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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-07-13
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This paint made of pure mineral ground in the best
Lnseed OIL and remarkable for its high polish and
ing qualities.
1t is manufactured in many coors and is the best paint
going paint houses inside and barns fences wagons
and machinery.
It leads all others because it is just beautiful and
much better and cheaper than ordinary paint 1t is
FURNISHED
and ready for barrels by the gallon about
half the price asked for common paint
LEAKY ROOFS
After using this paint Shingles painted with it will
not bulge up kink They will lay fat though made
of slate, the paint cements the shingles together
Many of the leading citizens of Carson have used this
paint and far better and cheaper than any
other paint 1t puts like enamel and never
cracks peals off. Address
Nevada Mineral Paint Co., Carson.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-07-13

1t IS expected that during the CON-
ng summer the number Of Scotch and
English tourists in Ireland will top
rs. record
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-07-13

One Minute Cough Cure is the only
harmless remedy that produces imme-
date results. Try it Horace n. Todd,
Druggist
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nee. Have Keen Eyes.

Bees are said to see an enormous
distance. When absent from their
hive they go up in the air till they
see their home. and then fly toward it
n straight line.
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DeWitt's Little Early Risers are fam
Gus little pills for liver and bowel
troubles. Never grippe. Horace \.
Todd, Druggist.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-07-13

If it is true that the best noses point
heavenward the girl with the snub
nose has no cause for complaint.
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There is but one thing that women
are more apt to discover than the faults
of men-and that is the faults of other
women.
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The meaner a man tries to be the
less he enjoys it.
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Some men are born with blaekeyes
and some men have to fight for them.
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A dollar viii buy lot of necessities,
but few pleasures
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Thinkers are generally silent people.
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had female trouble for eight years y writcs
MIS- l. Dennis. of S7s East College Street
yaeksonviile, Ills +" For three years / suffered
continually Words canno. express what kiif
Tered IsoAgh yeifef eBlsRg ne ssoainaf ssoslp
SteH ana Joaaf roHe until induced bv Kind
trends 70 Try Dr. Pierce's Pavorite Prescrirtion
Nhen began taking this uiediciue sysighed
ninety-hve pounds. After tfkiug Favcrite pre-
scIpuon was built up until nov weigh one
nnnarcs and hity-six pocnds-more than i ever
weighed before. was 50 had wou,a iif frn.n
cay 10 day and long for death 10 come ara ~.
~. .ssTe my suffering. had internal inf.a,nmu-
;.o1 ~; eisagreeable drain, beariug-down pains
usss every month. but now never have a rair
s 80 al my own work, and am a strong and
nssMnay wom1ns Thanks TO your medicine. i
csnsiaer myself living Testimonial 81 fhe len
en's OF your Favosite Prescription', '''N
IN. rItRCE'S FAV0RlTE PRESCRIPTION
MAKES WEAK WO6il,N STRON0
- ClL.kc NJ.
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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

Baltimore has utilized the camera -
an aid to honest elections. The regiH-
tration of the city began Sept Is. I '.e
watchers were on hand with camer7 g.
and every suspicious person who AZ
preached the booths to register was
photographed by snap shot Snap
shots were also taken of those VITO
brought these characters TO the boot IS
and the names and peculiarities of he
strangers were entered on slips. VIII cn
will be attached to the photographs
after development and filed away with
them These will be brought into Use
on election day to identify these
strangers, and when any one of item
offers TO vote who does not co. re
spond to the photograph taken of the
man who registered under that name.
the trouble will begin. OF course. the
precinct politicians are finding fault
with the camera scheme. The photo
graph will not lie. 1t will be a certain
Identification of every bogus voter.
The honest voter cares little how
many times he is photographed The
scheme for identifying election swim
dlers might be used in every large city
with excellent results.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
Make Relieve Rivals

Three large millinery shops in this
city. each run under different firm
name. are owned by one man, and mis-
example is being followed by otner
men interested in the same business.
Ii is a mystery to tho outsider why
man should assume different names
for his different stores Ia other kinds
Of business. if man is successful,
his name is trademark Our sue
cessful man milliner began business
under his own name on side street
a few years ago He succeeded and
he has since invested his surplus. ev-
cry two or three years. in establish
ing a new millinery shop in a fashion
able neighbOrhOod Not one OF these
new shops bears this mans name
Possibly one object for such n vari-
ETY. of names is TO lead tho buyer who
goes from shop to shop TO think that
she is learning the prices OF rivals
New York Sun.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

