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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-28

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-28
An Ill-Timed Hold-Up.

Boston has had its first snow storm, but
takes it's precedence as a matter of course
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-28

II kfuc Peter ut SrrNia has opinions an
any s.h,crt lie is keeping them &" himself.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
Typical City of America.

The results of recent investigations
show that Philadelphia is pre-emi-
nently the American city. In 1870,
when the first census was taken, and
for at least two decades afterward
Philadelphia contained more inhabit-
ants than any other American town.
As early as 1910 the population of Phil
adelphia was Ill, 210. According TO the
census of 1900 Philadelphia contained
1,203,697 of whom 99S,357 were ma
tive and 295, $40 foreign born. In not
single ward of the city are there
more foreigners than natives. OF those
inhabitants both of whose parents
were born in the same foreign coun'
try, 221 1896 claim Ireland as the birth
place of their parents; 1928, Ger
many; 53.029, England; A, 800, Russia,
and q, $50, Italy.
OF the native born population OF
Philadelphia (99s, 357, S44,54s were
born In Pennsylvania, 30,97S in New
Jersey, 23.1S4 in Maryland, 21,s93 in
New York, 20,6SS in Virginia and 49,
$50 in Delaware. Comparatively few
residents Of Philadelphia were born In
New England or the Western States
That is to say, Philadelphia does not
exercise upon those sections of our
country the magnetic attra ction exert
ed by New York.
OF foreign born residents in Phila-
delphia only 65,3S4 are naturallzed 1t
follows that the political influence of
the so-called foreign vote" is insig-
niflcant.-Harper's Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
AMERICAN FARM CONDITIONS.
Average Size of United States Farms
Greater in 1900 Than in 1890.

Average Size of United States Farm.
Greater in 1000 Than in 1890.
The average size Of farms for the
country as whole was greater in 1900
than In 1890 This Is, of course. a
mathematical corollary of the fact that
the farm acreage increased faster
than the number of farms. 1t has al
ready been pointed out, however, that
the additions to the farm acreage in
Guided large tracts of unimproved land
in the Western States, used as grazing
farms. While this has materially af-
fected the average size of farms for
the country as a whole, In the older
portions of the country there are no
Indications of any general movement
toward consolidation of farms, or Of
any tendency on the part of farmers
toward the cultivation of larger farms
In the Northern States east of the
Mississippi there was no very marked
change in the size of farms. Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania
New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
showed a slight diminution In the
average farm area, while the other
States In this region showed slight
Increase. In the Southern States east
Of the Mississippi. on the other hand.
the increase in the number of farms
far exceeded the Increase in farm area.
and consequently the average size of
farms was materially diminished.
Only one-half of the total farm acre.
age in 1900 was reported as improved.
but this represents a gain over 1890 of
57.176,4 36 acres Most of this increase
in the crop producing area Of the coun.
ny was contributed by the States of
The Middle West, the greatest extern
sion being shown In Minnesota. where
the increase during the decade exceed
I'd 100000 acres. Increases of be-
tween 100000 and 100000 acres
were reported for Iowa, North Da-
kota and Oklahoma. On the other
hand, in many States the area of Inn
proved farm land was smaller in 1900
than in 1890. A decrease is shown in
all the North Atlantic States, especial
y In New England This is due prin-
ripally to change In the kind of
farming carried on in those States; the
raising of corn and wheat for the mar
ket. having become comparatively I'M
profitable under the influence OF West
srn competition, has been largely
superseded by dairy farming and mar
ket gardening. In these pursuits,
which are, of course, stimulated by the
proximity of large urban population
he Eastern farmer apparently finds
It to his advantage TO cultivate less
and than he once did, but to cultivate
L more intenslvely. Accordingly. the
les fertile lands, and the meadow
Ands that cannot be mown with ma
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
Catching Ring-TaiI Monkeys

