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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-12-24

obbers ma the
RETAILERS ut lhe BEG inning of the game
are offered certain We uctiye sadYant-
ages iii the nature Of large percentages.
The trust thus inVeigles the sjobber, In
to an agreement to push trust goods;
then the trust agents come along and
say rather gruffly: :. Throw out the
goods Of other manufacturers: and
handle our goods alone, or we will not
permit you to sell to your own custom
ers the very goods which you have
been urging them to buy, and which
they now demand
Thus far has the thing gone in this
vicinity. There is something more
around the corner for the victims. The
first thing, they know there will be ,as
there has been in New York State. a
sudden shortening Of the margin OF
profit between the wholesale and the
retail price; the elimination Of the
jobbers and the b-jobbers by the in
stallatton Of the trusts Distributing
branch. and finally, a very sad scene
the former independent and self-sup-
porting American citizen, who was
jobber or retailer, either driven with a
bludgeon to become a cheap and de-
pendent h1reling as a. clerk for the
trust, or more likely thrown out Of
business entirely, and trying to make
a living as a boog agent.
1--WE do not care If the American
people should decide that they will
never use tobacco in any form; we do
not care, especially as AN abstract
question, if it Is the trust product or
some other product that is sold to
them; but everybody ought to care
with all his might when it is possible
for trusts or indep endents, or anyone
else, to walk into the community and
say to Americans: DO thus and so.
or starve.'"
Tobacco Workers Appeal.
Nearly everyone knows that the
Tobacco Trust has been and is making
a determined effort to monopolize the
entire Duluth market, in fact it is
spending money like drunken SAIL
or" in order to accomplish it's ends.
To counterfeit this agitation on the
part Of the trust the Tobacco Workers
Union has sent out the following cir
cu1ar:
"The Tobacco Workers International
Oulo1, TeSpectIuAly ask your support
for union made tobacco.
"Our fight is against the Tobacco
Trust, which is trying to control the
tobacco business of the world.
Our fight is for lettering the con-
dition Of ourselves and our families
Our fight is to abolish child-labor
in the factories and tenement shops.
1.-THE Tobacco Trust cannot have the
Union Label, therefore none of their
goods bear that label.
NINETY per cent. of the factories
outside of the Trust are Union Fac
tories, and hence you can be almost
certain that tobacco not having the
Union Label is Trust tobacco.
"You as we'll as ourselves have felt
the effects of the Coal Trust, the Beef
Trust, the Oil Trust. and many others,
and the same results will follow if the
users of tobacco lend any assistance
to the Tobacco Trust.
"Duke's Mixture is the favorite
brand Of the Tobacco Trust and one
on which they are making their best
effort
1--WE would ask you to refuse this
brand under all circumstances
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HERD OF FLOODED
CATTLE BURNED

SIOUX FALLS, Dec. 20.-Twenty-six
head of imported short horns were
burned today at Parker. The cattle
were the property of A. HI. Krauska
of Richmond Center, Wis, and Rob-
ertson & Bissell Of Lodi, Wis. It is
believed the fire was set to cover the
theft Of one Of the herd. The loss is
$4,000.
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Passenger Rates Reduced.

Sept. Is to Oct; Is, inclusive the
Great Northern railway will sell one
way tickets to Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington, Nevada. Arizona and New Mex
leo points at, greatly reduced rates.
Full information and literature may
be- obtained at the City Ticket Office,
4s2 West Superior street or by com
municating with A. Brostedt, Northern
Passenger Agent. Duluth. MINI. FL.
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RUSSIA WANTS NO
FALSE TESTIMONY

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2o.-The
English reports that Russian agents
are trying to suborn witnesses belong
ing to the Hull fishing fleet in connec-
ton with the North sea incident
arouses great indignation here, they
being considered to be a wilfull mis-
representation Of fact. Russia openly
offered reward for information
throwing light on the subject
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-12-24

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open regular banking hours and Sat
urday evenings. ! from ON VI BIZ; to: !. eight
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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
TIE ISLE OF"NUBCES.
d Famous Historic Site, the Cradle
of Saxon Liberty.

