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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-05

II Is impossible TO over-estimate
the influence OF a good or bad book
upon the formation OF character and
the shaping Of destiny. Next to
personal religious conviction" writes
a gifted author. 1.-The best safeguard
for the young IL taste for good
books"
Alexander the Great, before his
battles. would read from the "Iliad."
Lincoln attributed much OF his high
inspiration to Plutarch's Lives"
Jesse Pomeroy was a constant reader
of dime novels. Out OF 1913 in
mates Of houses of refuge, between
sixteen and seventeen years OF age,
almost all. 1t was found. had been
readers Of vile books.
But what shall I read?" asks an
aspiring youth. Without going into
the subject extensively, permit me to
give a brief outline of a good kind
Of reading.
Read much In history-the devel-
opment Of individual and national
plans. Rawlinson, Hallam, Carlyle,
Freeman, Motley, Guizot, Prescott,
Macauley. Master English and Amer
lean history.
Read not SO widely as In history.
yet extensively. the best poets
translations Of Horace. Homer and
Dante; Shakespeare, Milton, Tenny-
son, Burns, Longfellow, Browning.
Read with care the best works of
romance-George Eliot, Scott, Thack-
cry, Bulwer, Macdonald, Howells,
Dickens, Kingsley, Miss Muloch.
Read with thought the best essay
lists, Bacon. Macaulay, Irving, Addi-
son, Johnson, DeQuincey, Lamb, and
Foster.
Read, it matters not what your
creed, the best religious works-the
Bible, "Augustine's Confessions"
Thomas A. Kempis' limitation of
Christ" Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Prog
ress," and other works. of which
Milton says, "They are the life-blood
of precious spirits, embalmed for a
life beyond life"
Let him who would be truly
cultured read much of the holy and
sacred oracles of God. John Quincy
Adams calls the Bible an incompara-
BILE mine. Sir Isaac Newton esteem
ed it the sublimest philosophy. Here
are Genesis, with it's ancient history;
Leviticus, with its exalted legislation; :
Psalms, Ezekiel and Revelation with
their beautiful poetry; Proverbs.
with it's epigrammatic wisdom; Ruth
and the Evangelists, with their
thrilling history. Study these pages.
catch inspiration from their holy con-
tents, and thus receive the best edu-
cation for all the years of the time
and all the cycles Of eternity. In
them are found the sweetest strains
of poetry, the most thrilling nara
tiVes Of biography, the most exhaust
less stores Of philosophy, the most
instructive chapters of history. the
loftiest principles of ethical and NOR
al teachings; and, above all this,
that heaven-born and God-given
teaching which makes them the very
power Of God to salvation.
Abolish the Bible, once wrote the
gifted Schleiermacher, and you pluck
up by the roots all that is noblest
and purest in the worlds best liter
allure. Without the Bible we should
have no Paradise Lost" nor "Sam-
son Agonistes." nor "Cotter's Satur-
day Night" nor Pilgrims Prog
ress," nor many of the finest
thoughts in Shakespeare's plays, in
WORDSWORTH Excursion" in Tas-
SOS Jerusalem" in Byron's Hebrew
Melodies" The best literature of
the world is saturated and sweetened
with these thoughts of God.-Kerr B.
Upper, in Scrap Book.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-05

prophetic earnestness. The men gath
cred about listened with breathless
interest. And when he sat down no
one could speak. but every one was
thinking that with such a heritage
it was little wonder that the young
man vas what they had discovered
him TO be.-Youth's Companion.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-05

II he really thinks that there is no
distinction between virtue and vice.
why, sir. when he leaves our houses
Let us count our spoons.-Samuel
Johnson.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-05

When a man dies they who sur
vive him ask what property he has
left behind. The angel who bends
over the dying man asks what good
deeds he has sent before him.-The
Koran.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-05

No appeal is quite so powerful in
the end as the call: Come and suf-
fer."-Mazzini.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-05

We must improve our time; time
goes with rapid foot.-Ovid..
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
.PETITIONInG POSTAL
TELEGRAPH COMPANY

