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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Roads, Bridges, Saloons, Rock CruSherS

Such very important questions are be-
fore the people at the present time
and Il is so important that each and
every person should be interested and
think well over them TO decide them and
not allow few wild enthusiasts to gov
ern, one way or another, whole county
of unselish self-opinionated people by
wild and extravagant ideas which sound
very well If the real foundation and
money is there 90 hack them.
All aot croaker or opposed to pro
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Annual Meeting German Baptist Breth-
rem, BellefOntaine, Ohio

The Norfolk &Western Ry will
sell excursion tickets May % to
June 3, tickets limited to June 6.
BY depositing ticket with Agent,
Bcllefontaine, o., extension can be
had to June 80, 1903. No fee
required. On May 20 through
cars will be run from stations on
Shenandoah Valley Division and
from Roanoke. Write for rates.
NJ. +. BRAGG, +. u. A.,
w. Ii. BEvuL, q. y. A..
Roanoke Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Railroad Improvements.

Tie lights at the y. K W. station
have been moved back from tine
edge of the platform 10 am align
ment with the building, which not
only improves the appearance Of
things, but lessons the danger of
accident.
The roadbed is being much inn
proved and re-ballaStcd AN along
the Shenandoah Valley Division.
and bridges and trc>tleS are rccciv-
ING close inspection and attention.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

Word comes from Wake, Ark. that
Rev John j Cox had strange malaGy
accompanied by yellow jaundice For
- years physicians were bahled and
though everything known to the pro-
fession was used. the trouble remained.
one day he began 10 Use Electric Bitters
am in week. a change for the better
came, and AT length he was entirely
cured. Its The most reliable medicine
for Liver and Kidney troubles. Only Soc
and guaranteed by u Blencowc. druggist
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
YOulg America

I'm "a few days Mryor Jones will
.cgiu To- have frequent visits from
angry citizens who have had win
dow panc~ broken by the wonderful
eat rifle. We might also state
chat fond and doting papa~ will be-
forced 10 pay the fines of these
iucorrigiblc Youngsters.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
On 10 Richmond.

VIII Johnson. colored. left for
Richmond last Thursday. vii
liam will remain three years. minus
the usual curtailmcnt for good be-
havior.
On the same train James Ken
nan had a seat. Jim only received
one wear; but we understand that
he will be given the extra five YEAR,
additional for second otfense by the
court i'm Richmond.
~ a chapcrone. William ano
James had Mr.. ElSea. Stat,
guard.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

Due notice Is hereby served on the
public generally that DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve is the only salve on the mar
6et that is made from the pure. unadul-
teraied witch hazel. DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve has cured thousands Of cases
of piles that would not yield to any other
treatment. and this fact has brought out
many worthless counterfe'ts Those
persons who get the genuine DeWut's
Witch Hazel Salve are never disap-
pointed. because it cures. !. c. AVIS
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Election Of Commissioners.

The movement to pass a bill pro-
viding for the election of Commits
sioners of the Revenue by the peo-
pie seems to bc very favorably
reported. We hope it will pass,
as the appointment of these very
important officers does not suit the
people of our County at all.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29

The pleasant 90 take lni harmless One
Minute Cough Cure gives immediate re-
lief in ail cases Of cough. Group ami ia
grippe because it does not pass immedj-
ately into thc stomach. but takes effect
right at the seat OF the trouble To draws
out the Inflammation, heals and soothes
and cures permanently by enabling She
lungs 90 contribute pure iitc--.v.ng and
DEMONSTRATING oxygen 90 the blood and
tissues. y. &. Avis
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
WHIT
Anon

Mr.. John Bolton, Of Washington city
was in our village last week.
Miss Valley Dellinger and her cousin
Miss Emma Fravel spent Tuesday with
Mr.. VIM. Dellinger and wife
The Friday evening Card Club met
Wednesday evening instead Of Friday
at Mrs. I. Chamblins. Those present
enjoyed the evening very much.
Mr.. J. Funkhouser is having an addi
tion put TO his house.
Mr.. w. NJ. Ashby spent sunday will
w. w. Dellinger.
EZRA HAWKINS.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Correspondence on Live Topics
From Bright Writers.
BRIDGES AND ROADS ARE PROMINENT
The People Would Like to Know What is the
Reason for Delay.
CRUMS

