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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
MIGHT HAVE PUZZLED SOLOMON
offcl@t-case East Indian Judge Had
to Decide.

A native Last Indian Judge tells
this sorry;
Two men journeying to take part
IN death ceremonies in a distant vii.
lage spent a night in the house of the
complainant. Defendants were TAX.
Ing fowl to sacrifice at the death
ceremonies.
Instead OF doing SO, they killed and
ate it in &C mplainant's house, since
which time dire misfortune had over
taken the complainant.
Defendants admitted the charge eX-
ccpt thai they had killed the fowl in
the porch of the house, which made
the oifense trivial.
/, the judge, was sufficiently ac-
quainted with kachin custom to see
that a serious oGfense had been com.
nitted, but did not know to what eX-
tent the killing OF the fowl in the
porch might affect the case. l
therefore called in the, village elders
TO assist me, and fined the defendants
one tWo-year-old buffalo and one SILK
garment Both parties we're fairly
satisfied, though payment of the fine
was, as always is the case, very long
delayed,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
a Point He Overlooked.

IN Il discussion of expensive health
resorts ard Watering Places Bishop
McVickar, of Providence, said the
other day;
"A friend .of mite, very stout fell
low, once went to Marienbad to get
his weight reduced. He had heard
great things of Marienbad, and hoped
. lose SO pounds or so with no in
convenience to himself.
But he found the rates excesslvel,
high, and the regime excessively Sc
we're, and after an interview with the
hotel physician, he said. pottishly:
Spare diet, long wal'se-I coYld
have managed all that without cofh
ing to this expensive place.
Yes, said the physician. but yor
forget the annoyance induced by oul
high prices. That of itself will go 6
long way toward reducing youI
weight
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21

Children arc the real humori5ts.
They never rack their brains to say
something funny. Here is a small
boys ingenious "composition" on po-
likeness:
"Never eat quickly, or you might
get bones in your throat My father
knows of boy who got killed over
his Sunday Minner. The greedy boy
twas pickinEst rabbits head in a
hurry and swallowed one jaw of 1t,
and my father says he was chokel TO
death there and then. BE very polite
over your meals. then, especially
when it's rabbits. Since my father
told me that.I have always felt rather
queer over a rabbit dinner. | don't
talk much, and don't ask for any
more"
A definition that won little girl
praise, despite it's strangeness, was
Turf sir, is grass and clean dirt
stuck together by God
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
TACT AND DIPLOMACY NEEDED.
cridJet5 Threatened Detection to Be
Stopped at Amy Cost.

WHAT'S the matter here?s asked
Brown as he came home the other
evening, and found his wife getting
dinner
"S.s-ss-h!" she replied, as she
raised finger in caution.
WHO is that playing on the piano
in the parlor?'
"s-ss.h!"
Who have you been serving choco-
late and cake?'
"S-s-s-h,"
Hang your 'S-s-s-h. and tell mo
what's going ON around this house,"
demanded the husband
You know, don't you, that the
longshoremen in Australia have gone
on a strike?'
Il saw something of it N the pa
pers.'
We'll. Bridget threatened to strike
in sympathy, and so l am coddling
her up a bit to see if | can't ward off
the blow. Please go to the parlor
and entertain her while l get din
ner."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
HEARD ONLY IN AMERICA.
English Newspaper Cr.tieiscs Cur
Use of the Phrase "Say"-Ita
zeal Meaning

An American story in Caee Win.
dow began - many AnHiean stories
begin with say" Mo-, how many
English readers know the person and
the tense of the American say?
Does it stard for tel re or for
Il say? Fag the first thcre is the
familiar French analogy the dis Of
the perpetual question Of the French
child, and Il "dites" Of c-=1mOn t2lh
in later life But a correspondent
who had for half lifetime read the
American stcry in this sense Was
obliged to caanSe it for the vulgar
and exceed ~ silly and quite SD
perfuous PHI ase of cur own streets.
For he put The matter to Americans
in America, and they all assured him
that say" was nothing but Il say"
further vui&7liged. AID yet tell
me" is a h.. nning thai has won a
man more friends than any other
opening in TIE customs of CONVERSE
ton. Nothia~ in the wo''d makes Il
new acquaintance go me- favorably.
London Ch-" aicle.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
CARE OF THE COMPLEXION.
Even the Busin ess V .Aan Can Ocea-
siorally Take 4 ua-rter of an
Hour for Identifying.

