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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

foreign bodies from any natural pass
age. u curetfr for serapinz away soft
material. 70 compress hood vessel in
controlling irmerrhlEe. and 10 close
wound IN addition 10 these uses
the gentleman iias used fha hairpin 70
probe wounds and 70 wire bones To-
gether On rases of fracture. Bur Il j.
not IN surgery only that tie ha.fpln Is
useful. II may take the place Of
suspender button OF help our when an
automobile breaks down. Perhaps II
the truth were known many a locomO
tive has been held together. at a pinch,
by a hairpin. and We are not surprised
that the writer FOR American Medicine
suggests thar 1t would aIways be vel
for man TO carry supply Of Aairpins in
bis pocket Such I practice would I'M
dou0tediy have important advantages,
but there Is a better and mere pleasant
plan. II it could be 50 arranged that a
man might always have a. least one
companiOuable lady near him the hign-
est usefulness Of the hairpin might be
developed Meu are. after all, but
bunsiers when they endeayor to use
this delicate Instrument For the best
results from tie halrpiu. therefore, It
: cheerfully recommended that the
lady lie taken along
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24
TESTS OF DISCIPLINE.


Obed fence aad Disobcdience on the
Part of Military Men.
No clear-cut absolute reply. 40 Yade
mecum for pocket Use, can be furnish
ed defining just when and how, In all
eases. man IS justified In disobed-
enee. nor even when he is Justified by
blind obedience: although the balance
Of professional Judgment must al
ways incline In favor Of the latter al.
tentative. writes Captain Alfred T.
Mahan in the International Monthly.
When a doubt arises. as it frequently
does. between strict compliance with
an order aud the disregard of it. in
whole or in part. the officer is called
upon to decide a question Of profess
sional conduct Personal judgment
necessarily enters as n factor. but only
one Of many; aud. to be trusted. it needs
10 he Judgment illuminated by profes-
sional knowledge aud fortified by re-
Election. Short Of that. It Is not a safe
counselor and has 10 claim To consId.
Grafton II cited before court Of hnal
appeal.
The officer nj the moment should con
slider himself rs he In fact Is, judga
deciding upon case liable 10 be called
up to n superior court. before which
his conclusion has no claim to respect
because It is his personal opinion. but
only In so far rs il is supported by the
evidence before him. There Is. of
course, the necessary reservation that
the final judgment upon himself for his
professional conduct as involved in his
decision. will be rendered upon the
facts accessible to him. and not upon
those not then TO be known, though af-
terward apparent.
Unless qualified by these grave con
slderations. the phrase. error OF Judg
ment," so faclcly used. is misleading
10 the popular understanding. Not only
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

More than usual interest has lately
ben directed to the matter II pure food.
rhe action 81 Germany in excluding
foreign meats CD which boric acid has
been used i economically important
because OF tie large quantity Of meats
which The United States TOW ships 10
that country. These. the American
packers say. must De treated with a
small quantity Of boric acid. or else be
much more heavily salfed. The amount
Of boric acid used Is said by American
chemists to be harmless. aud eminent
German chemists have expressed lie
same opinion. To the German govern
ment, however. it makes a difference
whose OK is treated with boric acid.
The government prohibits the Use or
this preservatlye in food prepared for
home consumption. yet permits II In
potted meats put up for export, on tie
theory. apparently, that it Is danger
Gus TO the German stomach, but safe
enough for foreigners. France takes
a similar view IN regard to vegetables.
permitting the fABbIA NliHbAA iFoAAif7
lion of canned vegetables cOlored
green by the use Of copper. but forbid
ding their sale at home except when
the fact Of the use Of copper and the
quantity Of II are stated on the label.
The action Of Germany has naturally
set the authorities at Washington to
thinking about measures Of self-protec-
ton. The United States is now the only
civilized nation without adequate pure
food laws. and has therefore become
the dumping ground for misbranded
and adulierated articles. The Secretary
Of Agriculture has authority TO forbid
the importation OF articles OF food
which are injurious 10 health, but be
ias hitherto hcsitated to SGT mp dog
matte standards upon points open TO
controversy. II seems simple enough,
however. to decline 10 receive from
,ther countries the things which they
sill not bet their own people eat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24
QUEER 5ToRltS

