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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
AN EXCITING INCIDENT.
The story OF Might Ride on an
Egyptian Railroad.

You can travel with perfect safety
on Egyptian railroads now" said an
English official. but II was not always
so. There were times when il required
tact TO save your throat from getting
cut. as you will realize from n little ex-
perience that occurred 10 me Ii was
just before the fanatical outbreak OF
1882. ! had heard some ugly rumors,
but l had TO go up by train one night
from Port Said 10 lSmailia. / was the
only European in the compartment.
Soon after we started an old Arab
sheik leaned over and calmly helped
himself 10 couple OF cigars that were
sticking out OF my breast pocket. |
knew what that meant. and got a sort
OF cold feeling along the spine. for just
then l caught the CLEAN of n dagger In
the hand OF a man 10 the left OF me.
said nothing. but. opening my bag,
brought ont n box OF cigars and hand
ell them round. The Arabs emptied the
box. | smiled affably and lighted my
pipe, expecting every moment 10 be
knitted. They were eight to one. and
was unarmed. Suddenly the old sheik
reached from the rack large melon he
had placed there. Then he leaned
across and. taking hold of the hand
that held the dagger. brought il into
view. Lifting IL from the unresisting
fingers OF his fellow Moslem, he tran
gully cut two slices or the melon. He
handed me one and proceeded to eat
the other. Then my heart gave jump,
and rs eagerly sucked ut the fruit
knew was safe. for we had eaten to-
gether. But didn't get to Ismailia that
night"
How was that?" inquired listener.
Because" said he. they murdered
the engine driver. the stoker and every
other European In the train."-Kansas
City Independent
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
THE SALT IN THE SEA.
Some Interesting Observations on
One of Nafurr'a Wonders.


The very fact that the waters OF
oceans are salty IS a wonder within It
self. That such Is the case everybody
knows. but why2 Rivers are not salt.
neither are some OF the very largest
OF inland seas. yet one school of scien-
lists will tell you that these same seas
0akes) are the remains OF what was
once universal ocean. that there was
once an upheaval OF the land and that
all the waters settled in basins except
that which drained OF II this Is a
fact. why are these lakes or seas now
fresht Don't tell me. says M invcstl-
gator, that IL IS because they have been
cooperating through the long centuries
and that the vacancy has been sup
piled by fresh waters from rivers.
Great Salt lake IS no less salty now
than it was 5000 years ago and prob
ably a great deal more so.
The water of the Caribbean sea Is
dense compared with that OF the At
lantic i'm the vicinity Of the Cape Verde
islands. the proportion being eleven to
twenty-one. Why is thisf II is GER
tainly fact that they are both OF one
body OF water. The variety Of saline
matter found I'm all sea water is univer-
sally the same. There is another fact
which should be mentioned while we
are classifying sea waterfall is this.
When the saitncss OF oceans Is refer
red to. II must not be understood as be-
ing the table salt OF commerce (chlO-
ride of sodium for there are many
other salts i'm the solution. Expert Ivy
droCrapLcrS tcI Us that there are
enough OF these various salts held I'm
suspension I'm the waters OF the oceans
to cover the whole landed surface OF
the globe 90 depth OF 100 fect-in
other words. that there is G0.OOO.OOO.
OOo.oOoo00 tons 50 held I'm suspension,
The sea is salt by reason Of the earth
washings which are poured into it.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
DOING a GREAT DEED.
How Phillips Brooks Sobcred Down
Too AspirinE Youth

How Phillips Brooks Sobcred Down
IA Too Aspiring Youth.
When Boston's great preacher. Phil
lips Brooks. was Il student at college.
he decided TO enter the ministry. His
instructors advised him against this
STEP because OF an impeachment in
speech. '-The professors had all the
argument on their side" said the IA
nous clergyman years after when 10y
patient effort he had gained control OF
his voice. but naturally could not
protest. for words failed me"
To this preachers study there came
one day a youth. physically perfect.
ambitious for honor and looking for 4
short cut up the road 10 success. He
intimated that he wished TO do some
great thing better than Il could be done
by any one else.
Phillips Brooks wrote rapldlv upon Il
piece OF paper while his visitor was
speaking. scaled IL in an envelope and
then suggested that the note be read
when the man reached home The let
ter read: stand in the moonlight and
you VIII cast a shadow. No man can
cast shadow just like IT,"
The young man realized that the
preacher had made his honest ambi-
ton seem ridiculous. but made another
attempt ON the original letter he
wrote. Possible. but desire that the
deed | DO be Of benefit 10 my fellow
men"
Back came the original letter, with
these words added: Then stand in the
sunlight and permit the workingman
10 eat his lunch i'm your shadow"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
VeEefnbIe Acf,in.

