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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10
GREAT MINING DEVELOPMENT
Would Result Through Water Storage

The western half of the United States
to-day supports a population ranging
somewhere around five million. Much
of this population has been attracted
by the cry of gold and the capital in
vested to-day in western mines is
enormous. Yet it is not a 1.-THE of the
amount which the value of the mineral
laden ore of the West warrants; only
these minerals are locked largely in
the grasp of the arid belt. Water is
what is needed. Hills and mountains
of extreme richness lie undeveloped
and desolate, surrounded by barren
deserts or sagebrush plains. Capital
is slow to venture into such places,
even with great mineral wealth in
sight. Gold is not the only metal,
tons of which are locked in the rocky
bosoms of the western sierras, but all
the family of baser metals are rickly
represented and the question of trans
portation enters largely into their
mining. Railroads will not follow
mining camps alone. But reclaim the
arid lands of the West; give to them a
settled agricultural population, and
railroads will quickly pierce the desert
And here too will be source whence
TO feed the men and the mules that
work the mines; feed them at reason
able rates. Many torrent of great
volume rushes down the slopes during
the period of melting SHOWS and
spreads away in a glistening stream
across the brown plain, but before a
crop can be raised it's volume has
waned and it's bed become dry sand.
Yet store this water in a mountain
reservoir and it would afford peren-
nial supply, capable of irrigating land
whose fertility has never felt the wash
ing, weakening power of rain. Then,
along with the agricultural develop
ment would come mining develop
ment.
There are many regions where irri-
cation has transformed the agricul-
tural lands and railroads have been
quickly built. where adjacent mines, =
the necessities for man and beast and
transportation at hand = have been
simultaneously developed, adding vast
sums to our mineral output which
might have otherwise lain always dor
mant
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

this country. We want no millionaire
classes, nor aristocratic class, no poor
class. Society must not be as it is in
England, fixed in horizontal strata like
the layers of clay and of stone in the
earth's crust, one upon the other. No;
but society in this country must be
rather like the sea, so long, so broad,
so deep and 80 free in all its parts that
every grain of sand that mingles with
the water at the bottom may rise
through all the currents until it gilt
ters like a jewel on the crest of the
highest wave"
Those were not the words of social
ist, nor yet of a reformer. They were
spoken at least twenty years ago by a
man whose history gave meaning and
life to his words; man who began his
career verify as a grain of sand in the
depths of the sea of humanity and rose
by the power of his own energy, ability
and integrity to the highest position of
honor and trust that his countrymen
could bestow. That man was James
A. Garfield.
AS when a man comes Unexpectedly
face to face with his image in mirror,
he is apt to stop for moment to no.
tice the new lines that Time is chisel-
ing there, so "A quotation like the above
is calculated to cause thoughtful men
to pause in the busy whirl of life and
consider in what direction this country
is drifting. Are we approaching Gar
fields ideal, or is it gradually receding?
Arc we becoming more democratic, or
are the metes and bounds of social
classes being more distinctly drawn?
Has poor young man as good an op-
portunity to-day to win fortune and
high position as his father had before
him?
All careful observers will no doubt
agree that American society is under
going an evolution. Two opposite
forces are in operation-one leading to
the creation and separation of classes,
the other tending to reduce all classes
to a common dead level. The first is
the power of wealth, concentrated in
the hands of the few, which has already
made the millionaire class an estab-
lished fact--a class distinguished in its
rising generation by idleness, snob-
bishness and profligacy and whose
highest aim is to ape the aristocracy of
Europe.
The force that is working in the op-
posite direction is Labor. We believe
that the organization of working men
in this country has only just begun
The creation of trusts and combina-
tions, such as we have seen formed in
the last few years, has compelled a like
unification of the labor unions. AS
this organization movement goes on
the individual becomes of less and less
relative Importance. Hereafter the
struggle is to be not man against man,
in the battle of life, but giant against
giant. How long before the crisis will
be reached depends largely on the gen
eral prosperity of the country and the
wisdom of the leaders, but from pres
ent indications, this country will be
the scene of a tremendous social up
heaval within the next fifty years.
White Pine Ne,0s.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10
Forty Years Among Cannibals.

