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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
coLoRING CHRISTMAS CANDIES.
Harmless Substances That Are Easily
Secured and Not Expensive.

Red.-Take 20 grains of cochineal
and Is grains of cream of tartar; fine
ly powdered; add to them piece OF
alum the size of cherry stone and
boil them in a wineglass of water in
an earthen vessel for half an hour.
Strain through muslin and keep in
tightly corked vial.
YelIoW.-Take a little saffron, put
it into an earthen vessel with very
small quantity of cold water, and let it
steep until the infusion becomes a
bright yellow color. Then strain it.
Green.-Take fresh spinach or beet
leaves and pound them in a mortar.
If to be used Immediately, take off the
green froth as it rises and mix 1t with
the article to be colored. To bottle,
take the juice, when about teacupful
has been pressed out, add to it piece
of alum the size Of pea and let it
come to boil Strain and bottle.
White.-Blanch some almonds,
scald them in cold water and pound to
a smooth paste, adding at intervals a
little rose water. Thick cream will
also produce white color.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
A HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
It Is Best Made by Remembering the
Christ Spirit Of Kindness.

A happy Christmas to grown people
and a merry Christmas to the chill
dren! And let it be happy Christ
mas; for that one day put away wor-
ries and disagreeable feelings, and en-
ter into the real spirit Of Christmas,
which is to give happiness into some
human life. 1t is not In the giving of
presents alone that is the true Christ
mas; it is in bestowing kind words,
kind looks and smiles where there is
not always sunshine. Why do people
so often think Christmas a burden,
and wish the holiday season past?
Why should the sad and sorrowful
look forward to 1t as a dread ami
versary? This is the worst form of
selfishness. Christmas should be a
day of self-forgetfulness and Of think
ing of some one else's life, and how it
can be made brighter. There is
great deal of sadness and worry in all
stations of life, and few CHEEKY
words, accompanied by a smile, give
great encouragement and cost but lit
tie effort.
And the children! Does anyone
ever notice the wistful faces peering
into the fascinating shop windows at
this season, and remember that prob
ably this is their owners only glimpse
Of Christmas? That in their whole
miserable existence never penny has
been handled by them of their very
own? Let the childless one and the
sorrowful one, as we'll as those who
daily take their walks abroad, think
of this, and each one In his own way
do his best to gladden. some life, and
by doing so feel by Christmas night
that there Is something after all
worth doing and living for in this old
world, and the new year will be pre-
pared for by ending the old one we'll.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
MILLIONS OF CHRISTMAS TREES.
American Forests Being Stripped OF
Evergreen Saplings for the
Holidays.

American forests are being stripped
all too rapidly of timbers suitable for
Christmas trees. Maine sends out
nearly 100000 year. Vermont has
shipped 100000 more saplings for a
single holiday season. In Colorado
100000 evergreen trees are sacrificed
every year for the needs Of that state
alone-a fact which is causing no lit
tie alarm among theose who realize
what the loss of Colorado's timber sup
ply will mean to her future. In Mich
igan there are companies which make
a business of raising trees especially
for Christmas and who ship to New
York, Boston and other eastern points.
Christmas trees vary in height from
three to 20 feet and in price on the
markets from so cents to four dollars.
Dealers in the large cities buy Christ
mas trees by the acre or tract as they
stand in the spruce thickets or in the
swamps, after which trees are cut
down and shipped both by water and
by rail. An average car load COM
prises 1900 to 1900 trees. The de-
mand for them is increasing with each
year. A city like Cleveland, o., for
example, uses about $4,000 Christmas
trees in season. Many tons of pine
for decorations are also shipped from
the forests to the cities.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
HOW NATIONS DINE CHRISTMAS
Favorite Dishes for YuIetlde Dinner in
Different Countries:

While all the nations of 'Christen;
dom celebrate Yufetide by feasting.
the banquet varies greatly in Different
countries. John Bull, as everybody
knows, is deeply attached to roast
beef and plum pudding, althoug Of
late years turkey or goose has o a
great extent displaced the sirlolh.
France feeds more daintily. chicken
forming the favorite dish, supplement-
ed by liver pudding rich with trufles
and seasoning. The Spanish Christ
mas dinner includes a soup OF sweet
almonds and cream, followed by roast
fish, seasoned with lemon, garlic, and
OIL Those valiant trenchermen, the
Germans, love heavier fare, and their
Yule banquet comprises roast goose,
pork, beef, sauerkraut, black pudding
and baked apples, accompanied by
foods of ale. Russia serves her ma
tional soup made from beef, cabbage.
sour cream and beet-roots. and this
is frequently followed by sucking pig.
a dish which makes its appearance
also at the Christmas dinners of the
Portuguese.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
SANTA CLAUS PARTY
NOVEL AND PRETTY ENTERTAIN.
MENT FOR THE HOLIDAY
SEASON.
Originated by Youthful Grandparents
for Family Reunion-lovely
Home 5eautlfied With Attrac-
tive Decorations - The
Christmas Luncheon.

