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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28
Poor Mother!

The scientific housewife, says Mary
Moulton Smith, will see that the mem
bers of her family receive the various
elements OF food in their proper pro
portion.
Before breakfast has been pre-
pared" she concludes, cor after it has
been served and eaten, the housewife
should add up the different amounts
Of proteid, fat and carbohydrate found
In the foods. In the evening you can
find out whether you have taken too
much of one kind of food, or not
enough of another"
The Chicago Tribune comments on
this advice by dropping into poetry;
Mothers slow at figures, but she always
has to count
The proteids, to see that we secure the
right amount
She keeps n pad of paper and pencil
near the sink.
And estimates our yictuals. all tie things
we eat or drink.
She lists our carbohydrates and scribbes
down the fat,
And our specific gravi;y-she always
watches that.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28
pOSJCfflCES OF THE WORLD.
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1t takes an actual comparison of the
figures TO give an adequate conccp-
ton of the vastly greater benefits the
United States derives from modern
postal facilities than other countries.
For instance, according to the statis-
ties of the international postal union
there are $4,000 postoffices in the
United States, while Germany, second
in the list, has only 45.623, with other
countries following like this: Great
Britain, 22,400: France, 1000; Italy,
5000; Austria, 1000; Russia, 6,200;
Hungary, 5000; Japan, 1900; Switzer-
land, 3,7OO; Sweden, $500; Spain, 5000,
and Bulgaria. 1000.
Germany exceeds the United States
in the number of public letter boxes,
having 123,0oS TO our $4,000. with
France $1,000. Great Britain $1,000,
and the others trailing behind. In the
United States there are 226,S25 en-
ployes. while Germany has 233, 1I6;
Great Britain, 10000; France, 1900;
Russia. $1,000; Japan, $4,000; Austria,
10000, and Italy $4,000. Thus it will
be seen that in postal facilities Ger
many is the only nation that Is in our
class.
A surprising feature of the statistics
is the showing made by British India
which would not ordinarily be consid.
cred a rival of the Western nations in
a postal way. However, British In
dia is credited with 1900 postoffice
470OO public letter boxes. and $1,000
emp]oyeS.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28
Turkish Gcnilc1uan.

Among the Turkish men, rs every
one knows. the transformation Of the
exclusive oriental into the accomplish
ed European is already become the uni
versal pattern of Turkish gentleman.
Whatever his party. whether lie belong
to the old or the young Turkey party,
the Turk of any pretcnsion to style or
10 social state clothes himself in GER
tain of the European modes Of thought,
rs he does, sartorially, in European
less
Whatever the laws governing the
standard of manners in Turkish life
may be their results prove them to be
beyond criticism. The Turk has not
only perfect manners. but he also has
this popularity among other eastern
nations however lowly his birth, once
he has arrived" he is transformed
into an aristocrat of deeply inrooted
conservative tendencies, who yet pre-
sents, outwardly, most engaging,
sympathetic Elasticity. Those whose
lineage has ancestral distinction reveal
most engaging social equipment.
whenever / want to talk to man
who understands everything turn to
b Bey' said beautiful woman
recently to me in Rome. "He is as
clever as Frenchman, as versatile as
our American men, and he has the
sympathetic quality Of a woman
Century.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

The college youths who haze are be-
hind the times. HaZing does not give
way before advancing civilization, for
the reason, perhaps, that the hazers
are always youths who have not yet
Ca ght up with the procession" AT
Yale there was use Of red pepper by
the haze1s, it is stated, and mock
lynching, with other violent proceed
ings, which endangered life and
health. Academic hoodlums' is the
term a contemporary applies to the
Yale sophomores, and 1t is not far
wrong, since the doings at Yale, If cor
rectly reported, were not such as gen
tlemen Of sound mind would engage
In. College becomes terror to par
ents II feather-braine sophomores
may do what they please to freshmen.
At other institutions, rough and I'M
mannerly prosecutions were in evil
dence HaZing is forbidden at most
institutions, but the trouble is that the
prohibitions are too often understood
to be Pickwickian.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

