL
seen that aluminium nails are about 4
cents pound cheaper than copper
mills
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
Thanking Unole Ned.

"My niece Mary was always we'll
meaning girl" remarked the old gentle
man, "but she would say the wrong
thing every time. and she's got boy
who Is going TO equal her" The old
gentleman's eyes twlnkled, says the
Pittsburg Bulletin, as he drew from
his pocketbook small sheet of note
paper.
Il sent the boy a toy monkey that
plays all kinds of pranks when It's
wound up" said he, chuckling. "Sent
1t to him for his birthday. Now you
listen to this letter of thanks | got
from him today. He's just s years
old:
Deer Uncle Ned, | am delighted
with the munkey. thank you. He
makes me think of you very often.
And whenever mamma winds him up
and he begins to jump, mamma and
feel as II we were back at your house
where all those toys are, and mamma
says. That's your Uncle Ned all over"
Good-by from your grateful Hal"
II think" said the old gentleman, as
he folded up the letter, that | shall
be more careful what | send him for
his next birthday"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

Queen Victoria. on her last visit tC
Italy, visited church at Assist I,
which she had been commended by tht
Dean of Windsor and some other prel
ates. Describing her experiences ther,
she told the dean of avery devou
monk who escorted her through chill
ly corridor. His head was shayen. ant
she asked him II he did not feel the
drafts, wearing the tonsure In the way
his order did. His reply was not IL
Italian, as she expected, but In perfec
English, tlnctured with Celtic brogue
mo, madam, | don't suffer at all IL
that way. You know, we Irish are {
hot-headed race. Philadelphia Times
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

The English press reports a story
which Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
told In n recent speech on the corn tax.
A man once complained to three
friends. an Engllshman. an freshman
and Scotsman that his servant broke
a great deal OF china.
The matter-of-fact Englishman gave
the short bit of practical advice, Dis
miss him"
Take It out of his wages" suggested
the thrifty Scot
The objection TO that was that the
wages were less than the amount OF
the damage.
The freshman came to the rescue.
"Then raise his wages" said lie.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

man, and this was the little story re-
lated.
| bought six shares at i've pounds
each, with the expectation, induced BY
circulars and prospectuses, that they
would touch the twenty mark in the
course of three months. And In eight
weeks they had gone down TO one
pound, and would have gone below that,
II the president and directors hadn't
disbanded, so to speak, and gone traY-
cling
But | realized something; yes, sir |
realized that unless | wanted to spend
my last years, and more than that, the
next to last ones, Ia the workhouse the
thing for me to do was to burn all the
circulars and prospectuses that came 10
me In the future without reading EN-.
Aud I've Kept on realizing that fact TO
his day, sir.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
Training for Home Life.

the old eonventonaly that the business of woman Is
always make home for and that mans sphere hes
always outside the home much Of modern wonl
| ans discomfort and against which she protests.
The purpose of all training, she insists Is to push the boy
out into keep the girl in and it from this
inequality and injustice that she demands emancipation
The view mistaken however the final object In the
both being the sameo fit them for living
home.
fact always has been the conviction of man
kind the life of both and should be lived at
home accordingly the aim of parents TO their
properly discharge their duties toward
the Their Is both happily settled In homes
own recognizing the difference between the
greater of responsibility assigned by nature TO
they give the boy the training enable
him to the home and the girl the train
ing 10 carry 1t
II aim the parents is mistaken 1t Is at least
implied mpariay both that there be no valid
claim OF injustice the part OF either
II the great majority the world believes the FIRST
duty woman the home the training of the
templates the duty hmPhiladelphia Ledger.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
A NERVE DEFINED.
Quick Answers from Kindergarten
Pupils.

Quick Answers from kindergarten
Pupils.
A certain Brooklyn kindergarten con
tains during the school term many
bright little folks. and their answers
to questions are often very amusing.
On a morning not long ago the head
teacher was giving talk on physiolo-
gy and asked.
who can tell me what a nerve Isl"
81 know" said one little tot.
well. what is it?'
Its what. makes the tooth hurt
when you have the toothache."
This created laugh. and a number
of other answers followed, when lit
tie girl, who is usually depended upon
to give reply to almost every ques-
ton, raised her pointed finger and said:
Il know the answer, teacher; | can
tell you"
You may answer, Emily said the
teacher what is a nerye?"
when anyone is too fresh my nam.
ma says, oh, what nerve!p
The lesson ended after a desperate
effort to restore order Brooklyn
Eagle
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
A MAN WITH "PgNTS.
Old Farmer Found Drummer Was Well
Informed.

