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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02
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Observe your enemies, for they first
find out your Observation-Disclosures.
Envy always implies conscious infe-
riority wherever it resides.-Pliny.
The less heart a man puts into a
task the more labor it requires.-Amiel.
Evasion is unworthy of us and is al
ways the intimate of equivocation.-
Balzac.
The same people who can deny 9th
ers everything are famous for refusing
themselves nothing.-Leigh Hunt
If there is any person to whom you
feel dislike. that is the person of whom
you ought never to speak.-R. Cecil.
The chief pang of most trials is not
so much the actual suffering itself as
our own spirit of resistance to It,
Jean Grou.
There is no beautifier of complexion
OF form or behavior like the wish to
scatter joy, and not pain, around u.s.
Emerson.
Success is sweet, the sweeter If long
delayed and attained through mani
fold struggles and defeats.-A. Bron-
son Alcott.
True popularity takes deep root and
spreads itself wide, but the false falls
away like blossoms, for nothing that
is false can be lasting.-Cicero.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02
AN UNFAMILIAR TEXT.
But 1t Was n F0rcible Illustration
of Great Truth.

But 1t Was n Forcible Illustration
of Great Truth.
Several years ago there labored in
one of the western villages of Mime
sofa preacher who was always in the
habit of selecting his texts from the
Old Testament and particularly some
portion of the history of Noah. No
matter what the occasion was, he
would always find some parallel Incl
dent from the history of this great
character that would readily serve as
a text or illustration.
At one time he was called upon to
unite the daughter of the village may
or and prominent attorney in the
holy bonds of matrimony. Two little
boys, knowing his determination to
give them q portion of the sacred his
tory touching Noah's marriage, hit
upon the novel idea of FASTING together
two leaves in the family Bible so as to
connect, without any apparent break,
the marriage of Noah and the descrip-
ton of the ark of the covenant.
When the noted guests were all as
sembled and the contracting parties
with attendants in their respective sta
tons, the. preacher began the ceremo-
MES by reading the following text:
and when Noah was one hundred and
forty years old he took unto himself
a wife," then. turning the page, he
continued, 300 cubits in length, 80
cubits in width and 80 cubits in depth
and within and without besmeared
with pitch" The story seemed a little
strong, but he could not doubt the BIZ
BILE, and, after reading it once more
and rejecting moment, he turned to
the startled assemblage with these re-
marks, ''My beloved brethren. this is
the first time in the history of my life
that my attention has been called to
this important passage of the Scrip
lures, but it seems to me that it is one
of the most forcible illustrations of
that grand eternal truth that the ma
ture of woman is exceedingly difficult
to comprehend.-Starli Messenger.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02
RISKS FlREMEN TAKE.
The Reason Engineer Brown stuck
To His Dangerous Post.

The Reason Engineer Brown Stuck
To His Dangerous Post.
The risks that firemen in big cities
take are an everlasting wonder. and
the story of Bill Brown. as told by
Cleveland Moffett in Careers of OAR
ing and Danger" shows that the en-
gineers bravery Is sometimes put to
tests as severe as those which the
hose man or the ladder man even has to
endure.
What happened was this: Engine %,
pumping her prettiest, stood at the cor
ner so near the drughouse that the
driver thought 1t wasn't safe for the
horses and led them away. That left
Brown alone, against the cheek of the
fire, watching his boiler and keeping
his steam gauge at seventy-fiye.
As the fire gained chunks of redhot
sandstone began to smash down on the
,ngne. Brown ran his pressure up to
eighty and watched the door anxiously
where the four firemen from his squad
had gone into the furnace.
Then an explosion of chemicals in
the building sent flame wide as a
house curling across the street, enwrap-
ping engine and man and setting fire
to the elevated railway station over
head. Bill Brown stood by his engine
with a sheet of fire above him. He
heard footsteps on the pavement and
voices that grew fainter crying, run
for your lives" lie was alone, and the
skin on his hands, face and neck was
blstered.
Brown knew why every one was rum
ming. There would be another explo-
sion. 1t was tolerably certain that he
must die if he stayed. But his four
chums were in the fire and needed the
water. If he quit his engine. the water
would fail
He stocked in coal and ran the gauge
up another Notch, easing the running
parts with the oiler. He was Offering
his life for his friends.
In a few minutes the four firenen
came out OF the building. Then Bill
Brown ran for his life with his com
rades. A second or two later engine
% was crushed by the falling walls.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02
Not n Practical phiianthropist

