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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-03-19

Palisade Wagon Road in Fair Condition
Joe Minoletti. who left last Sunday
with q team and light wagon for Paii-
SADIE, returned to Eureka Friday after
noon. He made the trip to inspect the
condition OF the wagon road with the in
tention of hauling freight from Palisade
with his big team. According to his re-
port the road is not at present in q very
bad condition. and while it would not
Justify loading teams very heavily, 1T is
thought they would have little trouble
in making the trip with ordinary loads.
Besides bringing John Luoey, Jr.' and
another passenger frcm Paliiade. he
brought 50 pounds of fresh butter Tor D.
b. Bale.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-03-19
Catholic Church Services

Rev. Father Matthew Collins will hold
morning and evening services In the
Catholic Church in Eureka Sunday as
follows: Mass at 10 a. m. /; Rosary ut
7 ID. m.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-03-19

AS announced in the Record last
week, there is no longer q doubt that
dirt will soon be flying on the Ely. Gold
field road. The following is from the
Salt Lake Herald Republican of Feb
ruary 20:
1.-The contract for grading the first as
miles of the Eiy.Goldfeld road, which
is to be built from Goldfield north, has
been let and the work will commences in
a few weeks. The company has de-.
cided upon the construction of the line
as far as Tybo, and it is further an
nounced by Ely. Goldfield road officials
that a new survey will be made from
Ty DO through Hamilton, Cherry Greek,
and Deep Creek into Salt Lake. The
survey of this proposed line from Ne
vada into Salt Lake is, no wever, very
indefinite. although the legitimate work
Of building the road in Nevada has been
carried on after a vigorous financial
campaign"
Information similar to the above has
also been printed in New York and
Boston newspapers Of recent date, there.
fore there seems to be no doubt that
construction work from Cuprite will be
commenced about April 1.
The Record has information that the
management has about decided to
abandon the Currant Greek route as sur
veyed last Summer, but will survey
lines via Hamilton, Ely and Cherry
Creek. Ely can be reached via Hamil-
ton with a saving of Is miles and a con
siderable sum in cost of construction as
against the Ourrant Greek route.
The latest information is hat the
company is figuring on a tunnel a mile
in length through the north end of
White Pine mountain, which would
materially shorten the line aud bring
the road nearer to the camp of Hamil.
ton. A preliminary estimate on the cost
of boring this tunnel has been placed
at $500, 900. From Hamilton a number
of surveys will be made to Ely and
Cherry Greek. and also from Cherry
Creek to Salt Lake City.
IL is the intention of the company
now, as it was when the road was first
proposed, to come via Ely if possible,
but it is also pretty definitely settled
hat the road is to be extended on to
Salt Lake. and for this reason it is all
the more important that Ely should
have the road.
The probable change OF the route from
the Currant Creek pass may cause some
delay in the completion of the through
line, but there is no doubt that it will
be built and in operation to Typo by
early Fall. The surveying of new lines
from Typo to Hamilton. Ely. Cherry
Creek and Salt Lake will require the
greater portion of the Summer. hence il
is possible that tho road may not be
built further than Hamilton during the
present year.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-03-19

Mr.. Pollock was confined to his room
Saturday with a severe cold, N 1t is
now doubtful if he will be able to start
for Paljsade Sunday morning as in
tended.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-03-19
NEW ELY-GOLDFlELD SURVEY
Line Will be Rushed to Typo
and New Route Surveyed
Via Hamilton

In view of the present chaotic condi-
tion Eureka finds itself in at this time
regarding railway transportation. the
following article from the Ely Record
that a change has been made 10
the route of the new Ely-Goldfeld Rail.
way from the proposed route via Our
rant Creek. to one further north via
which will bring a standard
gague read within Is or 20 miles of Eu-
reka, instead of 60 miles to the Ourrant
Creek survey, will prove Of especial
interest to the people Of this section:
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
STATE
CAPITAL
DOINGS
Huston Sentenced.

