The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-14
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Short tories
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

4 statement was printed Ill me o.
)si.a Capital that William Allen White,
editor of the Empoiia Gazette, wore
4. plug hat at the dinner given to
President Roosevelt in Topeka. Soon
alter Mr.. White returned to Enporia
he seat this dispatch to the Capital:
Deny story that l wore plug hat.
Moo forming around office. Sheriff re-
fuses protection. Wife consulting an
attorney, seeking divorce. Printers
threatening strike
At recent meeting of the London
Authors club. Canon Teignmouth
Shore spoke of having met James Rus
sell Lowell shortly after that gentle
man had gone as minister to England.
That distinguished man was cogita-
ding over his first public utterance
~ this country, and wondering to what
laugth he should speak. He had
thought of speaking for about forty
minutes. He had asked a countryman
of his what his view was, and had
received this answer: We'll, Mr..
Lowell, my advice to you is that If
you find. after you have been speaking
two minutes you have not struck oil.
you had better give up boring
Early one morning recently, before
inspecting some regiments on the
manocuyring ground. the present
"Moltke" of the German army, Count
Haeseler, went into the regimental
canteen and asked for five cents worth
of bread and sausage, such as Is sup
piled TO the ordinary soldier. The man
in charge thought he would do him
self good turn by handing the general
an extra large piece of either luxury.
Later III the morning, when halt had
soldiers to produce the rations supplied
by the canteen for five cents. Nat
urally those shown were not of such
satisfactory dimensions as had been
sold to the chief He said, quietly:
Take your rations back to the can
Haeseler commands him TO give each
Of you as large a portion as he had
himself for the same money. My five
cents is not worth more than yours"
Kingman Leader-Courier Of the trou-
bles of young married couple from
Pratt County, Kan. They had gone to
Kingman to be married, and INTENDED
to go East on a wedding trip. After
they had entered the train, the hus-
at tnI hi,
train went off and left him. His bride
had neither money nor tickets. She
was frantic, but some of the passen-
gers sought 10 console her. At the
first station she got off. 1t was night,
but she managed to find farmer
who agreed to carry her back to King
man In his wagon. They arrived so
late in the night that all the hotels
and other places were closed, but the
farmer managed to find refuge for the
bride at the home of a family. In the
meantime, the husband had learned
that there would be no train out of
Kingman the next day, which was
Sunday. He wired to Hutchinson that
he was coming by buggy, but his wife
was not at Hutchinson to receive the
telegram. He made long drive to
Hutchinson, but found no one there
who knew anything about the lost
bride. BY Sunday, however, an ex-
change of kilograms was managed and
on Monday the husband came back to
Kingman. He was met at the depot
by his grief-strlcken wife" says the
Leader Courier. Hand in hand they
wendell their way up town and partook
of the first square meal since noon the.
Saturday before"