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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

There is much interest in Iowa over
the question of race suicide, because
of the recent array Of suicidal stats
ties with which the State has been fur
nished. The superintendent Of schools
for Polk County has published q 70
port which shows that there has been
q falling off in the school population
OF Des Moines. This was followed by
a report from the State Board Of
Health which indicated that while
there was an increase of marriages
there was a decrease of births, and
finally the State superintendent Of
pahlic instruction has taken part In
tie grewsome revelations by produc-
Ing figures which would seem 10 prove
that the school population Of the en-
tire State has decreased by 46,3Sa
since 1900. The last-named official,
however. is in a dubious frame of
mind. After referring to the theory
that the higher the degree Of intel
llgcnce of any people the smaller the
families" and pointing with pride to
the large percentage of llteracy in
Iowa, which may be taken In connec-
ton with the decrease of population to
illustrate the truth OF the theory, he
adds: But | am not convinced that
more painstaklng work by the federal
or school census enumerators will not
completely disprove the theory so far
as this State Is concerned Possibly
the work is inaccurate, but the cOndl-
tons which are noted are not peculiar
to Iowa. \ writer for The Nineteenth
Century who made a study of our cen
sls reports some time since declared
that the population of the United
States would decline II it were not for
immigration. He cited figures to prove
that both in the East and in the West
growth came from foreign additions
According to the census of 1900 the
population of Massachusetts was g.
S35,3I6, of which 1.743,710 were for
eign born" Again: The population
Of Illinois is I,S21,550. OF these 960,
74I are foreign born and 1,49S,473 OF
foreign parentage.' And general,
speaking from 1850 onwards the for
eign birth rate has gained on The
American birth rate" 1t would appear
then that the tendency of the country
is Enthusiastically toward small fami
| lies, but it is by no means provet
that this Is what the writer calls it
"the weak spot in the republic Tha
is another question, and there is :
wide difference of opinion over til,
general proposition that large familie,
are desirable.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
A Mistake,

''If you only knew it," said the pa
iron to the cigar man, that wooden
Indian is mistake
How so?'
"Why, it indicates that you cater to
the Indian trade, and any old plug to-
bacco will satisfy an Indian. Why
don't you put out sign that will
catch the discriminating smoker?"
I've thought of that" replied the
cigar man. Il thought of putting the
figure of real swell out there, but
The fashions change so fast that he
wouldn't be swell more than two
weeks. That's where the Indian has
an advantage as sign."-Chicago
Post
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

It dawneo upon me 1t was none of
these. 1t was simple idleness.' No
doubt he has hit the bullseye of truth
The mind that is not occupied with
useful employment viii go to the pal
just as garden not cultivated VIII
crow ND in weeds. In the reformatory
at jefferson, Ind. census taken %
the last 800 prisoners who entered tue
institution showed that 406 had no
trades, G6 were illiterate. Pol had no,
reached the third grade of the pub
lie schools and 252 were out of en'-
ployment at the time the crime was
committed. The daily grind In any
court of crime is but continued story
of idleness-not wanton idieness, Dul
a lack of knowledge Of how to pro-
duce something. When the habit OF
idleness Is once acquired. means are
found. legitimate or otherwise. to pur-
sue 1t. Its followers take what they
have not earned; they have nothing
healthy 10 think about. no wholesome
aspirations. no good incentives, and
petty tDlUSS are lOuHu oAti hANh ~
quarrel and unnatural things secure
tho retention of the mind. 1t Is labor
which SETS us in right relations TO our
fellows. 1t is labor which fits US into
our niche in life 1t Is labor which
brings us into real sympathy with the
spirit of humankind. Labor Is at once
the mainsail and the compass In the
voyage of life. Labor is as necessary
to healthy morals as it is 10 healthy
mind. 1t gives us moral perspective
while propelling us onward and up
ward Labor is the best moral and
mental tonic that there is 1t deyel-
ops, strengthens and contents. 1t
stimulates purpose and generates hope.
1t puts the powers and qualities of
man TO their intended use and makes
him part Of universal harmony. La
Dor is life. Idleness Is death.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
LOST IN AN OLD WORKING
Missouri Miner Nearly Meets Death In
An Abandoned Mine.