Shetland's shortest night Is ave
hours but her longest Is over eighteen
hours
The greyhound, which ean cover =
mile In I'm IS, is the fastest OF quad.
rupods.
In both the provinces Of Ontario and
Quebec the birth rate is steadily d'.
crcasing.
The Chinese have the Idea that milk
reviyes the youthful powers. and that
It has special virtue as winter food iot
old people
The lrst salt was produced In thls
country prior TO l620, an IN the yari.
Gus reports OF the federal census men
ton is made OF not less than thirty
two States in which salt has AZ some
period been produced IN considerable
quantities In 1899 Utah produced 23j,
GTl barrels Of salt. equivalent 10 L.
1880 bushels. nearly all OF which
was made by solar evaporation
There is a railway over the Egyptian
desert which runs for forty-iive mlle.
in a straight line. but this is easily
beaten In Australia. The railway FROM
Nyngan to Bourke. In New South
Wales. runs over plain. which Is as
level as billiard table. for 1876 miles
In a mathematlcally straight line.
There is hardly an embankmenl. no.
where curve, and only three very
slight elevations.
bet was recently made by man
who asserted that the fremont hnild,
ing In Boston covered more grouni
than is included In the Granary bury
ing ground, next adjacent The aS.
SCISSORS books show that tie fremont
building stands upon -. 4O6 square feet
Of land valued At Sllal.0oo. while lie
Grnnary burylng ground contains 81.
300 square feet. assessed M S2,72i. OOl
The Kings Chapel cemetery has 80,
POO feet Of land worth $3.50. OuD. and ne
lot upon which Kings Chapel is siult-
ed has a value Of nearly 81 100000.
Marriage brokers are a regular instt
tuition In Italy. In Genoa there are
several marriage brokers. who have
pocketbooks iillcl with the names ~
marriageablc girls of the different
Glasses with notes of their figures,
personal attractions, fortune and other
circumstances. These brokers go about
Ell leavoring 10 arrange matrimonial
alliances In the same offhand mcrenn-
tile manner which they would bring
TO bear upon n purely business trans
action, and when they succeed they get
commission Of two or three per cent
upon the dowry. with such extras OF
bonuses AS may be voluntarily bestow-
ed by the party.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24
THE PAPtR TOP.

Who can make a top that Will set IL
self in motionf Nobody We will
show you how It Is done Take cork.
a sewing needle aud a square piece
Of writing paper. Place the cork on
the table and fasten the needle in IT,
point up. find the center Of tie piece
Of paper by drawing the diagonal lines.
and balance 1t On tie needle after bend
Ing two opposite corners Of tie paper.
one upward. the other down. Now We
are ready for the trick. Hold your
hand close to the paper as shown In
figure. Before long the paper VIII set
Itself in motion. ana will stop as soon
as you remoye-your hand. This sim
pie mechanical effect Is produced by
the warmth Of the hand catching the
corner Of the paper that we have bent
downward. which sets the paper top in
motion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

so. IL is pregnant with serious conse-
quences 10 the issues OF war and To
individuals influenced by TO-
1t is necessary to realize that some
errors Of Judgment are ineNcusable be
cause inconsistent with recognized
standards. and that disobedience Of
orders Is on lis face a fault. disre=
gard OF a settled standard. Of m estah-
lished rule. OF sneh general application
that upon the person who commits il
rests the burden Of proving TINT thr
circumstances commanded his action.
The presumption. Ia the case Of dis
obedience. n not innocence. bnt guilt.
Mere rule though IL be. In It's narrow
construction aud rigid framework the
rule OF Implicit and entire obedience
rests upon reasons So sound that us in
fringement in action can rarely be- con
doned. when not thoroughly approved.
Nothing can be more disastrous than
to tribe with the cornerstone upon
which rests the structure of coherent.
unified action. The admission into the
military mind Of anything approaching
irreyerence for the spirit Of military
obedience. or lcvIy rs regards the let.
ter Of the rule in which IL Is embodied.
Is the begetter OF confusion; and that
In turu is Inc fDrerunuer Of defeat To
sit loose 10 this obligation weakens the
sense Of responsibility upon lie due
realization OF which rests not merely
literal obsdlcncce. but Intelligent nud
deserving dlsohedlence. Ia tie occa
sionm circumstances which call FOR
that.
Tho recognition Of responsibility lay
the individual tie consciousness THAI
serious regard 10 il Is governing his de
examinations. Is ihc best moral equip.
ment thar 4 man ran have 10 enable
him To sustain the burden OF violating
instructions. deliberately undertaken
upon his own Judgment II is the mems
conscla rect in serious problem Of
action.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