thatnOt knowing the Thibetan tongue.
he avoided direct intercourse with the
natives to keep up his incognito: that
he made numerous maps and drawings
OF the town and district: that he left
Lhasa for I.adak about 1898. getting
murdered on the way, and that the
Ihibetan government pursued and
arrested the murderers thus getting
possession Of the maps and drawings
which finally identified him as an Eng
lshman. Such is the summary Of
HUGS narrative. 1t is not much like
story of local manufactures: If Is
much more like what might have real
lg hlqpclod Though Mr. Rotkhu
does not include it in his cate~orv o.
aaTentmes in connection with Lh'asa.
liuc gives numerous and sound rea-
sons for his full faith in it.
II is Instructive 10 note taat the
causes for refusal to admit FOREIGNERS
TO Lh'asa are political rather than re-
lisious. Though Buddhism was csta5-
lished as the official creed in China
nearly 200l Years ago. 1t was after
ward discarded. and there was no such
connection to prejudice the position
OF Hue in lSf6. On the Other hand.
Hue was a Frcnchman and the repro
sentative OF politically powerful
church; France was great nation
strong enough to follow politically
where Hue had LEI. theologicalIy
These facts would be plainly enough
10 tine son of heaven" and his ad-
viSers. however Indifferent these might
be as regards the rival attractions OF
Buddhism and Catholicism in Tibet.
When Hue left his escort was of Chi
nese soldiers, under the immediate or
ders Of Ki-Chau, the Chinese governor
at Lh'ass. No serious constitutional
changes are known u have taken place
since then in the relations between
Thibct and China; therefore it is clear
that the real motive for isOlating
Lh'asa starts from Pekin. Even as
Stunning that all formal documents nee
essary to Il traveller are placed by the
Chinese authorities in the hands of
one going TO l,h'asa it does not by any
means follow that he would arrive
there safely. y message ordering his
assassination might be sent before him
10 a convenient place. and, after the
event. it would be either difficult or
impossible TO identify The assassins
with the government All these diff
culties. however. only tend to increase
the charm that Lh'asa now has fer the
explorer The chances are not encour-
aging but the thing might be done
given the right man. VIII he appear?
There is fame III the book he might
write
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
\ PAGODA At NANkIN.

clateS.
There ought to be no difficulty in
arranging this transfer of The seat Of
government. Nankin. the ancien; cap
ital of the Middle Kingdom of
China proper. would be entirely salts
factory. But Pekin, which only by
good fortune has been aiken by the
allies after long and alduous mill
tary expedition. and which might not
have been taken at all il the Chinese
had been prompt in flooding the sur
rounding country, can never again De
the residence and trap Of foreign am
bassadOrs
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
a SOioCc for LOSf FOrfuneS.

The late Samuel NJ. Pringle OF New
York lett "A fund of $3.50, 900 To be APP
piled to the organization and erection
OF home for aged men who were
once wealthy but have lost their for
tunes. and his executor is now ne
sotia1ing for site for that purpose
IN Pouehkeepsie. Charity of late Years
has adopted many novel methods for
the care Cf variuus unfortunate classes
Of the community. and among these
this memorial home for eX-millon
aires is the most novel. The purpose
If this charity is an excellent one, and
undoubtedly many persons who have
lost their fortunes and who are too
old to regain them will be benefited
by the comforts o; Il home and the
knowledge that they will not suffer
The efficiency of this home. however
will largely depend upon what is con-
sidered fortune. and how large the
fortune must have been to entitle the
ex-owner to the privileges of the home.
Gabriel Max. the painter, has re-
c.ived the degree OF doctor of philo-
,ophy from the University OF Jena In
nonor OF his sixtieth birthday.
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one & En- W. A Fascinating
90 Romance
WaY& 90 z]zi ,o A,,te~


CHAPTER Confined
Nan looked ~ her and her pretty
$ imness OF which he had been so
proud at he beautiful refined face at
Ike eyes through which her beautiful
~ seemed to shine and when he
3otei at II and realized what he was
t1out To lose ~ great ngmhness came
aFer him IIe could not speak he
uld seirce'y think II : emed rs if "a
i.-e ehasm yawned before them. into
IS ich they we're bo-h 20 be flung And
- this awful evening vent its way.
ihey hardly spoke They sat hand IN
9ad IN Ire darkness Life seemed Il
anE They had cone - stdndstiii
was as if death had caught them
airh their young blood surging in
jHelr pulses.
VI last Alan rouss him self Il must
go to your father my darling. he
-a.d "Jo3ce. you viii Ter nc 10 every
thing TOR vow Darli1. You are my
n you know. although four years
go belonged 10 another woman. |
olI 80 aWag from vol. and never SO
z0g again whilst Veronica lives; but
rou VIII I've in this house and let me
eark for you. [ must have something
my life. joyce l.at me think that
There Is still somethins ] can % for
1a'
Joyce was q,iet: then she said:
here's Neronicl's child Alan. loH
-aould my and be a father TO it, Poor
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

