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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12
LONGEST BALLOON VOYAGE.
FRsneh Count who Sailed in the Air
from Paris to Knew, q Dis-
tanse of ,SO4 Miass.

The science of aeronautics is attract
ing more attent ion at the present time
than ever before in its history Sew
eral new and ingenious air-ships have
been tested before the public in the
past few months, including the re-
markable machine of Count Zeppelin,
and there is reason for the belief that
the world is to be favored at an early
date with successful solution Of the
problem of aerial navigation. An event
significant of the large possibilities in
that direction was the recent balloon
voyage of Count Henry de la Vaul, the
French aeronaut, from Paris France,
to Kew, Russia, a distance of 1900
miles. This is the longest balloon voy-
age ever made. The air-ship in which
this remarkable flight was made is
called the Centaure, and was built ac-
cording to plans invented by the count
himself. The count was accompanied
on the journey by one friend only,
Count Castillon de Saint Victor. The
balloon was well stocked with provi-
sions and equipped with all needful ap-
paratus for aerial observations. Not .
single unpleasant incident married the
trip, which goes on record as the most
notable voyage through the air ever &C
complShed
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12
THE FAT MANS WALL.
Ne would Give Ten Years of His Life,
Teeth and Hair to
he Thin.

The man who was getting bald wa.
complaining about natures unkindness
to him, when the voice of the clubs
prize fat man was heard emanatinq
from the specially constructed chair
near the front window you fellows
think you have your own troubles"
said the fat man. 'Some of YOU com.
plain because your hair is falling out;
some of yoh complain because you
can't eat, and others because YOU can't
sleep. Some of you even complain be-
cause you are thin. Ye gods, Thin
Why, I'd give ten years Of my life if
| were only thin. l wouldn't care if |
were bald and toothless: | wouldn't
care il couldn't eat and couldn't sleep
II could get thin. ! weigh-this is in
confidence weigh 3os pounds.
Now, what pleasure do / get out of
life? l can't go to the theater or any
other place OF amusement. because the
chairs are not large enough to accom-
modate me-" quotes the Philadelphia
Record. THE same thing applies to
baseball game in summer am
ashamed to ride in street car, because
! take up 20 much room. Even here in
the club have to have special chair.
You bald-headed fellows don't know
what af1iction is"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12
A GIANT INDUSTRY.
The steel Industry a. 1t Has Besa De-
veIoped In America In
Recent Years.

According TO Prof. r. II. Thurston.
who writes of 'yfhe Steel Industry of
America" in Century. Sir Henry Bes-
semer's invention has added more to
the worlds wealth than any other save
the steam engine. The following fig
ures give an idea OF the extent of the
production of steel throughout the
world:
..The worlds product of Bessemer
steel in 1892 would have made col
onnade of pillars 20 feet in diameter
and 100 high 1872 in number. extend
ing over three miles, s36 on each hand,
or a single row over six miles long.
Every working day in that year there
was produced the equivalent of be-
tween five and six such columns, and
days work resulted in dhe output of
nearly as much as was the total annual
product of the great city of Sheffield at
the time of Bessemer's invention. The
annual production of Bessemer steel
was, in another comparison, shown to
be the equivalent of a column 100 feet
in diameter. the size of a moderately
large gas holder, and 6,6S4 feet 6
inches high-a mile and a third. This
would be 1867. times as high as the cross
on the dome of St. Paul's in London.
One-twefth OF its altitude would meas
ure the production of single month
and would rise to above the height of
the Washington monument. A single
hour would yield pillar of steel nine
feet in diameter and about 140 feet
high, the altitude of tall church
steeple. The work of year would
construct steel wall five feet in thick
ness, 20 feet high and leo miles long,
which would be enough to iuclose ali
area of about 500 square miles, 81 miles
in diameter, sufficient 30 inclose Lon
don and its suburbs in a circle radiat-
ing over 80 miles from ST. Paul's or the
bank. The foundation of the wall it
self would occupy go acres.
The United States enters the new
century with just about this total pro-
duction of STEEL
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12

81 was a sufferer for many months
from nervous disorders that seriously
affected my health and peace of mind.
was very irritable and restless, and suf-
fered great deal from palpitation of the
heart and sleeplessness. A friend induced
me to try DIR. Miles Nervine, and was
SO much relieved by the first bottle that
| continued its use and in few weeks my
health was completely restored
Mrs. SARAH HELPER, Winfield, Kan.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12