Business and Mining Interests of Eureka
Negotiating for New Wire Service
A petition addressed to the Postal
Telegraph Company and asking what
support il would give toward the con.
struction Of q general telephone or tele-
praph line between Palisade and Eu-
reka, was circulated here this week and
generally signed by all business men
and others interested in securing such a
service for Eureka.
Besides referring to other matters
connected with establishing this new
service. the petition ate that "this
town has been without means of wire
communication for several months pa st.
a service formerly given by the West
ern Union Telegraph Company. Since
the date OF the railroad washing out be-
tween this place and Palisade. Nevada,
the railway company has declined to
keep the Western Union line in repair,
and the Western Union has failed to give
the matter any attention whatever, not
outstanding the repeated appeals of
this community, that has given this
company its entire and a liberal support
for the past 40 years."
The petitioners pledge the support of
this community to the Postal Company
for all time If the latter will arrange to
immediately construct, or extend suf-
fcient aid to mater ally assist this com
munity in building aud putting into
service such a line.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
DOCUMENTS OF RECORD
Filed In the Office of the Recorder
OF Eureka County Up to
September Is, 1911

Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick to Mrs. Emma
Schaeffer-Deed to lands and premises
known as the Pinto Station. Consider.
alton $1,000. Recorded Sept. Is. 1911.
L. A. Melvin to @. F. Rickey-Deed
to one-third interest in the Delaware,
and Delaware Nos. 1. 2 aud 8 mines in
Buckhorn mining district. Considera.
ton SIC. Recorded September IA.
Notice of Location of the West Ex.
tension mine in Stafford mining dis
trict by Frank Warning and Mary
Warning. Recorded September IA.
Notices of Location of the Segma.
Segma Nos. /. 2 and 8 mines in Buck.
horn mining district by O. W. Hymer
and @. f. Hickey. Recorded Septem-
Der IA.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
NEW ROOF FOR SCHOOL BUILDING
Walls Found to Be In Weakened Con-
dition From Weather Exposure

With a force Of seven men. School
Trustee Dan Nostrosa on Wednesday
commenced tearing off the old roof OF
the Eureka public school building and
preparing the walls to receive a new
roof. AS the work proceeded it was
found that the repairs had net been
started any too soon, for a part of the
walls had become badly weakened on
account Of their poor covering aud ex
exposure to the weather. and in their
present condition it is said it would not
have taken much Of a jar to have badly
wrecked the building.
Except for a little work on the walls
the building is now ready for its new
covering. and with the lumber and all
other materials on the ground. it is ex-
pected the roof will be completed with.
in the next week.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
Ruby Hill Band Ball

The Ruby Hill Band has an advertise
ment Ia this issue Of the SENTINEL an
~uounciug a ball to be given by II at the
Eureka Opera House on Friday evening
September 90. This being its initial ef-
fort in giving a public ball aud their
first appearance before the people oil
this vicinity as players of ball room
music, they should meet with encour-
agemeut by having a large attendance.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16

Last week the Journal published an
account OF the surveys in progress for
the reconstruction Of the Eureka and
Palisade Railroad. which was washed
out about Is months ago. At that time
1t was stated the time of reconstruction A.,
and in fact the decision to do 30, was
uncertain.
1t Is now stated on reliable authority
that the work of reconstruction will
commence as soon as survey reports are
In, and that the new road will be much
better than the one destroyed.
1t is given out with some authority
that 1t is now contemplated to rebuild
the old road as a standard gauge instead
of a narrow gaugs track. This will be
no more costly, it is said, than the old
track aud equipment in the end. Rol
ling stock and engines for standard
gauge are said to be plentiful in the
second hand departments, especially in
view Of the substitution OF the mogul
engines on the large roads. Small
engines of standard gauge are plentiful
aud cheap. comparatively, while the
cost Of narrow gauge engines remains
comparatively stable.
The source of the statement is a man
in close touch with the officers OF the
road. who, for obvious reasons, does net
care to be publicly quoted.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
RUBY Hill School Opened

The Fall term Of the Ruby Hill school
opened last Monday, September IL, with
Leon Fleming as principal. The
teacher is a graduate of the State Nor
NAL College Of Alabama, and also OF
the Theological College of Louisville,
Kentucky. He was admitted to the
bar and practiced law eight years. lie
has had quite an experience in teaching
in Alabama, Nebraska and Oregon.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
DEATHOf MRS. MARY FITZPATRICK
Well Known Pioneer Resident of Eureka
County Dies After Short Illness


Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick died Tuesday.
September ~, at the home of her niece,
Mrs. James Evans, in Goodwin Car.
yon, Eureka. after q few days illness.
Facial erysipelas developed from .
bruise on her forehead, and with other
complications that set in caused her
death.
Deceased was one OF the pioneers OF
Eureka County, and with her husband,
the late Thomas Fitzpatrick. for years
Kept the station at Pinto, about eight
miles south OF Eureka, where the stage
10 and frem Hamilton passed aud other
travellers stopped. After the death of
her husband. and since there has been
little travel over this road, she rented
the place and has made Eureka her
home. She recently sold this property
TO Peter Schaeffsr, the deal being closed
A few days before she met with the ac-
cident that caused her death.
Besides her niece. Mrs. James Evans
of Eureka, she is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. William Lewis OF Colum'
bia, E.meralda County, Nevada. and
Mrs. Bessie Conway of San Francisco.
She was a native of Ireland and aged
60 years.
The funeral took place from P. II.
Hubs undertaking parlors in Eureka
on Wednesday afternoon at 3 O'Clock,
iutermeut being made in the Catholic
cametery,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16

mans Writing Tablet should be carried
during the school year 19i1-1sl2.
Seventh Grade
Curray's Literary Readings.
Steps in English. Book III.
Southworth-Sto Arithmetic, Book
III.
Tarr & McMurray's New Geography,
Second Book.
Moutgomery's Leading Facts In
American History. revised.
Hicks Champion Speller.
Eighth Grade
Ourray's Literary Readings.
Steps in English, Book ii.
Southworth-S Stone Arithmetic, Book
III.
Tarr g. McMurray's New Geography,
Second Book. first half OF year.
Gulick Hygiene Series. The Body and
Its Defenses. second half Of year..
Montgomery's Leading Facts in
American History. revised.
Hicks Champion Speller.
Steadman's Writing Tablet No. 8.
Physioiosy I'm An Grades)
Riches Primer Of Sanitation, to be
purchased by the district for the use of
all elementary schools.
Chance In Rooks
1t is neither necessary nor advisable
to compel changes in all the books ON
hand at the opening Of the schools.
Some Of these would be finished by
classes in January, 1912. Deferring
the change in such cases would save
parents unnecessary expense without
detriment to school work.
The contracts with the Publishers
expressly provide that the Exchange
and Introduction rates shall be avail
able until February 1, 1912. This gives
opportunity for defeTring changes
where advisable. provided, however.
that all changes must be made and the
adopted list of texts in full use, as re.
quired by law. on or before February 1,
1912.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
Notes Of Former EurekanS

Chris Malatesta of Tonopah, a former
well known resident of Eureka, recent
ly went to Carson to try the waters of
Wally Springs in the hope that a course
Of treatment would benefit his health.
For some time he has been a sufferer
from rheumatism and liver troubles.
White Pine News: Miss May j.
Delaney, who taught the school at
Lane City last year is now engaged in
teaching at Hilltop, Lander County,
Nevada. She spent the Summer with
her parents at Port Griffith. Pennsyl-
vania.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
News Summary

The steamer Senator arrived at Sc
attic Friday with $3.50. 900 in gold
from the Alaskan mines. Beside the
cargo Of bullion, many of the passen-
gers had gold. o. P. Gross had $780, 900
in dust. the result of two years toll in
the Iditarod district.
Pounded by heavy seas. the 5000. 000-
foot timber raft owned by the Ham,
mond Lumber Company which ground
ed on Peacock spit Saturday. has gone
to pieces. The logs are now scattered
across the bar aud far into both the
ocean and Columbia river, a menac to
shipping.
James r. Keene, the noted Wall
street operator, who was operated on
for stomach trouble at a nursing home
in London last week, is making such
good progress toward recovery that his
physician left London Friday for a holt
day. Keene expects to be out within o
fortnight as well as ever.
The Canadian election campaign has
now been in full swing for a month.
An army of orators has been busy
throughout the country daily and large
quantities of political literature have
been distributed. To-day the leaders Of
each party claim that victory for or
against the ratification Of reciprocity
with the United States is assured in the
| elections next week.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
Mineral Hill Property May Resume

From Spencer Plummer OF Mineral
Hin who was in Eureka Thursday 1t is
learned that s. O. Pratt, president Of
the Mineral Hill Mines Company. re-
cently arrived at the Hill from New
York and is now engaged there with a
mining engineer looking over the com
pauy's mines and mill with a view oil
starting up the property.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
LAYING in Winter Fuel Supply

