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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19
a Memorable Ride.

The most memorable ride in English
history was that of Sir Arthur Owen,
which placed the Hanoverian dynasty
on the throne of Great Britain. The
act of settlement by which in 1901
parliament elected the house of Han
over to the British throne was passed
by only one vote, and this casting vote
was given by Sir Arthur owen, the
member of parliament for Pembroke
shire. he arrived at Westminster,
dusty and travel worn, only just in
time to record his vote, having ridden
with furious haste from Wales for the
purpose on relays of horses kept at all
the posting houses along the route. To
that ride Britain owes its Georgian
era; hence its Queen Victoria and her
descendants.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

Nelson, like all the greatest COM
manders on sea or land, made his mis-
takes and his failures, but there is only
one instance on record of his having
been actually defeated in a direct at
tack. This occurred at Santa Cruz, in
the Canary islands, on July "a, 1897.
The place was very strongly fortified,
and Nelson, in the face of fire of fifty
guns from the batteries, attempted to
storm the town by boats. The attempt
was frustrated by the strength of the
mole and the nonappearance of land
force which should have co-operated.
A hundred and fifty men We're killed
and hundred wounded on the British
side, and Nelson lost his right arm
Two flags were also captured and
these are still kept in the cathedral OF
Santa Cruz.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

gold, collecting from teamsters and
travellers. Wild grass hay, cut be-
tween openings in the willows by the
river, sold for Is cents apound, in 1850.
In 1856 Brigham Young, Governor Of
Utah, sent word to all Mormons in this
section to return to Salt Lake, in an
ticipation of trouble with the United
States authorities. Many returned,
and those who remained were suisse
quently called Jack Mormons. The
Motifs settled in 1852, claiming under
the laws of Utah Territory, one square
mile of land for each family, and there
were three or four families of the
Motifs. The Cossers settled just where
they are now, about 1882 Jack Howard
settled where ID. B. Park now lives,
and | believe Kinney settled where
Hugh Park now lives. Sam Singleton
settled at about the same time the
Motifs did Bart Carey settled nearer
the river than the rest, locating about
the present Anderson and Christensen
ranches, about 1854. William Thor
ington, known as Lucky Bill, owned
the Bassman ranch in 1854. The
Brockliss ranch was settled in 1859. In
fact, by 1860, g. Il. Holbrook went up
and down Carson Valley to locate
land, and could not find single piece
of river bottom land that he could
touch, and as d. B. Park says, "when
l first saw it, it looked awful good" /
realize how imperfectly | have written
a few facts now on my mind, but some
day if / feel like it, / will try to do
better.
q 1.IzIr
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19
Tic cnnae of Gersers.


Bunsen has explained the periodical
eruption of geysers in such satisfac-
tory manner that doubt Is no longer
possible. A cavern filed with water lies
deep in the earth under the geyser, and
the water in this cavern Is heated by
the earth's internal heat far above 212
degrees, since there is a heavy hydro
static pressure upon it arising from the
weight of water in the passage or nat
ural standpipe that leads from the SUBJ
terranean chamber to the surface of
the earth.
After time the temperature of the
water below rises, SO that steam is CIV
en- off in spite of the pressure. and the
column in the exit tube is gradually
forced upward. The release of pressure
and the disturbance of the water then
cause the contents of the subterranean
chamber to flash into steam and expel
the contents of the exit pipe violently.
These eruptions may also be provoked
by throwing stones or clods of turf into
the basin of the geyser. The water In
the cavern below is disturbed by this
means.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19
QUELoUEFoIs.
Republican Dissension.

1t is evident that the Republicans of
the West and middle West who are in
favor of reducing the tariff on trust
made goods are not much better pleased
with the Presidents recent message to
Congresson the tariff and trust question
than are the Democrats. Those who
believe in the stand pat or let alone
policy are well pleased with the mes
sage.
In dealing with the trust and tariff
question the President has used a play
of words and hedged about so much
with butts and ifs that it is hard to even
guess at what he would do if the next
Congress should revise the tariff along
the lines advocated by many leading
Republicans. Perhaps he would veto
such measure.
The Chicago Herald Republican is
somewhat radical in its statements, but
in harmony with the new Republican
idea. 1t says:
president Roosevelt's second an
nual message to Congress has one and
only one advantage over his first-it
is about half as long. In every other
respect it is singularly lacking in
recognition of the truism Incorporated
in its reference to workmanship in the
navy, 'In battle the only shots that
count are the shots that hit" So in a
Presidents message the only passages
that count are those that hit, and upon
the real questions before the country
trusts, tariff and the disposition of the
Philippines-Mr. Roosevelt appears to
have used literary blunderbuss where
the people expected he would go gun
ming with repeating rife.
"The general impression to be gained
from Mr.. Roosevelt's utterance as to
trusts and the tariff is that nothing we
can do will be effective to cure any ills
we may suffer from them; that we are
so prosperous under them that the
benefits outweigh the evils, and that
he is not sure that there are any evils
resulting from them anyhow.
"After saying that tariff reduction
as a means of reaching the evils of
trusts "would be wholly Ineffective
he admits that eff in any case it be
found that given rate of duty does
promote a monopoly which works i'll
no protectionist would object to such
reduction of the duty as would equalize
competition.
"rhis sort of balancing by the aid of
an ever convenient 'if" prevades the
message wherever it approaches the
discussion of questions about which
there is difference of popular opinion.
This is all the more disappointing be-
cause it is unlocked for in the utter
ance of Theodore Roosevelt The
American people are not accustomed
to seeing him strike out without nerve
and aimlessly in sea of difficulties"
The President appears to be very
much afraid of thin ice in this matter
of tariff reduction. Probably he has
said as much against the trusts as he
deems advisable prior to the election
of 1904.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19
The Pacific Cable.

