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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06
Wise Wooers.

When a thoughtful person recalls the
number of marriages within his own
observation that have resulted In un-
happiness because poverty has entered
the door, no provision having been
made to guard against the coming of
the grim guest, and reviews the mis-
cries of the children of such thriftless
unions, the French custom that for
bids a man TO marry a dowerless girl
seems eminently wise and humane.
The prudent bachelor argues that he
has no right to thrust a group of pos
sible paupers upon the world, and even
IL he loves a girl. will not marry her
unless she has dot" in her actual
possession. A pretty festival in the vii
lage Of st. Denis has sprung from this
attitude Of the men. Every year the
most virtuous and best beloved girl in
the town is chosen as queen of roses,
crowned by her comrades and present
ed with wedding portion from a fund
left for that purpose by n resident Of
st. Denis who lived many years ago.
The idea of lowering the most amiable
and best behaved girl was Of course in
tended to be reward of virtue. A girl
good enough TO win the dowry would
naturally be expected TO easily find a
husband. But the young men won't
marry possible queens of roses. They
are not sure of the money until the
queen is crowned, and a queen must
marry the man to whom she is betroth-
ed before her coronation. Thus, If a
young man engages himself to the girl
who in his estimation is worthy Of the
crown of roses land so of the dowry
and HIMSELF and some other virtuous
maiden is chosen instead, he is tied to
a portionless maid and this possibility
he will not risk.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06
Literary CuriOs.

THE literary craze that is sweeping
over the country is producing some
queer results among those who are
anxious to be considered literary" said
the bookseller. Yesterday a woman
was in here looking for The Creases,'
and | sent her away satisfied with The
Crisis The same day gentleman
asked II had Dry Am L. gave him
'D'ri and L. and he departed with what
he had been looking for.
"But the other day l was fairly
stumped when party came In and
asked me II l had Wait Minute
Never heard of it, said /.
"'That is funny he answered; 1T is
being talked about and am anxious to
read it.
Il looked over all my book lists and
satisfied myself that there was no such
book in existence, and he went away
disappointed, and with an impression,
fear, that was not keeping what |
take pride ina first-class book store.
THE day following, however, he
came back smiling and asked for Tar
ny, Thou, Till | Come He had taken
the precaution this time to write the
title down. Atlanta Constitution.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06
BIRTH OF A FAMOUS HYMN.
Mr.. Sankey's Story of Hoy He Conn
-. ara. Nf.atx m - Niuess

/ Mr.. Sankey's Story of How He Com
posed "The Ninety an1 Nine.''
In the Ladies' Home journal Cleye-
/ land Moffett tells how the greatest of
al singing evangelists. Ira ID. Sankey,
came to give the world a hymn that
viii live long after his voice is stilled.
Ii was during Moody and Sankey' 5
6rst visit 10 Great Britain. As they
were entering the train in Glasgow,
Mr.. Sankey bought copy pf a penny
religious paper called The Christian
Age" Looking over it, Abs eyes fell
on some verses, the first t&o lines of
which read thus:
There were ninety and nine that safely
lay
In the shelter of the fold.
"Mr. Moody" exclaimed Mr.. San
key, Il have found the hymn that I've
been looking for for years."
What is it?" asked Mr. Moody.
Its about a lost sheep"
Two days later, in Edinburgh. they
held a great meeting in the Free As
sembly Hall. As Doctor Bonar fin
ished, Mr.. Moody leaned over the pull
pit and asked the singer if he had not
a solo for the occasion. The thought
of the verses he had read in the penny
paper came to Mr.. Sankey's mind. and
opening his scrap-book, in which he
had pasted the clipping. he placed it be.
fore him on the organ, and after mo-
ment Of silent duplication, struck a
full chord and began to sing. And note
by note came the now famous song.
He composed 1t as he went along.
What he sang was the joy that swelled
In his own soul. hope that was born,
the love for those who needed help
Thus he finished the first stanza.
Then, as he paused and played a few
chords waiting to begin again, the
thought came to him: "Can | sing the
second stanza as | did the first? Can
remember the notes?" And concen-
trating his mind once more for the
effort he began to sing. So he went
on through for five stanzas and after
the services he put the melody in
music.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06
CHAPTER XIV.

