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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-23
Notice to School
Teachers.

Chapel District School Board will hold
a meeting on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH,
1900, for the purpose of appointing teach
ers for the session of 1900-1901.
X. III. RITTER, Clerk of 3D.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-23
AS A WHOLE
WIN. VI. ATKINSON.
MARSHALL MCCORMICK,
John w. Grubbs, Auct Trustees.

Virginia, Clarke County, set:
l. John NJ. Gibson. clerk of the circuit
court of Clarke county, Va, hereby certify
that the trustees bond in the case of 4. n
Pierce's admir-. vs.. Mary +. Pierce has been
duly executed
Given under my hand this 9th day Of Au-
gust 1900. JOHN VI. Gil BISON. {. G..
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-23
Notice to School Teachers.

The Greenway District School Board
will meet at White Post on SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1900, for the purpose
of appointing teachers to the several
schools. THOs. NJ. LEWIS,
Clerk of Board
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-23
$40 Reward.

A reward Of $40 will be paid by the
Corporation of Berryville TO any person
or persons giving information that will
convict parties of taking the brass tap
from the curb box of the Water Works
and thereby freeing the lid from said
box. d. III. JONES. Mayor.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-23
LOCAL
and
CLIMATIC
4raIarI.h

Nothing but a locaI
remedy or change OF
climate will cure
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-23

Come and look over our line and take adj
vantage of the low prices.
Below is a list of articles, a number of
which you will need When you go to Spring
hOuSe-cleaning ~ ~-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09
VISIT TO EMPRESS DoWAGER.
One Who Was Present Tells of His
toric Event.

Frank G.. Carpenter. who is now ID
the east, sends to The Saturday Even.
ing Post a long article about the en-
press dowager and China, his facts
having been gathered only a few days
before the present troubles broke out.
Two years ago the empress dowager
set aside all presidents and received
the ladies of the foreign legations at
Pekin. One who was present told Mr..
Carpenter about it. Among other
things she said:
Her majesty was dressed in a pale
yellow silk gown, beautifully en-
broidered with flowers and dragons OF
the same color She wore the head
dress commonly worn by elderly
Chinese women, her hair being
fastened in knot at the h.ack just be-
low the crown, the front of the head
and part of the forehead being con-
cealed by silk band heavily embrold-
cred with pearls of large size.
II was struck with her majesty's
youthful appearance. She was sixty
four, but she looked ten years younge
Her face was plump and free from
wrinkles. She had a high forehead,
elongated perhaps by the custom of the
Chinese ladies of pulling out the hairs
at the edge OF the forehead with
tweezers. She had strong face and
in youth must have been very pretty.
During the audience she frequently
smiled, and | could see no signs OF
that cruelty with which she has been
charged.
Her majesty made us welcome to
the palace and TO China. She said
she was glad indeed to receive us as
foreigners, and that we should be
friendly with one another, for were we
not all of one family?
The banquet was fine, being made up
OF many courses and consisting of both
Chinese and foreign dishes.
After the banquet the empress
dowager again met informally with the
ladies'. drinking tea with each of them
in turn, and in some cases throwing
her arm about one and embracing her.
At this time she gave each lady pres
ct Of beautiful gold ring set with a
pearl as big as a marorwfat pea, three
silk dresses from the royal looms and
a set Of two dozen combs. Throughout
the whole audience she was exception
ally gracious. ana re? manners were as
polite and affable and at the same time
as dignlfied and ladylike as could be
those Of any empress OF Errope."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09

troops and the moving of artillery to
the great plain which surrounds this
northern capital of China. The single
railroad, of less than 100 miles in
length, from the seacoast to Pekin,
has, it is reported been destroyed The
Peiho river and tributary of it, on
which the city stands, are not navigaole
for large vessels of the navy; and the
one public highway is narrow, three
feet deep in mud in this, the rainy
season, and is bordered by fields of wild
rice and millet. Once the troops get be-
fore the city with their guns the task
OF reducing the miles of masonry of
the wall to rubbish heaps will not be
SO great as it would seem, since the
walls are not nearly so solidly built
as they look to be.
1t is true the walls of the Chinese
city are thirty feet high, and the walls
of the Tartar or imperial city, fifty or
sixty feet. Both are as thick through
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09

