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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Today drink some "Castlewood" Bourbon,
or Rye Whiskey. Highest grade Kentucky
goods. Cartan, Mccarthy 4 Co., sole dis
tribmtors, San Francisco.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Prejudice is the great curse of the
human mind. Your own affairs will
generally keep you busy If you attend
to them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

All frst-class dealers sell Gilt Edge Whis-
key because of its purity and excellence
aud those that have tried il will use no
other Wichman, Lntgen K Co.. San Fran
CISCO Cal, sole proprietors.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

At four years of age Horace Greeley
could read anything placed before
him.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

spruance, Stanley K Co, San Fran
cisco, will supply you with sun Flower
Whiskey. Choice.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

When your business is dull use a
little more printers ink.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Do missionary work at home and
the heather across the waters Will get
along all right
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

is strictly a vegetable
remedy. and while
possessing purifying
and healing properties
that no other medicine
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Depend upon 1t that happiness
comes only from doing good
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Life is short and art Is long. Most
men resemble life rather than art
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

With your tongue you can cause
happiness and also great sorrow.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
CdncePOuS
Sores ; ): $ e; E: !. : !: !:
face, neck OF

they are liable to appear upon other parts
of the body. When they begin TO spread
and eat into the flesh, sharp, piercing
pains are felt as the underlying tissue Is
destroyed and the tender nerves exposed.
Caucerons sores develop from very trihing
causes carbuncle or boil, swollen gland,
a little watery blister on the tongue OF
lip, a wart. mole or bruise of some kind
becomes an indolent. fostering sore,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

It's all up with the drummer when
he loses his grip.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

The child without an education in
this day Is like child without hands.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Don't put ON style with your mer
chant clothing.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
Hoods J0rsdp0riUd

Cures kidney and liver troubles, re-
lieyes the back, aud builds up the
whole system
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
Pains IN the Back

Are symptoms Of weak, torpid or
stagnant condition of the kidneys on
liver, and are "A warning it is ex-
tremely hazardous TO neglect. so i'm
portant is healthy action Of these
organs.
They are commonly attended by
loss of energy, lack of courage, and
sometimes by gloomy foreboding and
desnnndencY.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

thirty bottles, CONTINUING It for some
time sitter the sore had healed, to be
sure all the poison was out OF my sys-
tenn. Have seen no sign of the cancer
In ten years. J0SEPHUS REID,
CANT Aud RAN Co Mo
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Good books are ciyilizers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Selfishness makes people see only
themselves iIrthe world.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
that more time Is required to strike In the
four numbefs.
Headquarters Serves as "Central'
for Municipal Telephone System.

The fire alarm headquarters also serves
as the Central for the Fire Department
and the Municipal Telephone systems. All
the telephone calls from the various engine
houses and from the public institutions are
handled there. In the progress of a large
fire, the telephone serves an adjunct TO
the telegraph system to communicate or
derS for moving engines. trucks and reels
Mr.. Silas Benedict has had charge OF the
Fire Alarm and Telegraph for many years.
Immediately under him is Ernest Hi;gen-
dorf whose title is chief operator and who
served as superintendent during three al
mnistrations. Mr.. Hilgendorf has been
connected with this one department since
March 1851, almost from its inception. Mr..
benedict went into the department as n
young man in 1866. He has filed every post
tion over which he now has authority. He
began work shaving telegraph poles at the
munificsnt pay of s. day.
THAT was the happiest time of my life -
said he. Il was out of job and glad TO
get anything to do. l may say that I
shaved poles about as well as the next fel-
low. Soon I got a lineman's job After
ward I became an operator. then chief op-
orator. then superintendent. I know my
business. because I've been through 1t
from the bottom to the top
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
SIDE which by many Is mist
alarm.
This Gong Is a Protection
Against False Alarms.

