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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
RAILROAD LIFE
FULL OF ROMANCE
Stories Told by Those Who
Spend Life on Rails
JOVIAL SET OF MEN
Have Dangerous Lot in Life-Old
Timers Always Have Fund of
Stories on Handicapped
ence of Engineers

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
There Is a great deal of romance
woven about the business of railroad
ing. Books have been written of It,
poems sung of It, When one sits at
ease behind the brass-railed platform
of the observation car, II Is quite easy
to think of the romantic life of the
engineer ahead.
If you should some time get permis-
sion to ride on a locomotive and the
fireman let's you feed the hungry NAV
of the engine for several miles, ro-
nance will take seat some distance in
the rear. There Is nothing particularly
romantic about shoveling a few tons
of coal into the mouth of a flaming
furnace; and If a hot cinder pops out
and flies down the collar of your shirt
that is not very romantic either.
1t is source of constant amusement
to seasoned railroad men to hear out
siders rave about ''romances of the
rail" To them it means toiling and
sweating for livelihood But If a
curious person is determined to find
romances, the average railroader will
be tickled to help him along. The
average railroader is champion kid
DER, with a wonderfully fertile imag-
nation. He loves to sit down with
some open mouthed, wild eyed person
and spin his supply of yarns, most of
which would bring a blush of shame
to the notoriously inaccurate Baron
Munchausen.
Anyone searching for railroad tales
was. sooner or later, sent to see Uncle
Nick" an Anticipated stationary engi-
neer. who was employed in the Wa
bash roudhouse at Moberly. Mo. Uncle
Nick had but one tale, but it was a
good one Here is the way it ram
Il forgot the exact date but the
Wabash was the Old North Missouri
in those days. We used wooden string
ers for rails,v with strip of metal
nailed on top of them. We used to
name engines, calling them Vermont
Mississippi and so on. Finally, they
got so numerous that it was decided to
number them instead | had the orig
inal No. 49, She burned sticks of wood
instead of coal and the fireman was
called wood passer
ION the day | am telling about |
noticed that it was the thirteenth day
of the month; that, with engine No. 10,
made combination that would scare
superstitious man off. To add to that
We pulled out of Moberly. just 13 min
utes late with 1S passengers aboard.
My wood passer was mighty scared,
but | Just laughed at him.
THE Old North Missouri ran from st.
Louis to Macon. We We're running
along nice and smooth with our trip
almost over. when-bingo. A warped
wooden rail sent us into the ditch. None
of us was hurt, but, believe me or
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had to be pierced by more than % tun-
nels. some of them in spiral shape. The
special electric locomotives provioed nave
each capacity of 300 horsepower, ana
are the largest and most powerful OF such
machines in the world.
The route cuts through the Bernese
Alps. from Frutigen to Brigue, passing
through the valley of the Rhone Thus
the Bernese' Oberland is linked up with
the upper Canton of Nelais, and the
popular mountain and tourists centres
of Zermatt and Saas-Fee. Thence the
line proceeds onwards through the
Simplon tunnel to Lake Maggiore. past
the Borromean islands. to Filan, Turin,
and Genoa. the commercial centres of
Upper Italy.
Leaving Fritigen the railway crosses
the Kander by way of high and splen-
did viaduct, and rises gradually up
wards in a great double circle-passing
through the spiral tunnel near the blue
lake." and ascending to a height which
opens up a panorama of rugged gran
deur. The ruins of the Felsenburg
form one of the chief points of inter-
est on this part of the journey.
At Kanderseg one of the most re-
markable feats of engineering has been
achieved Through the F'isistock, un-
der the frownng Gasterntal and the
Loetschenpass, runs the main tunnel
which Is 1906 IN. long. 1t emerges at
the southern end of Coppenstein in the
Leetschental. I'm the Upper Canton or
Valais. The immense Rietschhorn 49,
600 feet, claims the passengers atten-
tion on leaving the practically unex-
plored Leetschental The line drops
gently down into Brigue.
Apart from the unique scenic gran
deur of the routes, it should appeal to
the busy traveller on the score of time
and comfort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Armenian Tribes Restive