The RntiscOrbutic properties OF Ger
tain vegetables and fruits are in some
cases OF fully equal value to their nu-
tritive qualities. and the amount Of
potash salts and mild vegetable salts
thus contributed to the blood is well
understood by physicians. The rhu-
barb stalk is noted in this respect for
the malic acid and binoxalate OF pot
ash which II contains. The acidity OF
the lemon. orange and other species Of
the genus citrus is caused by the abun-
dance of citric acid In their juices;
that OF the cherry, plum, peach, pear
and apple from the malic acid in their
pulp; that OF gooseberries and currants
red. black and white-from a mixture
OF malic and citric acids; that of grapes
from mixture OF malic and tartaric
acids; that OF the mango from citric
acid and very fugitive essential oil;
that OF the tamarind. from n mixture
OF citric, malic and tartaric acids.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
The MORNING. Hath.

ing bath by those who dread n daily
plunge into cold water is recommended
by an authority as follows: Stand in
hot water deep enough TO cover the
ankles. fill basin with cold water and
sponge the body off quickly. Dry and
rub vigorously and get into flannels
before drying the feet. This is better
for any one than daily immersion. 1t
is the rubbing more than the water
that is needed. Sponging off gives the
excuse for the after rubbing, and the
good result is gained.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
wAAkES PROPER DlETv
- PLEASING -
IORCL
OUR SENATE.
40 E-=fs=.t Few of Its Power, Au-
shority aud Performance.

Az E.=ft=& Few of Its Power. Au-
shority aud Performance.
The senate has played n very great
part In American history, and. on the
Whole, the tremendous power and au-
tbority welded by the senate have been
well exercised. The majority OF the
senators are statesmen OF great oolit-
Teal ability as well as men OF high char
acter.
There are few sights I'm the political
world on either side of the Atlantic
more impressive than the senate in ses-
sion. The sense not only OF very
high standard Of personal capacity. but
OF the immense powers which IL wields,
seems TO pervade the assembly. The
smallness Of their numbers, the fact
that they are armed with authority
which Is executive as well as legisla-
tive and the knowledge that they rep
resent not mere localities, but states.
I'm their corporate capacity. and states
which are often as populous as Euro
pean kingdoms. naturally fiji each indi-
vidual senator with the sense OF per
sonal distinction. y United States SEN
ator is very great man. and he knows
IL. and the senate, as a whole, IS in
tensely conscious and proud Of the
might majesty and dominion which II
yields. To make a comparison. it mat
tiers very little what IN individual
member OF the British house OF com
mons thinks and means 10 do, still less
what an individual British peer thinks
and means 10 do on any given subject,
but IL matters n very great deal what a
single United States senator thinks and
means to do.
The senate can veto every appoint
ment made by the president. whether
the man nominated for Office be a
| judge Of the supreme court or an am
| basSadOr or merely a collector or Gus
/ toms. Again the senate can. by refus.
| ing TO pass il. veto any bill sent NJ
| from the lower house. no matter
/ whether the bill is concerned with the
| raising or spending OF money or Will
/ alterations in the law. Lastly. not Q
majority. but any minority which mum
/ bers over third OF the senate can re
/ fuse TO ratify any treaty presented FOL
/ ratification by the president. Thus tn,
I executive can make no binding treaty
/ with any foreign power unless ii car
I obtain a two-thirds majority i'm IN,
senate. In other words. the senate car
say the final word not only i'm regard
10 all legislation. but I'm regard 10 al
finance. all appointments 70 high office
ana 90 foreign affairs OF the nation
London Spectator.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Hotel Bills In England.