Joseph NJ. Huston, of Philadelphia,
architect of the State Capitol and OF
the furnishings and equipment, about
which there has been so much scan.
dal. was sentenced to imprisonment
for not less than six months nor more
than two years in the Eastern Peni
tentiary at Philadelphia and a fine
Of $500 and costs. He had been
convicted of conspiracy to defraud
the State by certifying a false bill
for desks for the building. The sen.
tence was pronounced by Judge Kun.
kel, of the Dauphin County Court.
who sat in Illusions trial last spring
Immediately after the sentence had
been recorded counsel for Huston
took an appeal to the Superior Court,
sitting in Philadelphia, and asked
that the appeal be made a superse.
das. Huston was placed in the Gus
tody of the Sheriff and a bail bond
of $25, 900 prepared. AS soon as Of
fetal notice of the granting of the
supersedas was received Huston was
released on bail until the higher court
acts upon his appeal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
THEY ARE SOBER ENGINEERS
Stringent Rules Against Drunkenness
Enforced by Brotherhood-One
Notable Example.

1t Is safe to say that no other union,
club or organization of any sort ap.
plies quite such heroic treatment to
undesirable citizens as the Brother.
hood of Locomotive Engineers. One
thing that the brotherhood most
strenuously insists upon is that It's
members shall not drink. Thirty-five
members were expelled for getting
drunk In 1909, and their shame was
publicly proclaimed in the Journal.
The treatment does not stop here by
any means. The brotherhood will not
risk the lives Of its members and the
general public by permitting drink
Ing man to run an engine, writes
Charles Frederick Carter In Century.
When a man has been duly convicted
Of drinking and punished according to
the laws of the order, the facts are
laid before the proper authorities on
the road that employs him, and his
discharge is demanded. In one no
table instance the engineer of a fast
train got drunk during his layover and
disgraced himself. He was tried, con.
victed and expelled, the management
was informed, and the offenders dis.
charge requested in regular form. But
as the engineer had been a good man,
the railroad company demurred, say
Ing that he had not been drunk while
on duty.
But" said the brotherhood, there
Is no telling when a man who gets
drunk off duty may take notion to
get drunk on duty, and we do not in.
tend to take any chances on having a
drunken man tearing through the
country at sixty miles an hour, endan.
gering the lives of others. It is un-
fair both to the Employees in your serv.
Ice and to your patrons"
The culprit was discharged He
can never be employed on a railroad
again.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
Music.

The late Mr.. Shakespeare said some
severe things about the man who has
no music in his soul and is not moved
by concord of sweet sounds.
In his day and time Mr.. Shakespeare
was doubtless right.
Mr. Shakespeare never heard n
campaign band. No hammered wagons.
filled with tuba and cornet players
ever rolled through the streets of Mr..
Shakespeare's town, playing by rule
of thumb while the banners exhorted
the terrified hearers to vote for the
peoples friend.
Mr.. Shakespeare never heard GLADYS
Montmorency play the piano after She
had spent a year away from home az
n finishing school and had failed to
get her finish.
If Shakespeare he'd heard Gladys
play and had realized that so far all
she had CLEANED from the field of har.
mony was the art Of crossing her
hands while rendering Old Black Joe
with variations he might have writ,
ten a revision of bis verdict.
Music hath charms TO soothe the
savage breast, perhaps, but there ara
times when it occasions the sayagery
in the breast
Another indictment against music is
that so often attempts are made TO
combine it with verses ending And
then to his old mother he did say"
thus combining the two in n pop"l~-
song of the day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
Hints
For Halloween.

From the volumtnous correspondence
which has poured into the Office re-
garding Halloween" 1t would seem
that every reader, old and young, rich
or poor intended to celebrate on this
most fascinating festival day. Madame
Merri sincerely hopes that there has
been something in the departments to
suit the needs of all
Here is a very simple method Of de-
termining ones future partner in life.
II Is called the yarn" test:
At the stroke of midnight the girls
must all go upstairs, the men remain
ing in the hall below. Then each maid
in turn drops ball of light yarn over
the banisters. OF course, she must
hold tightly to one end of the yarn and
remain unseen when she throws 1t
down.
The men scramble for the ball, and
drawn taut by the girl above, must re-
ply by giving his true name when the
unseen holder says who holds?"
II he recognizes her voice. so much
in their favor; II the girl drops the end
she holds, she will remain unmarried; /;
II tho yarn breaks she will not marry
any of the men present on this occa-
sion.
This test is always sure to provide
happy ending to the party, and 1t is
also means Of pairing the guests for
refreshments or for any game where 1t
is necessary to choose partners.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
PASSION FOR GIN DRINKING
Historian Lacky Says Liquor Never
Ceased to Be counteraotins In.
fiuence on Morals.

