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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

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Dorothy Banks and Peabody Stand
lsh Were engaged. Mrs. Banks and
her daughter were back In Chicago
and the marriage was set for the
spring. Once Ia a while through the
winter "A shadow would come Into Dor
othy's face. Mamma she would say.
1--WE ought to have told Peabody about
grandpa. | know he's what you call
vulgar. but he's good and kl%nd-hearted
and would be af~feetlonate II you'd only
let him.
Your grandfather and Mr.. standish
VIII have to meet some day, Dorothy,
but there's no particular hurry about
1t. want you TO get married first.
Your grandfather Is going to California
In February, and he won't be back till
after the wedding, about which, by the
way, he doesn't know anything. Ey-
erything will be all right II you do as
| tell YOU
And Dorothy, though secretly trou-
bled, did what long custom had Injured
her TO do, to abide by what her mother
said.
They were married In April. Pea
body Standish, yielding to his mother.
ln-law's request. agreed to make Chi
cago his home, and to look after her
property interests. With Dorothy i'm
medlately after the wedding he went
abroad and remained there eight
months. When they returned to Chi.
cago he secured an Office and buckled
down to business.
1t was S~tandlsh's second day at HIS
work. He and Dorothy were living
with Mrs. Banks. At 5 o'clock that af.
ternoon the Banks carriage was sent
to Standish's office to take him home.
Peabody would have preferred walk
ing, but he took his seat In the car
riage and started homeward. At a
street corner he saw the bent but
sturdy figure Of an old man, who was
ploddlng along with his eyes on the
ground. Standlsh looked at the bowed
figure for n moment, then a pleased
look came into his eyes and he shout.
ed a rather peremptory Stop to the
coachman. standlsh jumped from the
carriage and In an instant was by the
side of the old fellow on the sidewalk.
and was grasping him by the hand.
Mr.. Chandler, is 1t really your" said
standish, with a ring Of genuine pleas.
ure in his voice and his eyes fairly
dancing
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

wealth I am nov seeking capital for
the purpose Of building a railroad to
/ connect kiwa. in the neighborhood
t OF cur capital. Daaresaalam. with Lake
Nyassa. This road. II built, VIII be
OF immense value. for ii will make
possible the control of trade between
| Lake NyaSsa and Lake Tanganicka.
Land IS given 10 prospective set
tiers In German East Africa under
the NEST favorable Conditions. II is
interesting to note. In this connection,
that a large number OF Beers have set
tied In our colony. German East
Afrlca's mineral wealth has been only
partly exploited. At Tramba, in the
K~ilimagaro, a twenty days journey
from the coast, gold mines exist. Ger
man East Africa has an abundance Of
| cattle, which are exported. Game also
abounds.
Slavery in East Africa is gradually
becoming a thing OF the past, slave
dealers seing severely punished. The
result has been that many Arabs form
erly engaged in the traffic have be
come very pool. We are still permit
ting the so-called house slavery, which
can be abolished only by gradual pro-
cesses.
"Daaresaalam, the capital. is inereas-
ing In size and is becoming an i'm
portant shipping center. 1t has the
best harbor ON the African cost, and
Is equipped with a dry dock.
'The climate is very e%nervating, but
no worse than that Of India and Cey-
Ion. In the highlands of the interior
a delightful %subtropical cooiness pre-
walls. We are now planning to es-
tablish in the Usambara mountains.
where the good coffee is raised, a hill
station, in which to spend the warm
season, patterned after similar ones
in India. We shall also establish a
biological experiment station, similar
to the famous one at Buiten Zorg, ON
the Island of Java"
Count Won Goetzen's rule Of East
Africa has met the entire approval Of
the German government. lie was sent
TO Africa not merely as a military man
but as one who by travel and numer-
Gus explorations had become thorough
ly acquainted with African life and
conditions. His methods have been
unb%ureaucratic, and In every possible
way he has given active support to
the merchants and planters living in
the colony. He frequently holds meet
ings at which these elements are pres
ent and hears from them their griev-
ances. lie has solved the difficult
problem of how to obtain men to
work On the plantations by bringing
natives from districts In the interior.
1t is his aim to put the colony on
such a financial basis that II shall
be self-sustaining and financially In.
dependent Of the home government.
Gov. Won GoetZen is popular with
the natives, whom he has endeayor
ed to treat humanely and fairly. He
hopes to establish a native council
somewhat ON the same principle al
that adopted by the British In India.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17
~PARTl-COLORED SHEEP.