Since the invention of modern field
artillery, by which shells may be
dropped into cities, the custom of
enclosing towns in walls of masonry
for their protection has passed away.
Here and there throughout Europe
fragments of old wall Notifications
may still be seen, and the ruins are
preserved for their historic interest. 1t
is only in China and some smaller
eastern countries that walls are still
used as a serious means of defense for
cities, and that is because the Orientals
have had little experience in modern
warfare as practiced by western ma
tons. The Chinese undoubtedly think
that Pekin will be as difficult to take
as it would have been in the days when
walled cities had literally to be starved
into surrender by long siege.
The greatest difficulty the allied
forces will have to overcome in the
taking of Pekin is the marching OF
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09

at the base as they are high, but the
brick and stone work form only inner
and outer shells of masonry, while
the seventeen or eighteen feet be-
tween is filled with loose earth. At the
bottom of the wall the masonry may
be ten feet thick on either side, but it
tapers to one foot in thickness at the
top, where the earth filing has been
aoored over with dressed stone and
tile, giving the whole great air of
solidity.
Where the Chinese learned how to
build these wall is not known but it
is very curious thing that they are
built, almost exactly like those of
Europe in the middle ages. There was
this difference that the filing used be-
tween the outer shells by western ma
tons was broken stone set in cement,
so that as matter of fact the filling
was stronger than the facing. Before
the days of artillery, the walls of
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09

Pekin were secure enough against any
method of attack, while the nine
stored towers and the indentations
along the top of the wall gave enough
protection to the Tartar archer whose
business it was TO speed an arrow
toward the enemy who attempted to
reach the gates.
The residences of the foreign minis
tiers are between the now helpless
Imperial city on one side and the
Chinese city. with its nearly two mil
lions of bloodthirsty barbarians, just
inside the gates of the Tartar city.
Legation street, as it is called, is an
unpaved slum. The British legation
which Is near the wall of the imperial
city stretches along a sewer-llke canal.
Here, because there is more room and
the place can be better defended, all
the foreigners took refuge, and here, IL
any are alive when Pekin is taken,
they will be found.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09

contains the following to Gen. Otis. I'M
der the head mo Regrets" Gen. Otis
turned his command over to Gen. Mac
Arthur and then departed for the
United States on the Meade yesterday.
| With all his so-called industry he left
lot of unfinished business behind
him, but he left the islands, and that
was the mair thing"
Signor Constantine Macs. the emil
nent Italian archaeologist. has sub
mitted to his government a memorial
in which he afiirms that 5000 bronze
tables, constituting The records of an
Gent Rome, from It's foundation to the
| time of Vespasian, are buried In the
marsh at Ostia, near Rome. He says
that the tables were carried to Ostia
after having been rescued from the
fire which destroyed the capital in the
year go A. ID. Sinorg Macs wants the
Italian government to drain the
marshes in order to recover these in
valuable records, and commission
will be appointed to investigate the
matte.
A discharged soldier, lately returned
from the Philippines, tells a tale Of
shirt which is too good to be lost.
Hi1 company was returning from
long and tiresome scouting trip, In
which most OF the men had parted
with the greater part of their wearing
apparel, when he saw on clothes
line IN the grounds of resident ad-
joining big stone church two good
shirts hung out tn dry As he had at
the time only half shirt to his back.
he proceeded to help himself to 4
whole one. Whereupon woman
cane out of the house and said to him,
IN passable Iisnlgish: You will pay
for that on the Judgment day"
Madam he replied, "if you give
such long credit | will take both
shirts" which he proceeded to do.
Texas has Solomon in the person
OF Justice /. p Franklin of Brown
Vile, known to the inhabitants as
"Josey" Recently two woman, next
door neighbors, came before the court,
each claiming ownership to a hen
worth about 25 cents. "Josey" heard
the evidence and reserved decision.
That evening at sunset he appeared
with the duly accredited officers Of the
court and with the subject of debate
shut In a box in the road before the
houses OF the claiments. Just az
roosting time he turned Biddy loose
she shook her feathers and made
straight for her own perch. "You get
the hen" said "Josey." to the sue
cessful claiment, land assess you IS
costs, judgment suspended until you
come into court again."
Dr. Weir Mitchell is a remarkable
instance of the hygienie value OF
mental and physical activity. He had
entered his seventy-second year when
he brought out, last spring, his novel
cite, The Autobiography Of a Quack. 2
and his latest volume OF verse, "The
Wager, and Other POEMS" and he
read the proof of his forthcoming
novel, "Dr. North and His Friends =
early In the summer, while fishing for
salmon In Canadian waters. 1t Is not
every business man who can bring
out three books in a single year, and
that year his seyenty-second.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09