The French adventurer who was a
captive among cannibals in Central
Africa for forty years, has decided to
write book, which will no doubt
prove interesting. We can sympathize
with his release from his terrible cap
tivity, which must have been as Joyous
as that of man who finds himself sud-
denly released from the captivity of a
refractory stomach, by that peerless
remedy, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which has done more to promote health
than any other in existence. This is
the medicine to take, if you are a suf-
ferer from dyspepsia, constipation, in
digestion, biliousness, nervousness or
insomnia. Don't fail to give it trial.
Ask for Hostetter's, and do not accept
substitute. The genuine has Private
Revenue Stamp over the neck of bottle.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

The carrier pigeon, when travelling,
never feeds. If the distance be long,
it flies on without stopping to take
nutriment, and at last arrives thin, ex-
hausted and almost dying. If corn be
presented to it it refuses to eat, con-
tenting itself with drinking a little
water, and then sleeping. Two or
three hours later it begins to eat with
great moderation and sleeps again inn
mediately afterward. If its flight has
been very prolonged the pigeon will
proceed in this manner for 4S hours
before recovering its normal mode OF
feeding.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

A Chinaman, unless he be porter
coolie or a boatman, rarely travels or
gets during his life more than a few
miles in any direction from the place
where he was born. When trying to
procure information concerning the
immediate locality, it is no uncommon
thing TO have native, and even some
times men of local position say: "Oh, I
have never been so far away as that
or II have never been across that hill,
and SO do not know what is beyond"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

At Pekin the heat in summer ranges
from 80 degrees to 100 degrees Fahren-
heit, but the winters are SO cold that
from December to March all the rivers
are frozen.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10
NUMBER 20.
Wrong About
Your Eyes.

You've been wrong in thinking you
ought to put off wearing glasses as long
as possible. This very thing is response
BILE for much of the present day eye
trouble, All eyes begin to fail at the age
of forty. When complicated with uncor-
rected defects, failure begins much soon
er.
A correction at the right time will save
your eyes, Neglect is bound to iniure
them.
If you haven't good eyes the next best
thing is good glasses FITTED to their
defects. If you want the BEST at reason
able prices / can supply them. Broken
Eye Glasses, spectacles, Jewelry, Watch
es, etc., repaired promptly and satisfac-
tory.
A fine and large assortment of Watches,
Clocks and Jewelry constantly on hand.
A, w. III. HELBERG,
Jeweler and 0ptician.
Gardnerville, Nevada.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

1t is officially announced that the
new Edison process of extracting gold
from gravel at cost of but few cents
per ton has proved success. The ma
ture of the process is kept a secret.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

There is considerable stir in local
politics, but as no candidates have yet
announced themselves, we will take no
chances of libel suit by publishing
their names. .-Elko Independent.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

A packing house employe in Kansas
City has invented device for plucking
feathers from chickens. 1t is so ar
ranged that cross-currents of air, set in
motion by revolving electrical fans,
completely strip a bird of every
feather and any particle of down.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

The Great Wall of China is the largest
artificial structure in the world. 1t is
/, 800 miles in length, and varies in
height from 40 feet to so feet. 1t was
built over 1000 years ago.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

An old bachelor says that an appro-
pirate design for the engraved portion
of an engagement ring is a spiders
web with fly in it.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

Politicians will be corrupt as long as
they find that corruption is the surest
road to fat salary.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

The wise man carries his knowledg
and his watch for his own use, and no
for display.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

A husband waiting for his wife at |
bargain sale is about the cheapest thing
in sight.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

Arkansas leads in one thing. They
fine women $50 for wearing stuffed
birds on their hats.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

The bubonic plague has made its ap-
pearance in London.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

