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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
Selected Short Story
A GHOST


least are always young In the spirit
land"
And frivolous" said one of the girls
more given to flirting than to study.
AT any rate, they wear becoming
clothes-the clothes they wore at the
most attractive age"
why. it's grandma's pink silk" said
Kate. Mamma has it up stairs in a
trunk"
What is she doing?"
Sewing, but she's put down her
work and-would you believe it?-she's
taking n pinch Of snuff"
Snuff. A young girl take snuff.'
Grandma did as an old woman and
that's her snuffbox. It's among our
heirlooms."
IF they dress young they should act
young. No girl ever took snuff"
Julian, old fellow" said one OF his
classmates, tell us how you got it,
You see. old Grim In his lecture the
other day, speaking of stellar phptogra-
ply
Yes; we all heard that. Go on"
We'll. it occurred to me TO try the
principle on spirits. I've heard IA
Their say that my grandmother. who
died forty-five years ago at a very old
age, used to sit every afternoon in the
Old rocking chair at a certain window.
l resolved to try the Gamers on her. |
left II exposed eight hours. You see the
result. | don't know what il means
any more than you do"
II have heard Kate has the power OF
calling mp spirits" said one Of her
classmates.
II never heard of It," said Julian.
TRY it. Kate"
There was a universal demand for q
spirit from the hostess, so to quiet the
clamor she called:
Come forth, grandma
A door opened, and the counterpart
Of the spirit photograph walked into
the room. She wore grandma's pink
silk, though the color was nearly o
grandma's shoe buckles. grandma's
powdered wig. and in her hand she
held grandma's snuffbox, from which
she proceeded to take an imaginary
pinch.
Julian Mainwaring stood looking al
the apparition with eyes and mouth
wide open. The others. all Of whom
were watching the effect upon him
burst into a laugh. Seeing that he had
been made the victim of a practical
joke. his eyes flashed ominously.
Come. Julian" said Kate; we've
only had a little fun. You mustn't
mind our kittenish ways"
II thought / told you my plan in con,
fdence," retorted Julian severely.
$50 you did, and 1 told Julie in conf
dence. and between us two we resolved
to play a game on you. What will you
take to forgive us2"
Julian looked at the pretty ''madeup'
girl longingly.
Il think" he said. IF grandma would
give me a kiss I would forgive you"
Grandma paid the penalty, and the
! room was cleared for a dance. [19 Al
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OMAN pefcepllOD, SeHlie-
- men," said Professor Grlms-
by, lecturing to the class,
lis very limited. The tele-
scope shows us what is Invisible TO
the human eye. and photography
shows us what the telescope alone
fails to reveal. A portion of the heav-
ems exposed for hours to the telescope
camera gives a photograph of stars
the existence of which could not other
wise be recognized"
Julian Mainwaring. n of those
who heard the lecture, was of an in
curing turn Of mind. IF an invisible
star" he reasoned. may be photo
graphed by long exposure why not
an invisible spirit:" The more he
thought on the subject the more he
felt disposed to make an attempt to
test the truth of his theory. He took
up his camera and. going to his home
stead. now in charge of "a caretaker,
went to a room on the second floor.
placed an old rocking chair I'm a win
dow and planted his camera to point
toward it.
There" he said to himself; "if
grandmother exists and is moving
about among us in an invisible body
she is sure to be there where she al
ways sat in the afternoon at her
needlework."
Now, it so happened that Julian
Mainwaring had Il cousin, Kate Main
waring. in the woman's college of the
university. to whom he confided his
experiment. Kate confided the mat
ter to a friend. and in the afternoon
the two girls visited the homestead,
carrying between them a large grip
sack.
That evening Julian removed his
plate and the next day made a proof
When he came to examine the result
of his labor he nearly collapsed with
establishment. While he was exam.
lining 1t he received a note from his
cousin Kate asking him to come In the
evening and let her know the result
of his spirit photography. He was
dying with a desire to communicate
his success to some one and could
scarcely wait for evening. When he
arrived he found several Of Hates
classmates and several Of his own.
Come. Julian" said Kate as soon as
he entered. 1--WE are all anxious to
learn the result. Did you get grand
mother on your plate?'
81 got something very queer" he re-
piled. producing his proof. 1t was a
good deal blurred, as might be expect.
ed from a ghost picture. but there was
recognizable not a wrinkled old woman,
but a pretty young girl. Kate threw
up her hands.
Grandma she exclaimed.
why. it's a young girl" said one OF
the fellows.
"It's grandma as a girl" said Kate.
"You don't mean itr' cried one of the
girls.
Wonderful" exclaimed another.
what a pleasure to know" remark
: ed u of the fellows, that women at
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
BRINGING UP THE CALF
IN THE WAY 1T SHOULD GO.
Directions by an Expert on Proper Way
of Caring For Future Cow or Bull
Proper Feeding important.