The Paris police have prepared Il
picture book for the use of travellers
who lose things which, because of un-
cannot describe. 1t contains represen
tntions of all kinds Of articles, from
keys to purses, and the inquirer, after
missing valuables, has only TO turn the
leaves ard point at the picture that
most resembles his property. But the
nately 1t cannot picture temper,
which is the article now most fire.
quently lost by visitors to "A foreign
city who do not know the language of
the country.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28
Census Work In EurOne.

To the American observer of Euro
pean census methods, one Of the most
striking characteristics is the decen-
traization of census work. In the
United States the census Is completely
centralized; every person engaged in
the work acts as an officer or employee
Of the federal government and all ex-
penditures for census purposes are
made from the United States treasury.
In most countries of continental Eu-
rope, ON the contrary, both the labor
and the expense Of collecting the orig
inal census data devolye upon the mu-
inequalities, townships or communes.-
Century.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28
OLD BIRDS HELP YOUNG.
Some Characteristics About The ir H a b
its Noted by an Ornithologist.

Some Characteristics About Their Ii abb
its Noted by an Ornithologist.
As the years 90 by l am more and
more impressed by the close relations
between bird ways and human ways,
says a writer in Forest and Stream.
Courtship and marriage are as variable
and interesting as in the human fam
lily, but there Is no divorce in the bird
family. Once mated is mated for life.
The male birds return from the south
about week before the females and
young. The old females assist the
young females in selecting nesting
sites, which usually are In the imme-
date locality of the mothers nest.
The mother looks after the welfare
of her year-old daughters; in this way
family ties are maintained. l see this
trait in many birds that visit my cabin,
such as catbirds, woodthrushes, veer-
les, ovenblrds, robins, towbee bunt-
ings, chestnut-sided warblers, black
throated warblers, redstarts, chicka-
dees, and song sparrows 1t proves
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

that blood is thicker than water in
the bird family as we'll as linz the. ,hu-
man family. 1 have seen mother birds
assist In nest-building in several ill.,
stances. Years ago l saw this trait In
the caves swallow. The young birds
would begin nest on the plain clap
boards, which would fall before. it was
half built The old birds took a hand
and induced the young birds to select
more secure spot. have known the
OLD bird to use force to keep n foolish
youngster from dangerous nesting
site
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

The late Max O'Rell. In speaking Of
our schools and school children, said
that they were the most III bred in the
world. and wondered whether the fault
in training, or the lack OF It, lay in the
home or in the school. Hopkinson
Smith quite agrees with the sentiment
Of the French writer. and John Bris-
bane Walker insists that the schools
and colleges should impart a pleasing
voice and address, the art Of CONVEX
sation, charm of manner and expert
ness in the care of the person and in
the command of II as to dress. posture
and carriage" That Max O'Rell's
statement is TO some extent true, must
be admitted, but only TO a degree, but
the eminent John Brisbane Walker ex-
poets entirely too much when he thinks
the school work of a teacher should
include regular lessons in polite de-
pertinent. The school population of
the United States is made up OF the
most cosmopolitan mixture in the
world Every nation on the face of
the globe is represented, either by a
newly landed child or the descendant
Of an earlier conner. The little girl,
looking Ike a freshly plucked rose, so
sweet and dainty is she in her pretty
lawn frock, and wide ribbons. coming
from a home where refinement and in
telllgence are the hall marks of the
family, sits beside with the dark-eyed.
dark skinned, unkempt little foreign
| er whose home is room wherein ey-
erv department OF household affairs is
| conducted. from eating to sleeping. and
whose clothes-heayen save the name
are sewn on her TO save the trouble
/ Of dressing and undressing. The natty
/ boy, with his spotless shirt waist and
| carefully tied tie, hobnobs with the
| street urchin, whose one idea in life is
/ 10 know Just enough to embark in
| some business by which he can make
| money In the quickest possible man
ner. The first boy sits at the dinner
/ table, his every move made under the
/ watchful eye OF a careful mother who
knows just what her training will
| mean to that boy, when society claims
| him for its own. The second lad eats
a 3 he can. whatever he can grab. Ant
/ yet a teacher is expected to take these
two girls, these two boys. Numerically
/ opposite TO each other in every thing
and impart 10 them charm of manner
| and experiences in the care of the per
| son" II would be n task simply hercu
lean in its scope. Every school child
! no matter from where lie comes, is in
sensiby subject TO the restraining in
, iluence Of school life. .Nteacher wh'
is firm. quiet and gentle exerts ;
charm Of manner over her most IN
ruly pupil. not because it is in her linz
Of duty. but because her own scothln!
personality makes itself felt, withou
the slightest Intention on her part. Blu
for IL teacher TO be expected to d
what is either carelessly or negligent.
omitted at home is expecting more
much more, than she can or should b
called upon to do. in the limited tim
given her for the expansion of the in
mature minds mnlitted-sometime
wholy-to her care.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28
Ior, Boos lesrnlnc 4, 20, al o. edu,