If the average man could read the
story of his life he wouldn't believe it..
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

King Humbert's life was insured for
s., ,00O,O 900.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

orr Track means great disaster
when applied to fast express train.
II is lust as bad when it refers to dis
ordered blood or deranged stomach.
Hoods Sarsaparilla puts the wheels
back on the track by curing the
t,ouhlaa
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-08-10

Indigestion, nausea are cured py
Hoods Pills.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30
trenches were built as if thoroughly
skilled engineer had directed the work.

trenches were built as if thoroughly
skilled engineer had directed the work.
The indications at every trench
system are that the builders OF the
trenches always hal the possibility OF
flight in mind. In fact, how to run is
the chief consideration of the rebel
soldiers, aud the officers cannot get
the natives to take to trenches or
barricades OF any sort unless complete
preparations are made for flight.
At Balangtang, and Mt almost every
syatcm OF trenches used by the in
surgents, there will be found series OF
retreating trenches, constructed on
the plan shown in Figure l. The
trenches are cut iuto the earth zigzag
sometimes, and sometimes other ways,
out the customary method is that pre-.
sented in the cut. This mode OF
trenching not ouly gives the rebe! q
chance to retreat gradually, but offers
a good chance for him to stop and lire
his rifle frequently from protected
places in the cross trenches. He can
pass from The main trench to q when
his safety is in doubt. and work back
to s, G.. anl go on for miles; for often
times these connecting retreating
trenches exier, for mile after mile
along road or trail. and frequently
connect one .Own with another.
On soma 0ccnslons the Americans
have run into trench systems Of the
type shown III Einure ., in which a
series of half lronn shaped trenches
are dug and connected MS shown. The
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30
Jic IsrOl<e the isulc.

Algernon Dougherty of the United
States diplomatic services has quail
ties of his own to account for his sue
cess as we'll as being the son OF the fa-
nous "Silver Tongued Dougherty of
Philadelphia. One of the rules Of the
aristocratic concierge is that, when
one may ride up in the elevator, one
must not ride down. 1t was MI. Doug
herty who broke down this rule in a
house in the Rue de Maturin. He
started down and the concierge
stopped the elevator. "lt is forbid
den" "By whom ''The proprietor
forbids it. " said the concierge. Mr..
Dougherty drew himself up and said:
Tell your proprietor that ] forbid
him to forbid me anything" and rode
on down. And now even the timid
maiden ladies on the sixth floor play
with that elevator as though it were a
tame cat. at.-Argouaut.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30

stand at each trench and perhaps
damaging the opposing forces little.
Often these half circle trenches CON-
pletely cover the approaches to cities
and towns previously held by the
rebels. The natives worked indus
triously for years in making them, for
they used trenches against the Span
ish soldiery, and have been fighting
almost all the time since the begin.
ming CT Spanish rule on the islands.
Then labor is inexpensive, and the
rebels employed come labor and used
prisoners to work as well, so that the
insurgent forces always he'd n large
number OF men engaged in erecting
trenches everywhere.
When the rebels abandon section
of trenches they have habit of either
covering them over with light stu If
for the Americans to fall through, Oh
they set up poisoned tips OF sharpenod
bamboo as at D, Figure $, hoping
that some of the Americans may tum-
BILE in on these wicked points in the
dark. a great number of trenches
THIS fitted have been located i'll the
enemy's country, and, OF course, are
set fire to at once. so rs to destroy
the wood points end the poison. The
writer has never heard of an Amer
ican soldier falling on these poisoned
tips, but has seen some natives stark
in death upon them. Another trick
the natives have is shown in Figure
3, in which the trench is lightly COW
cred with bamboo sticks and some
stones or earth thrown over 80 as to
conceal the spot.
The natives suppose that Americans
will not notice the new earth, etc.,
and will step on the frail top and fall
through upon the points below. The
bamboo cover is marked E aud the
points G.. Sometimes they run water
into these places and put poisonous
reptiles inside. They work ont al!
sorts of extremely ingenious schemes
of this description, and to the wonder
of the natives the American soldiers
refuse to be caught.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30