The author of Portugal Old and
New" finds fault with English hotel
keepers for using n printed form Of bill
on which the plain requirements OF a
simple traveller are lost amid a multi.
tude of items. The result is that when
a guest pays for a days and nights
lodging he is positively almost ashamed
at finding due registry of hts having
wanted neither liquors nor stationery
shower baths nor pots of jam nor the
hotel hairdresser and is apt to reflect
what poor shutting impostor OF a
guest lie is to have had so few require
menfS
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

The average compcS.-or has 81 most
intense dislike Tor conualtion~ and
rarely puts one in Lis pages when il
can Dee avoided. When De- and tile re-
porter disagree as to the meaning OF
some Authorization, the result is some
times amusing.
a Sood example OF this occurred in a
southern city where q popular touring
orchestra was giving "a Sunday night
concert. Naturally their selections were
principally 81 a. sacred character Next
morning Tile Daily -- announced.
THE second pare opened with a
splendid rendition OF tie Overture
From the Twelfth Massachusetts,. by
Mozart "-Harpcr's.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

Ihunder>torms are moro frequent In
Java than iu amy other part OF the
world. there being an average 90 nine
ty-scveu days in each year upon which
they occur. NcNt 20 Java comes Suma-
ira, which never has less than eighty
SIX thunder days" per year. Then
come iI.ndustan with o.. Boruc0 with
-, the African Gold Coast with - and
the region around Rio dc Janciro. Bra
I'll, with 81. The European list Is head
ed 10y Italy. With - thunder days out
OF the 3o5 ora an average. Austria has
%; Baden. Wurttcmber- AND Hungary
each average -: Sile~ia. Bavaria and
Belgium have II; Holland and SaX0uy
is; France. Austria ana south Russia
is; Great Britain and Switzerland only
:. AT Cairo. Egypt ana ia north Rus
sin and I'm Sweden and Norway tile av.
craSe is only d per year. IN Finland
ana east Turkc~tau tluulcrstorms are
d wholly unknown
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
THE COURIER

The Coz Ter, as Won are aware. is
the only newspaper in Clarke county
There Is no need of another, becaus,
this Journal covers the local field ;
completely and promptly with univer
sal satisfaction, that it has long sine.
been recognized As x permanent H.
stitutiou.
We are endeavoring to get th,
COURIER into every Clarke count,
home. and our efforts are meetiu-
with a great deal Of success.
IL will cost just ONE DOLLAE
20 have the CorRlEh mailed to your
address for Whole YEAR Nou W..
then get AL oi the county news.
Send foi free sample copy.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

\ second is the smallest division OF
time in general use. and when we con-
slider that In one year there are about
Sl,15SOOO OF these periods il would
certainly seem as IL il was enough for
al practical purposes. But. after all,
a good deal can happen in the fraction
OF a second.
light wave. for instance, passes
through a distance OF about $4,000
miles in this length OF time y current
Of electricity has probably an even
greater speed. The earth In itself
moves i'm its orbit at rate OF about
twenty miles a second.
\ tuning fork Of the French standard
vibrates $40 times per second 10 pro-
duce the note \ on the treble stafr.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
BETTER THAN PILLS.
The Gymnasium Has Cured Many
Case OF Dyspepsia.

The Gymnasium Has Cured Many =
Case OF Dyspepsia
William III. Evarts used to boast that
he had never even looked into a gym
nasium. which WAS his way OF saying
that In his opinion gymnastics were all
nonsense. People say TO me, Mr..
Evarts. you're hale and hearty when
you ought 10 be thinking or your
grave. and they wonder how do IT.
OF course the secret of the haleness
and the heartincss was temperance
moderation. says the New York News.
No man who goes To bed ON a supper
OF mince pie aud Welsh rabbit and
wakes up for a breakfast or sausage
and buckwheat cakes and then spends
most OF the day twisting from one side
of desk TO the other can long avoid
the prescription OF hot water thrice a
day before meals. Temperance" Is
ono OF the words that are ridiculed un-
I'll they impress themselves upon giddy
humanity with the effect OF a branding
iron.
Some happy mortals like Mr.. Evarts
nave no use for gymnasium. for they
find gymnastic apparatus everywhere.
The street is their half mile track: the
two lights OF stcps-or maybe ten
fights-are the lung developers: the
free and vigorous swing OF the arms
and the throwing out of the chest are
rs good as parallel bars.
There are men somewhat intemper-
ate in their temperance. displaying too
much OF the good thing. They crack
your knuckles when they take you by
the hand; they pound you on the back.
as IL tishbone were stuck in your
throat, and say. Brace up. old man:
you'll be round shOuldered IL you don't
take care"
But there is this to be said in favor
OF the gymnasium-it has cured many
n case or dyspepsia and to that extent
has made the world sweeter.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
NInN md december.