In a paper on Taking a Calf From
Its Mother" by Professor o. Il. Reed
of the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege. this authority says:
The exact time of taking the calf
from its mother win depend upon the
condition of the calf and its mother at
the time of calving. If the calf Is
strong and in good condition it may be
taken away Immediately without al
lowing it to nurse. 1t will be al easier
task TO teach the calf to drink from
the pail II ii Is taken away from the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11

A MARVEL of engineering is the
"a new railway station which is
"a to be opened on the Jungfrau-
joch in Switzerland during the
summer, but the work there will not
be finished for another year. 1t is six
teen years since G~uyer-Zeller devised
the plan Of building a line from the
Little Scheidegg to the summit of the
Jungfrau. He thought that the work
might be finished in five years. He be-
gan with a capital Of only 100000
francs. Already twice that sum has
been spent on the railway. The station
on the Jungfraujoch is about 1900
feet from the Eismeer, almost 10000
feet from the Little Scheidegg and H.
600 feet above sea level. From the
new station visits may be made to
some of the finest glaciers in Switzer-
land which have thus far been accessi-
BILE only to the most daring mountain
GERS, especially to the Marjelensee,
which is the finest Of the Alpine gla-
ciers. From the Jungfraujoch station
the summit of the great mountain may
be reached In about three hours. The
warm weather of the last summer
brought to light the bodies of a number
Of victims of Alpine expeditions, bod
les which had hitherto remained undis-
covered, but which had been carried
down slowly into the valleys by the
glaciers.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
CAPE o CANAL

If present progress continues IN tue
construction of the Cape Cod canal
and If Is more than half finished now
the storied '.terrors of the vengefui
cape will have nearly disappeared by
the end Of another winter. The en-
gineers say that many of their hardest
problems have been solved. Backers
of the plan, headed by August Bel
mont of New York, declare that under
no circumstances will they desire the
government to acquire the canal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
Survey of the Worlds News

under the auspices of the Boston cham
Der Of commerce. the event Will be
made national in its scope by a tour OF
many of the leading Industrial centers
of the country to be made by 100 or
more of the distinguished foreign dele
gates in a special train after h close
of the business sessions.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
Gallery Indoors and Out.

A conference Of gardeners held re-
Gently mt Cornell university decided
that a check Of growth due to low tenn
peraturc Is very likely to cause celery
plants to produce seed shoots. This
that early plants should be held
IN hotbed or greenhouse under the most
favorable growing conditions until set
I'm the open ground.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
T BATTLEsHiP

The fastest Dreadnought in the
American navy and probably in the
world is the title claimed for h Flor
ida, which made 22.54 knots on her
Standardization trial. The Florida,
which is one of the six all big guns
of the Dreadnought type in commits
sion in the American navy, was design
ed for a maximum speed of twenty
one knots. She is more than one and
a half knots faster than the speed de-
manded. What makes the fine show
ing particularly pleasing to naval offi-
GERS is the fact that the Florida Is
one of the two battleships built in a
government navy yard and by govern
ment labor and under the supervision
of officers of the naval construction
corps.
The normal displacement of the
Florida is 81, 1925 tons, and she is man
ned by about 900 officers and men.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
MOTHERS DAY