Miss Kate Russell, who has been
teaching at the Hawthorne Schoolhouse.
joined her sister, Miss Cora, at Pages.
on Saturday. aud had a very pleasant
picnic.
Mr.. w. VI. Hardesty was called II
Haytield last week by the illness Of his
brother. in'law, Mr.. Conley Baylis Mr.
Baylis died Thursday night at $50
Mr. J. Terrill Jones. OF Berryyille.
passed through Cfums neighborhood.
sunday
Mrs. I'd. Patterson is sick at home
near here.
VIRGINIA DARE.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
No. @.
Millinery Opening.

Mrs. Ricamorc has returned
from Baltimore with a large stock
of very handsome and stylish milli-
merry, etc. and these goods are now
open for inspection.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
The GFiSt Mill

Mayor Jones had two cases of
plain drunk 10 dispose of Monday.
As a result the town teasury was
enriched TO the extent of X. so.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-29
Meeting Of Fire Company.

The regular monthly meeting of
the Berryville Fire Company will
be held Friday night at = o'clock.
All members are urged % Do pre-
sent.
JNo. H. ENpER>.
Captain.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

General Cassius NJ. Clay fought many
duels in his day, usually with his long
bladed knife, meeting pistol or rifle
equally with that trusty weapon. His
physical strength was gigantic. lie
was accustomed TO the use of weapons,
and he was always cool and never lost
his judgment. For example, when an
adversary shot him and he supposed he
was done for he inflated his lungs to
the full, conscious that me would live
as long as he could hold his breath !;
then he drew his knife and did his
bloody work. That was when he killed
Turner. After all, speaking musingly.
reviewing his life, he confessed to a re-
porter when he was above eighty-four
that he was opposed on principle to the
duel, thinking it a savage way to settle
a difficulty. "But there are some cases
for which il seems to be the only RENE
dy," he added.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
Foresta and Human Vitality.

One has but to look back through his
tory to see how closely related is the
forest to human vitality. 1t was in the
forests of Thessaly that the early
Greeks received their energy that later
Powered into genius. 1t was the forest
jewellers of Germany that conquered
decadent Rome and later gave TO Spain
the vigor that swept back the Moor
and brought under her flag almost the
whole known world. But today what
is Greece, what is Italy, what is Spain?
They have been stripped of their for
ests, those nurseries of vigor, and their
decay has set in. Everywhere the law
holds good. 1t is in the forest that the
manhood is nourished which builds up
great civilizations. But cities arise,
trees are swept away, and the inevita-
BILE decline sets In. Forests once de
stroyed cannot return, and over all the
sites of ancient civilization are blowing
the desert sands-Arthur Goodby in
New York Times.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

1t was an old belief that If the pre-
served body of halcyon or kingfisher
were suspended by a thread from the
ceiling its bill would always turn to-
ward the quarter from whence tho
wind was blowing.
Thus Barabas in Marlowe's jew of
Malta" says:
but now how stands the wind?
Into what quarter peeps my halcyon's
bill?
Ha! TO the east? Yes"
Shakespeare also alludes to 1t III
"King Lear" when Kent I'm his reply To
Cornwall rebukes those who
Turn their halcyon's beaks
With every gale and vary Of their mas
ters.'
In more modern days stuffed king
fisher has been seen hanging from the
beam Of a cottage ceiling at Botley,
near Southampton, and in other places
of that neighborhood. where there Is q
kindred belief that If a dead kingfisher
is hung up by its beak its breast will
turn with the ebb and flow of the tide.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