tjors Boob learning 70 not al o. edu
cation. Contact Of personalities is an
essential feature Of practical teaching
The boy who rubs against other boys
IN school and on playground learns
some important lessons. He learns
there are others He gets his rough
corners rubbed off. He is in a fnlnia
ture world. He learns not books only,
but human nature. He gets what We
call experience. And he learns 10 bear
himself as self-respecting but law
observing citizen Of the school repub-
lie. The boy who Is sent TO private
school or to tutor lacks these things.
The public school is also a great teach
er OF democracy. President Roosevelts
boy sits side by side with the hod-car-
rier's boy. That's as good for Roose-
velt's boy as for the Northumberland
especially good for the government Of
the people.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28
Eyesi0ht of FIAhes.

In the water fishes see only at very
close range-about half their own
length. This will seem perhaps unlike
ly to anglers, although some of them
can cite instances showing that fish
cannot see far. Snakes seem to have
Il very mediocre sense of sight. The
boa, for example, does not see at more
than quarter or a third Of its own
length; different species are limited to
one-fifth or one-eighth of their length.
Frogs are better off, they see at fif-
teen to twenty times their lcngth.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

President Roosevelt set good exam
pie to parents by placing his boys in
the public school at Washington. He
could pay the little red schoolhouse"
no higher compliment. He demon
stra ties hts faith In our public school
system. And his Endorsement comes
at time when the free school system
is under the fire of severe criticism.
Its critics say the public school teaches
too many fads-that its education does
not educate, etc. Our school system is
not what 1t ought to be. 1t Is not what
it will be some day. But with all lis
faults It Is the best educational syst III
OF its kind the world has had. ana Ii
N especially adapted to cur lnsiitu-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

Idle" is not the word 10 describe
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria.
He is general in the German army.
BY profession he is Il surgeon. During
the past summer he has been playing
first violin in the orchestra Of the
Munich Opera House. He attended
his clinic before going to rehearsals
for the Wagner performances There
are more princes usefully occupied
than cynics may be willing to admit
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28
Too Generous.

Lady member of the advanced brig
ade-l cannot understand why YOU
men seem to prefer the silly, foolish.
insane women, who have not two
thoughts in their empty heads. If 1
were man should select n girl with
a mind Of her own. 81 49,.
Male Outsider-The worst of that
sort of woman is that she Is always
so fond of giving pieces of it away
Spare Moments.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

Tile New York Mail and Express
wants to change the nickname Of New
York to "Buckwheat State" Michi-
gan will step into line with the de-
mand TO be known as tie Heath
Food State" while kentucky's choice
will be The Eye Opener State" But
New York is just as much entitled to
be. known as the home of the buck
w heat as Vermont is to the reputation
of being maple strip center.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

1t has become evident that the mob
cies Of the times, and it appears to be
increasing in intensity from day to
day. There Is now very general
recognition of the fact that prompt
and vigorous measures must be taken
TO quell this rising of the mob spirit
II the majesty and justice Of the law
are to be maintained.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28
Avoiding Unhealthy Thoughts.