1t is nothing more than warning, to all
who may hear. that an alarm is being
turned in. and is intended as a protection
against false alarms. When the handle is
turned completely around once the outer
door of the box will open disclosing an in
ner door through slit in which protrudes
a small hook. This hook is pulled down
Instantaneously the scene is changed, for
one brief second, to the City Hall office.
The lowering of the hook at Fourth and
Pine causes the number Il to be tele-
graphed TO the City Hall where is a long
receiving signal circuit board. This con-
tains fifty Morse keys, fifty relays. fifty
testing points. fifty galvanometers-in short
it-represents fifty circuits. each circuit
being connected with about twenty-five
fire alarm boxes. When Al IS struck in. it
sounds from the instruments attached to
the circuit to which No. IL belongs. The
number is registered in this form -
-: four dashes, a pause, and another dash
Skilled telegraph operators are continually
in the fire-alarm offices. This number Is
no sooner sounded than the operator jumps
to another key. which through other wires
Is connected with every enSine-house in
the city The number Il is then sent out
to the engine-house just as before-four
dashes a pause and a dash is registered
upon a paper tape in the engine-house. The
signal is repeated four times. The ticking
of this instrument releases the chains in
front of the horses stalls and rings the
alarm gong to awaken the firemen, in ad-
dition to communicating the locality of the
fire.
BY the rules governing the movements of
each engine company it is known which
companies shall &C out At Fourth and
Pine companies Nos. 6, q. Is 50 and IS
would respond on the first alarm. y second
and third alarm is also communicated
through the box. In the lower part of the
interior of the latter. behind the inner door.
which can be opened with key possessed
by firemen alone, Is Morse telegraph in
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
Ely MARION MARTINEAU.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
With wave of her hand Josephine Beau
harnais brought Napoleon to her side, She
had lost her pet pug and he rescued 1t for
her He afterwards said II was the extreme
fairness Of that member. that supple little
hand. that first subjugated him and made
him captive TO Josephine's charms.
What more effective weapon has wom-
an than her hand? If shapely, soft, well
turned. and well cared for. 1t is undoubted-
" the most powerful to all aids 10 beauty.
aside from the face itself.
And. in some ways, the hand takes prece-
ience o. the face. An ugly hand has often
driven back admiration; and a hand that
was not well kept has sti1ed the word Of
praise and the sight of appreciation.
Tlavatsky was noted for her conQnests
She had an impossible face and heavy
figure. yet her hands were lovely 10 behold.
The Princess Chimay has remarkably fine
fingers her charms
Among the men the possession of good
hands is unusual, yet when found it is de-
liEhtful. King Leopold of the Belgians has
long. handsome hands, and his cunquests
have been attributed 10 them. King Ed
ward VII has fat. stubby fingers, which
are, however. always highly manicured.
and Prime Minister Salisbury boasts the
finest hands in England. But such cases
rare among the masculine sex. md it is
TO women that the high care Of the hands
* left
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
OPERATION OF THE ST. LOUIS FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
TELEGRAPH APPARATUS C0NTRAsED WITH

