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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

The Choctaw Railroad Company,
which operates In Oklahoma and States
bordering that territory, has gone into
a new line of business that may well
engage the attention Of Messrs. Hill and
Hartman. the Nanderbilts and other
magnates who are now deyoting their
entire time to the formation of rate
pools, the consolidation Of parallel lines
and the cementing OF communities or
interest. In one Of the Choctaw Com
pany's cars at Ell Reno oklahoma the
other day the conductor found basket
containing a little baby. The child was
supplied with warm. soft clothing and
a nursing bottle filed with milk. On
the handle of the basket was note
saying: Il have no parents. Please take
me to the next station" The conductor,
being disinclned to act without orders.
telegraphed to headquarters and was
authorized TO take the little one to the
next station. When his train pulled into
the station at which the child was to be
put off the conductor received further
orders directing him to retain posses
sion of the infant as the company had
decided to adopt 1t. The Choctaw
Roads ward is now In Wichita hospi-
tai, and II 1t lives will be raised and
educated at the expense Of the COM
pany. 1t is not mentioned whether the
waif Is boy or girl. but In either case
the company should find It a profitable
investment to keep the tiny stranger
and educate 1t for career as a rail
roader. Surprising 1t should turn out to
have the administrative ability of a
Hill or a Morgan or Hetty Green. In
such an event the Choctaw Road would
become a transcontinental affair with
a board of directors composed of men
worth at least S40,00O000 each. The
average railroad company might well
afford to raise 10000 homeless little
ones, II no more than one great captain
of industry could be developed in the
entire batch. Besides, a good many
babies might thus have better treat
ment than they are likely to obtain 9th
erwise Let the railroad companies do
something for the public In return for
the privileges they enjoy. II they will
take the extra babies and raise and edu-
cate them one OF the serious problems
of civilization will be solved and
grand exemplification Of the fact that
corporations may have souls by adop-
ton will be furnished.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
The Life that Connts.

There is an ancient Eastern parabl
that tells how all the other rivers said
to the Euphrates: why is the current
Of thy water not heard at a distanceT
The Euphrates replied: My deeds
testify for me. Anything sown by men
at my shores will be In full bloom with
in thirty days
Then the rivers asked the noisy ~
girls: why is the current Of thy wa
tiers heard at a distance?" II must d.
rect the attention OF the people to me-"
replied the Tigris, by my tumultuous
rapidity."
The parable holds as well today In
America as II did ages ago in Mesopo-
tamia. 1t Is the quiet, fruitful lives
which count. All the richness, all the
sweetness, all the true, deep powers OF
life, come out of the quiet qualities OF
strength and endeavor. Let us remem-
Der the Eastern parable, and not be
misled by the vain rush OF u noisy life
Into choosing It instead OF a great and
noble and fruitful one
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
S,,Nas%turah,le.
%H;.1s"YS
The horse has ne eyebrows.

The horse has ne eyebrows.
There are $500 muscles In the body
OF moth.
Thoroughbred dogs are less intelli-
gent than mongrels..
A full-grown elephant can carry
three tons ON Its back.
The Dorking fowl Is the only living
bird which In its adult condition pos.
sesses hye-toed foot
Comparatively few horses attain to
II hands. but Kansas boasts Of one
that measures 70 hands and weighs
2412 pounds.
The largest bird OF prey la the old
world is the lammergeler, or bearded
vulture, which has a wing expanse OF
nine TO ten feet.
Wasps may often be observed detach-
ing from fences, boards or any old
wood the fibers which they afterward
manufacture into papler mache.
The smallest OF British animals Is
the harvest mouse, which makes a
globular nest In wheat fields. A full
grown specimen weighs half an ounce.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

A pretty girl boarded a crowded
street car In Washington, and pomp-
GUS old gentleman arose and gave her
a seat.
After some time a number Of passen-
gers got out, and the old gentleman
sank into the nearest corner with a
weary sigh.
81 wouldn't get up again." he muir
INJURED. .for an angel" and then, as he
caught the eyes OF the girl fixed upon
him reproachfully, he added quickly,
II mean, madam, for another angel!,-
Harper's Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
English sparrows Arc MisIudged.