In his England in the 18th Cen
tury," Lacky, the historian, says that
about 1924 the passion for gin drink
ing affected the masses and It spread
with the rapidity and violence of an
epidemic. Small as is the place which
this fact occupies in English history
1t was probably. If we consider all
the consequences which have flowed
from 1t, the most momentous In the
eighteenth century - incomparably
more so than any event in the purely
political or military annals OF the
country. The fatal passion for drink
was at once and irrevocably planted
In the nation. Physicians declared
that In excessive gin drinking a new
and terrible source OF mortality had
been opened for the poor. Retailers
OF gin hung out signs that their Gus.
toners could be made drunk for a pen.
ny and dead drunk for two pence, and
that straw was provided free" The
latter referred to the custom OF hav.
ing straw In the cellars on which
those who had grown too drunk 10 get
home could sleep OF their potations.
He goes on to say that. from the
early years of the 18th century gin
drinking has never ceased 70 be the
main counteractfng influence to the
moral, intellectual and physical bene-
fits that might be expected from In
crease commercial prosperity"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
Holds on Full Term.

The State Supreme Court decided
that State Treasurer Charles Fred
erick Wright shall hold his position
for the full term, which expires in
1913. An election for a successor
will take place in 1912. Wright was
appointed by Governor Stuart to sue
ceed j. A. Stober, elected in 1909,
but who died before qualifying. All
the political parties have nominated
candidates for State treasurer to be
voted for in November, and the de-
cision will necessitate changes in
tickets, The quo warranto bill al
legged that no vacancy existed because
of the appointment by the Governor
Secretary of the Commonwealth Nc.
Afee held that Wright was appointed
to serve only until the next election,
when the vacancy could be filled.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27

THE melancholy days have come''-'tia
we'll that he who penned
The poem which begins that way long
since came to his end
The melancholy days. forsooth. The np-
pies IN the bin,
Inc grapes that are 50 fun OF juice 10
nearly bursts their skin.
The pawpaws growing greenish- brown
and fat as butter-balls
Ihe black-haw Pumping till at last from
sheer delight it falls.
THE melancholy days." o, snin tha
ambient atmosphere
Ana get the scent the jocund breeze Is
waiting to us here
The pungent spcncss and tang that
woos belated bees
And tells us that somewhere today be-
meath the orchard trees
A copper kettle bubbles full OF apple but
ter Say!
What kind OF man could say this is =
melancholy day?
o. let us weep because the gorgeous
pumpkin wakes fat
There is a world Of sadness In the very
thought OF that
Full soon We'll bring the pumpkin in.
and cut 1t into dice
And put it on the stove and boil It maybe
once or twice.
Then later on Wen sit about the groaninK
board and sigh
Because we lack capacity TO eat tho,
whole big pie
How SAD It is to contemplate the chang
ing Of the year,
To see the leaves upon the trees grow
shrivelly and sere
How gloomy Just to sit and think OF
turkeys getting big
How can some people nowadays bs
merry as n crlR2
o. It fills one soul with woe and gets
upon his nerves
To think of all the shelves that now arc
full OF good preserves! =
The melancholy days have come"-O, SEQ
these bitter tears,
The Joyous hour for mincemeat pie with
every moment nears
o. let the wintry blizzards blow. and
fetch your killing frost.
But bring the mlncemeat season and the
world Is not yet lost
The melancholy days are near-I3ut,
brother. can't you guess
The nectar OF the gods is dripping from
the cider press,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
A SuperstItlon Party.