Old Farmer Found Drummer Was Well
Informed.
The drummer who had missed the
early morning train came into the tiny
7x9 junction station waiting room and
glanced about him. Drummers always
glance about when they come to sta
tions, big or little. They do it because
1t Is a habit, the same as winking one
eye knowingly, poking a crooked
thumb over the shoulder or when one
says about once every half minute dur
ing casual talk on crops weather ana
so on: Don't chew known These
are hard things TO get rid Of. So is the
drummer.
But this was not an ordinary drum
mer-at least he so impressed the Sc
date old gentleman who was busy
studying time table by the window,
The old gentleman got up, went to
the drummer and held out the time
table, asking.
IF a train got to Pulaski about in
the mornin' would that give me time
to visit Elder spriggins, who lives jist
outside the town, before the other train
came along"
There was mourning at the end Of
the finger that pointed out Pulaski.
There was hair in the ears of the old
man and n misty veil on his glasses
hooked over his eagle-like beak. There
was also a curious dip to his straw hat
not unlike the swirl of the busy col
lege man out for a risque vacation
$50 panama or not The drummer was
one Of those chaps of ready speech and
quick response and he answered in a
pleasant tone:
eff you get 10 Pulaski on that early
train you certainly will have plenty OF
time TO visit Elder Sprigglns and enjoy
his hospitality before the next train
comes along" Then the speaker BEAM
ed an amiable smile. But the old
granger never bated wink OF the eye
nor puckered rlsible muscle.
"And II the way is clear for real
good zlppin' long the rails at two
forty Flory Temple gait do you really
think pusson could reach Carthage
before sundown and In time to help
Ezra Snow milk the cows and do the
evenin' chores?"
II don't think anything about 1t. |
know it can be done. | did 1t one week
ago yesterday and found Ezra well,
excepting for little twinge of rheu.
matism. Always was troubled that
way, you know, Ezra was"
The old chap drew in his upper lip
until the tuft on his chin tickled his
nose. He sneezed gave his straw hat
another tip forward, scratched his ear
with his lean finger, and asked;
by dom cross-country stunt for
four miles and dlyergin' to the left list
fore crossin' the canal lock the other
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

The Medical Society Of Paris has
expressed the opinion that 1t Is neces
sary to adopt some measures against
the alarming spread OF petroleum
drinking. At first it was thought that
this habit had sprung up from the In
creased taxation on alcohol imposed
by the French government. but an in
vestlgation showed that this was moi
the case; the habit had been prevalent
some time previously in certain dis
tricts and had spread with great rapid.
ity. The victim of the petroleum habit
does not become brutal only morose
Opinions differ among physicians as
regards the effects of petroleum drink
ing on the human system. but all agree
on the harmfulness of this new vice
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
Why NEGRO Education fails.

~ NE Of the why education applied to the
black in the United States is practical failure Is
because the purpose OF education Is rdicuousy mis-
conceived by many perhaps most of those who attend
the which Northern philanthropy has established
In various places South Nine young out OF ten
who go for education do with the notion that education
will enable them live without work For the
the black ministry throughout the South
being recruited from the product Of the schools
which put forth each year large number of eucat
point where they despc manual labor and to
any chance which promises them and semi
life The religious and moral status of these sefeected
spiritual leaders the be judged from the fact that
few months ago ftynne black preachers the
Georgia State penitentiaries. Portland Oregonlan.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
Economy and Matrimony.