As the railroad into Eureka this
Winter is still an uncertain quantity,
end without that e Of t~ransporta'
ton coal for fuel cannot be considereo'
MANY Eurekans have already COM
menced arranging for mahogany ana
cedar wood for their Winters supply OF
fuel. A number of teams are now en-
gagged in hauling wood into town.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
Card of Thanks

Eureka Temple No. 10. Pythian Sis
ters. desires to express its appreciation
and thank all those who assisted them
in any way in making their Labor Day
ball a success. and to the public for its
liberal attendance and generous patron.
age.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
REPORT THAT {. 8 P.
may Be BROAD GAGGED
And Reconstruction Work Be
Commenced As Soon As Sur
vey Reports Are In

While the SENTINEL has nothing new
to ofer this week in regard to Eureka
q Palisade Railroad matters, the fol.
lowing from the Reno Journal of Sep
tember II stating that q broad u
into Eureka is now contemplated, will
be read with interest:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16

Wanted-Good Housekeeping Maya
zine requires the services of a representa-
tive in Eureka to look after subscription
renewals and to extend circulation by
special methods which have proved I'M
usually successfully. Salary and COM
mission. Previous experience desirable,
but not essential. Whole time or spare
time. Address, with reference, ]. +.
Fairbanks, Good Housekeeping Maya
zine, 3S1 Fourth Avenue, New York City.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16

Fred Irwin arrived to-day from Duck.
water with a load Of watermelons and
apples.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16
new TEXT BOOKS
FOR NEVADA SCHOOLS
State Superintendent Issues List
OF Books to Be Used in the
Public Schools

The State Superintendent Of Public
Instruction has issued the following
list of text books for the different
grades of Nevada's elementary schools
and aid books lin party for the years
19ll-12:
First Grade
Gordon's Reader, Book l, First
Semester.
Wheeler's Graded First Reader, Sec
ond Semester.
The San Francisco State Normal
School Bulletin on Language.
The McClymond and Jones' Elemen-
tary Arithmetic.
Steadman's Writing Tablet No. /.
The last three books are for use of
teacher. but not to be bought by first
grade pupils.
For all schools the Board Of Trustees
is required to furnish pens, ink. black
board e~rasers, crayons and other neces-
sary supplies, including supplementary
books for pupils and desk text books for
teachers; also the Gordon Manual,
Charts. and Letter Squares.
Second Grade
Gordon's Reader, Book ii, First
Semester.
Wheeler's Graded Second Reader,
Second Semester.
The San Francisco State Normal
School Bulletin en- Language, for use
of teacher as in First Grade.
The McClymond and Jones Elemen-
tary Arithmetic. for use Of teacher as in
First Grade.
Steadman's Writing Tablet No. 2.
Third Grade
Gordon's Reader, Book Ill, First
Semester.
Wheeler's Graded Third Reader.
Second Semester.
The San Francisco State Normal
School Elementary Bulletin. for use of
teacher as in First aud Second Grades.
McClymond and Jones' Elementary
Arithmetic.
Hicks Champion Speller.
Steadman's Writing Tablet No. 8.
Teachers will note the Exchange"
aud "Introduction" prices On all new
books or revised editions of old ones.
These are given in full in the official
list OF adopted books. This list should
be conspicuously posted in your school.
room SO that it may be freely consulted
by the pupils. Teachers should be care
ful to explain this fully to their pupils.
Fourth Grade
Wheeler's Graded Fourth Reader.
The New Webster-C Cooley Course in
English. First Book.
McCly mond and Jones' Elementary
Arithmetic.
Hicks Champion Speller.
Tarr & McMurray's New Geography,
First Book.
Teachers should note carefully the
exact prices to be paid for text books
under all conditions named in the of.
fetal list of adopted books, and should
see hat the same are thoroughly under
stood by their pupils. There is q heavy
penalty for o~vercharge.
Fifth Grade
Heath's Fifth Reader.
The New Webster-Oooley Course in
English, First Book.
McClymond and Jones' Elementary
Arithmetic.
Hicks Champion Speller.
Tarr & McMurray's New Geography.
First Book.
Steadman's Writing Tablet No. 5.
Mace's Primary History.
Drawing (Ln All Crades)
Ia rural aud small village schools the
New Augsburg Drawing Books are for
teachers use, not to be purchased by
pupils.
In a one-teacher school not more than
two of the four books of the series
should be undertaken in the oil
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-09-16

Location notices and legal blanks for
sale at the SENTINEL office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
CHICAGO HAD A BIG SCARE
For Two Hours DriverIess Horse
Dragged Load of -Glycerine
Through Streets.