The observance of mothers day,
whose originator was Miss Anna Jar
Wis, a Philadelphia woman, has been
taken up by countries of Europe n
Asia and the south seas. 1t is a day
of the veal set aside as a general trib-
ute to good motherhood and is marked
by the wearing of carnations, the
mothers day floral emblem, and special
sermons in many churches.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
UNIQUE ECONOMY

Governor West of Oregon has an
nounced that mex fall he will ride on
horseback from Salem to Boise, Ida, a
distance of more than 500 miles, to at
tend a meeting of the western COVER
nors and that along the route he will
preach the doctrine of good roads.
This long ride is occasioned by the
fact that the governors travelling ap-
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priation of $500. made by the legisla-
ture last year. has been exhausted.
Being a man of small means, Governor
West says that he does not feel that he
can afford to go to the meeting by rail
and that he is unwilling to create a de-
iciency in his appropriation and request
the legislature to refund ii. His bag
gage on the journey will consist Of two
saddlebags.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
.BIc ED" WALSH

VIII big Ed" Walsh, the star spit
ball pitcher of the Chicago Americans.
experience his first bad season in the
major leagues? For years he has
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11

American business men are taking a
keen interest in the approaching ses-
sions of the international congress of
chambers of commerce, which will be
held In Boston Sept. "a to %, as it will
be the first time the congress has been
held in the United States. and it will
afford an opportunity Of entering into
relations with the commercial leaders
of all other civilized countries. Great
stimulus to the foreign trade of the
United States viii result, 1t is expect
ed. The purpose of the congress is to
facilitate the commercial intercourse
OF nations and to promote cordial rela-
tionship between them. The recon-
mendations adopted by vote of the
delegates are carried out by a perma-
nent committee, the headquarters of
which are at Brussels. President Taft
Is honorary president and Secretaries
Knox and Nagel. Senator Cullom and
Representative Sulzer are honorary
vice presidents Of the general Ameri-
can committee Of the congress. While
~ sessions are to be held in Boston
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twirled great ball for the Sox. In
fact, he alone has done much to keep
the team well up in the race. Can he
do 1t again?
Ed had a good year in 1911. Re-
member how he stood the Cub batters
on their heads In the city series last
fall? AS he has an arm that seems
to be made of steel it looks as If
Walsh is to perform this season as
well as he ever did.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
~NNivERsARIE

Fifty years ago May 8 the Confeder-
ates evacuated Norfolk, Va, without
attempting TO defend it. On the same
date General David Hunter, command
er of the Federal department of the
south, proclaimed freedom for all
slaves in South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida. On May IL, 1862, the Confed-
crate ram Merrimac was blown up by
her own crew lei Norfolk, Va, in or
der to thwart capture. On May IL,
1852. Federal troops took possession Of
Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana.
cRocERs' REUNION
The National Wholesale Grocers' AS
ISOLATION of the United States will
hold its annual convention in st.
Louis May 10, 16 and II. George B.
Wason of Boston Is president of the
association, which plans that this
years session shall be its largest.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11

Golden Text.-Thou shalt love thy
nelghbor as thyself Rom. Kill. 81.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11

"TTUMAN perception, gentle
- men, said Professor Grlms-
by, lecturing to the class.
- .sie N y Hp,ita6 Tho tplp-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08

call. The planks inserted in each
platform will only be known after q
hard fight in the conventions The
Roosevelt forces will support them In
the republican convention and the
Bryan forces will force the fight alone
these lines in the democratic conven-
ton. Just what will be the outcome
will not be known short of that time
but compromise is more probable ir
these issues into a paramount place
in the campaign.
The democratic party is out to win
and will be more susceptible to pleas
for compromise than is the republican
party in its emergency. If Roosevelt
is made the nominee the republican
platform will have to try to focus the
attention of the country on the pro-
gressive issues and attempt to make
them paramount. But the rock OF
Gibraltar for the democrats will be
the tariff, and the better guess would
be that they will let nothing defeat
this fixed purpose of theirs nor nc
deep schism divide the party in the
Baltimore convention.
The stay-at-home vote will then
have the tariff or the progressive is
sues. either one or both, to tempt
them from their Indifference, and the
way they respond to the importunine
of the publicists ON these questions
will decide the fate of the parties Al
the polls.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08
Schools and Fairgrounds