A ladder was put up ON the front
porch so all would have to pass under
1t to enter the house. All the black
cats in the neighborhood were bor-
rowed for the occasion and salt was
spilled In front of each plate at the
table. The party was on Friday, on the
thirteenth day of the month, and each
guest was asked to tell his favorite
superstition. The favors we're scissors,
knives and tiny purses without the pro-
verbal lucky cent" Tne result of this
party was that no one died within the
year. all remained good friends. and,
In spite of the looking glass which the
hostess shattered just before going In
the dining room, none had bad luck.
This affair could be combined with
Halloween stunts and make a Jolly
time for tomorrow night or during the
week. when fads and fancies pertain
Ing to the mystical day are in order.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
OTHER WOMEN'S HUSBANDS.

another, really gone and is everyone
discontented and groaning under his
matrimonial chains and letters? Is the
real reason why we attract or are at
tracted by other women's husbands
that we are unattainable or forbidden?
It cannot be truel There must be
something less petty than the crying
of the child for the moon behind 1t
all.
There are bachelors down town. too,
many Of them But somehow. those
whom | meet seem crude and unin-
formed In comparison with the "other
women's husbands" immature and un.
tactful Back In my little country
village I used to assist the Plymouth
Rock hen with the Matching OF her
chicks. picking on little bits OF shell
from the round balls OF feathers and
helping In my clumsy way that the
chick might get Its bearings. am
always wanting, flguratively. to poke
on bit Of shell here and there from
the bachelors Of my acquaintance and
watch them get their eyes OPEN
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
S
R'Nlq544zi\paEe
iNEBRlATE is DEAD WEIGHT
Progress Is Pushing Drunkard to One
Side With Relentless Force-OId
Order Was Kind.

If conditions 60, 20 or so years ago
were considered the decrease shown
In inebriety would hs most striking,
sand where formerly there were prob
ably 20 or 80. In the early days of
the republic, whisky was an article of
wide consumption, made so because
1t was the only alcoholic stimuant cas-.
lily obtainable at distance from the
sea coast, and because large quanti-
ties of grain could be profitably con-
munities.
Economic causes have operated pow
erfully to diminish hard drinking Fif-
ty or so years ago there were thou
sands of communities in which profess
sional men could drink to excess with
out suffering in public opinion. Now
such offenders would quickly lose their
standing, and not only professional
men, but workers in all the trades,
especially those in which machinery
Is employed, are obliged to keep sober
In order to hold their places. The in
ebriate is a dead weight in modern
society, says New York Tribune The
older order was more than kind to
him. but the newer is relentless. The
younger generation has accurate views
on that point and the proportion of
young men handicapping themselves
with drinking habits Is becoming small.
er every year. Young men nowadays
are too intent on other things to be
greatly attracted b. the cheap lure of
dissipation.
All progress in the past half cen
tury has helped the cause of modera-
tion. Legislation has been appealed
to both TO end the sale of liquors and
to regulate it. But economic and ed
ucational pressure has done more than
legislation to put rigorous ban on
lnebriety.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27


brightly through the intervening trees,
stood the comparatively princely cot.
tage of his friend and employer, Lewis
Pembertnn. promoter and engineer.
Several days ago Lewis Pemberton
had designed to confide to his atten.
dant corps fact that had long since
been suggested by the radiant shin
ang OF his eyes and his frequent out
bursts of gay, impulsive laughter
that the young lady. back home, had
nnaily come to favorable decision,
and was now expected, accompanied
oy her mother and several friends, to
spend month or so in the crude but
hospitable shelter of her fiance's cot.
tage, Pemberton had selected three
OF the boys to act as guides and gen.
eral cavaliers to the ladies during off
hourS-Newton, Jim Howard and
young Dick Marston.
Newton and Howard had jumped at
The Invitation but Dick had shaken
his head with finality, pleading that
ne was too busy. Pemberton had re-
Piled. Wait till you see the girls. my
ooy." and had laughed immoderately.
What pleasure could companion
ship with any girl be since Natalie
mad gone? At best these friends OF
Pemberton's betrothed would be col,
oriess, insipid creatures. or the usual
Forward type of chattering girls. Ma.
ltaiie, with her deep, grave eyes, her
tactful understanding. her unfailing
sympathy. had spoiled him for the
frivolous banter of the girls whom
newton and Jim Howard were now
nnding 30 enchanting In their first en-.
nnsiastic greetings at Pemberton's
ieatiye little cottage on the hillside
40 Marston, accompanied by his
loneliness and sorrow, occasional peals
h girlish laughter mingled with
broken snatches of conversation and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
remperanee In Germany.