Bewildered, and unable to comprehend
n word, Sally listened while Mary told
her of the relationship between them,
but fhe mists which for years had
shrouded her reason We're too dense ID
be suddenly cleared away; and when
Mary wept, winding her arms around her
neck and calling her .'aunt;" and when
the elegant Mrs. Campbell, scarcely less
bewildered than Sally herself, came for.
ward, addressing her as SISTER" she
turned aside to Mrs. Mason, asking in a
whisper what had made them crazyY'
But when Mary spoke of little WilHe's
grave, and the tree, which oyershadowed
it, of the green prairie and cottage by
the brook, once her western home. Sally
listened, and at last, one day, a week or
two after her arrival in Boston, she sud
denly clasped her hands closely over her
temples, eNclaiming: Its come! It's
come! 1 remember now-the large gar
den-the cross old mantle dead mother
the rosy-cheeled Ella l loved so well
~
THAT was my mother-my MOTHER in.
terrupted Mary.
For a moment Sally regarded her In
tentiy, and then catching her in her arms
cried over her, calling her "her precious
child, and wondering she had never no.
ueed how much she was like ella.
And don't you remember the baby
JaneT asked Mrs. Campbell, who was
present.
"Perfeetly-perfectly," answered Sally.
lie died and you came in a carriage. but
didn't cry--nobody cried but Mary"
II was in vain that Mary tried to ex-
plain to her that Mrs. Campbell was her
sister-once the baby Jane. Sally was
not to be convinced. To her Jane and
the little Alice were the same. There was
none Of her blood in Mrs. Campbelpa
veins. "or why" said she. did she leave
US SO long in obscurity, me and my niece.
Mrs. George Moreland, Esp
This was the title which she ALWAYS
gave Mary when speaking OF her, while
to Ella, who occasionally spent a week
in her sisters pleasant home. she gave
the name Of little cipher" as expressing
exactly her opinion OF her Nothing 40
much excited Sally, or threw her into 40
violent passion, as to have ella call
her aunt.
III wasn't her kin when wore a six.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06
QUEER SToRIE5

Saturn's largest moon is 2092 miles
in diameter, slightly smaller than our
own.
As President, Washington first lived
in the house at Cherry street, the site
of which Is covered by one of the piers
of the Brooklyn bridge. Later he moved
to the Macomb house at 80 Broadway.
There are nine members of the Su.
preme Court OF the United States-one
Chief Justice and eight associate JUS
tees. They are appointed for life by
the President, with the concurrence of
the Senate.
A pigeon in harvest time eats its own
weight in grain day, and a blackbird
or thrush will eat Its own weight daily
of ripe fruit. Many kinds of birds exist
in summer largely upon plants raised
by man for his food.
In order to obviate the frequent dis
putes as to the ages of children, the
steamboat authorities in Switzerland
have decided that in every case where
doubt arises the child must be meas
ured. All children under two feet are
to have free passage. while those be-
tween two feet and four feet are to pay
half fares.
The dressing of the hair is the most
important part of Chinese woman's
toilet. The district she comes from
may always be known from the manner
in which she does her hair. 1t also in
dicates her station in life. Young girls,
whether married or single, wear cues,
coillng up their hair, as their Western
sisters do, on attaining a certain age.
There are three nut-cracklng plants
in st. Louis, giving employment to con.
siderable number of people. The nut.
crackers are driven by electricity, each
nut being fed individually into the
crusher. After the shells are cracked
the nuts are winnowed by an air blast,
and the meat is picked from the crushed
shells by hand, women and girls being
employed for this part of the work.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06
Racing Across Europe.

The author of an article on 1.-THE
Great Automobile Race" from Paris to
Berlin thus describes the finish of the
victor. whose time was actually but
16 hours and minutes.
By 10 a. IN. they were already on the
lookout for the winner. The extraor-
binary pace which Antony had kept up
for two days, together with the scant
thirty minutes Fourier had won for
him, made everything uncertain. Half
hour passed after half hour, until at
last, far down the empty road, the
regulation little cloud of dust was seen;
down 1t Numbered ON them-the mon
ster mo. A. of Fournier!
Covered with the dust that had caked
on his face, trembling and fit to fall
with excitement and exhaustion, Four
nier pulled off his goggles, laughed
Historically, asked the time, and shook
hands with the Baron de Zuylen and
with NJ. Mors, the owner and construc-
tor of his automobile. He had arrived
at II AZ a. m.
"Yes, yes, have won them-trophies
and money, too; the Cup of the Grand
Duke. the Emperor's Prize, the Presi-
dents Prize, all, all of them! And I
was ahead all the time! Now IL you
please, I'll take a rest"
With these words he fell in a dead
faint
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06
LATE JUDICIAL DECISIONS