This end OF the great Trans-Pacific
cable was successfully placed on shore
at san Francisco sunday and the
steamer silvertown is now on her way
across the Pacific laying the Cable to
Honolulu. If all goes well the cable
will reach Honolulu before New Years.
About 8 o'clock Sunday evening the
first message fluttered through the
wire to the outlying cable ship, nearly
seven miles away and at 10 o'clock
return message was sent to the shore
saying the steamer would weigh anchor
at once and begin laying the cable. All
the while, night and day, as the Silver
town moves steadily across the ocean
paying out cable, she will keep up COM
manication with the shore.
A cable message is not like tele-
graph ticking. \ telegraph ticker re-
quires more strength of electric cur
rent than can be sent through more
than 30G9 miles of submarine wire
properly. A very delicate fiutter is all
that is used, says the S. f. Chronicle.
This flutter effects little pivoted
mirror the smallness of ones little
finger nail, and lamplight falling on
this mirror is reflected on a strip of
darlened metal. AS that reflected
circle of light flashes SO many times to
right or left, in succession or alternate
~, the dashes and dots of the code are
spelled out into letters or signals, and
/ by that means a cable message trans
mitted. In that way thousands of
words, with tens of thousands of little
wavering motions of the minute mir
ror, will signal messages under the
Pacific to Honolulu, and later to Guam
and to Manila and finally to Shanghai.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

What is the earliest instance of the
occurrence of the word tomato in any
European language? The first j have
in my notebook is the reference to
"Amerlcanorum tumatle," made by
Guillandinus in his de Papyro," a
commentary on parts of Pliny, 1872,
page SO. Later page 91) he says, ode
nique tumatle ex Themistitan, recen-
tiores fere pomum aureum, ct pomum
amoris nuncupant," showing that both
the Aztec name tomatl and the popular
'love apple were already in use. The
mistitan," | may add, is probably q
misprint for Thenustitan-i. e., Te-
nochtitlan, synonym for Mexico, =
Notes and Queries.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19
WHY THEY MARRIED.
Yeasons of the Chronic CranIzs For
Entering Into WedIocls.

Yeasons of the Chronic CranIzs Fnr
Entering Into WedIock.
Postal cards having been sent out
to married men with the inquiry why
did you marry?' a large number of
responses came to hand, from which
the following are selected:
That's what | have been trying for
eleven years to find out.-X."
Married to get even with her moth
er, but never haye.-W."
Because Sarah told me that five
other young men had proposed to her.
C"
''The father thought eight years
courtin' was almost long enough.-B,"
please don't stir me up"
Because / did not have the expert
ence l have now.-G."
That's the same question my
friends ask me.--C. H."
81 wanted a companion of the oppo-
site sex. z. S.-She is still opposite
A."
Because it is just my luck.-P. J."
81 yearned for company. We now
have it all the time-Karl."
Have exhausted all the figures in
the arithmetic to figure out an answer
to your question. Between multiplied
ton and division in the family and dis
traction in addition, the answer is
hard to arrive at.-Old Man."
II married to get the best wife in the
world.-Simon."
Because l asked her If she'd have
me. She said she would. She's got
me.-Blivins. Detroit Free Press.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19
Notice of Assessment.