Queer Favorite of an Array OAesr
That REESE n ted All At
tentions.

when I was down in Cuba" said Del.
egate Flynn, of Oklahoma, to writer
in the Washington Post, II heard d
good story about an army officer and q
famingo. \ hamingo? Why, it is a
bird of beautiful red plumage which
abounds in the tropics. Well, to con.
tinue, | heard OF post commandant
who, like all other post commandants.
was not popular He had two fads
First, he believed in whitewash and
plenty of it, asserting it to be the most
effective preventive of tropical diseases
ever discovered. His second fad was
an apparently unrcciprocated attach
ment to pet fiamingo, who resented
being kept in captivity and who showed
his resentment by nipping at every sol
der who passed his way. On the part
of the soldier there was nothing to dc
but swear under his breath and wait
Tor revenge. On certain Monday
morning an order was issued from
headquarters that all articles pertain
ing to the camp which were not shell
tered from the weather should be
whitewashed. No one who knows the
American soldier added Mr.. Flynn.
needs further information. When |
saw the flamingo he was as white as the
driven snow. The chances are that the
bird will survive the operation. but he
will hardly outlive the post command
ants wrath"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12
WILD CAT FOR A cHUM.
with an Assortment OF
Wild Beasts.

With bear, deer, wild cats, wolves and
cougars as his companions, George
Greeyy. who two years ago left Viii
Transport, Pa, and went to the Klon-
dixie, is now in the wilds of British Co
lumbia, where he is keeping lonely
vigil over property belonging to the
Lemon Gold Mining company. of which
his brother. NJ. j. Greeyy. of Omaha,
Neb.. is president, says the Philadelphia
North American.
~ wild eat comes to my cabin every
night" he says in ,etter to his broth
er, W. j. c. Greevy, of Williamsport. II
used to throw food out TO it. and the
other night | coaxed it into the cabin
where fed and petted it. Now it comes
In every night, and give it something
to eat. Then it goes out. and don't see
il again until the next night. There il
a big cougar around the camp. and
nearly every evening it gets up on big
cliff opposite my cabin and cries like
a baby. | will send you its skin before
very long. The other day. while dowr
the wagon road. | turned bend. anG
saw walking toward me. less than &c
feet away, big. ferocious- looking gray
wolf. My ak was the only weapon
had. was afraid to turn my back and
run, for fear it would pounee upon me
So | put on bold front and with my
ak ready for any emergency, gave his
wolfship half the road. The bluff
worked, the wolf scarcely giving me
more than casual glance as he
passed"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12
CHAOTIC PENAL SYSTEM.
TeA-Day Prisoners Are FrequensAv
Mixed with the Conde1Aea
In Delaware.

The whole penal system of Delaware
is in more or less chaotic condition.
and this. as we'll as the pillory
and whipping post, may be attributed
to lack of public thought or study
along corrective and charitable lines
says Theodore Dresser in. Ainslee's.
The state jails have the qualities OF
old-time colony prisons. There is nc
penitentiary. There is no system OF
prison labor. There is no reform
school. For important crimes the
county Jail at New Castle is selected
because it is the hardest and much
the strongest; for the most trivial of
fenses the same prison is made to serve.
Prisoners with ten-day sentences are
mixed with those awaiting execution
and those who have lifetime to serve.
Young and old, boys and gray-haired
men. negroes and white. all are ium-
bled together. and the discrimination
made is one which lacks import. 1t
rs that the short-term prisoners are
allowed to DO the small labor. such as
cleaning, cooking. coal-carrying, rock
beating and the like in the open court
or jail-yard. where stands the pilory.
while the long-term convcts are not
allowed to do anything at all. This is
considered a fairly satisfactory ar
rangement. although a more modern
vorkhouse is sometimes talked OF.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12
SHERIDAN BLACKSMITRSK0P
JOS. TIMMERMAN, Propr,etc,:
Having purchased the above shop lam prepar,
to 10 all kinds of Understanding al reasonahlerate
Horse Shoeing,
Machine Repairing
And work of every description done the bes
manner and at short notice.

WANTED.-Capable, reliable person in
every county to represent large company
of solid financial regulations; 1926 salary
per year, payable weekly; So per day alb
solutely sure and all expenses; straight.
bona-fde, definite salary, no commits.
sion; salary paid each Saturday and ex-
pense money advanced each week
STANDARD HOUSE, 334 DEARBORN
ST, CHICAGO.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12
A Chinese wedding.