England Is being 80 rapidly despoll-
ed OF her art treasures by American
capital that the curator OF one Of the
famous collections sounds note OF
warning. The man who owns a IA
nous picture Is Ia certain sense a
trustee for England he declares; be-
fore be sells the canvas 10 an Amerl.
eau millionaire be should offer II to the
British nation, orto local museum. or
TO "a collector permanently domiciled
In England" Yet consideration for the
rights OF Continental nations does not
seem to have withheld Engllslmen from
acquiring the very works OF Titan.
Raphael, Nelasquez. Van Dyke and
other masters that are ut the bottom
Of the present p6ther; and If the argu-
ment OF locality applies In the one in
stance It should apply in the others.
The Logical truth, however, is that a
great work of art belongs TO the world
So long as 1t is properly taken care OF
and is made accessible to persons who
wish to study lt.4tp place where It Is
kept is only, q ',etalt, Moreover. IT is
as easy for AN EngIishman to come
over here to see II as it is for an Ameri-
can to go to England for the same pur-
pose
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24
she LEARNED HER FATE.
Nader Took a Peep Behind Futurs..
Mystic Veil and Found IL Rosy.

A young woman in the throng In 9Th
avenue paused before a show window
bur not To inspect the goods therein.
as indicated by her actions. Her cyrS
wandered 10 a quaint figure Of foreign
outline-a man ia The romantic gafb OF
Italy. lie was standing IN patient at.
titude beside high tripod on which
rested a brdeage with many fcathered
occupants of gaudy colors
Suddenly the young woman gathered
her skirts about her and passed on.
keeping her face turned resolutely
away from the Italian She crossed
the street and hurried INTO a neigh.
boring store rs though fleeing from
some Invisible pursucr Directly sb,
reanpeared. plginly under the strange
domination of the Italian. who stood
stolidly beside his birdcage. Her eyes
rested upon him wistfully while her
teeth were sunk into her hps. Size
moved toward the crossing slowly and
with heightened color Her mind was
not made up She imagined the gaze
OF The public consuming her with etigi.
osity. perhaps reading her purpose. for
all she knew. Abruptly. as she stood
upon the curb she frowned at the pass
Ing populace defiantly and with resent.
ment Determination seized her. Sho
stepped from the curb aud swiftly ap-
proaehed the spot where stood tho
italian
Just then party Of shoppers greeted
her by name. and size gasped as though
struck. but the consciousness that she
had not committed herself enabled her
TO face them aud smile. She passed
on, not daring to look 1T the Italian.
At the first Side street She left the
thick Of the crowd and her pace slack.
cned gradually. She watched the We.
hicles speeding across the rift Of 9TH
avenue in The distance. still thinking
OF the Italian. though she had turned
her back upon him BY turns she stool
still or forged ahead until she hal
reached the middle Of he block. There
she wheeled and reiraced her steps To
9th avenue with her head down aua
her step firm. Once more her eyes
were upon thc Italian. steadily but
furtlyely, fearing perhaps 10 eneoun-
ter the gaze OF others IN her glove
she elutched a small coin. which sha
produced In silence handing II to the
foreigner beside whom she stopped
lie smiled like a craven image coming
10 life Without word be opened the
cage. A bird from its perch flew down
TO the tray Of printed cards before the
door. One OF these cards the bird
seized In It's bin and the Italian sgni-
ned that hts fair client shosild take IT,
She. took 1t and fed hot even stop.
ping 10 read. says the New York Times.
but. nevertheless. convinced thai the
story or her future Was in her grasp
Turning into 9Th avenue she smoothed
out the crumped card and scanned It
eagerly. Then she flushed with anger.
The legend on the card a. folloT.
your f'uttrE Is BriGlIr.
You WILL BIZ tlle faTier
or 4 gReaT
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