A great deal OF nonsense Is talked
about sparrows driving away other
birds. Like the downtrodden Italian
and other peasants from the Ola
World. the sparrows are prepared to
live here where others would starve.
They kill no birds. We are too wont TO
attribute the results OF our own mis-
deeds or shortcomlngs-th barbarlties
Of millinery fashions, wanton slaugh-
ter masqueradlng as sport, the lack OF
good bird laws and the enforcing OF
them where such exist-to these trou.
blesome, noisy, quarrelsome little
feathered gamlns. Fitted to survive
after centuries OF competitive strus'
gle, they cannot be extermlnated As
well try to eliminate that other trl'
umphant European immigrant. the
daisy. from our nelds.-Neltje Blan'
chan in Ladies' Home journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

While the production of grain Is not
Increasing as rapidly as population the
manufacturing and commercial inter-
ests OF the West are increasing more
rapidly than those of the whole coun-
try. manufactured products showing a
ratio of 30 per cent increase for the
United States as against 112 per cent
for the West. Not the least remark
able feature about this development is
the triumph of industry over natural
obstacles. Towns without coal, iron
or water power turn out manufactured
products that are shipped to the ends
Of the earth.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

President Eliot of Harvard speaks
In his annual report Of the invention
when he was assistant librarian of the
university forty years ago. Invention
does not always have commercial
side. In Doctor Abbot's case, as the
president remarks. IAN indispensable
tool in modern industries, trades and
professions was provided by
a man of leaning. who had no business
object whatever In view"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

we ARE going to have pie for din
ner" said Bobby 10 the minister.
Indeed laughed the Clergyman.
amused ut the little boys artlessness.
And what kind of pie. Bobby"
ITS new kind. Ma was talking
TINS morning about pa bringing you to
dihner SO often. and pa said he didn't
care what size thought. aud una said
shed make him eat humble pie before
the day was over aud ! suppose we're
going TO have 1t for dlnner."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
A New Way TO Raise Money.

Five years ago picture Club" was
organized In u New England town.
Twelve members, six of each sex, were
enrolled. Each member owned cam
era. or borrowed one. 1t was agreed
that during the summer each would
take as many photographs OF various
spots In the town or Its vicinity as pos
sible, and would try TO induce others
outside of the club to take pictures.
The best one hundred were selected,
made into slides, and an evening select.
ed when, In the Town Hall, the club
showed the pictures oil screen. Tho
admission was fixed at twenty Ave
cents. The picture Club Exhibition
has now become the event of the sea.
son" in the town. The capacity Of the
hall Is taxed. and the sum of money
raised each year Is always a handsome
one. The money Is given to some special
town object.-Ladies' Home Journal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

True peace and rest lie not In out
ward things. There llveth no man on
earth who may always have rest and
peace without troubles and crosses.
Wherefore yield thyself willingly to
them and seek only that true peace
Of the heart which none can take away
from thee, that thou mayest overcome
all assaults. Theologla Germaniea.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
Bible Counting.

| think | can say my 'leven times,
announced Happy at the dinner table
But we don't say tables on Sunday
observed Walter.
"'Leven times one are 'leyen, leyen
times two"-began Happy.
Il wonder how much Bible counting
we can do. Which of you can tell me
something of which there is but one
something mentioned in Gods Word!'
said mother
There is only one God" said Carl.
reyerently.
THAT is right. There is but one true
God. Now can you tell me something
Of which there are twoT'
1.-TWO persons were created and put
In the Garden of Eden" said Walter
Two spies brought back good re-
port Of Canaan" said Happy. " There
were two Jerusalems-one on earth
and one In heaven. And Isaac had
two sons, Jacob and Esau."
Now what have We for three?'
Jesus was three days in the tomb
He took three disciples into the mount
of TRANSPORTATION"
-Four was not so easy. but mother re
membered that Lazarus was dead four
DAYS before Jesus raised him to life.
For Ave Walter remembered the Ave
barley loaves.
Six was better. There were two
plates OF shew bread, with six loayes
on each. THE disciples were sent out
to preach In six couples" And there
were six cities OF refuge in Canaan"
Seven was very coed number.
Seven days In week" Seven
pairs of each kind of animals went into
the ark" There were seven bowls on
the candlestick." ''Zimri reigned over
Israel seven days" "Balaam offered
seven oxen and seven rams on seven
affairs"
When they came to eight Carl said
that eight persons went into the ark.
and 1t was some time before somebody
else remembered that Josiah was eight
years old when he began to reign.
Nine called for two answers.
There were nine ungrateful lepers."
1.-THE woman In the parable had nine
pieces of silver left after losing one"
who can have something for ten?"
There were ten virgins In the par
able" said Walter. And ten pounds
In another parable" said Carl. Ten
spies brought back an evil report"
And job had ten children, twice"
said mother. Now for eleven"
There were eleven disciples left, af
ter the death of Judas" said Carl.
Eleven of Jacobs sons went down
into Egypt for corn" was Walters an
swer.
Now we will have twelve, and that
will be all for to-day" said mother.
Twelve apostles" Twelve tribes
of Israel" Twelve foundations of the
Holy City" And twelve pearly
gates"
They all resolved to find out more
numbers for next Sunday.-Selected
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
Sufficient Unto the Day.

