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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
Real Estate Opportunities.

The Knoll" a beautiful and
charming residence on South
Church St, Berryville, Va, in the
center of a four acre lawn with
shade trees and evergreens and
surrounded by an Arbor Vital
hedge. 1t contains three reception
rooms, large hall, ten bed rooms.
bath rooms (hoId and cold water).
two water closets and lighted
throughout with Acetylene Gas.
The sanitation is perfect. An ex-
cellent stable, carriage house, poul-
try yard and garden. An oppor-
tunity for city gentleman to pur-
chase a summer home that cost
$40, 900 at the low price of 81, 800.
Farm of 100 acres, 3! miles from
Berryville, land especially suited
for fruit. Large dwelling. Price
81, 800.
-Four acres of good land with
Dwelling House and OutbuiIdings,
Merchant, Grist and Saw Mill. all
in good condition, A miles from
Berryville. Pays interest on 81
600. Price $1,000.
652 acres of land, with store
house and mill property. 2 dwell
lings. 5-acre orchard. Large
spring. y miles from Govern
ment weather bureau. A profita-
BILE mercantile and milling bust
ness has been carried on at this
place for years. Fine fruit land.
Price so per acre.
$50 acres. Half mile from
Government weather bureau.
Land adjoining sold for 800 per
acre. Fairly good house. Stab
ling, spring and orchard. Espec-
tally suited for fruit farm. SI2
per acre.
ID. &. SNYDER,
Real Estate Agent,
BerryviIIe, Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
THE NEGRO DIALECT.
Some Comments ON Paul Laurence
psnbsr's Enorss To sustain ne.

Some Comments ON Paul Laurence
bonbsr's EGorts tn sustain re.
AS rule the negro who has grown
out OF the dialect OF his race makes an
extremely poor showing I'm an effort TO
mimic the negroes talk" said an OBJ
servant man. land his efforts TO write
II are even more pronounced failures.
But Paul Laurence Dunbar. the negro
poet. has written at least one thing in
which he sustained the dialect OF his
race. In the Death Song Dunbar got
closer TO the talk and the nature OF the
negro than I'm any other effort IL Is
worth recalling. 30 here II Is:
Lay me down beneaf lie willers I'm de
grass
whah de branch n 40 a-sinxin' as Il pass.
An Wen is a-layin' low
kin hyeah Il as a 40
singin', Sleep. my honey. TEX yo' res at
las
Lay me nigh to whah hit melSs a little
pool.
An de watah STAINS so quiet LAX an cool.
Whah de little birds In spring
ust 10 come an drink an sing.
An the chnlen waded on dey way 10
school
let me settle wen my shouldahs draps
dey load
Nigh enough TO hyeah de noises in de
road
Flu 1 t'ink dc las long res
Gwinc TO soothe my sperrit bcs'
Ef lis layin' mong de things rs ellus
knowed.
You will observe here that he shows
the negro's strong devotion to the f.
and il is interesting because OF the
tendency on the part OF writer's OF ne
gro dialect to force the Il out by the
substitution OF "A Dunbar's use Of rs
for the improper L is is genuine. Most
negro dialect writers OF today would
write il Abs FOR they nearly always
use All for l. SO he shows the same
preference for Il in the lines
An wen Is a-layin' low
1 kin hycah IL as IL go
Singin'. Sleep. my honey. TEX yo' res at
las
Here we have rs and L kin. both
showing the negro's devotion TO the
sound of f. SO he uses 'gwine' for go
ing probably errs in the distinctive
'gwin to- for the negro. as n rule. will
make one word out Of the phrase. Civ
Ing it more the sound OF 'gwinter, But.
on the whole. the dialect is good and
is well sustained" - New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
BRINGS RESULTS.

