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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25
PLUM CREEK DISTRICT.
strife for the Favors OF a Pretty
Schooi Teacher

strife for the Favors OF q PRETTY
School Teacher.
Uncle Dan had come up from the
country TO spend winter vacation
with his city nephews and nieces. Some
of the younger members of the family.
says the Chicago Tribune, had been
relating school episode, which put
Uncle Dan In reminiscent mood
THAT reminds me-" be said, "of the
teacher we had down In the Plum
Creek district three years ago this win.
ter" Then he went on TO tell the story
She was mighty pretty girl. and II
wasn't moren week before every
young fellow In the county was shylng
round trying TO make up to her. They
took her TO all the church sociables and
one or another was always waiting for
chance TO walk home from meeting
with her.
She finally seemed 10 give up all OF
them but Tom Hammond and Bill Big.
elgw. Then 1t looked as II she didn't
know which one OF 'om TO let go.
What made 1t more interesting was
that Tom and BIN was the worst kind
OF enemies. They'd both licked all the
other young fellows around there, but
somehow they'd never got together
themselves.
Finally they was 10 be a spelling nj
the schoolhouse, aud some way II got
noised about that Tom said he was go
ing TO give Bill n walloplng II they met
there that night. guess nearly every.
body in the district WAS on hand when
they commenced choosing sides, and
the little teacher up on the platform
looking her prettlest.
Bill and Tom got spelled down before
they'd been at II long, and slipped out
Everybody knew the fight would he
started right OF. and all except the ones
that were still spelling slipped out
When | got there they were at IL good
and hard. and pretty soon they went
down, with Tom on top
Everybody was so excited that no
body noticed when or how the teacher
got there; but the first thing any one
saw. she'd got through the crowd with
bucket OF lcc-water and poured II all
over both OF 'em.
The fight stopped quleker'n wink,
and when they stood up she told 'em
they were rowdies and rutiians, and 10
shake hands and beg each Others par.
don. Wen, they did It. and she asked
everybody 10 go back IN the school
house.
When things got quiet she said. Il
understand this fight was on account
OF me. | hate fighting and | desplse
fighters. II there Is any young man In
this schoolhouse that never had fight
In his life. let him stand mp. I'm going
TO ask him to take me home"
Every fellow In the house but Tom
and BIZ stood up. When they all set
down again she said they was only one
thing she hated worse'n fighter or
rutfian, and that was liar. She rode
home with Deacon swasey and his
folks.
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CO HAT most delightful companion
of summer dlys-the sun-was
- shining brilliantly through the
open window into a charmngly mp
pointed dining room one bright June
morning. Breakfast was laid for
three. At the head of the table sat
Miss Priscilla Payne, sweet-gray-
haired woman, with what Is termed a
good face, though lined with care
and trouble. Yes. the bowl of happi-
ness was low when her share was Ia
died out. There was II gentle look or
resignation In her face, which was the
reflection Of a brave heart. She bright
ened up as she heard a quick. light
sootstep, and her niece, Jessie Burton,
a sweetly pretty girl of about Is sum
mers, entered the room.
Good morning. auntie! Is Harry
down." she asked. kissing her guard
ian.
No, dear; but he soon will be, I'm
sure. He can only have one twenty
first birthday
MANY letters for himf'
a few; one is from Australia"
"Auntie," said the girl suddenly,
with tlnge Of lovely color flaming her
cheeks. "-I-haye something to tell
you"
Il do believe can guess what 1t is,
JESSIE
20, auntle am sure you haven't a
notion"
MY dear, your face conyinces me
that my conclusion Is correct. Come
here and let your old aunt whisper it:
Harry has proposed aud you have ac-
cepted him"
How did you know calculated
Jessie. Yes. he proposed last night.
Aren't you going to congratulate me?"
yes, yes, darling. May you be
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

