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White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24
What D You Want?

70, 1922, Western Newspaper union.)
vXYHEN the boy passed the bakers
w shop on his way to school, he
used to look with longing upon the
display of pies and cakes and resolve
In his heart that II fortune should
eyer bless him with e he would
have enough of a feast for once. But
when, In after years, he passed the
same old shop and looked upon the
new treasures of the old window, now
with a pocketful of money, he had
ceased TO care for the goodies, and
went on, jlngling his useless coins.
What 10 we want now? Not what
We used TO want. Not more pie, not
more candy, not more toys, not even
more money. The old ambitions have
been realized. the old goals have been
reached, we have the power of which
we dreamed, there doesn't seem to be
anything In sight worth running after,
we look u upon a splendid world
with a falling desire for it, we go on
by an acquired momentum rather than
with zest. Still, we are ~unsatisied.
Yet we want something. What is it?
What do we want? What could the
Christmas time bring US of satisfac-
ton?
How would you like to recover that
lost art of Imagination? How would
a large investment in hope pay you?
What would that strange power OF be
holding the reality and the loneliness
of a spiritual world, that mysterious
power that some have, mean to youf
IL you could be a child again, just for
Christmas Eve, perhaps, you would see
the meaning of the stars that ride so
g~loriously upon the pillows of space.
You might feel called up and out by
the supreme and satisfying JOY that
Christmas signifies.
After all, we may have gained the
world and lost faith. an unreasonable
loss. Only he who keeps his childlike-
ness-not his childishness-knows the
eternal worth of time, the satisfac-
ton of that everlasting love that faith
grasps.
What n Christmas gift that would
be! Was not the old colored preacher
right when he sang. "All | want, all !
want all | want Is a little o faith
In Jesus?
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24
Jour
Christmas Room
Bu MARTHA 3. qhONAs

10, 1922 western Newspaper union.y

THERE is always a place to which
- one may flee In time Of need. That
place is the inside of our own heads
Provided, of course, that the inside of
our " heads is properly furnished
with Imagination and that the key Is
not rusted in the lock from long dis
use. II you are a little lonely on
Christmas eve, or a little unhappy,
Or a little anything that tends to tar
nish the glow of the season, why not
climb up to that place inside your
head, rattle the lock, be quite firm
with the key no matter how stubborn
1t is, then enter into what joy you
may summon by your thoughts?
Glad wishes for friesds are the
green wreaths we may hang In the
windows of our Christmas room.
Hopes for another year are the can
dies we light on the table.
New plans are the fruit TO deck the
board, and very likely there will be "A
guest or so to share them.
Think of the Fire of Purpose you
may light on your hearth
Think of the glow and warmth 1t
will cast oyer youl
Think of the castles and dreams you
crowded out Of your heart because
you were too busy; the fine. adven-
furious ones; the funny ones you have
laughed over all to yourself; the shy
ones you would not reveal to a soul
at any price. Call them all back and
see what a splendid set of inspirations
they are. You'll feel like a new person
And don't forget to put a present
on the Tree of Faith for yourself
something you've wanted all your life
II you can't have it this year. waiting
will make II more precious; and If YOU
can (oh, think of thatO you'll be al
the better prepared.
10 gi.nn b ~ 70 tree IN vOur Christ
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24
Ralsin Pie.

One-half cupful sugar, 2 cupfuls
seeded ~ralslns, IA cupfuls boiling wa
te, n teaspoonful salt, l teaspoonful
grated orange rind. 3 tablespoonfuls
orange Juice, 2 t~ablespoonfuis lemon
juice, l tablespoonful grated lemon
rind, 2 tablespoonful cornstarch, n
cupful walnuts.
Cook raisins In boiling water for
1--WE minutes; pour into sugar and
c%ornstarch which have been mixed.
Cook until thick. about five minutes.
Remove from fire and add other In
gradients. Bake between two crusts.
Walnuts may be omitted II desired.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24
Tell Me Again

