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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20
Our Representative complimented.

The following is am extract from a
letter from the Washington cores
pondent of the Troy, n. Y, Daily
Times.
'"phere will be one notable change at
least, in the senate of the Fifty-eighth
congress. John 2. Jones, who has
been conspicuous figure in the upper
branch almost since the days of the ad-
mission of the State of Nevada, has
come to the conclusion that it is about
time for him to retire, and has SO an
nounced. He will undoubtedly be sue
ceeded by Francis G. Newlands, who
has represented the same State in the
house for a long period. Mr. New
lands has been an industrious and in
defatigable advocate of the policy of
irrigation for years. In season and
out Mr.. Newlands has worked for this
one end. He is broad-minded, liberal
man in his views, and he realizes, as
do most of the men from the arid re-
gions, that the salvation of millions
upon millions of acres of land uow alb
solutely useless can be accomplished
only by national irrigation policy.
1t begins to look, too, as though this
purpose will be an accomplished fact
before the end of the present Congress.
Opposition in the House of Represen-
tatives has gradually diminished until
at last the leaders have decided TO give
the advocates of irrigation an oppor-
tunity to get their bill up for consider
alton. No man has worked more
faithfully for this than has the Repre-
sentative from Nevada, and probably
no State in the Union will receive
greater benefit than Nevada from the
establishment of an irrigation scheme
under the federal government. It is
largely due to his work in this direc-
ton that Mr.. Newlands to-day is the
logical successor to Senator Jones. Mr..
Newlands' membership Of the Ways
and Means Committee has made him a
notable figure in national affairs. He
has thorough knowledge of tariff and
financial legislation, and while devoted
to an athletic life, he is close student
of current events, with the ability to
express himself forcibly and clearly.
His elevation to the upper house of
Congress will add to the list of strong
men in that branch of the national
legislature
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

Our forefathers were great people for
scents and perfumes, fragrant herbs
and spices. and the astonishing amount
of seasoning they put with the simplest
dishes prepares one for almost any
combination. When to make a cherry
tart they found it necessary to make
q sirup of cinnamon, ginger and 'sawn-
ders" and to add rosewater to the
icing, one can imagine how they set to
work to cook a cormorant. Perhaps
if we remind our readers that many
chambers were provided with drafts"
which occasionally required cleaning
and that rushes took the place of car
pets they will realize one of the rea-
sons for the use of perfumes. Sweet
waters" were occasionally sprinkled
under the rushes in great houses or for
revels or on the mattresses and bed
ding.-Good Words.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20
Wrong Estimates of Men,

Nearly every man-perhaps every
man-is either overrated or under
rated by his neighbors and the world
at large. Rarely, if ever, does public
opinion appraise a man nicely at his
true worth.
A mans reputation is made, not by
the non-partisan observer who has a
fine, discriminating Judgment, but by
enthusiastic panegyrists or defamers,
loud of voice, positive of manner and
quite unscrupulous in the use Of super
latives.
At a certain time Of life public opin-
ion Of a man-whether the public be
the whole world or only precinct or
parish -crystallizes, and for the re-
rnainder of his life he is judged by that
opinion. ffe makes new acquaintances,
year after year, but they do not ap-
praise him anew. They accept the
general estimate of his character and
worth. Once mans fame has crystal
lized in this way, he must perform
some very remarkable achievement to
give the public a better or a worse
opinion of him than it has.
The world has not the data by which
to judge man rightly and accurately.
Motives, means, suggestions from
others, bodily health and other ingre-
dents go into the real merit of mau's
deeds, but the public can judge only by
what it sees; that is, by the accom-
plished fact. Usually, though not
always, the public takes success for its
criterion. Men whose reputation for
ability is established can afford to make
failures of few undertakings, but a
young man, whose fame has not yet
crystallized, had better be careful lest
he acquire the name of a constant
loser. When patient dies under the
care of famous physician people say
4 il is the will of God, and the papers de-
clare that medical science did its
utmost in vain; but when a young
doctor loses a patient, people blame
him and ask the weeping relatives why
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20
GENIUS AT WORK.

Sarti, the musician, composed only in
darkness.
Bossuet worked in cold room, with
his head warmly enveloped.
1t is said that Schiller, before COM
posing. put his feet in cold water.
Gretry, to animate himself when com
posing, breakfasted and took coffee and
then applied himself day and night to
his piano.
Guido Reni painted will much pomp.
lie dressed himself magnifcently and
had his pupils attend him in silence
ranged around him.
The historian Mezeray would work
only with candle, even at midday and
in midsummer He never failed to wait
on his visitors, even to the street, with
a candle in his hand.
Jeremy Bentham jotted his ideas on
little squares of paper, which he piled
upon each other, and this pile of little
papers stitched together was the first
forms of his manuscripts.
Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci,
Titan, Rubens, passed from the chisel
to the pen or the brush. The change
rested them from the preceding work.
and thus during long life they accom-
plished marvellous works. = Literary
Era
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20
NEWLANDS' BILL PASSES.
Millions Appropriated to Irrigate tn
Arid West.