Ring-tail monkeys. one OF the most
valuable and expensive OF the sma Her
animals, are caught in an interesting
way. A coeoanut is split in two and Il
banana with a piece of wood running
through 1t placed lengthwise through
the nut, the two halves OF which are
drawn together by wire. Then hole
IL cut large enough for the monkey 5
paw to enter. The monkey spies the
tempting nut from his tree. He hops
down, looks 1t over, sees the hole and
smells the banana inside. He Is fond
Of bananas. Putting his paw In, he
grasps 1t, but the wood prevents 1t
from coming out. Then the catclers
appear and the monkey runs for a tree.
But he cannot climb because OF the
cocoanut ON his paw aud he will not let
go OF that, so he Is captured, paving
wildly at tree trunk.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

The longest distance a man has ever
thrown a baseball Is little more than
3S1 feet. The record for women was
held, until recently, by a Vassar cham
pion, WHO threw a ball 1S1 feet There
has now arisen In Tacoma, Wash, a
young woman who beat that record by
twenty-four feet. Anatomists have
frequently explained that the forma-
ton OF a woman's shoulder blade pre-
vents her from throwing straight and
far; but the Tacoma record, POS feet
is Just about the distance from the
deep outfield to the home plate. Evo-
luton seems to be at work producing
shoulder blades that will enable the
American girl to share the delights of
the national game.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
"send by InoIosed Girl.

An East Side druggist Is preparing n
unique scrap book. Ii contains tho
written orders OF some customers OF
foreign birth, and these orders are
both curious and amusing. Here are
some that are copied from the original
Il have cute pain In my chllds
diagram. Please give my son some
thing to release It,"
Dear Docther, Piles gif bearer i've
sense worse of Auntie TOXIN for garle
baby's throat and obleage."
MY little baby has eat up Its faith
er's parish plaster. Send an anec-
dote quick as possible by the lnclosed
girl"
This child Is my little girl. send
you five cent TO buy two sltless pow
ders for n groan up adult who is
slke"
You Will please give the lettle Dol
five cents worth OF epecac for to throw
up in five months old babe. n. b.
The babe has sore stummick."
II haf hot time In my insides and
wich would like II to be extlngulsh-
ed. What is good fer TO extingulsh III
The inclosed money is the price OF the
extingulsher. Hurry. pleas"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
Underground Waters.

The earth contains an abundance OF
water, even In places like some of our
great Western plateaus where the sur
face is comparatively arid. The
greatest depth at which underground
water can exist Is estimated 10 be
about six miles. Below that, 1t Is be-
lieyed, the cavities and pores of the
rock are completely closed. The
amount of water In the earth's crust
is reckoned at nearly one-third of that
contained In the oceans, so that II
would cover the whole surface of the
globe to depth of from three TO
three thousand five hundred feet. The
waters underground flow horizontally
after sinking below the unsaturated
zone Of the rocks, but In the sands of
the Dakota formation, which supply
remarkable Arteslan wells, the motion
does not exceed one or two miles a
year. The underfow toward the sea
beneath the great plains may some
times take the form of broad streams
or moving sheets of water But the
movement Is excessively slow
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

The human mind, since 1t began to
think and believe, has thought of and
believed in Immortality. Mankind early
divided into races widely separated in
vastly different climes and conditions,
but wherever the human mind is that
thought and belief Ii also. Is 1t any
wonder that when primitive man first
learned that by standing upon his hind
legs and welding a stone with his fore
paws he could beat off an enemy, ne
should invest the stone with reveren-
tial awe? Is it any wonder that when
he found out that by striking two
pieces of flint together he could start
fire to save him from the cold OF the
steadily-encroachIng ice period, he
should worship fire? Is 1t any wonder
that when he discovered that grains
sown upon the tumull OF the dead
sprouted and produced again he should
conclude that the grateful ghost DO
meath thus repaid him an hundredfedd
the offerings he had made? Is II any
wonder that the dog. the first friend
To come TO man and lend him warmth
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
Law Too Costly a LuxurY.