The isle of Athelney, OF the isle OF
nobles," as the name signifies, is one
of the most famous of historic sites,
A thousand years ago it was a low islei
covered with willows and alders and
surrounded by fens and overfowine
marshes, altogether inaccessible except
by boats. There King Alfred sought
refuge with swineherd, and there he
lay concealed from the invading Danes
for the space of whole year. The re.
sort of his chieftains to this place
caused it to be known as the isle of
nobles," which may be regarded as the
cradle and stronghold Of Saxon liberty
After Alfred regained the possession
OF his throne he erected Benedictine
abbey on this spot and endowed II
with all the lands in the isle of Athel
ney." The monastery has entirely dis
appeared, but its site is marked by a
stone pillar erected in 1901 by the own.
er of Athelney. The pillar bears this
inscription: "King Alfred the Great in
the year of our Lord S79, having been
defeated by the Danes, fed for refuge
to the forest of Athelney, where he lay
concealed from his enemies for the spell
of whole year. He soon after regain
ed possession of his throne, and in
grateful remembrance of the protection
he had received under the favor of
heaven he erected a monastery on this
spot and endowed it with all the lands
contained In the isle of Athelney. To
perpetuate the memory of so remarka,
BILE an incident in the life of that illus.
trlous prince this edifice was founded
by John Slade, Esq, Of Maunsell the
proprietor of Athelney, A. d. 1901
London News.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25

This was Roman custom. The
drinking was accompanied by some
such words as Here's to myself"
Here's to you'' and "Heres to 1 shan't
say who" The ancient Greeks also
drank healths. When Theramerus was
condemned to drink hemIock he said,
"Hoc pulcro Critie."
The ancient Saxons also had the same
custom. Hengist invited King Vorti-
germ to a banquet to see the new levies.
After the dishes were removed Rowe
ma, the beautiful daughter of Hengist,
appeared before the scene holding in
her hand a golden cup full of wine.
She then made obeisance and said,
which in modern English means, Lord
king, your health" The king drank
and replied, Here's to you"
The Greeks handed the cups to the
person they toasted and said, This to
thee" Our custom of holding out the
cup comes to us from ancient Greece
American Queen.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
YUlETlDE IN SERvlA.
The Poor Save For Months to Buy
Their Christmas Pig.

Their Christmas Pig.
In Servia they keep Christmas eve
in a somewhat peculiar way. The IA
ther of the family goes into the wood
and cuts down a straight young oak,
choosing the most perfect that he can
find. He brings it in, saying, Good
evening and happy Christmas" to
which those present reply, MAY God
grant both to thee and mayest thou
have riches and honor" Then they
throw over him grains of corn. Pres
emily the young tree is planted upon
the Goals, where it remains until Christ
mas morning, which they salute by re-
peated firings of pistol
The national dish in Servia is pork.
The poorest family in Servia will pinch
themselves all through the year so as
to have money enough to buy pig at
Christmas. Skewered to a long piece of
wood, the pig is turned over blazing
fire until cooked, the guests watching
the process with increasing interest.
After dinner stories are told and songs
sung. Santa Claus, who, in the person
of an honored guest, is present to re-
ceive instead of to give presents, de-
parts after the feast, decorated with a
LONG ring of cakes around his neck and
laden with such gifts as his friends can
bestoW
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
A French Deputy's Pay.

A French deputy receives salary of
1900 francs ($1,S0W He also receives
free railway transportation and free
Inncheons at the bar of the Palais
Bourbon. where many lawmaker
spends more time than he does in the
Sale des Seances. Some are accused
of taking all their meals at the free
lunch counter. deputy even gets, at
reduced rates. special brand of cigars
which is called "cigare de deputies"
With these cigars he treats his intiuen-
tial constituents. In spite of all these
privileges. there have been many com
plants that unless he has a large per
sonal income. II deputy cannot live de-
Gently. Therefore many members OF
parliament when they are not well to
do have to make up for the insufficient
cy of their pay by contributing to news
papers or pleading in the conrts.-Cen-
tury.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
HERBERT SPENCER.
He Was Great Phrase Maker and
Had Some Odd Ways.