According to information received
from Adana, in Asia Minor, the situa-
tion in the Hinterland Is causing much
uneasiness in Armenia circles. where
many of the phenimena which preceded
the terrible massacres of 1909 are again
noted. The committee organ Tarsus.
published in the town of the same
name, is engaged in the publication OF
inflammatory, and often bitterly anti
Christian, articles, which are varied by
attacks on the local officials. The same
procedure was followed by the commit
tee organ Tidal before the outbreak
of 1909. Mosque meetings have been
held in several centers, and the Ar
menians have been warned by well
disposed Turks of both sexes that di-
tricts untouched by the former trou-
bles will be in danger during the Greg
orians Easter. The Armenian Patriar-
chate, furthermore, has been informed
that persons, believed to be officers
in disguise. are in the interests of an
anti-Armenian agitation perambulating
the country in company of one Yakub
Diemil, whoprovoked the Italian pro-
test against the abduction of an Italian
girl before the Turco- Italian war of
1911.
The causes OF this movement are
variously explained. 1t is believed in
some quarters to be due to exaggerated
accounts of the eXcesses committed by
the Balkan irregulars in Macedonia,
and certainly odious articles such as
that recently publsed in the Tanin, in
which the King of Bulgaria is de-
scribed a 'Ferdinand the violator, and
General Ivanoff is accused of permit
ting his troops to violate every Moslem
woman in Adrianople, are calculated
to provoke feelings among the un-
critical and ignorant Musulmans of
Cilica, despite the fact that the Ar
menians have supplied the Turks with
thousands of brave soldiers who have
done their duty as well any of their
Mosem comrades in the unhappy war.
According to other theories a propa =
ganda has been carried on by unau-
thorized and unofficial foreign agents
described sometimes as Magyars, some
| times as Germans, and the present eX-
| citement is connected in the minds OF
| certain pacific Turks with the large
purchases of land which have recently
been made by Europeans in the Adana
vilayet
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not the first thing [ saw when
erawled out from under the wreck was
a mile post 1t said. Macon City, Is
miles,"
Uncle Nick told his story in very
convincing fashion and 1t was quite a
disappointment to find that mile posts
We're unknown in the days he de-
seribed. But. worst of all. was the dis
covery that his experience had been
has to be hauled by other power than
has to be hauled by otehr power than
its own. The only way he over rode on
a railroad was a passenger
When a passenger hands the brakeman
and conductor a perfectly good cigar and
proceeds to get chummy, the two rail-
readers know that they are about to be
pumped for a yarn On a local freight
one day a cigar won me the invitation
to climb into the cupoa of the caboose
a place reserved exclusively for the train
crew. with a Keep Out sign for all
others This is the story the brakeman
told me:
"He was the slim, red-headed kind
and we called him Splinter He was
night man at the signal tower at Ona,
w va. The Baltimore and Ohio tracks
go through the side of hill at Ona.
and cut has been made through solid
rock Splnter's tower was Just out
side Ona cut. as Il was called.
Splinter was plug tobacco fend; he
always had to have his chew One night
Just before the F. F. What's the Fast
Flying Virginia, the roads crack train
was due, Splinter found he was out of
tobacco. The F. f. V was reported
late and he figured that by sprinting
bit he could get to the store at Ona and
be back in plenty of time to give a
clear board to the r. II. V.
"He figured his time a little too close.
as when he got back to his tower the
+. F. V, tagged down by the red light
on his semarhore, was coming to a stop.
He rushed up the tower steps and gave
the train the clear signal just as the eng-
neer was starting to climb down and
find out what strange thing had stopped
him at Ona cut.
ITO stop the roads no-stop train was
a crime, and Splinter already consd-
cred himself fired. Well, the f. f. Y.
slowly moved on. She was heavy train
and 1t took some time to get up steam
again. Just as she was srawling into
the mouth of the cut and rounding a
sharp curve just inside the cut the engi-
neer iammed on the air brakes and re-
versed the engine. And 1t was not
four feet of big rock that had fallen
on the track from the top of the cut. 1t
would have meant bad wreck.
Splinter told the truth about stopping
the f. F. V. 1t happened that the pres
ident of the road was on the train with
his family. He sent Splinter a check for
$500, saying: hope this will keep you
in plug tobacco for some time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
ITALY WILL LAUNCH
WARSH|P IN 1915
Is Sixth Dreadnaught of the
Italian Navy
CONQUERS BURGLAR
Princess Locks Would be Robber in
Room and Calls for Help-Much
Unrest in American Circles
and Outbreak is Feared

Rome May Disqualification the
water is let into the great ditch at Pan
anna and the greatest warships of the
world boom their big guns off the Golden
Gate to greet the worlds fair of San
francisco. a member Of the reigning
house in Rome will stand under the fight
ing tops Of the pride of the Italian navy,
the Duilio, a mighty dreadnaught which
is now being put in commission. The
newest, strongest ship in the navy of
Italy. she displaces about 1000 tons and
carries 13 long-nosed Pinch guns. She was
ohristened by the Queen, inspected by
the King. and blessed by the aged bishop
of Castelammare. The Duiio is Italys
sixth dreadnaught.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Why He Objected