This very charming and delightful
party was given by young grandpar'
ents, who had a lovely home with
large rooms, and they invited the
grown-up folk, too.
The host and hostess were assisted
in receiving their guests by Mr.. and
Mrs. Santa Claus and Miss Santa
Claus. After the greetings, they were
ushered into large room, a portion
of which had been converted into a
typical winter forest, in the corner OF
which was a lovely Christmas tree all
aglow with lights.
Before the gifts were distributed by
Claus told the old, old story of the
Christ-child, emphasizing the fact that
Christmas Is time for gifts because
Jesus was a gift of love to the world,
how he went about doing good,
pleased not himself '-teaching and
living a life of goodness and love.
That is why Christmas. his birthday,
is the gladdest of birthdays In all the
years, she told them.
Miss Santa Claus directed and lead
all the games, and whenever there
came a pause, she told such delightful
stories. There were selections from
Dickens and uncle Remus," and
many other lovely stories.
The entertainment closed with a
lovely luncheon, which was served in
the large dining-room. At the windows
we're holly wreaths, tied with large
was banked with green's and thickly
studded with red candles, different
lengths. In the bay window were fes-
ICONS of running cedar, with a fluffy
red bell suspended by bit of the
cedar from the highest point Of the
arch, with smaller bells on either side.
The long table had for centerpiece
an oval mirror surrounded by NINA
ture forest, which had been converted
into typical winter scene by a glass
blower. Gliding across the frozen
pond was sleigh drawn by four deer
In which Santa Claus was seated. with
pack of toys on his back, and toys all
about him. At the farther end of the
pond was tiny house nesting among
the evergreen trees. The children were
seated at this table with the host and
hostess.
There were four round tables at
either corner of the long table, at
which the older people sat The cen
terpiece of each was a round plateau
of mistletoe, in the middle of which
cleaned flaming star of red. A five.
pointed star was cut from cardboard
then tackled to a thin board. The star
was outlined with red candles, with a
cluster of Ave candles elevated in the
very center OF the star.-The Pilgrim.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
WAS NO DUTCHMAN
SAINT PATRICK REPLACED SANTA
CLAUS AT CHRISTIAN
CELEBRATION.
But pugan Had to Have Several
Doubts DispelIed Before He Would
Accept the Job at the Mission.

"Oi m a union man." said Dugan
slowly, IAN no scab. An t is right
| OF sh'u'd work, whin on strike, if ut s
work for union man, an not a scab
| Job. But is tn mission fair shop,
OF dunno."
Miss Jones eyes sparkled.
1T belongs to union she said.
"Oi dunno that wan," said Dugan.
ut s the Sunday School union,'
said Miss Jones'
AN kin OF git card in tn union,
OF dunno" said Dugan, doubtfully.
'Widout a card Oh c'u'd not TEX tn
job. Thin is tn rules"
I'VE can get you card" said Miss
Jones; 1--WE can get you a regular Sun
day school card and enroll your name
on the membership list of the mission,
which is branch of the International
union"
Dugan rubbed his chin.
"Oi dunno, is there, mebby, Santa
Claus union?" he said, slowly. They
be so hang NANNY unions these days.
Phwat is this Santa Claus loike, now?
Phwat is tn job OF him."
We'll" said Miss Jones, cheerfully,
call you have to do is to wear the
suit and go up the ladder and take
down the toys and candy and pop corn
and hand them to the children when
they come to the foot of the ladder. l
know you will like that, Mr.. Dugan,
the children are so happy when they
get their presents. They all love
Santa Claus. You know he was the
good old children's patron saint, in
Holland"
ooh. ho!" said Dugan; Dutch, is
he? An OF m t be Dutch-Irishmen,
am OF? No. ma'am! Git some other
Santa Claus. Niver was Dugan a
Dutchman, Miss Jones, an niver will
| a Dugan be wan. Dom tn Dutch!
Look how they be gittin' all tn janitor
| jobs these days! OF II be no Dutch
saint fer yez. Sooner w'u'd OF see a
Dutchman be Saint Patrick"
"All right" said Miss Jones, prompt.
ly; then you can be Saint Patrick. 1t
does MT matter the least. We would
quite as willingly have you be Saint
Patrick"
"That Is more lolke!" said Dugan,
with satisfaction. Saint Patrick OF
will be, an gladly, nam, fer he was
the grandest saint of all of thin, an
niver a Dutch saint was knee high t
him. Saint Patrick OF will be-"
| "Of course" said Miss Jones, 1--WE
will pay you the regular Sunday
School union wages for Saint Patrick
They are q little less than for Santa
Claus"
Her eyes twinkled as she said It. but
Dugan received it soberly.
Let bel" he said; ''t is little
enough did they pay double wages fol-
a man t pretend t. be a Dutch saint
IT is a wonder annywan but scah
will tex tn job."-Success Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
cuRosIrlEs ABOUT CHRISTMAS.
Some Peculiar - stoms Connected
With the Christian Holiday.