Our great-grandfathers had n way OF
announcing marriage ceremonies which
would hardly lind favor nowadays.
The following cases in point have been
unearthed:
ION Aug. -, 1882. ut Bath. Captain
Hamilton, aged twenty-eight, married
Mrs. MOnson. an aged lady OF eighty
six, but possessing rank and much
wealth."
Robert Judge OF CooksbOrough, Ire
land, aged ninety-fve, to Miss Annie
Nugent aged fifteen. Robert Judge
was an officer in King Williams army
and was wounded in the nose."-Lon-
don Express.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

Soups furnish Il curious instance in
which Germany differs from other ma
uOnS in the preparation Of food Mills
soups sweet and SaVory. chocolate
soups. almond soup and wine soup.
frothed lemon soup and beer soup ara
among the number. while soups made
Of apples. pears. strawberries. cur
rants and cherries are not uncommon.
There are also 4 large number Of fish
soups which bear strong resemblance
to the fish soups OF the Russian Kitchen.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Oddities of Love.

He-I don't know how il Is. but I've
noticed il is the girl who puzzles all
the other girls what he could have
Ieen in her" who is the first to get mar.
ried.
She-And il is the man that the girls
say they wouldn't have If he were the
last man on earth who has his pick Of
all the pretty girls in town.-Boston
Transcript.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Wins.

All" she sighed. the great men are
all deadr'
But the beautiful women are not"
he answered.
Then she looked soulfully up into his
eyes and told him she had said it just
TO be contrary and not because she
thought ii Yer moment.-Chicago Rec
ord Herald
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

1t used to be that the quality of
job Printing did not amount to
much, so far as success in business
was concerned. Any business nsn
or woman could get along fairly well
without it. But W. live in another
and altogether different era.
Today it is necessary for business
people to have neat stationery if they
intend to occupy a prominent place
among their competitors.
When YOU see piece Of job print
ing crowded and the type jammed
too close together, with dirty looking
ink and finger marks smeared over
it, on low grade Of paper, i, doesn't
speak we'll for the firm which uses it.
In fact, YOU don't have the same
opinion Of that place as you have Of
the man whose stationery is clearly
printed with good ink on the best
grade Of paper.
The quality Of stationery reflects
the standing Of ones business Il j.:
therefore duty You owe TO yourself
TO have good printing.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

There's an old superstition that a
bowling dog i'm front of the house Of
an Ill person portends death. One
prominent physician believes absolute
ly in II. This physician has Il wonder
fully acute sense of smell. Frequent
ly, he says, he can foretell the coming
OF death within forty-eight hours of a
patients demise. Within two days OF
death, he says, peculiar earthly odor
becomes noticeable about a person
about to die. He tells of one case
where he became aware OF the pc
culiar odor while talking to an APP
parently healthy man. That night the
man dropped dead OF heart disease.
The physician is far from attributing
the peculiar manifestation TO other
than physiological reasons. His own
sense of smell is abnormally acute
New York Press.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
A SInnder.

See herer' said the city editor. you
speak Of the bride as being led TO the
altar"
Yes. sir What of it," replied the re-
porter.
What OF it? Why. its nonsense.
There was never bride yet who
couldn't find her way there. no matter
what were the obstacles" - London
Tit Bits
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Slightly Df0ercnt.