parties and will refit and refurnish her
for cruising purposes. This is the
boat which was built four years ago by
the Schlitz Brewing company to sail
around the world.
Six members of Co. l, w. N. G., al
GAINESVILLE have joined the regular
army and will be sent to China Sep
TENDER 1, from Columbus, o. The SEX
tette consists of Corp. Charles F. Can
milf, Corp. William Hager and Privates
John Hans, Richard Linderman, Frank
Putnam and William B. Parker.
The river boat Lu Lu G OF New
/ Orleans, in command of Capt. Haga-
baum, arrived at Racine and attracted
unusual attention. The boat came up
by way of the Wisconsin river and
Lake Winnebago and is bound for Chi
cago where it will be rebuilt and go
back to New Orleans by way of the
| Illinois canal.
Mrs. Eliza Folger, one of the pioneer
residents of Sheboygan, fell on the
street and dislocated her hip. She Is
| rs years old and it is thought will not
recover. Her husband was an old sea
captain and she used to accompany her
husband = whaling expeditions prior
to coming to Sheboygan in the sos
from Nantucket.
Six mauser rifles, the gift of Kaiser
Wilhelm to the Chiffon Kriegerverein,
have been received at Chiffon. The
guns are of the pattern of 1871, and
have seen army service. The mausers
will be officially presented in behalf
of his majesty to the Chiffon assocla-
ton by the German consul-general,
Mr.. Weber at Chicago, September 2.
The second assembly district repub-
lican convention at Loganville, Sank
county, the following delegates to the
state convention were chosen: d. B.
Hurlbut, August Siefeit, E. G. Crist-
man, B. Prouty, T.. e. Nicholas F. ID.
Hulburt S. w. Dorgan. They were in
structed for La Toilette. A. J. Stone
of Reedsburg was chosen for the as
sembly.
The editor of The Polnik, a Polish
weekly, s. Hutter. has caused the ar
rest of DR.. l.. Zborowski, a promi-
nent Polish physician at Stevens Point,
charging him with criminal libel. The
doctor it is alleged has issued a type
written newspaper called The BAT" or
"The Whip" 1t has been devoted ex-
clusively to Mr.. Hutter and his af-
fairs. DR.. Zborowski pleaded not guilty.
At Waukaeha Judpe Thomas Nav
nard Gill of New Orleans and Miss
Cora Mary KERN, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John KERN we're married. The
ceremony was performed in the vestry
of st. Joseph's church in the presence
Of small party OF friends. The Rev.
w. G.. Miller officiated. Miss Elsie
Gallagher of San Antonio served as
bridesmaid and Robert Legier as best
man.
Two serious accidents happened
near Spring Valley, caused by getting
in front OF the sickles OF binders. A
son OF Matt Benseler, near Farm Hill,
was badly cut by falling In front Of a
binder, both legs being nearly cut of.
Mrs. Henry Plumley tried to stop a
team running with a binder. Both
legs, both arms and her side were
badly cut and her jaw broken. She
will probably die.
1T Sparta Prof. Edwin J.. Freeman
Of Minneapolis, vas married TO Miss
Eva l. Rhodes. Prof. Freeman is a
graduate Of the University Of Miehl-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09
BADGER BRIEFS.