An ADtuuOneu
For Ave days recently Tom Morrow,
miner Of Joplin, NO., was lost In
some disused chambers of an abandon.
ed mine. He was crazy when he found
his way out and his black hair had
turned gray. Morrow is miner with
eccentricities, and a month ago he told
his wife he believed he could go under
the city Of Joplin by following the
drifts Of abandoned shafts. She
thought it wild dream of his and
paid no attention. but when he disap.
peared with the family lantern she
knew that he was carrying out the
idea suggested some time before. When
he had been absent a day or two she
became alarmed and his friends were
Informed OF his disappearance. They
were not anxious to enter the under.
ground path themselves and took no
steps to find him, but waited for his
return.
Though a maniac when found, Nor.
rows reason is returning, and he has
some recollection of what occurred. 1t
seems that during the early part of his
journey he suddenly came upon a body
of men working. They did not see him
and lie beat retreat. At another time
he came to a shaft that descended
from the drift in which he was walk
ing. Although he was already many
feet beneath the surface of the earth
he descended still further into the
ground.
1t was after going down into these
deep drifts that he completely lost
his bearings. In vain he searched for
the shaft through which he had en-
tered the deep passageways. He failed
to find an outlet to any of the drifts.
All of them ended abruptly in walls of
dirt and stone. How he ever escaped
from this underground tomb he does
not remember. 1t was while in these
passageways that his lantern failed
him. For four days he told the time
by striking matches and holding them
near the face of his watch. Then the
matches gave out and he lost all reck.
oning Of time.
1t battles his wife and friends to
know how he effected his escape from
the underground prison. They think
that perhaps after he had become de.
ranged an instinct came to him which
directed him in the right course.
Morrow thinks that he covered dis.
lance Of many miles. He came out of
q cave a mile from the oDeniny through
which he entered.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
ARTlc LITERARY PILGRIMS.
Danish Expedition In Greenland Meets
with important Success.

with Important Success.
An expedition left Copenhagen for
Greenland in July, 1902. Its purpose
was not especially exploration, the IN
tention being rather to collect good ma
terial of all kinds for a general descrip-
ton of the island and its people. 1t
was called in Denmark the Danish lit
erary Greenland expedition.
Perhaps the word literary" has not
been applied before to company or
geographic travellers. The Germans
/ have not quite made out the name,
and so have dubbed the party the so
called literary Greenland expedition
In spite of its name. the party has
done very creditable work and already
carried out the greater part of its pro-
gram. Arriving at Godthaab near the
end of the summer of 1902, it Went by
boat to Jakobshavn, on the neighbour
i-g mainland. and established winter
quarters there.
In February the expedition started
Just as the SUN appeared above the
southern hills. for Upernivk, the most
land. Then a genuine piece of cxplora
ton was mostly successfully carried
out.
March "a Erichsen, Knud, Rasmus-
sen, an educated Dane who was born
In Greenland and is perfect master
of the Eskimo language, and Harold
Moltke, the artist, started along the
coast to follow it TO Cape York, the
southern limit of the habitat of the
Smith Sound Highlanders. The news
that the party skirted the whole coast
from Upernivik to Cape York shows
that 1t accomplished piece Of explo-
ration which has several times been
attempted, but has never before been
achieved.
One of the Peary expeditions sue
ceeded In surveying the northern half
of the wide indentation of Melville
Bay south of Cape York but the entire
coastline of this famous bay had never
been revealed. So mapmakers have not
been able to place on their maps OF
Greenland the outline of this part OF
the western coast. In completing this
survey the literary fellows from Den
mark have made distinct contribu-
ton to the mapping of arctic regions.
The physician, DR.. Bertelson. who
was with the party to study the dis
eases of Greenland ard the influence OF
the dark period Of the year upon the
quality of the blood corpuscles. COM
pleted his investigations, and then de-
sired to reach the east coast and to
make similar studies among the 800
Eskimos on that side of the island
The doctor was only about 2oO miles
from them, but he was compelled to
| take n very circuitous route to reach
them, and he will not arrive at Ang-
magsalik colonoy until next summer
In August last he returned to Copen-
hagen on the steamer Godthaab, and
next spring he will go on the steamer
to Angmagsalik.
This party is not a government expe-
dition, but was sent out at the eX-
pense Of various societies and private
individuals The last result of the ex-
petition will be book which, 1t IS ex-
pected, will be both good reading and
scientifically accurate. 1t will include
researches in several departments Of
science and also the first complete map
of the west coast of Gre enland.--New
York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

