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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
STARTING A NEW FAD.
sirI just Returned from Europe Car.
ried "a Nutmeg.

Girl Just Returned from Europe Car
ried Nutmeg.
She had just returned from Europe
bedecked with any number of little
trInkets she wouldn't have dreamed
Of wearing before taking a trip abroad
In all this wealth of strange ad0rn-
ment there was one ornament that ap-
pealed with especial force to the curl
oslty OF the visitor. This unique dec.
Grafton was little ball, oblong In
shape and grayish-brown In color
II was partially lncased IN gold fli-
gree work and was worn suspended
from the belt by tiny gold chain.
There was gold pin at one end OF
this chain. and every little while the
girl from Europe would unharness the
trinket and apply It to her nostrlls with
deep whiffs OF satisfaction. The Wis
itor watched this pantomime for sew
eral minutes with growing interest,
and finally, after an unusually pro.
longed inhalation, she said:
Il do wish you'd tell me what that
thing Is"
The girl from Europe laughed. II
was looking for you TO ask that" she
said II WAS trying to arouse your
curiosity Here. take Whit yourself
and see II you recognize the perfume"
The visitor raised the little ball TO
the tip Of her own nose and drew sew.
eral long breaths. Why" she said,
at smells for all the world like a nut.
meg"
and that's just what II Is" said the
girl from Europe.
The visitor sat down In state OF
collapse. You don't mean to say
she Intercepted, that they are wear.
Ing nutmegs over In EuropeT
well, no." returned the girl from
Europe. They're not exactly wear.
Ing them in loads. but they do have
them. They are rather exclusive MS
yet The fact is | am revlvlng nm old
custom. always did have knack.
you know. of doing odd things When
| 20 into strange places | don't 20
incoming around In a sleepy kind OF
way, but | keep my eyes and ears
OptH, anu the consequence Is see and
hear a good many things In the course
Of week that other people wouldn't
find out In lifetime. One OF the
things | discovered In England was
the old nutmeg custom. There are
number OF them In museums that were
used by fine ladies' OF past genera
tons. Those nutmegs were lncased
In gold. just like this. but the castings
were set with jewels and were natural
ly very expensive
Il haven't the Jewels, but I've got
the nutmeg and the gold filigree for
starter and when go around taking
refreshing whlffs at this fragrant III.
tie knob I feel as II had been lust
resurrected from a seventeenth cen.
tury mausoleum and was tickling INV
senses with the odor Of a nutmeg OF
long ago. always did like the smell
OF nutmeg, anyway, even In custards
and apple pie. knew number of
people In England this summer who
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
A DRAMATIC MOMENT.
Painful Ordeal for French General
Rexiew wing Engiish Troops.

Painful Orueal Tor french Generai
Revue English Troops.
At the close OF the Crimean war the
Duke OF Cambridge. who had taken
command in the absence OF Lord Rag
Ian, went In person TO Marshal Canro-
bert to invite the French officer to re-
view the English troops. 1t had not
occurred to his highness that the date
fixed for the review was June Is, the
anniversary of Waterloo. Nor, indeed
did Marshal Canrobert pay any heed to
the date
At the time agreed upon canrobert
was on tho ground In full parade uni
form, accompanied by his staff. The
English army was drawn up In long
file; TO the right, the Guards, with their
long. hairy head-gear; then the High
landers. with their feather-trimmed
caps, their strange costumes and their
bagpipes. and with sounds stranger
still; and last the infantry, with their
tufted shakos and their red tunics with
white gimp. The sun was beaming
brightly, causing the arms to glisten,
and the flags waving in the wind were
all covered over with names embroid-
cred in gold 1t was superb spec
tacle
The Duke OF Cambridge asked the
marshal TO take the right OF the line OF
| battle.--it was the Guards who occu-
pied it,-snd reviewing officers began
to move along In front OF their ranks
Having got level with the first battal-
lon, Canrobert saluted II. At the same
moment the flag was lowered TO return
his salute. and on the unfolded tissue
he read. In large letters:
Families. Malplaquet. Les Arapiles.
yittorla, Waterloo"
Those were precisely the most disas-
! trous days OF the history of France that
Canrobert. French general. was thus
compelled to salute on the anniversary
of Waterloo, in the midst OF English
generals who had fought there. He was
unable, do what he could, to repress the
emotion that was choking him during
that second: Cold shlvsrs ran through
his body: the hand with which he held
us INT Winf HHlutius lTt1Ditu ike
dead leaf
Still, anxious to let nothing OF all
that appear. he went on salutlng, one
- -AA---. - ------ i.-s
OF them, the colors on which he could
always read:
lies Arapiles. vittorla Water
loo"
As may be imagined. Canrobert's
emotion was all the more powerful
that he was constrained to keep II
down. When 1t was all over he was
Obliged to pull himself together In or
der to shake hands with the Duke OF
Cambridge, TO tender him thanks, to
offer him congratulations.
His highness was far too quick sight
ed not to have noticed what he had
gone through, and far too tactful to
make the faintest allusion to 1t. But
from that day onward whenever
French officers were invited TO review
the English army, the colors remained
under cover, and neither Saint-Arnaud,
PelIssler, nor Canrobert had In the fu-
ture a similar ordeal to go through
Youths Companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
LlproN's FAITHFUL SALESMAN.
III. Perslsteacy In Making Sale Was
Suitably Rewarded.

