Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-23

graspeu MS gripSacA anu, saying 10
his friends in the office. Il know a
thug or two about Washington.
went to the capital. aud Railroad
Auditor Frcnch's ollicia. ic.d SOON
fell. SIR. Gould was defeated
The history OF the construction oi
the Southern Pacific ra.lrosG from
San Francisco eastward through i.os
Angeles. Arizona. New MeNlcO and
Texas is full of interest. nuu,inE
ton and his associates did not stop
until thoy had continuous line OF
track from Portland. Oregon. 10 New
Orleans, 5000 miles in length.
While these huge enterprises were
being carried through in the West
MIR. Huntington was evolving vast
scheme in the East independently IT
ms associates. The State Of Virgins
had been trying to finish the Chess
peake and Ohio road, ami several sets
of contractors had oeen ruined in the.
attempt. Huntington completed It
and then went on building westward
through West Virginia. Kentucky,
Tennessee and Mississippi. until at
last he had the unique satisfaction
IN riding in his private car over his
own tracks from the gateway of the
Old Dominion, on the Atlantic. to
the Golden Gate. on the Pacific
Coast.
Mr.. Huntington early saw the adj
vantageS offered for a great seal ort
at the mouth of the Jams river, and
the present busy town of Newport
News Va, Is the result of his fore
sight IN making a terminus on the
james for the Chesapeake aud Ohio
railroad. 1t is well known he estab-
lished there the great shipbuilding
plant which is now known the world
over.
He from the first only employed
home talent and home machinery, and
his shipyard was American through
out. He made no distinction between
race and creed, aud the negro nuder
him mad n full chance. The we'll
known Huntington Industrial Works
at Hampton, Va, are an example Of
ms practical belief that the hand
should be educated as we'll as the
head.
Mr.. Huntington's main Office was
in the Mills Building, New York,
where he could be seen daily at a
desk Uttered with papers and docu-
ments.
After 90 Years of inceSsant toll. at
an age when most men are out of
business or out of existence was
daily at his post performing his share
of the laborous aud responsible work
which devolves upon the employer of
100000 men.
Many words of advice to young
men have been given by Mr. Hunt
ington. One of them was:
"Be always true to yourself; work
with an honesty of purpose; spend nc
money for things You do not need. ]
never used tobacco and not until
was nearly fifty years old did | know
the taste of wife or distilled liquors
1t is interesting to figure how much
money boy commencing at 10 years
o age can have bv the time he is
three score and ten if he saves p
cents a day aud compounds it semi
annually at per cent
"To be successful in the best sense
of the word one must work with al
honesty of purpose, giving full weight
and measure and doing all thing.
well to the extent of his ability The
desire to get rich in hurry mars the
happiness of many men, for wealth is
of slow growth, but it comes at last
to him who does not waste his mo.
ments, but works with all his nigh,
and lives on less than he makes
Riches thus acquired bring comfort
and happiness.
In India, the land of famine, thousands
die because they cannot obtain food. In
America, the land OF plenty, many suffer
and die because they cannot digest the
food they eat. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat 1t instantly re-
heves and radically cures all stomach
troubles J. G. Avis