Munger-What do you think Of that
story about wealthy society woman
falling in love with her coachman and
trying TO poison her husband?
Stancher-I don't think of it. ]
think Of something more agreeable.
christian Scientist; chg"
@No; simply healthy; minded. Kan
Sas City Journal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

Tumut has been chosen as the new
ca pital OF the Australian federation.
BY the insertion Of an ''p' this may be
changed at any time to meet possible
contingencies.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

Payne, an examiner at Cambridge
University, whose questions were al.
ways of peculiarly exasperating ma.
ture, once asked student at a special
examination to give a definition Of
happiness"
AN exemption from Payne" was
the reply.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

The Supreme Court Of Nebraska
holds that dogs are competent witness
es. even though they cannot be sworn.
And some human beings are incompe-
tent, no matter how many oaths they
4uLa
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

General Miles Is reported to be rap
Idly getting rich through his invest
ments In Texas oil lands. 1t would be
terrible blow to Corbin IL Miles
should wind up as multimilionaire.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

Professor Langley asked the public
some time ago not to expect too much
from his flying machine. Evidently
the professor knew his machine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

How long shall l wear my
dresses;" asks a girl correspondent.
Until you can touch papa for the price
OF new ones.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

ychophytosis is causing trouble
among the school children in Della
ware The teachers may be compelling
the children to spell 1t.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

George Vanderbilt has found it nee
essary TO take refuge where the peo-
pie are used TO baronial outfits and
don't mind them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

1t having been demonstrated that
Pullman cars can be made tre-proof,
the next thing In line is TO provide tip
proof porters
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

More than One-fourth of the inhabit
ants Of Newfoundland are engaged in
catching and curing fish for liveli
hood.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

Cheer up, Langley; your flying ma
chine may yet be. commissioned as
submarine boat
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28
The Worlds Harvest.

1t requires the labor of about 10000
600 men and women for nine months
of the year to harvest all the crops Of
the world.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

Another odd thing is that by not
working at all man may work
graft
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

1t is seldom that the Sick Man Of
Europe feels too poorly to sit up and
smile at the powers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

However, we do not believe Dir.
Rockefeller will ever succeed in get
ting any Of Uncle Russell sage's.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

1t is denied that King Peter OF Ser
via is prisoner under his own horse
hair sofa
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

Tie aeronauts who balooned from
Paris TO England will have many adj
mirers but few imitators.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

When man is In trouble, the WON.
en- are apt to think it Is love; but it is
more apt to be money
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-28

find the same people on every delayed
excursion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-23
BristOw Explains Ills Report.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Four,h
Assistant Postm aster General Bris-
tow, in testifying before the house
special committee on the postoftice re-
port, claimed for himself responsibility
for only the first seven pages of the
report which was sent to the postot1ice
committee and said the other portions
OF the document were the work of 9TH
er officials of the department.
Mr.. Bristow's testimony threw much
light on all phases of the inquiry. He
practically exonerated members of
congress from wrongdoing. touching
the clerk hire section, by stating that
it was the duty of the first assistants 8
Office to ascertain the condition of the
work in an office where an increase
had been recommended
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-23
Strenuous Politics In Ohio.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 19.-Wild
scenes of disorder marked the opening
OF the Twenty sixth congressional dis
trict republican convention here to-.
day, as result OF a fight between the
Dick and the ''F'ilipino" factions. The
trouble started when the Dick men
nominated Charles Leach as chair.
man. When Leach attempted to take
the chair he was assaulted by the
"Filipinos" and hand-to-hand fight
followed, which quickly became gen.
eral.
The police finally arrived in force
and restored partial order. Each fac,
tlon, however, nomin ated its own COM
mittee and ticket The local adherents
of Senator Foraker are known as
"Filipinos'' and former Hanna fol-,
lowers are now termed "Dick" men,
being under the leadership of Sen ator
Dick.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-23
Short Stories Of the War.