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
certain learned professor In New
York has a wife and family, but, pro-
fessor like. his thoughts are always with
his books, and he has little to do with
the workings of the family.
One evening his wife, who had been
out for some hours, returned to find the
house remarkably quiet. She had left the
children playing about, but now they
were nowhere TO be seen.
She demanded to be told what had be-
come of them, and the professor ex-
planned that, as they had made a good
deal of noise, he had put them to bed
without waiting for her or calling a
maid.
II hope they gave you no trouble" she
said.
No" replied the professor, with the
exception of the one in the cot here.
put him there because there didn't
seem to be any other place for him. lie
objected a good deal to my undressing
him and putting him to ped"
The wife went to inspect the cot.
why" she exclaimed, that's little
Johnny Green. from next door!'
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about the midnight hour; and it occurred
to one of them, sad wag, to ring the
bell at the residence of a certain profess
sor. No sooner thought than accom-
plished.
The professor, who lives on Adelbert
road stuck his head out of the upper
window.
what is it?" he asked.
Zone of your windows is open, profess
sor."
THANK you, gentlemen. Which win
dow"
'"rhe only one you've got your head
out off,
Then they ran. Oh college days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
PRINCESS Best Burglar

A brave princess has Just come out
best in an encounter with desperate
man who came to rob her. An ex-
sergeant of cavalry. named Callerani.
posing as a police officer, went to the
palace of Princess Hercolani AT Bologna,
and presented her with a written demand
for 1000 francs purporting to be signed by
a Black Hand society. He also demand
ed her valuable jewellery. When the prin-
cess refused his request Callerant fired
at her twice with revolver. but without
hitting her.
The princess then attacked Callerani.
hitting him on the chest, and rang for
help The man thereupon fled into an
other room, in which the princess locked
him. lie was captured after having ex-
pended his other cartridges in trying to
blow off the lock of door He said he
was out of work and starving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
New Way of Decorating

The King of Italy has adopted a time
saving method of bestowing honors, in
the form of decorations, on his subjects.
He signs a document which states that
the recipient may consider himself dec
GRATED. This. of course dispenses with
a great deal of ceremony; but 1t would
hardly do for all occasions, as, for in
stance, in the case of lovers. Consider
yourself kissed is all very well for those
who do not like it, Then we must not
forget that some fair damsels allow them
selves to be kissed for a consideration
and here one loses all idea of proportion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Famous Railway to Open Soon

One of the most remarkable undertake
ings of the age is to be opened shortly.
IT is the Merne-L -Lotschberg- -Simplon rail-
way. which includes the famous Simplor
tunnel. The new line embraces the Thun-
Spiez- Frutigen- kandersteg- Brigue system
and also that of Spiez- Interlaken- Boni-
gen. The steamers on the lakes of Thun
and Brienz belong to The company, and
it operates the lines from Berne to
Schwarzenburg. via Relp. Thun, and the
Simmenthal line (Spiez to Sweisimmen)
In building the railway the Alps have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
A Machine that "Draws Lots

From the New York Sun.
Pars.-A novel machine has been in
vented for drawing numbers by lot
without the interference of human aid
1t was tried at the last drawing of
Credit Foncier bonds and proved quite
successful.
The thousands of numbers. eacn
placed in small tube, are put in a
huge globe, which is made to revolve
so as to mix them thoroughly Elec-
trio power or hand power can be usei
for this purpose. Then by pressing an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
The Open Window

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Two Western Reserve students went
out and had a good time-or what they
thought was good time-Saturday even
ing. And they ambled homeward at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

to drop out.
Formerly two orphans from one of
the big city orphanases We're allotted
the task of picking out these numbers,
but the method of mixing them was de-
fective and it was considered that the
numbers failed to get an equal chance.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-04
GOING AND COMING
IN HIGH SCHOOL TOWN.
Special to the Record

