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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-06-05
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WI HEN The
CIRCUS COMES
TO TOWN,

the curb, with their feet In the gutter.
Behind them stand other rows reach
Ing back to the front of the stores and
then climbing TO points of vantage on
the tops OF dry goods boxes. All the
windows are full. anxious mothers
clutching with nervous hands the
Wristbands of small children. who do
their best to fall out into the crowds
below whenever stray strain of
music comes floating up from the d.
rection OF the circus lot.
If you have earned ticket or have
al extra quarter In your pants peck
cts you buy big bag of peanuts. the
shells Of which you throw down from
your high perch on to the heads of the
people ON the sidewalk. When the
shells strike you turn your eyes away
and look as unconscious as possible.
Now the town marshal energies from
the crowd on the other side of the
street dragging by the collar young
man who Is denounced as lone OF them
city thugs" lie starts down the cen
ter OF the street with his prisoner. fol-
lowed by street full OF excited men
and boys. to whom an arrest Is as ex-
citing as declaration OF war. 1t IL
the marshal's day TO shine. He gets
TO within block OF the lookup. under
the englne-house. when a farmers
team. frightened half TO death by the
unusual noise and by the swift ap-
proach OF the crowd. breaks away
from the hltehlng post at the curb.
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stand up on their hind legs. and start
to paw holes In the atmosphere. with
out stopping to think the marshal
drops his hold on his prisoner and
grabs the horses. The plckpocket slips
away TO safety. but the horses are
stopped from running away.
A dozen times there are false alarms
that the parade has started. Each
time the crowd along Main street
surges into the street. and up the
| street come the huge gllded cages full
OF cooking utensils and baggage. with
| tightly closed sides and big signs
warning the crowds TO Beware. Dam
gerous." Up comes the den OF lions.
, with the lady in pink tights sitting on
cracker box In the midst OF them.
Up comes the clown. riding on a little
donkey that stops every fifty feet and
kicks up solemnly. while the crowds
roar with laughter. Up comes every
thing belonging to the circus that can
walk or be moved on wheels. Then
the last wagon swings round the cor
ner and the crowd flows Into the street
behind II.
There Is always the awful possibility
that father won't let you go TO the cir
Gus. Once there was a small boy In
n country town who had got hold OF
90 cents and wanted to go TO the circus
80 badly that he fairly ached all over.
But his father said mo. l don't be-
lieye In going to too many circuses.
You're too small to go alone, and 1
can't spare the time. You'll have to
stay at home"
The small boy, desperate with dlsap-
pointment, ran away and went to the
circus with another youth In similar
straits. They got their tickets. went
In, looked at the animals. and then
took their seats In the circus tent. Be
tween the acts they looked around
them. Presently the small boy, glanc-
Ing up, saw his father sitting six rows
higher up. At the same instant his
father saw him. Neither of them gave
any sign of recognition. and neither
referred to the subject afterwards.
Only by the fact that he was not taken
out into the wood shed after he got
home was the small boy certain that
he had not been mistaken.
As rule you didn't stay to "the
grand vocal, Instrumental. and terpsl-
chorean concert In the main canvas i'm
medlately after the conclusion OF the
performance" With the afternoon
concert over there was still the even
Ing performance to look forward to.
Then the town relaxed back into It's
normal condition.
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exclusive imported model within
The rudimenta
needs not know even the first principles OF millinery
seeming be wrought The following the
formal
chiffon moassene
Sometimes
umbe
the purchase crisp
skill patience
chiffon engthwise width Turn
neatly and them with what
which round
completely
are made OF chiffon about three inches inches
with
same Idea carried the for the front OF the
to the floating ends n the back. ~ '' ' "" summary
Anone Of chiffon do,hr.