Finish every day and be done with
1t. You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities. no
doubt, crept in: forget them as soon
as you can. Tomorrow 10 a new day;
begin 1t well and serenely. and with
too high spirit to be numbered with
your old nonsense. This day 10 all
that is good and fair. Ii is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations, to waste
moment on the yesterdays-Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

what is the real good"
| asked In musing mood.
Order" said the court:
knowledge" said the schooll
Truth" said the wise man:
Love" said the maiden;
Beauty" said the page:
Freedom" said the dreamer;
Home" said the sage;
Equity" said the seer.
Spake my heart full sadly,
THE answer Is not here"
Then within my bosom
Softly this | heard:
Each heart holds the secret;
Kindness Is the word"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
The Building of a Life,

Life is building. 1t rises slowly,
day by day, through the years. Every
new lesson we learn lays a block on
the edifice which Is rising silently with
In US. Every influence that impresses
us, every book We read, every CONVEX
sation we have, every act of our com
monest days, adds something to the
invisible building.-J. Il. Miller.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

The number of motor cycles and mo-
tor cars In Italy for which the owners
paid the tax last year IL 915. The
Province of Turin heads the list with
100 vehicles. that of Milan coming
next with "a. 1t is said that there are
undoubtedly many more motor cars
than 915 In Italy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
John. Blunder.

Administer in Scotland who was max
ing call the other week upon a mem
Der of his flock whom he had not seen
at church for some time asked. WHATS
come over you that | don't see you at
church at all now?"
"Hoots. man. yen no ha' seen me
because | sit ahint the pillar
"The pillar. John? Good gracious.
the pillar. Why. it Is two years since
1t WAS removed from the front Of youi
seat"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
Doing Something.

The one who works all day gets more
out OF life than he who began and fin
lshed in an hour. Compensation Is more
than wages. The satisfaction Of hay
ing done something Is more than all
else.--Presbyterian Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

1t is estimated that there are not
more than 10000 elephants left In the
world and five of these will be killed
for every one born. Some day 1t Will
be worth while to have an elephant on
ones hands.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

Builded not wisely. Three years ago
Andrew Carnegie gave McKeesport
$4,000 to construct a public library.
The building is not yet completed, but
the money has all been expended, Car
tribution, and the citizens refuse to
subscribe.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
MANY VICTIMS OF ELECTRICITY
Loss of Life and Property During a
Brief Period.

A table has been complied by the In
surance companies of the losses by
electricity during the nine months end
Ing Dec. l. Two hundred and forty-sIx
persons have been electrocuted during
these nine months, or an average of
almost thirty a month; 515 have been
MANNED. 112 horses have been killed
and there were 442 fires. says the
Washington Times.
In this table an account has been
kept OF the indirect accidents through
the use Of electricity such as the troll
ley car accidents. electric mobile acct
dents. and the like. but only where the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

The census office is TO be made per-
manent. instead of a new creation each
ten years. This is appropriate. The
stream of events, such as births, mar
riages and deaths, which supply ma
terlal for statistics, is continuous.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

Three triplets have been named
Rockefeller. Morgan and Carnegie. IL
the other boys in the neighborhood
are going to keep their marbles or base
balls they viii have to bury them Or
hide them In the haymow.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

Here's an Invention that enables
you to see the man who rings you up
over the telephone.
That's well enough. But what Is
really needed Is something that will
enable you to punch him In the jaw"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

When sovereign State bumps
against a combination of railway COM
panles 1t generally finds out that 1t isn't
as sovereign as II might be.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

After one woman has convinced a
man that she would die for him, he be-
gins to look vaguely around to see II
there are any more.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

A whole volume could be devoted to
woman's good housekeeping, good
Judgment and cleverness when her
husband dares bring some one home to
dinner without letting her know.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

1t is estimated that King Edwards
coronation will cost $20,00o0O0. En-
land needn't feel so bad. though. A
lot of IL will be good American money.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