Major Pond was never upset in dilil
culties. once he was travelling with
Ian Maclaren. There was break
down on the railway and the prospect
of a lecture engagement being missed
and $1,000 lost. What he did was 10
telegraph long and merry message To
the audience about the breakdown. say
ing he and Ian Maclaren would be ar
irving not more than half an hour late.
Singing was provided to entertain the
audience. When the half hour was up
in came another telegram more cheer
full than ever, saying that they We're
coming along and that Ian Maclaren
was determined to lecture to that au-
dience if all the railways in the world
had broken down.
The Americans are an emotional peo-
pie, and they were interested. Every
twenty minutes in came fresh tele-
gram with something funny and bright
about it and always declaring that the
great novelist was advancing. 1t was
half past 10 when the couple reached
the platform, and the welcome given
them was hilarious.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

When you rise in the morning form a
resolution to make the day happy one
to a fellow creature, says Sydney
Smith 1t is easily done-a left off gar
ment to the man who needs it, kind
word to the sorrowful an encouraging
expression to the striving. Trifles In
themselves as light as air will do il, at
least for the twenty-four hours, and
if you are young depend upon il it
will tell when you are old, and If you
are old it will send you gently and
happily down the stream of time to
eternity. BY the most simple arith-
metical sum look at the result-you
send one person, only one, happily
through the day: that is 365 during the
course of the year. And suppose you
live only forty years after you COM
mence that kind of medicine you have
made 14,600 beings happy, at all events
for time Now, is not this simple? 1t
is too short for n sermon, too homely
for ethics, too easily accomplished for
you to say, Il would if l could
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

On grand day in the old chiyalric
times, when the lady of each knightly
heart was pledged by name, when II
came to st. Icons turn he lifted the
sparkling cup on high and gave them
this: II drink to one" he said, "whose
image never may depart, deep carved
on the human heart, till memory Is
dead" With that he paused as If he
would not breathe her name in careless
mood thus lightly to another, then bent
his noble head as though TO give that
word the reverence due and gently
said, my mother!
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
USES FOR NETTLES.
fhey Are Good to Eat and Furnish
Thread and Clothing.


There was a time once when the
common nettle was not the usually de-
spised weed it is now. People did not
root it out of existence or shun it as q
nuisance, but cultivated 1t for use as
food, for clothing and for paper manu-
facture.
1t certainly does not look inviting as
a food, and yet during the Irish famine
hundreds of poor people existed entire
ly on it, cooking the young plant as
greens. There was method of blnnch-
ing it by searthing up," as is now used
for sea kale.
Animals. while refusing to touch the
growing nettle, deyour it eagerly when
made into hay, and in Russia, Sweden
and Holland II is moved several times
year for fodder
The common name given to the nettle
in some languages means that with
which one seWs,' for the fiber was
used as thread several centuries ago.
In kamehaika the natives use the
thread for fishing lines and cordage In
France it is used for paper. In Hindu
stan and China it Is woven into grass
cloth. aud the Scotch have prepared,
spun and woven il into as good linen
as the flax makes.
The Chinese nettle yields a fiber as
soft as silk. and there is now in Ores
den a "China grass mandatory de-
voted to the industry of weaving cloth
from this and the common nettle.-
Stray Stories
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
Fight Will Be Bitter.

Those who will persist in closing
their ears against the continual recon-
mendation of DIR. Kings New Diseov-
cry for Consumption, will have long
and bitter fight with their troubles, II
not ended earlier by fatal termination.
Read what Il. r. Beall of Beall, Miss.
has to say: Last fall my wife had every
symptom of consumption. She took
DIR. Kings New Discovery after every
thing else had failed. Improvement
came at once and four bottles entirely
cured herr Guaranteed by II. a. N.
Todd, Druggist Price SOC, and S1.00
Trial bottle free.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
One Hundred Dollars a Box

is the value II. A. Tisdale, Summerton,
S. @. places on DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. He says: 81 had the piles for
20 years. tried many doctors and
medicines, but all failed except De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. II cured
me-" 1t is a combination of the heal
ing properties of Witch Hazel with
antiseptics and emollients; relieves
and permanently cures blind, bleeding,
itching and protruding piles, sores,
cuts, bruises, eczema, salt rheum and
all skin diseases. Sold by II. A. n.
Todd, Druggist.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
Good for children.