Ch1cago.-For two hours the other
night an express wagon with dyna-
mite and nitro-glycerine rumbled drjv-
erless through the West side streets
and boulevards, being finally halted at
Van Buren, and Jefferson streets. VII.
liam Waite, the driver, was in the Fort
Wayne freight station shortly after
six o'clock.
Calling to a policeman on his re.
turn, Waite gasped that he had 'lost
enough dynamite to blow up the West
side" and started on run west in
the roadway. Alleys and dimly-lighted
streets were covered in a few min.
utes and short time later he was
joined in the search by many detec-
ttves who swarmed through the dis
erict. The conveyance Is owned Sy g
teaming company and the explosives
were to be forwarded to some out-of-
town point.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
THE NEW APPORTIONMENT.

The new political map of Wiscon-
SIN as drawn by the new apportion-
ment bill, which passed both branches
of the legislature last week, has
stirred up things more or less over the
state. The socialists have succeeded
in getting in some log rolling work,
apparently, with reference to the
districts in which Milwaukee is
most directly concerned, that will
gives them considerable political
advantage, city and rural interests
being mixed in way that it is said
gives no uniformity and destroys
contiguitY
The third congressional district. in
which Grant county is located, will
hereafter consist, if his airport Jon
ment stands. of Grant. Crawford,
Richland, Iowa. Dane, Lafayette and
Green. AS it is recast, this territory
now has two congressman, Kopp of
Grant. member for the present third
district and Nelson, of Dane, member
of the present second district
The state senatorial apportionment
groups Grant, Crawford and kichland
together in the 10th distict. At pres
ent the district is comprised of Grant
and Crawford only, with John j.
Blaine, of Boscobel, as senator.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
Caring For the Girls.

''The old fashioned little girl in
bingham frock and hair tied with
ribbons seldom gives the juvenile
court officials any trouble" says Judge
O'Donnell Of the Toledo o.. Juvenile
court And then he delivers this
indictment against the little girls
who ape the extremes in fashions of
women:
"A majority Of the Maynard girls
brought before me are those that try
to keep up with Dame Fashion. It is
no uncommon thing to see a little
girl of II or IA dressed like a woman
of mature years, in hobble skirt and
decolette gowns.
He advises mothers to pay more at
tention to their daughters wardrobe.
Picture hats, high heeled shoes, open
work articles to be tabooed he thinks
Judge Hubert of the Detroit
juvenile court is of much the same
opinion Hundreds of girls of tender
age are led astray every year, he
observed but the tempter seldom
approaches the little old fashioned
girl in the modest clothes. =
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
Forget 1t.

= If you detest this vale OF tears, for
get 1t If you We a whine for victims
ears, forget it; the folks who toddle
to and fro and do their duties as they
go don't care about your tale of woe
forget it. You think your mission
is to teach Forget iE. You'd like
chance to make speech ? Forget it
Too many men like you have sinned
by giving US less work than wind if
you to noise your faith have pinned,
forget it, You say the laws ara all
unjust Forget it, They grind the
poor man s face to dust? Forget it.
The poor man who neglects his jaw
to do stunt with axe and saw will
have no trouble with the law-forget
it. You say your neighbors are un
kind Forget it. They persecute and
rob you bIind2 Forget it. For folks
are pretty much the same; they II
treat you as you play the game; for
get it. You have some gossip to re-
late? Forget it A scandal never
pays the freight forget it, A hun
dred bosoms have been wrung by evil
stories you have sprung; if you We an
other on your tongue forget it =
Uncle Walt Mason.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-05
The Dead Prosnector.

The hills shall miss hin-while the pines.
Through which he wandered Ger the
slopes,
Shall ask the nodding columbines
OF him-the Man of Living Hopes.
He loved the mountains-when came
spring
He turned unto the greening way,
And as one boards a priceless thing.
He counted grudgingly each day.
The heights were his-let those who
would
Seek ease in wales stretched far be-
meath;
Where CLEANS yon gaunt peaks snowy
hood
His campfire smoke curled like a
wreath.
His quest WIS vain--and yet who
knows
How little meant the gold he sought.
Enough for him falls golden CLOVIS,
And colors in the sunset wrought
Denver Republican.