Special to the Record
PANACA,Nev Oct. 3.-Miss Edna
Wadsworth came up from Overton
Friday evening, returning Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Walker, the Misses Ell.
va Phillips, Meta Methowa, Anna
Wadsworth, and Eo!a Walker, and
Messrs. Dave Lloyd and Rumel Walk
er came down from Phoebe to the
dance last Friday night.
Geo. Syphus and Geo. Wadsworth
went to Caliente Friday, returning
the same day.
Nophi Higgins was up from Cali
ante Friday.
Andy and Grace Develin came in
from. Rose Valley, Friday, returning
that evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mathews, MI
Clyde Ma haws, ID. /. Findlay and
Mrs. Joseph Ronnow left Tuesday for
Salt Lake City to attend semi.annual
conference.
WIN. Bend was over from Modona
Utah, Monday.
farewell party was given on last
Friday evening in honor of Osborne
Lee who left Tuesday On a missioii
to the southern states.
Amy Develin spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents in Rose
Valley !
Miss yerna Syphus is on the sick
list this week
MIR. and Mrs. N. j. Wadsworth, Nj.
James Wadswcrth, and Mrs. Henry
Lee went to Salt Lake Thursday.
Levi Blad was visitor in Caliente
Sunday and Monday.
Mr.. .tnd Mrs. j. N. Lee returned
from st George, Sunday for few
ays visit
Earnest Smiley and Miss Ada Lee
came in from the Comet mine Tues
lay, returning the same day
Mrs. Stiles Clint n. wife Of the
lincoln High scaool commercial
teacher, came Saturday.
David Keele and son Quincy went
% White River Friday of last week,
Ind returned Wednesday.
VIM. Heaps and Joseph Wadsworth
went 10 the Prince ming Wednesday.
Reed Findlay went to Caliente and
back Tuesday.
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to p pages, four in each issue loaded
with advertising that paid 81 per
zach per issue. The subscription
price was $40 year Local report
els were paid $40 day Tor their
work which was of course confined
mostly to writing up of mines. Sim
liar conditions existed in Beatty, about
foar miles distant.
To-day Rhyoiite is practically a
deserted village. The. Q are hundreds
Of houses, some of them magnificent,
standing idle with smashed windows,
battered down doors and scared
walls. An elegant brick bank build
ing equipped with costly furniture
stands in the heart Of the fcrmer Blu
mess SECTION, open to the public vii
big steel vault doors ajar and the
floor strewn with books, checks and
worthless stock certificates Expen-
sive fixtures remain in business
houses and in some of the houses goo
furniture remains which was left vine
the people found the boom had explo,
ed.
| And this reminds me: When
struck Rhyolite the o.hlr day | was
asked by an cid miner who had no.
| f0rsaken the town, where was go
ing to sleep that night. Not hav
ing made arrangem 2nts for tht
night he pointed out a fine appear
ing two story building az oss tn
street. Go over there," he said
you will find fourteen elegant furn
ished sleeping rooms. Take you
choice. The people who operate.
that place in the old days had barrel,
enough money to get out Of caml
ard they were forced to leave thei
belongings" | visited the pace tina
evening and found il exacteiy as rep
resented. There was plenty of al
kinds of bedding, including pillows
fine spreads and everything. Thec
were four well equipped bathrooms
but unfortunately the hydrants re
|, fused to turn loose water"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-04
NOTICE TO ALL TAXPAYERS

In accordance with the provisions
Of Sec. 1888 of the Revised Laws OF
Nevada, the County Commissioners OF
Lincoln County will meet at the coun
ty court house at Phoebe, Nevada,
on Monday, September Is, 1913, at
10 o'clock II m. and continue in SEES
sion from time to time thereafter for
the purpose of equal zing assessments
for the year, 1913, until Monday,
October 6, 1918, to review and equal
ize rolls.
The said tax roll is now in my
possession and can be examined By
all taxpayers 70 the county who may
desire so to do.
First ms. Sept 13; last. Oct. 4.
CHAS. CULVERWELL,
Treasurer and Clerk of Lincoln
County, Nevada.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-04
yiViD PICTURE OF
R4YoLlrE TODAY

Recently Geor l.. Detomre, a
Veil known mining man Of the west
oaid a visit to Rhy0lita, in southwest
GA Nevada. says the Silver State
Here is his graphic description OF
The raise and fall OF this cncc flour
ishing camp:
I'm Rhyolite at one time there was
at least $500 h1ppy, prosperous
hopeful people. This was not over
five years age Fine brick blocks
skirted the main business sire IS and
he town b0asted OF two good hotels
rad many pa'atial residences. The
\ ;2lcs OF the big stores ran into the
fou. figure column every day and five
sery large gambling houses were
crowded both night and day. There
Nero salsens AMI dance halls irinum
erable and the same boosted of q
l'a,ilded pa'aee Of sin that -ontshone
tanything else in the state.
There want man who visited
Rhyolite in those days but who pre-
dicted wonderful future for thu
Acamp. l presume more men were
working for $40 day than any othel
/ figure Money was great dea
mere plentiful than water which wal
sailing at. rs cents pr bucket. i
cost a man $14 week for 6 by
room and you couldn't buy anythins
that looked like meal for less thar
ST.. There were two weekly news
Iapers in the town carrying from II
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-04
APPLICATION FOR PATENT. SER