,ne ehds ana forming rosette the
or would
whit renewed
upon feminine hearts millinery well costumes "' nun
browns brms
so WIN the trimming used IL limit
the = -' .s'uS ean DC secured y the
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@OR three months the huge pos
tiers In red and blue Ink have
- famed forth. There Is the
Blood Sweating Behemoth of Holy
Writ" with an open mouth six feet
square; there Is mime. Lisette, Gorg-
eous Queen of the Hoops of Fire." clad
in pink tights. leaplng through pillows
OF flame; there is the unsurpassed,
Unparalleled. and Unequaled Union Of
Unique and Mighty Monsters" leerlng
out through bars Of iron; there are a
hundred other marvels. any one Of
which Is enough TO throw the small
boys into spasms of excitement
When the first bill goes up they all
begin to make plans for going to the
circus. In divers ways they begin to
get together the money needed for n
ticket. They save rags and old iron;
they cut lawns; they pick stra wber-
ries; they chop kindllng and carry In
wood. Every penny Is saved. To the
children the coming of n circus is the
greatest possible incentive to industry
and economy. This Is a virtue which.
strangely enough. the modest circus
manager has been slow to claim. And
then finally comes the parade-wbich is
really better than the circus itself. The
''show-lot" Is always on the fats Mt the
other end OF Main street. You get up
at 8 o'clock In the morning and hurry
down to see the circus get In" and
unload.
Perhaps II the fates are kind you get
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the tone OF your letter, you need scarce
ly have any apprehension as to the ma
ture Of her reply. As to monetary mat
tiers, girl who cannot comfortably man
age and be happy on the united income
doesn't deserve husband at all.
1t was all over. The last slipper had
sped Its course In the air and disap-
peared through the window OF the
compartments which had the hoonr of
accommodating the happy couple, and
the last handful of rice lay whitening
the platform like a miniature fall OF
snow.
I'm so glad it's all over at last,
sighed Mildred Ellington as she threw
herself YEARLY back among the cush'
ions. But the whole affair was n
complete success and went Of without
a flaw"
"Yes, darling, quite complete. except
for the absence frm the ceremony of
one to whom | owe great deal OF my
present happiness-in fact one Of your
sister strugglers in the field of lltera-
ture. Milly, I've a confession to make.
| know you'll think I'm an awful fool,
and perhaps be angry. but promise me,
Milly, beforehand that you will forgive
me-"
I'D promise you anything, Harry. II
1t can't be anything dreadful, I'm
sure" falteringly.
''Then read that and put me out OF
my misery"
And taking from his inside breast
pocket copy of The Daisy containing
Aunt Meg's advice, which he had so
successfully acted upon. he opened It at
the fatal page and handed it to her.
Harry" she said quietly, pushing 1t
away, her eyes filling with tears the
while, IL know what you mean now.
She-she was there. and-and you saw
her."
II saw her, Mfilyi" calculated FL
lngton. utterly taken aback by her
answer
Eyes. Harry. and you see her now.
IL was Aunt Meg at the time, and
knowing whom your question concern
ed replied accordingly. |, too. meant
to confess all to-day. and you have
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Aunt Meg's Column

00 AIRY, | can sum up your case
iii in three words" said Lancaster.
~S> The fact is-and you cannot de-
ny lt-you're In lover
Ellington started.
How on earth did you find that
out?" he muttereI.
Experience and casual observation.
replied Lancaster, shortly. by the
way, | saw Milly Holsworth to-day"
Then. with a grin, "Um. | thought |
wasn't far out. She's a nice girl, Har-
~, and clever one. Women nova
days who are good looking and can
earn their own living are in great de-
mand In the matrimonial market, SO
I'm told, and can quite believe It,"
Yes groaned Ellington, but when
a man has only paltry twelve hun
bred and fifty year the idea of-er-
er-even proposing to lady who can
buy him up might give rise to unpleas-
ant COMMENSURATE"
Personally. should try my luck.
Faint heart. ETC., you know. You new
err know what may transpire Say you
decide to see how absence might af-
feet the case and to wait till your re-
turn to England. She might be snapped
up in the meantime. Perhaps the
steamer might founder. and-and-"
Don't. Lancaster, don'tw shuddered
Ellington. your advice, old chap.
fear has not advanced the improve
ment of the outlook at ALL"
Then the only course that remains
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Heaven.sent chance to carry buckets
OF water until your back aches for a
ticket of admission 10 the show. Tha'
makes you an object OF envy TO All
your fellows. You stay and watch the
canvasmen drive their pegs. rig theli
poles, and build canvas city while
the ordinary man would be marking
off the site. You see the animals feu
and your eyes stick out like hard boil
cd eggs when n beautiful young WON
nm with red cheeks and n short white
lace dress is let into the cage with the
lions.