very, very happy" and she kissed her
niece lovingly. Are you quite sure, Jes
sic, that you love him, and that there
is nothing that would prevent you from
marrying?p
Jessie replied by look that indi-
Gated such question was entirely un-
necessary.
You know, dear, | was In love once,
and some one was fond of me, but
but-things went wrong. Some day
you shall hear the story. dear, then
you viii understand how 1t Is | am
80 anxious about you. All, here is
Harryr
At that moment n handsome young
fellow entered the room. Jessie ran
and kissed him, and led him to her
aunt, who was smiling through tears
Of happiness and sorrow because she
foresaw bitter parting with Jessie.
After oft-repeated congratulations
and many happy returns, Harry was
permitted TO open his letters. The gist
OF the one from Australia ran as fol-
/ lows:
MY Dear Son: l trust you will re-
ceive this on the day you attain your
majority. Now that you have arrived
at an age OF discretion, wish you TO
know as much of my history as Is nee
essary. Pray, my dear son.
do not think hardly of me.
All | have done / have done for the
best | have instructed that
good man, the Rev. William Nayland,
your guardian and counselor all these
years, to tell you as much as he thinks
fit. He will see the lawyers
for you. After to-day you will be
able to draw $1,000 n year. .
This will continue until my death.
when all have goes to you.
Wishing you all happiness, my dear
boy. Your most affectionate
FATHER"
Harry read this through twice, amid
q strange feeling of uneasiness and
emotion. 1t was the first letter he had
ever received from his father. He sat
down, looking rather pale, crushing the
letter In his hand. Was his three
months Of perfect happiness at this
house to be marred by some horrible
revelation? He trusted not
Somehow or other he thought of
James Banton, his rival.
Miss Paine had taken a great fancy
to Harry when they first met two
years ago, and he had latterly been
staying with her and Jessie, with the
Inevitable result that he fell head over
ears In love with her pretty niece.
MY guardian. the Rev. william
Nayland, will be calling to see me to-
, day, Miss Payne" he said at length,
, about some business matters. And,
Jessie, he broke off, 81 should like to
see you in the garden after break
fast"
The meal having concluded, with
painful evidence that things had gone
atwlst, Harry strolled into the garden
with her.
Darling what is 1t? What is the
matterf' she added gently, nesting up
to him. Something has gone wrong,
and who should share your trouble
with you but ~
The doubts and perplexitles which
entangled his mind for a moment
seemed to oyerwhelm him. Then.
: without word, he took the girl In
J his strong arms and held her closely
to him.
Jessie" he began falteringly at last,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25
Ice.Nfakinx TO Order.

A stout framework is built, upon
which loose poles are laid and three
quarter inch or inch pipe is erected
In the center of the framework. This
pipe should project about a foot above
the top of the frame, and should be
coupled with a lawn sprinkler which
revolves when the water Is turned on.
The water Is thus distributed all over
the area OF the frame. and dripping
from the poles soon forms long icicles.
When these are large enough, the wa
ter is turned off, the iccles knocked
down and the ice shoveled into the Ice
house.
This frame work may be built direct
ly over the ice house, or situated on an
elevation near 1t, so that the ice may
be shoveled on to an inclined trough
placed between the bottom OF the
frame and the Ice house
This is common plan In Switzer.
land when pure ice Is not TO be had
near by. One Of the large Canadian
creameries has tried the method and
finds 1t satisfactory and that not much
labor Is required.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25
A Great Man Worste,i.

In an interesting case where Rufus
Choate and Daniel Webster were both
retained by Boston shipping house.
Mr.. Choate examined the witnesses.
He had before him In the witness-box
one of the ship-owners, whom he wish
ed to confuse, and consequently he be-
gan by asking long and complex
question.
George Francis Train, who tells the
story. says this question wound all
round the case and struggled through
every street in Boston.
You say" asserted Choate, shat
you did SO and so. that you went to
such and such a place; after this you
did SO and so, and then thus and So"
But the man was an Irishman of
perfect nerve and an mistaken cool.
ness. Mr.. Choate went on coiling up
his question and tying knots In it
and when he had quite finished the
witness merely looked at him, and
said, calmly:
"Mr. Choate, will yez be afther re
pating that again"
The bench and the spectators roared
Mr.. Choate was worsted. Yet he won
his case
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