TELL ne again The story
That yss ted vksa VI bod we're yssnsi
fss were NJ prince n Esu.
Aprnes viii . ssi1ss ts.sss.
AID he tssek d yssr had wss thrilling.
ns fAet that roe lived vas joy
Bat vas safy . girl thea. dear.
Asd yss vers ssiy . bog.
Tel ne. The way yea told ne
Wea ear love was tks soss Il sprtasi
Hold ne. - you weak hold ne
WAes cur love was . sacred thiasi
Lei he silver thst's IN yssr hair. Isve.
Be Jet. as Il used to be
Wbes ] var 70 new 10 earesses
Aad yss were % great to mel
Here By The bresise sittas.
A. the pictures in flames run By.
Sweet be the poueais fitting.
Asd children. just yes asa II
Fer the love Il car age . hehss.
Aaa yet vesid feel The joy
ofAs love that was saly . sihFs. dear.
Fer her priscs. whs VA ssiy . boy.
Henry EdYsrd Esrney. 4. the Richmond
Tnue,-Dispsfeh.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24
The
First Christmas
bu neunie J. knoch.
In the WISCONSIN Farmer

merry Christmas Merry Christmas!
Clangs the heavy, deep-toned bell,
And all the world gives back the answer:
Christ Is born. and all is we'll"
OVER nineteen hundred years ago
~ there lived in the little town of
Nazareth a humble carpenter and his
wife, Mary.
At this time the ruler of the Roman
empire, Augustus Caesar. required all
persons to pay taxes for the upkeep
of the kingdom. Joseph was a de-
scendant of King David. Although
he was living in Galilee, the law re-
CURED him to go to Bethlehem In Ju-
dea to pay his taxes.
When 1t was time to pay the trib-
ute, Joseph took Mary with him on
the Journey to Bethlehem. 1t was a
tiresome journey. They were very
weary when they reached the little
town. Joseph went to the hotel to
get a room where they could rest. But
poor Joseph was disappointed, for so
many other people had come to the
little town that day the rooms were
all taken. No doubt Joseph and Mary
felt lonely and discouraged as night
came on. At last they went to a stable
to find a place to sleep. Here in a
manger the Savior of the World was
born.
This was a very lowly place indeed
for the Prince of Peace to be born.
Prophets had been foretelling his COM
ing for many years. People were ex-
pecting him TO come, but in some very
grand way. Some thought he would
make the kings leave their thrones
and himself be the ruler. But he
came as a sweet, dear little babe.
Now. you wonder how the people
heard of his birth. in those long, long
ago days when there were no tele-
graphs or telephones? Perhaps you
think so important news as this would
be announced publicly by the highest
or the richest people in town
and a holiday declared.
But not so. The first news of his
birth was told to people engaged In
a very humble and lowly work.
Methinks it must have been u beau
tlful warn night. Far out on the hills
of old Judea the shepherds were herd
ing their sheep. No doubt they were
together about the big crowd
in Bethlehem that evening. Suddenly
there appeared in the sky a bright
light. The shepherds were afraid. An
angel spoke to them and said, BE
not afraid l bring you good tldlngs OF
great joy which shall be TO all people"
Then he told them that Jesus had
been born in Bethlehem; that they
would find him, a babe, wrapped in
clothes lying in a manger
with his mother, Mary.
Suddenly there appeared with the
angel a host Of other angels singing,
GLORY to God in the highest and on
earth peace, good will to men,"
After the angels were gone the shep-
herds talked over the wondrous news.
Then they hurried away to Bethlehem
TO see II 1t was true. Sure enough,
there were Mary and Joseph and the
little babe. Jesus. They then went out
to tell others.
God also told the news Of his gift
TO the world by placing a new star
in the sky. The wise men saw 1t and
followed its shining rays until they,
too, found the Babe of Bethlehem"
These wise men worshiped him and
gave him gifts Of gold. myrrh and
franklnaense.
This was the first Christmas.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24

"'W in d y, II
you'd ike the
rest Of the bana-
a you m n y
have them
IN o wasn't
that something
like, as they sayp
Just on the day
when / was so
particularly hun
cry, 0, Il n q
when h n n a n n s
Just touched the
right spot, as
they also say?
"And when j
had opened the
bag to get the
one banana, you
IAnup I had QapD
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24