In the Camaroon district of Africa
are thousands OF remarkable sheep,
and the Germans who have settled
there say that they are useful domes.
tic animals. There are two species,
one being black and white and the 9th
der white and yellowlsh brown, and
they all differ from the ordinary sheep
In the fact that they are covered with
short, smooth hair instead of will
wool. the rams being the only ones
among them which have a thick fleece
around the neck. A few Of these ami
mails were recently imported into Ger
many. and are now attracting much
attention there.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

plate are the only .necessaries, and
these are forged of a quality Of steel
which will resist the action of the
heat. The upper end of the post is
shouldered TO form n base on which
the plate can rest, while a steel pin
may be used TO lock the two together.
One side Of the plate is left solid, but
three sides have openings exactly sim.
liar to those Of n stove top, and lids
may be provided TO cover them. If the
cook desires TO hurry some particular
pot or cool off another. all that is nee.
essary is TO swing the top Of the stove
around OIL It's post to bring the pot
where the fame is hottest, or vice
versa. There IL no danger Of this stove
upsettlng, as the central post is driven
firmly in the ground before the fire is
started.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

We'll. bless me. If it amt young
Standish. Yes, It's me, JaDez Chand.
Ter, all right, but | didn't suppose you'd
remember me-
Remember you. DO you suppose
I'd forget the man who came TO my
fathers rescue and made it possible
for me to go through college? Forget
you? | should think not"
We'll. Mr.. Standish. your grand
father did me n turn In. the past, when
was a boy, that amt forgot yet.
and amt likely TO-"
Il looked you up as soon as | reach
ed Chicago. Mr.. Chandler, and found
You were In California"
Tie Old man smiled a little.
Standlsh beckoned to the coachman.
The man drove up alongside the curb
and standish. turning 10 the old man.
said: You're coming home 10 dinner
with me tonight. l won't take no for
an answer. You must meet my wife,
and standish fairly forced the old man
into the carriage.
They drove along In silence for n
few minutes, and then Jabez Chandler
said: I've kept track of you Mr..
%Standlsh. but ] guess you didn't know
it. There Is some things that even
you college fellows cant see through .
The old man had n queer expression
on his face rs he mounted The steps
Of the Banks mansion. arm In arm
with the younger man. Standlsh led
him Into the great room OF the hall.
The younger man was rs exuberant
as n schoolboy. Dorothy he called.
Dorothy
Dorothy came from a recess In a dim
corner OF the room Dorothy. I've
brought home the best friend. barring
my parents. | ever had in my life.
This IS Mr.. Chandler. dear"
Dorothy came forward, her face
showing white In the half light of the
room, and with a frightened look In
her eyes. Then the look fed, she went
forward. Grandpa" she said, and
held ont both hands. The old man
kissed her quickly with something OF
y~carnlng IN his look.
There was something stern in Stan,
dlsh's face. Dorothy" he said. why
did | not know thlsf'
Dorothy turned. and the old man
quickly left the room. you ought 10
have known, dear" she said. Il don't
know what to tell you. We thought
4 think | see II, but | don't believe
you thought Il. You told me something
once Of your mothers ideas OF birth
aud education and refinement. Thank
God. Dorothy those things don't make
L man forget his friends nor make him
ashamed of his relatives. | know
you're not ashamed. dear. I think |
know all about H." and he kissed her
softly.
standlsh turned from his wife and
wen straight to the room OF Mrs.
Banks. He was there about fifteen
minutes.
That night In a box at the opera an
old man In a business suit sat at the
very front by Tie side Of his daughter.
Two young people IN evening dress
and looking happy, sat Just behind. A
daughter Is n daughter. come what
viii. and there was actually n soft
light that night IN the eyes of Mrs.
Geraldine Banks. FOR that day her
mind had learned n lesson and her
heart had lost "A burden-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

