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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-14
MAKES HIS OWN LUCK.
The Farmer Is Not at All Dependent
on Chance.

The Farmer Is Not at All Dependent
on Chance.
AS a general proposition we do not
believe that luck has much to do with
a mans success In life. Occasionally
we find one who ont of some careless,
Indifferent investment reaps a large re-
ward. Even such is not always a lucky
man. because not lnfrequently bis last
stage Is worse than the first. Some
times the personality, the tact or what
not of a man brings to him success
where others have failed. In business
and In the professions these may be
made to take the place of real ability
and We call the possessor of these quail
tiles lucky fellow 1t is different on
the farm, where man Is dependent
not upon keeping in the good graces of
others. but upon himself Nothing but
cold business will pass muster there.
As the seasons come and go unless a
farmer is up and doing almost to the
very minute he must soon step down
and out.
AS a man sows so shall he reap Is
true In more senses than one. The
slightest carelesshess or Indifference
manifest ia preparing seed bed or
sowing any kind of crop cannot be
corrected later. If an individual In a
community raises his eighty and nine
ty-bushel crops his success is in no
way attributed to luck, even by his
bungling neighbors. Good seed sown
on a well prepared seed bed Is as sure
to produce profitable crop nine years
out of ten in this country as winter Is
to follow autumn.
The same inexorable laws are at
work In the live stock end of agrieul-
ture. Good animals are not reared by
chance. Unless improved blood is in
troduced into the herds and flocks
from time to time there is sure to be
reyersion In the direction of the scrub
form. Meat made on scrub Is not
worth within or cents per pound
of that on well-bred animal. and yet
the food to produce the pound may
have cost the same in each case. Those
who topped the market at the large
centers during the past season came
by their prices. not by accident. but be-
cause they had the goods. And so il
is true In every department Of the
farm. The man who does his work
thoughtfully and In season will al
ways be literally rewarded. = Iowa
Homestead.
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this event, have seen their favorites
beaten by horses of owners who need
ed the stake money to pay feed bills.
Derby day has a greater significance
to Western people than mere horse
racing. 1t is the Vanity Fair of the
summer season, for the wealth and
fashion of the great Western metropo.
lis would have 1t so; and it is thorough
ly democratic as well, for the thousands
from the great middle classes are inter
ested.
Michigan avenue, the fashionable
Chicago boulevard, with all its tribu-
tary resident streets of the aristocracy,
presents scene on Derby day unriv-
aled In America. Like gorgeous braid
of color, the vehicles loaded with those
who have all that money can buy and
art bestow, move cut over these
streets to join the boulevard process
sion, as the pageant, with music OF
horn and bugle, moves on to the racing
scene at the course. Then the boule-
ward closely resembles Rotten Row or
abroad for the day. All is bright and
beautiful, and the spirit of the occa-
sion is as thoroughly enjoyed by these
In chaises as the others who tread mid
the daisies.
Merchants and trades people OF Chi
cago have also fostered the spirit OF the
day, for to them 1t means stimulus
In all lines of business THOUSANDS IN
new gowns and all that goes 10 adorn
man and womankind. new equipages
bought or hired for the day; dinners
and luncheons at fashionable resorts
and taken to the course; theater parties
and evening entertainments; the great
influx at the hotels of country visitors
and their later purchases; track sup
plies; in fact the butcher, baker anC
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The Naming of sambuno.

Sambuno (''the only complete babby
on the Mlsslssippio toddled over the
gangplank to a game of tag with a
friendly yellow pup. Old Man Wood
ward leaned against the cabin wall and
watched him foldly.
"Yas-suh," he said rehectively, that
air Sambuno am sholeIy a wonderful
chill"
"Where-at did y'all get that name,
Brother Wood'a'dr softly inquired the
Adventist preacher.
"Well. sub. I'll tell you. Expectin'
that air chill, we was a-layin' at Buny
Visty Island, me an the OF woman-
yas-suh-an' we'd taken a great shine
to that air name, Buny, an made up ou'
minds that eff it come gal chill we'd
jes' name heb Buny Visty. In honeh OF
it, But eff it come boy, we wes to
name him after me, Samuel.
"well, sub. as y'all knows, 1t come O
boy. Yas-suh, 1t was a welcome and q
male chill. But somehow we jes' coulc
not stan to gin up that name, Buny
so we kind o. hitched 'em togetheh an
called the CHI Sambuno.
"Yas-suh, that's how, pahson, tina
chi come to be named Sambuno, an III
a hlgh-soundin' name. eff l do say. a
we amt neveh had no cause TO regret
-Lippincott's Magazine.
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scuLPToR's IDEA OF CHRIST.
Formed After Jeverai Years' Resi-.
dence In the Holy Land,