The celebration OF Christmas as a
special festival Is said to have begun
in the first century, and during the life
of the Apostle John one tradition of
the church accredits him with inaugu.
rating the custom.
In England the Christmas decora-
lions may remain in the churches dur
ing the month of January, but must all
be cleared away before February 2, or
Candlemas day.
In France it is a common practice
to celebrate Christmas by giving an
extra ration to all domestic animals,
on the theory that all creatures should
rejoice at this season.
In the fourth century, the celebra.
ton of Christmas was fixed by the
Latin church for December %. Be-
fore that time, it had been a movable
festival. like Easter.
Santa Claus was introduced into
America by the Dutch, of Holland. He
is the American representation Of the
German Knecht Rupert.
Among the English common people.
C1TlSIudS 10 iuChy WuSH IL ldllS Ou
Sunday, and unlucky when Saturday
is the day of the Nativity.
Christmas mince pies in the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries were
made with cof1n-shaped crust, to
represent the Manager.
In Silesia there is superstition that
boy born on Christmas day must be
brought up q lawyer, or he will be-
come a thief.
In all the states Christmas is legal
holiday, and in South Carolina the two
following days are also holidays.
The leaves proper to use in Christ
mas decorations are those of holly,
mistletoe, laurel and rosemary.
In Spain it is believed by the COM
mon people that the ants hold religious
service on Christmas day.
In Old England plum porridge was
always served with the first course of
Christmas dinner
The custom of giving presents on
Christmas day is general throughout
the Christian world.
The Eastern church formerly OBJ
served Christmas on January 6.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
FIRST XMAS TREE
INTRODUCED IN AMERICA BIZ
GERMAN AT WOOSTER, o.
Created Much Comment at the Time
First Church Christmas Tree
In This Country Also Cred
tied to Ohio Town.

The first Christmas tree in the
limited States, it Is claimed, was intro
duced in the college town of Wooster,
O. August Imgard was the promoter
and he brought the idea from his for
mer home in Germany. For more than
half a century Mr.. Imgard has been
Familiarity known among large cir
Gle of people as the father of the
Christmas tree" He died not long
ago at the age of so. after having lived
in Wooster for more than so years.
Few young people of the present
day realize that the Christmas tree is
of comparatively recent origin in this
country. In the early days of Ameri-
ca there was strong aversion to the
observance of Christmas after the
manner In which it was celebrated In
many parts of Europe, or, in fact. any
observance at all. 1t Is even claimed
that the New England Thanksgiving
was established as substitute for
the growing tendency to observe
Christmas. All Yuletide festivals
were therefore slow In making their
appearance in the United States, but
the Christmas tree came last OF all.
In Europe the Christmas tree was
first established in Rome, and from
there introduced into Germany. where
1t soon became particularly popular.
After Mr.. Imgard had crossed the
deep to the new world and settled in
Wooster and the first Christmas holt
day season had rolled round he be-
came homesiok when he thought of
the festivities which at that very time
were In progress in the fatherland.
With a view to calling up as best he
could the Christmas scenes of his old
home he secured a spruce bough and
with some bright paper and candles
he made what is believed to be the
first American Christmas tree. The
people of Wooster. which was then
but mere village, came in large
Numbers to see the tree, and this new
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
THREE cHRIsTMAsEs EACH YEAR
In Palestine tho Day Is Celebrated on
Three Different Dates.