Why do authors, and especially the
younger ones, so often select subjects
which would be unit topics for con-
yersation? Are no problems worth
considering except those which have
10 do with persons who have sadly
sinned In their youth? Have we not
had "Resurrectlons' and "Redemp-
lions" enough already l plead for
a revival of pure romance; for such
books as shall make us better by
representing the ideal side of life.
Men are made better by the sight Of
virtue rather than by the dissection
Of vice, says Amory II. Bradford In
Booklover's Magazine. II l am told
that art must deal with things as they
are, reply, true; and authors and
artists viii. no Goubt, In spite Of my
protest, continue to choose such sub
jects as most appeal TO them-thereby
revealing both their taste and charae-
ter. Few of us need to be made TO see
evil more wildly, but all Of us re-
quire reminding again and again that
pure love, happy homes, deathless de-
votion are still TO be found among the
common people, and may be the glad
possession of all who will seek for
them. An artist may paint lizards.
spiders, snakes, but 1t is bettet to
paint flowers, birds, happy children,
mountains. splendid clouds, and the
glory and beauty of the day.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25
A DOG WHO TALKED.
Ill. Eyes, His Ears, His Tail, His
Mouth, All Helped.

His Eyes, Ills Ears, His Tail, His
Mouth, All Helped.
When two years old Ben was noted
for intelligence and industry. One
OF the herders remarked OF him. one
day. that he could do anything except
talk. Moss become indignant.
Anything except talk he retorted.
lie can talk. Why, we do a lot OF
talking on the prairie. He talks with
his eyes, with his ears, with his tall
sometimes with his mouth"
The others laughed at this, but Il
was true. The man and the dog. in
the hours OF watching the sheep graz
Ing, held lengthy conversations, Moss
sitting with his back against big
gray rock, Ben with his head upon the
mans knees.
Feeling all right today" Moss
would ask.
"Yesw Ben would answer. Fine as
silk"
ITS nice weather now. and the sheep
are doing we'll"
You bet; this weather makes
fellow feel as II he could jump out
OF his skin, and the sheep never did
better"
Il think we'll try new grazing
ground for them soon, though. The
flock needs n change"
"Yep-yap! That's good idea. In
fact, everything you say Is all right.
You are a great man-the greatest man
in the world"
"ionder goes jack-rabbit. Ben,
loafing along. S'pose you try him q
whirl."
mot any for me. got rid OF the
jack-rabblt habit when I was little"
Down by Mustang water-hole I
saw wolf-tracks one day. Ben" said
Moss in whisper.
The muscles stiffened, the ears lift
ed slightly the tail became straight as
an iron bar, the moist black lips curled
upward, and a low, thunderous growl
sounded In the dogs throat. II said
us alnly as words, and more strongly:
81 know about 'em. hear 'em come
times Mt night was afraid of 'em
when was little chap but we got
over that. They mean harm to our
sheep and II they come around I II
nall 'em sure"
Good boy, Ben! You re not afraid
of wolf as big as house, and you We
got more sense than the ranch-boss.
This was praise that could be
answered only by series of rapld
leaps. dozen short barks, and a tire.
mendous scurrylng round and round
Then Ben would make complete
circle Of the flock, driving In the
stragglers, and returning to n dlgnlfied
seat on the bill. cock his eye at the sun
TO estimate the time OF day.-St
Nicholas.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25
His Burning Love.

1t was In a country village that the
swain had proposed for the hand Of
the village beauty and had been sue
cessful and carried of the palm. He
had bought the engagement ring and
was hurrying as fast as his two feet
would carry him to the home OF his
adored one. A friend tried to stop
him to make inquiry concerning his
haste.
Hello, there, Bob! Is there a fire 7"
"Yes." replied Bob, with what
breath he had left; my hearts on
fire. and I'm going now to ring the
village BELLE"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25
RANK OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
In Point Of Architecture 1t Il In n
Class by Itself.