luu NNt 4
have been In my summer quarters
lately. | can go back where il is
warmer later on, but at present | am
enjoying the nice weather Out-of-doors.
"Then. too. the people like to be
out-of-doors in the summer time
and they Ike 10 see Us out-of-doors,
too.
so everyone is pleased. We're out
ef-doorS and they are, tool
But to continue about my visitor
and my present.
'This lady asked for me-in much
the same way as she would have
asked for anyone upon whom she had
called.
"She might have gone TO see an
other young lady and she might have
said:
as my friend Miss Lily at homer
Just the very same way as she asked
for me:
"And my keeper brought her around
TO me and then | came back from the
out-of-door part Of my house to where
she vas and I shook hands with her
and patted her on the shoulder and
she patted me.
"She had passed by my Out-of-door
house and when she had seen me she
had called out:
"tHello, Windy
And l had gone down TO the front of
my cage and had put my hand through
the bars by way of showing her I re-
membered her and knew her.
at was in no time that she was
actually calling upon me.
And then she said:
"'WIndy, the hast time I was here
you did so many interesting tricks
for me. l watched you and you enter
tanned me. So I've brought you a pres
ent, Windy"
Il looked sideways at her to let
her know that that word present had
a pleasant sound to my orang-utan
ears.
And then she said:
81 remembered that you liked
bananas, Windy
well, you know how that rejolced
my orang- uta heart. I know Of no
present | would enjoy so much.
"And | tried TO show her how pleased
| was. / do think 1t Is nice 10 show
your pleasure when any one gives you
a present.
"If anyone goes TO the trouble Of
giving a present or Is kind enough
10 be so thoughtful ] think a little
gratefulness should be shown.
"And so I just showed by my every
action that nothing in the world
pleased me more than a banana pres
ent.
"'It's in this bag. Windy she said.
81 almost made the mistake OF tax
ing the whole bag away with me. but
my keeper called out:
"'Only one, Windy. Only take one
"That was a slight disappointment
for | was particularly hungry. oh, par
tlcularly hungry, and | could feel that
the bag had more than one banana
in II.
"But of course | was pleased with
one. And I TOOK It and peeled II
and then sat up and ate II.
"Then, when / had finished, the
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24

those others as well as having felt
them.
"On l went with the other three
bananas-all at m time l took one
In each foot and n In my other
hand and then with the hand not In
use / hobbled away with my mag
nihcent present.
"The lady laughed to see the way
l carried my bananas away, and she
seemed to enjoy the sight. But | en-
joyed the eating Of those bananas.
Oh, 1t was nice to have had a sur
prise like that, Of extra unlooked-fo for
bananasr
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24

We'll ilt Hliiikhl ON.
Oh. yes, Windy
had every right
to be p e a $ e d
with himself.
II received a
present today"
said Windy. A
lady came to the
zoe who asked
especially to see
her friend Windy.
the %orang-utan.
ayes, that5was
Just what she
sale d. SO the
keeper took her
past some Of the
monk. e 8
and then back OF
my.little house.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24
Lotion for the Skin.

The finest lotion for preventing
rough, red hands and chapped lips In
winter is equal parts of glycerin, bay
rum and arnlca.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24
CHRISTMAS IN THE AIR
BY MARY G. BONNER

THE air was keen and cold
= and invigorating. The snow
was falling gently. In every
house Christmas presents were
being wrapped, CHEEKY messages
and cards and letters were
being sent. Almost : forgotten
friends were thought of and re-
membered by a card, a wish,
a small gift.
For Christmas was in the air
&c. 1922. Western Newspaper Union-)
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-24
wINDY's PRESENT

Windy, the orang-utan in the zoo
was quite pleased with himself as
all 10 t,,fuhf hn
Evening star., 1922-07-09

uDUT they with all their endeayors
- were unable to master the fire.
Croesus, perceiving that Cyrus had
altered his resolution. when he saw
every man erideavoring to put out
Evening star., 1922-07-09

and had him taken down from the
pile"
Thus ended the career of the great
est and last of the native Lydian
kings. The rest of Croesus' life was
spent in servitude at the court of
Cyrus at Susa, and for the next zoo
years Sardis remained under Per-
sian dominion. governed by satrap.
But the palace of this pathetic figure.
or the ruins of il. still exists. and
every day brings the axes of the ex-
cavators nearer to its buried walls.
By 1914 DR.. Butler had already un-
covered a gigantic temple Of Artemis.
in which was found a letter written
in Greek by the Roman Emperor
Augustus, containing the welcome
information that a temple of Zeus
stood nearby, directly over the re-
mains Of the ancient Lydian palace.
Here were found the ancient coins of
Croesus. The hands of American eX-
plorers are thus almost within reach
of precious relics of great and
thrilling historical episode.
Evening star., 1922-07-09
Timing Bananas.