A combination of dealers controlling
90 Der cent of the blue stone sold IN the
New York market is held, in Cummings
VS.. Union Blue Stone Company N. l.
81 L. r. A. 262, TO be unlawful where
they have united to maintain prices,
Privileged communications 10 an az
torney are held, in Koeber vs. Somsrs
(Wis.), 90 L. R. A. 512. not TO tnelode )
conversation giving authority 10 COM
promise an action. since the giving or
such authority necessarily implies 3
right to communicate the fact.
Failure to provide a suitable dwelling
place, and consequent exposure to cold
and to provide sufficient food and cloth
ing, is held. in Maddox VS.. Maddox
all), 80 L. R. A. 62S. not to be within
the meaning of statute allowing
divorce for extreme and repeated
cruelty.
In order to maintain the defense of
suicide in an action to recover the
amount Of policy of insurance, 1t is
held, in Boynton vs.. Equitable Life As
surance Company la. 90 L. R. A. 6S7,
that every reasonable hypothesis Of ac-
eidental death must be excluded by the
evidence.
A loan by a building and loan asso-
citation is held In Borrowers and I.
Building Association VS.. Eklund Qll),
81 L. r. A. 637, not to be exempt from
the usury law, under a statute provid-
ing for the exemption of such associa-
tons, but prescribing that loans shall
be made by offering the money to the
highest bidder In an open meeting or
under bylaw establishing a uniform
rate where the loan is effected by pri-
yate contract with the borrowers with
out such bylaw.
An unusual case, involving dlstlnc-
ton between the statutory and COM
mon-law rights Of husband to the
personal property of his deceased wife,
Is determined in Locke VS.. Mcpherson
(Mo)., 50 L. r. A. 400, by holding that
a statute providing that the personal
estate of a nonresident may be distrib-
uted according to the law of his resi-
dence does not extend TO the common
law rights Of husband to the personal
estate Of his deceased wife where he is
not given such rights by the statute of
their residence.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06

Hassan Darr, Turk, once wealthy,
became poor. 1t became necessary for
him to leave his home country, SO he
came TO New York. He had health and
could read and speak seven languages.
In New York he found out what hunger
meant. He slept in kennels. He associ-
ated with people of the gutter, and he
ate food that was fit for dogs, not men.
Nobody wanted his seven languages.
Finally he found a position as inter-
prefer, held 1t for a while, and lost 1t
because be persistently failed to get to
work on time. There is no argument
against higher education in this edi-
torial. But education alone doesn't
keep men from disaster. 1t LIS only
worth having when it Is coupled with
practicabillty and a generous measure
of horse sense. Lazlness has kept many
people poor. The fellow who is always
fifteen minutes behind time is always
tired, and employers can find so many
energetic, wide-awake, pushing fellows,
eager to learn and grow and prosper,
that there Is no place for the other
kind The country is full Of young men
who do not quite reach. They are al
most competent; almost good enough to
be foremen, superintendent, cashiers,
or fill any of the higher positions in the
world of human endeavor. But they
lack a sense of responsibility. They are
in bed when they should be eating
breakfast, and eating when they
should be on their way to work. Al
ways behind. 1t is an indictment that
has killed many chances of success.
We have in mind a young man who had
intelligence and muscle. He was work
ing for $50 a month, and hoping for
something better. A friend found an
opening, where in three years time a
salary of $1,000 a year would be the
reward Of the young man. A short jour
ney was needed to clincn the position,
and they arranged to take an early
train together. Train time found the
man who had acted so kindly waiting,
watch in hand, for the youth who had
everything to gain by the trip. He
didn't CO. He was sitting ON the edge
of his bed, rubbing the sleep out of his
eyes with one hand, cropping for his
clothes with the other. He said he
knew he was late but lust couldn't
get up" And so he lost a glorious
chance. If his experience and the do
ings of the highly educated and very
lazy Turk could scare some of the al
ways-behind fellows into activity, they
would not have lived in vain.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06
Shattered Traditions.