When a marriage takes place in
China the wedding panty enter the tenn
pie and light quantity of fireworks,
including a number of crackers. This
is supposed 10 wake the Great Joss
from his sleep. The priest repeats the
service at express speed the bride and
bridegroom take two little glasses of
wine and are then declared man and
wife,
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12
Feeling Nervous

That's the way it begins. Little things
disturb you. You are irritable, restless
and worry over triAes. Your heart jumps
and Palpitates at every sudden noise, you
can't concentrate your mind on your
work, your memory fails and you do not
sleep well at night In the morning you
feel weak and exhausted, with no appe-
tite for food and no ambition for cxertion
of any kind. Nervous prostration has no
terrors for those who use
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-04-12
Flowing by Alcohol Power.

Alcohol pillow locomobiles are now
in use in Germany. The machine uses
about pint of alcohol an hour for one
horsepower.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21
She Showed Him Her Work.

The woman had her arms In the tub
and was fercely scrubbing one dirty
garment after another. Book agents
don't often penetrate to that part OF
Chicago, but this one did. He knocked
on the front door until he was tired,
and then he went around to the back
door The woman was bobbing up and
down over the dashboard.
Good morning, madam" said the
book agent pleasantly.
"Good mornin," said the woman
shortly.
pleasant day" observed the book
agent, sparrlng for an opening.
Good enough" answered the wo-
man.
Excuse me, madam" said the book
agent, but have here a work that !
would like TO show you"
"Have your? answered the woman.
"Well, I've got lot Of work that I'd
like to show you" She took one soapy
hand out Of the tub and waved 1t at a
great pile Of dirty clothes.
That's my work" went on the wo-
man. III your work can beat that, all
right; II II can't, why, skip out"
The book agent skipped. - Chicago
Tribune.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21

The great carnlvorous water beetle.
the dytiscus, after catching and eat
ing other creatures all day, with two
minute intervals to come up. poke the
tips Of its wings out Of the water and
jam some air against It's spiracles be-
fore descending once more to its sub
aqueous hunting grounds, will rise by
night from the surface OF the Thames,
lift again those horny wing cases, I'M
fold a broad and beautiful pair Of
gauZy wings and whlrl OF on a visit
Of love and adventure to some distant
pond, on to which 1t descends Ike a
bullet from the air above.
When people are sitting in a green
house at night with no lamp lighted,
talking or smoking, they sometimes
hear q smash as II pebble had been
dropped on the glass from above. II
is dysticus beetle whose compound
eyes have mistaken the shine OF the
glass I'm the moonlight for the CLEAN
Of pond.
At night some Of the whlrllgig bee
ties, the shiny beanlike creatures seen
whlrllng IN lncessant circles In cor.
ners by the bank. make n quite audible
and almost musical sound upon thu
water. Spectator.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21
Summer Schedule.
Weems Steamboat 60.
BALTIMORE, FREDERICKSBURG AND
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER ROUTE.
kArPAHANNOCK RIVER ROUTE.

beginning sunday. June 3Oth, steamers
will leave Baltimore from Pier >. Light street
at 4:3O y. IN. Tuesday and Friday Tor FRED
erickshurg and all landings 1870 =. m Ell
nesday for Tappahannock and all landlhSS
except Irvington, Weems. Morans, Merry
Point. Millenbeck and Bayport f:3O r. IN.
Thursday and 2.3O p IN. sunday Tor Kappa
hammock and all landings except bayport'
Millenbeck Merry Point and MOrans.
Leave rappahannOck for Baltimore Mon
day. Tuesday and Friday AT a m. and
Thursday az 8 a. m. stopping at All
wharves except will call at Rapport On
Tuesday and Friday only. For Baltimore
direct at I u. IN. Wednesday, making no
stops For fredericksburg Monday at a.
m: leave Port Royal at 1870 p. m; arrive
I'm Fredericksburg ut 2. m, tide permitting.
For Fredericksburg Wednesday at = m;
Port Royal at p m; arrive In tredericAs-
burg. tide permitting, at 1870 p m. For
Fredericksburg Saturday about l ,. m. For
Norfolk Friday l p. m. calling at all wharyes.
Leave Norfolk from Baltimore Steam Packet
Company's wharf for Fredericksburg and all
landings at 3 y. IN. sunday.
Leave Fredericksburg for Baltimore ana
all landings Monday and Thursday at p.
m, tide permitting. For Baltimore ana all
landings As far a TappahannOck at "a a. IN.
Wednesday.
Freight received In Baltimore daily andfor-
warded as at present.
HENRY WILLIAMS. Agent.
Ofiice-Pier ,, Light st.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21