TT is generally known that bananas
are shipped while yet green and un-
ripe. but few persons are aware of the
careful and elaborate time calculations
required in setting out the plants and
cutting off the fruit in order to insure
the arrival Of the bananas in proper
condition at their destination.
When plantation is begun the young
plants are set out at certain periods so
that they will produce at regular pre-
fixed times during the year. certain
number OF days before the arrival of
steamer the green fruit is cut and
close calculation of the time that viii
be consumed in the voyage must al
ways be made, else the bananas will be
spoiled. Fruit steamers carry steam
heating apparatus to insure uniform
temperature throughout the voyage.
The ripening is calculated to occur only
after the fruit has reached the retail
dealer.
Evening star., 1922-07-09
Copper and. Health.

THE use of copper sulphate for the
disinfection Of reservoirs and the
destruction Of algae and noxious
germs in water has led to much dis
cussion Of the old idea that copper
is dangerous to health. An onicial
Of the Department Of Agriculture
maintains that change has come
over scientific opinion on this sub
ject- Strange as it may seem, he
says, there 10 not an authentic case
Of copper poisoning on record. either
in this country or abroad. ana he
adds that toxicolosists ana physiolo.
gists who have sufficiently studied
the subject agree that copper, in the
amount used for publication Of wa
ter, Is harmless. On account Of the
many defects in the practical use Of
filtration plants. he regards purihca-
ton Of water supplies by copper IS
a preferable method. or, at least. ~
a safe auxiliary.
Evening star., 1922-07-09

member Of the royal house of Phry-
gia.' Adratus by name, grandson of
the famous King Midas of the Golden
Touch. harassed fugitive seeking
refuge. having unwittingly killed his
own brother. According to the laws
Of hospitality, Croesus could not deny
him shelter.
1t happened at this time also that
an enormous wild boar came down
from the mountains of Mysia and raw
aged the country. killing many of the
inhabitants. A hunt was accordingly
organized in the royal palace. Prince
Atys was very naturally eager to go.
and begged his father to give him
leave. When Croesus demurred he
answered: would you have me a
coward? What kind Of man would
you have me appear to my fellow
citizens. to my newly married wife?
Besides, the oracle declared l am to
Evening star., 1922-07-09

die by the point of an iron weapon.
not by a boar's tusk." The unhappy
king was won over and consented.
sending Adratus along as the youths
special guardian.
THE hunt was successful, the boar
was brought to bay and sur
rounded and Adratus hurled his iron
javelin at the beast. 1t missed its
mark, however, and struck the son of
Croesus, killing him and fulfilling the
prophecy Of the gods. Bitter sorrow
welled up in the heart of the proud
king when he saw the corpse of his
son borne back on a litter, followed
by the miserable Adratus. The lat
ter, walking up to Croesus, stretched
forth his hands and begged for in
slant death, declaring himself to be
the most miserable of men. Croesus,
although his own affliction was great
was filled with pity. and said: You
have made me full satisfaction by
condenping yourself to die. But you
are not the author of this misfortune
except as far as you were the invol-
untary agent, but that god. whoever
he was. that long since foreshadowed
what was 10 happen" The son was
buried with due solemnity, but Adras-
tus, "son Of Gordius, son of Midas,
who had been the murderer of his
own brother and the murderer of his
purifier, when all was silent round
the tomb, judging himself the most
heavily AFFLICTED of all men. killed
himself on the tomb. But Croesus.
bereaved Of his son, continued dis
consolste for two years"
The kings mourning was interrupted
finally by the growing menace of
Cyrus, King Of Persia. with whom a
conflict was inevitable. Rousing him
self, Croesus began to prepare to at
tack the great empire of the east.
Having now acquired a tremendous
respect for the Grecian oracles. he
resolved to consult them, first making
trial of them in the following unique
manner: He sent messengers to the
principal religious shrines with in
structions to ask what the King of
Lydia was doing on a certain day.
From Delphi came this answer: ''The
SAVIOR of the hard-shelled tortoise
boiled In brass with the flesh of the
lamb strikes on my Senses" 1t was a
remarkable response. for on that day
he had actually cut up a tortoise and
q lamb and boiled them together in a
braxon caldron. thinking that such a
strange operation could not be
guessed or Anticipated.
The answers from the other oracles
being unsatisfactory. he again sent to
Delphi to find what the god Apollo
had to say concerning his attack on
Cyrus. The answer came back: IF
Crossus makes war on the Persians
he will destroy q mighty empire" :"
Highly pleased and little guessing
Evening star., 1922-07-09

A = Sardis, the scene Of some OF
II the most thrilling events in
1 \ ancient history, a party of
Evening star., 1922-07-09
Length of the Meter.