William Ordway Partridge. the emf.
nent sculptor. who spent several years
in the Holy Land gathering informa.
ton and inspiration for n group In
which the Savior will be the central tig.
ure, writes interestingly on Christ as
an ideal. successful man. The follow.
Ing MS an extract from Dr. partrldge's
article In Success:
'In regard to personal appearance we
find Him commanding In figure. slight
of build of serious mien, with eyes that
were as tender as fawn's and yet able
to fash fire as He drove the money
changers down the portico of Herod. A
man makes an impression In the east
either by his great train of followers
and the splendor OF his accoutrements.
or by his personal appearance; and,
when the Master stood on the shore of
Gallilee and called to the apostles. who
were then but simple fishermen. there
was something In the voice so unusual
that these rough fishermen cast their
nets aside and followed Him unhesl.
tatlngly. Therefore, we must think of
Him not only as the ideal man In point
of scholarship, but also In physical as.
pect.
cit Is interesting TO stand on the spot
where most OF His ministry was spent
and watch. as the writer has done. the
fisherman gather in his net, as n vague.
70 gathers bis lasso and throw Its quly.
arfnay Ifpa fa ont Iuta tho Tho
scene has changed but little. except for
the lack of fertility, and the absence OF
the noble Roman porticos and basilca
which stood at Sapernum In Herod's
reign.
Beyond scholarship and personal ap.
pearance we must look for some more
important feature to understand the
Influence which the carpenters son ex.
erted throughout Palestine We do not
realize, until we are In Jerusalem, on
the site of the temple. how greatly that
influence was felt, and how II shook
old traditions to their foundations. Not
only few hundred stragglers. but also
thousands upon thousands OF people
followed Him from place to place. To
the very last He had an opportunity TO
claim the temporal sovereignty of the
land at will, but what makes His char
acter stand out In strangest contrast
with that OF Mohammed and other
prophets is that His kingdom was one
OF spirit and not one built with hands
From the time one enters Jerusalem.
during the hour In which the traveller
passes Mount Hermon. the personality
OF the Master is ever present In the sur
roundlngs Of the Jordan River, and,
indeed, In the Syrian desert"
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Got n stylish Hat Cheap.

A Philadelphia woman moving In
good society has been cured Of mania
for attending rummage sales, but 1t
took heroic treatment to effect the
cure. The other day she went to sale
of the description named In aid of n
worthy charity in which she Is inter.
ested, and came away minus a $25 hat.
1t happened this way: A feature of
the sale was a counter filed with I'M
trimmed hats, advertised "Your choice
for 80 cents" Now the North Thirty.
third street woman didn't really want
an untrlmmed hat at 80 cents, but there
was one that caught her fancy by rea.
son of its odd shape, and she slmply
couldn't resist the temptation TO try
ii on. So she took off the handsome bot
she was wearing, placed II on the conn.
ter and picked up the untrimmed one
Then she looked around for n mirror
There was only one, and that was AWAY
at the other end of the long room. She
pushed her way through the crowd. and
In the meantime fat colored woman's
eyes were glued TO the hat she had left
behind, on the pile marked: "Your
choice for 80 cents" 1t was a golden
opportunity not to be missed. Counting
out SO cents In dimes. nickels nd pen
mics, she showed them at the innocent
young attendant, and made good her
escape with the fashionable woman's
hat
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While China Is occupying so much
attention, II seems opportune to repub
lsh an incident OF the first looting of
the great Summer Palace and the treas
ures 1t contained.
The writer OF the volume from which
the extract Is made was n French Off
Ger:
zone of our spies" he says, my or.
derby. Mohammed, was extremely at
tached to me, both through affection
and by interest.
care you the friend of the Gen
eralr he often said to me. You put
words into his mouth; you must get
me a medal
when he returned FROM the Summer
Palace he brought a doubo-handful of
pearls.
"'These are for you. he said to me
simply.
"And thus II happened that |. TO
please the General and secure the
Cross of Honor, had seized nothing,
while my spy. to give me pleasure and
to secure n medal. had plundered on
my behalf-the same motive had IN.
spired both Of Us to quite contrary
acts.
Thanks. my lad said to bin.
Keep all that yourself; It Il probably
worth n great deal
What Will you take for your
pearlsf said Que OF my comra, les who
stood by.
"'Giye me a bottle OF brandy
Agreed'-and Monammed gave him
his pearls.
"A hottie of brandy In the camp NJ
Yuen-Mlng Yuen was sold to us by the
cutters for one hundred francs. After
the expedition to China was over the
pearls were sold for thirty-hve thou
sand francs
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READING HANDWRITING.
Is 1t Being Made n Lost Art by th'
Use of the typewriter