1t Is the paper that goes into the
homes and Is thoroughly read by
the family that brings best results
TO advertisers. 1t Is the paper
that goes into the most homes of
the great middle classes that brings
most responses to advertisements.
1t Is the paper that Is read most
by the thrifty housewife that draws
most custom to the advertiser.
Papers that are glanced at and
thrown away are comparatively
worthless 10 advertisers. This Is
why sample copy circulation Is re-
garded as practically worthless by
adopts in the use of printers ink
and why street sales and extra
editions are considered by such
men as of comparatively little value.
4 paper which Is taken into the
bosom of the family and read care
fully from beginning TO end Is
naturally 4 business getter, for i'm
such reading of the news and edi-
torial matter the reader cannot
escape seeing the advertisements
for long enough time TO make an
impression on him.
If the reader has confidence i'm
the character and honesty of the
papers utterances, he voluntarily
places more confidence in the adj
vertisements which it contains.
though the paper may not vouch
for the advertiser in any way. 1t
Is for this reason that the nature
of the circulation has as much TO
do with the drawing qualities Of
the paper rs the extent of its cir
Acknowledgements News.
The Courier is read in practi-
cally every home in Clarke county,
and II is essentially the paper of
the people. No other paper is read
with such close scrutiny as the
Courier. Advertisers will secure
customers by advertising in our
columns. We refer any doubter to
our present advertisers. They Sc
cure results. You can do the same.
Advertising rates based on circuIa-
ton and on the rates of American
publishers.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
OUR TREASURE I'm KEATS.
HIS Poetry OF Three Dime. .ions-
Height, breadth and soridity

Height, breadth and SolidAty.
In reading Keats one is struck with
the wealth OF his equipment, the solid
qualities OF his art his soaring imagf-
nation. his rare sense OF beauty, his
range OF emotional response. his rich
resources OF language. and. not the
least noteworthy, his capability OF
growth i'm taste. To consider what a
poet thus endowed might have given
to the world had he lived to the age OF
Shakespeare or Milton excites the
mind almost TO pain. SO little short Of
miracle was his actual achievement
We believe there is no evidence that
he wrote a line OF verse after his TWEEN
ty-ffth year, and he probably wrote
little after his twenty-f0urth. and yet
what glorious body OF life and inspi-
ration he has left, Ii is poetry OF three
dimensions-height. breadth and solid
ity. And yet. withal. il has arrowlike
intensity-a quality of which he HIM
self said. THE excellence OF every art
is Its intensity, capable OF making all
disagreeables evaporate from their be-
ing I'm close relationship with truth and
beauty"
His subscriptions OF the classic into
modern speech in Hyperion" and La
mia" the wonderful music and color
Of THE Eve OF St Agnes" the deft
and eerie handling OF ballad themes in
la Belle Dame sans Merci' and lisa
bella; or. The Pot OF BASIL" the over
flowing dreamineSs Of midsummer in
the lode to a Nightingale" the depth
and lyric directneSS Of such lines as
In Drear Nighted December" and n
whole anthology Of noble sonnets in
terpreting life and nature-these are
but mOiety Of the overlooking stream
OF his passionate imaginings, for in
him the intellectual and the emotional
were kindly mixed. In the face OF
such a record Of good work the faults
Of his earlier manner are not worth
consideration-Cent
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
NATURE VS.. THE MILLINER.

She may be of almost any age. =
writes Constance Fuller Mcintyre
of the modern bachelor maid" i'm
the January New Idea Woman's
Magazine, but looks comparative-
~ young. for she is always mod
ishly and becomingly dressed
Even if poor. her good taste and
general cleverness with her fingers
enable her to make a pleasing APP
pearance-far more so, in all prob
ability, than when she was sweet
seventeen; that Is to say, as far
as the dressing goes, which makes
up In large measure for all that
has from time to time been averred
to the contrary for the first youth
full bloom of her complexion. "
Mrs. Mcintyre, as usual, takes a
broad view Of her subject and, to
use a trite phrase, says what she
thinks; yet the above seems a
dangerous assertion, even in a
magazine which monthly presents
the alluring side of the wearing of
clothes, and if the milliner's art
has arrived at such a height of
perfection as to threaten to super
sede the lines and tints of the great
artist, Nature, it seems time to
look into the matter.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
A PICTORIAL DRAMA.
How Tweed Was Identified In Spain
by Mast Cartoon.

How Tweed Was Identified In Spain
by n Mast Cartoon.
No very strenuous effort had been
made to find Tweed. but II became
known ut last that he was somewhere
In Spanish territory. AS early rs Sept
30 Mast cartOoned the boss" as a
tiger appearing from n cave marked
Spain" Now, suddenly, came anoth-
er repOrt-a cable-that one "Twld"
Tweed had been identified and cap
tured at Vigo. Spain. on the charge Of
kidnapping two American children"
This seemed a curious statement, for
whatever may have been the boss sins
he had not been given 10 child stealing.
Then came further news, and the mys-
terry was explained. Tweed had been
identified and arrested at Vigo through
the cartoon "Tweedle-dee and Tilden-
dunn" drawn by Thomas Mast. The
street gamins''-to the Spanish office,
who did not read English-were two
children being forcibly abducted by the
big man Of the stripes and club. The
printing on the dead wall they Judged
10 be the story OF his crime. Perhaps
they could even spell out the word "re-
ward in an upper corner.
Absurd as il all was, the identifica-
ton was hawless. Tweed. on board
the steamer Franklin, came back TO
America TO die. When his baggage
was examined it was found that he
had preserved every cartoon Mast had
drawn OF him, save the few final ones
published after his escape. one of
which had placed him again behind
prison bars. on Oct Z Harper's re-
published this picture with the story Of
the boss capture. The pictorial drama
was cOmplete.-Albert Bigelow Paine
in PearsOn's.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14