Herbert Spencer was no linguist.
Because of eye strain which affected
his health he did not even know Ger
man. His pamphlet on education was,
however, translated into fifteen Ian
guages, including Japanese.
Spencer was great phrase maker.
II was he who popularized the word
evolution" and explained one Of the
phases of the Darwinian doctrine as
1.-THE survival of the fittest." He also
introduced Comte's coined word $50
ciology."
He was a bachelor and long lived in
boarding houses. Finally he set up
an establishment of his own, where he
could have about him people of his
own choosing. A favorite relaxation
In his later years was to sit in the
open doorway of his house and listen
to a piano played in a distant apart
ment. He had the player trained. A
thump of his stick was the signal for
her to stop, another thump for the mu-
sic to proceed where it broke off.
Spencer was fond of playing billiards.
Once at Brighton he invited a smart
youth to a game. The philosopher had
four strokes and scored two while the
youth ran out. Mr.. Spencer put away
his cue with deliberation and said to
his opponent: "a moderate degree OF
expertness in game of skill is agree
able and even creditable. Such dexter.
ity as you show is evidence of a mis-
spent youth. Good afternoon"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25

In the fourteenth century thistles
were used as food for cattle, and they
were considered as crop. In the old
priory of Lindisfarne there is a note
in the archives of 1344-45 of thick
leather gloves required for the harvest
ers of the thistle crop. 1t is curious
that. though the thistle is the emblem
OF Scotland, the Scot never seems able
TO say which kind of thistle is the
true national emblem. 1t is said that a
thistle which resembles Carduus mari
anus was figured on the old coinage of
the day of James ", who was first to
put thistles on the Scotch money. The
horn spoons sold in Edinburgh some
times have little silver thistles on the
end of the handles.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
THE MAN WITH THE ADJ.
Wonderful Accuracy of His Aim AT
the Butchers Block.

Outside butcher shop twenty OF
thirty persons stood watching man
at work with an adj. He stood ON q
large oaken block, such as meat is
chopped on, which he had taken from
its legs and placed on the curb, sloping
toward the street. The surface of the
block had become SCARED and rough.
ened from use With clean, accurate
strokes of the adj the man soon made
1t as smooth as a mahogany table. II
was the wonderful accuracy Of his aim
that made passersby stop to look al
him. He paid no attention to them. A
single false blow would have ruined
the block. When the job was done, the
man helped the butcher mount the
block, collected 50 and went off to
keep another appointment.
ut has taken me twenty-three years
to learn To chop like that" he said to
a reporter my charge is from So to
$40, according to the size of the block.
A block requires evening off in that
way every three or four years. | have
customers now that / had when | first
began business. twenty years ago.
In all that time l have spoiled only two
blocks, and they were during the two
years of my apprenticeship. The butch
ers can get their chopping blocks put
in condition by sending them TO the
sawmill. But 1t is more expensive, and
they can't spare them so long from the
shons There IL enouph work of this
kind in New York to keep myself and
half dozen others busy."-New York
Press.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25

The brain that never calls upon itself
for work must become dull and stupid
and 1t is the same way with the mus
cles of the body. They are filled with
blood vessels that should be up and
doing. The blood has several purposes,
and one is TO carry away the waste
fluids of the body. The lungs are a
sort of refinery, and the blood is dis
tilling agent. If the blood becomes
thick and unhealthy and sluggish the
body does not keep its youthful state
Eyes grow dull, lips lose their redness,
and the complexion is sallow and un-
lovely. 1t is an easy and simple mat
ter to make exercise habit.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
Korean Mems Hats.