The latest maps Of British East AZ.
rlca designate an arm Of the great
Victoria Nyanza n Ugowe Bay. lie
origin Of the name was recently told by
Sir Henry Stanley. When. twenty.
seven years ago. he was making a
chart OF the lake shores, lie came upon
a spacious bay. Calling TO native on
shore. he asked the name OF the place
After repeated inquiries came a faint
answer which sounded like You 60
way" An attempt Of the interpreter
met with the same response. and Stan.
ley humoronsly accepted the answer TO
mark the spot. Ii continues in the
maps as Ugowe.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24
oLo-FAsHIoNEo SONG.

I want my dear in snow DAY.
| want my dear IN rain.
When spring IS here. whsa. warm ana
gay.
The summer comes sgain.
want my dear when | anu clad
And buoyant life : stroass
! want my dear when ! sm sad
And sorrows come along
| want ny dear Al days break
In the pale stealing light.
When fading stars see suns awake,
When dsws are cold and bright.
I want my dear 10 guide ny hand.
To love me and 70 cheer:
To-day the hour IS tagging, and
| van, M dear.
-Lippincott's.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Robert Edeson. the actor. tells this
story OF the stage: I've seen and
heard good many funny things IN
the way OF plays and play actors in
my time. but the greatest thing | ever
saw or heard was in Milwaukee. This
was several months ago II was in
one OF the museums there. The mu-
scum had n stock company IN its the
alter, and its great speciality was Dor
der drama. Every week they gave a
new drama OF the Wild and woolly
West. This play that | saw was a
blood curdler OF that character. and at
the time dropped in at the theater
the stage was pitch dark and two men
were lighting duel. | could hear the
knives clash together and hear the men
stumble around the stage. but ! could
only family distinguish the forms Of
the actors. After a while there was n
thump on the floor aud the villain Il
knew 1t was the villain by his accent
Kissed: .Ah, Ia, Rudolph Tegherng
ton, have you now and no one nigh
to see me do the deed. Then the drum
mer hit the bass drum a belt and the
calcium man turned on the light, and
away up on rocky pass n woman
(the herolne) was seen standing. Cow
ardr she shouted; me and heaven is
herer"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Social intercourse would lcss FREE
quently engendcr hard feeling Il an
would observe the rule. which the sou
ate adopted recently. No Senator in
debate shall directly or indirectly. by
any form o. words. impuic 10 another
Senator. or 10 any other Senators. any
conduct or motive unworthy or unbe-
coming Senator; no Senator in de
bate shall refer extensively to any STATE
Of the Union This means simply.fhs
the Senator'S must behave a. gentle
men. II Is fair to them to say that
most Of them observed the rule before
1t was formally adopted.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24
Changed His Mind in a Hurry.

The army department photographed TO
mn officer in san Francisco who had
been ordered to the Philippines: You
can go to New York and sail nu trans
port that goes by Suez IL you choose
The answer was sent back: Would
prefer to cross the Pacific direct
Then the department wired him:
Transport will make good time. Has
sixty women school teachers abroad
The young lieutenant answered.
Save me berth on transport
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Dr. Newman Hall, the evangelist.
who died recently. tells In his antobi-
ography Of his visit to Harriet Beccher
stowe. At that time Mrs. Stowe was
living Mt Hartford In a comfortable
house built with the proceeds of Uncle
Toms Cabin
We spent a long forenoon together
writes Dr Hall. size finishing a draw
Ing. coloring sketch. Mrs stowe
told me how her tale Of Uncle Tom
originated. she VAS nj n communion
service when suddenly the death scene
of the story was presented wildly to
her mind This was the germ of the
whole. 1t was written hrst, and sug
gested the rest of that marvellous book
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

"Pshaw. you're afraid Yes, | am.
I'm afraid OF being s0rry-and is the
only thing I'm afraid OF In this world"
II was scrap Of a street conversation,
and the two girls who spoke were out
Of sight before the words bad died on
fhe air Rus one listener. at least, was
stronger for hasi Ing heard them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24
Annronriatcly Pleased.

"Our amateur minstrel show Will be
great. We've got two professional end
men"
You don't say? Who are theyy
ones a phrenologist and the others
chiropodist."
Indeed? Now. all you need is a belt
manufacturer for middleman. "-PhlIa-
delphla Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24
Extremely spare.

