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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
vENTRILooulsM EXTRAORDINARY.
The Astonishing Performance Given
by SOthern's Confederate.

One Of the pecuiarities of Sothern's
elaborated jokes was the way in which
he worked up to them. He pretended to
have accidentally discovered that he pos
sessed the gift of the born ventriloquist
and arranged an experiment on the occa-
sion of supper party given in his honor
at pleasant house in q London suburb.
There was a foolish kind of hanger on of
Sothern's who loved to boast OF his in
timacy with the famous comedian. He
had often said, 81 wish you would let me
help you in one of your practical jokes,
Mr.. Sothern." Sothern humored his de-
sire. Mr.. Edgar Pemberton tells the
story in his Memoir of Sothern."
The comedy must for my purpose be
reduced to a paragraph. You know how
fond the professional ventrilouuist Is OF
talking up the chimney to an imaginary
man on the roof. Sothern had arranged
for his slayish confederate to mount the
root by ladder and play the part of the
voice on the roof, which he did to per-
fection, aud Sothern's success as ven
triloquist was voted nothing short of
marvellous. Supper being over, the party
adjourned to another room. at which
point Sothern said "Good night to his
friend above, at which cue 1t had been
arranged that the seance should be con-
cluded.
Sothern had, however, plotted against
his man, who when he wished to descend
found that the ladder was gone. By
hook or crook the deceived confederate
found his way to the chimney of the
smoking room, where the supper party
were settling down for a long evening.
Presently voice was heard calling down
the chimney: "Sothern, Sothern! For
heavens sake, come and help mel !
can't get down, and it's raining like
madl"
Sothern was taken aback for q mo-
ment, but only to be In ecstasies the next
at the exclamations of his friends, who
considered the voice only another exam
pie of Sothern's skin. "You said you
could do no more, your voice was tired.
and here 1t Is stronger than ever" Soth-
ern, accepting the compliments of his
friends, managed In q short conversation
with the voice on the roof to let his un-
happy confederate understand that as
soon as possible he would go out and help
him down.
After a time, just when Sothern was
about TO slip out and release his friend,
his host went to the chimney and, all the
more to emphasize Sothcru's success, as
he thought, called out, "Are you still
thcreT This was the last straw upon
the rain drcnched back of the sufferer
"Oh, go to blazesw came the angry reply
and with II piece of mortar that ratthd
IN the CRATE. You're beastw-People
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
TWO MEETINGS WITH GARFIELD.
Clara Morris Tells How the Second
Brought Memories of the First.


In The Woman's Home Companion
Clara Morris described two meetings
with James A. Garfield. The first YVES
In country lane near Aurora, where she
saw and talked with the future states
man, who was than taking load of
wood to market. Years afterward she
met him in Washington and remembered
him, but while feeling that he had seen
her before he could not recall where. OF
that second meeting she says:
s'Then there came an evening when at
a dinner given by Mrs. Piatt found my
self sitting exactly opposite Mr.. Gar
field. The company was not large one,
but 1t boasted some famous names and
at least one brilliant beauty. Conversa-
ton was brilliant and laughter was
light. Turning my glance moment
from the southern senator at my side,
looked full into the fixed, wide blue eyes
OF Mr.. Garfield. He was leaning for
ward-one hand tightly clinched lay on
the table. From his strained, faraway
look knew he was trying to recall our
first meeting, and as l gazed into his
eyes the buzz Of talk and laughter turn
ed into a murmur OF wind through tall,
leafiess trees. saw a pale. winter sun
shine falling across snow patched fields.
Leaning little toward him, in very
low but distinct tone said: Gee! Gee
hawv A flash like blue lightning snap
ped into his eyes, and as I added, is
Freeman at homer he gave a cry, almost
a shout, exclaiming with enthusiasts:
I've found you! I've found you at last,
and you're sitting on top of the fence in
a red calico dress, with book in your
iapp Then In the midst of the commo-
tion he had raised he threw his arm
about Mr.. Piatt, crying: 'Ah, you thought
/ was meet for an asylum! You know
you didl But I've found her out at last!
So you see I'm not half as crazy as you
believed I wasp
Questions rained upon him, and much
laughter followed his story Of that far
away meeting on the country road. One
grave old man questioned us earnestly in
the drawing room as to what was In the
minds of each at the time spoke.
II was not much surprised to hear Mr..
Garfield say that in his backward search
for q clew to the tormenting half men,
ory he had got as far as Cleveland, had
failed to find me in that city and at the
moment / spoke was hopelessly trying
Aurora and the country around there"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
THE PAwNlNG HABIT.
How 1t Appeals to the Person of Ar
tistIc Temperament.