In Dallas. Texas, they are working
to a system Of cooperation between
the Fairgrounds association Of that
city, the park authorities and the
school board. The chief purpose of
this alliance is to establish an eff
ciently-planned system Of play parks
which will serve every congested To-
cality in Dallas. The results now def
iHitely in prospect and already
achieved comprise eleven play
grounds, and the hope is expressed
by the progressive people Of that
city that eventually there will be full
playground equipment for Dallas ac-
cording to the most approved stand
ard of the modern playground move
ment.
In Milwaukee, the Bureau Of Econ
o ON, and Research, having in hand
the survey of playground conditions
and needs, has prevailed on the
school authorities to assist in the
work of that survey by getting the
children In the various schools to
indicate In a little written ESSAY
what they do out of school hours.
and more especially what games they
play and where they play them. BY
this survey. made more complete
through the aid Of the children, the
Milwaukee Investigating board has
been able to get at the bottom of the
playground problem, and from the
very first to engage in its solution
with more intelligent conception Of
the needs of the children of that city.
And upon the needs of the children
the problem must rest in any city,
We have done measurably well
with the Fairgrounds movement in
Portland. but there is occasion for
further and more effective effort.
Perhaps with US, as in these other
cities, there might be closer and
more active cooperation between the
school and park authorities and the
forces working for public betterment
from motives of public spirit or pub
Tic philanthropy.--Por Telegram.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08

The children and their parents are
being given a practical demonstration
in methods of reducing the high cost
of living that can come about in nc
other way Many of the children, the
greater majority of them, will acquire
not only knowledge of the value oi
soil culture, but habits of thrift and
economy in household matters that
will be invaluable to rhe community
in the future.
Theoretically the country has been
boosting the back-to -the-soil move
ment for several years, but nothing
more practical and efficient has ever
been devised than the city gardening
movement. 1t is a practical demon
stration to the city dweller the posi-
bilities of soil culture in solving the
problems of the increased cost OF
living.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08
HAS THE STAY-AT-HOME VOTE
BEEN INTERESTED?

A great deal will depend in the
coming campaign whether or not the
stay-at-home voters have been in
terested enough in things to take part
in the election. Two years ago the
results everywhere showed that the
democrats won not so much on ac-
count of an increased democratic vote,
but on account of the fact that the
republican voters simply kept away
from the poles and let the election go
by default
Will these same voters wake up and
come back to take part in the election
or will they remain silent and indif-
ferent to the results If they conclude
TO come back, what are they likely to
do? The main issues likely to be
raised by the national platforms are
the tariff and the initiative, referen-
dun and recall. In the first of these
it seems clearer to draw the lines be-
tween the two parties than In the last
1t will be hard for the republicans to
get away from a pledge for further
tariff revision following a report on
the schedules from a tariff board--in
other words, pledge for scientific
revision of the tariff.
1t will be possible, of course, for the
republicans to repudiate both the
president and his ideas OF tariff re-
vision, but such a reputation would
lead to certain defeat, and, commit
ting political hari-kari has never been
one of the republican party's weak
nesses. We may reasonably expect
then, that the republican plank on the
tariff will be close to the idea OF
scientific tariff revision. on the other
hand, the democratic party will de.
cllre for wholesale revision after the
manner of the bills on the severa
schedules already presented. Follow.
ing the successes of the democratic
campaign of two years ago, when the
republican majorities were overturned
the democrats will make the para.
mount issue out of the tariff and bio
high for public support along this line
It is not 50 certain to define what
will be the ATTITUDE Of the two parties
on the so-called progressive issues, the
initiative, the referendum and the re-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08