At Waupaca the camp Cleghorn as
sembly opened with an attendance far
larger than all expectations. The
flag raising and salute
colony of about twenty Holanders
from Depere, Wis, bought land near
Tony where they will settle. A Swedish
colony from Minneapolis and st. Paul
is expected to look up land also.
The Marinette Chautauqua assembly
opened with everything promising one
of the most successful assemblies ever
held. The grounds are filled with
campers and the weather is delightful
The Kaukauna Union Bag and Paper
company has secured the timber on
whole township of land in the Adiron-
dack mountains for it's pulp and paper
mills on the Hudson river at Sandy
Hill.
George w. Legler, of New Glarus,
one of the old original Swiss pioneers,
died. He was the father of F. e. Leg
Ter of Kilbourn, formerly well known
business man of Monroe. Mr.. Legler
was eighty-five years old and native
of Glarus Canton, Switzerland.
The Monroe County Teachers insti-
tute has been in session four weeks,
and reached an enrolment of 141, be-
ing the largest gathering of teachers
for this length of time in the history
of the county.
The annual convention of the Wis
consin State Cranberry association will
be held Aug. IA, at Gaynor Bros
marsh at Cranmoor. There will be
basket dinner, and matters of interest
will be brought up
At Ashland Benjamin Armstrong,
who came there in 1885, died of heart
disease. He was the oldest white
settler on Lake Superior, being an
Indian trader for many years when
white residents were very few.
Horse thieves visited the village of
Union Grove and stole a brown mare a
road wagon, harness and blankets, the
property of j. q. Collier. The Ray
mond Horse Protective Association Of
fers $50 for the apprehension OF the
thief.
The funeral of Nathan G.. Hazen, one
of the late proprietors of the Lincoln
hotel at Merrill, who died at Cashton,
aged 81 Yeas, took place at Viroqua,
conducted by Preston Mimi. Knights
Templar commandry Of which he was
a member.
At Marinette fifty men employed in
street improvement work struck. They
demand an increase in wags from s1.50
to s1.75. Nelch, Patterson & Streffier,
the contractors, say they will import
labor before they viii grant the de-
mands of the men.
James s. Beach, chief clerk to the
superintendent of construction OF the
Postal Telegraph company OF Chicago
who disappeared from that city jury
II, walked into the company's office az
La Crosse. He says his mind was blank
until he struck Kansas City.
At Clintonville the new German
bank opened for business. 1t is started
by 2. w. Roberts Of Milwaukee. who
already has one in Wittenberg, Wis,
and one in Manawa, Wis. The bank
is capitalized at $4,000, which will be
increased as business demands it.
Ex-Mayor Francis A. Brown OF
Marinette has purchased the schooner
yacht schlitz Globe of Sturgeon Bay
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09

gan and held the chair of physical
science of the Winona normal school
for eight years. Miss Rhodes is a
graduate of the Winona normal school
and has taught very successfully in the
Minneapolis and Lake City schools.
They go to the Pacific coast for their
wedding trip.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09
ALL SORTS

1t never shortened any mans life to
take a day Off
rhe less a man expects in this world
the more he is satisfied.
A visiting Englishman who drops his
his says love making is lost cart"
One Of the latest copies Of The
Manila American to reach this country
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09
WIVES OF GREAT MEN
GENIUsEs APT TO MAKE MIDDLE
OF MATRIMoNY.
TESTIMONY OF HISTORY

A Gloomy Mass Of Evidence Suffl-
Gent to Make Young Women
Fight Shy of Talented Partners
They Are Liable to be Badly
Fooled.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-09

Spain will try to work its way into
the concert by sending a few troops
to China. It would be an act Of inter
national courtesy to provide Spain
with a pass.-st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-11
FOR VICE.PRESIDENT.

KANSAS CRY, July THE Demo
cratic national convention adjourned
at four O'Clock Friday afternoon. The
ticket was completed by the nomina-
ton of Adlai E. Stevenson for Vice
President. The nomination was made
on the first ballot. 1t was not accompa-
MED by any such frantic demonstration
of approval as had marked the proceed
ings at previous stages although the re-
suit followed a spirited and at times
highly dramatic contest between the
advocates of Stevenson, Towne, Hill
and the lesser candidates.
A popular ovation was accorded Sem
ator Hill. 1t was accompanied by
remarkable scene when Hill earnestly
protested to his friends against being
placed in nomination, and then, find
ing his protest in vain, when he strobe
to the>platform and in tones which left
no doubt of their sincerity besought
the convention not to make him the
nominee.
The vote of the three leading can
didates for vice president before any
changes were made was as follows:
Stevenson, 559t; Hill 200; Towne 1921.
While the changes of the various
States were being made, pandemonium
reigned in the hall. Delegates and
alternates stood on their chairs and
throughout all Of the galleries people
were standing and cheering.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-11
THE VIM Frs.