With the almost universal use OF
the typewriter In correspondence. bill
Ing. mercantile papers and In authors
manuscripts has come about the in
ability OF men to read ordinary hand
writing.
This use OF the typewriter may have
had something To do with making
handwriting more extraordinary than
IL ever was. but In the days when Il
certain school OF almost illegblc hand
writing was SO affected by lawyers.
physicians. clergymen. journalists ana
literary men, II Is doubtful II the mere
lack OF practice ia presentday pen
men causes them 10 turn out manu-
script to compare with that OF years
ago.
whatever il the NATTER says an
observer in n big publishing house.
at is true that young men and young
women OF to-day almost have lost the
art OF reading matter written by pen
sr pencil They come TO me by the
half dozens every day. asking that |
help them out In deciphering letters or
manuscript. In such cases | know
that the manuscripts are not Ms bad
as these Of forty years ago. and this
for several reasons;
I'VE have better paper nowadays;
we have better pens. better pencils,
and It no longer Is fashionable for
anybody using pen to affect an I'M
tidy letter, Some of this angular pen
manshlp affected by young women Is
hard TO read when IT comes to proper
names, but otherwise find the pen
written letter to-day remarkably easy
TO read.
why can't the young folks read III
Simply because they are spoiled by
typewriter letters and manuscript.
don't know II penmanshlp Is TO be-
come n lost art, but the reading Of II
seems to be promising of such n fate"
louisville Post.
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SPOKEN IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Many Different Languages In Use
Among the Islands.