That Christmas comes but once a
year" Is not correct statement to
make in Bethlehem of the Holy Land,
for 1t comes three times, officially and
enthusiastically, authorized by the
usages Of centuries. The first Christ
mas, which falls on the 25th of De-
cember, is celebrated by the Latins
and Protestants. This date accords
with the calendar as reformed by
Pope Gregory XIII. in 1882 A. D. The
Latin or Western Christian church is
not, and never has been, known by the
name of Roman Catholic to the ma
tives of either Palestine, Syria or
Egypt, but always as the Latin"
church.
But what in Europe and America Is
known as the Greek Orthodox, or Rus.
so-Greek Communion, the Eastern
Christian church has always, and still
is, called "Roumee," or Roman, by the
native population, as also officially by
the Ottoman government, it being the
communion recognized by the Mos
lens when they conquered the Byzan.
tine provinces. The '1Roumee," or
Greek Orthodox church still adheres
to the Julian calendar, adjusted by
julius Caesar 46 B. c., by which count
the 18th of December falls on our 9Th
of January, celebrated by us as Epi-
phany and "Old Christmas" The Ar
menian church has also a different
ecclesiastical calendar, which brings
its Christmas on the 18th of January.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Peculiar Ceremony With Which
Christmas 10 Celebrated by Indians.

Some of the tribes OF South Amer
lean Indians celebrate Christmas with
a great deal of show and ceremony
Not the least important part Of the
celebrations Is the parade Of the chief
and high functionaries OF the tribe, all
gorgeously ornamented with neck
laces of bush-hogs' teeth, long strings
of seeds or beads, crowns of beautiful
feathers, trailing decorations OF bright
colored birds skins, and painted and
spotted in varied patterns. The chief
always heads the procession, carrying
baby on a rude wooden platter
Peoples Home Journal.
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THE WHITE PINE NEW S. ELY NEVADA DECEMBER %, 1906.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
BY Henry r. Cope.


/ Heavens anthems come al
ways to those who are faithful
to earth's toll.
God looks through the gift
that Is given for men to look
: at.
There Is no such thing as a
helping hand with Withholding
heart.
No man ever had a happy
Christmas by thinking of what
he was getting.
It's the cheer and not the
I charity we give that makes the
world brighter.
Nothing could be more sacrl-
; Iegious than a selfish gift rem
4 dered In His name.
Tell of your happiness and
{ you will find your troubles in.
definitely postponed.
You are most likely to hear
the angels singing If you 90
where some one Is weeping.
No man ever got any good
4 out of giving who did 1t with an
eye single to his own glory.
Many mans appreciation Of
Christmas has been spoiled by
his apprehension of New Years
bilIs.-Ram's Horn.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25

In America.
feature of the holiday season created
wide interest and enthusiasm. At that
period the Importance of the Christ
mas season was growing more rapid
ly than it had ever done before, and
the introduction of the Christmas tree
therefore at this time could scarcely
be styled premature. The following
year many of the villagers brought
into their homes the boughs of spruce
trees, too. and the popularity of the
Christmas tree increased thereafter
rapidly and soon spread to other
towns.
The Introduction of the Christmas
tree into church, however, remained
for the year 1851, or nearly a decade
after its appearance in the homes of
Wooster. Rev. Henry G. Schwan Of
Cleveland, for more than 20 years
president of the German Evangelical
Lutheran synod of Missouri and Ohio,
introduced this first church Christ
mas tree into Cleveland. Rev. Mr..
6chwan was born In the province of
Hanover, Germany. He came to
Cleveland about IS years ago. Cleve-
Ian, at that time was the center of a
great deal OF religious intolerance and
anything In the nature Of an innova-
fion was looked upon with horror.
Rev. Mr. Schwan, like Mr.. Imgard.
being German, recalled the Christ
mas tree Of Germany and accordingly
during the first year Of his psstorate
In Cleveland he arranged for a Christ
mas celebration in his church. A
Christmas tree decorated with gilt.
unsel, candles, apples and candies
comprised a part Of the celebration.
The feeling over this tree In the com.
munity ran high among other demon
nations. 1t was styled idolatrous and
sacrilesious and 1t was prophesied
That 1t would bring down the wrath of
God. Others laughed at the tree as
absurd. Members of the church In
which the Christmas tree had been in.
augursted were even boycotted for a
time In their business and in other
ways were made to suffer, their accus-
ers claiming that they had groveled
before q hemlock tree with lighted
candles and cheap pictures. One or
TWO members. it is said. were even
threatened with discharge by their
employers II they ever again partici-
pated in arranging for another Christ.
mas tree. The next year, however.
the church enjoyed another Christmas
'ree, ana every year thereafter and
As time went on the feeling against
the now universal custom gave way
and the German conception Of Christ.
mas came to be better understood.
EASY to Find Exc,..
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
After Bigger Game,