Americans are always adopting The
tricks and manners of Europe, but they
usually fasten upon those which are SEN
sible and picturesque. 1t is an open ques-
ton, however. how far the pawning habit
will spread in this country. Several wo-
men have it already and declare that they
are making converts. The Mont de Piete
in Paris, for instance, Is a highly re-
spectacle institution much patronized by
all classes. Students who need money
just before their remittances from home
come in or who want to help friend
who has already visited too often ina
tante" lit is the aunt. and not the uncle,
who keeps the French pawnshop) think
nothing of strolling round to the noun
tain of piety and depositing spare valua-
bles. In this country the pawn ticket has
been looked upon as badge of shame,
but once in awhile an original spirit re-
turning from Europe keeps up the old
happy go lucky custom here. One wo-
man who lives near the so called charity"
pawnshop in Twenty-first street dis
coursed openly of her habit the other day.
"Why not?' she said. 81 make my llv-
ing and fairly good one, too, by draw
ing things for the magazines. l have no
ouiuIyt DuL dNtIuSc gu II Week, luOFe OT
less. For three weeks | may take in very
little; then $40 will come In lump. Now,
il l have $50 am not going to econo-
mize and by the time have sent off some
to my little sister and bought hat and
treated the girls to the theater and had a
few jolly little lunches I am broke again.
My sketches have been accepted oil right,
and it is only n matter of days. So off I
go to the charity pawnshop, which Is as
nice as nice can be, and put up anything
| can spare. The other day, for instance,
l was reduced rather low, but had enough
to keep me going until my check came In,
when | got letter from Aunt Maria
saying she would be in New York for a
few days shopping. Aunt Maria lives
in one horse town and Is the jolliest old
soul that ever was born,
ITO have her come here and not delight
her soul with wild and reckless dissipa-
ton in the shape of table d'hote lunches
with wine is quite out of the question
| So my watch and my best ring were
promptly offered up on the altar of my
devotion to Aunt Maria. Yesterday !
put her on the train for home, blissfully
happy at the riotous living of the last
week. Would you have me make that
dear creature forego the sowing of wild
oats In her old age, or would you have
me bother my friends by borrowing In
style2 No, indeed. At the pawnshop l
pay my 10 or 20 cents for the conyen-
ienee, nobody is wiser. and nobody Is
put out in the least. 1t is the best plan.
What do you say? 1t would be better II
didn't spend the $50 the moment got
it? | suppose it would be the wisest plan,
but you have to consider the artistic tem-
perament. For that the pawnshop is the
comfort and stay. Try my plan, and
you'll see what fun it is."-New York
Tribune.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
A One sided "Us.v

Two brothers, grown men now, are fond
of sitting down and comparing past expe-
riences. One particularly happy recollec-
tion is this:
There was an old coffee mill in the at
tic, which, as boys, they greatly desired
to possess. One of them, Tom by name,
sought his mother and begged her to give
it to them.
II don't believe ! can, Ton," said she
regretfully. Il should like to, but I'm
afraid can't"
"But why, mothery" urged Tom. "You
don't use it,"
"No; we don't use it,"
'Then why won't you give 1t to usP"
swell, dear" said the mother gently,
''I'm afraid you and Ben will get to quar-
reling over it."
"Oh, mo, we shan't," cried Tom eager
ly. "You needn't be bit afraid of that
mother. l won't let Ben touch it!'-
Youths Companion.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
WASHlNGToN'S FLASK.
Odd Looking Blue Bottle That Was
Given 40 Him by Lafayette.