No interest in the country has a
brighter outlook than that of agricul-
ture. 1t is only within the last twenty
years that farming has been conducted
upon anything like scientific basis.
Formerly the squatter on the plains
worked his land with no conception of
the proper rotation Of crops or of the
replenishment of the hidden springs
of production; now, by the aid of agri-
cultural colleges in nearly every State
in the Union, by the cooperation of
the efficient department Of agricul-
ture at Washington and the application
of modern farm machinery, the farmer
is enabled to double his gains from the
soil.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
he Wooden Indian,

Behold the wooden Indian,
Who stands outside the door,
And guards. with frown and Ratchet
The old tobacco store.
He never beat grocery bill,
He never told lie, =
He never took n longing look
At bourbon, fizz, or rye.
Behold the wooden Indian
A mass of oak and paint;
He never made crooked move,
In faith, lie is saint.
He never bought stack of chips
And sat into game; -4
He never rushed a chorus girl,
Or tiirted with dame.
Behold the wooden Indian, i
Who, on the other hand.
Was never known to help the poor
That fill our glorious land;
Who never heard the piteous cry
OF him who starved alone
Who never gave hungry dog
So much as one small bone.
Behold the wooden Indian
land clay is much like wood,
Who never did bit of harm,
Nor yet bit of good.
His family is not extinct
In fact, one often meets
A lot of wooden Indians
A-walking oil the streets.
milwaukee Sentinel.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

Speed Is likely to be the grea test
discovery of the twentieth century.
Indeed, motion especially adapted to
transportation seems to be our great
est aim. We still remember the thrill
with which we heard of the sixty-mile-
an-hour train. 1t was nothing short
Of wonderful. Then came seventy
miles and ninety miles. Early this
year mono-ra railroad between Man
chester and Liverpool, England, put
the record UP to 40 miles an hour.
We had hardly become accustomed to
this. hardly passed the stage Of re-
garding it as a freak, when from Ger
many came the news that on the
Marienfeld-Zossen military road an
electric car made a speed Of over 1875
miles an hour. The news came with
the statement that even higher rec
ords were expected, an expectation that
was realized a few days later in the
highest record yet Obtained-130 rs
miles an hour.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
Flaxseed and Mustard.

What jolly thing cold is when you
get it good and hard!
How it cheers the dropping spirits of the
energetic bard.
Hear the cheerful way he sneezes.
How he pleases with his wheezes,
And his treasured nose he squeezcs
While he ruhs his chest with lard.
While the trtistiest of nurses by his
verses never clustered
Makes a poultice, like II custard,
Or the faxseed and the mustard.
What jolly thing cold is with the
poultice in its place.
When your heart is filled with gladness
and the sweat runs down your
face!
Does the patient do some cussing
At the fussing and the mu>sing?
Nay. He's lcarnedly discussing
The improvement of the race.
Never yelled and never clustered
When lie felt that singing custard
Made of flaxseed and OF mustard. .
What jolly thing cold is. Oh, the
liar that | ann
Am | gently philosophical and gentle as
lamb?
No. I'm not. I'm Hercely cranky
Al this measly hanky-panky.
VIII take that stuff? No. thankee!
lis n snare, delusion! sham.
Hang the doctors and the nurses!
Let the druggists hear my curses!
On their shelves permit to spoil t,.
Soma. salts, and castor oil.
Please to let NE, carin' notiln',
Go a-coughin' to my coffin.
With my holy wrapped in worsted.
And poultice, like custard,
Made of iiaXseed and Of mustard
--l'ittshurg Dispatch.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
HORSE CARS ARE PASSING.
Nearly Half of Those Sill in Use a
n l.