White paper. without any detail.
does o represent Snow in a picture,
and contrast is generally heightened
b. the detail IN tr|ee-trGnks and other
objects IN the picture being lost in
solid black. Where such cases of IN
GegexpoSure occur. throw away the
negative and try again with double
the exposure. developing in a meta.-ay-
droklaone solution diluted with double
the quantity OF water and at a normal
temperature. - Camera and Dark
Room.
Hone Poriraiture-The usual de-
feets in portraits made eat Of doors
by the amateur are heavy shadows
under the eyes. nose and chin. These
are due 10 the excessive amount Of
lieAi coming directly from above. To
remedy them. rig mp some sort of a
screen a few feet above the sitter. and
also arrange n re1ector-Sueh as a
piece Of white card. or a board covered
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

The modesty of two great men Is pic
tured by James Bryce in his "Studies
in Contemporary Biography" Speak
ing Of Dante, Mr.. Gladstone once re
marked to the author, How strange ii
is TO think that these great souls
whose words are a beacon light to all
the generations that have come after
them should have had cares and ankle
ties to vex them In their daily life,
Just like the rest of us common NOR
tails" A few days before, Mr.. Bryce
heard Mr.. Darwin say. in dwelling
upon the pleasure a visit paid by Glad
stone had given him, And he talked
just as IL he had been an ordinary per
son like II OF ourselves"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17
OF INTEREST 10 IHt CAMPER.

Summer campers Will appreciate the
merits Of this neat arrangement, which
has been designed for their convent
enee by an Indiana woman. No one
wants to take a whole kitchen along
when camping out, and the simpler the
outfit the greater the enjoyment. but
this stove Is so easy to transport
that no one Will question its right TO a
place in the equipment. AS a glance
at the drawing viii show. the stove
has two main parts, though others can
be added II desired. The post and tn
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17
OLD HAvilAND INN TO BE
TURNED INTO A MUSEUM

For ECO years the old Haylland inn,
In Rye, Westchester County, New
York, made famous by the visits of
Washington, Lafayette, John Adams
and other fathers of the republic, has
escaped destruction, and now It is like
ly to be turned into a historical mu-
scum.
William Raymond, owner of the
property, was about to teal 1t down
and erect a business building on the
site, when John E. Parsons, William
II. Parsons and j. Ii. Whittemore,
their cousin, purchased the property
for $4,000.
The inn stands In the village square,
and dates back to 1871. when Peter
Brown presided over Its affairs. After
wards the widow Haviland came into
possession, and in Washington's let
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

with a white sheet-inclined on the
ground so as TO reflect light upward
on 10 the face. These measures viii
modify the shadows and give a much
more pleasing portrait. Another point
to be borne in mind is to use a de-
Yeloper Of moderate strength. II pyro-
soda is employed. the pyro should not
lie more than . grs. per ounce. With
many plates l gr. IS sufficient. Those
who use the ready-made developers
of which they do not know the conpo-
sltion. should add an equal bulk of
water.-E change.
Reduction Formula-Prof. Lainer
gives the following formula, by which
a very slowly proceeding reduction Of
the negative is obtained: Fixing soda
solution II. 100 Gem; iodide potns-
stun. ] gr. After an hour the reduc-
ton is perceptible. after eight TO ten
hours action even n dense fog will
disappear.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

Nearly seventeen thousand paintings
and sculptures were submitted to the
exhibition committee of the British
Royal Academy this year. Fifteen
thousand of them We're rejected. From
the days of Hlppocrates the Greek to
the days Of Longfellow the American.
men have told us that art is long and
life is short, so II is no wonder that
only a small percentage of painters
and sculptors have succeeded in doing
work good enough to get into the acad-
envy. Not every painter has the cour-
q of william Morris, who devoted
himself to designing wall papers and
to printing artistic books when he dis
covered that he was not a great crea-
tive artist. But the example of Morris
has led many young men and women
of taste to study Industrial art who
would otherwise have painted bad pic
lures.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