Here are the languages they speak In
the Philippines: Ilocano, Igorote. ran
eastman, Pampangan, Tagal, Biscoi,
Bicol, Visayan, while in the northern
part of Luzon there is still another
tongue, and the Iolo tribes speak still
another making ten languages for the
100000 people, The dialects and IAN
guages of the .'non-Christian tribes,
as Governor Taft designates a large
proportion of this 100000, are be-
yond comprehension. In answer to
question when he was before the
House Committee on Insular Affairs
few weeks ago. Governor Taft gave
the following Idea of the linguistic
qualities of the inhabitants of the
Philippine archiTelago:
beginning at the north of Luzon
there Is n language in Cagayan ana
Isabala that Is different from any
other in the Island. On the west side
of the northern end of the island OF
Luzon is the Ilocano. In Bengeut
they speak an Igorote language. and
also Ilocano, to some extent. Coming
down the map there are the Pangasln-
anian and the Ilocano. In Pangaslnan
both are spoken. Pampangan Is spo-
ken in Tarlac. In the southern part.
and Pangasinanian Is spoken In the
northern part. In Bulacan, Cayite.
Batangas and Tayabas Tagal is spo-
ken, and In the northern part of Am
bos Camerines. In Albay and Sorso-
gon and the southern part of Ambos
Camerlnes the Blcol Is spoken. In
Masbate, where the three tribes meet,
the Blcol. the Vlsayan and the Tagal
are all spoken. In Samar Leyte, Gebu.
Bohol and Negros Visayan is spoken.
and also Romblon. In Mlndoro the
Tagal is spoken. Where the Vlsayan
language Is spoken they have two dia-
lects, the northern and Cebuyan. The
Jolo tribes speak language OF their
own. Washington Star
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eandlesticgmaher, an get their share
of the half.million of dollars which
Derby day puts into circulation The
head of one large house recently stated
that the profits of his firm from HE
sale Of fans alone was over $1,000. Ac-
eording to Secretary Howard, the
crowd at the last two Derbles exceeded
10000.
II IS the Kaleidoscope vision Of flash
ing colors that makes Derby day sue
cess. The bright and fashionable
eauipages drawn by praneing horses.
whose coats are groomed 10 silken
sheen. and with gold and silver trap
pings flashing in the sun; the coach
men and footmen in bright blue coats.
white doeskins and patent feathers
with tan tops; the autos. which now
play a very important part; the color
effects of the stylish dresses, sunshades
aud millinery, all combine to make 1t
seem as though the boulevard had
caught the end of rainbow and rolled
il out along the road: and rs this sym
phony of colors Is carried through the
track gates and onto the infeld. as
carefully kept as any lawn, the scene
from the clubhouse and the double
decked grand stand. seating $1,000 PEG
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the treatment of youthful criminals.
The first two sentences Of the paper
were the key notes of the discussion.
These two sentences were, Nearly an
criminals are boys" and Every prison
is n nursery for crime" Among otler
forceful facts were the following: All
the year round between seyenty~hNe
and one hundred young men, most OF
whom have not reached their MAORI
ties, lie in our county jails awaiting
trial Many Of them are released wneh
they are finally given a chance 10
prove their innocence But they are
not what they were when arrested, iot
the three months which they have put
In. and that is the average time they
wait, has brought to them a very nd
eral education in crime The jail is a
reservoir In which is poured alike the
hardened criminal and the youthlui
violator. Human nature is the same,
and the boys. with nothing but time at
their disposal, listen to the various
methods of house breakers. of the lat
est innovations In hold-ups, OF the
most successful means of performing
every act against which society mas
laid its mandates" This is not a new
picture. but 1t Is a true delineatioh
and may be duplicated in hundreds OF
city prisons throughout this country.
Judge Babcock says Ohio is not eX-
ceptional In this particular. what
fearful reckoning. then, for American
society of the future. But Judge Bah
cock has remedy. This is his pro-
posal: 1T is my belief that we have
no moral right to lock up a boy with
out making him better. Education is
the remedy. At the bottom of II all
lies poverty as a cause, and too nttie
knowledge of our duty to our brothers.
My plan would be to put teacher in
the county Jail whose business II
would be TO teach the young men
something that would direct their
thoughts to better things. ! would
purchase a library of good books and
place upon the authorities the response
bility of seeing that the yellow-baeked,
crime-reeking prints are thrown out
Good books and more education viii
do much toward making men from
those whose lines Of life have begun
a divergence from the right course.
rather than making criminals from
those whose only offense Is that they
have been unfortunate" This plan
was first suggested. according to the
Kansas City World, by Judge Wof-
ford, of Kansas City in an address last
winter. 1t is certainly practical and
is worth consideration. Society owes
1t to itself to carry out in some way
the reformation of the guilty, which
is the avowed purpose OF the punish
ment OF the criminal. and which under
the present system is failure. But
reforms move slowly and 1t may Re-
quire some American Dickens to de-
pict the communicating influences OF
Jail life before our society is moved to
action.
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AN ECONOMY BOOMERANG.
When lie Complained His Wife Cut
Down Table Expenses.

DoWh Aublc EApcuscs.
at Is a very foolish man who boasts
that he understands women" n young
society man casually observed. I've
been married about ten years and the
science of feminine disposition gets
deeper and deeper to me every year.
We've had frlghtful expenses this win
ter, and the other day told my wife
we positively must retrench somewhere
that In my opinion our everyday bills
Of fare were rather lavish and we could
not do better than to cut down our
table expenses. She agreed very cheer
fully, but didn't notlceany immediate
signs of retrenchment.
"Ive always taken men home TO din
ner with me without warning her, and
the other night took Jack Tiptop out
Jack fiptop, of nil men-who has
been reared under gilt edged. rose
lined sllken canopy and probably never
heard the word economy In all his life.
Well, wish you had seen that dnnerl
We didn't have any crackers with the
soup, and when | mentioned crackers
my wife said, blandly:
"'We haven't any crackers. my dear;
you know we're cutting down ex'
penses.'
There was no salad of any kind
not even plain old every day cucum-
Der pickle; only one vegetable with
beef roast so small that my appetite
was scared clear Off and never came
back agaln-and no coffeei Think of It
no coffee! was afraid to say any
thing for fear economical Belle would
advance information to make matters
worse. so the frugal meal simply had to
explain itself.
THAT cured me of household econo-
my" said the young man, according to
the Detroit Free Press. Hereafter
we'll have good dinners and I'll wear
old overcoats and shabby shoes"
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other Derhies, but they lose IN comfari'
son with the great June event In en-
eago. which rises far above the every
day possibilities of the ordinary horse
race TO the dignity of the two great
events abroad-the Grand PriN OF
Paris and the English Derby eff EPSON
Downs. which It so closely resembles,
The American Derby is a race for
glory. The course At Washington Park.
made famous by the speed contests Of
American and imported thoroushhredS,
IS that upon which resound the hoof-
beats OF the very best from noted
sires and dams Here the horses that
NAV have run and won elsewhere come
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Pile, makes Derby day just dlferent

