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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16

crash OF breaking glass and the loud
thump-bump OF a heavily falling hu-
man body resounded.
Mrs. Baxter. alarmed. excused her
self from the tea table. round which
were gathered our or FIVE young peO-
pie, and FASTENED to the front hall. fol-
lowed by Jane. Through the open door
were seen Miss Pratt, Miss Parcher.
Mr.. Johnnie Watson and Mr.. Joe Bull
lit coming up the walk. laughing and
unaware of the catastrophe which had
occurred. And a little distance from
the foot OF the stairs William was seat
ed upon the PROSTATE Battle of Get
tysburg."
1T slid" be said hoarsely. ~ car
ried 1t upstairs with me"-he believed
this-"and somebody brought 1t down
and left II lying fiat on the floor by
the bottom step on purpose to trip me.
l stepped ON II, and 1t slid"
Get up. Willie" Mrs. Baxter urged.
and then she beheld ruins other than
the wrecked engraving. She stiled a
cry. willie. did the glass cut your
lie felt himself. Nom"
st did your trousers. You'll have
to change them. Hurryr'
Some of Williams normal faculties
were restored to him by one hasty
glance at the back Of his left leg.
which had a dismantled appearance.
A long blue strip Of cloth hung there,
with white showing underneath.
Hurry said Mrs. Baxter. And,
hastily gathering some fragments Of
glass, she dropped them upon the en-
craving, pushed it out OF the way and
went forward to greet Miss Pratt and
her attendants.
Upward William sped unseen and
came TO a GREATNESS halt at the top
of the stairs.
As IL were In n dream he heard his
mothers hospitable greetings at the
door, and the little party fingered in
the hall, detained by Miss Pratt's dis
eoyery Of Jane.
"Oh, tweetums tootums ickle drill"
he heard the ravishing voice exclaim.
"Oh, tootums ickle blue sashI'
ut cost n dollar and eighty-nine
| cents" said Jane. willie sat on the
cakes"
"Oh, no, he didn't" Mrs. Baxter
laughed. "He didn't gutter
HE had to go upstairs" said Jane.
And as the stricken listener above
smote his forehead she added placidly.
.IIo tora n hoIo I'm hia clo'eS."
She seemed about to furnish details
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16
CHAPTER VIII.
At Home to HE Friends.

FTER additions william found
his wet hair plastic and easily
IA obtained the long. even sweep
backward from the brow, lack
Ing which no male person, unless bald,
fulfilled his definition of a man of the
world. But there ensued a period of
vehemence and activity caused by a
bent collar button The day waswarm.
and moisture believed him afresh. BE-
lated victory no sooner arrived than he
perceived a fatal dimpling Of the new
collar and was forced to exchange 1t
Tor a successor.
Voices from below, making polite
laughter. warned him { hat already
some of the hidden party had arrived.
and as he completed the fastening Of
his third consecutive collar an ecstasy
of sound reached him through the open
window-and then. oh, then he began
to tremble. Ii was the voice of Miss
Pratt, no lessl
He stopped for one h~eartstruck look
from his easement. All In fluffy white
and heliotrope she was, a blond rap
ture floating over the sidewalk toward
Williams front gate. Her little white
cottony dog. with a heliotrope ribbon
round his neck, bobbed his head over
her cuddling arm A heliOtrope par
isoi shielded her enthusiastically from
the amorous sun. Poor Williami
Two youths entirely in Williams
condition of heart accompanied the
glamorous girl, while Miss Parcher
appeared dimly upon the outskirts OF
the group, the well known penalty for
hostesses who entertain such radiance.
Probably 1t serves them right Miss
Pratt's voice came clearly as the CHM
ing of tiny bells, for she spoke whim-
sically to her little dog In that tinkling
childlike fashion which vas part Of
the spell she cast.
"Darlin' Flopit," she said, wake upl
90 tummin' to tea potty wiz all de
drowed ups. P'eshus Flopit. wake upP'
His heart melting within him. VIII
liam turned from the angelic sounds
of the window. He ran out of the
room and plunged down the front
stairs. And the next moment the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16

wvtsm Baxter. aged seventeen. fs1ss -
.tpb, sn calf love with young Miss
80, an a visit to friends of his His
ss,s sister. a Is q fly In the ointment
wyu,am Ia sSnt by his mother % help
a,rssls darby of all work. bring home
go washtubs she had purchased. They
.,s ACCOMPANIED by ciematis, Genesis'
.srereI 6og. Miss Pratt escorted by her
S,srda comes along with her dog. Ffoptt
4 dognght snsses.
The dogs arc separated. William van
.s.s dlsgulsed, under n boiler. That
evening be takes his fathers dress suit
md calls upon Miss Pratt and her friend.
Miss ParcheS.
lane a knowing youngster. explains
.srtaln matters concerning Williams love
.nair To Ter mother. She also knows the
tsct that Wnliain mas distracted his IA
theirs dress suit
williams attentions to Kiss Pratt and
,noss Of rivals got on Mr.. Parcher's nerves.
I.ra tells Mr.. Parcher In secret that VII
rsm can't get his fathers dress suis any
,onrer because II Is being altered.
Mrs Baxter tells William she has sent
N, paxter's dfess suit 20 the tailor for
.,,sratIons He la crestfailen and quarrels
with Jane.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16

Its a sort Of sleeveless jersey he
wears, Willie, | think"
mo, you don't think thatt" he cried,
with great bitterness, You know it's
not q jerseyl You know perfectly well
what 1t Is, and yet YOU expect to keep
him out there when-when of the
--one of the n~obl-when my friends
arrive! And they'll think that's our
dog out there, won't they2 When In
telligent people come To a house and
see a dog sitting out in front they
think It's the family in the houses
dog. don't theyg"
William paced the room. "Ye godsl
What do you think Miss Pratt win
think Of the people Of this town when
she's invited to meet n few Of my
friends and the first tl-inG she sees is
a niger in his undershirti Whatll
she think when she finds that child's
eaten up half the food. and the people
have to explain that the dog in the
front yard belongs to the darky7
"And prob'ly she wouldn't believe 1t.
Anybody d say they didn't own n dog
like that And that's what you want
her to see whore she even gets inside
the house. Instead of a regular gar
dener In livery like we ought TO have
and q bulldog or a good Airedale or a
foxhound or something, the first things
you want intelligent people from out
Of town to see are that awful old darky
and his mongrel scratchin' fieas and
like as not lettin' 'em get on other
people!'
-Wilief"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16


Mn. Baxter managed to obtain his
attention. IF you'll go and brush
your hair I'll send Genesis aud Clema-
US away FOR the rest of the afternoon.
M then II you'll sit down quietly
M
Qufetlyr" he echoed. I'm the
only one that Is quiet around here!'
There. there she said soothingly.
20 and brush your hair, and change
you collar, Willie. It's all wilted. III
send Genesis away"
Collar" he muttered.
Change I'll" said Mrs. Baxter, rails
ing her voice. Its wiltedr'
lie departed I'm a dazed manner.
RAISING through the hall, he paused
abruptly. his eye having fallen with
sudden disapprovai upon a large, heav-
ny framed. glass covered engraving,
Inc Battle of Gettysburg" which
nung upon the wall near the front door.
ohdeniably 1t was n picture feeble In
uecorative quality. No doubt, too. VIII
nam was right In thinking 1t us UNI
worthy Of Miss Pratt, as were Jane
ano Genesis and Clematis. lie felt
nat she must never see It. especially
"s the frame had been Clipped and had
= corner broken. but it was more
pieasantly effective where he found 1t
.hah b In his nervousness he left
;. A Few hasty jerks snapped the
e'ueriy green cords by which it was
suspended; then he laid the picture
upon the floor and with his hnndker-
euiet made a curious labyrinth Of ave-
1oes In the large oblong area Of 6ns
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16

dust which this removal disclosed upon
the wall.
Pausing to wipe his hot brow with
the same implement, he remembered
that some one had made illusions to
his collar and hair, whereupon he
sprang to the stairs. mounted two at
a time. rushed into his own room and
confronted his streaked image In the
mirror.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16
CHAPTER TX
Time Does Fly.

ON, he amt got no brttches,"
Adelia assured Mrs. Baxter.
AN he's carryin' ON so
don't scarcely think he
knows much what he's dom. Miz
Baxter. He brung down some gray
britches to the kitchen to see II l
couldn' press an clean EN- right quick.
They was the ones Miss Jane, when
she's paintin' all them sunsets, lef' her
paint box open. an one them sunsets
got on these here gray britches, ME-
Baxter. An honesty, ME Baxter, he's
fixed 'em in q condishun, tryin' to git
that paint out, I don't believe it'n be
no use sendin' 'em to the cleaner.
"'Clean 'em an press EN- Quickr l
says. I couldn't clean 'em by resur-
reckshun. let alone pressin' emf Nom!
Well l says, amt but II thing LET
to do l can see.' ! says. Why don't
you so put on that nice black suit you
had las winterT"
"Of coursep Mrs. Baxter cried "rn
go and
"No'm." said Adelia; you don't need
to. e up In h attic now rar1n
roun' 'mong them trunks. but seem to
me like l remember you put that suit
away under the heavy blankets in that
big cedar ches' with the paddock. IL
you jes' tell me where is the key 1
take 1t up to him."
"Under the bureau in the spare
room,' said Mrs. Baxter. Hurry
Fifteen minutes later William, for
the last time that afternoon, surveyed
himself in his mirror. The black suit
was a map of creases, but at least he
was clothed. He emptied his pockets,
disgorging upon the floor a multitude
Of small white spheres like marbles.
He discovered that their odor still re-
NAMED about him. so he stopped and
carefully turned his pockets inside out;
but. finding that he still smelled vehe-
mently of the moth balls, he went to
his mothers room and sprinkled violet
toilet water upon his chest and sAe1l
ders.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16
Fallen Greatness.

Lizzie does put on such airs. She
says the young man she's engaged to
Is at work in the trenches.
| know that's strictly true. He's
employed by a gas company.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16
TWO NEGROES SHOT
AT TONOPAH NEVADA.

Spencer Wright, colored shot and
killed Matte Wright at Tonopah on
Monday morning. then shot himself
in the head, after a quarrel over
domestic troubles He is not expect
ed to live. Wright came from Ely
a half hour before the shooting
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16
The Sane "Crude Interest,""

She. Remember when he was a
green country boy and you showed
him the sights? What a crude inter-
est he took!
He. He's the same now except that
he'd like to take the interest before
II is accrued. Judge.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16
A Slight Jolt.

Young Bosatem. 1t will cost me
all of ten thousand a year to live.
Miss Caustique. Don't you think
such a waste of money sinful.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-16

Accounting For 1t.
That speaker fairly electrifies his
hearers.
No wonder, he's a live wire.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-20

Wig2ily.
Lots" was the answer. You see it.
is now time, being July, for June bugs
like myself to get in their winter wood
weather. But ] hurt my legs, bangingi
into an electric light one night. and Tint
so lame and stiff that ! can't gather
any wood at all. ] shall freeze. l KNOW
| shall'' and the June bug gentleman1
was more sad than ever.
"Oh. cheer up" cried Uncle Wiggily.
There is plenty OF wood under these1
trees. I'll help YOU gather It,"
There is no need to do that" said
another voice, and. looking up, Uncle
Wiggily and the June bug saw, sitting
on a green messy log, a Red Queen
wearing a'golden crown.
OH" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily In
surprise. You are
II am the Red Queen from Alice ini
| Wonderland" interrupted the lady on
the log. Il was also the red ant lady
who was CRYING and also Crawlie, thej
when you thought l was only a crawl
ing insect that now. when 1 nave
changed myself into a Red Queen. Il
want to help you. And l know / can
best help you by helping this June bug
friend of yours.
Indeed. you cant said Uncle Wig
| gily, thankful like.
Il thought So" spoke the Red Queen.
Watch"
With that she waved her magic
wand, and, instantly, 0 1000, 900 red.
white and black ants came crawling out
OF Did logs. from holes in the ground
and from under piles Of leaves. and
each ant took up a little stick of wood
and carried it into the Jun bugs house
for him, so he q plenty Of wood for
all winter, and couldn't freeze.
There you are, Uncle Wiggily!"'
laughed the Red Queen. One kindness!
you see, makes another" and then, shol
got in her golden chariot and drove
away, and when the June bug gentle
man, had thanked him, and the ants
had crawled home, the bunny himself
went to his hollow stump bungalow,
very happy.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-20
Saws Germans Resort to
Plain Lying in Reports.
Human Nature in Battle

sc the communique of the advanc-i
ing army is the more reliable in that
respect. Then, there's the matter of
prisoners taken. The advancing army
sends Its prisoners back of the lines to
the detention cages as fast as they are
they reach thec cages. The losing army
commander. driven out of his
ground, doesn't know what proportion
of his missing are killed, lying wound-
ed on the field. taken prisoners or
isolated for the time being.
These two facts, taken together
with the fact that IA defeated army Is
always more ~disorganized than a win
ming army, explain in large part why
the communique of the advancing army
is likely to be the more accurate.
THE period in which the German
communiQue got it's reputation for &C
curacy was the period when the Ger
all fronts. That period is long past.
The accuracy tables have been re
versed.'
One correspondent suggested that the
general rule described scarcely COW
cred h recent wide disparity Of Ger
man and British statements.
NO." said the general, for the first
time-and l think it is rather signifi-
cant Of the way the war is going
German headquarters has been COM
! PEELED to fall back on plain lying. Their
communicates G more and more like
fiction. They a one simple plan for
most of them. They begin with attri-
buting to the British and French ar
mics a purpose, which isn't our pur-
pose, and then show hat we've failed
to achieve it. "A British effort to break
through our line at suc INC such a
place failed hat sounds familiar.
doesn't it? Well. the fact would be
that we had not sought to break
through their line at that point, that
we had IA definite, limited objective
and that We gained it. That has been
the case, time and again. this spring.
! And then. too. there have been in
teresting descriptions in the German
communicates of battles that have
taken place. l have no hesitation in
saying German headquarters has en-
barked on" a campaign of lying. Its
purpose may be to keep the German
people fooled, or there may be another
reason. The German high command
only knows"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-20
What Responsibility Does.
From the london Mail.

VI tIc %OIiOO u
The saying runs that as soon as a leu
tenant is made a commander he begins
to carry a stick. INK as soon as a COM
mander becomes a captain he turns re-
l.gious." For justification Of the latter.
part of this assertion there exists the un-,
doubted fact that naval captains are most
ly serious minded men who give some,
thought to the greater things of life. Pos
sibly their hours OF loneliness may cum
duce to this frame Of mind. though for
the most part their leisure hours are given
up to study of matters connected with
their calling. One we'll known captain
there was who used to hold prayer meet
ings. which my mi OF the ships COM
pany could attend. Remember. there arc
no rates to be picked up here the captain
would warn them before the meetings
started. meaning that anyone who came,
there hoping to curry favor and thus get
promotion would be disappointed. And In
this the captain was always as good as hi0
word
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-20

London, (by maiD-Major General
Haurice, director of military operations
tor the British army, a few days 3
answered the question that has been
botherlng American correspondents for
many months. The question was:
WIGS lying now.
The Germans!"
However, it. wasn't all as simple as
that. The correspondents didn't ask
the question out loud. They just looked
1t. They looked it hard enough to get
1T across; for. right in the midst of an
Interpretation of recent events on the
west front. he general suddenly
stopped n smiled and said:
perhaps I'd better explain something
about communicates. For a long time
there was a general impression that the
German communicates were more reli-
able n our own
The correspondents couldn't help
oddin assent to this. They knew, too,
what American editors have thought
on the subject. The general smiled
again n went on:
We'll the impression was more or
less correct" The correspondents
opened their several mouths ana popped
their several pairs of eve n This was
painful frankness.
Here's a general rule: The dis
patches of a winning army commander
are usually more to be relied on than
the dispatches of a losing commander.
rms is true even if they are equally
honorable men.
Suppose we lose a village in the
midst Of a hard days fighting. Does
the British officer directing the fight
at that particular point Immediately
wire the fact? No. He says: Well,
they've got it now, but we'll get it back
before this days work is done. Thcre'll
De time enough to report it then But
the German commanders very first ac-
ton is to shoot along the news to head
quarters that he has captured that Viii
iage. l know that to be true. because
1T is exactly what the British officer
would do if he were in the Germans
place.
And in the same way when the Ger
man officer loses a village he holds up
the report-sometimes more than "A
day-in h hope of winning it back
before reporting. There's Il certain
amount OF human nature i'm the army,
you'll observe.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-20
oblter.t;ns c,... Distinctions.
u. Is. ChNHtert0f

Modern and cultured persons, 1 believe.
object to their children seeing Kitchen
Pegkotty. But Surely it il more Import
ant to be educated in q sense Of human
dignity and equality h In anything else
In the world. And q child who has once
Of the lower classes win respect the lower
classes forever. The true way to overcome
class distinctions is not to denounce them
ignore them A. children ignore them.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-20
Forces impei Us.
Eerrerro.

The ancients Understood that peoples.
like individual men,, can regulate their
destiny only. In part; that above w, about
can hardly comprenend: Vhich invest
Us, seize W. impell W whittier We had not
thought to 30.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-06-07
Minulf patek rano zemfel v ne

IsSS
mocnici sv. Josefa v Omaze, Jan
Novotny pc operaci. TITO west
zajiste kazdeho zarmoutila, nebot
byl vseobecnG obliben a nejlep-
sim veku. Zesnulf asi pred dve-
ma mesfci nastydnul, z Gehoz Sc
vyvinul zan9t mozku, a jezto Sc to
horsilo, take mel velke bolesti We
Have, zavrate a ztratu pam9ti,
byl wat do Omahy kde seznano
ae mt rosie ma leve strane mozku
nador, Gill houba ktera hyla odstra
nena o~peracf, ale bohuzel on ope-
raci nepfezil, nebot nekolik dnf
ma TO skonal. Pozistatky byly
sem zaslany v sobotu a vystaveny
v obydlf jeho svakra j. M. Petit
ka a v pondeli Sc odbyval pohfeb
ma katolickem hfbitove We meste.
Obfady v kostele a ma hfbitoye,
jakoz j krasnou rec mel nejdp.
Monsignor Bouska. Ma pohfeb
vzdor spatn5m cestam Sc dostavil
obrovsky pocet lidu, coz svedcf o
vaznosti kterou zesnulS pozival.
Byl to smutny pohfeb. ZesnulS
Sc narodil v okresu Bon Homme,
IS D., 10. tervna, 1880 bylo NIL
phi jeho skonu pies 81 let. V
kvetnu, 1904, pojmul "a manzelku
81. Annu Kortanovu a pax Sc cd
stehovali ma svoji farmu u Geddes
kterou prodali a pfestehovali Sc
ma koupenou farmu Vodhan.
Asi pred sedmi Lefty pro-ali tuto
a koupili farmu jizne cd Tabora.
Zesnuly malo stesti We SVEN zivo-
te zazil, nebot jeho podniky v roll
nictvf Sc nesetkavaly S dspechem:
Caste pfisel o drodu zivelni pohro-
mou, nemoce vyhubily Caste jeho
vepfovy a hovezf ~dobytek, pred
rokem mel velke nestesti kdyz
tbyl hrozn6 zranen zentourem.
Veskera jeho pile a pracovitost
ida Sc, byla marna, nebot vse slo
proti nemu. Byl Glov6kem dob
rackym a vseobecn6 pro svojf po-
vahu byl vazen. Zanechava zde
manzelku a pet dftek; ktere jsou:
Adolf IL let starry, Mamie II, He
lena 8, Ludmila 8 a Adela q, a jed
ma hOlGiGka jim zemfela v loni We
staff 5 tydnd. Jeho odchodu tez
zelf start rodiGe, manzele Jos. No
votny.ovi, sedm brdtrG a pet SEES
ter, ktefi vsichnf byli ma pohfbu
Bratfi jsou: Frank a Josef jenz
bydli u Lake Andes; Alois, Vac
Law, Adolph, Eman a Karel jenz
bydli u Tabora. Sestry jsou: Pr.
Jos. VaIenty, jenz bydli Dante,
pr. J. M. Petfika, pf. j. w. Hrus
Ky, pr. j. J. Rszaee jenz bydli zde
a pf. Antona Rezate jenz bydlf u
Dante.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-06-07

Vzdavame touto cestou srdecny
dix vsem tenn dobrym lidem ktefi
b9hem nemoci a Gmrtf naseho mi
leho manzela, otce a s.yna, Jana
Novotnfho, nam jaktmkoliv zpd.
sobem vypomohli a mas potesili.
Zvlastni dix plati manzelnm. FIR.
Bartovfm v Omaze, ktefi jej v ne
mocnici Caste navstevovali, pax
nejdp. Monsignorovi Bouskovi "a
dusevnf 1techu a krasnou FEC mad
rakvi, manzelGm j.. M. Petfiko-
vim "a ob&tavost a vfpomoc.
vsem zpevakdm pfi pohfbu, dar-
chm kv6tin a vsem jenz jej k pos
lednimu odpoeinku doprovodiIi
Volame vsem z hloubi srdce: BIh
Vas odmeniz.
Anna Novotna, manzeIka, ,
Adolf, Mamie, Helena,
Ludmila a Adela, ditky.
Josef a Rozalie NovotnS.
.l:S~
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-06-07

Ohas. w. Sears, jeho manzelka
Il dive ditky sem pfijeli We stfedu
z Palms, California, ma navstevu
k pfatelGm. .Pi. Searsova jest
dcerou Jos Obra.
Stara pf. Pobudova ma zlome-
nou kliGni kost coz j zpGsobila
krava, kterou yodla ma provazu a
ktera do nj vrazila tax prudce, re
j kost pferazila.
Dne 16. Gervna uspofada Josef
Hala, v SIM Sturmove taneGnf "a
bavu, pro kterou Dude hrati tabor
sky orkestr. Dalsi Sc oznhmi poz
deli.