IF. as one authority states. with an
expression of astonishment, many
authors of scientific books are igno-
rant of the fact that the relation
between the meter and the yard is,
in the United States, fixed by law. then
it is probable that many other per-
sons are similarly ignorant. The
legal length of the meter in this
country is 1887 inches. In England
it is 3s.37o113 inches. Apparently
our lawmakers thought that a ten
thousandth of an inch was too in
significant to bother with. especiallJ
when followed by a hundred-thou5
sandth, and even another figure rep.
resenting millionths.
Evening star., 1922-07-09
SQUIRRELS as Workers
For the Government

TN conducting it's extensive expert
ments to discover the best way
to reforest waste lands or burnt-over
forest lands the forest service has
need Of large quantities Of forest
tree seeds. especially Of the cone bear
ing varieties. Since these trees do
not bear evenly every year. 1t is
necessary for economical reasons to
ascertain in advance what species
will furnish good seed crops each
year, as we'll as to undertake the
gathering operations in regions
where the cones are likely to be most
abundant. For these reasons in
formation is collected as to the bear
ing and conditions of the trees in
different parts of the national forests.
sometimes as much as two or three
years in advance. This is possible
because many Of the species of pines
take from two to three years to ripen
their cones.
When numbering is proceeding at the
time of seed-ripening. it is a compar-
atively simple matter to gather the
cones from the felled trees. But
when the trees are to remain stand
ing 1t is sometimes a rather diff
ficult task to get the cones without
climbing the trees. A great deal can
be accomplished with hooks or knives
attached to long poles; but the forest
rangers have learned to make use of
natures own seed-collectors for their
purposes. Plenty Of cones are found
in the seed-stores Of the squirrels.
This seems to be a very economical
way for Uncle Sam to obtain his
forest seeds.
Not only Is this method convenient.
but it has the further advantage of
furnishing the best seeds. The
squirrels apparently place In their
boards only high grade cones. More.
over, the squirrels put their supplies
away SO early that 1t Is possible for
the foresters to come back to the
squirrels reserves after the cones
still on the trees have opened up and
scattered their seeds. The red squirrel
is the best collector; in many Of the
holes Of this species it Is possible to
find from eight to ten bushels of
cones Of good quality. The average
quantity found in a single cache is
about two bushels. Other animals
also store away seeds and cones, es-
pecially chipmunks and wild mice.
Evening star., 1922-07-09

cordingly, when battle was Joined the
Lydian cavalry was completely routed
and the hopes of Croesus were ut
terly destroyed Sardis was captured,
burned and plundered
AS the Persians burst into the royal
palace and as soldier was about to
dispatch the Lydian king, the dumb
son of Croesus suddenly found his
voice and cried aloud: Man, kill not
Croesusi" Then was the king re-
minded of the prophecy which had
declared: "Oh. Lydian born, king of
many, very foolish Croesus, wish not
son speaking within thy palace. 1t
were better for thee that this should
be far off, for he will speak in an
unhappy day
Then" says Herodotus. "the Per-
slams. having taken Croesus, conduct
ed him to Cyrus, and he, having
heaped up a great pile, placed Croe-
sus upon it and with him fourteen
young Lydians, designing either to
offer this sacrifice to some god, or
perhaps, having heard that Croesus
was religious person. he placed him
on the pile for the purpose of disS
save him from being burnt alive.
Now when Croesus stood upon the
pile, Notwithstanding the weight OF
his misfortunes, the words of Scion
recurred to him, that mo living man
could justly be called happy" After
long silence he uttered a groan
and thrice pronounced the name of
Solon. When Cyrus heard him he
commanded his interpreters to ask
Croesus who it was he called upon.
| They drew near and asked him. but
Croesus for some time kept silence.
When they persisted in their inquir-
les he at length told them that Solon.
an Athenian. formerly visited him.
and having viewed all his treasures
made no account Of them, telling. in
| a word, how everything had befallen
him, as Solon had warned him,
| though his discourse related to all
mankind as much as to himself, and
especially to those who imagine
themselves happy. The pile being
now kindled. the outer parts began
to burn; and Cyrus. informed by the
interpreters Of what Croesus had
, said, relented, and considering that
being but a man he was yet going
to burn another man alive who had
been in no way inferior to himself
in prosperity, and. moreover. fearing
retribution and rejecting that moth
ing human is constant, commanded
the fire to be instantly extinguished
and Croesus with those who were
about him to be taken down.
r. X X
luDUT they with all their endeayors
ID were unable to master the fire.
Croesus, perceiving that Cyrus had
altered his resolution, when he saw
every man endeavoring to put out