The quaintest feature of the pictur.
esque costumes of the Korean men is
their hats. They are mousetrap-like
arrangements made from the hair Of
the wearer's ancestors. This priceless
possession is handed down from father
to eldest son, who reaches the goal of
his ambition at the moment when the
family hat is placed upon his head.
Another grotesque form of Korean
headdress is the mourning hat that Is
worn in rural districts by the eldest
son for three years after the death of
either of his parents. This conical
shaped affair of rushes or rice straw is
as large as bushel basket and extends
to the shoulders.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
ANCIENT BABYLON.
Its Great Wall Was One of the won-
ders of Those Days.


According TO Herodotus. the ancient
city OF Babylon stood on broad, level
plain and was an exact square of four
teen miles each way, making the entire
circuit of the city fifty-six miles. 1t
was protected both ~ a wall and a
moat, the latter being broad and deep
and kept constantly filed with water
But the wall was the wonder of Won
ders, being ~ 1-3 feet In width and an
even 200 feet in height. This monster
barrier was provided with 100 gates,
all of solid brass, the lintels and side
pieces being in bronze. Cross walls
ran along the banks OF the Euphrates,
each provided with twenty-five gates,
which corresponded to the number Of
streets running in each direction from
the river.
The most remarkable edifice inside
the wall was the temple OF Bel, pyra-
mid of eight square stadia. On the
summit of this pyramid stood n pure
gold image OF Bel forty feet high, two
other smaller figures OF the same pre-
eious metal and golden table forty feet
long and fifteen feet wide. This won
derful city first came prominently into
the history of the world in the year TAT
Il. c., but since the time of Alexander
the Great 1t has been ruin, the site
having at one time been entirely lost
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
Wart Cures.

Vinegar and cooking soda in solution
are said to make Il capital cure for
warts If the wart is kept moist with II
for ten minutes several times day II
will disa Gpear in the course of week
or so in ordinary cases.
Another cure is to touch frequently
with acetic acid or nitric acid, but one
must be careful not - irritate the sur
rounding skin by dropping either acid.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
WHY They smoke,

1--WE had known each other slightly" "
said Miss Envy Waite. but never to
speak to until one day while out ska,'
ing fell down quite near him, and
"Ah. yesr' replied Miss Peppery
That broke the ice, of course. ."--Phlla-
delphia Press.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
JOE BRANDON
Will Make the Season of 1904 at GardneryiIIe.


DEsoRIPTIoN-,Joe Brandon is beautiful light Brown
small white star in forehead and left hind foot white be-
low the ankle Stand 15d hands high, and weighs 1900
pounds Joe Brandon is sired by Dexter Chief who is
sired by Dexter Prince and for style and roadster qualities
he is the equal of any stallion in the State and Judging
by his action and his fast relatives he be placed
in the 240 class His disposition is faultless.
TERMS, $50 for the Season. payable the end of the
son; 500 to insure.
PETER ANDERSON, Prop,
Gardnerville Nevada.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25
W WFEDS

Consumption is a human
weed flourishing best in weak
lungs. Like other weeds it's
easily destroyed while young;
when old, sometimes inn
possible.
Strengthen the lungs as you
would weak land and the
weeds will disappear.
The best lung fertilizer is
Scott's Emulsion. Salt pork
is good too, but it is very hard
to digest.
The time to treat consump-
ton is when you begin trying
to hide it from yourself.
Others see it, you won't.
Don't wait until you can't
deceive yourself any longer.
Begin with the first thought
to take SCOTS Emulsion. If
1t isn't really consumption SO
much the better; you will soon
forget it and be better for the
treatment. If it is consump-
ton you can't expect to be
cured at once, but if you will
begin in time and will be
rlgidly regular in your treat
ment you will win.
SCOTS Emulsion, fresh air,
rest all you can, eat all you
can, that's the treatment and
that's the best treatment.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25

COURIER ADvERTIsEMEHTs PAY.
For Proof, ask our Advertisers.
For Returns, Try It Yourself.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-03-25

Bobbs-Old Titewadd is about dead
from insomnia. Says he is afraid TO so
TO sleep.
Dobbs-Does he fear burglars?
Bobbs--No; but the last time he slept
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-11
THE SECRET OF GRowINe OLD.