Finally the crisis comes. From the
far off end of Main street wild strain
Of unearthly music sweeps up the
packed street. Ii Is the steam ealliope
In action-an instrument which sounds
like n score OF tug whistles blowing nj
once. At the sound all the horses In
hearing rear and plunge and their own
ers rush frantIeally out to wrestle
with them. Meanwhile the town mar.
shall Is running down to the street &c
have the calliope turned of before the
town is torn to pieces.
Far ahead OF the rest OF the process
sion ride two men In a shiny victoria
drawn by two white and two Jet black
horses, wearing silver mounted har
ness with yellow reins One of the
men Is quiet looking person In mod
est suit of black clothes and q black
SLOUGH hat. He owns the show, but be
cuts no figure In the eyes of the popu
lace In comparison with the gorgeous
and gllttering individual who rides
with him. This latter wears red
waistcoat with blue polka dots. white
spats. shining patent feathers, and al.
most white frock coat and a tall silk
hat. on which the sun plays In splen.
dor. His ample paunch is crossed by
an enormous gold chain. which mean
ders also once or twice around his
neck. In his big red necktle shines a
diamond greater and more brilliant
than the Kohnoor.
Twice In each block as he proceeds
In his triumphal progress up Main
street. this glIttering parsonage rises to
his feet and lifts his silk hat. reveal.
Ing bald head as shining as his hat.
He opens his mouth and out of Il
comes voice like the blast o. trum.
pet.
Come one! Come ALI" he bellows.
ION behalf of the management | am
authorized to announce that Immedl.
ately before the performance under
the large canvas Nine. Llssette will
perform the unparalleled and stupen.
dous feat of dancing the skirt dance
while suspended In midalr on n slack
rope stretched between the top of the
wagon factory and the roof OF the vim
egar works. Entirely free. gratultous,
and complimentary. Without money
and without price the gifted little lady
VIII disport In midspace. Come one!
Come ALP
Then he would make bow and sit
down. while the small boys gasped
with awful admiration and envy.
Then you start on the dead run ND
Main street to get the seat In the sec.
ond story window over Browns gro
Gerry which has been reserved for you.
Already Main street Is packed with
people. Ono row Is sitting down on
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-06-05

! One day Americans are told by some
messenger of sad tldings that there Is
no longer any chance In this country
for the young man. Another day 1t is
proclaimed that there is no chance for
the old man. Another day the gloomy
news Is made public that there Is no
longer any chance for a workman VINO
is over 80. II all these statements are
true there Is no longer chance for any
body unless he shall have been born a
millionaire But the lot of those VINE
are fed from golden spoons and rocked
In silver cradles Is unenviable, for ac-
cordlng to some authorities they never
amount to anything. They never have
chance, 1t is said, because they are
loaded down with riches. AS NOBODY
has a chance 1t is about time for the
appearance OF the angel spoken or IN
Revelation, who is to cry out, woe,
woe, woe. to the inhabitants of the
earth" This declaration that there Is
no longer any chance for the mechanic
or laborer who Is In the prime OF life Is
based on what Is said to be the present
practice OF railroads and some large
manufacturing corporations not to hire
men who are over 80. Only two rail-
roads have been mentioned specifically
and no manufacturing corporation mas
been mentioned. There Is no accurate
information as to the extent to which
the opportunities for employment Of the
men who are over 30 have been limited
by this new practice. Until these OPP
portunitles shall appear to have been
really limited there is no reason why
the workmen Of 40 years of age should
feel seriously alarmed as to their fu-
ture. Employers have whims and no
lions sometimes. 1t may seem to one
employer that he can get more or better
work out of mechanics who are under
80 than out of those who are over that
age. Such an assumption would be cor
rect as to some workmen and Incorrect
as to others. The efficiency Of man
cannot be measured accurately by his
age. The presumption Is that most EN-
ployers will not establish an age limit,
but will hire any man who is able to do
good work. The mechanics who are
over SO should not be disheartened and
fancy that there is no relief for them
except In the grave. Nor should the
young men be discouraged. There is
chance for them. There Is chance
also for the sons of plutocrats. There
ia still n chance for everybody who Is
deserving.