One day last winter when it was
very cold a richly dressed woman
stopped and gazed sternly at an ice
wagon that was drawn up beside the
curb on Walnut street, near Fifteenth.
She stood there for ten minutes. Then
the iceman came out of a certain
house, and she said to him, Driver,
why don't you blanket your horses?
Because, lady, the kumpny don't
furnish me no blankets" said the man.
Then" exclaimed the woman, "you
should cover them with your coat"
GAIL right, ma'am," said the driver
smiling. You gimme your coat for
the near boss, an I'll put mine on the
off one"
The woman, whose coat was of seal
skin, could not think of good retort
to this, and she walked away in 81
ce.-PhilaGelphia Record.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02
EQUINE INTELLIGENCE.
a Writer Who Believes That Horses
Are Capable of Thinking.

There are people who deny that the
horse is able to plot, to conceive or
reason. Some horses are duller than
others, and some apparently are better
equipped for thought than the men in
charge of them. You teach q horse to
start or stop at word, and acts of
kindness or cruelty are seldom forgot
ten by him. At farm that we visit
a little girl who has given sweetmeats
to spirited animals can take the great
est liberties with them. The stranger
has to keep a safe distance from their
heels, while she may crawl between
their legs. They remember her acts of
kindness and carefully avoid doing any
thing to harm her.
We have in mind stallion who was
harshly punished. He treasured up the
act of injustice, and the author of his
humiliation was compelled to keep
aloof from him. His manner plainly
indicated that the man would get hurt
if he ventured within striking distance.
This stallion trusts those who have
shown him consideration and in the
main is not bad tempered horse He
appears vicious only to those who have
treated him viciously. His knowledge
of right and wrong suggests thought.
1t shows capacity to reason from cause
to effect. Teach horse as you would
child what to. fear and what to do,
and the lesson will never be forgotten.
Some horses cunningly open their
stable doors by removing pegs with
their teeth and thus put plan into oper-
alton. Their Imagination is fired by
beautiful scenery. Put one in a pad
dock where he can look out upon the
hills and hear the birds sing and you
will quiet his nervous system. In mo-
ments of contemplation he has the
dreamy look of poet
About the only time that a horse
forgets to think is when he surrepti-
tiously finds his way to the well filled
oat bin. He then does not cat in q
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02
Don't Start Wrong.

Don't start the summer with a linger-
ing cough or cold. We all know what
a summer cold'' is. It's the hardest
kind to cure. Often it 'hangs on''
through the entire season. Take it in
hand right now. A few doses of One
Minute Cough Cure will set you right.
Sure cure for coughs, colds, Group,
grip, bronchitis, all throat and lung
troubles. Absolutely safe. Acts at
once. Children like it. zone Minute
Cough Cure is the best cough medicine
ever used" says J. Fl. Bowles, Grove
ton, n. H. ~ never found anything
else that acted 80 safely and quickly"
III. A. N. TODD.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02

A company to exploit the mineral
resources of Nevada is being organized
by II. A. Free of the Southern Pacific
Railroad ticket office at the Ferry
building, San Francisco An associa-
ton of subscribers will equip pros
pecting party whose expenses will be
paid and who are to begin operations
in the neighborhood of Tonopah about
May 1st. If valuable discoveries are
made, subscribers and prospectors will
receive proportionate interests. Hdat-
M0rne Bulletin.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02

Mary Twain once had a trying ex-
perience with n composition, one of
those conscientious compositors who
not only know, but know that they
know. According to writer in Har-
per's Weekly, Mr. Clemens had receiy-
ed from his publishers the proofs of a
story which he considered as funny as
anything he had ever written, but on
reading the proofs he dismally discoy-
cred that the fun had been carefully
eliminated Mr.. Clemens returned the
proofs, congratulating the compositor
upon having consumed ''only one week
in making sense of a story which he
himself required two weeks to make
nonsense OFF,
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02

