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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
Worry
Almost Unnerved Me
Heart Pains.
y hort of Bre ath ,
Faint and Languid.
DR.. Miles'Heart Cure and
Nervine Cured Me.

1t has been ive years since l was cured of
heart trouble by your Heart Cure and Ncrv-
Inc. and l am Just as sound as n dollar in
that organ today For several years I had
been suffering with my heart. Breathing
had become short and difficult at times
short, sharp pains about the heart sometimes
accompanied with huttering would make
me feel faint and languid. The least excite
ment or mental worry would almost unncrve
me. L ielt that the trouble was growing
worse all the time, and after trying MANY
remedies prescribed by physicians without
obtaining relief. / was induced 10 give your
remedies a lrial. l was relieved the second
day. and after taking three or four bottles all
symptoms were removed and have never
showed signs OF returning."-REv.G Gro. W.
hiSAcoPE, Chincoteague, Va.
There are mar symptoms Of heart disease.
which so closely resemble those of more com
mon nervous disorders as to frequently mis-
lead The attending physician. Often in cases
OF heart trouble the stomach. kidneys, liver or
lungs become affected. Again the symptoms
may be those OF weakened nerves, as tired
feeling, sleeplesSneSs, timidity, the patient is
easily excitable and apt TO worry without
cause. 1T you have the least suspicion that
your heart is weak study your symptoms and
begin the use of DIR. Miles Heart Cure. the
great heart and blood tonic, without days
delay.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie )r. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DIR. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
A SCOUTS HARD LIFE.
some OF the Hardship. and D.nseAs
That Must he Faced.


That Must he Faced.
An unfortunate. says Leslie's Month
". was sent with dispatch to one or
the smaller outposts In the far north
west. II was toward spring. when the
midday sun thaws the surface OF the
snow and the light frosts harden the
melted crusts 10 a glsce OF ice as DAG
zlingiy bright as the binding flashes OF
sunlight from polished steel. The thaw
had crusted over the trail. and the
scout had TO keep a sharp eye on the
way not TO lose the path altogether
Suddenly the midday sun developed ex-
traordinary hues. Magenta. purple and
black patches began TO dance on the
snow. alternately with wheels and
rockets of cheese colored fire. Then the
light went out altogether. though the
man knew that IL was broad day He
had become snow blind The only thing
was TO give his horse the bit.
The horse stood stock still BY that
time he knew that he had lost the trail
altogether or the bropcho would have
followed any visible path, He wheeled
the horse about. IL still refused TO 60
on. and then the man inferred that the
crust OF ice had been so hard that the
horse could not follow back the way
IL had come. That night the trooper
slept under saddle blankets. with the
faithful horse standing sentry.
For five days the trooper wander
ell blindly over the prairies. losing all
count OF time. eating snow 20 Quench
his thirst and sleeping I'm the holes that
the bronchO had paved through the
Ice crust 10 the under grass. The troop
or was now too weak TO mount and
keep the saddle AS last hope the
thought struck him that II he unsad-
died his horse and turned II loose II
might find its way back 10 the fort,
and so notify his friends that he was
lost. He did this, but the faithful crea-
ture refused 20 leave the man lying on
the snow and stood over him I'm spite
OF all his efforts to drive II of. On the
sixth day the mail carrier found the
pair The trooper was severely frozen,
but the rider and horse lived 20 see
many another days service.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
Registration Notice.


The undersigned registrars will
meet at the following named places.
and at the following times, for the
purpose of registering those who
have not been registered. and issu-
ing transfers to those who desire
them. Commencing at Mt. Airy
precinct in Battletown district
September ? and 3, and Berryville
precinct in Battletown district
September :, 5. and 9. Again at
Mt. Airy September IL and 12.
Again at Berryville September Ii,
- and Is. Please come out and
do your duty.
T. a. ElSea. Chm.
j. w. Marshall,
j. NJ. Lupton.
Registrars.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
Ten Thousand Churches

In the United States have used the Long
man x Martinez Pure Paints.
Every church will be given a liberal
quantity whenever they paint.
Don't pay $50 gallon for linseed
oil worth go cents which you DO when
you buy thin paint in can with paint
liable on it.
d make IA, therefore when YOU
want fourteen gallons of paint, buy only
eight gallons of L. 4 NJ. and mix six
gallons Of pure linseed oil with il.
You need only four gallons Of l.. & VI.
Paint and three gallons of oil mixed
Herewith to paint good sized house.
Houses painted with these paints
never grow shabby, even after Is wears.
These celebrated paints are sold bv !.
c. Avis
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
THE FISHER MARTEN.
Conc~sted, Cumming and Intelligent
and without Fear.