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Taking Advantage of the Situation

A member of the military band at a
certain barracks came to the surgeon
recently with a long face and a plain
tive story about sore throat
.'Sore throat. eh?" said the surgeon.
pleasantly. Let me see. oh, that's
not bad-a slight irritation, nothing
more! You'll be all right in day OF
two. | think you had better take NO
risk by using your throat though. so !
will recommend you for fortnight's
sick leave"
Armed with the surgeons certificate,
the bandsman obtained two weeks
sick leave The two weeks had just
come to an end when he met the sur
geon on the parade ground. The bands
man saluted. and the surgeon, recog-
nizlng the face, stopped.
Flows the throat?" he asked pleas
antly.
ITS quite well, SIR" was the reply.
That's good" said the surgeon. "You
can get back to your duty without fear
BY the way. what instrument do you
play In the band"
1.-THE small drum, STRIP said the mu.
sician
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The signs are appearing that the in
evitable battle over wireless telegraphy
Is about to begin. The practical leader,
Marconi, or at least the Marconi CON-
pany, is already making money from
1t, and money Is the signal for war.
Who invented wireless telegraphy?
Marconi of Italy claims 1t. Slaby of
Germany claims 1t. Another German,
or rather Alsatian, Braun, claims II
Tesla of America claims 1t, and doubt
less many other experts will appear.
AT present the contest is In the news.
papers, but 1t must soon be transferred
to the courts. The ownership of wire.
less telegraphy is prize of such meal
culable value that the suit for it will
be one of the most memorable ever
known to patent law.
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compels her. doubtless. TO assent to this
time-saving operation. 1t Is true that
the wife might take legal measures 10
force her husband to give her the sum
required for her charitable intent But
here would begin vexatious delays. Inc
case would be postponed from time 10
time. II 1t went against the husband
he would appeal to the Supreme Court
with the result that two or three years
would be dragged out in annoying iiti-
CATION. Meanwhile the charity would
anguish and die, and the opportunity
to benefit mankind would be lost for
ever. Under these conditions lovely
woman is absolutely forced to take the
law into her own hands and to dig Into
the gentleman's pockets, as he SUM
bers. for the benefit of humanity. NO
married man in these charitable times
should be without portable safety de-
posIt box.
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JUST LITTLE BIT OF BABY.

Just a little bit of baby,
Twenty pounds and nothing more;
See him floor his giant daddy.
Weight two hundred, six feet four.
Just a little bit of baby:
And beauty? Not trace;
See him stealing all the roses
From his lovely mothers face.
just little bit of baby;
Ignorant as he can be;
See him puzzle all the sages
OF his learned family.
Just n little bit of baby:
Walking? No. nor crawling. even;
See him lead dozen grown-ups
To the very gate of heaven!
Good Housekeeping.
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Thomas Carlyle wrote on one occa-
sion: what is 1t that thou art fretting
and fumbling and lamenting and self
tormenting on account OFT Is it not
that thou art not happyi Foolish NOR
tai; what act of legislation is there that
thou wouldst be happy at? There Is a
higher thing in man than happiness; he
can do without happiness, and instead
thereof find blessedness." But Carlyle
concealed his idea behind crags and
crannies.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-06-05

Unique conditions prevail In the State
Normal School of Georgia, where are
gathered more than six hundred pupils,
whose ages range from seventeen to
sixty years. Year before last more than
forty of the students were over forty,
and a half-dozen over fifty years old.
Widows come bringing their children;
the Confederate soldier hobbies In on
crutches; there are old bachelors and
grandmothers, hearthungry Tor knowl-
edge. Tuition is free. but the tale of
living expenses covers many tragedy.
A paralyzed man has plowed with one
hand year after year that his young
sister might attend the school, and she
works with pathetic desperation to be-
come In turn his supporter. Persons in
clined to grumble because certain edu-
cational plums have not fallen their
way may well draw parallel of condl-
tons.