Nearly Half of Thns, Sill in Use Arc
in New York City.
The growing use of automobiles and
electric railways is fast displacinS the
horse and yet in some of the largest
cities OF this country cars drawn by
horses and mules are encountered ON
some OF the most prominent streets
Especially is this true in New York
City, where can be found nearly one
half the horse cars now in use in the
entire United States
1t is hard for the stranger entering
the metropolis and expecting to find
everything, even the street car facili-
ties, strictly up to date, to believe that
several of the most important street
railway lines in that city use horses
for the motor power until they en-
counter a real horse car on one of the
uptown or crosstown routes.
According to the latest reports,
there are about $4,000 miles of street
railways in this country. OF these
800 miles use horse or mule cars, the
balance electricity or cable power OF
these 259 miles of horse cars, 116 miles
are found in the Empire State, and
the greater part of that in New York
City. In California there are forty
two miles, in Kansas twenty-five miles
and the remaining eighty miles are TO
be found principally in the South and
West.
Boston is another city where horse
cars were In use to limited extent
until very recently, and the line that
was longest in operation stretched out
for a mile or 50 In the Back Bay dis
trict, whose residents were obliged to
ride in oldfashioned and badly lighted
cars, while their less opulent friends
of other sections of the city were given
trolley cars to ride in.
In the South, especially In Charles
ton, Atlanta and New Orleans, relics
of bygone years in the shape of bob
tailed horse cars are still to be found.
They may be called horse cars, but
mules instead of horse flesh are used
In drawing them-horses are too valu-
able and too highly thought Of to be
put to such base use as drawing
horse cars.-New Haven Register.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

King Edward made fresh NANTES
tation Of his tact and kindness recent
~ by sending a letter inquiring as to
the condition OF a member of Parlia.
ment who had undergone an opera
ton for appendicitis. The king said
that as he had been subjected 10 Sc
we're operation for the same malady,
he had fellow feeling for all who had
to endure similar suffering. His act
was the more noteworthy from the fact
that the member is prominent repre-
sentative of party which does not
aristocracy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

There is far more than mere senti-
ment in that good old adago that
Satan finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do" Illustration is found
In the case of Gustav Marx, the young
Chicago desperado, whose gang has
put eight murders and innumerable
robberies to its credit In the last six
months II was just wondering"
Marx said in Jail, whether I was the
victim Of criminal mind. inbred, or
whether sheer recklessness was re-
sponsible for my lawlessness. Then
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
GREAT NAMES IN CONGRESS.
Men Whose Patronymics Mark me"
for other Mems Notice.

We cannot depend on the House OF
representatives of the United States
Congress for great deal, but we can
always trust 1t to supply Il roll can
that is interesting and diYeitllg reau'
lng-until it becomes an old story, says
fine New York Mail and Express. why
Is IT that men of picturesque ana even
remarkable cognomens tend 10 drlt'
into Congress, especially III the South
and West? is it that the very nature
of their names seems to deyolVe upon
them the duty to render these names
illustrious? Perhaps it is.
The E'ifty-eighth Congress Is no ex-
ception TO the rule. There are men
here whose names ought to have made
Them famous even If they had never
gone to Congress or done anything else
Not to s>.eak of Prince Cupid kalania-
naolc of Honolulu, whose name may De
the Hawaiian Smith for all we know,
we have on this new roll of our coun-
try's fame the priceless name of the
Hon. Swanger Sherley of Kentucky
that of Hon. Phanor Brazeale OF LOUIS
lana and that of Hon. Justin ID. bow
ersocll of Kansas. The Hon. Jefferson
Brick is now absent from the councils
of the nation, but the family Is ably
represented by the Hon. Abraham
Brick of Indiana.
There are others. Let us pick out
few patronymic gems at random:
Thetus w. Sims, Tennessee.
Parish Carter Tate, Georgia,
Ollie James, Kentucky
Halvor STEVENSON, Minnesota.
Champ Clark, Missouri.
Jack Beall, Texas.
Carter Glass, Virginia.
Arsene P. Pujo, Louisiana.
The names of Pou, Shook, Moon.
Dick, Crumpacker, Mudd, Skies, Shull,
Snapp, Gooch, Licernash, Kluttz, Sho-
Der and Spight continue TO decorate
the roll. They surely were not born to
die. But why, may we ask, is the
name of BIRD" SO popular among poll
hcians? The present House has on its
list Adam Byrd Of Mississippi and II.
Burd Cassell of Pennsylvania, and
have we not our own Bird S. Coler
and Asa Bird Gardiner always with
us?
Many congressional surname of de-
cided commonplaceness Is relieved
from that fate by the given name
That of the Hon. Choice b. Randell Of
Texas is an instance, the Hon. Nespa-
sian Warner another and the Hon
Ariosto Wiley another. But for the
most part the Congressman were con-
demned by their parents to bear the
plain names of John. James, William,
Joseph and so on. These parents fail
ed to realize that If a man couldn't
get his name into the megaphone of
fame in any other way it might be
done for him with quaint curious
and mouth-fllling baptismal designa-
tiOn.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
Keen ReDartoe.