Subbubs ION "A visit 10 Citlmam-l
thought you said you had n spare room
in your flat?
Citiman-This Is H.
Snbbubs What this closet? Why,
this is barely four feet square.
Gilman Well. what could be more
spare than Philadelphia Press
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Years ago man bearing the name
Of John Smith had it changed 10 tiasa-
dig Gigadab, which name lie selected
because il was a unlike John Smith
As he could possibly get il. And now
an Englishman. one PamlieO Pickles.
has had his name changed to John
Smith. There Is no accounting for
fasfpa
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

\ Cleveland preacher has discovered
that the recently developed love FOR
sports here in America is sign
of degeneracy. Down with the mud
died oafs,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

The fratrieldal tragedy in New YorS
by which one man eminent in letters
aud one in athletics died premature
deaths was caused by a fathers MUS
tice. No man should carry his hatreds
10 his grave.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

A Kansas editor has decided that
when a man merely has a hook aud
line Ia the river on Sunday and isn't
catching anything he i not fishing.
That may be true but II he has gun
on his shoulder, and is merely wander
Ing around In search Of game be is
hunfin
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Within a few months, thanks TO the
humane sentiment Of Americans. a
most necessary reform viii probably
be we'll under way In Porto Rico. cru
city to animals will henccforth be a
crime. The Porto l,ican is essentially
cruel. Consideration for animals seems
to be beyond his comprehension.
Horses and cattle there get little food
and many blows The only Interior.
enee with the brutality everywhere ap.
parent is by Americans as individuals.
Chickens are tied together, sometimes
In punches OF from eight to dozen.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

An Atchison paper notes that women
kiss the hands OF Padarewski and
Kubelik, and asks IL men were ever
known to kiss tho hands of female nc.
tors. Scarcely. Men never stoop so
low.-Kansas City journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24
eabmeu for Parliament,

Several cabmen are to be run as can
didates at the forthcoming parliament
AIRY elections In Belgium by the mems
trade union at Brussels.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

and are hurled In promlscuous heap
on the sidewalk, or carried suffering
Tor hours. To see dog hurt is a pleas.
ure to the average Porto Rican, aud
when a tired horse falls and is dubbed.
the native spectator always outlaws.
The most shocking sport of all. how.
ever and one which the nartzell bill
Is intended to abolish. Is cockfghtlng
Every Sunday, within short distance
Of San Juan this form Of recreation
attracts crowd of natives and a sprln
Killing Of Americans to Caiano. Baya.
mon Saniurce or Rico piedras.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

BE virtnous aud you will be veal
thy" says Uncle Russell Sage-whicn
l. rather severe reflection ON some
mighty good people.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Miss Mary MacLane Is able to sym
pathize 10 some extent with the man
who committed suicide because he was
Tired Of the everlasting buttonins and
nnhnffnning
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Tie average American business man
Is like a cat. Throw him up AMI he
lights on his feet. They tell the story
OF a life insurance agent in Chicago
who was taken sick and carried 10 a
hospital. He employed his leisure
hours In persuading his nurse to AK
out an insurance policy and his snare
Of the premium paid bis own bin FOR at
tendance
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Even he Gar IS thinking about r.
forms; Bnt not TIL hls people are n
revolt.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Joseph was not a real captain OF IN
dustry. lie didn't twist the screw
when the other fellows were calling for
helm
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Women not only want the last word.
but they want tie last chapter. Thai
IL Why they read the back Of the book
first
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

A scientific writer In American Medi.
cine pays a glowing tribute to the hair
pin. He finds that 1t is Of almost in
estimable value to the surgeon, who
can use It TO pin bandages, to remove
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

Eventually no American town will be
without a sanltarium.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

II the Hon James Ilosg ever be
comes Secretary Of State. we are CONT
dent that he viii not be referred 70 -
Little Bfeeches
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

We very much doubt The success Of
the reported attempt to form a lobster
trust The supply Is too large TO be
"eornered -
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

It Is reported nat Russell sage las
become vegetarian.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-24

When a wise man knows anything
worth telling be keeps Il 70 himself.