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High-mindednes and right-mlnded-
ness may profitably be supplemented
by "two-mindedness, which has been
defined as the habit of taking into &C
count what Is urged on both sides. and
trying to combine the essential parts
of the two opposing arguments into
one higher truth. Magnanimity, hon
esty. breadth-a trio of qualities worth
possessing, and the last by no means
the least.
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The question of the property rights of
wives has been very ably set forth by
Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch in
good-tempered address before a WON
ans club. Mrs. McCulloch sees the In
Justice SO often wrought to wives by
penurious and selfish husbands, and
she deplores the fact that women are
forced to resort to underhand means In
order to obtain their rights" In short,
wives are often reduced to such desper-
ate straits that many wives are actu-
ally compelled surreptitiously to ex-
tract money from their husbands peck
cts TO enable them to contribute toward
some charity of which they approve
but their husbands do not" Mrs. Me
oulloch's ample knowledge OF the law
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open for you is to consult Aunt Meg"
sighed Lancaster.
aunt Meg. Who is she? And what's
she got to do with lt?"
aunt Meg is lady connected with
popular publication entitled The
Daisy, whose official duty 1t is to re-
ceiye and reply to, through the col
umns of the aforesaid journal, all ques-
tions that may be submitted to her no.
tice on the all-important theme of love
and its attendant trials, misunder-
standings and vagaries in general"
Consult Aunt MegI' the words
seemed to ring in Ellngton's ears for
some time after the departure of his
friend Lancaster.
"a precious fool I'd be thought" he
unused, "supposing was idiot enough
to trust my private affairs to the ten
der mercies of a modern lady Journal
list, II the story leaked out. Certainly
one might write under nom de plume
or initials. but then | don't believe In
such rot"
| Half an hours meditation, however,
served to put matters before him in a
different light. He reflected that the
journal in question bore very high
s,,on.a,o. ona ho rosoI,aa - 49,, -
Meg.
After uue ues'iuelion Vi various
sheets OF note paper, MS communica-
ton was at last fairly neatly trans
cribed and ran as follows:
r. "A,n. No,v Do;sv Oe;cas 400 NJ.
80. T. r.. 'eS'
49, 49,, ,.rs. 70, - ~.
a"s,.t,,, od,.;so ~ NC ~ W
in tho following matter. To no. hr;es I
a., a,aa ,hirt, ond IN, T., -. !,
"ii aseu 'n'i'' anu ani W receipt Oh an
""" Ia ,n .;na,a aaeua,n 81 anu ~
,,on,lomon who ia 70 denor, ~, 49,
are NJ indefinite duration in tbreo 49,,
time for his health's sake and I am 70
accompany him. A month ago | made
the acquaintance of charming lady
about my own age, and we have met at
various lh.errals s'nce.
as you WI ai.eauy nave sutmsed, l
I'M am ua et 20. Sao,o. win ner, lnoush
g. ~ az, o,varo -, y pass'oh' AS
Of friend. she Is in rece;n, 81 =,
come exceeding mine nv two hnndraI
and fifty dollars per annum. derived from
her employment, the exact nature of
which. however. owing to the shortness
OF our acquaintance, am unfortunate
In Ignorance OF, beyond that 1t is some
u
! nave every reason to believe that my
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Gold and silver could better be spared
than the baser metals. The entire loss
of all the gold and silver In the world
would not be nearly so serious as would
be a sudden exhaustion OF all the iron
and copper, since iron Is used for all
purposes of construction. and copper 10
an absolute requisite in the use of cleo
tricity to the enormous extent which
now obtains.
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what has become of the oid-fash-
Toned woman who used to tell her hus-
band to save his money-that she did
not need a new bonnet?" asks the
Washington Post. Oh, she is still In
habiting the realms of fiction where
she was born and reared.
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A Musical staircase.

A staircase has just been Invented
which plays tunes as 1t Is walked up
and down upon. series of pins are
pressed by the feet and play gongs
and drums. while others are connected
with coliapslble chambers which blow
trumpets and other similar instru-
menta
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-06-05

Rev. Thomas b. Hyde, of New York,
says women ought to be allowed to
propose marriage. A girl who can't
make her wishes known under the
present conditions hardly deserves the
fellow ANYWAY.