A special dispatch from Washington
to the Reno Journal says:
Western Republicans are united with
Democratic Party to-day on the New
lands Irrigation bill and overthrew the
House Republican leaders and the
Eastern Republicans.
The Newlands bill passed the house
by an overwhelming vote mainly COM
posed of Democrats, who made special
efforts, whose Congressional Campaign
Committee unanimously approved the
bill and whose whip notified all Demo
Gratis to be present and whose leaders
supported the bill.
Democrats lined up almost unani-
mously for Western development.
Under this bill S., 100000 is immediate
ly available for irrigation and at least
$3,000,000 annually hereafter with re-
ceipts constantly increasing from sales
of land.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

The following from an exchange hits
the nail pretty squarely on the head:
To patronize home industry, your
home merchant who trusts you when
you haven't the ready money and who
spends his money with you and your
neighbors and looks after the wants of
his patrons, laying out thousands of
dollars to provide things that there is
not much call for-just to aecommo-
date his patrons; to patronize your
home paper and every other home en-
terprise - reciprocity among your
Deighbors, as it were-means the moral
and financial support that is necessary
for the upbuilding of your community
Can you depend on travelling sales
man who buys cheap article at a bar
gain sale and palms it off ON you for a
good article at a big profit? Can you
depend on him for your entire wants?
will he furnish you with the things
that he must pay a market price for?
No. When he has sapped a community
of every loose dollar in it he is done
with the place and looks for more con-
genial fields, and leaves you to go to
your home merchant for the things
that he can't make an enormous profit
on and for which he must pay the
market price if he supplies them. 1t
paws to deal with your home merchant
and every other home industry, be-
cause they help to build up your own
home and trade if you have one, and
help to keep you employed.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

When you wake up with bad taste
in your mouth, go at once to p G.
Wilder & Co.'s store ana get d rloo
sample Of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. One or two doses will
make you well. They also cure bilious
ness, sick headache and constipation.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

1t was little boy in an American
Sunday school who in reply to his
teachers question. "Who was the first
man" answered. George Washing
ton," and upon being informed that it
was Adam exclaimed, "Ah, well, if you
are speaking of foreigners. perhaps he
was"'-Stray Stories.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

After all the money spent in giving
girl a knowledge Of art and music to
help her through life, the time comes
when she finds that that which helps
her most is patience.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

Chamberlain's Pain Balm is an anti
septic liniment, and when applied to
cuts, bruises and burns, causes them to
heal without maturation and much
more quickly than by the usual treat
ment. For sale by P. G. Wilder & Co.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20
they aid not eall in a doctor who knew

they did no0 call in a doctor who knew
something.
People have Il curious habit of re-
peating, parrot-fke, praise or censure
of men whom they have never seen,
and of whose merit they know nothing
from their own observation. One per-
sistent, talkative defamer can do a
great deal of damage to young man
whose reputation has not yet crystal
lized; and one industrious boomer can
help a young man much by giving a
favorable impulse to public opinion.
But when a man has crystallized rep
utation defamation or praise of him
are almost equally futile..S Z. Buf-
Letia.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

The report that all the fruit ia this
vicinity was blasted by the recent
frosts seems to have been premature
The trees in Carson are loaded with
fruit as general thing and a good
crop win be gathered - Nel0s.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20
Forgiving and Forgetting.

Woman said the crusty person.
may say that she will forgive and for
get, but she will never let you forget
that she forgaye." ."-Baltimor Ameri-
eaQ
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20
Clothing.

If you want to Succeed you
must Dress Right
My Goods are Right in
Style, Quality and Price.
Give me a trial order and
! will furnish you with a suit
that you can wear in any
company.
SAM COIN,
Carson, Nevada.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

The press dispatches announce that
banking trust is being organized in
the east to operate banks in every
State in the Union. The branch insti.
tuition for Nevada, according to these
reports, will be located at arson City
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

A contract has been let to an Eastern
firm to drill hole 1000 feet deep in the
Elko oil fields
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

A meeting of the Republican State
Central Committee will be held at Car
son on Saturday, June %.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

The salt works at White Plains, in
Churchill county, are again in opera
tion after a ten-years' shutdown.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

You can't be mean and happy any
more than an apple can be sour and
sWeet.-New York Tribune.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

It is probably true that nobody loves
you; but does it make any difference?
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

Every man who is long on vanity is
short on common sense.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-20

oO0C0oooOoonn
Pays to Trade With the Adver-
tisers. They are the live men and
give the best bargains. Advertis-
u ing is not an experiment, but q
straightforward business proposition,
and Mighty Profitable One as Well.
0lNNTNN-N-N-N~A-N-ANAO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06
WHERE ALL THE METALS GO.
After Being Put to Various Uses They
Rejoin the Soil Again.