Conc~sted, Cumming ana Inteiifxert
and without Fear.
The fisher marten deserves 10 be
much better known than he generally
Is. IL only ON account OF bis own good
opinion OF himself. his wonderful cum
ming and shrewd intelligence.
One OF the largest and handsomest
or the martens. he has also agility,
strength and endurance for any two
OF his kind put together. Measuring
about three feet In length, with a slim,
vigorous body, the fisher will travel
enormous distances In a single night,
bounding lightly UP into the air, with
his nose turned up I'm order to catch
every whiff OF scent. outwitting other
animals and the cleverest trappers and
making himself at home wherever he
happens to find himself.
He generally chooses as his hunting
grounds the thickly covered hills and
ridges where the hemlock and spruce
grow i'm abundance. but he Is as much
at home on the tree tops as on the
ground and can sleep as soundly I'm a
low hollow OF tree as on branch OF
fir tree. where he will lie stretched
out in the sunshine like any old cat
As for fear. he does not know what
II is. He will not only face but ac-
tually kill n Canadian porcupine and
does not even appear 10 mind the
quilts which penetrate his body He
is not particularly fond OF meeting an
old bear with cubs. but is generally
clever enough TO steal her cubs while
she goes of on some little expedition
OF her own. while instances have been
related OF the fishers i'm the Rocky
mountains even killing young grizzlies
AS for man. he appears TO laugh at
him and his designs FOR trapping wild
animals. He will pull marten trap
open and take out the bait. whether
alive or dead: he will tear pine mar
ten or mink to piece co. no time and
carry IL or or drag the trap over some
rough projection in order TO spring IL
and make off more often than not
without having received as much as a
scratch.
But perhaps his cleverest trick. when
he finds n trapper is following his
trail. is TO get behind the trapper and
follow his, so that while the uncon-
scious trapper is walking after the
fisher the fisher is keeping completely
out OF danger by following the trap
per. Many useless mile has the
trapper walked in this manner. and
many good bats has he lost by the
very same shrewd. cunning animal he
IS trying 10 trace and catch.-Collier's
Weekly
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
The Genuine Us. COunterfeitS.

The genuine is always better than the
counterfeit, but the truth of this state
ment Is never more forcibly realized or
more thoroughly appreciated than when
you compare the genuine DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve with the many coun-
terfeits and worthless substitutes that
are on the market. W $ Ledbetter. OF
Shreveport, La, says: After using
numerous other remedies without bene-
fit, one box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve cured me-" For blind. bleeding
itching and protruding piles no remedy
is equal to DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve.
Sold by J. c. Avis.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
A Boys Wild Ride For Life.

With family around expecting him to
die, and son riding for life. rs miles TO
get DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds. W. II.
Brown. az Leesville. Ind endured deaths
agonies from asthma; but this wonderful
medicine gave instant relief and soon
cured him. lie writes Il now sleep
sOundly every night" Like marvellous
cures of Consumption. Pneumonia, Bron-
chiiis, Coughs, Colds and Grip prove its
matches merit for all Throat and
Lung troubles Guaranteed bottles soc
and $l.OO. Trial bottles free at G. Blen-
cOwe's drug store.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
EFFICACY OF THE ONION.
apply It Outside aud Inside and Cur.
Cold.