The above statement, taken from
the records of the County Treas
urer's Office, is exactly true, but
nevertheless, printed as a diScon-
nected part of that days settle
ment, Is apt to be misleading. 1t
indicates that the Board of Super
viSorS draw on the County Treas
urer in reckless and unreasonable
disregard of what is properly to
their credit, and that the aforesaid
Treasurer must be banker of
ample means to be able to honor
the drafts. Either conclusion is
erroneous.
The Board of Supervisors dis
burSe two funds-the one above
mentioned and the Railroad Levy.
These two funds are closely allied.
both being levied as the total taxa
BILE values of the County.
The Railroad Levy is dedicated
primarily to the payment of the
annual interest on the Railroad
Bonds, and to the gradual redemp-
ton of the Bonds themselves. But
it Is still county levy, and can be
used to certain extentinterchange-
ably with the County Levy.
\ few years ago the Board APP
piled nearly $4,000 of the County
Fund to the redemption of the
Railroad BondS-a reissue of the
Bonds at lower rate of. interest
being then arranged and it would
seem that if the eXigency exists
any surplus remaining from the
Railroad Levy could be used for
COGnty purposes. Indeed it was
suggested by the Board some years
ago that the two funds be kept
together, but at the request of the
County Treasurer it was not done.
This Railroad Fund for 1908 was
settled along with the County
Fund. and there remained n sur
plus of S57O1.63-enough to offset
the deficit referred to and leave a
balance of S1524.51 over and above
all charges.
And this brings me to the con-
clusion that | need not have taken
such roundabout way to reach
that when attention is called to one
of the Funds, YOU should consider
both.
W. 4. BRADFORD.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
TEACHING THE HORSE.
win Learn Anything ma. Muscles
Can Perform.

Can Perform
EXPERT horsemen believe that horse
can be taught 60 do anything that IL Is
possible for an animal SO formed and
TO be utterly fearless. Thus we know
OF horses rushing into battle with a
feariessness that is magnificent al
though I'm the beginning OF their lives
they may have been foolishly timid.
shying at everything unusual that hap
pened TO be seen I'm their travels.
In order TO teach a horse fearlessness
he must be accustomed TO all sorts or
sights and sounds. He must come TO
know that because something that he
sees or hears Is unusual IL does not fol-
low that 10 II harmful. for IL Is the un-
usual things that brighten him The
horse Is an animal OF one idea at a
time and is not able Ia discriminate. so
say the men who have made study OF
the horse While he will travel along
quietly close by the roar OF train, he
may tremble at the fiutter OF n piece OF
loose paper flying In the wind IL is
not the frightfulness OF the object that
seems TO alarm him. but the unfamll-
iarity OF IL. Horse trainers say that
the mistakes made in breaking and
training a colt is that IL is too often
done I'm the seclusion OF some country
road instead of amid the sights and
sounds that the animal must necesSari-
~ become familiar with later.
As soon ms the horse becomes famil-
lar with anything and has learned TO
believe that il viii not hurt him he
will stand quietly or trot along peace
fully. even though all sorts OF noises
and queer sights are about him. Thus
the artillery horse will stand amid the
roar OF cannons. being used TO the
noise and not knowing that the sound
predicts anguish and death. Ii Is well
10 accuStom n horse TO unusual sounds
as soon as possible after he is trained
for riding or driving. IL renders him
safe and docile. even though he be a
spirited animal. A certain trainer OF
horses said that an ideal school for
horses would contain thrashing ma
chimes. pile drivers. steam drills. cleo
trio. steam and elevated ears, band
OF martial music and gang OF quarry.
men blasting rock. \ horse that was
drilled among such n bedlam as this
would indeed prove immune TO strange
noises. The gentle family horse petted
by man ana child. is not always train
ed 10 all this. yet he often makes a use
ful and faithful animal. loved by his
owner and evidently making some re-
turn OF ancction.-Detroit Tribune
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
Buried with His Horace.

