Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-10-04

foot before the other with cOmhina-
ton of a jerk and 4 drag. came 4
shrivclcd. tremulous figure.
See himF' n villager inquired of the
summer resident. pointing a shoulder
ut She stumbling figure. That's n
parcgOric fcnd. He swallows more
pareSoric than all the babies in the
village put together. How'd he set in
the way Of taking the stuff? Well.
you know. there's some old women in
our town that think paregoric good for
all manner Of things that's the matter
with your inSldes. an when daddy
had pains from eating 100 much his
wife doSed him with paregoric. an the
first thing she knowed he couldn't get
ON without it. He's worSc'n drunk
ard now. IN You can't get within ten
feet of him without smcllin the stuff
He had a stroke Il spell back, an the
doctors tried TO scare him about using
paregoric, but il wasn't no use. He'll
never stop now till he stops breath
ing."-Exchange
For wounds. burns. scalds. sores. skin
diseases and all irritating cruptions.
nothing so soothing and healing as De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Mrs. Emma
BOlles. Matron Englewood Nursery,
Chicago, SAYS When all else fails in
healing our babies, ii will cure" W. Rich
ardsOn.
In the county of Dinwiddie Mat
thew Gardner, colored, was convicted
of housebreaking, and his punish
ment fixed at ninety days in Jail, with
fine of s.. Gardner has sent the
following unique request to the Judge
of the court: MIR. Judge-Your
honor, Please change my sentence
from the county Jail to one year in
the penitentiary, if you please, sir,
because want to learn a trade. so as
to make my living. Please oblige
me-" OF course the Judge of the
court did not entertain the request.
There's always hope while there's One
! Minute Cough Cure. An attack of pncu.
mOnia left my lungs in bad shape and
was near the first stages OfcOnsumption.
One Minute Cough Cure completely cur
ed me- writes Helen McHenry, Bis
mark, y. ID. Gives instant relief. w.
| Richardson.
The case of Henry c. King against
j. n. Watkins and others, involving
the title to the Robert Morris grant
for half a million acres of land in
Virginia, West Va, and Kentucky,
which has been on trial for over three
weeks in the United States Court at
Abingdon, was decided in favor of
the plaintiffs. If the Supreme Court
atlirms this decision. it will dispossess
many people, including those of an
entire town. The title runs back to
the days of the Revolution.
Z f. Turner, of Compton, Mo. was
cured of piles 10y DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salve after suffering seventeen years and
trying over twenty remedies. Physi-
clans and surgeons endorse it. Beware
of dangerous counterfeits. w. Richard
son.
The Second Auditor has purchased
$4,000 of Virginia Century bonds
for retirement, as provided by law
These purchases were made from sur
plus in the treasury, largely due tc
the enforcement of what is known as
, the "landgrabbers law"
Dr. VIM. Shipper, of Petersburg
has received notice of his appointment
as medical examining officer for Pc
tersburg of the 4Sth L. S. Volunteer
; Infantry. He served as a surgeon fOl
four years in the United States army
Washington and Lee University
had an suspicious opening. The ma
circulation showed an increase of sc
per cent. in the academic department
and % per cent. in the law depart
ment over last year.
, James Helmore, aged % years, o
) Rock bridge county, fell on the driv
, ing belt at the plant of the Midval,
Mining Company ond was drawn int,
the fly wheel and instantly killed.
Four hundred cattle were shipped
from Tazewell county recently 70
J export They averaged 900 pound
and passed from the producers hand
, at about $40 head.
3 Commissioner of Agriculture Koin
er is informed of the sale of two crop
of Virginia apples for large sums, on
selling for $4,000, the other 70
100000
, The vestries of the several Episco
} pal churches in King George count
have extended call to the Rev. Nh
Turner of Anne Arundel county
Nd.
+ Up to last Wednesday noon As
u students had enrolled at the Univer
). sity of Virginia, an increase of 8
d compared with the same date las
= year.
One thousand head of cattle an
over 100000 bushels of grain al
Z exported weekly from Newport News