Apply It Outside and inside and Cure
Cold
The idea OF an onion cure may not
strike the fancy of the aesthetic. How.
ever, the experience OF those who have
tried II is that il works wonders in re-
storing a racked system to its normal
state again. There are three kinds OF
doses I'm the onion cure. or three onion
cures, as you choose 20 put IT, One is a
diet Of onions. the other is onion plas-
tiers and the third is onion strip.
II is claimed by those who believe in
the onion cure that a bad cold can be
broken up If the patient will stay in
doors and feed on liberal Giet OF
onions. Ii need not be an exclusive
diet. but liberal one. For instance.
an onion cure breakfast includes a
poached egg on toast. three tablespoon
tuls Of fried onions and cup OF coffee.
Luncheon OF sandwiches. made Of Bos-
ton brown bread. buttered and filed
with finely chopped raw onions, sea-
soned with salt and pepper. makes the
second meal on the schedule. For sup
per the onions may be fried as for
breakfast and eaten with n chop and n
baked potato.
The strange efficacy OF onions Is well
known TO the singers OF Italy and
Spain, who eat them every day 10 i'm
prove the quality OF their voices and
keep them smooth. Onion plasters are
prescribed 10 break up hard coughs
They are made OF fried onions placed
between two pieces OF old muslin. The
min Star Is lrenf ntffta hot uptu tho IN
tient is snugly In bed. when II is placed
on the chest TO stay overnight. Onion
strip is a dose that can be bought OF
any druggist and is claimed by some 10
be unequaled as a cure for a cold in the
chest
All this is probably quite true. For
TO be done up with onions. both inside
and out, would be enough certainly to
chase out any self respecting cold
Table Talk
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
SiAMESE BELIEFS.
some Peculiar Motions OF a Very
SuPerstittous People.


some Peculiar Notions OF Very
SuPerstitious People.
The Siamese are very superstitious
people" says Ernest Young. author OF
the Kingdom OF the Yellow Rule"
They have many peculiar explana-
tons OF natural phenomena. Thunder.
for instance. Is the sky crying They
believe that I'm the realms above is a
horrible giant. whose wife has n violent
and uncertain temper. When they quar-
rel the echo OF his voice comes In long.
rolling notes from TIE clouds. II be is
very angry he throws his hatchet at
his unruly spouse. and when this pom
derOus weapon strikes the floor OF heav-
en- the thunderbolt fails through and
comes 10 earth
Failing stars are accounted for by
the fact that the angels occasionally
indulge in torch throwing at one an
other. When these same beings all in
sist upon getting into the bath at once
the water splashes over the side. and IL
rains. The winds that sigh in the
night are the voices of babies that
have lost their way in their travels to
the land beyond the grave.
when n Siamese dies he is not buried.
but his corpse, fully dressed and then
wrapped in winding sheet, is placed
In sitting posture in a copper urn. A
tube is placed in his mouth and
through this mixture OF quicksilver
and honey is poured into the body. In
this way IL is kept for n long. time. Of
ten for years. Eventually il is burned.
and the ashes are carefully preserved.
The souls OF those whose bones at least
are not burned are supposed TO become
slaves OF a horrid taskmaster with n
head like dog, a human body and the
temper OF n fiend. He sits for all time
with his feet in the fires OF hell, and 1t
is the duty OF his slaves TO keep these
fires from growing too hot. To do this
they must .carry water in open wicker
baskets through all eternity"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
Public Sales.

Tuesday, September ID. W.
Chamberlin, Agent. Personal prop
erty.
Thursday, September 17-E. c.
and NJ. V. Ricamore. Personal
property.
Friday, September Ism. NJ.
Lynch, Trustee. Sale of the
Savage property in BerryviIle.
Thursday, September pm.
Crow. Personal property.
Friday, September 25-M. NJ.
Lynch. Administrator. Dwell
ing house, 33 acres of land. and
other buildings.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
whittier and Hi, Admircr.

Few poets had more admirers among
women than Whittier had, and this ad-
miration frequently took personal form
One day his sister, in her slow. Quaker
fashion, was describing these erup-
tons. Thee hast no idea" she said,
'of the time Greenleaf spends in trying
to lose these people on the streets.
Sometimes he comes home and says,
Well, sister. had hard work to lose
him, but 1 have lost him." To this
Whittier patheticalIy added. "But can
never lose a her"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
ENGINE ROOM HEROES.
Wonderful and PeriIOus Feats That
Are Performed at Sea