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The Fire Alarm and Telegraph system OF
St. Louis, its workings and its service, is
probably the least known OF all the pub
lie utilities Its headquarters are far up
on the fourth floor Of the City Hail. where
few Of the many citizens who daily visit the
various city offices. care TO penetrate. It
is away from politics. and away from pub
lie scrutiny. yet renders an invaluable
service to the community Without it. all
the outlying stations OF the Fire Depart
| ncnt would be working in the dark. IN
way. it is the intelligence, at least the
guiding intelligence. OF the department
| For almost fifty years il has been In e1-
| 400. and has kept pace with the rapid
;,nnroyement of other electrical appiiaiSeS-
In the early days the alarm boxes were
few and far between. Seven, eiSht' OF even
ten blocks separated them, ana an e1ci'ee
citizen running to one, when ne rsacneu
if would be completely out OF breath- pc
fore him he would find an awkward look
ing hox with gravity handle. To convey
the alarm of fire properly he was forced
to turn this handle exactly twenty-five
times If he turned too fast the register
at the central office would be uninteliiSlDie'
the same would result If he turned 100
often. or not often enough. In frequent IN
stances citizens were ignorant of these com
plicated directions and in their hurry
would buzz the handle around at such
rate that no good done. Nothing but
an indstlnct whirr was conveyed over the
wire to operators in the office. Many
heavy property loss was sustained because
of this inefficiency of the alarm boxes.
In 1867, the box now in use, still crude in
many respects, was put In. On the scien-
tifc principle that where extreme accuracy
is desired the possibility of human error
must be eliminated by the substitution OF
a machine these new boxes Were construct
ed. Instead of depending on mere man
or woman to turn crank given number
of times it was given to the man or woman
simply to pull down hook. and the box
did the rest Under the new system each
box was Numbered, and in it was a clock
work apparatus. Lowering the hook wound
this up. ana a spring sounded the number
of the box through a telegraph line. con-
nscted with the main office. Let an excited
man pull down the hook quickly or a cool
man pull it down slowly. the result was
the same. The clock work remained ever
clock work, and ever licked off just the
same number. 1t could by no possibility
tick any other number. The chances for
error and delay were thus reduced several
hum
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25

TITS contamination devoutly TO be wished
To ping-to pong-to pung!
Perchance to pangl r
Aye. there's the rub!
For in that pingful ponging Of the sport
What pangs may come! I
What wrenching of the shoulder bladesi
What bruisinss Of the knuckles and th6
wristst q
What agonizing backache from the stoopAs
The twists. the leaps. the lurches,
And the never-ending bending Jf the work.
To smile with joyous couutenauce, forsooth.
Well knowing that but at the last wild dive
A villainous suspender button burst it's leAxh
And cIattered wiclzedly against the wall,
Caroming viciously upon the floor.
And Changing resonantly on the boards,
Apprising all who heard and all who saw
That we are but bachelor, who pins In
faith TO buttons
That are piAaed In turn !
BY aid Of shingle nail or piece Of wireI
Who would rackets bear.
To srcan and sweat beneath the weary rztt
That setteth PAGES for The ones who play.
But for the dread of being known
AS something out Of date. behind the times
AS one who fingers sadly In that bourne
fror1 which
No Traveller returns-the realm of ths
passe-
Or else. forsooth. thai he is much tco fat
To spread his spryness to the world? I
All. yes! 1t is this dread-this fear .
of manifesting our obesity
That makes US bear the evils that we know
And rank among the ones who but look on,
Than fly to those we know not Of
Thus fatness doth make towards of US al,
And cause US fear the pangful game of ping
pong.
Josh Wink, in Baltimore American.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
Present System Contracted
For by John NJ. Gamewell.

The city of st. Louis was the third of the
Union to adopt telegraph method of COM
municating alarms. The local system was
first contracted for in 1856 by the city with
John NJ. Gamewell, the inventor. Forty
five boxes We're then put i'll at q total cost
of S5. 600. The first alarm received and sig
nailed to the engine houses was on Febru-
AIRY %. 1883, from Fourth street and Frank
lin avenue In 1863 forty boxes We're added.
When, in 1861, the automatic system was
introduced. seventy boxes We're added, and
all the old boxes were fitted with the new
apparatus. That made a total of 80 boxes.
which number has been increased from
time 10 time until now there are almost
1000. For the first ten years the average
number of alarms each month was as low
as twelve Now 1t runs high as $50
Until 1890 the central Office was located in
the Four Courts, but in that year it was
moved to the new City Hall. where is now
one cf the best fitted out fire alarm and tele-
graph stations in the United States. The
electrical appliances in use are of the new
est and best, and the Office is fitted I'D on
a scale which will satisfy the increased de-
mands Upon il, consequent upon the city s
growth, for the next twenty-five years
Though many small contriyances were
added since the major Improvement in 1861.
the principal thing accomplished has been
10 guard successfully against atmospheric
or other Gripping of the system, by the
crossing of the fire alarm wires with high
current electric wires or tightening Each
box is now ''shunted'-that is, so ar
ranged that another current will pass
around it and be grounded. Also. in the
main Office itself is a protecting bo>rd
which. III the event that an abnormal cur
rent enters any circuit, will close that cir
cult.
To trace an alarm. under the modern svs-
tenn from the time it is struck in from
the box. until few seconds later when
the engines leave the stations /. not unin-
teresting.
Say that the blaze Is at Fourth and Pine
A policeman or citizen runs to the box al
that corner The dingy-iooking, red-paint-
ed object resembles an old bird-house more
than anything else. In front of it is a
brass handle. This is turned TO the left
As it is moved gong is set ringing in
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25