One moonlight night In June, 1902,
while strollIng through the grounds
with Charles +. McKim, one Of the
members of the Park Commission. we
seated ourselves on one of those mounds
which tradition ascribes to John Quln-
cy Adams's taste in landscape archltec.
ture. That afternoon crowds of people
arrayed In joyous costumes BETTING the
seml-troplcs had come from the hot city
to rest under the trees and listen TO the
Saturday concert Of the Marine Band.
The musicians, clad In white duck.
were located in a little depression, so
that the sound of the music rolled up
the slopes to the attentive audience.
A year before we had observed the
same effect at Versailles; and both the
similarities and the differences OF the
two pictures were being discussed MS
we sat in the quiet night, behind the
locked gates, where not a sound from
the city streets broke the grateful noise
of water splashlng in the fountains.
On the high portico the President sat
amid a group Of dinner guests, and the
lights of their cigars were echoed
by the drowsy irefles fitting about the
grounds, only the brilliantly lighted
windows OF the secretary's office ever
suggesting the workaday world The
moonlight, shining full on the White
House, revealed the harmonious lines
OF its graceful shape.
"Teil me-" l asked the architect
"among the great houses that hay'
been built during recent years in thu
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

"iLLAAh ShoohS' been regarded sdie
ly Unionist by majority Of nearly
5000. The election of Mr.. Crooks Is
a victory for the labor vote. which
has caused the London Times to say:
"The election means that the specter
that has hypnotized the continental
governments has shown Itself at last
among ourselves"
Crooks was born In 1852 and spent
portion of the early years OF his
life In the poorhouse at Poplar. After
leaving this institution he worked at
odd Jobs until he was IA, when he
was apprenticed to a cooper. As late
as 1873 he tramped from London to
Liverpool In search of work. He was
then In the greatest poverty, but be-
fore that had he engaged actively In
trade agitations. He worked hard for
the lockers in the great London dock
strike and became chairman OF the
Poplar Board of Canadians and other
local bodies. Subsequently he was
elected mayor of Poplar-the first labor
mayor ever elected In England. lie
then became a member of the London
Comfy Council and has since been
supported by his fellow workmen.
Mr.. Crooks Is a man of the John
Burns type. He Is ready speaker,
skilled politician and well-posted
social economist. He neither drinks
nor smokes. but devotes all bis time
to his duties and to self improvement
His selection has greatly strengthened
the labor party In England, impress
ing upon II the value and necessity
of solidarity. During the South Afrl
can war Mr.. Crooks was an advocate
of the Boer side and strongly denounc
ed the action of the British govern
! mani
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

Miss Mary Van Worst, who spent
weeks as a factory girl and mill girl TO
gain material for her book, THE Wom-
an Who Tolls" has emerged from her
strenuous experiences with the firm
conviction that every girl who can
disposition to take care Of herself, she
says, that brings upon the factory and
mill girls the unalterable evils they
suffer 1t Is no new argument that Miss
Van Worst offers. The right ideal for
the Inspiration and development of the
mind and soul of the young girl is mat
rmony. The right state for the stimula-
ton and qualification of the mature
woman is matrlmony. But that there
Is a growing tendency among American
girls to remain single and shift for
themselves is clearly evident. The fields
of employment for girls are oyercrowd-
ed, but girls patiently wait for openings
or even work at starvation wages, while
marriage Is the last thing they think of.
History is luminous with the great
dedes OF women. Literature Is rich with
thought from women's minds. But
among the names of eminently great
women of any period or any pursuit you
Will look in vain for that of any old
maid. Joan dare is the one possible
exception that emphasizes the rule, yet
1t must be admitted that the world does
not know whether she was married or
NOT. Anyway, she was little more than
child. A tree transplanted from Its
native cline and nurtured under UNI
natural conditions may live and seem
to thrive, but It Is not by such that the
richest fruit Is borne. And 1t is the same
with a woman out of her natural ele.
ment.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25
Hon a Snake Moves.