1 There is q class of very old people so
Withered in body and spirit and hard
ened in selishness that They offer a
sort OF excuse if not of justification for
! that custom OF an ancient people which
| put away the old and helpless to per-
pie, bent with Years but fresh and UNI
Wrinkled of spirit Who lend a Joy to
| living. They are sound and ripe as a
Romantic apple. Wrinkled little on
| the outside, they are sound and sweet
within The juices of youth have not
| dissipated but gathered at their hearts.
| The other day a septuagenarian call
ed on the Republican. The old
man radiated good humor and content.
During a long conversation he uttered
no word of complaint against the world.
He had no complaint. 1t suits him.
His health is good Il can't get around
as we'll as / used to forty or
fifty years ago he said, but l have
the best time of my life. l have little
patch of land up in Hardin county and
the rent keeps me in such funds as l
need. I've got enough girls and boys
to keep me pretty busy visiting 'em and
l go back to Illinois once year. Yes
I have a pretty good time. Played and
called off to a dance night before last.
Nnhnnxr n VI ov on
call off SO 1 done it to help out. Ev
erybody had good time If the changes
were the same old ones learned before
my dancing legs went back on me-
The old man has solved the question.
He has learned to grow old not only
gracefully but naturally. He has
kept human. He can play and call
off, for a dance though his own legs
have lost their cunning and balance
and activity The rental of his farm |
keeps him and contents him. His neigh |
bors' pleaSu and successes are sourc- |
es of happiness instead of discomfort. /
He will live long to enjoy himself and /
make others glad and when his time /
comes drop off the Dough of existence
like a ripe peach with the bloom still
upon his cheek and the juices of his
nature sweet and uncurdled at his
heart.
1t is the secret of living to welcome
the years with smiling anticipation and
bid them pass in pleasant recollection
of the good of which they We're the
It is an excellent thing
20 be in love with the world and the
people who make it up. A kindly old
nan is beautiful thing. wholesome
md lovahie and kind and motherly
I'D woman little less than an angel.
rhe best gift that God grants is a
green old age.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-11
HEARST IN the SOUTH.

II the tone of the southern press Is
Hearst is persona non grata to the
southern democracy The Georgia pa
pers especially join in a symposium OF
adverse comment, the consensus OF
which is that Hearst's nomination
would be ealamitous to the democracy.
The Mason Telegraph says: Mr..
Hearst will not be nominated this year
unless the gods make mad the dem
ocratic party for the purpose Of de-
stroying it, which, God forbid" Tho
Savannah Press admits No doubt, Mr..
Hearst is q clever man, a. lavish editor,
and all that; but he is socialistia
democrat and a Yellow Peril, just as
Mr.. Roosevelt is presumably Black
Peril, and monopolistic, imperialistic
republican" William Randolph
Hearst for PRESIDENT asks the Angus
Ia Chronicle. I'm heavens name, has
the democratic party come to that?
More important, still. has the democ-
racy OF Georgia come to it? viii 1t
allow itself to be committed to such 4
ridiculous political faree?''
General Hoke Smith. who was Cleve-
lands secretary of the interior, In an
Interview in a prominent Georgia
newspaper. said: 1T would be a mis-
take to renominate Bryan, but such q
mistake would be less harmful to the
democratic party than the nom
ination of Hearst. The millions of
Hearst should not be sufficient to pro-
cure for him one delegate from the
south
Georgian influence is great in tn.
south and Its strength is not for Hearst
but for German, Cleveland and Par
ker. Hearst's money is not likely 10
cut such a. great figure south as west
and his personality is displeasing TO
the aristocracy of the south which con-
trolls its practical politics. The, true
south is less amenable to the barrel
than the crowded cities Of the north. |
It looks upon Hearst as an iconoclast I
. disturber and dangerous element,
an apostle of riot and a fomenter Of |
class prejudice and hatred. Mr.. Hearst |
lacks the personality which is the es-
sence of leadership in the south. His
sordid methods of campaign so effe.-
tive in business competition are likely
to lose instead Of create southern sup
port for Mr.. Hearsts latest and in
sistent ambition.