strurnent for sending TO the Central Sta
ton. A Fire Chief wishing to give a Sec
ond alarm would telegraph five dashes three
times in this manner:
-----. To give a third alarm he would
telegraph ten dashes twice. For a general
alarm he would telegraph three dashes, then
ten, three again and ten again. Each sig
nal goes through the operators at the fire
alarm headquarters and is by them sent to
all enCine-houses.
Another Alarm Rings Bell
in Police Stations.
Aside from this method of communicating
the alarm from the City Hall to the en-
Eine-houses is another which is always
uscd. This tells the location Of the fire by
sounding gongs in the various engine
houses. police stations and Newspaper Of
fees In the city. Il is operated in q man.
ner which differs from the telegraphic sys-
tenn. In the fire alarm Office is an inter-
est!ng apparatus which serves this need 1t
is complicated machine, which in outward
appearance is about 6 feet long and feet
high. Facing the front are four metal discs
and each disc is like he face Of a clock.
bur numbered only from l to 10.
In case alarm No. Al had sounded, after
it had been telegraphed out hands upon
the fIces of the first two discs. counting
from left TO right would be SGT by an or-
S'SlOr at tue NuIhDtES i ana l. TtsJSIbiN'-iF.
An electric switch near by would be
thrown which would send the curront
through the machine. to he broken four
times in the first disc. and once in the sec
ond. leaving a pause between tire four
breaks and the one. This would cause all
goncs on the circuit to sound fo:;r times,
then TO pause moment then 10 strike
cnce again. The rings would indicate t. all
hearers that 4 fire alarm had been sen: in
from box No. Il, and reference to 4 firc-
alsrm-box chart, which is kept near ell
gcnCs would tell that the fire was at
Fourth and Pine streets. The number of
alarm boxes run up into four figures.
Hence the necessity of four discs. which,
i'll case four numbers are to be indicated.
work exactly as if there were two. except
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
4 Ping-POng Soliloquy.

To ping. or not to ping-that is the ques-
tion;
Whether tits nobler in the mind to suffer
The sings and arrows of outrageous p3rg-
steTs
Or. by engaging, end them. To ping-to
pong
To bat the ball across the cleaning board
To end the constant questions of the crowd
Who gayiy poise the racket In the hand
And ask us why we do not take part,
Or II we fear the strenuosity
Which cometh with the action Of the game;
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
! Those Who Fancy the Polish
Can Have 1t.

Those who do not want a polish can
be content with washing off the rouge and
with rubbing the nails in the palm of the
hand. Take each hand separately and rub
the nails briskly in the palm of the other
hand.
The nails now have a clean, perfectly
groomed appearance and their dullness IS
one of their beauties
But those who want the polish can have
it. Put a little powder upon the poiisher
and go to work, rubbing the nails br!sllly
with the implement. II is a mistaken idea
TO put on much powder, for IT only gets
in under the nails and under the cuticle.
while it does not polish them with any
more brilliancy. Use as little possible,
and ii necessary, add a little when the
poiisher seems dry.
Powder is said to make the nails brittle
and to heat them by friction until they
are liable tc snap under the rubbing. But
with care one can impart quite a high
polish with ut running these risks.
1t is necessary, finally. to wash the
hands with soap to get off the powder. And
cream, which should be rubbed into the
hands to keep them from chapping and
into the skin at the base of the nail TO keep
1t from growing fast and making hang
nails
The hang-nail, as il Is commonly called. is
the cause of a great deal OF trouble TO many
persons but II can be cured by soaking
the finger tips well and by using a little
vaseline at the base of the nail after each
manicuring
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
Answers to Correspondents in
Regard to Beauty Quest.