CANTON, o., July 6.-Theshome city
of President Mckinley accorded on
Friday to his colleague on the Repub-
lican national ticket an ovati IN almost
unprecedented even in Canton. 1t
would be hard to say whether the citi-
zens of Canton voiced more demon
strable welcome TO President Mckinley
or to Gov. Roosevelt, yet it may be
said with truth that Canton did not dis
criminate in the demonstration, the
first occasion on which the Republican
candidates for President and Vice.
President have personally met since
the Philadelphia convention.
AS the Governor alighted from tie
train whistles blew and cannons
doomed and an immense crowd gath
cred about the station gave him a
mighty cheer of welcome. Carriages
were in waiting and the march for the
Presidents home was at once taken up.
All along the line from the station to
the Mckinley residence nearly mile,
the streets were lined with people, and
Governor Roosevelt was kept busy
bowling his acknowledgements to the ac-
claims OF the people.
1.-THE President introduced Governor
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-11
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF FERDINAND DEWEY.

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court, for the District of WASH
ington, Commissioners, to receive, examine and ad-
the estate Of FERDINAND DEWEY, late Of
hibited In Offset thereto hereby give notice that we
VIII meet for the purposes aforesaid, at the
store OF W. g. Nye, in the village of North
Montpelier In said DESTRUCTION the 9th day of July and
zlst day OF December next, from one O'Clock, p. M,
until four O'Clock p. NJ each of said days. and that
ak months from the ed day of June, A., ID.
1900 10 the time limited by said Court for said cred
itors to present their claims to us for examination
and allowance
Dated at East Montpelier this 5th day Of July
A. ID. 1900.
WILLIAM @. NYE, ! Commits
l7-l9 GEORGE f. SIBLEY,i siOners.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-11
Roosevelt to the crowd in the following

Roosevelt to the crowd in the following
words:
81 cannot express the pleasure it he's
given me TO see the generous welcome
my fellow citizens have given to Gov
ernor Roosevelt and | now have the
pleasure of presenting him to you"
The governor spoke but few words,
but his voice rang clear and loud and
the reet crowd had no difficulty in
hearing him. He said; my fellow
citizens: 1 thank you most cordially
for the way you have come forward to
greet me. know that none OF you
least Of all my old comrades here, will
grudge my saying that l thank partic-
ularly those who wear the buttons that
show they fought in the great war
great applause.) l cannot say how
appreciate this reception, coming as 1t
does from the townsmen OF the Presi-
dent, who is now in peculiar sense
my leader, and whom l shall follow and
support with every ounce of strength
that there is in me-"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-11
East W arren,

Summer weather has come at last with
occasional showers that greatly help veg
citation. Corn is very backward and hay
hot nearly up TO early indication. Not
much haying has been done but with SUM-
shine enough farmers will make good
progress this week.
The Fourth passed off very quietly, lack
ing the usual amount OF noise. Those who
went to Barre did not find the celebration
as enjoyable as was advertised and were
reminded OF Franklin's trade for whistle.
Not so the ones who went quietly down the
gulf road to Granville.
This town heartily endorses the county
nomination for Senators. Having thor
ough knowledge Of Mr.. Stanton's quail
fications and an equally favorable opinion
OF Mr.. DeBoer, we are sure no county can
furnish better men,
Elisha Goodspeed, one OF our Oldest cit
liens and war veteran, had severe shock
OF paralysis, Saturday evening"
Dr. and Mrs. Billiard are happy with a
little daughter, as are MIR. and Mrs. John
son.
Mrs. J. P. Greenwood is in Walden, COM
bining business with pleasure.
FL. Tillotson's span make fine show
on the road,
There is great demand for carpenters as
many farmers are building or repairing
barns, beside all the work to be done on
the creamery.
The skimming station does not skim yet
mean while farmers who take their milk TO
Waitstield, enjoy the two or three cents
per pound bait exceedingly.
The Mite society will meet with Mrs. p.
B. Daniels, Thursday afternoon. All are
most cordially invited.
East Calais.
Mrs. Almirs Pierce, who has been spend
ing the winter in South Bend, Ind. is stop
ping with her daughter, Mrs. d. B. Dwinell.
Fred Kenaston of Wsltham, Mass, has
been spending the past week with his
brother, Leon Kenaston.
During the severe thunder storm Sunday
morning o ght trees on the ridge west Of
the village were struck by lightning.
Mr.. Flsgg Of Richmond, Tufts College
man. has been the guest OF c. T. Pierce the
past week.