lawyer. addressing the Louisiana
Bar Association, declared that litiga
ton has become so much of n luxury
that lawsuits are diminishing; that the
great expenditure of time as well as
of money required In the prosecution of
a lawsuit deters men from resorting to
the courts for the redress of their
grievances. A Southern judge was
quoted as saying that he had spent
one-fourth Of his professional life walt
Ing in court houses for his cases to be
called. The delays of the law are an
ancient grievance. but 1t is not certain
that they are an unmixed evil.
The deliberate procedure of the
courts may not encourage litigation,
but 1t promotes settlements out of
court Substantial justice is often
reached by compromises which save
time and court costs. The slow meth
obs of the courts have resulted In vol
untary arbitration in certain trade dis
putes. Much of the laws delay is due
to the technical errors of lawyers in
the conduct of suits. An examina ton
of the records of appellate courts show
ed that large percentage of appeals
were on points of practice. A more
thoroughly trained bar would, there
fore, hasten suits 10 judgment. Legis-
latlon being largely controlled by law
yers, it is somewhat surprising that
ayoidable delays ia procedure have not
been removed Their removal. accord.
ing TO the Louisiana attorney, would
tend TO increase lawsuits and profess
sonal emoluments. - Philadelphia
Ledger
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

chimes. have IN many cases been con-
yerted into permanent pastures. The
Increased average fertility of the land
retained under cultivation. the use Of
the silo. aud the growing tendency to
cultivate corn and forage crops, In
stend of hay. for winter feed. are all
factors which contribute TO the same
end-enabling the farmer to raise ON
A smaller area the winter feed for the
animals that can be kept, during the
summer. on the enlarged area of pas
ture land.-Century
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
Attack,

Attack or common sense VIII bring
histers into contact with conf
rs and common people, let US
she bu airs Of common sense in all the
day su AL seuipar.es IN tie country.
paral all tired OF tie ministers who
ing little of common things ard OF
gra, n people that they have to
bee ! about Assyrian euneiform in.
is dos. or about shakl speare's hero
T. or about Huxley's mistakes
a naeole ~, metaphysics. poetry and
fence can all be made Interesting
and Illuminating 10 congregation, but
only by man who knows how and
where to apply them to the lives Of his
auditors. Therefore the minister must
know The lives OF his auditors. What
are the books that people read now
adays? They are not usually the books
written by refuses. They are not usu-
ally the books written by men who
have received n purely literary and
academic training. and who have lived
purely literary and academic lives.
They are the books written by men like
Mark Twain, Bret Harte, George AIDE,
Stephen Phillips, Lincoln ]. Steffens,
Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, and
many others, great and small who
have actually seen the things they are
writing about This is an age for the
man who knows the world about him
and not for the man who draws his
spiritual sustenance from written rec.
oyds What is true Of books is true
of)sermons. We have no time for the
minister who reads all the week and
Sunday morning dlsgorges himself OF
his reading What we want is sers
mon permeated, 1t is true, with supe-
lior learning, but nevertheless con-
structed out OF the daily facts of daily
existence This does not mean that a
good minister must preach about wom-
ems hats or about the latest murder.
The title OF his sermon may be The
Stigmata OF st. Francis" AS he dis
cusses the stlgmata of st. Francis,
however, one will perceive In his Illus
trations and in his applications that he
has spent many days and many nights
with people as well as with books, and
that he has lived in the hearts Of per-
sons of the twentieth century. For
such man, skilled in the knowledge
of the human heart, consumed with
love of the human race, and disciplined
by study and meditation, there will al
ways be an audience In literature the
man who thinks he can write because
he has studied Ruskin's construction
of sentences Is rescued from immedi-
ate oblivion only by the Observers
momentary laughter In the church the
man who thinks he can preach be
cause he has studied Newman's figures
Of speech will have the same fate.
The sermon writer needs an even deep
err acquaintance with common things
and with common people than the story
writer. The story writer simply shows
us things and people. The sermon
writer has to show us things and peo-
Pile in their spiritual possibilities. y
professor OF common sense in theo-
logical seminary could talk on this
point every day and never talk too
much.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
PRESERVING THEIR DIGNITY.
A Little business Transaction in
Which Each Was Successful.