"ohOeFAoi ana ferilous Feafs That
Are Performed at Sea.
Nobody who has not been to sea can
imagine all the things that can happen
TO ships machinery nor properly esti-
mate the cleverness and ingenuity used
up in repairs. The youth who leaves
his shop fun OF wonderful and costly
machines has another complete educa-
ton waiting for him at sea In the won
derful things that can be accomplished
In time with plain, ordinary hammer
and chisel, a rather wOrnout file and n
great deal of ingenuity l should like
10 have been aboard that steamer dis
abled In the Red sea where they took a
boat davit, Strengthened il out in n
rivet forge, made new boiler feed
pump piston rod out Of it and went on
again, or, better still, on the ship that
lost propeller and the end of her tail
SHAFT on the west coast of Africa. to
replace which they were obliged to
move her cargo. pump her forward
compartments full TO sink her bow and
raise her stern out OF water drag the
broken shaft. several tons in weight.
out through the long alley too low and
cramped to stand up in). plug up the
hole behind it, drag In the spare shaft
and couple it up and lower the new
propeller down over the stern, all
while she kicked and wallowed in n
heavy sea, and finally had to lower the
chief engineer over after the propeller.
where he sat tied to a fiimsy staging
making all fast and secure while the
vessel 1ounced him up and down I'm the
sea Till he bled at the nose and ears
and the crew kept the sharks at bay
with pistols and boat hooks to prevent
them from eating him up before he fin
ished the Job. That was seventy-two
hours in which the young and aspiring
engineer might learn host OF valuable
and interesting things BENJAMIN
Brooks in Scribner's
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
HORSE WhiSpERERS.
secret Methods That Were Used I
lrish Animal Tnmers

secret Methods That Were u.ed by
Irish Animal Tanners.
Ireland. as wei as the far north OF
Scotland. had-possibly still has-its
'horse whisperers." though the broth
erings" which give such permanence
and gcniality TO the Scottish pillow
mans whisper never seem t. have ex-
listed in tho sister island. Irish ''whis-
perers" have been lonely men. whose
secret has generally died with them.
says the Golden Penny.
The most famous ''whisperer' OF
modern times was James Sullivan OF
Dunhallow. No horse was ever
brought TO sullivan which he did not
permanently tame. Ordinarily FESTIVE
animals he would master I'm few min
utes. For exceptionally vicious horses
he took about half an hour. during
which time he shut the stable door and
forbade any one 60 open IL till he gave
the signal. When the door was opened
the horse was stu lying down and
Sullivan by his side. playing with him
as a child does with a puppy. There
other visible means OF coercion. How
his aScendency was obtained no one
could tell
A successor OF Sullivan named
O'Hara became almost equally famous.
and was often urged to explain what
was the secret OF his influence. But
OHara treated his questioners as Sam
son did the PhiliStines. deluding them
with various and unsatisfactory an
swers. At one time. for instance. he
said the secret lay I'm rocking the
horse-putting one hand firmly on his
crupper. and with the other grasping
his shoulder and then swaying him to
and fro. gently at first and gradually
increasing the motion till you throw
him. At another time he protested that
his plan was to bite the animals ear.
Both these are well known Jockey
tricks. The most stubborn horse. they
say. will be wholly subdued by being
thrown twice or thrice, and IL you eau
get vicious horses ear between your
teeth and bite hard you are his master
and he your submissive slave from that
time forward. As 10 the idea that the
'whiSperer" works by kindness. IL
stands TO reason that that method sup
poses the entire education Of the ami
mai 10 be in your hands. If you have
only half an hour TO do your work i'm.
you must show overmastering power
as well as kindly feelings. a horse
whose temper has been spoiled by
chronic bad treatment looks on all men
alike as tyrants and bullics.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
Cleaned and Reinforced

There is a certain lady who is ad-
dicted very strongly TO the art OF MAX
Ing up. What she does exactly is a
mystery to all but herself and her
maid, but the effect is precisely as II
she had a thick coat OF enamel or
lacquer all over her face A good
deal OF discussion has ensued as to
whether this is renewed every day
after abiutions. On this point dear
friend OF hers Observed: "Of course
not The expense would be enormous.
Depend on it when she wants 70 wash
she goes TO some place where they
clean old pictures. London Taller.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
Natural Wnndera

Why is a river the greatest freak
of natureT'
Didn't know 1t was. Why is it?"
"A river has head, but no feet. Its
mouth Is where its feet ought to be-"
Pretty good. \ mountain is some
what freakish also. We have all seen
the foot OF a mountain, but we never
heard OF mountains head"
That's so. Still it must have n
head, for IL has ears"
HAS ears? How's that?'
Certainly. Did you never see q
COMMUNICATIONS City Journal.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
The Way TO Identify Her.

Agnes and Ethel are the kind OF
twins il is difficult for intimates OF the
family TO distinguish apart. They are
four years old and a source Of despair
10 mere acquaintance.
A friend Of the family met one OF the
twins on the street the other day and
asked:
Now, which are you. Agnes or
Ethel? simply can't tell you apart"
I'm Agnes" gurgled the small
maiden. and then she put one OF her
chubby little fingers in her mouth and
mumbled: You can tell me easy. I'm
the one with the loose tooth New
York Press.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
Registration Notice.