Mistah Decentralization yo' grind
in dat razor so shahp fob, Mistah John
sing?
Mistah JOhnsing-Ahs gwine to
watermellion PATTY tonight an dey do
say dat de toasts an repartee gwine
be mighty shahp an skintilIatin', sab.
San Francisco Bulletin.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
A CnWfnl.

TWO little girls We're engaged in an
animated discussion as to the merits
Of their respective homes.
wen, any way" said one little
maiden in Il triumphant tone. "vo,,
may nave more bedrooms than we
have, but we have more cream than
you do. We have enough for our CO.
real every single morning"
"Poh.' said the other, that's ne.;,-
ing. We own Il Jeriey COW. and we.
get whole cowfu' of cream twice
every day"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

According to the internal revenue
report there are no less than 6,423
cigar factories and 517 cigarette fac
tories In this country and they turned
out last year 6.7S7, 45S,10S cigars and
1888, SS3,30 cigarettes for domestic
consumption. OF course these figures
in pipes, as well as of imported cigars
and cigarettes. Are we smoking too
much? These statistics seem to point
that WAY
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
Method In His Madness.

Peckem-I say, old man, why in the
world do you wear such a disreputa,
Dle-looking hat?
Enpeck-Because my wife has EN-.
)hatically declared that she will not
,e seen on the street with me unless
get new one. See?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
Uncle Sans Women Emnloves

The largest number Of women en-
ployes in any line of work are in the
United States POstoffice Department.
More than One-third Of them are past
middle age and some are past 20. They
FIJI all kinds Of positions, even many
of the rural free delivery routes being
filled by them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

"They say" remarked the young
girl, that sensible business man is
apt to act foolish when in love-"
Yes, that's right" replied the elder.
ly matron. "A man will make a per.
feet idiot of himself over his wife so
long as she doesn't ask him for
money"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

Announcement is made of the fac.
that the Standard Oil Company T. go
ing TO open up for business in Rou-
mania. Neither Russia nor Turkey
may expect hereafter to get posses
sion of that country
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

The dissertation of Sunday by the
pursuit Of secular labor common TO
the grind Of the other six days in the
week is n sin, not only against the
command of him who prescribed its
observance in refraining from work
but it involves the sin of self slaughter,
only differing in degree from the sud
den, violent death that we name sui
eide.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

With SO many Engllsh-speaking peo-
pie studying Spanish. and SO many
Spanish-speaklns people studying Eng
fish, a compromise may be looked for
that will present weird opportunities
for the dialect writer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
In Kansas,

We found the native taking great
strides toward the cyclone cellar.
"Why are you going in there?" we
asked.
"My wife is coming!" he gasped
"She isn't cyclone"
Isn't She now? You don't know
my wife"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
An Impossible Situation.

Flipper-Why does he object to his
wife going out alone in her motor car?
Flapper-Because he can't see how
one unmanageable thing can manage
another-Modern Society
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

In Wales there are 100000 people
who cant speak English. But that's
nothing. In London alone there are
100000 people who can't speak Eng
l!sh ''as she should be spoke
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18

John d. Rockefeller is said to be
disappointed because his new grand
child is girl. Probably he is afraid
she will grow UP to write magazine
articles about the Standard OIL Com.
pany.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-18
Fine Tax DOtlyer.

German imperial authorities have
secured fine of S12,5 800 from the heirs
of a German manufacturer on the
ground of his having understated H.
income and so paid too low Il tax dur
ing several years of his lifetime.