Which Each Wns Successful.
Being In Constantinople, said the
Philadelphlan who had cireled the
earth. "it was up to me TO buy a
Turkish scimiter. | believe they all do
that except the Germans. who run 20
pipes In looking through the bazaars
| came across a weapon that had an
ancient look and was assured that 1t
had been worn by Turkish general
nifty years before. The price asked
was about $40 in our money. and |
promptly declined buying. As l did
so the merchant tore his hair and
cried out;
"'Nhat does this man want This
weapon has slain twenty men. Is II
not good enough to hang on the waltz
Il was about TO pass when he asked
me what price l would give.
"'Not over So | replied
Now may my beard he singed and
my hair torn out by the roots he
howled as he walked about 1 give
you the word OF believer that this
sword has slain thirty men, but be-
cause | must raise money to-day |
will take SIS for it, There-it is
yours.
mot for $15,' | replied. knowing
that he would come down TO my tig-
ure.
Then let the blight fall upon me
and mine forever more | say to you
and all men are my witnesses that
this sword has slain forty men, and
yet you cavil at the price. Not $l5
for such a relic? To-day | go buy
another wife and money l must have.
Take it for $12 and know that you
have robbed me-
81 said $1O' 1 replied as | looked
carelessly around
land may | never sleep or eat
again nor say my prayers, he fairly
howled as he tore off his robe. Here
is a sword that has slain its fifty men
and lived in history and yet you look
upon ii with contempt. All If | did
not need money within the hour, Rob
Der OF the unfortunate, take 1t at Sl1
and begone.'
I'm pay you $11 on one considera-
ton. Tell me truthfully how many
men this scimiter has slainY
"He looked at me for a minute and
then stroked his whiskers and replied:
IF | answered sixty you would
think me liar, and IL ! answered
none you would have TO lie TO your
friends at home. Therefore, that each
may preserve his dignity. hand over
your $40 and take the sacred relic
away"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

Some days ago two little fellows OF
: and years heard older people
speaking of skeletons. The 7-year-old
hoy listened intently TO the conyersa'
ton. when the elder boy. with an air
of superior knowledge. said abruptly
You don't know what skeleton Is,
and | do"
SO do - replied the younger. Il
do know. | know for certain, | do.
We'll. NOW. what is itf'
Its bones with the people orr
Tit.aincutt's Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

The New York newspapers have dis
covered young man, an employe for
eight years Of a street railway com
pany, who, by his own admission, has
worked sixteen hours a day, at an av-
erage wage OF ten cents an hour, ever
since he has been with the company
On the face Of 1t. here ia provocation
for lurid oratory; but before indgna-
ton rises TO too high pitch, let it be
added that the young man was APP
pointed general manager the other day.
Perhaps his willingness to work long
hours had something to do with his
promotion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
Kaiser WiIheIm's MotIes,y.

At dinner one night when the EN-
peror was staying with Lord Lonsdale,
guest talking to another across the
table quoted little known passage
from Shakespeare. and, that there
should be no mistake as to its source
ended with the words, "as the divine
William said" There happened to be
a lull in the conversation at the time
and the remark was audible to every
one. the Emperor included. Turning &c
his host. the Emperor said, with puz
zled expression: "Curiously, | do noi
remember that my sainted grandfathe7
ever said thatv'-M. A. +.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
Barbarous Punishment

1t was sixty years ago that England
abolished fogging at sea; 1t has long
been abolished in our army and navy;
and now the Gar of Russia has abol-
ished the harshest remnants of the
barbarblc punishments of former
times, namely, castlgation with cudg-
els and cat-o-nine tails. claiming to
the car and shaving the head. which
were still inflicted for certain offenses
on persons exiled TO penal settlements
or to the mines. Castigation with the
cato nine tails and even with cudgels
not infrequently ended In death, and
was one OF the harshest forms OF the
death penalty, being death by torture.
The abolition of the cudgel and of the
cat" does not, however, mean the pro-
hibition OF corporal punishment alto
gether. The revised statute of June 10
prescribes chastisement with birch
rods up to 100 blows. Barbara pun
ishment can be inflicted by birch rods,
If not as severely as by ''cat" or cudg-
ell The better way would be to abol.
lsh punishment by fagellatlon alto
gether.-Leslie's Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