Relics of the Father of His Country,
of which the public does not generally
know, are extremely rare, but a gentle
man of Southampton county has one
which has attached to it a story of more
than the interest of the great majority of
the stories which parson Weems began
telling about Washington and which were
believed by two or three generations of
young Americans.
The relic in question Is whiskey flask,
which has for long time been on the
center table in the parlor of the pretty
home of Mr.. Robert L. Bishop of South
ampton county. 1t has been in his fam
lily for over century, ever since his an
cestor served as an orderly at the head
quarters of General Washington at the
siege of Yorktown. If it ever leaves the
Bishop family, it is safe to say that the
sum paid for it will be about that which
Mr. Bishop could get for his farm.
The flask holds half pint and Is of old
fashioned blue glass. Running over the
outside are seams of what looks like
china or porcelain. 1t is not exactly a
glass bottle perhaps, but, for the lack Of
name for the material composing it, it
Is called glass.
The story behind the interesting relic
is not very long one, but it Is full OF in
terest. The bottle was given to Stith
Bishop, soldier in Washington's army,
and an ancestor of Mr.. Robert Bishop,
the present owner. Mr.. Bishop was an
orderly at Washington's headquarters
during the siege of Yorktown. 1t was
probably after the surrender of Cornwall
lis that General Washington sent Order
ly Bishop over to Williamsburg on bust
ness. After giving him various direc-
tions regarding what he was to do in the
old capital, General Washington gave to
his orderly the bottle and told him to
have it filled with good whisky at a tav-
ern In Williamsburg. There is no tradi-
ton as to the brand the soldier was di-
rected to purchase, which is unfortunate
as the enterprising distiler of today
would find it an excellent name for the
liquor he is making Mt present But Mr.
Bishop did remember that the general
charged him to be careful not to break or
lose the bottle, as it was a present made
him by the Marquis de Ia Fayette.
Of course Orderly Bishop once knew
why he did not return the flask, and of
course he told the family when he came
home from the war, but the reason is for
gotten, and it is not likely that it will be
known again.
The bottle Is guarded most sacredly
A glass case has long covered it, and it
is seldom raised to allow q closer inspeo-
ton. The genuineness of the relic is be-
yond question. Its history has been a
part of the history of the Bishop family
for generatons.-R Richmond Times.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
CHAMPAGNE MAKING.
why 1t Il Not More Extensive In the
United states.

''What the dickens Is the reason" asked
an inquisitive friend Of a well known
California wine man, shat we can't
make as good champagne here In the
United States as they do In FranceT
Because it doesn't pay" replied the
wine man promptly. ''There Is no phys
ical reason why we can't do 1t. We have
the climate, we have the soil, and the
champagne grape, grown from imported
clippings, does just as well here as it does
in France. But there is no money in the
business. The situation is briefly this"
continued the Californian. ITO make
high grade champagne requires an enor-
nous investment of capital After the
stock Is bottled it must mature for sew
sral years in subterranean vaults at a
constant temperature of 45 degrees.
I'm Reims and the other champagne
districts OF France the old Roman cata-
combs are utilized for that purpose, and
their existence has undoubtedly made the
business possible. They are tunneled for
miles through solid rock, and IL they had
been excavated for use as wine vaults
their cost would have been prohibitive.
You can see, too, on moments reflection
that the ripening stock must be very large
In order to return a decent profit. 1t
must run up into the millions of bottles,
meaning the tying. up of a small fortune
every season. In France, where the peo-
pie are educated to solid investments and
slow returns, that sort of thing is prac-
tical; but here-no. An American wants
to turn over his money quickly and won't
listen to a proposition involving four or
five years inaction.
"Out in my district the winemakers
have all they can do in supplying the
market with claret and still vintages, and
they very naturally argue that they would
be foolish to sink lot of money in a
champagne plant that would bring them
to q stapdstill for years. We are making
little good champagne In this country
now and have been doing so for some
time past, but the reason why we haven't
entered the field as serious producers Is
the one I have just skeletonized. New
Orleans Times Democrat
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18

Fond Mother--John, do look at that
child. He has your watch In ais mouth
and will swallow 1t.
John (who Is a bachelor brother-in-law
and very fond of babies)-Oh, don't be
the least alarmed. have got hold of the
chain. II can't go far.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
The snonge and Itn use..

Two little girls with snub noses and
public school voices stood in front of the
window of Third avenue drug store
yesterday afternoon.
My" said one. Look at the sponges
Most n thousand OF 'em. What dyer
s'pose they use 'em all for? | didn't
think they was SO many states in the
world" The other little girl looked at
her companion with withering scorn.
Don't yer know" she shifted con-
temptuonsly. that windows has to lie
washed Y'-New York Commercial Ad.
vertlsar-
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
The Invention Of spectacles.