The following suggestions, II you
please. are not from an artist nor even
from a cOnnOiSseur, the writer being
nothing more than an ordinary picture
lover. In general the principle to be
followed is to get as much I'm an atmos-
phere of pictures as possible. Always
go to the museums when you are trav-
cling. and if you live near enough
make occasional picture visits to Bos-
ton. Chicago or New York. Do not
make the mistake of staying too long
in a gallery. You only tire yourself.
Half an hour Is quite long enough. But
do not endeavOr 10 look at every pic
ture In the gallery in that time. Look
long at a few good ones and let those
you look at be those you like or at least
those which you prefer above the 9th
ers. Also ask yourself why you prefer
them. Always get a catalogue. Some
times the pictures are not marked, and
you as a student want always to know
the painter Of your picture.-Frederic
NJ. Smith in Womans Home COmpan-
ion
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21

OF the cutting power OF the beavers
teeth Frank II. Rlsteen says I'm Rod
and Gun:
"The beaver is really a sort OF porta-
BILE pulp mill. grinding up most any
kind OF wood that comes his way. |
once measured a white birch tree, q
inches through. cut down by beaver.
A single beaver generally, II not al
ways, amputates the tree. and when II
comes down the whole family fall to
and have a regular frolic with the bark
and branches A big beaver will bring
down a fair sized sapling. say three
inches through, In about two minutes
and a large tree I'm about an hour.
zone OF the queerest facts about the
beaver is the rapidity with which his
long, chlsel shaped teeth Will recover
from an injury. have known beavers
to break their teeth in biting trap,
and when I caught them again ten
days afterward you couldn't see sign
OF the break. The teeth had grown out
to their former perfection In that short
period"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21
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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER2l, 1901
A Jokc ON a Professor.

Among some intensely amusing col
lege scrapes told by "A Graduate In
The Ladies Home Journal is the story
of certain professor not much liked
by his pupils who was TO be married.
The lady lived in Cleveland. And the
students that loved O. him were not
of course invited. But they determine
ed that in some way he should hear
from them. And he did. On the day
appointed the professor took the train
at 10 a. m. due to arrive at Cleveland
at 1890 p. IN. About IL o'clock jim
Townsend rushed TO the telegraph of
fee and sent of this dispatch:
Chief of Police. Cleveland; Man
coming on train No. 6, tall, well dress
ed. frock coat, silk hat, side whiskcrs.
Escaped lunatic Hold. Shrewd, there
fore beware. Strange case. VIII say
name Flnaln. Mistake. Thinks he IS
professor In college. Dclusion- Is
cort to home of friends at No. --- Euc-
lid avenue
This message reached Its destination
long before train No. 6 reached CleVe-
land. so that when Professor Finalli
alighted It was to walk straight into
the custody of three detectives. They
would listen to no words Of reason. but
escorted him out to the house on Euclid
avenue. the home of his intended pride
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21

Charles A. Dana of the New York
Sun was q man Of extensive learning
aud attached great importance to col
lcge training, but was quick To recag-
nize the value Of the practical educa-
ton that man Of good parts may pick
up in this workaday world outside OF
university walls.
4 young man went To The sun Office
one day and asked TO see the editor in
chief He would not be rcbuffcd by the
subordnates and after some delay was
admitted. lie stated his business with
out moments loss of time.
"Mr. Dana" he said. Il believe |
could be Of some use on this paper, and
| want you TO give me trial If you
don't find me of any use, you needn't
pay me any salary. and If you do |
Ihall want a good salary. If | don't
find my proper groove in month, you
can drop me out.
Mr.. Dana looked him over.
young man." he said, Il like your
looks. Have you ever attended any in
stltutlon Of lcarningY
Yes. sir l am n graduate OF two
newspaper offices. one country week
" and the other daily paper in city
of 100, 900 inhabitants"
T'll take you. Go and report to tho
managing editor"
And Mr.. Dana turned again TO his
work.-Youth's Companion.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21