pie, makes Derby day just different
from the ordinary hoss-race.
The races lose nothing Of sportlve
interest by the social features Pater-
familias. who could not afford pri-
Yete box In the grand stand, has ar
rived early with his family and watch
ed the inheld and stand fill since morn
ing, being provided against hunger
and thirst by the big picnic basket I'LL
ed with good things. Scattered over
the lnclosure are State, county and city
officials. men prominent in all walks of
life, actors, and even clergymen, lead
Ing horse-owners from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, from Canada and Mime
sofa to the blue grass country.
Two preliminary races give tho
crowd an opportunity to size itself up
and whets the appetite for the real
thing. The crowd watches the warm
Ing up Of the Derby horses, sees the
starter cross the field to the half-mlle
post, and finally hears the bugle call
for saddllng. Then comes the parade
past the grand stand and the eanter to
che starting post. Every vantage spot
is now taken. There are the usual false
breaks. the recalls and the scoldlng
and pleading by the starter with tricky
and oYeranxious jockeys for fair
start.
Finally there is a swish Of the dag
and the great crowd takes up the cry.
They're off" The horses come thun-
dfrlng down the stretch on the first
turn past the grand stand. horses ana
jockeys seemingly equally intent to
win the check for $4,000 which the
presiding judge will place In trembling
hands within the fractional part OF
three minutes.
Cheered by frantic cries from oo,ooo
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A Funeral Joke.

At the funeral Off lawyer of State
reputa ton, who lived and practced in
town not far from Philadelphia, and
who was known among his friends
thereabouts as an unbeliever, an cmi-
nent gentleman from Philadelphia
reached the house after the minister
had begun the sermon. Not Knowing
how far the services had progressed
he accosted a well-known Quaker of
the town, who was friend Of the de
ceased, and who was noted for his
great sense of humor. and leaning over
bis shoulder asked in whisper:
What part of the services have they
reached"
To which the Quaker, without a
smile, replied
Just opened for the defense. Phil
adelphla Times.
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you have done very nicely. Thank
you very much
But, madam expostulated Senator
Hawley, I'm a senatorl Surely you
do not intend to offer me money!
That's all right" said the woman;
that's all right. We understand these
little yanltles on the part of the door
keepers and other attaches. You are
perfectly welcome to the money"
ooh, perfectly re-eehoed the pretty
young women. They swept away down
the corridor, and Senator HIawley came
into the restaurant holding the quar-
ter gingerly between thumb and
finger, not knowing whether to swear
or laugh. Washington Correspondence
New York World.
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my GOOD MAN.
Sigbtseer Called Senator Hawley, or
fering Him Quarter.

Sigbtseer Called Senator Hawley, OF
fering Him a Quarter.
Senator Hawley was stopped by
three women in one of the Capitol cor
ridors to-day. Two of the women
were young and pretty The third
was a stately dame, who surveyed the
Senator through her lorgnette and said
patronizlngly;
MY good man. are you familiar with
the Capitolf"
Reasonably So" replied Senator
Iawley, Il have been here many
years."
We'll. we understaal there Is a
beautifully decorated room at this end
Of the building. Can you direct us to
ltY'
Il presume you mean the Presi-
dents room,' replied Senator Hawley.
IF you will come with me | shall be
very glad to show it to YOU
The Senator led the party into the
residents room, explained the deco
ratlons and then said:
The room of the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs is very beautiful also.
Would you like to see thatY
They did want to see 1t and the Sen
ator took them there. After he had
exhibited the room he said:
~ think this is the handsomest room
In the Capitol. | am chairman of this
committee"
The three women nudged one an
other. When they reached the eorrI-
dor again the stately dame handed the
Senator a quarter and said: