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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-17
Where DIR. johnson Wa. Married.

One of the most interesting entries
in the parish register of st. Wer-
burgh's, Derby, relates to the marriage
of DIR. Johnson and the widow Porter.
which was celebrated in ST Wer-
burgh's. 1t reads:
'Mard.-Samll Johnson, of We parish
of st. Mary's, in Lichfield, and Eliza
beth Porter, of We parish of S. Philip.
in B'ham."
Why the couple should have travelled
from Birmingham to Derby to be wei
is greatly dark. Even Boswell con-
fessed that he could not understand
the reason. Johnson, however, gave
him an amusing account of the jour
ney. They must have looked a queerly
matched pair as they walked up the
aisle of st. Werburgh's, he an awk-
ward, big bOned, stumbling man. she "a
young person of nearly 80" and pos
sessed of scant Observation-Disclosures
ster Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-17
A three Cornered War.

When Colonel Cartwell was military
governor of Norfolk under the Confed-
cracy in 1862. he ordered the British
consul to report for duty on the home
guard. To this the Englishman object
ed on the ground of being consul at
Norfolk.
ITO what government asked Colo
mel Cartwell.
ITO the United States government"
was the reply.
states, and you must show papers ac-
crediting you to the Confederate States
of America" said the colonel.
But my government doesn't recog-
nize you as a government" said the
consul.
Very well, then; my government
doesn't recognize you as. consul"
briskly retorted Colonel Cartwell.
shoulder your musket and join your
company"
At this the peacefully disposed con-
sui threatened to have a gunboat come
and lombard the place before he would
serve.
That's just what I'd like to see"
returned the colonel cheerily, "for then
the United States will fight you, as she
claims that Norfolk is still part of the
Union. and between England and the
United States fighting we shall go
free"
At last the consul appealed to Mr.
Benjamin, the Confederate secretary
of war, who ordered his exemption
from military duty, and the three
cornered war" so desired by Colonel
Cartwell never came to pass.-Youth's
Companion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-17
go
What Offended Her.

MIX Dealer-What did you say to
Mrs Sharpe yesterday when you call
ed for her money?
OVERWHELMING particular. Why?
MIX Dealer-She's sent word that
she don't want US 10 serve her any
more. You must have said something
TO offend her.
Driyer-No. l didn't. l simply asked
her for the money for the weeks milk.
She says. You'd better chalk it up"
and l says. We do that already
Catholic Standard and Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-17
REMOVING A RING.
A JevveIer Tells How to Take on One
That Has Grown Tight.

That Has Grown Tight.
Most girls who have had baby rings
have had trouble in removing them
from their fingers There is really no
necessity for all this ado about remov-
ing tight ring" said a jeweler. I'm
fact, as in everything else, the secret
Of success lies in knowing how to do it.
Here is a recipe that 1 have found un-
failing for removing n tight ring. and
there is no painful surgical operation
involved either: Thread a needle fiat
in the eye, using thread that is strong,
but not too coarse, then pass the head
of the needle under the ring. Care. of
course, must be used in this, and il
would be best TO soap the needle before
beginning. The needle having been
passed through, pull the thread through
a few inches toward the hand-so.''
By this time the jeweler had passed
the needle and thread under the ring
on his own finger and was prepared to
illustrate the little lecture. Wrap the
long end of the thread around the fin
ger toward the nail in this manner,
then take hold of the short end and I'M
wind it-so. The thread, thus pressing
against the ring, will gradually remove
it, however tight or swollen the I'm
ger."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-17
BABY STUART.
A Popular Misconception of Van.
dykes Clever Painting.

dykes Clever Painting.
If the number of houses in which
there hang reproductions of certain
drzs wing of a little child's head after
Nandyke could be enumerated, il
would cause establishment There is
nothing surprising in the popularity
of the head. But whatever genius
named it Baby Stuart" is responsible
for many Iudicrous misapprehensions-
There are women who believe that this
head was painted by Gilbert Stuart.
There are women who have asked if
il was the infant of \. T. Stewart
Again, there are women who know
that il depicts one of the children of
Charles 1, but who dc not know which
one OF his children il is. whether it is
a boy or a girl. or who painted the
original The head is that of the sec
ond son of Charles /, and the name OF
the child was James. Vandyke paint
ed him time and time again. One OF
the family groups of Charles chill
dren by Vandyke hangs in Turin
From the head of little James in that
group a copy was made by Raffaello
Canevari, a drawing, and that copy
hangs in the Academy of St. Luke at
Rome. From Canevari's drawing the
countless army of photographs, en-
cravings, Autographs and prints which
have spread to the uttermost parts of
the earth proceeded.
Let us change the title, for we think
Baby Stuart has done duty long
enough. Why not call him Little
JamesT Then, at least, all his wor-
shippers would know his sex. He be-
came King James IL of England In
1856. and, according to eminent au-
thority. he gave evidence of possessing
all the vices of his race without any
OF its virtues. His reign was short
and Infamous. He was in exile at st.
German when he died in 1T01. Such
was the chubby and guileless looking
royal baby in the cap.-BOstOn Tran
script.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-17
WouIdn't Trust Him.

Mean men continue to exist, and fire.
Quent examples are cited of what is
claimed to be the meanest Of all. The
Frcdonia CKan) Citizen steps forward
with story of a man in that town
who. too mean to advertise land he
wanted to sell. put n written notice in
one of the hotels the other day. A
man who was inquiring for n small
farm was referred to the written no.
tice. when he replied: Il can't buy land
at n fair price from any man who does
his own advertising in that way. He
might steal the fence. the pump handle
and the barn doors before he gave up
Observation-Disclosures CITY Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-17
Mentioned n. Usual.

Clara-Did the newspapers notice
your papa At the banquet?
Freddie-Yes.
CIara-Weu. mamma said she could
not see his name in the list.
Freddie-So. but the list ends UP
Sitk land others" That means papa
They always mention him that way
Tit-Bits.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

The inexhaustible fertility of many
irrigated fields is a source of wonder
to the farmer dependent upon rain for
his crops, and who must each year APP
ply large quantities of fertilizer to his
fields in order to produce good yields
if not to prevent absolute soil exhaus-
ton. This phenomenon of irrigation
is easily explained. Analyses of the
waters of various rivers and springs
and even artesian wells show con-
stituency of certain chemicals which
form the bulk of plant food, such for
instance as potash and nitrogen. From
French experiments it is concluded
that an acre of land irrigated with the
quantity of water generally used in
France would receive therefrom as
much potash as would be furnished by
an application of thirty loads of ordi-
nary stable manure. In some cases ex-
periments have shown that the mineral
substances supplied by the water were
in excess of the needs of the crop. In
all water which comes from diversions
of rivers or storage reservoirs there is
in an addition to chemical constituency
of plant food, more or less solid matter.
The mud or ooze held in suspension in
irrigation waters and supplied by them
to the soil cannot fail to add to its fer
tility. Thus irrigation water is con-
slant source of enrichment and fields
which have been watered for hundreds
of years are as productive and fertile
one year as another, for the applica-
ton of water supplies them with both
food and drink.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30
A Boer Courtship.

There is something comic in the way
a Boer manages his love making, says
an exchange. Having asked the per-
mission of his father to court certain
damsel in the neighborhood ne pro-
eeeds to buy the most strikingly deco
rated and loudly-colored saddle cloth
for his steed that he can possibly OBJ
tain.
Having made his preparations he
mounts his most spirited horse and
Journeys tc the lady's home, but in
stead of seeking out the object of his
affections he respectfully asks leave OF
her father to court her. The old man
cautiously refrains from answering,
but consults his wife, and the youth
joins the younger members of the
household.
No further notice is taken of the
sutton for the rest of the day, but if
the parents approve, when the rest of
the household retire for the night the
mother solemnly approaches the young
man and maiden with a long tallow
candle in her hand. This she places
on the table and lights, and then, hav-
ing taken an affectionate farewell of
the couple, she retires. This is a sign
to the lover that his suit is acceptable.
As long as the candle lasts the young
couple are allowed to sit up and talk.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

Jack Wall came in from his mining
property in the Pine Nut range Sun
day and brought in several specimens.
He found the property much better
than when he left it some weeks ago
and it shows every indication of big
mine. The ledge now shows five feet
of high grade copper ore, and as the
shaft is down quite distance, it gives
the owners the. feeling of confidence.
jack brought in what he considered
some low grade ore and smelted it in a
crucible, with the result that he has a
big string of copper in pan. The
copper looks as bright as gold and the
owners figure out that with the low
grade going into working per cent
that the main body of the ledge must
carry them a fortune. The claim shows
up well and everyone who has seen it
pronounees the property a right good
thing for Jack and his partner.-Ap-
peal.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30
Order to Show Cause.

In the District Court of the First Judi
eial District of the State of Nevada, in
and for the County of Douglas.
In the matter of the Estate of Frederick
A. Hussmann, deceased.
On reading the petition of Johanna l.
Hussmann, the Administrative of the
Estate of Frederick A. Hussmann, de-
final account of her administration of the
estate of said deceased, in this Court and
that the same has been duly settled and
allowed. That all the debts and expenses
of the Administration have been duly
paid. and that portion of said estate, re
mains to be divided among the heirs and
descendants ofthe said deceased and pray
ing among other things. for a distribu
ton of the residue of said estate, among
the persons entitled.
1t is ordered that all persons interested
in the estate of the said Frederick A
Hussmann. deceased, be and appear be
fore the above entitled District Court, a
the court room of said Court. at the Cour
House in Genoa, Douglas County, Ne
vada, on Monday. the Ord day of April
A. D. 1900. at 10 o'clock A. NJ, then anC
there to show eanse why an order of dis
tribution should not be made of the resi-
due of said estate among the heirs of saiC
deceased according to law.
II is further ordered, That a copy 0
this order be published for three success
sive weeks, before the said 23rd day o
April. y. d. 1900, in The Courier Of Gard
neryille. newspaper printed and pub
lished in said County of Douglas. at Gard
nerville therein.
Done this 18th day of March, \. d. 1905
c. +. MACK,
District Judge.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30
SUMMONS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
State of Nevada. in and for the County Of
Douglas. Action brought in the District
Court of the State of Nevada, Douglas
County. and the Complaint filed in said
county. in the Office Of the Clerk of said
District Court, on the 5th day Of March,
\. D.. l9O0.-Jehn F. :. Russell, Plaintiff,
IS. Mabel T. Russell. Defendant.
The state Of Nevada sends greeting to
Mabel T.. Russell, Defendant You are
hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named
Plaintiff, in the District Court of the
state of Nevada, Douglas County. and
answer complaint filed therein within
ten DAYS exclusive of the day of servicel
after the service on you of this summons
if served in said county. or If served cut
of said county. but within the District
twenty days, in all other cases forty DAYS,
or Judgment by default will be taken
against you according to the prayer Of
said complaint.
The said action is brought 20 obtain a
Judgment and decree of this Court dis
solving the bonds of matrimony between
the plaintiff. John +. 5. Russell. and the
defendant. Mabel +. Russell. and FOR gen
eral relief. The ground on which said
judgment and degree are claimed is,
that on or about the Goth day Of septem-
+ Der. \. D. lss1. the said defendant, disre-
garding the solemnity Of her marriage
vow, wilfuily and without cause deserted
and abandoned the plaintiff, and ever
since has and still continues so to wilful-
. IL and without cause desert and abandon
said plaintiff. and to live separate and
apart from him. and against his viii and
without his consent. All OF which will
more fully appear from the complaint on
+ file herein. to which You are especially
referred.
+ And you are hereby notified that If you
f fail to answer the complaint, the said
f Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded therein.
Given under my hand and Seal of the
! - District Court of the State of
t SEAL. Nevada, Douglas County. this
- 9Th day of March, \. d. 1890
y. BLOSSOM. Clerk
f. d. VANDERLIETH, Atty for Plaintiff.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30
NOTICE FOR BIDS.
Proposals for OnIcal Advertising
and Printing.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of County Commissioners of Doug
las county, State of Nevada. up to and in
Guiding Monday. the second day of April.
4. ID. One Thousand Nine Hundred. at
the hour of Ten o'clock a. n. Of said day
for all the Official Advertising required
by said Douglas county. State OF Nevada,
for the remainder of the year One Thous-
and Nine Hundred. and to the First Mon
day in January. \. d. Nineteen Hundred
and one. Also for printing copies of the
names of registered voters for the general
election of 1900.
\ good and sufficient bond will be re-
quired to be furnished by the successful
bidder, for the faithful performance OF
said contract.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Bids should he addressed to the Board Of
County Commissioners of Douglas coun-
ty, State OF Nevada. care OF the County
Clerk, Genoa. Nevada. and marked Pro
posals for Official Advertising"
BY order of said Board
- y. BLOSSOM.
SEAL. Clerk of Board.
s--s Genoa, New. March ~. 1900
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30
Smallpox in Ogen, Utah.

The Elko Independent contains the
following:
There is a we'll developed case of
smallpox at Terrace. The patient is
an employee of the railroad eating
house, and has been acting in the ca
paeity of roustabout. He was taken
sick in the hotel, but was removed
yesterday and placed in quarantine.
We learned to-day from one OF the
trainmen that there were twenty-five
cases of smallpox in Ogden last week,
three of which proved fatal.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

An Indian census, recently made by
Government agents, places the num-
Der of Indians in the United States at
257, sos, of whom A., 597 can read the
English language and ,597 can speak
it with some degree of fiuency. More
than four hundred missionaries are
working among the Indians, and last
year the contribution by religious So
cieties and individuals for their con-
version aggregated S325, 900. The
death rate among them slightly ex-
ceeds the birth rate
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

Jas. Cummings a mail clerk on the
Virginia & Truckee railroad, was ar
rested at Virginia Saturday on a charge
ofrob5ing the mail of two registered
letters. He gave bail in the sum of
$1,000, and Sunday evening committed
suicide by taking large dose of NOR
phine. He had been sick, of and
on, for some time, and it is believed
that his illness affected his mind.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

An exchange thus bids farewell to a
departed citizen: He was a man OF
push. He played marbles for keeps
when boy, and cheated all his play
mates out of their allys; he snapped a
bladeless knife, sight unseen for four
biaded knife, sold that for fifty cents;
bought dozen lemons and a pound OF
sugar and made barrel OF lemonade
which he sold for IS. He started in
business and sold bad meat for choice
cuts and made a fortune. When he
got thousand, he organized a CON-
pany with 100000 capital, mostly
water, and sold the stock at par. When
the company bursted it was found out
that he had sold out sometime before.
When he died he was a millionaire and
left it all here.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30
Notice.

have four kinds of shade trees. all
kinds of fruit trees. roses, snowballs
etc, and nursery supplies. Will take
hay or grain in exchange. l will sell
the nursery, from which l have made
enough to keep me without work
The only nursery in Nevada. A grand
opportunity.
JOHN WooD,
Carson, New.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

The statement that the saying, go
West, young man," has lost its po-
tency and its force, could never be
made for many years to come, if a
policy of internal improvement should
be adopted which would water the
millions of acres of Western public
land now lying arid. AS
"All that tread the globe are but a
handful
To the tribes that slumber in its
BOSOM"
so the present population of the great
West is but a vanguard of the multi
tudes ofindnstrious workers who would
build up beautiful homes and rear
happy families, were the waters which
now go to waste, but stored by the
government and used to reclaim the
fertile lands.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

AC mill as lie now mas IN operation
details from the experimental mill
but the principle the same e. the WELL
ordinary die It's very simple
chine especially small where the quantity or value Oh ore uncertain
be
of the the warrant mill
added without Inconvenience
emlof with horse
Bridgeport
small should
Fcco) for descriptive catalogues and
There are this that could be made
twitho oil
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

The Paris Exposition is billed to
open to the public on April 14th, but it
will be several weeks later before the
exhibit is entirely complete.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

1t is rumored in San Francisco that
Congressman Newlands will not be a
candidate at the next general election.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30
Dissolution of Partnership.

Notice IS hereby given that the firm Of
Nelson x Wennhold, heretofore engaged
in the hotel and saloon business in the
town Of Gardnerville. State of Nevada, Is
this day dissolved by mutual consent
Dick Wennhold retiring from said firm
and business. The business 'yill be con-
Quoted in future by II. Nelson, he assun-
ing all the Indebtedness Of the late firm
of Nelson IL Wennhold and will pay all
liabilities Of said firm.
DIcK WENSHoLD,
HANS NELSON.
Dated March &. 1900.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30
THE SAN FRANCISCO
CALL,

THE LEADING FAMILY PAPER
OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
BEST NEWS SERVICE,
BEST LITERARY FEATURES.
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Daily and Sunday, by mail. 81 per year
Sunday, by mail, Sl50 per year.
Weekly, 10 pages by mail. 81 per year
Address all communications To
w. s. LEAKE, Manager,
San Francisco.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

H. F. Dangberg ''trekked across the
veldt'' from Gardnerville to Carson
last week.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

Uncle Sans revenues in the Philip
pines have already run up to one and
one-half per cent. of what their collec-
ton costs. In other words he pays 9sl
cents to collect Il cents. But what do
the protected, pampered patriots care?
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

1t was horrible sight, and terrible
scene. Cronje, with 6,0OO men and
women and children, hemmed in a
space of less than mile square on the
Modder river, fighting for life, home
and liberty, in 4 country that had been
retrieved from the savage, and sur
rounded by $4,000 British troops,
armed to the teeth, with all the engin-
cry born of the genius of Christian
civilization, and urged by capital that
recognizes no rights except its own,
planting lyddite shells in their midst,
which killed by their poisonous
fumes, when they filled to strike, until
Lord Roberts feared the result of his
success. He slackened his fire. Phil
osophers said the Christian world will
arise and demonstrate. Lord Roberts
thought it would. It did not Shame
on the Christian world Christian Ger.
many, Italy, Russia, France, and Ne
Kinley and Mark Hannah had nothing
to say But the philosophers and Lord
Roberts were right. The Christian
world should have arisen, and said
STOP. These people demand the
privilege to exercise an inalienablt
right--to govern themselves, and il
you don't like their government, keeF
out. Money has no greater rights
than Man. QUELQUEFoIs.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30
Dr. A. Huffaker.

once thssame as formerly occupied by DR.
Cayeil. orice hours TO and .osr.x.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-30

JOHN WOOD,
Carson, New.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-18
500 Reward, 400.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrf. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being const
tutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building UP the
constitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for lists of testimonials.
Adde'S, +. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-18
Not Nalaed Patrick of York.

London May 1S.--Thc son of the Duke
and Duchess of York tWho WAS born
March 81 lAst and who, it was an
nounced. was to be christencd Patrick
was christcncd in the private chapel of
Windsor castle in the presence of Queen
Victoria. the Prince and Princess of
Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Con
naught, the Duke and Duchess of Fife,
the Duke of Cambridge and other mem
hers of the royal family. Prince Albert
Of Prussia, regent Of the duchy of Bruins
wick, represented Emperor William of
Germany. who was enc of the infant
godfathers. The infant was handed to
the bishop of Winchester by The queen,
who gave tho child's name us Henry Viii
liam Frederick Albert.