"You young scoundrel," exclaimed
the unwilling father-in-law,. when the
clipping couple presented themselves for
parental forgiveness and place to live.
You constituencies scamp! You stole
my daughter away and disregarded all
the conyentionallties of society. And
yet you ask forgiveness
You old scoundrel, what did you
do?' retored the new son-in-law.
what did you do? You let us elope.
and did not pursue us on horseback
with shotgun. You have shattered
all the traditions of Opponents and
have blasted all the romance of the
affair for us. We might as well have
got married to the rumty-tum-tum of
the church organ, and let you pay the
bill. You haven't spark OF apprecia-
ton in your make-upw
$ Crushed by the merited criticism, the
fatherin-law invited them in to sup
per, for they were rather hungry.-Bal-
timore American.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06
SMART BOYS IN WALL STREET.
Messenger Boys Who Devise Means
for Renting the Rncket Shops.

Messenger Boys Who Devise Means
for Beating the Kncket Shops.
Wall street sharpens the wits OF boys
and frequently tempts them to dishon-
esty. In one case, says the New York
Sun. boy who carried orders from the
office partner OF the firm TO the board
member fell under suspicion. The firm
found that certain bucket shop seem
ed to know OF Its orders even before
they were placed. Individual orders
do not always affect the market. but
this particular firm represented inter-
ests that did frequently control the rise
and fall OF certain stocks. The mes
senger was carefully watched, but at
first nothing out OF the way could be
discovered about him. lie went straight
to the exchange and hurried as though
his life depended on 1t. In his haste
he often colllded with other boys. Final.
ly It was noticed that, whenever he had
an order of any Importance he lnvarln-
bly, had collision. He ran into n boy,
whispered to him the order which he
had on a slip OF paper. dlsentangIed
himself from the mix-up, and sped
along to the exchange. The second boy
ran to bucket shop In the neighbour
hood, turned In the tip. and his friends
there acted on the firms order even
before 1t had reached the floor.
Another scheme which stirred up the
whole exchange was worked by four
boys. Three Of them were messengers.
The fourth was an expert telegrapher.
None Of the four was more than 10
years old.
The young telegrapher was In the tel.
egraph room Of the stock exchange,
and, although he wasn't one Of the ope.
rators, he could read by ear everything
that came over the wire. When any
thing important turned up he gave in
formation at once to a boy outside. II
was never found out exactly how he
did 1t, but the boy outside the door had
a baseball whose cover was slit. He
tucked the slip of paper under the
leather and threw hot ball to another
boy half block down the street This
third boy drove the ball TO n fourtb
boy at the door Of Il well-known bucket
shop.
This boy took out the Slip read II.
and made bucket shop deals accord.
lngly. The boys had only few huu.
dred dollars to start the game with Int
they always won; and, In times of great
excitement and iiuctuatlon they made
big sums, for they had their lnforma.
tion before news OF the big movement
could reach the bucket shop through
the ordinary channels. The bucket
shop brought about the exposure.
A scheme very similar was worked
on the consolidated stock and petro-
leum exchange by three boys, only in
this case the boys passed the tip along
by sign language and the third boy.
posted at the door Of the exchange. or.
dered his broker to act upon the news.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06
CHAPTER XXu.-toontinued)