Now any one who has looked ut the
skeleton OF a snake-and 1t Is really
a very beautiful object-wlll have been
struck by the great number of ribs,
which may be as many as ten hundred
and fifty pairs. In these lies the secret
of the ability of the serpent to do some
of these wonderful things. The lower
end of each rib Is connected with one
of the broad scales that run along
the under side of snake, and when
rib is twisted slowly backward, it
pushes on the scale. the edge Of the
scale catches on the ground or what
ever object his snakeshlp may be rest
ing on, and the body Of the snake Is
pushed just a little bit forward. OF
course. each rib moves the body but
mere trihe; but where the ribs are
so many. and they are moved one after
another, the result is that the snake
moves slowly but steadily ahead.-St.
Nicholas.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

general style of the White House
many of them larger and much more
costly-ls there any that, in point of
architecture, surpasses III"
mo; there is not one in the same
class with It," he replied deliberately
judgment confirmed later under the
MONDAY sun.-Century.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

The story which the captain of the
excursion steamer. recently wrecked
ON the Bermudas, told before the In
vestigating committee shows how i'm
portant may be the consequences of
a little thing. There is a fixed light
at one end of the island and a reyolv-
ing light at the other. When the cap
tain saw a fixed light he assumed that
he was approaching the end of the
island, where the fixed light ought to
be. But he discovered when too late
that, through accident or lack of care,
the revolving light was out of order,
and when Its signal was most needed
gave a misleading message to the
mariner.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

The famous men OF history who have
possessed energy and decision were
silent men. When things went wrong
they did not air their grievances in pub
lie and grumble, growl and become pes
simists They simply changed their
tactics. They did not rellnquish their
purposes. They knew what they wish
ed to do and they kept at 1t until they
were successful
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

1t is comfort to reflect that con-
sumption has decreased 1915 per cent in
Its death records since 1910. Pneumonia
may be more devastating or not, but II
can never have the dread to Its name
that consumption has had, for pneu-
monia is disease which usually yields
to scientific treatment and the resist
sumption is natures worst treachery
TO humanity. The battle has been long
against it, but the results show at last
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

Young John d. Rockefeller Is dis
tributing gold pieces among the poor
people of Mexico. Perhaps he has
found that the starving Mexicans un-
derstand his gold pieces better than
his kind words.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

For consumptive patients a medical
authority prescribes beef, In large
quantities. If the consumptlve has
any heart trouble, however, all honor
able means should be used to keep him
from seeing the butchers bills.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

There are three reasons why one
ought to control his temper. and the
first is self-respect. When one loses
command of himself and throws the
reins upon the neck of passion, he
may have for the moment certain
enjoyment In the license, but there
must surely come a reaction of regret.
When he is calm again and the fit has
passed away, every serious person
must be ashamed of what he said and
what he did, of the manner in which
he gave himself away and the exhibit
ton he made of himself. He will re-
call the amazement on the faces Of his
friends and the silence which they
adopted as a protective measure and
the soothing language which they
used, as IL they were speaking with
baby, and the glances which passed
between them. He will not soon hold
again with them as strong as he did
before this outburst. nor will he have
the same claim upon their confidence
ma n sound and clear-headed man. He
has acted like fretful, peevish child
and has for the time forfeited his
title to manhood and the place OF
man.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

1t might not be SO embarrassing to
be shaved by lady barber, If fel.
low wasn't all the time wondering
whether the lady barber was thinking
what a fool he was.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

recent election In
the Woolwich diyi.
sion of London,
w b ere William
Crooks, labor can
didate for Parlia-
ment, defeated his
opponent, Godfrey
Drage, Unionist,
by a majority OF
over 5000 although
the constituency
has for many years
ham ra0ardofI cafQ
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

Between the man who brags about
inability to remember names and the
man who boasts of his splendid mem
DRY for faces there Is not much choice.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

Solomon's Temple was about seven
years in building, but 1t stood for cen
turtles. No one can estimate accurately
the life of modern steel structure,
which comes into being in remarkably
quick time. In recent instance in
New York an apartment hotel was
completed, leased and sold In less than
fourteen months after the purchase of
the site. The actual work of con
structlon was done In less than ten
months, although this was a twelve
nd-a-half-story building, which cover.
ed n lot seventy-one by one hundred
feet. and contained more than two
hundred rooms. These marvels do moi
come by chance. Every bolt and rIyet
is planned and provided for before the
foundation is laid. and a perfect sys-
tenn controls the gangs OF workmen,
who carry on the most diverse opera
lions without getting In one anothers
way.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-25

OF all the new word colnages for
which the newspaper mint is respon-
sible, "multi-murderer" seems about
the most atrocious.