Sir Thomas Upton, the famous
| yachtsman. and head of what Is prob
/ ably the largest retail provision bust
ness ia Greaf Brltnnn. Is one OF those
men who believe in personally keeping
an eve on their employees.
To this end when In London. he oft
en- pays a surprise visit TO one or an.
other OF his large establishments. and
departments, noticing everything but
saying very little.
As might be expected. among the
many thousands Of men and women
whom he employs there are some who.
never having seen the head OF the
firm. possess but very hazy notion
Of his personal appearance.
Sir Thomas CHANGED upon one OF
these n week or two ago. aud for
few minutes the bystanders enjoyed
little quiet fun.
This particular clerk was In charge
OF one VI the cheese.counters at one OF
Lipton's huge establishments in the
city Seeing a gentleman about 10
leave the shop without having made
purchase, he Immediately seized upon
the supposed customer aad began TO
extol the virtues OF "lipton's cheese
Sir Thomas. for II was no other than
he. listened With well-concealed
amusement for n few moments and
evea went the length OF tasting sew
erai samples. Then he tried to shake
OF the assistant by saying that he was
not requiring any cheese "justat pres
emit"
But the clerk was not to be got rid
OF 50 easily: and. before his employer
quite realised what had happened. he
had paid for pound OF his own
cheese, and the assistant was inqulr
ing To what address II should be sent.
The young mans amazement, when he
realized the identity of his customer.
made his fellow assistants roar with
laughter. But few days later the
laugh was on the other side, for Sir
Thomas, ever quick to recognize aud
reward merit, instructed the cashier
TO give the persistent clerk substan-
tlal increase IN salary. Saturday even.
ing Post
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
ANECDOTES OF CARLYLE.
He Did Not Look With Favor ON Re
vision of the Scriptures.

lie Did Not Look with Favor on Re-
vision of the Scriptures.
In paper In the Century James ID.
visit TO Thomas Carlyle In company
with Professor Tyndall and Rear.Ad.
miral Raymond Rogers.
The talk touched mainly upon topics
of the day. ! remember that there
was some discussion concerning the
Revised Version of the Scriptures. In
which work a commission of eminent
scholars and theoogians was at that
time engaged. Carlyle seemed to re
gard the undertaking with but little
favor lie thought 1t useless. and said
he believed the old familiar version
would retain its place with the com
mon people. Little good was to be
hoped for from the new. One thing
Is certain" he said: every man who
helped To make the old version be.
ieyed that unless he did his whole
duty he would he eternally damned.
while not a single one OF the new lot
believes anything Of the sort.
Early In the conversation Carlyle ap
parently. interested In the personality
OF his visitors. turned TO me with an
inquiry touching my vocation and ca
reer. told him ] was practical ge-
ologIst, especially concerned In mining
pursuits.
What do you mine for;' he asked.
Gold and silver | replied
"Goldw he exclaimed. "You mine for
gold. That s a good-for- nothing pur-
suit. The biggest gold nugget ever
found was never half SO useful TO the
world as one good, mealy potato"
sought TO defend my position by
saying that many good, mealy potn-
TO and many other things Of equal val
ne had since grown In California and
elsewhere, which never would have
grown at all II the way had not been
opened by those who went there ilrst
10 seek for gold. This did not seem 10
change his mind. but when we came
away he went with us to the door,
asking after several friends In Ameri-
ca and sending personal greetings: ana
at last, turning to me and placing his
hand on my shoulder, he said, as
nearly as | can now recall his words.
Young man, don't let anything | have
said 20 you tonight change your mind
about your work. Do your work In
dustriously and stick TO 1t faithfully.
and all VIII be well In the end
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
Honest Mistake.