The honor and credit of pointing out
the henefit OF glasses to aid defective vi
sion belongs to Roger Bacon. who lived
from 1914 to 1902. Spectacles were ac-
tually invented in the year 1880, the man
who conferred this great blessing on suf-
fering humanity being Alexander Bpinia,
monk OF Pisa, who died In 1913.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
TO A MOUNTAIN.

When melted SHOWS have told the stream
The sweetness of the sod they kissed,
And with the springs first daylight gleam
The creatures of the morning mist;
When all things gladden. in the sun
And steeple unto steeple calls
From Athops height to Templeton
And grasses burst from pebbed walls,
Then nature swells friendly song,
The little buds speak out at last,
And In the woodland comrades throng,
And thou alone no comrade hasti
II now and then passing cloud
Caress thy brow or swallow please
To pause above, q moment bowed,
They vanish, wayfarers like these
o lonely mountainl Night shall steal
And only they thy grandeur guess
Who know the friendless vast, yet feel
The majesty. of lonelinessi
Agnes Lee in New Lippincott.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
Neither Caught ON.

Pat-Are you good at arithmetic, Mike?
Mike-I am.
Pat-Well, IL you had 10 shillngs and
/ asked you for the lend of FIVE, how
much would you have left?
Mike tstrongly)-Ten shillings.
Pat-Ah, you don't seem to ketch on to
my idea.
Mike-No. and you don't seem to ketch
an to my shillings London Answers.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
Interurban Badinage

"Your town." said the Chicagoan. "is
called the City of Straits, believe"
EYES," replied the Detroiter, and yours,
/ suppose, might be known as the City OF
Crooks. Record.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-10-18
HOW Apple. Should me Eaten,

Apples, to be really beneficial, should
be eaten as children eat them, rind and
all, and in sufficient quantities to be salts
flying. The man who, first pairing off the
skin and with 1t the best part of the flesh,
dalles with the residne OF an apple after
dinner is no true apple lover. / believe
that the fermeyN germs which reside ON
the skin of the fruit and play the most
prominent part in the conversion of the
expressed juice OF the vintage varieties
into cider are themselves aids to diges-
tion. Certain it Is that to those who are
accustomed TO them, and who cat them
skin and all, no fruits are so easy of di-
gestlon as apples.--C. w Radcliffe Cooke.
Before Christianity was introduced into
India lepers were inhumanly treated.
Food was denied them, and many Of
them were buried alive.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-04-05
THE ORTHODOX SORT.

Reciprocity on Nom Competitive Articles
Is What This Country Should Have'
Not a little of the argument which
is made in favor of the reciprocity
treaties which have been negotiated
with different countries Is claimed to
be based on the paragraph In the Re-
publican platform referring to reci-
procity. Those who claim that they
are justified by that paragraph In IA
voring the broad provisions contained
in some of the treaties referred to need
to read the paragraph again, 1t reads
as follows:
1--WE renew our faith in the policy OF
Protection to American labor. We
favor the associated policy OF reciproc-
ity. so directed as to open our markets
on favorable terms for what we do not
ourselves produce, in return for free
foreign markets"
This is the true protective policy, TO
which the Republican party pledged It's
support; this is the kind of reciprocity
for which the people voted when they
returned the Republican party to pow
er. The principle contained in 1t is as
truly protective as is any tariff sched-
ule in the Dingley law. The policy 1t
outlines is to admit free only those
products which do not enter into COM
petition with American products.
There is nothing In this paragraph
which suggests the removal OF the
tariff from articles similar to those
produced in this country or OF the
yielding up to foreign manufacturers
one bit of the American market which
American producers are ready and able
to supply. The principle may, Of
course be extended to those products
which can be produced so cheaply in
this country that no protective tariff
on them is necessary, but there is no
authority in the Republican platform
and there will be found no approval
on the part of the vast majority OF
the American people for any reciproc-
ity treaties which in any way break
down the principle of giving protec-
ton to every American industry for
which protection is needed, in order to
secure to it the American market. On
the other hand, reciprocity treaties
formed in accordance with the pledge
contained in the Republican platform
that is, reciprocity treaties framed
in accordance with the great American
policy of giving to the output of Amer
lean producers right of way in the
American market, will receive as ar
dent support from protectionists as
from free-traders, and will in no way
be opposed to the American system of
protection
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-04-05
SHOULD BE STOPPED.
Use of Foreign Labels on American
Products to BE Prohibited by Law.