The girl who is Obliged to hurry al
10 her office early in the mornine re-
turns homeward at night wearied in
brain and body has this plea to jus.
tify her unprepossessng looks |
have no time. This is justitiable. and
yet it does seem to me that the girl
who is really DESTROYS of improvine
her looks might contrive to devote Is
minutes to the care of her complex
ion. declares Nine. Julie darcy,
The following treatment will not
consume more than thaa length OF
time, and will be found almost a foun
tain of youth-sucb glow VIII it
give the skin il continued regularly.
First. make some little meal bags
as follows: Mix equal quantities OF
powdered oatmeal and bran together.
and to tbis add one ounce of orris
root, powdered Place one of these
bags in basin and nour boiling wa
ter ON it. Put teaspoonful of oil
Of almonds in small jar or saucer
and stand in boiling water. When
the oil is warm dip your fingers in it
and massage il gently all over your
face Rub very gently and let the
fingers always travel in an upward
and outward direction. When the face
has been thoroughly saturated with
oil the skin must lie wiped free from
grease with a soft cloth.
If by this time the water in the ba
sin is not the right temperature add
some cold water Squeeze out and
remove the meal bag and battle the
face in this wafer. Z with a soft
towel and theo wipe of carefully with
a piece of japanese silk. The silk
seems 10 tmpart Il softness and
smoothness to the skin that is not
produced by any other means.
If time can be spared weekly
steaming is most beneficial. After The
boiling water has been poured on the
meal bag ma a sort of tent of
large bath te ri. enyelop your head
in this and h.ld your face neal
enough to the boiling water to get
full effect of the steam arising. The
girl who follows this treatment will
find it simple efficient and soothts.g.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
STARTED ON DOWNWARD PATH
Young Man Surely Had His Feet Oh
the Broad Road.

ITS certainly too bad" with sigh
al aaleuni;y said Miss Henrietta
sta1s. over the back fence to Mrs.
ludge Tubnan, but according to all
reports its what lie said himself that
started the talk, young Lester Pin
ney is going to the dogs just as fast
as he can. Why, he owned up to
Gilbert Pine and Gil told Lias Turner,
and LAS told AMI Sussions, and
Amzi told it TO one of the Bump
twins, and the Bump twin told it to
Mary Ella Teeters-he's engaged TO
ne, you know, 50 1t was perfectly
proper that he should-and she told it
% me; that when Lester was up to
5he city last week he made practice
ci running around Of nights till 10 or
II o'clock, and one dey he stood RIGHT
IN front of a saloon and saw one o
them giddy chorus girls ride by in an
automobile. and she #inked At him
he wasn't any faathoa away from her,
other, than your Front door to the
sate' And all his f5i's are such nice
rporlc, too, - Smart 80
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
The "Tem parament" Excuse.

Sometimes you hear as an excuse
for faults, ut is my nperament."
Do you net lnoW that tn parversions
of temperament are nos the temper
ament itself? There ne'4r was a
temperament that had - its good
as well as its evil possibilities. The
truth is that we inherit our tempera
ment with is natural perversions,
and it is cur business in ;fe to shake
off the perversions. in order that we
may find the veritabe temperament
itself, and that it may carry us on
truly to Tie best worl: that such a
temperament can do. If all who have
excused themselves for selfshness and
evil because Of the artistic tempera-
ment' had recognized tE2t they We're
really eXcusing the perVislons OF their
temperament and not the tempera-
ment itself, much needless pain and
sorrow might have been avoided
American Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Isr,MAEL OF THE GUTTER.
London Coster Declared to Be Las
Remnant Of Worlds Old Race
CT Wanderers.