Should 1t happen that the Roosevelt
men on the Massachusetts delegation
refuse to abide by the decision of the
expressed majority vote and to cast
their votes for Taft, a precedent would
be established for the Taft men in the
Illinois. PENNSYLVANIA and other state
delegations TO break from conditions
that are not binding, except in a de-
sire on the part of the delegates to
give the people "A square deal, and
there would be q general crum bling OF
the colonel's strength, for there are
men in Roosevelt delegations who are
personally for the president, though
they perhaps vote for Roosevelt I'M
der the preference primary, though
that has in many states only a senti-
mental and not a legal significance
Party lines, which are weakened
enough already, would be shattered
by the result OF a further breaking w
of delegations because some men re-
fused to be bound by honor pledges
The situation is full-of danger, NOT
only for the candidates, but for the
party as well.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08
GARDENING UNDER THE OREGON
PLAN

There are 10000 school children in
the city of Portland, Ore. engaged
in gardening. Children in all of the
SO public schools are organized and
engaged in a competitive campaign.
Each school has It's own officers, who
appoint committees on grounds, seeds
and fertilizer. There are also a com
mittee of ten residents of each school
district, who are expected to visit the
school gardens at regular intervals
and report the result of their investi-
CATION to the officers of the general
committee
Here is a cooperative movement TO
stimulate soil cultivation that is GER
tainly deserving communication for
the scope Of the plan and the excel
lence OF the organization. The school
officials, the pupils and the citizens
working in harmony have succeeded
In giving great impetus to the gar
dening movement. The vacant lots
are being utilized as never before.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-08
Says Every One Goes to Hell
Wel-Known Bible Student Has
Nm Original Ideas on Final Destination Nv
DECLARES HELL IS GRAVE
DECLARES HELL IS GRAVE

Alfred /. Richie, q Bible student
of wide reputation I'm the United
States and Canada, declares that
everyone goes to hell. Mr.. Richie
has some interpretations on the Bible
that appear sensational and along a
new line. In an interview yesterday
he gave out some interesting infor-
nation regarding various prominent
Bible subjects that require more than
ordinary consideration to obtain their
full meaning.
IT have a new cure for inhdelity.
declared Mr.. Ritchie. ITO prescribe
the remedy we must find the cause,
which I believe is the inability of the
people to understand how God OF
love and wisdom and Justice, and hav-
ing all power, could permit present
conditions and conduct human affairs
as proclaimed by the dominant creeds
of Christendom- Unbelievers choke
at the idea of the great Creator pro-
viding an eternity of any kind of tor
ture for His own creatures, especially
If He was gifted with the foreknowl-
edge that most of the human family
60 there, and that He had all wisdom
to plan otherwise, and all power to
do as He pleased. Truly the general
religious teaching on this line is a
foe to reason and the mother of
doubt.
The Bible GlOrifies God
1.-THE Bible, taken as whole, pre-
sents no such idea of our blessed
heavenly Father, but praises, glori-
fies and exalts His holy character.
And so, when understood, it will be
as natural for average human beings
TO emulate, love and praise God as it
has been In all human history for
them to worship as leaders and he
roes those who have shown greatness
of character, either in power or wis.,
dom or benevolence. When rightly
shown the character of our God will
compel the admiration and loyaltq of
the masses infinitely more than the
character of a Caesar, or a Napoleon,
or an Edison, or a Bryan, or a Roose-
Welt What is the reason that the
character of God Is SO little rever-
enced, that the holy name of Himself
and of the Saviour are made the
commonest "cuss'' words? We an
swer that 1t is because His character
is blasphemed by the erroneous hell
teaching of deceived Christianity.
We'll did Pastor Russell, OF the
Brooklyn. n. T., Tabernacle say. IF
tho bible does reach thar eternal tor
ture Is the fate of all except the saints,
it should be preached, yes, Numbered,
weekly, daily, hourly. Ii it does not
so teach the fact should be made
known, and the foul stain dishouor-
' ing Gods holy name removed! l un-