Carson Valley Water Storage, Irriga-
ton and Canal Company. Location of
principal place of business Gardnerville,
Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at meet
ing of tho board of Trustees, held on the
9th day of December, A. ID. 1902, an assess
ment of fifteen cents per share was levied
upon the capital stock of the Company,
payable to the Secretary at the office of
said corporation in Gardnerville, on or
before the Sth day of January, A. d. 1908,
the same being 30 days from the date of
this notice.
The office of said company is located
at the Douglas County Bank, Gardner
vile, Nevada. E. CHRISTENSEN,
Secretary.
Dated December 9th, 1902
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease and pre-
scriloed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by f. J..
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts direct
ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address,
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

AS an instance of the observance of
the Sabbath in Scotland, an English
paper tells of postman having a route
between Stirling and Blairdrummond.
He was observed to ride bicycle over
his six miles on weekdays and to walk
the same distance on Sunday, and when
asked why he replied that he was
day. An investigation followed, and
the postmans explanation proved TO
be correct.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

Honor to the strong man in these
ages who has shaken himself loose of
shams and is something. For in the
way of being worthy the first condition
surely is that one be. Let cant cease
AT all risks and at all costs. Till cant
cease nothing else can begln.-Carlyle.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

Attorney General elect Jas. F.
Sweeney and Miss Mabel V. Trembath
of Virginia City were quietly married
in San Francisco Sunday afternoon.
The marriage was surprise to the
many friends Of the happy couple, as
no announcement whatever had been
made that they intended to marry.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

Wit is brushwood, judgment is tim
ber The first makes the brightest
flames, but the other gives the most
lasting heat.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

The Lyon County Times says hay
sells for So ton in the stack in Mason
valley.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

A Christmas maxim: Help the poor;
the rich will help themselves.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

Over 200 citizens of Carson have
rendered Miss Adelina Rafetto bene-
fit, and she has named January as
the date on which it shall take place.
l can assure all lovers of music and art
in Douglas who may attend that they
will enjoy rare treat.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

Most young men get a lot of rye
mixed with their wild oats.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

Your reminiscent article about the
old log cabin at Genoa is interesting
reading to us old dodgers. saw the
cabin first in August, 1868. You left
out few names, and a few facts, which
/ would like to add, and hope others
may add some more. Lutte Odds bought
about five miles square of land from an
Indian in the early fifties, situated near
the State line, and he sold it off by
parcels, claiming to have the only de-
cent title to land existing in those
days. Ben. Palmer went upon the
land he now lives on about 1854, and
he has been cultivating it ever since.
ID. r. Jones lived upon the land he now
lives upon in 1858. He bought it from
Bully Williams in 1857, built dam in
the river in 1858, and it is there yet.
A. p. Squires was associated with him
in 1867. H. F. Dangberg was mining
in Gold Canyon in 1856, and in 1857 he
located on the well-known "Home-
Ranch" in company with Ben Mast
and @. E. Holbrook, now of Carson.
He kept the books for the firm, and
what he did with the butter, the calves
and old off-ox, and the proceeds there
of, sold at Virginia city, is all on record
in a book now kept by III. f. Dang
berg, Jr., in a fire. proof vault, and said
book cannot be bought for it's weight
in gold. Steve Kinsey settled near
Genoa in 1851, and he has been there
eyer since. He held the Office of Coun-
ty Recorder of Carson County, Utah
Territory, for many years. The Van
Sickles settled on their place in 1884,
and built their big barn in 1854, and
have been there ever since. Genoa
used to be called Mormon Station, and
Henry Van Sickle kept it, and he used
to go around early in the morning with
n cigar box, and nearly fill it with
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

Too much legislation and ill-con-
sitlered legislation is the curse of the
age. We are saddling ourselves with
too many restrictions aud laws, and
are constantly circumscribing our
elbow room. | hope tho next legisla-
ture will spend more time wiping laws
off the statute books than putting new
ones on. There is large number of
laws inscribed on our books that are
daily flagrantly broken, and the Offend
ers go unwhipped of justice, creating
ageuerals feeling of contempt for all
other laws. For instance, the law
concerning the sale of lottery tickets
is daily violated in every town in the
State, and it should be repealed. 1t is
too good for us.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19
Carson Letter.

EDITOR COURIER: Mr.. Newlands will
be our next United States Senator,
taking the place of senator Jones next
March. What will he do for the fusion
forces at the next election, is ques-
ton Of deep interest to the politicians.
VIII he stand in with all necessary
means to carry the State, and add an
other Democrat in the United States
Senate, or will he permit the Republic
cans to carry the State. Of course,
time viii tell. AS matter of policy,
itappears to me that he must see to it
that the state is kept in the Demo-
cratic column. He cannot afford to
abandon the party to its fate two years
hence, and attempt to reorganize it
thereafter in order to succeed himself
SO, consider it pretty safe to say that
nominations on the fusion or Demo-
cratic ticket will carry considerable
valuefor several years to come.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-19