The story Is told of little New Eng
land girl the workings of whose Pur-
ltan conscience involved her In difficult
ties on one occasion.
She was studying mental arith-
metic at school, and took no pleasure
In 1t. One day she told her mother
with much depression of spirit that sl,'
had failed again In mental arithme-
tic and ON being asked what problem
had proved her undolng she sorrowful-
ly mentioned the request for the add
tlon Of mine and four"
"And didn't you know the answer,
deari" asked her mother.
"Yes'm," said the little maid, "but
you know we are to write the answers
on our states, and before thought |
made four marks and counted up. ten,
leyen, twelve, thirteen; and then Of
course l knew that wasn't mental, 30
! wrote twelve for the answer, TO be
fair"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Charles Sehwabs apple donation gets
through the hide and into the heart
He was just such happy -go-lucky boy
az you can find anywhere now. and he
liked the taste of stolen apples. The
original sin In every boy adds sweet.
ness to purloined fruit. II shouldn't be
%. but II Is 50. Let the sociologists ex-
plan 1t II they can. schwab used to
steal his apples from trees ON the
grounds OF Mt. Aloysius' Academy at
Cresson. Pa. He never forgot 1t. Men
don't forget these things. They love
the memory Of youthful pranks. and
tell the tales TO their children and their
grandchildren. And. way down in the
heart, there is often a sneaking desire
TO go back to the old town, walk up TO
the farmer from whom he used to steal
melons, laugh at the dog, and remark:
Mr.. Jones, do you know mel Don't
you remember Bill Rogers boy, whom
you set the dog on and shot full OF rock
salt? Just thought I'd drop In on the
old town and see how things look. 81
And then you planned TO pay on the
mortgage on Jones farm, leave money
for new library, buy uniforms for the
"Umpah. Umpab Cornet Band" AND
slather money around like a prince
Plenty OF men have had those dreams
Few can carry them out Mr.. Schwat
could; and. Ms dramatic as you please
he planked down $4,000 of good stee
Trust money In payment of the Bald
wins ne stole many years ago. Ever,
man who has wanted to 60 back an,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