The cause OF temperance IL making
steady progress In Germany, and ac
cordiug TO the latest statistics Just
published there are over 100000 mem
bers OF the different temperance asso
Citations throughout the country. the
most imporiant being the Internation-
Al Order OF Good Templars. with "a.
oo0 members. the Blue Cross associa.
''ons with $4,000 members. and the
Salvation army with s.000 total ab
sfa'pers The greatest nnp'ber ~ con
verts have heen made dpri'pe the last
vear IN wh'oh time the international
Order ~ Good Te~r'srs srcreasea it,
membership ov nearly 400 per cent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27

George Gray Barnard, the sculp'
tor, sent word through his American
representative, Clayton Mayo, OF
New York, that the heroic marble
groups intended for the main en-
trance to the Pennsylvania State
Capitol have been shipped from
Fronce. The Board of Pub / C
Grounds and Buildings will make
arrangements for the prompt for
warding of the statutes to Harris
burg after their arrival in New York.
They will be stored here until the
American Representatives of the Ital-
ian firm that is to erect them are
ready to proceed with the work,
which will probably be within few
weeks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
TELLING Fortunes.

Fortunes may be told by the tradl.
tional three bowls" Place three
bowls, or saucers (as they are more
conveniently, on table, one filled with
water. one with milk and the other
empty. Each maiden is then blindfold.
ed, turned around three times and
started in the direction of the bowls.
If she dips her finger in the water, she
will marry a bachelor, II in the milk
her husband will be widower, while
if her finger touches the empty dish
she is fated to remain single. After
each one makes the test the order OF
the bowls must be changed so as to
prevent those who watch from know
ing which Is which
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
His Dreams
By EDITH GRAY
1910. by Associated Literary Press

outside the shack a Mexican half.
.-eed strummed his guitar and sang
n a voice inclined TO nasality, but
M, utterly unmusical. the refrain of
. nopular song then much In vogue
at Vera Cruz.
Richard Marston, the young Amer.
,csn seated within. translated to him
self MY soul, my life, love you,"
and flung aside his cigarette in a sud
ben gesture of despair. my soul, my
iIfe. love you! Truly, of what use
this daring plunge into the mountain
humber camp of Ell Orc, this exile
from friends and family in persistent
ouest of forgetfulness? OF what use
when the forgetting is as far distant.
now. lp the continual round of tedious
duties, the overseeing Of Indian gangs
and balancing of numberless accounts,
as il was in the first days?"
The long hours of morning toll
brought, for q time, detachment and
mental relaxation, but when evening
came with its crying demand for
physical rest, its breathing of wind
IN the oak trees and glittering of first
stars above the shadowy pines, Mars
ION was invariably overwhelmed with
old memories, and slender girl, red
cloaked, her hood drawn over her soft
brown hair, stood once more before
him, gazing wistfully outward through
her tear-dimmed eyes. Unnumbered
times, had the bitterness Of that part.
ing been renewed.
MY soul, my life. / love you'll"
Marston tilted his chair legs back
against the crude, unfinished boards
and stared meditatively out through
the open window. His glance ignored
the miserable outlying huts Of the
Iaboring half-breeds, passed along the
marrow dirt road, cut and scanned with
the continual repassing of the heavy
loads, and fingered above on the hill
side, where. its lights cleaning
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
Workmen's League Wins.

The Workingmen's League Of Phil.
adelphia is entitled to nominate a
State ticket, and its certificate nomi.
mating the regular Republican State
candidates is valid, according to
decision handed down by the Dau.
phin County Court. Representatives
of the Keystone party objected to the
leagues nominations, asserting that
it was purely a local party and there
fore not entitled to enter the State
campaign, and also that the conven.
ton which made the nomination was
not properly constituted.