An old story, told by Jim Townsend,
is going the rounds of the press. Mr..
Townsend was telling of penurious
man he knew on Jackass Hill. He said
he built cabin, and he was SO penuri-
GUS with his lumber in its construction
thathe had to grease himself to get in,
and pull himself out with a corkscrew.
/ heard MIR. Townsend tell others.
After publishing the Carson hder for
some time he felt downhearted, and
asked him what he was going to do
next, and he said that he was all right,
that he had invented a grindstone that
could turn in opposite directions at
one and the same time. 81 had q
cane,o he said ''that was the best
divining rod | ever saw. You know
the Bank of California and the Bank of
Nevada are on opposite sides of the
street in Virginia.; we'll, can always
tell which bank has the most money,
and if those two banks were not di-
rectly opposite each other never
could pass them with that cane"
asked what had become of the cane,
and he said while out prospecting in
Nevada county he suddenly felt a
strong pull on the cane, and it pulled
him up the hill, down a shaft and there
buried itself out of sight. 81 organized
corporation several years ago." he
continued, Ito build lodging houses
and family rooms in san Francisco.
You know it is cloudy there and foggy,
and sunshine is worth lots of money.
Well, drew plans for house so as to
have both sides on the south side, so
as to get plenty of sunshine, don't you
see.n Mr.. Townsend used to be known
as Truthful James.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

traveller feel at home. r. c. Thomp-
son is the proprietor, and he keeps a
nice hotel.
The Dahlonega Hotel, kept by Mr..
| ]. f. Castlebery. is the other place of
F.: public accommodation, and is just as
! neat and comfortable as it's COMPETE
! tor. In these days when so many peo-
| pie leave the coast country for the
mountains, they should give North
Georgia a visit. Its climate is brac-
; ing, the scenery beautiful, the people
their own, and the hotels in the prin-
cipal towns and cities, as good as the
average. Our people who rush
off every summer to the four points of
the compass should change their pro-
grammes and visit places of interest
in their own state.
through the Blue Ridge region
is to hire a double team surrey; it
will cost 81 a day, and the feed
ing of horses and driver, and visit all
the towns and places of interest, and
| see the grand mountains and lovely
valleys of Georgia. Those who have
made this trip endorse it enthusiastic
cally.
OF course, Lumpkin county has its
newspapers; the Dahlonega Signal and
the Dahlonega Nugget. The Signal
was established so long ago that /
have a suspicion that IL was original
ly printed In the Cherokee language.
Its editor and proprietor is my old
friend, Capt. J. w. Woodward. who
is assisted by his son, Mr.. W. b.
woodward. Outsiders do not know
that there is an apple fad among edi-
tors Of city newspapers, those hard
worked educators have an idea that
there Is gray matter" IN apples,
whether the fad extends 10 the editors
weekly press / know not. but ! noticed
that Editor Woodward had two grand
old apple trees Ia the editorial back
yard.
There IL an idea among s0ne news
paper men that 10 be an editor one
must either eat ~ fhe fruit thaf caused
the unple8sonfness IN fhe Garden 81
Eden ~ sample every medicinal cure
all that 81 advertised. The aTpie trees
in tie siknel's editorial garden may
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

account for the healthy condition OF
the paper and its editor.
The Nugget, a very appropriate name
for a newspaper in the gold regions,
is a bright newsy sheet, and is edited
by Mr.. w. B. Townsend, a we'll
known printer and editor. |
had the pleasure of spending
a pleasant half hour in the Nugget Of
fee Mr.. Townsend was an enthusiasts
tic supporter of mine in my campaign,
and it is not surprising that l carried
Lumpkin county with a rush" with
both newspapers supporting me.
Capt. Woodward of the Signal was
chairman of the Estill Club. Evident
ly he was the right man in the right
place. He and / were born
, under the same star. He called my
attention to the remarkable coinci
dences in our lives. Not going any fur
! Their back, he mentioned that we were
born in the same month and year; were
put at the printing business at the
same age, II years, Joined the army
at the same time, received the same
kind of a wound and each had been
married three times. ! believe there
were several other Implications in our
lives. When / returned home from
my trip | told my wife of these coin
cidences. She said she thought them
remarkable, and hoped Capt. Wood
wards wife would live to a good old
age"
The county in every direction bears
evidence of the work OF miners for the
past three-quarters Of a century. Hill
locks Of stones can be seen everywhere.
They mark where miners have worked
for ore IN the streams. AZ present
mining Is mostly confined 10 the works
Of the Consolidated Gold Mining Com
pany the Crown Gold Mining
Company. and the celebrated
Calhoun Mines. the latter has been 81
operation for fifty years.
George ~ Breyman, Eco, 0f Toledo,
o.. one Of the largest owners in the
Consolidated Mines, wa 10 DahlOneRa
while ! waE there. fIe made hig start
ns o submarine diver and IL now q
large fhipowneT on the lakes and mine
owner "a che Hocky Mountains ~ well.
D9hlonfga e. well provided with
churches. namely. Methodist. heY. A.