On day early In June OF this year
man named Hawkins committed
crime at Marysville. Mo-. aud then
tried TO run away from 1t. Hawkins
was real estate dealer, aud left the
town because he had forged paper to
the amount OF $1,000 When he left
Marysville. Hawkins was a fine-look.
ing. middle-aged gentleman. with hair
si'e"sss s.aeeA ---,ss. srsy. tnr ruu
of two weeks he came back a white
haired, broken bodied old man. In the
interval the man had wandered from
place TO place pursued by the hourly
fear that he would be tracked by
bloodhounds The fear deepened into
an overmasterlng terror. He hid him
self IN the woods. Finally the fear be.
came unbearable. He returned to
Marysyille and gave himself up. Tween
~ years. he said, had been added to his
life In less than twenty days. He well
coined the penltentiary as 4 blessed re.
lief 1t Is the old story. In seeking to
dodge a financial trouble he took upon
his shoulders a greater one. The new
trouble was so heavy that a prison
seemed heaven of rest after the hell
into which be bnd plunged. When Will
men learn that Justice is never cheated?
That every crime brings It's penalty,
soon or lstes When VIII men learn they
are not smaF5sE than fAtel os Fhsrf segg
and blood that pursue the man who
breaks the law. The bloodhounds of
conscience viii ever bay deep-mouthed
10 the seul that slnneth. Whatsoever
man soweth. that also shall he reap"
That Is the Inevitable law. IL man
sows to the flesh he shall OF the flesh
resp corruption. Aud he will reap more
than he sows. The law of increase
holds in the devils domain as it does
In the fields of God.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Much has been said OF the audacity
Of man in building his home IN spots 50
dangerous as the slopes Of Mont Pele,.
have proved themselves 10 be. Yet nil
history affords Illustrations Of the calm
forgetfulness with which the race
erects its dwelling places ON the sites
Of the most dreadful eatastrophes. We
suvius still smokes over beautiful Ma.
pies. Lisbon rises. beautiful and i'm
posing. where 'eonyulsion Of nature"
once brought unutterable fright and
desolation- The japanese still crowd
the coasts Of their tide-swept Islands
and the Chinese huddle along the
banks Of the Hoang-Ho. II is not very
many months since Galveston was
overwhelmed by food. yet a new Gal
weston Is being built on the dangerous
site OF the wreckage and the people Of
the city are ready TO take their chances
OF similar disaster In the future
There ia absolutely nothing to prevent
q second tidal wave from the Gulf vet
the city pursues It's daily task. appar.
emily unafrald.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Although tbs power Of the press can
hardly be oTerestimated, little that rs
printed leayes a permanent impression.
DR.. Edward Everett bale puts II char
acteristically In commenting On the SEN
siuveness Of his distinguished kinsman,
Edward Everett. 10 what appeared
about him in print DE did not know,
"a do. that OF whatever Is put In the
newspaper half the people who see II
do not read II, second that half OF
those do not understand it. third. that
OF the half who understand is, half do
not believe IT; fourth, that the half who
believe II. half forget 1t; fifth. that the
half who remember II are probably Of
no great account, anyway To which
Dr. Hale adds the remark. personal TO
himself. This may be forgotten with
the rest Nevertheless. II has kernel
OF truth worth remembering
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

The celebrated physician, thinner
man. attended Frederick the Great In
his last Illness. One day, as the story
IL recorded In Salad for the Social"
the King said to him:
"You have, presume, helped many
n man into another world"
This was rather an unexpected thrust
for the doctor. but the dose he gave the
king In return was judicious mixture
Of truth and Hattery:
"Not so many as Your Majesty, nor
With so much honor to myself"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Prophecies Of gypsies, astrologers ana
other readers of the future. foretelling
] the calamity TINT recently befel King
| Edward are being rcsurrccted, or man
ufactnred after the event. and present.
ed to the credulous with becoming
gravity. These pretended prophecies
are reminders of the pagan past, when
+ the gods took an intimate and respect
! full interest in the fate OF kings. Por-
tents were seen In the skies warming
men that something dire WAS about to
happen to his Majesty, and when he
died earthquakes and storms testified
to the sympathy of nature with An
event so tremendous. Those We're the
days when a king WAS king and very
few had any doubt Of his divine ap-
pointment TO Office. Now only the sort
of minds capable of credlting gypsy
prophets can look upon monarchy as n
heavenly institution. Peoples no longer
exist for their kings but kings for their
peoples. The old-fashioned despot Is
the dodo of politics. Respecting those
yestigal remnants of the superstitions
past, the prophets, 1t Is obvious that
their self-denIal is even more wonder
ful than their powers 1t perhaps has
not occurred to those who still take
them seriously that II there existed
class of men capable OF foretelling the
date of a kings death months or years
IN advance Of Its occurrence little
things like the outcome OF horse races
and the ups and downs Of the stock
market would be as clear as print to
them. In that case, OF course they
would soon own the wealth OF the
earth. But rs prophets as
trologers. clairvoyants and the rest
are never billionaires. It follows either
that they are frauds or the most I'M
selfish beings in a generally selfish
world
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Many cures for insomnia have been
recommended. from counting an imag-
mary dock Of sheep as they jump one
by one over gate, TO extracting the
cube root OF number In six figures.
but they all fail AT times The latest
cure. according 10 = medical paper. II
sutomobiling. Now, If the village
school teacher viii only take a ride
every afternoon In a fifteen-hunared-
dollar automobile, she win sleep ike a
top al night-that Is. II she does not
lie awake wandering where the money
Il to come from TO pay for the horse
less carriage There are some remedies
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Another gentleman exhilarated with
whiskey-purchased with his wife's
money-has murdered his wife. For
tunately he was blessed with a
sense or the proprieues and accommo-
datingly hanged himself. thus saving
the overweighted taxpayers the ex-
pense of doing the job for him. Like
another historic character, nothing in
this mans life became him like the
leaving IT,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
HEAVIEST MAN IN THE WORLD