The will. dated 1TT2, OF Sir William
Browne. which includes his beQuest to
Cambridge university OF gold medals
for Greek and Latin odes and cpl
grams, contains also the request that
he may be buried in the most private
manner. without Pail Bearers, Es-
cutcheons OF Equestrian Ornaments. or
any Attendants. except my Men Serv-
ants; that my Funeral may neither be
an Object OF Entertainment to Specta-
tors and Strangers, by attracting that
observation. nor OF Concern to Friends
and Relations by requesting their At
tendance. On my Coffin, when in the
Grave. l desire may be deposited in
its Leather Case or Coffin my Pocket
ElZevir Horace, comes viae vitaeque
dulcis ct utilis, worn out with and by
me."-Atkaeneum.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
A Poor Recipe.

Don't talk to me about the recipes
In that magazine" said Mrs. Lane,
with great energy. Wasn't that the
very magazine that advised me to put
on that sody solution and leave the Ia
blecloth out overnight to take off those
yellow stains?"
I'm inclined to think 1t may have
been" said Mrs. Lanes sister, with
due meekness. 81 sent you a number
or them in the spring, remember"
We'll, and what happenedY asked
Mrs. Lane, with rising wrath.
Didn't the stains disappear?'' asked
her sister.
Disappear" said Mrs. Lane In a
whitening tone. 1T was the tablecloth
that disappeared. 1 don't know any
thing about the stains"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
SHOOTING BIG GAME.
Danger when the Bullet FaiIs to
Stop the Brute's Advance.

Danger When the Bullet Falls to
Stop the Brute's Advance.
The disturbing element in hunting
elephant or seladang or rhino has been
always to me at least the feeling OF
uncertainty as to whether or not |
could stop the animal If wounded it
and it charged me, as it did on an av-
erage of once in three times
Based on my experience, therefore. |
should place the elephant first and the
rhlno third after the seladang, which
is fully as formidable as the Cape buff
falo and is miscalled the bison ali over
India. Each Of these animals is dan
gerous on different and Individual
grounds. The elephant, though less
likely to charge than any of the others,
Is terrifying because of his enormous
strength, which stops at no obstacle,
and the extreme difficulty of reaching
q vital spot especially If, with trunk
tightly coiled, he is coming your way.
L know of no sensation more awe
some than standing ankle deep in
clinging mud in dense cover, with the
jungle crashing around you as though
the entire forest was topping, as the
elephant you have wounded comes
smashing his way in your direction.
The seladang is dangerous partly be-
cause Of the thick jungle he seeks
when wounded, but more especially
because OF his tremendous vitality and
his usual though not invariable habit
OF awaiting the hunter on his tracks
and charging suddenly, swiftly and
viciously- II requires close and hard
shooting to bring down one of these
six foot specimens OF oriental cattle.
The danger OF the tiger and of the
lion is i'm their lightning activity and
ferocious strength. But you have the
shoulder in addition to the head shot
II broadside, or, If coming on, the chest,
all sure to stop If well placed. The
reason the rhino is so formidable Is be-
cause its vulnerable spots are so hard
to reach. Its brain is as small in pro-
portion as that OF the elephant and
may De reached through the eye II
head-on, or about three inches below
and just in front of or just behind the
base of the ear. according TO your posi-
ton for shot.-Outing.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
THE PERFECT NUMBER.
From Time ImmemoriRI Three Has
Had Unusual Significance.

From Time ImmcmoriRI Three Has
Had Unusual Significance.
The perfect number OF the Pythago-
rean system. expressive OF beginning,
middle and end. was the number three
From time immcmorial greater promi-
hence has been given 10 IL than 20 any
other except seven. And as the symbol
OF the Trinity its influence has waxed
more potent IN recent times. Ii appears
over and over again In both the New
and Old Testaments. At the creation
OF the world we find land. water and
sky, sun. moon and stars. Jonah was
three days and nights in the whales
leily, Christ three days in the tomb.
There were three patriarchs, Abraham.
Isaac and Jacob. Abraham entertained
three angels. Job had three friends.
Samuel was called three times. Sam
son deceived Delilah three times.
Three times Saul tried to kill David
with n javelin. Jonathan shot three ar
rows on David's behalf. Daniel was
thrown into n den of three lions be-
cause he prayed three times n day.
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were
rescued from fiery furnace. The
commandments Of the Lord were de-
hvered on the third day. St Paul
speaks Of faith, hope and charity.
Three wise men came to worship
Christ with presents three. Christ
spoke three times TO Satan when he
was tempted. he prayed three times
before he was betrayed. Peter denied
him three times. He suffered three
hours Of agony on the cross. The su-
prescription was In three languages,
and three men We're crucifed. Christ
appeared three times to his disciples
and rose the third day.-New York
Herald.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
POOR TROMBETTu
The Sad Tale Of the Professor and
the Journalist.