The Jewish race has never lacked
heroines. One of the latest to come to
public notice is a young woman whose
GOODNESS and courage helped to avert
n serious fire panic in Philadelphia.
She was present at a reception of a
Jewish society. which was held in an
upper story of a high building, and
wa playing the plano when fire was
discovered. Wise heads among the
guests spread the news quietly among
a few leaders, who gave orders to
leave the hall. Mrs. Stein, the plano
player, changed the air she was play
ing to a lively march, and kept her
post until the last of her associates
was safely out. She made her WI es-
cape Just before exit vas cut off by
flames.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

mer than he had
intended. lie knew
In n general way
who Mrs. Banks of
Chicago was, for
he had a bit OF law
business with n
Chicago client IN
which some OF the
Il K $ holdings
had figured. lie
didn't make any In
quiries Had he
m"omentarily felt
80 inclined a look
at Dorothy would
have checked him.
for she was sweet
and IN Q
enough 10 make UP
for n family skcle-
ton In every closet
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17
LIGHTING sWINoLE.
l. Being Worked in ohio by Smooth
Electrical Enkrr..

l. Being Worked i'm Ohio by Smooth
Electrical Takers.
\ new swlndle Il Is reported Is be-
ing worked on the rural population Of
Northern Ohio. 4 man bearing the
card Of mn electric lighting company.
supposed 10 be located IN New York
city. calls on the farmer. lie has a
small box bearing on the top a closed
lamp with Il frosted globe Of the e \
act appearance Of a large size mean.
descent electric Hight. The. turning Of
a button serves TO light the lamp.
which burns brilliantly. The solicitor
goes on to tell the farmer that his
company Is the proprietor Of a patent
electric light plant occupying a very
small space ard which they viii in.
sail at the small cost OF 50 per light.
The lighting Of the average sized farm
house will cost but lit @ az this rating
and the farmer Is only too wiling to
make the purchase. \ contract Is pro.
dueed and signed. This Is sealed up in
an envelope and left With the farmer
until another representative shall como
and install the plant. a few DAYS
Inter this man appears. The contract
Is produced ard read. To the farmers
surprise and CONSERVATION II calls for
$Gi per light. or curse n refusal to
have the plant Installed follows, the
agent threatens suit, and In order TO
avoid trouble the matter Is compro.
missed by the farmer giving his note
for 5000, which the agent takes to the
nearest town and sells. The light ex.
hiblted is an a~cetylene one. and a
clever substitution of contracts com
pletes the deception, at which so many
are biting, 1t is sald.-Electrical
World.
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

Dorothy Banks was delightfully."-
pretty. a|ristoeratic looking withal, and
as sweetly disposed toward humanity
in general as a girl possibly could be
whose mother was constantly remind
ing her Of her station In life and that
the hoi-pollol were interesting chiefly
at a distance.
Mrs. Banks wished her daughter to
marry, as she put II, a gentleman and
a nan Of lineage. Il want you TO mar
ry a 'Maynower' man II you can. Dor.
othy," she said. "A man whose ances-
try has been college bred for genera p
tons. But, of course. my dear, he
must be all right himself"
There came TO Rye Beach that sum
mer young Peabody standIsh Of Bos-
ton. lie was "Maylower' all right,
II Harvard man and one whose ances-
tors names had been borne on the rolls
Of that school ever since John Har-
Yards day. Now. Peabody standlsh
was a fine young fellow. athletic. hand
some and with a manner which New
England fogs and frosts had failed to
chill.
Peabody Standish and Dorothy
Banks met. The Boston man liked
the beauty and the breezlness Of the
western girl, and Dorothy, with never
"a thought of what her mother had said
about a%ristoeraey and Mayhower line
age, liked the eastern man for himself.
1t is perhaps needless to say that
Mrs. Banks looked on approyingly. She
took pains TO find out all about Pea.
body Standish. and the finding out
was satisfactory.
The young fellow from Boston lin
gered longer at Rye Beach that sum
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

posted travellers over night, many IA
nous Americans being among tn
guests.
The action of the Parsons family IN
saving the old landmark Is greatly mp.
preclated by residents in the district.
and 1t is said the place is to be filled
with relics and souvenirs connected
with Rye, since it was a parish OF
Great Britain in 1900.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