Use OF Foreign Labels on American
Products to BE Prohibited by Law.
THE Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has decided that it is vio-
lation of law meriting severe punish
ment 10 put foreign labels upon Amer
lean wines. That is a good thing for
American wines. Most of our best
wines are disguised by foreign labels,
and the country gets no credit for
them. Binghamton IN. " Repub-
lican.
The Republican" probably over
states the case in asserting that most
of our best wines are disguised by for
eign labels" Deception Of this kind is
practiced to a considerable extent, and
it should be stopped with all the vigor
and severity which the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue can bring to bear
upon the subject. By far the greater
portion, however, of the domestic wine
product of the United States is sold
under true labels and is making head
way on the basis of intrinsic merit and
quality. But these wines continue to
be handicapped by the foolish preju-
dice entertained by so many Americans
in favor of foreign labels. There were
served at the Tariff League banquet
OF February 16 the finest array of do
nestle still wines and champagnes
ever seen upon a table at any import
ant festival function-wines of unlues-
toned purity and of such excellent
quality that, had their bottles borne
foreign labels they would have been
instantly accepted as equal to anything
the world can produce. This I'M
American prejudice in favor of foreign
labels on wine bottles will in time be
overcome, just as American common
sense has overcome the prejudice
which formerly existed in favor of for
eign-made fabrics and commodities
of various kinds. The Tariff League
dinner served a good purpose as an en-
tering wedge in behalf of American
eatables. drinksbles and smokables
and the strict enforcement Of the law
prohibiting the sale OF American wines
under foreign labels will be an add.
tional step In the right direction.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-04-05
INDIAN MISSIONARIES STORY.
Years OF Tollsome Ministry Among the
ChoctawS

Little York, Ind. April 1.-(SpeciaD.
twenty-five years ago the Rev. G.
H. Thompson left Indiana. For
time he preached in Arkansas, after
wards entering on the regular mission
airy work among the Choctaw Indians.
For five years he lived and labored
among the full bloods Of the western
prairies, until on April 5th, 1886, hav-
ing lost his wife, he left the circuit
on which he had preached so long, and
commenced travelling missionary
work among the Indians of the various
tribes scattered in the west.
This irregular work involved great
deal of travel over the prairies. The
drinking of so much alkali water,
brought on kidney troubles which
terminated in Diabetes.
Finally, while laboring among the
Creek Indians at Wagner, Indian
Territory, this noble man was strick-
en- down completely. A Chicago spe-
cialist was summoned. and after
careful examination declared that there
WAS uOI lllc Sll6HtcSI ShdnSC Va MO ~
covery. Besides the prescriptions OF
the doctors he tried many other medi-
cines, but all to no avail. He says:
II had concluded that my days were
drawing to a close, when I picked up
an almanac telling of the cures Of Dia-
betes by the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills.
! sent for two boxes. gained strength
and spirits from the time I commenced
to use them, and SO sent for more.
am now completely cured. and have
not the slightest symptom of my old
trouble.
~ am 68 years of age. tell every
body of the wonders Dodd's Kidney
Pills have done for me. | can certainly
endorse them heartily, and vouch that
they are all that is claimed for them.
They have certainly been God-send
to me-"
Dodd's Kidney Pills are the only
Remedy that has ever cured Brights
Disease, Diabetes or Dropsy and they
never fail.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-04-05
Odd Fellow of Distinguished Lineage.

James B. Nicholson Of Philadelphia,
who recently died at the age Of 81, was
one of the best known Odd Fellows in
Pennsylvania. He had been secretary
of the grand lodge Of the state since
1869, and for flfty-three years had been
identified with Chosen Friends Lodge
No. 100, /. o. o. f. He was man Of
distinguished lineage. His father, John
Nicholson, a gunsmith, made the first
firelocks for the Pennsylvania commit
tee Of safety, and later worked under
contract for the Continental congress.