HAT admirable Of certain modern ideas Doro
thy Dix has explaining the reason why many mod
ern me and madens-pareuiarly the men--do not
/ marry She SAYS that with the wel-todo classes III
general it open question whether the marriage hat
will require erucfxion of their tastes and the day anu
hourly their comforts will return suheent NV
bends in happiness to il paying investment She
also points out obvious fact that income which VIII sup
port one person luxury will double itself by magic when
people living it. and consequently one OF
both persons will have alter IN taste or go
unsasfed says, No would underyalue the
beauty of love but IS cold TACT inat Is
capital which TO get married linen she goes
on to ak about shabby clothes aud the sacrifice
of the tastes aud habits lifetime, and so on
expression opinion undoubtedly agrees with the ee
good modern Young people, married and IN
married would be considerable mistake TO suppose hat
represents mind large percentage of the population
country the wellodo and Intelligent classes
talk of starvation and prtyation In eonneeto
with couple living the ordinary income of clerk or pro
fessona The only question is whether they willing
according their CLOTH and take In the
each others society and the pleasure of bringing
children the recreation which they used 10 get out oil
Ii they not willing to do TINS ii Is
that they would better not get married Inc eou
try that kind of married peopeN ashngton
Times
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
Work Does Not Shorten Life.

THE report the bureau. which declares that
since 1910 the medhn Of American longevity has in
creased IA years points many vital conclusions.
Among these, it proves that with the introduction aud
patronage of the railroads. steamboats,, eee-
tre all other OF rapid transit have reached
and safely passed that mechanical development when
the attendant loss of human life Is at the maximum IL also
speaks eoqunty the the science of medicine and
surgery the Improvement and increase in the number OF
hospitals and public places of refuge 1t shows the triumph
Of law and order the approximate perfection of police
and the growth Of all those safeguards with which
society surrounds Itself
But these things 1t the lie TO the blatant aamt
who all these has narrowed with his that the
commercial activity the day the rush for fortune
fame burning candle of longevity both
We have ponderousy warned that the American
rapidly consuming its vital that each Of
would be- at the OF 80 lettering wreck mentally
and physically incapable But the triumph the world IN
commercial scientific and economic progress told
ndsputabe authority has not been achieved at such a
sacrifice. that the harder work the luster
wax and longer live. Anteuske rise after each
fall with added vigor and accumulated observation-disclosures
Journal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
Honor the School teachers.

- HE Gloucester school teacher who has retired from her
work after forty-two teaching in the schools OF
that place during which she absent but twice,
should be looked upon with profound respect An Amer
humorist has said that good teacher should n.
brigadier general and have horse and do
his riding around in and the sentiment is that Of all wha
understand what who presdes in school
building endures large proportion of teachers become
broken In health by the strain after five six
physicians regard teachers Of experience the
patients help permanently because the attack
any Illness finds little strength oppose IT, The
world respects It's teachers but its honor and applause goes
those who do unusual deeds acts requiring impnye
is however the regular work Of carefully trained
kindly people that upbuids the intellectual spiritual
life of mankind aud perform deeds Of lasting
the quiet oes between the backboafds and the desks
Boston Transcript
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

Tradition says that the Queen OF
gheba asked Solomon to thread an in
tricately pierced stone. and that he did
30 by means of a hair tied to living
worm. A long sewer in an Ohio fac
tory recently became clogged, and a
sou OF Solomon came to the rescue.
Tying a long ball OF twlne to the shell
Of r. mud-turtle. he put the animal into
the entrance OF the sewer and turned
on stream OF water. The turtle bur-
rowed his way through the refuse. was
"wntered on" at each manhole, and
emerged victorious at the outlet A
ropo attached to the twine. swab and
strong arms accomplished the rest
swiftly and economically.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04
.Takinp" Matrimonial Fad.

Persons about TO commit matrlmony
and victims invited TO be present at af-
fairs Of the kind will be delighted to
learn that solution of the what-to-giye
problem has been invented In st. Paul,
MINI. At n recent wedding In that city
friends of the bridal pair contented
themselves with handing out checks for
sums ranging from 81 up-mostly up.
This scheme saves the bride the worry
and peril of exchanging duplicate gifts.
and relieves the giyers of any amount
OF hard thinking.-Sault News-R eeord.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04