II dreamed last night" remarked
Connolly, as the trolley car was taking
him to town, that the man who killed
the goose that laid the golden eggs
was back to the earth"
still killing geese, suppose" said
Mullen.
mo, he wasn't" replied Connolly.
"he was cunning for Santa Claus
deer. Life.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
OF the Mind

Let It follow again the steps
Of the Wise Men and refresh its
store of understanding with new
and nearer knowledge of what
they saw. Let the facts we'll
nigh meaningless through their
familiarity and well-nigh forgot
ten through our zeal for buying
and selling, rise to view clearer
than ever and tell with greater
meaning their wonderful story.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
Kent Him BUSY,

Patience-And you say her steady
was at her house seeing the old year
out with her?
Patrice-Yes; and he told her when
the clock struck IL he'd give her a
kiss for each stroke he heard of the
clock
Wasn't he stingy?"
"Oh, no; you see Their we're IA
clocks in the surrounding rooms, and
no two kept the same time."-
Yonkers Statesman.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
CHRISTMAS
PREPARATIONS
BY WILLIAM CHALMERS
COVERT.
OF the Heart

Open 1t wide and let the radl-
ant atmosphere that beautifsed
those silent Judaean hilltops
sweep in. Let the theme of the
angels song echo and reecho
that II may awaken within the
Impulses of good will and make
life ready and willing for the
service of the Christ.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
OF the Hand

Let II serve without murnur.
Ing. It plies the trade that
makes the whole world glad.
Let II sew and paint and weave
and carve and earn the daily
wage, that TO the total Joy Of
the Christmas world 1t may add
It's part. Let II labor and be
glad of WEAKNESS, knowing that
II hastens the coming and pro-
longs the memory Of the glad
dest hour In life's calendar
Interior.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
THE LESSON OF THE PASS.
ING YEARS.

The days alp away like wa.
ter in running stream. Times
great clock never loses. ReIent-
Iessly, surely the moments pass,
and our eager hands are not
able to detain them. We can
not keep back the flying. years,
but we can and should keep
the blessings they bring. Hold
fast the lessons they Have
taught. Keep the memory Of
their joys. Enrich every day
of life with shs sarnered wealth
of the days behind. The years
pass, but they leave their
treasure with W, IL our hands
and heart are spsf to receive
them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
a Day of Reckoning.

Twas the day after Christmas,
And all through the house
The children were having
A merry carouse;
While pa in his study
Was tearing his hair
As he gazed at the bills
That were piled everywhere.
Town Topics.
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OF Interest to Stockholders,

Jaspar-I hear that Santa Claus has
given up his yearly rounds.
Jumpuppe-You don't tell me!
Jaspar-Yes He has accepted
regular position on the Salaries Com
mittees" of various big corporations.
Town Topics.
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Iqnorance.

T reckons," said Miss Miami Brown,
dat what de young gemman needs
nowadays is mo- scientific education"
What makes you think so?"
IT was done stan'in' under de mistle.
toe foh half an hour, but fob all dem
young gemmen knowed bout botany 1t
might as well have been a cabbage
leaf."-Washingt Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
A Clever Deduction.

Teacher-Willie, do you know any
thing about the burial Of Sir John
Moore?
Willie-Yes, ma'am; know it was
not at Christmas time.
"How do you know that?"
Because, don't you remember It
says: Not drum was heard? -
Yonkers Statesman.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-25
Only Fair.

do you think then the Santa Claus
myth is in accord with a higher intel
.lectual development"
Certainly" answered the genial
person. 81 do not see why the chill.
dren should not have Santa Claus, if
the grown.ups amuse themselves with
the heroes of the Wagnerian musical
dramas. '-Cbicago Journal