The pleasant to take and harmless
One Minute Cough Cure gives imme-
date relief in all cases of Cough, Group
and LaGrippe because it does not pass
Immediately into the stomach but
takes effect right at the seat of the
trouble. 1t draws out the inflamma-
ton, heals and soothes and cures per-
manently by enabling the lungs to
contribute pure life-giving and life
sustaining oxygen to the blood and
tissues. DR.. Armstrong of Della, Tex,
prescribes it daily and says there is no
better cough remedy made. Sold by
II. a. \. Todd, Druggist.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
The Lone Star State.

Down in Texas at Yoalxum, is a big
dry goods firm of which Mr. j. NJ.
Haller is the head. Mr. Halter on one
of his trips East to buy goods said to
n friend who was with him in the
palace car, Here, take one of these
Little Early Risers upon retiring and
you will be up early in the morning
feeling good For the dark brown"
taste, headache and that logy feeling
DeMitt's Little Early Risers are the
best pills to use. Sold by II. A. \.
Todd, Druggist.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

Digests all classes of food, tones and
strengthens the stomach and digestive
organs. Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Stomach Troubles, and makes rich red
blood, health and strength. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure rebuilds wornout
tissues, purifies, strengthens and sweet
ems the stomach. Gov. G.. W. Akin
son, of w. Va. says II have used a
number of bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure and have found it to be a very eff
fective and, indeed, a powerful reme-
dy for stomach ailments. | recon-
mend it to my friends Sold by II.
A. n Todd, Druggist.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

"Twiee a year, on April % and Oct
26,' writes a young Bulgarian woman
living in Sofia, "our streets are full of
servants, and people bargain with them
for service. During the winter season
they are very cheap, as the peasants
send all their girls to the city TO be
hired, they having no work for them
at home. The price paid differs. One
can get girl for her board, or pay up
to 20 lusor go a month for one who
cooks, washes and irons. Girls are Of
ten thankful to enter a good family for
their board. For the men there is very
little work, and the papers are full of
suicides on account, during the dull
Seasons of starvation y
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
A Costly Mistake.

Blunders are sometimes very expen-
siye. Occasionally life itself is the
price of mistake, but you'll never be
wrong if you take DIR. Kings New Life
Pills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Head
ache, Liver or Bowel troubles. They
are gentle yet thorough. 25c, at
Todd's Drug Store.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

She-I believe every man is the archi-
tect of his own fortune.
He-Yes, but the trouble Is most men
spend so much time on the plans that
they have none left for building.-Ex-
change.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
Revolution Imminent.

A sure sign of approaching revolt
and serious trouble in your system is
nervousness, sleeplessness, or stomach
up-sets. Electric Bitters will quickly
dismember the troublesome causes. 1t
never fails TO tone the stomach, regu-
late the Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate
the Liver, and clarity the blood. Run
down system benefit particularly and all
the usual attending aches vanish under
its reaching and through effectiveness.
Electric Bitters is only soc, and that is
returned if it don't give perfect salts
faction. Guaranteed by IL. \. n. Todd,
Druggist.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
A Hard Subject to Handle

Dauber-I will guarantee to paint
anything called for.
Dealer-Good! DO me speaking
likeness of a dumb waiter.-New York
Times.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

John Woldmering, formerly of Car
son, died in Reno Friday afternoon.
He was native Of Iowa, and aged go
years.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

The lady teacher said to dull boy:
lyon have in front Of you the north,
ON your right the east, on your left
the west, what is behind your "a
patch on my pants. | told ma you
would spot it the first thing"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

Inc park surrounding Blenheim pal
ace Is ZOO acres In extent and twelve
miles around.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
A Frightened Horse.