told me In conversation thai her
were probably fewer than 5000 Jews
and that the common estimate Of 81
ooo or ee.0oa vas exaggerated. but |
found later that his own printed tx
ures in an almanac which he published
reekoned the Jews Of jerusalem a S&=
coo The best Informed outsiders calm
that there arr II least 1900 Jewish
families in the city. which would sup
pert the larger estimate II Us figure
he correct then the Jews 81 Jerusalem
are more than twice As numerous as
all the other inhah,tantS-Maslzms aud
Chrisiians-camhinad
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

other often in the
later days, They
moved In different
social circles. Mrs.
Banks had a great
gray stone palace
within sound OF the
lashing lake wat.
ers, W j lie The
father preferred 10
live in something
little bigger than a
cottage on The
Southwest Side un-
der the very shad-
oW of the chlnneys
and within smell
ing range, SO "a
speak. OF the fac.
tory that had
brought him his
fortune.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

The population of jerusalem to-day
Is. | should suppose, double what 1t
was twelve years ago, the Increase be
Ing attributable entirely or almost en-
tirely to the influx of Jews, by far the
greater part of whom come from Rus
STA. 1t is somewhat difficult to ascer,
tain exactly what the population OF
the city or how large a part OF IL Is
Jewish. One OF the best informed ana
most reliable of the Jewish citizens
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

tiers mention is made of the very neat
and decent inn at Rye, at which he
stopped Oct. 10. 1889. The Rye people
gave Gen. Lafayette n great reception
in 1924. when he was touring from
Boston 10 New York, and the French
hero slept In the same room occupied
by Washington. For generations the
stage coaches from Boston and New
York stopped at the Rye inn and de
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17
Unluoky Little Charms.

Unlucky eharmsl The Parlslenhs
has an idea that when all else falls
these must bring her good fortune.
and so she collects these curious little
emblems with an eagerness not often
displayed. A round tablet OF gold on
which the number 10 Is largely mark
ed serves as one; a similar little plague
has n large eye upon 1t, assuredly nj
evil eye; a ~peacock's tail feather In
enamels; n little bunch Of bright green
ribbons; n tiny pair of crossed knives
suspended from a ring; a mirror charm.
cracked right across the eenter-all
these and many others are used worn
hanging on to a ring OF gold, says
Home Chat. BY day they are caught
In the corner of a handkerchief bag or
purse; at night. II not secreted In the
folds of a corsage. they will hang con.
splcuously in mlladi's boudolr.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

People should be taught TO train up
their girls to be domestics. In a few
years cooks and housemaids will be
ruling the land. We would not be
surprised to see a cook occupying the
Presidents chair at no far distant
date, and her cabinet will doubtless be
composed of housemaids and scullery
miniOnS.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17
Postal Money orlers.

The United States postoffice depart
ment In 1902 issued domestic none,
orders amounting to over $313.O DOC. O0L
and foreign amounting to nearly 500.
100000. The money sent abroad was
almost entirely remlttances to relative,
by immigrants.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17
oeRMANY's AFRICAN COLONY.
Work Being Done to Develop Re.
sources of the ouutr

Work Being Done to Develop Re-
sources of the Country.
Lady Curzon is not the only Ameri-
can woman whose husband rules over
a colonial empire, says the Berlin
correspondent of the New York Times.
A similar position is also held by the
Countess Won Goetzen. who is now in
Berlin with her husband Count FOL
Goetzen, the governor of German East
Africa.
The count, while In Berlin on a re-
cent leave of absence, talked In an
interesting manner OF the country Of
which he is governor.
German East Africa is double the
size of Germany" he said. land has n
population of 10000 o of which only
1000 are Europeans. The country is
very productive and rich In mineral
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17
Prs. GERALDINE BANKS,

mmRs. GERALDINE BANKS
lAYG widow, of Chicago, and her
0O2 daughter Dorothy were at Rye
Beach. Mrs. Banks had enough money
something ike three mlllions-to
make her last name eminently fitting.
Her father, who had made Il fortune
In transforming rank Chicago fat into
delicate French soap, had given her
he millions outright Mt her marriage
with John Banks. now deceased.
Father and daughter didn't see each
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-17

1t may not add to King Peters com
fort when he reflects that the same
element that so tragically separated
King Alexander from the crown has
placed 1t upon the head of the new
monarch.