A correspondent writes:
Please tell me an innocent cosmetic
for whitening the complexion, some kind
of liquid whitener. not too expensive"
The most innocent of all cosmetics can
be found in correct diet. Have you tried
a spring medicine? Why not let a druggist
put up for you a port wine and sulphur
mixture? Our grandmothers added table,
spoon of sulphur to pint of port and
took 1t daily all the spring
Then try a vegetable diet. Eat meat only
twice a week. II may be necessary to take
an extra meal a day as your stomach may
miss Its burden of meat. but it will benefit
you.
Mrs n. NJ. G. writes:
Il read your advice for enlarging the
bust i have been trying bust developer
| and will add your exercises with 1t. As
F! you spoke of medication and diet. will you
please explain as to what the diet should
/ be? II it is not too much trouble vii! you
J make me a menu for each meal SO l can
get an idea of what should be eaten? ! ear
/ an orange before breakfast. 1t that right ?
(, or should ii be eaten after the meal? And
I what is meant by 'm~lication'-in what
way, outward or inward?''
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
King Edwards Cook.

King Edwards cook is said to draw q
salary about equal to that of Lieutenant;
General In the British Army. or an Ad@l
miral Of the feet
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
Should Be Used With
Discrimination.

Keep pushing back the skin and clip of
only such portions as appear To be ragged.
Sometimes the cuticIe scissors are not nee
essary. and, If so, ii is an indication that
the hands are in very excellent condition
indeed.
Then comes the shaping of the nail. Use
your judgment as to the shape but do not
make the mistake OF clipping it closely
at the sides. Leave the sides high as
you can for this high nail supports the
finger ends and keeps them from getting
thick. You will find that, where the cor
ners Of the nails are cut away. the finger
invariably says, lacking the necessary sup
port. The taper finger tip is the one whose
nail is not cut away at the corners.
II is a good thing il the nail can be
third longer than it is wide. There are
those who admire a nail twice as long as
1t Is wide. If the cuticle can be trained to
grow down and expose the moon this pro
plainly visible and should be of that soft
delicate color always found N the healthy
nail
Now. when the nails are shaped, comes
the time for coloring them. 1t you like
pink nails you can use a little nail rouge.
This is a red save which is rubbed in.
Very little should be used. Touch the finger
to the salve and dip each nail slightly
with it, touching II in the middle. DO not
let ii get under the skin, for it is hard
TO get out.
The powder comes last. And about this
there is some difference of opinion. Just
now the brilliant nail is not fashionable,
yet II is so pretty that one cannot con-
denim it Women of society are wearing II
and very many stage women.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES THE HAND SHOULD BE SOAKED

yet how often it is neglected A certain
woman who is noted for her pretty pink
tips cultivated the habit of soaking one
hand in water fifteen minutes, reading the
while She then lays aside her book anc
finishes the manicuring of the hand.
The other hand is then treated In the
same way with the preliminary fifteen
minutes soaking and the result is some
thing that is worth while.
Few people realize that, in dealing with
the nail they are really dealing with a
substance that is pliable; the nail can be
softened by soaking and II can then be al
most moulded into the right shape while
the color is easily changed when the sur
face is thus sOftened-
After the finger tips have been soaked
fifteen minutes 1t is time TO clip away the
ragged bits of cuticle. Do not cut off the
cuticle in strips as is the custom with so
many. Let II remain on. 1t will harden
when the hands get dry and will really pro-
feet the Dretty moon
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1902-10-09
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fir Elm Bib aus Der Gerne eriparen.
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