A metal, when extracted from it's
ore, is always subjected to the action
Of large number of Alternative forces,
under whose influence it's weight di-
minishes litUle by little, until it ends
by disappearing. It's life may be
short Or it may be extremely long, but
it returns at last to the earth whence
it came. It is to be noted that III
most cases it even reassumes the form
in which it was first found as an ore.
Iron or tin, which we extract general
ly from their oxides, are destroyed by
oxidation; the principal sources of
copper are oxides and sulphides, and
this metal disappears chiefly by oxida-
ton or sulphuration; silver, which we
find in the form of simple or complex
sulphides, is changed back into sui
phide with great ease. And lead,
whose principal alteration products
are the sulphide and the carbonate, is
found chiefly in the form of galena and
ceruse. Gold aad platinum, which are
rarely found other than pure, and
which are only slightly alterable under
the most diverse influences, are used
up and disappear by friction and me-
chanical action.
Thus, the masses of metal prepared
industrially are altered and disappear
little by little, and their remains are
scattered as dust that mingles with
the other elements of the soil. Then
they meet with saline substances and
with water, which dissolve and miner
allie them, causing them to enter into
the cycle of operations that is going
on in the interior of the globe. These
waters circulate in the cavities of the
earth's crust, and apparently they take
part in the reconstruction of minerals
which, in the course of centuries, will
form new metalliferous deposits to be
exploited ky the industries of a dis
tant future.-Christian Work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06

and dealers usually come to the city
about November 1 to arrange for
marketing the seasons supply
The scarcity of the genuine article
and the regular demand for it have,
Of course, led to the use of substi-
tutes, some Of which are sold and
bought in good faith, while frequently
the substitute masquerades on the
banquet board as the highly priced
diamond-back.
Some of the Substitutes.
One of the most frequently used of
these pseudo diamond-backs is the
Biloxi terrapin, SO called because it
comes principally from the marshes
and bayous of the Gulf near Biloxi,
Miss. The golden" also often takes
the place Of its more aristocratic rel
ative at stately functions. Many
golden come from the west The meat
of these plebian cousins of the lordly
diamond back is not as dark, but only
to the educated taste is much different
from the real luxury. The golden and
Biloxi articles are also increasing in
value as the demand for them grows,
and those of good size and other
marketable attachments sometimes
reach as high as s25 a dozen.
With the passing of the diamond
back the business of developing
"sliders' and "red-belly" terrapin for
market has begun in some sections of
the eastern shore. The "slider'' often
attain large proportions, weighing as
much as 20 pounds or more. The red
belly is smaller species. The larger
variety occasionally sells for as high
as $3.50 apiece, though the average
price is from rs cents to $3.50. The
smaller variety sells for from rs cents
to $3.50 a dozen.
These terrapin bury in the mud
from 3 to feet deep, and, like the
diamond-back, are found by sounding
with stick and pulled out with a
hook. The female, before she de-
posits her eggs, is most sought after,
as the numerous eggs add greatly to
the richness of the prepared dish. The
female terrapin deposits her eggs,
ranging from Is to 80 in number, in
the sandy fields near her bedding
grounds. The eggs are covered with
sand and packed at night, and the ter
rapin seeks the water again before
the hot sun reaches her. Old trappers
say they have known terrapin to be
killed by the sun while making their
way to the marsh after laying.
The crow is the greatest enemy to
the terrapin, hunting out their nests,
and destroying the eggs by the whole
sale.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06
KIDNAPPING CHINESE GIRLS