morning Fifth Avenue Collegiate Churchhe oldo st
organization New York for the first time one OF the
organs installed
worship the instrument combines practically five organs in one
organs expenditure
part organ than piano The
organ operated pneumatic process
manual systems
operation. As may be imagined power re-
tile full of them
eighteen even thrtytwo feet provided by
electric Tie make up the complete organ
there echo placed in the end Of ths snureh the
keybods latter Some idea the elaborate nature of the mech
gained from than two miles OF tub
forming and it has
&i5.s<5.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30
$3.50 8 81 3 8 = 5 $ $ 5 s sS $3.50
) ! TreqcheS to Run From
One Of the Chief Glorios Of the Filipino
Army-oesstustire Fighting.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Although the insurgent soldiers in
the Philippine Islands have poor
reputation as marksmer, they deserve
considerable credit for the extensi7e
and elaborate trenches made by them.,
The hobby of rebel general seems II
be to have his men devote a large e.
portion of their time to designing<
building trenches, from which
are ultimately driysn blythe
cans. It appears bssthe Il
the insurgent army to erect mai
cent barricades and plan the s
beautiful systems of trenches, onlS
have them captured by the AmericahS
Mt the fret charge. If the native sol:
diets could fight one-quarter as well
ns they can devise and build trenches,
this Filipino war would be more seri-
Gus. AS it is, the American troops
utterly disregard the trenches OF the
rebels, and think nothing of charging
up to and over them, scattering the
natives like bees.
The writer never saw an insurgent
force stand its ground in its trenches
more than few minutes after an
American charge, except at the battle
of Balangtang, near Iloilo, when sew
eral companies of the rebels managed
to hold their position for about thirty
minutes before they broke. The in
surgents had occupied these trenches
for nearly year, during which time
they had been constantly at work on
then, putting them into the best Of
condition for defence. The rebel Of
fcers had all along asserted that the
United States forces would be ami
hilated if they attacked this position.
One morning the American column
moved on the trenches at daybreak,
and after fight of thirty minutes The
rebels were obliged to leave the
trenches and run for the mountains.
The fault was not with the trenches,
but with the soldiers in them. The
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30

Afghanistan one soldier was caught
while doing scout duty and shot down
when none OF his comrades were in
sight. Weeks afterward his body wes
found lying before a tall rock, on
which he had written in letters of
blood, "I want mother to have ALL"
In both cases the War Office held
the wills to be valid, aud saw that the
proper distribution OF the property
was made.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30
Discoveries IN BnbylOn.

DR.. koldewey. director OF the ex-
cavations at the ancient city of Baby
lon, has Informed the Oriental Society
of the discovery OF n canal built by
Aramean bricks, which is believed to
be the long.sought East Canal. A
temple called Ernuch of the goddess
Ninniach WAS laid bare, and stones
found inscribed from the time of Ne
buchadnexZar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30

frst4trench4tA) will contain the fight
at.the beginning, but as
soon as the American fire gets too Sc
we're for comfort in Trench A the sol
3diiers fall back to Trench B. Then, if
necessary, they fall back to Trench G,
5andtthe# can continue to fall back I'M;
70 similar trenches, making a short
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30
A COTTON QUEEN IS SHE.
OF Mrs. Wilder, a Successful Aln-
bama Planter.