jorce gave WY alt0ge. her after her
final 4rvi-y with AiIn. She had q
.Ong muesS. which almost terminated
-1tally. bu, she wa Young and hac
always been ;, rone In the end hpr
youth friumphed. although she made
10 Efforts To- get better Life was ter
bly, hard She loved Alan with every
ibre of her being She had known the
10y OF b ing his wife AMI now he was
an outcas, from home miseraD!e.
wretched dragging on jOyless exist
nee and she had not even the priv
flcge of consoiing him. She knew him
70 he a. unhappy rs she was and she
VAS suffering all the rest of their lives
nd joyce had To lean patience from
that hardest of taskmasters- sorrow.
Her father took her abroad OF
course her st3ry was niac days talk:
hut she was much beloved and Was
generally pitled and condoled with.
Aian and she had been 50 happy. aud
had horne themselves 50 We'll ana
modestly hat there was no one VINO
did not feel for The young couple
whose happiness hal been 50 suddenly
destroyed.
But poor Veronica. She went back to
her lodgings that night broken-heart-
cd 1t was not only that she had lost
he hope of life with Alan. but she
cOI,ld see that she had given him his
de;.th blow And he loved another
woman, She was intensely human.
VAS poor Veronica, and the knowledge
that another woman had all his heart
. 'srt her immeasurably He did NOT
love herI He had never loved her.
But she had the boy. 1t was some
hing that she could press his curly
head against her aching heart, and
drop her tears upon it, Poor little
souI, The only bitter resentment she
had felt against Alan was that he had
failed to notice the boys But still she
Lad him-he was her own She wait
ed patiently until she should hear
from Alan. She had waited so long
that little more or less waiting did
rot matter. And he had said he would
write-he was certainly man to be
trusted
And on the third day letter came
Veronica could not guess what il had
cost Alan 10 writ" it, He did not want
10 be harsh and cruel towards the AT
fectionate creature. whose only fault
had been that she had not been drown
ed in the shipwreck and vet he felt it
difficult to be kind tn her who had
spoiIt his life fie wrote that hence
forth she and the boy would be- his
care that he wished TO allow her and
her boy enough 10 live in comfort but
that he could not bring himself to
come and 500 her He told her that
he was parted from joyce. who was
now lowering between life and death.
and that h. would not burden her with
the eight Of his unhappiness lie
would always be glad il she wrote to
him i'm any time of trouble or diff
guilty TO give his advice and help: bat
that most probably he should leave
England He told her that if she fol
lowed his advice she would remain in
England. which was 2 safe place for
her to live in. Besides he would
rather that the boy was brought up as
an Englishman. There was a lot of
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

not believe the story. which IS 10 be
regretted. the story being very good
one. II should be true whether il is or
not. 1t goes TO show that Moorcroft.
an Englishman. speaking dressing and
living like MOhammedan of Cash
mere. arrived at Lh'asa in 1926. with
his servant Nissan of Cashmere; that
he bought herds and visited them in
the nelgh5orhood as cover for his
explorations, that he continued this
for twelve years even Nisan taking
him for CasAnerian ak the time,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

eight European visits To Lhasa dur
ing those 800 years. beginning with
Friar Odoric in 1323 and ending with
Thomas Manning in 1911 apart from
various other expeditions which went
far into Thibet but not 50 far as
Lh'as,,. Then there is the romantic
case of Moorcroft. of whose life in
LII asa Hue gives a most circumstan-
tial account on the joint authority OF
the regent and the Chinese governor Of
In asa. Mr.. Rockhill is silent about
Moorcroft. which suggests that he does
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

nance. There IS no record OF a single
European having entered it since NJ
Hue left it in 1916 though many un-
successful attempts have been made TO
do 50
Although the mystery OF III asa has
doepened during the past fifty years OF
travel and exploration. it appears that
during the previous 800 years. and es-
peeiaiIy during the previous fifty it
was far more accessible. In his Jour
ney Through Mongolia and Thibet. ."
Nh E0ckhil mentions no fewer thar
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

che rest OF the world. even to the frozen
solitudes of the north pole. has been
more and more completely mapped by
scientific explorers. There can scarce
~ be greater prize than Lh'asa for
the explorer of today. While the most
daring Adventures continue uniformly
to record their repeated failures, an
interesting sense OF romance gathers
round I.hAsa. and some of the most
daring brains in Europe are now busy
tryinE to find way through the bar
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

and effectively. They cannU, take the
chances again of siege of the lega-
lions in the interior of China.
The essential condition is that the
capital of China shall be within reach
Of the naval forces of other nations.
This world be "a nard and intolera BILE
condition to exact of power holding
equality in the international family.
But China is not such pnwer and
cannot be treated rs such She will
have TO accept the position in which
her late eccentricity has placed her,
and yield to the demands for security
exacted by those with which she asso-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
LHASA a MVSTERI-
OVS CHINESE CITY