About the first thing Il good Amerl-
can finds 1T necessary 10 do after reach
ing the Philippines is come home to UNI
dergo surgical operation.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

ladder to success. 1t Is especially pleas
ing to note the rise OF a man In a
country where. In the language OF
james A Garfield. society Is stratified
like the rocks. one layer holding down
the one beneath. William Crooks. forty
years ago, was an inmate of London
workhouse. Left In such an environ
ment he resolved as boy that he would
make his way upward through difficult
ty, first he secured position at 81
week. He lived on this 81 and tasted
for the first time seml-independence.
He next apprenticed himself to the
copper trade and worked for one man
seven years. Then he was thrown out
of work by strike. He began business
for himself In a small way and was
successful Today he is a member or
the London city council and mayor OF
an East End suburb. He is chairman
of the London Industrial school COM
mittee He is also chairman OF the
workhouse committee. the same COM
mittee that sent him and his family to
the workhouse years ago. In short he
Is a successful and useful man In his
day and generation and is highly re-
spected 1t Is impossible. accidents
aside. to keep a good man down. Ii
he has brains aud character he will
win an honorable place. He may not
secure fame or wealth but he secures
what Is better-manhood. And this Is
true under every form of society. 1t Is
true In this country where
to use the Garfield phraseology. our
society Is not like the earth's strata
but Is like the yielding waves of the
sea where the lowest drop may rise
and glitter on the topmost wave"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

If John l.. sullivan goes to farming
the calf will find his nose held In the
mill with firm hand aud no monkey
shines allowed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

The Detroit bank man who saw the
bank to the extent of 81. 100000 Is trou-
bled with nervous prostration. What
does he think the depositors hayei
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
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Christ In person were handed down
and formed the body Of those collec-
lions which Bishop Ambrose, and after
him Pope Gregory. brought together
and 1t is possible enough that the
hymn which Christ and His apostles
sung was sung yesterday In some
church of America. for we have tunes
In our Psalmody-not 10 speak OF the
Gregorian tunes still surviving as plain
chant in the Catholic churches which
have come down from quite immemo-
rial times, and the path Of church
music, as | have shown. leads directly
back to this hymn which was sung on
the evening of the last supper.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

No matter what decisions are given,
everybody thinks he knows the facts In
the Schley case, anyhow.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

Past profits never count with the fire
insurance men when they contemplate
present losses.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

All the love In the world will not
cure O bad beginning In marriage.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

What bas become Of the old fash
toned man Who hung his lodge sword
In a conspicuous place?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

Last year the sale of agricultural ma
chinery In Greece was fourfold that OF
the preceding year.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

Most people can write q better hand
than they do. This Is an age Of care
lsssnesA
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

People who are always behind time
should be fed on tomato ketchup.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

1t is always a pleasure to record the
rise of q man from the bottom OF the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
Her Many BIessings.

Ian Maclaren tells pathetic little
story Of blind girl In Scotland whose
life was in perfect submission to that
Of her Heavenly Father: IF | dlnna
see"-and she spoke as II this was a
matter Of doubt, and she were making
a concession for arguments sake
there's naebody in the Glen can hear
like me. There's no footstep of a
Drumtochty man comes to the door but
ken his name, and there's no voice DOT
on the road that Gamma tell. The birds
sing sweeter to me than to anybody
else, and can hear them cheeping TO
one another ia the bushes before they
go to sleep. And the flowers smell
sweeter to me-the roses and the car
nations and the bonny moss-rose-
| judge that the oat-eake and milk
taste the richer because / dlnna see
them. Ma, ma, we're no to think that
I've been ill-treated by my God, for II
He dldna give me ne thing He gave
me mony things instead. And mind We.
it's no as II I'd seen once and lost my
sight; that mlcht ha' been n trial. and
my faith MIGHT have failed. I've lost
naething; my life has been all getting"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29

On that climacteric evening, when
He and His disciples sat Mt their la st
supper, after He had blessed the bread
and given 1t to them as His body. and
the wine as His blood. and had de-
clared: But say unto you, will not
drink henceforth Of this fruit OF the
vine. until that day when I drink Il
new with you in my Fathers king
dom" it would seem that the emotions
of the moment had risen TO that point
where words do not bring comfort.
and so find the might OF music work
ing IN the next verse (of Matthew
~ 3o), which record, And when they
had sung hymn they went out into
the mount Of Olives" If we but knew
the tune Of that hymn.
Here, you observe. as far back as the
beginning OF our era, we find the
world in possession Of n stock Of tunes
There can be little doubt, says Sidney
Lanier in Lippincott's, that the melo
dies which the disciples sung with