DHlua IIhhtSIs
Three gears ago Mrs. Leila Seton
wilder; 81 Decatur Aha, took hold OF
an estsasiFs estate that had been sadly
neglected and determined to make it
. model cotton plantation, She suc'
eeeded, and ts ebay, says Les Lsslie's les
Weekly; the planters o. ner ota.e ;as are
study5nG G4f; methods. she ylslsea :
New York Il sepEssIbef and seenss a
an order for all the ess!sssHhb' 5!ssssh llieF plants
tion can produce during the Sing
gear. She owns over 5000 acres along
the Tennessee River. Of this, 700
acres are under cultivation, the balance
is timber Of fine hard wood, princi-
baii9 white oak: She eultivates 100
aGf&s herself; the balance Is rented on
the tenant SYSTEM; She has twenty
negro families on! the place, most Of
them Hired by the year. Each family
has a cabin, garden and pasture rent
free, and frewood. ST think my sue
cess with the plantation" says Mrs.
Wilder in letter, "lies in my faculty
of getting along with the negro. hffe
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30

British soldiers on South African
battlefelds, and in every case the
wishes of the testator have been re-
spected.
The body of one soldier was found
on the battlefield of Elandslaagte who,
before death, had scrawled with the
end of lead bullet on the inside of
his helmet the words, "All to my
wife
When m English army invaded
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30

is very different dSwi here than; will
the teIantr;yy of the North OF West:
There are more intimate relations be-:
tween the mistress and the servants.
They come to you with their Joys and
troubles, and always expect sympa-
thetic listener" We have had num-
Der of cotton kings, and now, in the
person of Mrs. Wilder, we have cot
on queen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30
s Eealistic Novel.

Mrs. Blazaay I've just been read
ing ga Sea OF Troubles. How true
to life it is!
Mr.. Blazzay-Do you think SO?
WHY, L looked into it and thought it
dull. There's no plot, little incident,
and less interest.
Eyes; so true to life"--Brooklyn
, Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30

Captive balloons are now being used
in building operations; they are en-
ployed to raise and support scaffold
poles and ladders uutil these latter
are secured III position.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30

Mark Taplcy aud Mr.. Pickwick were
the defendants in two successive suits
in the Bloomsbury County Court re-
Gently.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-30

Wills written or Bsttlefields.
Many queer and pathetic wills have
been found upon the bodies OF dead
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-30
The Nicaragua Ques-
ton.

Senor Corea, the Nicaragua Nj
mister to the United States, advised
Secretary Hay that as a indication
of the friendship of his government
for the United States id ad appoin-
ted an arbitrator to determine wire-
ther the Maritime Canal Company
is entitled to an extension of its
concession.
The action of the Nicaragua 60
vernment was based upon protest
submitted to it by the Maritime Ca
nal Company, through the Ameri.
can Minister at Managua. This ac-
ton was taken more than a month
ago.
The Costa Rican government still
recognizes the concession of the Ma
ritime Canal Company, and, no mat
ter how the arbitrator appointed by
President Zelaya may decide the
protest of the company, Nicaragua
will stand bound either by the con
cession of that company or that hel(
by the Eyre -Cragin syndicate.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-30
An Interview With
UeneraI Davis.

A Boletin's representative had
the honor to be received by General
Davis this afternoon.
In answer to the questions formu-
lated by our reporter, as to the in
formation furnished to the Govern
ment of Washington in regard to
Puerto Rico, General Davis said
that his statements before the House
Committee on Insular affairs and the
Senate's Committee encloses COM
plete exposure of his views in refe-
renee to the condition and the needs
of the Island and the best measures
of relief to be adopted.
He Kindly offered us for publica-
ton the two statements referred to
with which contents we will try to in
form our readers as muck as its ex-
tensiveness WillalloW it.
In regard to free trade General
Davis said that although absolute
free trade might possibly not be OBJ
tanned, yet, it is likely that only a
nominal duty will be imposed on
Puerto Rican products.
General Davis believes that Con-
gress will act very speedy on this
matter.
AS for a legal form of Govern
ment for Puerto RlcO the Cover
nor's impression seems to be that
some time will elapse before sonnet
hing definite is decided.
General Davis expressed his salts
faction at the quiet and orderly
manner in which elections are going
on in San Juan aud he showed great
interest to know the latest cables
received on the Transvaal War.