Give years ago a disease the doctors
called dyspepsia took such hold of me
that could scarcely CO." writes Geo.
s. Marsh, well-known attorney of No
coma, Tex. 81 took quantities of pepsin
and other medicines butnothing helped
me. AS drowning man grabs at a
straw I grabbed at Kodol. felt an
improvement at once and after a few
bottles am sound and WE'LL" Kodol is
the only preparation which exactly
reproduces the natural digestive juices
and consequently is the only one which
digests any good food and cures any
form of stomach trouble. H. A. N.
TODD.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02

Newlywed (after the first cloud has
Tmssed)-Kitty, you must not feel un-
happy. Why, is my opinion never to
count for anything?
Kitty after thinking it over)-Sure-
ly, sometimes, when we have the same
opinion. yours will count, and when
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02

rational way. but gorges himself TO
the danger point. This is an unmis-
taxable evidence of weakness. And
yet there are men endowed with in
tellect who have little or no control
over their appetites. Absence of re-
straint at the feast marks the develop
merit of the human as well as of the
equine race. In our judgment, the
horse sometimes thinks.-Turf, Field
and Farm
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02

Mineral paint is a good thing, par
ticularly for fences, wagons, barns and
machinery. It is made in many colors,
furnished mixed ready for use, and
costs 80 per cent less than other paint.
Drop into the factory opposite the
Mint and see it made, or call at the
butchershop in the Ormsby block and
talk with w. III. Chedic.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02


possible many a bright faced bride
would shrink from the revelation of her.
self, stripped of all her loneliness. If
there is one thing which would make a
woman shrink from marriage it is to see
the rapid physical deterioration which
comes to so many wives. The cause is
generally due to womanly diseases.
Lost health and lost comeliness are
restored by the use of DR. Picrce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. 1t cures Irregular
ity and dries weakening drains. 1t
heals inflammation and liberation, and
cures female weakness.
ut is with the greatest pleasure that tell
you what DR. Piercc's favorite Prescription and
Golden Medical Discovery have done for me, "
writes Mrs. Emma /. Banl;es OF 1852 North 9TH
Street, Harrisburg, Pa. rThey have done me a
world of good | had female weakness for six
years; sometimes would feel so badly did not
know what to do, but / found relief at last.
thanks to Or. Pierce for his kind advice. have
this medicine still in my house and will always
keep it.n
If you are led. to the purchase of
oFavorite Prescription" because of its
remarkable cures of other women, do
not accept substitute which has none
of these cures to its credit.
Free. DR. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser, paper covers, is sent
free on receipt of 81 oue-cent stamps
to pay expense of mailing only. Or
for cloth-bound volume send II stamps.
Address Dr. K. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02

81 wonder what he meant" said the
man who had been trying to make a
speech.
What he said, very likely" some
one suggested.
Yes. | know, but he said my flow OF
words was continuous without CONT
nuity. Chicago Post.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02

The minutes saved by hurry are as
useless as the pennies saved by parsi-
mony.-C. Il. Newcomb.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02

Don't do anything to-day that you
wouldn't want to be found doing on
the judgment day.
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live news of the world, read the But-
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Address
NJ. Fl. DE YOUNG,
Proprietor "San Francisco Chronicle"
San Francisco. Cal
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-02
Wants Others to Know.