The undersigned Registrars for
Longmarsh district will open books
for Registration ut
Russell's Precinct, September
/, 2, 3, and 3; and at
Pierce's Precinct. September
z. &. 3, 10 and IL, 1903.
b. +. FOLEY,
+. III. PIERCE,
w. w. MCDONALD,
Registrars.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
EtymoIOgical.

Well. there's one consolation" OBJ
served Mr.. Suburbs philosophically, as
he shooed his neighbors hens over the
fence for the some hundredth time. AT
last l have discovered why chickens
have crops in their anatomy"
"WhyT asked his wife curlously.
Why not, with all the seeds they
plant in themselves" queried Mr..
Suburbs.-New York Times.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09

The ShepherdstOwn Register
very aptly remarks that There
are some things that ordinary
courts could copy from lynch law.
Judge Lynchtolerates no unreason-
able delays; seldom makes a mis-
take; isn't expensive in operation 4:
and there are no appeals upon
technicalities.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
WATER AND SEWERAGE.

\ citizen of Berryville who has
the welfare and health of the com
munity at heart, and who has de-
voted considerable time TO the OBJ
servance and study of sewerage
and water systems. has suggested
TO Us that we advocate i'm the
COURIER the following public i'm
provementS:
l. The construction of reSer-
voir.
,. The laying of large pipes in
the Town Run for sewerage pur-
poses.
}. An ordinance by the Town
Council compelling property
owners To establish water closets
and connect them with the pipe to
he laid in the Town Run.
We are heartily in favor of this
public Improvement. and have
spoken of the matter in these col
umns heretofore.
We understand that very GEN
erous offer has been made by one
of our largest property owners i'm
connection with the construction of
a reservoir. and we hope that this
offer will be accepted. The con-
StructiOn of this reservoir would
give the town the advantage of a
sale of water TO the Norfolk &
Western railway at a good rental
per annum. 1t would also prevent
the possibility of recurrence of
the water trouble of the past three
weeks. Besides, the health of the
community would not be threatened
as has been the case during a lack
of water heretofore.
In the case of the construction
OF sewerage system, we can see
many instances of its value in
every part of the country.
We think the Village Improve
ment Association and the Town
Council would do well to take up
these matters and devote their en-
tire time and attention to them
until they are carried TO success
ful completion.
The time of the Association has
been Ia ken up for many months by
consideration of that white ele-
plant bugaboo, "the academy lot. :"
and much good time and energy
have been wasted. If there are
any who disagree with this state
ment, we would ask, what good
will the town derive from the
cleaning up of the academy lot! 3"
Our columns are open to discus
sion of this matter, and as taxpay-
ers and citizens we ask for express
slons of opinion from one and all.
To secure publication the following
Wednesday letters must be handed
TO us not later than Saturday after
noon.
Let us hear your opinions about
this very much needed public i'm
prOvement.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
Waiting Time.

Mrs. Feedum-Why do you move so
iazily? Don't you know that time and
tide wait for no man?
Tattered Tucker-Dat may be all
right about tide, lady; but I'm afeared
dere's a bunch o. time waitin' fer me
de next time ] git jugged. Kansas
City Journal
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09

Papa-Dear me, Mary. whatever are
you going to do with these trunks?
Two four, six. twelve OF theml You
can't fill more than one.
Mammal know 1t, my dear: but we
must make decent appearance on ar
irving at the hotel.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09

Bedridden. alone aud destitute. Such
In brief was the condition of an old sol
der by the name NJ j. ]. Havens, Yer
ssilles, o. For years he was troubled
with kidney desease and neither doctors
nor medicines gave him relief At
length he tried Electrid Biiters II put
him on his Feet in short order and now
he testities. II aEa on the roaa TO com
plete recovery" Best on earth for liver
and kidney troubles and all forms Of
stomach and bowel complaints. Only soc
Guaranteed by c. Blencowe Druggist.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-09-09
Stockholders Meeting.

The regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Clarke
County Horse and Colt Show As
ISOLATION will be held at the Court
House, in Berryville. Va. on Sat
urday September II. 1903.
CHAS. NJ. BROUN. Secy.