Running like mad down the street
dumping the occupants, or a hundred
other accidents, are every day occur
renees. 1t behooyes everybody to have
areliable Salve handy.and there's none
as good as Bucklen's Arnaca Salve.
Burns, Cuts, Sores, Eczema and Piles,
disappear quickly under its soothing
effect 25c, at Todd's Drug Store.
Governor Sparks shipped q possums
from Florida to Reno at a cost of
$500. Some will be used for the holt
day table and some to start a possum
stock farm.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

The day before Thanksgiving tnr-
keys sold for 30 cents pound in San
Francisco.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

Guilt has very quick ears to an accu.
acknowledging.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

The best capital young man of
twenty can have is a good education.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04

The things you get are not quite so
good as the things you would like to
get
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-04
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure

asons of starvation"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-28
TOO RICH TO SUCCEED.

Twenty-Five years ago the New York
Ledger was the most prosperous weekly
published in the United States. Robert
Bonner its owner made it a great fnan-
cial success and when he died it was
paying handsomely and upon his earn
ings he left his family a large estate
embracing one of the finest collections
of fast horses in America.
The fate of the Ledger after his death
shows that it takes genius and industry
Of q high order to continue a paper pros
perously even when it is going along
smoothly. Mr.. Bonncr's sons were too
rich and had been reared in too much
luxury to be as Industrious and as re-
sourceful as their father. They changed
the old New York Ledger, a weekly sto-
ry paper, into The Ledger Monthly, which
has now gone into the hands of a re-
ceiver. The young men found that the
advertising space in the Ledger was very
valuable and gra lually they crowded ont
the literary and story features until the
concern petered out and is now bank
rupt.
The Ledger under the older Bonner
never assumed to rank with the great
literary magazines, but it published q
variety OF thrilling stories that gave its
readers in every section of the republic.
Der how, in the days when continued
stories were more popular than now, they
would haunt the postoffce waiting for the
Ledger to get the next installment of
Mrs. E. D.. z. N. Southworth's most inter
csting story, that versatile novelist hay
ing always left off in the last installmeLt
at the most interesting part of the story.
The fatal words ''to be continued left
sometimes hard anguish. The Ledger
also brought out E. P. Roe, whose pop
ular novels had a large run and other
novelists who were not of the first class,
but whose works were very popular.
Mr.. Bonner was the first American pub
lisher to startle the American public hy
paying s., 0GO cash down for a continued
story. When Mr.. Bcecher first cane
into prominence, Mr.. Bonner called to
see him one day and offered him $5,G0o
in cash for a continued story to run
through the Ledger several months, Mr..
Bcecher had never written a novel at
that time, but the inducement of $4,000
was so great that he undertook it, pro-
ducing Norwood" a charming story of
: New England life and character. 1t
made q great hit in its day, though it
is now rarely called for.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-28
LOOKS LIKE RELIGIOUS PERsEuU-
TON.

One of the most remarkable things that
alton, is the resignation of Mr.. f. W.
Messenger, as general agent and manager
CT large milling interests in Grosvcnor-
dale, Conn. Mr. Messenger had a salary
the owners as one of the most capable
and efficient me- in the mill business In
New England. He retires because the
owners of the mill think he is too re-
like his sort of religion.
Mr.. Messenger belongs to what is,
known as the "Holincss" people, being
prominently identified with that scot. He
is a positive force for morality and civili-
zation in his community, but his sort of
religion does not please the men who
own the mill and upon his retirement the
company says:
1--WE have the kindliest Of feeling to
ward Mr.. Messenger, but We object to
the notoriety that comes to the company
through his religious work
1t would be very interesting to have a
fuller story about this matter. With the
information given to the public, it looks
like a case Of religious persecution that
would be more fitting in the dark ages
than the twentieth century. II Mr.. Mes
senger is a capable man in his business
and a moral force in the community,
why should his religious beliefs in any
way effect his holding his position. HIS
retirement does not look creditab!c to
the mpan If Mr.. Messenger chooses
rather to give up a 81. COO salary than to
surrender his religious views, he is 9 man
that ought to be better known and his
example ought to have some weight in
an age of laxity of religious convictions
and close devotion to dollar getting.