Thibet is a country forbidden to F,u-
ropean eyes. and no barbarian" has
yet set foot in its capital. Lh'asa Yet
picture Of the mysterious city is OK
tant. II is colored drawing By
fhibetan artist who was attached to
a trading caravan. 1t is d curious
piece of work. possessing all The char
aeteristics Of Chinese art ana is. Of
curse. lacking in perspective
Lh'asa Is unique in this 1t has pos
lively become less known and more
detached from extcrn3l contact. while
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
a WCr Board Likely.

Gen. William Ludlow. whose visit
to Europe will probably result in the
creation of board OF general man
ayers for tie war department. has
been long a student OF continental and
insular military institutions. When
he went abroad three months ago for
the special purpose Of inspecting for
eign army methods be had already re-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

five years dean of
the Harvard uni
versity law school
and for more than
thirty years pro-
lessor there. has
resigned because
of failing sight
and his successor
will be Professor
James b. Ames.
Professor Lang
~
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

Daniel A. Lamont. secretary of war
in President Cleveland's cabinet. is on
a visit TO the Pacific coast on rail
road business He is vice president e
the Northern Pacific road and declares
himself out of politics.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

Some years ago it was the "Chero-
kee strip with not a white settler
in all its bounds. Now the territory
of Oklahoma, with 100000 inhabitants
and harvest worth $4,000 900 seeks
admission az a state.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
French E-rponsfon.

NJ. Fourneau. the
French explorer
who has just re
turned to Paris. is
reported to have
said that he looks
forward TO the
joining of Algeria.
the Soudan, and
the Congo within
twenty years. 1t
is accompl ish e d
4. s...1l y no
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Rev Samuel i. Pearson of Port
land Ne. was recently elected eheri0
of Cumberland county the best paving
Office in Maine. althoueh he stands
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

permitted his fond
ness for spe ulat.On
TO carry him 10 Il
dangerous eNuem"
and his life is pay
ing the penalty for
his firm s. ruin.
F0Ote WAS the
ilniO partner OF
thu frnl of Hatch
K F0ote Hht h has
done bUSu ol
-r-rr
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
Il .WeeQ' Capital for China.

The prediction j
already made IN
certain highly in
auential quarters
that none of the
civilized powers OF
he world viii ever
again send ambas-
Sadogs to Pckin.
The situation is
now far enough
advanced to make
it plain that If the
Chinese empire Is
to maintain its in
tegrity il must be
at the cost of such
concessions to 9TH
sr nations as shall
/ orm absolute
guarantees against
rageouS 4 II d
sudden treacheIy
on the part of the
Chinese govern
ment. There are
very rev SQdfa1-
tees that China can
give which the rest
Of the world would
accent AS worth
anything. but first
among these is the
removal of the
capital 10 q point
where the powers
holding diplomatic
relations with Chi
ma can reach AID
protect their repro
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

Famine is rife in the extreme. south
OF Italy. and jewels from the church
shrines are being sold for the benefit
Of the destitute
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
Ruined by Speculation.

OF Oceanic. y. J.. Charles Il. FoOte.
a prominent New York broker. is suf-
fering physical and mental torture IL
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
Bccau.rc OF Bftehrcd Lon,c-

Rich. talented and finely educated.
Frank u. Van Nos;rand of Kingston.
y. y. has for the past twenty-five
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05
Prof. Langdell.

scholar and teacher of law beside the
best in this country. and is, perhaps.
best known of them all
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

wears chosen the
life OF a hermit
Van NoStrand was
the Youngest child
Of Elias T. Van
NOstrand n well
known Kingston
e. o u trac tOr. who
upon MS death.
tWenty-SeNen years
ago. left Il fortune
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

The British government is the own
er of $4,000 camels. Several thousands
are used in India to carry stores and
equipments when the regiments are
changing quarters.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

Erika Paulas, German architect. %
years old. has been commissioned To
build hospital at Mediasch, Germany.
She is the daughter of an engineer,
and has already planned and erected
several large and expensive buildings.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-10-05

viewed these matters with some care.
Gen Ludlow (then colonel was for
merly military attache of the Ameri-
can embassy in London In 1896 he
Investigated the ship canal systems OF
Europe and Asia and made an elabo-
rate and valuable report to the gov
eminent on this head. He is one OF
the most brilliant of the officers of the
engineer corps. and won high distinc-
ton as an actual fighter on many
fields during the war Of emancipation.