While the family were making arrange
ments to move from GlenWood to Chico
pee, Henry for the first time in his hfe
began to see how little use he was to
himself or any one else. Nothing was eN-
peeted of him, consequently nothing was
asked of him, he began to wonder how he
himself was henceforth to exist. us
father would be in California, and he had
too much pride to lounge around the ola
homestead, which had come to them
through George Morelands generosity
Suddenly It occurred to him that ne,
too, would 20 with his father-he would
help him repair their fortunes-he would
be a man, and when he returned home
hope painted a joyful meeting with ms
mother and Jenny. who should be proud
to acknowledge him as a sen and brolh-
er. Mr. Lincoln warmly seconded MS
resolution, which possibly would nave
never been carried out had not Henry
heard OF Miss Herndons engagement
with rich old bachelor, whom ne mad
often heard her ridieule. Cursing the
6exleness Of the fair lady and halt-wlsh-
ing that he had not broken Win Ella,
whose fortune, though not what ne hau
eXDRcted, was cOnSlleTdblt ne hhAS NA'N
TO his native sky. and two weeks after
the family removed to Ghicopee, he sail
ed with his father for the land Of gold.
But alas. The tempter was there be-
fore him, and in an ungnarded moment
he fell. The newly made grave, the mar
row coffin, the pale, dead sister and the
solemn vow were all forgotten and de-
bauch of three weeks was followed by
violent fever which in a few days cut
short his mortal career. lie died alone,
with none but his father to witness his
wild rawlings. in which he talked of his
distant home, of Jenny and Rose, Mary
Howard and Ella, the last of whom he
seemed now to love with a madness
amounting almost to frenzy. Tearing out
handfuls Of his rich brown hair. he thrust
1t into his fathers hand, bidding him TO
carry it 10 Ella and tell her that the heart
she had so earnestly coveted WAS hers in
death. And the father. far more wretch
ed now than when his frstborn daugh-
ter died, promised everything, and when
his only son was dead, he laid him down
TO sleep beneath the blue sky Of Califor-
mia, where not one of the many bitter
tears shed for him in his far-oH home
could fall upon his lonely grave.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06

The remark of Mrs. Roosevelt that
woman of society can dress and look
well for $500 year is exciting consid-
cradle discussion. Mrs. Roosevelt, Ike
her husband, is not accustomed to say
ing things she does not mean and
therefore she adds that she has found
the sum mentioned amply sufficient,
but that as the Presidents wife she
must probably spend a little more. To
those women who support an entire
family ON $500 a year the statement OF
the first lady of the land seems not
only reasonable but extravagant, but
to the wealthy woman Of society $500
seems a pittanee. The latter some
times pays 81, 1000 or more for single
costume Herbert Spencer traces the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06

The words Of Judge Jones, of Ala
bama, lately appointed by President
Roosevelt Judge of a United States
Court, deserve a wider publicity than
they have received. The new Judge,
"a man of the rugged type, full of sim
plicity, learning, courage and native
force" is not a member of the Presl-
dents political party, but stanch Dem
ocrat. He was appointed not for po-
litical reasons, but because he seemed
the best man for the place. Within a
day or two after his nomination he was
asked to displace Republican official
of the court and substitute Democrat.
This was his reply: "Do you think
when Republican President forgets
party considerations and appoints a
Democrat that the Democrat must be
so indecent as TO ignore the precedentg
This office win be administered with an
eye single TO the interests of integrity
and efficiency"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06

innate desire of women for dress down
from the rudimentary taste Of our saw
age forefathers and foremothers,
though 1t is not remembered that he
has told us why the desire Is largely
extinct in the male species. Certain II
is that the inordinate desire for finefy
exhibited by many women has led to
husbands bankruptcy. In this country
many wealthy women like to haunt
their stunning costumes in pubic 10
the envy of their more unfortunate SIS
tiers. In Europe, however, there Is no
such public exhibition. The arlstoe-
racy dresses plainly for the pubic, re-
serving the expensive wardroDes ior
balls and court and high private tunc-
lions. Possibly they are unconsclously
following that suggestion OF the
French writer who, even before the
French revolution, advised the hlgh-
err classes to avoid a display before
the common people for fear 1t shouid
irritate the latter. As to the $500
year. 1t should be said that all depends
upon the woman. A woman with nail
or one-third TIE sum can manage 10
appear well dressed while another |
woman with twice or three times az
much may look like a "dowdy." So
that when the paryenues OF society
turn up their noses at the suggestion
of Mrs. Roosevelt that she can dress
for the best society in New York Tor
$500 a year. 1t should be remembered
that Mrs. Roosevelt Is a woman Win
that intangible thing called taste.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-06

A family quarrel, brother against
brother and aunt against nephew, re-
Gently came before a Massachusetts
court. The litigants were well-appear-
ing people, the amount in dispute was
small, and rather than widen the breach
by pronouncing for either side, the
judge continued the case and entreated
all to settle their differences. Sup
pose one of you should die while you
are at odds" he said to the brothers.
How the survivor would feel" If
men would only heed it, that thought
would quiet all personal discussions,
within families and without Alas, that
any soul should 90 out into the great
mystery unforgiying or unforgiyenl