Dat Were Il very excitin' jackpot l
won las night on bluff." said Mr..
Erastus Pinklcy rs he tilted his cigar
and dropped his hat over his eye.
Did YOU raise the openerY asked
MIR. James Colifiowcr
"No. sab; opened razor."-Wash-
,ngton Star.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

I.inzee-Therc'S nothing ! like better
than hard work
MorriS-There'S nothing YOU like bot
ter when somebody else * doing il.
l.inzec-ThatS understood. | hope
you didn't think | was such fool as
20 like 10 do hard work myself. or any
other kind. for that matter. Boston
TranScriDt
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
ID {. C. S. s ~ " I'D E II /.
REAL e ST A TIE AGEN
Berryville, Clarke County. Virginia
Buy Sell and Rent Farms, Lots,
and Houses.
NEGOTIATE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE


the foot OF The Blue Ridge In
and the beauty diversified tina
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to rfami
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- many ""e "'S''
Good roads heoun
abou
Blue
all
roads
oft
capita
lido noaiver
send
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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

You don't care much for display"
mot much" replied the very wealthy
man.
"Yet there is some satisfaction In not
being wholly out OF style"
THAT is the point exactly. The
things that money buys so out of FASH
lon In few months. but the money it.
self becomes more stylish every cen
y."-Washington Star.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
NRtarnl Scnuence.

Yes" concluded the medical racon-
teur, she became insane through ex-
ceSSive dancing"
"One might say she was hopping
mad, SUPPOSE gurgled the cheerful
idiOt-Balumore American.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
again Our Queer Language,

Queer language. isn't tg"
why so:"
my shorthand writer home yesterday"
"Wcll."
THAT left me shorthanded. '-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

Mrs Jagway- Ebenezer. you have
been hanging around the saloons again.
&r Jagway-Tll not Deceive. you. m
fear.
Mrs. Ebenezer. You can't
Chicago Tribune.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Imperative.

Schoolmaster-Now Jones, give me
: sentence. and then we will see IL we
san change il TO the imperative form.
Pupil-The horse draws the wagon.
Schoolmaster~N Now put II in the i'm.
perative.
Pupil-Gee up!-Chums.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
A SMALL LIBRARY.
The Principle OF Selection ON which
Nc should he nnsed.

1 think that limit OF three books
Will usually allow very fair repre-
sentation OF n novelist For instance,
Thackeray is very fairly represented
by Vanity Fair" Henry Esmond"
and "Pendennis" and Dickens by
"Pickwick." David Copperheld" and
Martin Chuzzlewit." Walter Scott
would not suffer 10y one choosing
"Ivanhoe." The Bride OF Lammer-
moor" and The Heart OF Midlothian"
tom Jones" would suffice for Field
ing and Pride and Prejudice" for Jane
Austen. "'The Mill ON the Floss" for
George Eliot and "'rhe Ordeal of Rich
ard Feveref for George Meredith.
Taking only the great outstanding fig
ures. Tolstoi need only he present with
Anna karenina" and "War and
Peace" and Emile Zola with, say,
Drink" ana The Dream" The Three
Musketeers" and The Count OF Monte
Christie" would suffice for Alexandra
Dumas and Les Miserablcs" and mo
tire Dame de Paris" for Victor Hugo.
1t is harder To say OF the vast mountain
range of Balzac on what particular
peaks our choice should fall. but prob
ably here again the most popular books
will prove the most typical-"Le Pere
Goriot," "Eugenie Grandet' and The
ASS Skin"
am not. ii must be understood, max
ing list of books without which," as
the booksellers say. no gentleman's
library Is complete" | am only taking
few standard authors for the purpose
of Illustrating principle of selection
which must perforce operate in small
library. If our library does not or cam
not contain the best books, it must GER
tainly contain some of them. and, how
ever idiosyncratic of its owner, il must
bear the stamp of general distinc-
iiOn--Richnrl q Cnlliennn I'm Snccoss
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
4 difference.

The Friend-Is your daughter hap
PLY married:
The Father-Weu happily she's mar
ried.-KanSas City Independent
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

MadSc-IIc stole kiss from me.
Mabel-Well. that was only petit lar
ceny
Madge-It wasn't; ii was grand
Town and Country.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
She Helped.

"Did she help you to proposeT
'Well. ratherl She asked how many
boxes of candy would pay for an en-
gagement ring"-Detroit Free Press.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

Avoid greatness. In a cottage there
may be found more real happiness than
kings or their favorites enjoy in pal
aces.-Horace.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

The world has million roosts for a
man. but only one nest.-O. w. Holmes.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

Good order is the foundation OF all
good things Burke.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
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