Examination Of the pupils in the pub
nearly all the children enter school
with normal eyes. In the higher
grades onefourth are found to be
myopic, and In the colleges from 90
10 20 per cent are said TO be thus af-
fected. In other words near-sighted-
ness increases steadily from the pri-
mary school upward bald statement
of fact which makes evident the neces-
sity Of every possible care.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

The chewing gum trust recently dis
tributed 100000 In dividends. This
sum represents 100000 sticks of
gum at the retail price of cent Il
stick. How many million other sticks
were sold TO yield that profit is an in
teresting problem which the reader
may try 10 solve IL he choose
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

Some physicians declare" remark
ed the statisticlan, that there Is az
much strength In couple OF eggs az
in pound of beef"
Huh" snorted the actor, ARE you
sure they mentioned beef or Limburg.
er cheeser'-Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

and eompanlonship and devotion, ana
ethe COW. the next animal to be domss-
Sucafed and TO give her milk, should
thave been held sacred? The history OF
civilization Is development OF wor-
ship. By superstltlons-if you care To
call them that-man has been Lighted
ON his way to progress. Yet we know
II, more about Immortality to-day than
the frs cave man did IN the beginning
The Indian still hopes for land rich
in game. the Turk for celestial IA
rom the Christian and the Jew for
Gates of gold and streets of Jaspe', me
VI atte for rsinearhatious on cath. Inc
wo' Ter noting these contradictions,
Whe ends they are all but misty SUPER
would 5. Maybe they are. Perhaps
we're sew. only shadows OF the truth.
eided ly mplrrsavetasir--tls-tfm pellef IN
stated that It was cen thfStsh count
-, -. 1eratlons inbred In
""1 Is the very core Of
woulo 10 useu W .nu Us Of all deyel-
IL Is expected I'd of all progress. and
taken In few be cast out Of a single
the hanging ". the difference between
some time to I'm and that Of monkey
will be given The world IS full OF II.
their brefie history Of the development
preme Cos proof Of VIA, the pe'iai mas
diooet the him. The whole vast differ
lies today between mankind
Dm Is proof
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

THAT man, my dear, who courts Miss
Sere
Is rather fast, they say"
Hell have to be quite fast or she
Won't let him get away"
Baltimore Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03

NO" said the fair proprietor of the
refrigerator heart, II cannot be your
wife, but I'll be sister to you"
Thanks, awfully," rejoined the
youth who was left at the post "If
there is one thing ! need more than
another 1t is an elderly sister to look
after me and prevent me from making
fool of myself"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
THE WHITE PINE NEWS,
Thursday, November 90, 1903
oNB PHASE OF MINING.

All men cannot own mines from which
gigantic fortunes are made, but almost
anyone can own stock in mining CON-
panies owning properties of good pros
pective value. We say good pros
pective value because this is about
the only kind of a mining proposition
that one can buy into these days, bar
ring fakes and wildcat investments, as
1t is not common thing in this day
and age o hear of the sale OF treasury
stock in a mining enterprise which Is
already productive and which is paying
the owners big money.
Therefore, If the mining public de-
sires an investment in mining securi-
ties, the natural thing to do would be
to purchase treasury stock in some
company which has ground of undis-
puted value and merit which it desires
to equip and develop. If the company
is composed of experienced, reputable
men, and its property is well located in
a good district the chances are that
the purchaser of treasury stock will
make thousands upon their Investment
where they have put in only hundreds.
Not every investor in mining securities
meets with success. but we can point
out a great many instances where the
small in yestors in treasury stock have
made their fortunes because of their
good Judgment in this respect
All of our great dividend paying
mines of to-day, at one time, were only
good prospects. In many instances
companies formed for their operat' We
had difficulty in selling enough or'e =
ury stock to develop their .fnlime nerve
where they could be IL
cling mines. We p ~ condemns the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
Grief.

When the postman brought the Wild
ow only bill for her mourning gowns,
she burst into tears.
How cruel and lndellcate to make
me think Of earthly things when my
grief Is so newt" she walled. BE
sides, the gowns don't it,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
The Ounce OF Prevention.

Cholly-What makes you think old
Niggard thought you had come to him
TO borrow money?
Jack-Oh, he began talking right
away about how hard up he was
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