Researches in modern science CON
tinue to hold out the most flattering
promises Human beings are to live
longer, the ills that flesh Is heir TO
are to disappear and perhaps even
death may have no terrors. Expert
ments are being made by the State of
New York TO determine the character
and amount of food needed to keep
the human body in the best possible
condition. BY means of respiration
calorlmeter the healthful demand for
food by different persons can be
known. The man who is eating too
much or unsuitable food-food that
does not supply muscular tissues or
energy-can know at once what to
do and what changes to make to Sc
cure the needed benefits. The United
States government, too, is carrying on
experiments testing the effect of vari-
GUS food authorizations upon health.
Utilizing dozen volunteers, DR.. WI
ley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry,
will determine the value or harm of
many articles OF diet whose virtues
are now questioned. Reports come
from Rome to the effect that a promis
nent physician there is making expe-
riments to determine the depth of a
persons sleep The results show there
are certain periods when the sleeper
is more easily awakened than at 9th
ers, and by use of specially design
ed instrument 1t can be known at just
what time man ought or ought not to
rise. Word comes from Paris that
are TO be no more palatiai residences
holding the germs Of all the ages,
SIngle-storied houses are to be the
models. These houses are to be built
of porous earthenwara and to be set
on gravel. The roof will be tiled, not
slated, and the windows will reach
from top to bottom of the walls. In no
room will there be corners to harbor
dust and bacteria. The sklrtlng will
curve into the hardwood floors instead
of striking them at right angles. There
Is to be no place for disease. From
Parls, 100, comes the assurance from
wiseacres that old age is to be abol-
ished, or rather extreme old age is to
become enjoyable. through occasional
fasting. By this cheap process bodily
Ills are TO disappears youth Ii to be
renewed and man to enter on a new
career. As If all these assurances were
not. enough TO make life worth living.
an Illinois physician has come for
ward saying he has raised the dead
and can do It again. These are only a
few Of the hopes held out by modern
science, but there Is still opportunity
for other wonders. The most helpless
invalid and the most aged have reason
to cheer up. expect perfect reservation
of health and the joys OF new life.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

been good for genius. but 1t could not
have been Il comfortable family to 1--we
in. Most argument intended to con
vince is dead failure. because the per-
sonal pride of the anita gonist is aroused.
and he Is only strengthened IN his own
position. This. again. il not a good
thing. because it usually means that
the habit of seeing only one side Of
a subject Is confirmed. There are two
sides to everything, whether We see
them or not, just -as there are to the
moon. People who cannot argue With
out INDUCING In personalities ought
never 40 do it, Those who cannot do
without the to qnoque argument
should also be discouraged aud equally
unworthy of attention are those who
tempt them 1t is hardly in human ma
ture. when one is told that ones rela-
tives. or political party, or church. has
certain faults. to refrain from pointing
out that the other persons belongings
have faults just as bad. Yet this proves
nothing except that human nature is
imperfect and that the pot Is always
prone TO call the kettle black.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

A character In one OF Arthur Sher-
burns Hardy's novels said. In answer to
somebody who wanted to argue with
him: when / see two men arguing
l see two donkeys In a treadmill. Write
out what you want 10 say and / will go
home and think about it, The appll-
cation Of this trenchant remark will
hit about nine out Of ten of those who
indulge In arguments. They rarely do
much good. They are of use to certain
temperaments, because they aid in fa-
sility of expression. Ii is said that
Gladstone acquired his command OF
language from the custom which OBJ
sainsd in his family of arguing every
question, small and great. 1t may have
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

The haste which various scientific
gentlemen make TO announce that
Peary's last expedition il not failure
bstrays prompt recognition that the
general estimate is likely to be that
way. Peary's expectation OF conquer
Ing the pole did not thunder so loudly
In the preface as Baldwin's did. But
II was nevertheless predicated on the
confident assertion that by preparing
bases of supply and arranging for a
steady advance that Icy citadel was
certainly attainable. Yet In the finale
IT comes to the same result as Its prede-
eessors.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-04

1t Is the shortest In Paris, and it Is
believed in the world. 1t is named Rue
des Degrees II consists only Of four.
teen stairs. has no shops, no doors, and
no dwelling houses opening onto it.
No carriages or carts can drive up or
down it, and the greater part of one
side of 1t is devoted to an array OF
posters. Yet the authorities have taken
the trouble to give this thoroughfars
name.