the Journalist.
Professor Trombetti. whose praises
were so much sung in the foreign press
as knowing the greatest number OF
languages Of any one ever born, relates
an anecdote OF himself which occurred
just after he was discovered" In
Rome he was SO pestered by journal
lists that his patience at last gave way.
aud when cOrnered by the gentlemen
OF the press his language became dis
tinctly lurld.
One day as he was coming out OF the
central poStoffice a frank hooking
young man stepped UP TO him. and,
holding out his hand, said: Il am so
glad TO make your acquaintance; 1
have been trying TO find you for days"
And may l inquire with whom l am
speakingg' why. l am Y, Not n
near relation TO be sure. but near
enough TO offer you congratulations. -
etc Professor Trombetti. reassured.
and glad TO get hold Of some one to
unburdcn himself TO. took the stran-
gers arm. and. as they went down the
street. gave, in emphatic terms. n
description Of his sufferings. his opin-
ion Of journalists. and. incidentally,
much information about himself which
the papers had been valnly signing for.
Finally they parted with an engage
ment for dinner the next evening.
That night the professor was sitting
TRANQUILITY I'm a restaurant. the observed
OF all observers. when suddenly he was
seen TO spring TO his feet with a smoth-
cred exclamation. His friends crowded
about FOR an explanation. but he could
only sit down weakly and point TO his
newspaper the GiOrnale d'Italia.
There. IN large print. were his impru-
dent revelations OF the afternoon. He
had been done" 10y a journalist-Pall
Mall Gazette
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

One-half tie stun you buy does you
no good.
Don't carry a lot OF keys TO private
drawers. Burn papers you don't want
seen.
dollar is large amount TO pay for
bread. but il is mighty insignificant i'm
poker game
When some people haven't any great
trouble. they smile as much as TO say.
How brave / am.
Many good man fuses a great
deal about nothing and makes himself
unnecessarily disagreeable.
There is this in being a parent: They
get the abuse II their children are bad
and no particular credit IL they are
gOOd.-Atchison Globe.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-14
w. 4. BRADFORD.
CONVERSATION.
All Things Are 20 he Had IL One VIII
but Pay the Equivalent.

All Things Are TO BE Had IL one VIII
but Pay the Equivalent.
Life consists almost wholly OF buy
ing, selling, paying There are no
gifts, nothing that does not call for an
equivalent II we cannot pay for gifts
in kind we must pay in gratitude or
service or we shall rank as moral bank
rupts.
II I would have good situation I
must pay for Il not only in labor, but
in promptness, intelligence, faithful
ness and good manners. II l would
have good service must pay not only
in money, but in consideration, recog-
milton, appreciation, fairness. 1 can
hold no one TO me If misuse him.
All things are 10 be had for the buy
ing. Would you have friends? Then
pay the price. The price OF friendship
is 10 be worthy OF friendship. The
price OF glory is 10 do something glori-
GUS The price Of shame Is TO do some
thing shameful
Friendship, glory. honor, admiration,
courage, infamy, contempt, hatred, are
all In the market place for sale at
price. We are buying and selling these
things constantly as we will. Even
beauty is for sale. Plain women can
gain beauty by cultivating grace, ami
nation, pleasant speech, intelligence,
helpfulness, courage or good will.
Beauty is not in the features alone; 1t
is In the soul also.
Good will buys good will, friendli-
ness buys friendship, confidence be-
gets confidence, service rewards serv-
ice, and hate pays for hate, suspicion
for suspicion, treachery for treachery,
contempt for ingratitude, slovenliness,
laziness and lying.
We plant a shrub, q rosebush, an or
chard, with the expectation that they
will pay us back. We build roads,
mend harness and patch the roof with
the same expectation. We will trust
even these unconscious things to pay
their debts.
Some OF our investments are good
and some are bad. The good qualities
we acquire-mOderation industry, cour-
tesy, order, patience, candor-are sound
investments. Our evil institutions and
habits are bad investments, involving
us in losses. We become debtors to
them, and they are exacting creditors,
forcing payment in full In money and
labor and sometimes in blood, agony,
tears, humiliation or shame. - From
Balance: The Fundamental Verify"
by Orlando j. Smith.