LONDON, NJ arch l8.-A correspon-
dent of the Times at Toxic says tn at
the Russian and Japanese scouts are
now separated only by the river Cheng
Cheng just north of Anju. The dis.
patch adds that the foreign correspo
dents will leave for the front on either
March % or %, but their destin alton
is still unknown.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 17.-While
entering the harbor at Port Arthur
yesterday, March l6, the torpedo boat
destroyer Skorri struck on an un.
placed mine and was blown up. Vice.
roy Alexieh in dispatch confirms
previous accounts of damage to Port
Arthur by the bombardment of the
10th, but says the story of a great fire
in Port Arthur is a base fabrication.
SEOUL, March 17.-Five thousand
engineers are now employed in the
building of the military railroad from
Seoul to Wiju. Only few miles have
been completed. Civilians are work
ing on the railroad from Seoul to Fu-
SAM This road cannot be completed
before next October.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-23
To, Begin Work On Canal.

WASHINGTON, March l9.-In con-.
Guiding his. hearing before the house.
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce today, Admiral Walker,
president OF the Panama canal COM
mission, stated that actual work on
the canal would be begun after the
commission had made a stay of few
weeks on the isthmus, for which it vas
to sail March 20.
The engineering features of the
work were explained at some length.
as we'll as the intense interest which
prospective contractors already are
taking In the matter. The engineer.
ing feat of the whole enterprise was
expected to be the construction of the
Bohio dam. 1t will be necessary to
60 l2O feet below the sea ,level to get
the proper foundation for this dam.
Although there have been many bor-
lngs tor rock bottom, Admiral Wal.
ker said that many more would have
to be made, because it was essential
that the engineers should be absolute.
ly certain of the proper foundatio
before beginning work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-23
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
National Law Makers Seek Information
About Trusts and Pension Matters.

WASHINGTON, March 18.-General
Leonard Wood was confirmed major
general by the senate, the vote being
Is to Is. The rank dates from August
s, 1908, the day President Roosevelt
made the promotion. The contest
against his confirmation began No.
vember 10, 1903, soon after congress
convened in special session, and con-
tinued through the present session
until today.
Representative Hearst of New Y ork
today introduced a resolution pro-
viding for an investig alton of the
trust question by a committee of FIVE
members of the house. The resolu.
ton contains 10 clauses, reciting the
evil effects of trusts on the country.
The senate today adopted the fol-
lowing, offered by Mr.. Overman:
"That the secretary of the interior
be and he is hereby directed to inform
the senate: First-Whether an order
has recently been issued enlarging the
pension act of June p, 1890, and
amendments, as to disabilities of ap.
plicants for pensions and if so to send
to the senate copy of such order.
Secondly what amount, if any,
will said order probably increase pen.
sions annually, particularly when the
same shall become fully operative"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-23
Cotton King Is Da nkrupt.

NEW YORK, March 1S.-Daniel J.
Sully. who has for fifteen months been
the largest figure in the cotton markets
Of the world and who has "bulled''
cotton from cents pound to II
cents, today announced his inability
to make good his engagements on the
New York cotton exchange. Within
few moments cotton fell nearly to
$l3 bale from the highest figures OF
the day. Many crashes have been re.
corded but probably none has been
accompanied by such frenzy and con.
fusion.
Sully's profits on his old deals were
known to be enormous and presum.
ably all of these We're used to bolster
up his present deals. After the suspen-
sion was announced, Sully locked
himself in his Office and declined to
give out any statement. Wild guesses
were made as to the liabilities, but all
agreed that they must be we'll up in
the millions