i.ondCn's outdoor man is the cOster
according to Outing lie is the Ish-
mael Of our Cutters. A very jolly Ish-
mael, it is true, who is more than con
tent to acknowledge the line OF de-
mareati0n between himself and the
true cookney. Bat nevertheless, in
modified, twentieth century way, he is
still the wild man whose hand is
against every mans and every mans
against his. lie is probably the last
remnant of the worlds old race of wan
derers-the last suggestion of the
primitive man-left to the cities. He
is to us town dwellers what the gypsy
is to tae countryside. His descent
seems to spring from tho same rowing
stoel, And he is regardss,, from safe
distance, VITA the same contempt by
those who don't know him His habits
and his impslses still SAVIOR strongly
OF the days Wlen tribe warred against
tribe, and every mans arm was for
himself and his elan. And although
his pitch is below the curb, his caravan
a barrow, q 7 his beast of burden q
Russian pom, q donkey, or himself,
he is as free and as exclusive as any
ether lusty scion OF the reoplo who live
Under the s. .es. Ishmsel he is, and
Ishmael he chooses to remain. And the
chances are ten to one that whoever
goes a-lshing for information among
the barrows will come back with an
empty creel or fine sll~w OF fisher
mans tales. For your coster knows
both how to keep silence and how to
use his tongue pieturesqueiy in defense
of his iealously guarded traditions and
the internal economies OF his existence
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
STORE OF FAT sUSTAlNs LIFE.
Hibern ating Animals Exist on Their
Reserve of Adipose Tissue.

Some animals which hibernate, or
retire to winter quarters, lay up
supply of food in the autumn and pass
the cold season in a state differing
but little from ordinary sleep. from
which they occasionally awake and
satisfy their hunger. but others are
dormant during the whole period,
taking no food These retire to their
winter quarters provided with Il due
supply Of fatty matter, consequence
of the abundant supply of food they
have been able to procure during the
preceding months. This serves as
a reservoir OF nourishment adequate
to the supply Of the small expenditure
thai takes place during their torpid
STATE. On the return OF spring they
are aroused from their iethargy, their
fat being great. diminished. In ami
mails thus cireumstanced voluntary
motion is altogether snspendedi 50
also is the process of DIGESTION; soy
eral of the secretioas are suppressed,
the senses are sealed UP, and the cir
euiaGon greatly diminished in rapid
lily. The hamster, the pulse Of which
beats 150 per minute in 2 state Of
activity has it reduced to Is in its
torpid condition. The doemoase,
whose pulse is SO rapid as scarcely
TO be counted when in its normal
state has it reduced TO the same low
standard when torpid.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Didn't Like Talk of Courts.

Talking about courts, Mrs. Bona
parte, wife of the secretary of the
navy, has been receiving the conf.
dcnces of an old colored woman who
is part of her household in Washing.
ton. This old woman once worked for
Mrs. Roosevelt, and she takes great
interest in the doings of Miss Alice"
She !. not entirely pleased with the
reports that reach her She told Mrs.
Bonaparte the other day that she
thought it was scandalous, all this
talk about taking Miss Alice to cot,
and she didn't know what Mr.. Long.
worth was dreaming of. Il tell you,
Missis, | don't want nothing to do
with cots" said she. "A lady she
asked me to go and live with friend
of hers, fine lady, with a general
for a husband, and she said she lived
in Stoneleigh's Cot. When | hear
that | thank her kindly and say that
! might be pore and in need OF a place,
but all my life I'd lived with fust-class
people, and | wasn't goin' to live in
no kind of cot at my time of life
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
LAPSE OF AUTHORS MEMORIES
Great Men Have Deem Unable to Ex
pound Written Thoughts.

There are several anecdotes which
bear ont the theory that a competent
and reyerent commentator may some.
times eXpound n work of genius more
effectively than its writer himself
could do. especially such works as
tend to the allegorical.
When the famous mystic l5Chme
was on his deathbed, 1t is related that
some of his followers came II hiT
With the request that he would eN.
plain certain more than usually
cryptic passage in his writings. He
puzzled over ii to no purpose My
dear children" he said as he lald the
book feebly aside, when | wrote thls
t understood its meaning. and no
doubt the omniscient God did. lie
may still remember 1t, but have for
gotten"
\ very similar story is told Of other
4Gh0rs-perhaps with as much truth
K.opstoek the German poet whom
his admirers compared to &ai9n.
was once questioned at Gottin4"a as
ta the exact meaning of enc c, his
et8nzas lie read it over onee or
ts.ieo. and then delivered this iads.
2 MT: Il cannot remember What
leeaHt when | wrote il, but | de re-
tnaalea that it was one Of the finest
THUGS | ever wrote. and YOU cannot
do better than devote your lives TO
the discovery of its meaning
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
BY Contrast.