Tacoma Daily Ledger-The other
day at Butte mysterious woman ap-
peal ed and succeeded in Kidnapping
the alleged wife of a wealthy China
man. The woman has turned up in
San Francisco and the girl she took
captive is safe in one of the missions
there. The woman is identified with
mission work in the Chinese quarter.
1t is hard and dangerous work, &C
complished against the threats of the
highbinders, and often at peril Of life
The woman who went as far as Butte
to perform an errand of mercy de-
serves credit for good intent and for
courage as well.
Work of this character is little I'M
derstood and often grossly misunder-
stood. The so-called missionaries al
lotted to the Chinese district try to
appeal to the better natures of the
orientals. AS rule they find there is
no better nature to which to appeal.
The so-called convert is almost in
every instance a cunning hypocrite
made more dangerous because of the
acquired familiary with the English
language. He goes to Sunday school
to be educated in this language so as
to get into contact with the teacher,
the hem of whose garment he is not
fit to touch. When the police raid q
game of fan tan or an opium den, they
are sure to find among the inmates
some who volubly explain "Me Sunday
school boy and who are panied to
ascertain that the police are not i'm
pressed.
The real task of the mission work
ers, and about all of a practical ma
ture they can do is to rescue the slave
girls from the men who have pur-
chased these chattels. The girls are
glad to be rescued although at first
they suppose themselves taken into
new serfdom. They are given shelter
and food, and best of all, there is
thrown about them Gordon through
which the Chinese owners, Tuning
and savage, are unable to break. In
the end the girls are sent back to
China. The missionaries are forced to
steal these girls and are justified in
doing so. The authorities are ready to
assist them. While persuasion would
be lost on the moral 1epers who claim
title to the poor victims, they are sus-
ceptible to a show of force and have
greatly uplifted by a kick or a whack
over the head. If the law is invoked
the Chinese are able to hire shrewd
lawyers and themselves manufacture
any evidence needed, and to hide the
slave where no court process can
reach her Thus the only method is
to kidnap the slave. 1t is not legal,
effective
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06

at the cuffs. The collar, the slash, and
the buttons are there in answer to no
rational need; it is not common
climate nor common racial need of
protection against climate that they
represent, but common civilization
whose form and ritual they mutely con-
TESS. Over this entire area those who
aspire to be of the Brahmin caste
deck their heads for wedding. funeral,
and feast with black cylindrical COW
ering, suited, so far as we can discern.
neither to avert the weapon of the
adversary or the dart of the rain. nor
to provide a seat wherein man may sit
and rest himself And as for the vo-
men contained within this same area
we behold that the amplitude of the
sleeve, the disposition of the belt, and
the outline Of the skirt all obey the
rise and fall of one resistless tide which
neither moon nor seasons control
Benjamin Ide Wheeler in Atlantic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06
OUR COAL.
United States Will Never Lack an
Abundant Supply.

The basis Of all iron and steel
making is reliable coking coal and
iron ores suited to the Bessemer or
the basic process of producing steel.
The Connellsville district in Western
pennsylvania carries the largest
known seam GO feeD of high-grade
coking coal. But the district is dis
tinctly limited, and at present rate of
mining, will be exhausted within a
generation. Nature, however. was
lavish in providing reserves. The de-
velopments Of the past ten years
among the vast bituminous coal re-
glons OF West Virginia, southwestern
Virginia, southeastern Kentucky. and
eastern Tennessee, have revealed de-
posits of high-grade coking coal that
would seem to be ample to supply the
blast furnaces Of the world for cen
turtles to come. 1t is only a question
OF building railroads, opening mines,
and constructing coke ovens.
Not all good bituminious coal will
make coke. indeed, in all the great
Goa fields of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri, and important coal sections
OF Tennessee and Kentucky, there has
not been found an acre of coking coal.
Draw q circle around ConnelIsville
section in Pennsylvania including the
so-called Mountain" operations adj
Jacent on the east; another around the
section where Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, Kentucky anw Tennessee meet:
another around the Warrior coal field
in Alabama, and a fourth around a
newly developed district in Colorado
and Utah and you have all known
sources of fuel supply for IRON and
steel in the United States. 1t is true
that anthracite coal is still used in
connection with coke, in the blast fur
naces Of eastern Pennsylvania, but it
is a small and diminishing factor
The circles above indicated, however
embrace deposits so reliable and SO
extensive that a rate of consumption
many times greater than the present
could go On for generations without
raising the first question of exhaus-
tiOn.-Archer Brown in The Engineer
ing Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06
The Train BAD.

Apropos of the season Of the year.
when everybody is on the wing, the
shops are showing many accessories
which cater to comfortable and en-
joyable travelling. One of the most
fastidious things in leather is the
train bag" which is equipped with
most elaborate attention to luxurious
details. Closed, the shape is almost
square and rather fiat. The lids open
outward and disclose the entire con-
tents. There is little tray covered
with chamois, and into this all the
smaller articles, such as pin box, two
small glass bottles, tooth brush
bottle, soap box, brush, comb, ETC.. are
fitted. The tray has nickle handle
on one side and shoves into a COM
partment under the bottom of the bag,
which the bag proper is a mirror at
one side, and on the other all the
little manicuring necessities, such as
scissors, file, ETC., mounted in mother
of pearl.