81 have used DeWitt's Little Early
Risers for constipation and torpid liver
and they are all right. am glad to
indorse them for l think when we find
good thing we ought to let Others
know it, writes Alfred Heinze,
Quincy, Ill. They never grippe or dis
tress. Sure, safe pills. H. A. N. TODD.
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ted to the House.
Chairman Hopkins OF the House census
committee today reported to the House the
bill to make the census bureau permanent.
which was acted on favorably by his COM
mttee yesterday.
The report states that the matter is one
which has been advocated for many years.
1t also gives brief history of the agita-
ton of the matter in the public press and
In Congress as we'll as the recommenda tions
of the several directors of the census in
the past. which conclude that 1t would be
an absolute saving of money to the gov
ernment to have the bureau made perma-
nent.
Appended to the report is a statement by
Director Merriam with reference to the
force that will be required. In this con-
nection the director says:
"It is very desirable to have the matter
determined at this time as the gradual dis
integration. of the force requisite for the
emergency work of the Office is about to
take place and would likely involve the loss
to the bureau of quite a number of people
whose presence experts will be necessary
If the work of the office is to be continued
until the time. of taking the next decen-
NAL census.
THE present work before the bureau is
the completion of the four principal reports
population, vital statistics, agriculture
and manufacturing and mechanical in
quiries-by the 1st of July, 1902, at which
time 1t is expected the clerical force will
be reduced to approximately 500 people.
"The special subjects required to be in
quired into by the present act, so far as the
same can be estimated at this time. will re-
quire clerical force as follows: From 1902
to 1908, SEQ; from 1903 to 1904, $50; from
1904 to 1905, $50. At that time, unless the
office is charged with new work not pro-
vided for in the act above referred to, the
clerical force will likely be reduced to
about 24O people. and between the years
1906 and 1908 will still further be reduced
to about 200.
"Under the present act there are certain
inquiries that will have to be made yearly
in connection with deaths and births in
registration areas, which will require a con-
tinuous force during the balance Of the
decade.
1.-The other clerks will be utilized in maxi
ing preparation for the census commencing
In 1910, and for which at least three years
should be permitted
Mr.. Merriam speaks quite extensively as
to the necessity Of trained force in con-
Guiding his report.
Chairman Hopkins will endeavor to get
action on the bill as soon as possible.
Evening star., 1902-01-08
MERELY A STREET BRAvvL
0FFIcIALs' VIEW OF THE CLASH AT
AIUCHwANa.
No Details Received by TIE state or
Navy Department in Regard
to the Matter.

No additional details were received at
either the State or Navy Department today
regarding the reported collision between
the sailors Of the United States steamer
Vicksburg and Russian soldiers at Much
wang, which has been made the subject OF
diplomatic correspondence between the gov
ernments Of Russia and the United States.
As stated by The Star yesterday. the Rus
sian ambassador in Pelxin complained to
Mr.. Conger, the American minister. Of the
conduct OF the American sailors. and the
matter having been reported to Washing
ton, Secretary Long sent a cablegram to
Capt. Barry, commanding the yicksburg
calling for report on the subject. and In
structing him to guard against any further
outbreaks on the part OF the men attached
to his ship. In the absence of information
to the contrary, the officials here are In
cllned to minimize the Importance Of the
affair. and to regard the reported conflict
as nothing more serious than street
brawl. which Is not an infrequent occur
renee among sailors on shore liberty.
Location of Niuchwang.
Niuchwang is a treaty port, and is sit
uated on the Liaou river. near the Gulf of
Pechili, about thirty-five miles southwest
of Mukden. the principal city in that quar-
ter. 1t has a population of 60,0O0. and is
to be one of the termni of the Manchurian
railroad.
The Vicksburg is a small gunboat of 1,ool
tons displacement. She is commanded by
Commander Edward b. Barry, who is gen
orally regarded as an officer Of excellent
judgment and discretion. Commander Bar
ry was in command of the Vicksburg wher
she played such prominent part in the
capture of Auginaldo. and he received warm
commendation from Gen aIahArfhuT foI
ms conQlct ...elr occasion. The Nicks
Sarg is lying in what is known as a mud
dock
A hole was scooped out of the mud that
lines the banks Of the I.iaou, where the cur
rent runs slack, and the vessel slid in, made
fast, and a temporary wooden covering was
placed over her decks. This manner OF
docking Is made necessary by the fact that
the waters of Pechili gulf and the adjacent
rivers are frozen over nearly one-half OF
the year. and the breaking of the ice in
the spring involves much danger to ship
ping, the ice foes often causing great dam
age in their rush out to the open sea. Ii
has been the custom of the Navy Depart
nent for several years past to dock a ship
in, this way on one of the Chinese rivers
and the old Monocacy was selected to bC
mud-bound last winter.
Lieut.. Commander James II. Glennon IL
the executive officer and Lieut.. Andrew T
Long is the navigating officer of the Vicks-
burg. Her authorized complement of enlist
ed men is 125.