Mrs. Flghty always knew what she
meant. but her listeners We're some
times left in doubt
Not where We We're last summer"
aho echoed an inquiry made oy 4
friend Who had begun her annual
search for . boarding place. Hot,
Why, I used to spend my afternoons
uatle. . big oak tree, the loFeliest,
cool. shady SPOT You ever saw il your
life, and the thermometer there was
alnlsst always above 9n,'-Youth's
Companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Flies Never Grow.

That little fly on the bread will
never grow to be as big Is those large
stupid, loudly-buzzing follows biaadef-
Ing about the window pane. nos viii
the little one even grow ia be as big
as the medium-sized chap VINO just
fell in the cream.
For flies never grow.
The fly, as large as he viii ever be,
crawls ont of the smooth, brown
chrysalis, uncrumples his draggled
wines, and from that moment til his
death changes in nowise. 1t is only
in the original state, the ugly magg)t
state. that the fly grows.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Rice Dry Shampoo.

The dry ahaapoo is Il Great hing.
1t consists ~ laidns some very Inely
powdered bran, or oatmeal. or corn.
meal, and mixing a little o9ris powder
win ii. have even taken coarse
sachet powder and used i with good
results The hair is sprinEled with il
ana the powder is then brushed out
When it comes out all The crease comes
1ut with H. and the hair is fuzzy anc
light"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Comm cree md Lite. .tt,re.

DO you thinl; that numerical
career is to be compared g. literary
tareer?" asked the hlgA-t:owed and
melancholy youth My boy" said
Mr. Cumrox, in business you can
write your namc on 4 piece of paper
no bigser than q postal card end make
it worth thousands Of dollars. In lit
sratuie you can write up yeams of
PAPER without making it worth 80
.ents"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21

sleeves or not, as preferred. The
skirt part is full, being gathered to the
bodice between material and lining.
The cape is also lined with soft thin
silk, and is gathered into tiny round
yoke, it is made quite separately from
the cloak itself and is fastened al the
throat with strings OF soft satin rib
bon. The entire edge OF o'pe is seal
each scallcp is embroidered a simple
floral dcsi"a.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Ierscl,s "Pnnko Fartles.

Punk parties are quite fashionable
On the Jersey coast" said the com
muter Each guest carries a lighted
stick OF punk and holds il carefully
until the party is over. This is on
account of the mosquitoes.
Punk is the only apparent remedy
for mosquitoes on the Jersey coast
said apparent, All along the coast
at the summer resorts guests of the
hotels are ro~ognizcd in the dusk by
the email torches Of punk which they
always carry"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Precocious.

Speaker Cannon, on his seYeaiiett
birthday, referred in joeular wa,
TO the precocity of the twentieth cen
tlry child.
Why before long he said, w;
SHAH hear Of the baby thai has Jus
been weaned, turning to it1 nurse ant
saying:
~ have had every reason to BIT
satisfied with your past services, ant
shall not fail 10 recommend you anon!
my acquaintances. Apay' accept TIM
dollar for yourself.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
snrand of -i,r.l:rl, Eangnare.

Nearly one-hols OF he chipping traf-
ic to and frcn antwerp IS carried on
under the British end American flags
and this has - &c Antwerp almost an
English-spea + port, free ht
schools for exclusive cla-aos il ing
lish, organized by the city aIthori les,
are attended by thousa2 g eli pr1ils,
while special attention i all to the
study of English in all to grades of
the day school, public as al as pri-
vate. This desire to ro"a&rizo the
English lang se is not confined to
Belgium, but les EXTENDED 70 Germany
as well, where schools CT instruction
have already been est 3i;shed at
Munich and Nrremburg by the Ger
man government.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21

Article aerated drinking wa
ters were the invention u the chem.
list, Joseph Priestey, who in l77z
published his "Difectous for lmpreg.
mating Water with Fix hir ii Or
der to Communicate to 1t The Peculiar
Spirit and Virtues OF Fyrmont Wa
ter and Other Mineral Waters of .
Similar Nature Some one has cal.
culated the consumption Of aerated
waters in Creet Britain and Ireland
to amount to 2o0o090G0 esllons {
year.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
euhsfltuts fer Automobile.