The cultivation OF cacao. says writer
in The Scientific American. is an invIt-
ing agricultural pursuit in Trinidad
and parts Of Venezuela. The cacao tree
cannot withstand strong sunshine, and
the young plants have to be shaded by
banana or plantain trees and later,
when they attain their growth, by tall
trees known as "lmmortelles." or the
mother of the cacao." These make a
kind of canopy over the entire planta-
ton. The fruit of the cacao tree is pod
resembling a cucumber and growing on
the trunk or large branches, where II
"looks as though It were artifclally at
tached." The seeds are like large, thick
lima beans imbedded In pulp. These
form the cacao beans OF commerce. The
processes Of curing and drying require
much attention.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21
The Fnrih,a RendlnEa.

Little bendings are In progress all the
time the world over The "immovable'
hills are bowling and scraplng to each
other constantly. Every evening as the
dew settles in the valleys between
them. they nod 10 one another. SO like
wise do the mountains, even TO great
or extent. Gravity is Juggling all the
time.
And in London, too, where earth
quake sensations are practically I'M
known. the earth bends daily, and the
buildings like the hills and the noun
talns. nod TO their friends opposite
when the morning traffic begins. On
Sunday usually their manners take a
rest excepting in such places as Petit
coat lane where business tiouriShes In
as lively fashion as In Paris.
Heine said that even the trees made
obeisance to Napoleon | when he enter
ed Berlin. This was imaginative. yet
truthful. for the weight Of the crowd
along Inter den Linden made fitting
sufficient for Professor Mines pendu-
lums to have recorded distinctly. One
might say the crust of the earth acts
like a steel spring, it bends so easily
Everybody's Magazine.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21
An En.tIndIan Verdict.

In n case In one OF our Indian courts
a fury had before them evidence that
could not be In any way shaken. When
the concluding stage had been reached
the following interchange Of conyersa-
ton took place between the judge and
his colleagues In the administration oil
justice:
Gentlemen. are you ready to give
your verdictY
YES"
What Il your verdict
"Our answer is. sir, that you can 90
as you like with the men that have con
fessed. but we acquit all the rest"
But Is it possible that you have
weighed the eyidence|
Evidence like this can always be
fabricated"
"Do you find that as regards these
prisoners It has been fabricatedT
Evidence can be fabricated"
$50 the evidence is untrustworthyF
Unless n man confesscs who can tell
II he Is guiltyT-Bombay Gazette.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21
Tenne..ee,s Wealth of oak Timber.


One OF Tennessccs richest fields OF
natural resources Is in it's forests. Most
OF her timbered land IL as yet virgin
and at the top Of the list Of the yarle
ties 10 be found is oak. That tree Is
one OF the most valuable that ever
grew, and this state Is more than usu
ally rich in It.
oak timber Is practically indestructi'
Bile when not exposed to the elements
OF the atmosphere. | mean that OAK
timber can be submerged In the ground
or buried I'm the water, where the at
mosphcre does not affect 1t, and 1t VIII
last for so many years that the man
who had put It there Is dead and for
gotten by the time it has decayed.
1t is a growing favorite, and deserv
edly so. in many ways Of manufactur
ing furniture and in finishing fine
houses. The price on it Is always firm
and every now and then 1t makes
squirt and climbs up point from when
It never will fall II the forests OF tins
tree TO be found in Tennessee today are
here 90 years from now, this WI be
one of the richest states In the un.ol.-
Knoxville Sentinel.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21
Hnndr ThInrs TO Carry.

Few people carry pocket scissors Of
the folding sort. Those that do never
part with them. Convenient for mani
cure use. to cut a clipping from a paper
at a moments notice, string. ETC.,
they answer almost every purpose OF
the pocketknife and are mach more
convenient to handle. Give person
accustomed to their use a knife and
the pocket scissors, and be will part
with the former first-Hardware.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-21
Close TO n Fool.

A farmer was working in his field
when sewing machine man came
along.
Good morning" said the sewing ma
chine barker.
"Mornin."
your corn seems to be pretty vel
low"
"Yaas; planted yellow GAVIN
you don't seem to have more than
half a crop"
WAL. planted It on the halves"
"You seem pretty close to fool"
"Yaas; there's only n fence between
u.s."
When the sewing machine man came
to. it required the services Of two doc
tors to get him into such shape that he
was able to make the next town.-New
Orleans Times-Democrat