Died in san Francisco-Weighed 6I3
Pounds.
Henri Maurice Cannon, known
throughout the world as the heaviest
Of all men. died Unexpectedly from
heart disease in san Francisco, Cal.
few days ago. Mr.. Cannon had been
ailing for several days.
Deceased weighed 613 pounds. A ma
tive of Zurich. Switzerland, he was
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

The northumberland who endows col
leges and establishes colleges is sub
jscted to a great deal OF chaff aud Is
sometimes accused of self-aggrandize-
ment The Millionaire who devotes
himself to horse racing, an institution
which mainly benefits the professional
gamblers, Is permitted to pass without
criticism. This seems hardly fair.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

followed my lead by coming home
with gold nutmegs."
The visitor returned the gold case
with It's Scent ball Of perfume
Well" she snld. "of all the fads [
ever heard of that Is the most rldlcu.
lous. Do you suppose II will take?p
Quite likely" said the girl from
Europe. according to the New Yorl;
Times. History has already repeat
ed herself in all other customs. aud
I'm doing all can 10 push The nut
meg craze along"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

deemed there one OF the foremost ath-
letes, and as q wrestler met many men
in the arena. II was not until 10 years
ago that he commenced to grow TO abb
normal proportions, his weight increas.
ing with alarming rapidity. With 1t all
Cannon remained good-natured, and a
Bohemian life was his choice.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Eskimos claim 10 have found the re-
mains OF Noah's ark away up near the
arctic circle. Can IL be possible that
Noah started in search OF the pole with
out first having relief expedition pro
vided for?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
The Place 20 show It.

Tess-I suppose she'll go to the noun.
tains this summer. as usual?
Jess-Oh. no. She has become quite
plump and has developed good figure.
Tess-Well2
Jess-Well, she'll go to the seashore,
OF course.-Philadelph Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

An inventor asserts that an excellent
Imitation OF wood can be made from
tobacco leaves Let him try his manu-
now at making understandable bricks
out OF diamonds.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02
a n,nerence OF Opinion.


whose little boy are your
..Well. grandma. Aunt Louise and
mamma all claim me; but Farmer
Jones says I'm a child OF the devil,
,cause l croned some of his apples
Detroit Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

King Edward Is pretty strong argu-
ment against the claims OF people who
are always pratlng about the dangers
OF high living.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

There is always some one In every
crowd who remains Just quiet enough
to be able to tell afterwards what fools
the others made OF themselves
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

The young King of Spain appears to
be quite sensible child. He is permit
ting the old men to keep ON running
things.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

II woman is good and old-faShion.
ed. she has an uneasy feeling when in
side or any house, unless she has an
apron on
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Aplckle trust with SS00oo,o0o capital
has been formed. This is one of the
sourest doses OF ALL
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Miss Stone attributes her rescue ID
prayer. To what does she attribute hei
captivity
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Nobody Is above suspicion when a
Jealous woman is around.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

make good" will envy Mr.. schwsb
the sensation and the pleasure he got
out of the gift.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

Mrs. Langtry liz now mother-in-law,
The world is no longer ut her feet.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

A man told three lies this morning to
save a dollar, and then put Up the
money. ssfa
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-10-02

What a politician says is one thing
and what he does Is another