APPLICATION FOR PATENT. SER
ia. No. 0Sl66. United States Land
Office, Carson City, Nevada, Septem
bar s, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that M. r.
Evans of Salt Lake City, Utah, has
made application for United States
patent for the Rustic, Rustic No
l, Tip Top, Saranac and Minnie Lod.
es consolidated mining claim, stu
ate ia the Ely Mining District, Lin.
coin County, Neva!a. being mineral
survey No. 4132, and described in
the field notes and plat of the offic-
ial survey on file in this office with
magnetic varia on at Is deg. so
min. east as follows, to-wit:
Commencing at corner No. l of
the Rustic lode, which is identical
with corner No, CT the Saranac lode
aud from which the southeast cor
ner of Section II, Township 1 North,
Range 81 East. Mount Diablo Base
and Meridian. BEARS S. 20 deg. O6
min. so secs. e. 5G93.7 feet, thence
running from said corner No. / N
50 dec. 20 min. w 2421 #. to cor
ner No. of the Rustic lode, thence
Y deg. "a min. e. 176 #. to
~. of the Rustic No.
lode, from which the aforesaid Sec
l~r bears s. 70 deg SO min.
secs. Z 5S57.9 feet. thence N. IS
deg. 2o min w. 6O0a it. to corner
Na GSNl1a r ste No. 1 lode, thence
4es 3 lin. E. $50 l fit. to cor
4 No, 8 Of the Rustic No. lode,
thence S. 81 deg. e. 456S 1T. to cor
rer No. A. Of the Rustic No. l lode
FL 30 { 8 der rs min e. 26S
f. to corner Nc. of the Rustic Nc.
lote, i entical with corner No. 4
Of the Rustic lode, thence s. So deg
20 laiq, Il. $50 It. to corner No. !
: chA Rustic lode, thence 8. Is
deg. rs min. w. 2t4.3 1T. to c7rn7r NJ
II the Rustic lode. identical with
c9rner No $ OF the Minnie lode,
thence S. As dog. "a min. E. 1855
# to corner No. 4 Of the Minnie lode,
thence s. "A deg. 06 min. g. 1868
feet to corner No. OF the Minnie
lo5e Identical with corner No. 4
CT the Tip-Top lode, thence S. 81 deg
40 min. z. 1866 H. to corner No 8
Of the TIE Top lode, thence S. sc
deg. 05 min. w. S27.1 f. 70 corner
No Of the Tip Top lode. from
which the aforesaid section cornel
bears s SO deg. SO min. 90 sec E
'75a2 it., thence N. 81 deg. 40 min
". sis.1 IT, to corner No. 2 CT thf
Tip Top lode, identical with ccrne
No 2 OF the Sarapac lcde. thence N
So deg. so min. w. ASS IT. to cor
IS g. ct tho Sa,snac lode, theme
8 eg. W. 1023.l II. to the place
d beginning Of description of exter
'or boundaries of said consolidate'
claim. W 9
Said claim being located in Secs
II and IS. Township l NJ, R. 81 E
M. D. B. & NJ, and containing
total area of 20 361 acres, excluding
however. therefrom. in addition t
the exclusions made between tn
lodes Of this survey. the area Il
conflict with the Flag Staff lode
Sur. No. 4072, and the Deer Ira
and Martha Washington No. loo
.es, unsurveyed.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-04
Jestina and DANCING.

1t is good to make Jest, but not to
make a trade of testing. The earl of
Leicester, knowing Queen Elizabeth
was much delighted to see gentle
man dance well. brought the master
OF the dancing school to dance before
her, "Pish,'' said the queen, sit is his
profession. ! will not see him." She
liked it not where 1t was a master quail.
ity. but where 1t attended on other
oerfections. The same may we say
OF 1estinS.-Thoras EursE
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-04
Criminals Have Lew Temperatures

Coidbloodedness is o physical char
acterlstic of the habitual criminal and
the temperature of murderers is strik-
ingiy below normal, according to sta
tistics published by the American Med
ical association General physical de-
genefacy is found to stigmatize the
criminal. The average convict is three
inches below the normal in stature,
light in weight and with small chest
expansion.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-04
Shock Was Too Great.

Policeman-"Do you know this sick
mani" interested Bystander-"No. |
only TEST net him. He seemed a nice
sort Of Teller; he shook my hand and
We chatted a while, an ! told i'm
was Seth Pinewood from Pennsylva.
MIA, an that I'd come en- with one
thousand in cash to see this here
towa. | asst him if lie knew of some
youn6 fellei as could snow me around;
an then he threw u H. L@ndS an fell
down! Puck