! lady OF Gardiner, Mass whose sen
is an automobile agent, was talking
with another lady, a few days ago,
and was asked r she vas 10 have IN
automobile tbs "aar
NO, she reHs'. u think not. this
year" aqd theg hrightening. after
some hesitation. "bal we have 4 lama
horse in the ban, You know" she
said.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
van Tunnel the Loetschberq.

The PIERCING OF tunnel under the
Loetsohberg has been decided upon.
Tie work which is estimated to cost
ttroo millions sterling, and is being
aaaaced by French capitalists. is to
be completed in " years. It is to be
hlxflz recommended in the financial
AMI ecoaomic interests OF the Be.aese
Cbcrland district. The Lcctschberg
tunnel will bring the whole of this
ooricultural district into direct touch
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Pretty Sofa Pillow.

A very attractive sofa pillow Ct Jap
laese silk was covered with very slen-
der leaves. looking a5 ii they were
raised, which surrounded at intervals
q peaeoef, o5o Of darke' green. Each
II the fcur s2fne.3 were finished With
a rosette Of silk.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21

"yVill this bathing suit shrink
asked Tottic Skiptoes.
Certainly not miss; all our goods
are guaranteed" replied the trusty
salesman.
Then | don't want it." replied the
shapely one, handing back the little
garment
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Good Sign.

Il guess NUT be getting old and
ugly" sighed the pretty girl at The
flower stand,
whats tie natter asked the pub
lie stenogfaDher.
Nowadays al ths mea count thelr
change. "-Cleyelanl Leader
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
CLOTHES FOR TIE BABY
Cream White Cashmere Favored Ma
terial for Infants Cloak--The
Usual Way of Making.

\ creamywhite cashmere of Il good
quality OF silk Is aene. ally used for
a cloak of this description 1t has a
small bodice which fastens in the
front with pearl buttons. it is lined
with soft 3tis, and may have long
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Feminine Economy.

When man buys an expensive hat
and wears 1t out. that is the end of
the story A womaas hat, though,
is q serial which runs indefinitely
Tic pretty plumes which graccd last
years creation as white appear on
This seasons of another hue aud will
run the samut of co'ors until they
reach black. Tho noWcts The ribbons,
the laccs, The velvet, cfcl the gossa-
mer shapes, do service again under
expert manipnlation. Ia, too, those
monster sleeves over which mere mon
guffawed SO loudly. When the fall
for them was over their fair wearers
Just took this surplus material aud
made extra waists of il This is not
all With an art which sayOrs of The
mysterious they took tlose flowing
sleeves Of the fashion Of Il year or so
ago. and turning them upside down,
made them into the prevailing mode.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Itct!1iEg to II.

hIr. Yerner-It certainly should bt
some satisfaction to you to know
that | would die for you.
Miss Cpltart-I don't see how i
could be.
Mr. Yelrer-You don't?
Miss Coldart-No; you told M
Yourself that every life INSURANCE
.,.,nr,, ,n,1- ornr AM lind to has re
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Worse PLIGHT.

Hes been talking golf SO much
here lately he seems 10 be actually
going crazy
Gracious Then what must be
the condition of the people he's been
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
Best Kind of Children.

BriSss--'fou call On the Dimpletons
very oftea-what sort Of children
nave tAey?' Griggs Perfect. Best
IN the world" Tel me about them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21

Doaele.glt -Vhf 10 yon insist upoa
Tie rew rastcl b fat nan?
Deacon Notwithstanding ia
men are generally skort.windei -
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-12-21
His Defense.

You arc charged with beating your
wife while drunk. What have yea to
say?"
Your honor, had lecn sober my
wife would nave beaten men. Y.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-09-28


The writer was L. - n4eetlnks didn't
know it was going to convene, but we learn
that it was prompted by the dissatisfaction
which has been kept silent but has existed with
the Principal-EIect all along There seemed
to he an unanimity Of opinion that he did not
suit the requirements Of the School, and this
was crystallized by the inability of the Faculty
which he was to furnish to pass the frst-class
examinations which his contract carried with
it,
The HERALD does not attempt to explain the
why's and wherefores of this development in
49, T4
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-09-28

here with Jim Welch several years
ago. WEIGH was subsequently re-
captured but again escaped from
officers who were carrying him to a.
mother Jail. Irkwood wrote the Off
Gals here that he would point out
JORDAN if the Shift there would ar