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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
THE GAMBLING MANIA.
How IL FHnuntcd Itself at one Tim,
In she French Capital.

In she French Capital.
Some Of the old s;orie, told OF the
gaming tables can hardly Dee believed
nowadays. though they are related in
such "a cool matter OF fact STYLE bv
writers Of the time rs to show that in
the eighteenth AMI early nineteenth
centuries the practice formed part
Of high class social existence. Captain
GronoW relates that. having been ap-
pointed 10 the stan OF General Pictou
who was then starting for Brussels
QSl5l. he obuincd $1,000 from the ar
my agents. (which" dee continues. Il
took with me Co gambling house I'm
St James square. where managed
10y some wonderful accident. to win
5000 With this sum hc subsequently,
provided hi~ necessary outfit.
When the allies marched into Paris
after the battle OF Waterloo Gronow
found the Palais Royal hotbed OF
gambling --the very heart Of French
dissipation" There were tables for
all classes. The workman might play
with 30 sous cor the gentleman with
10000 francs. The law did not prevent
any class from ludulc.u- i'm a vice that
assisted to an the Golfers % the munich
pality 90 Paris" The English visitors
were mot slow to participate in tie
play, one officer ~ Tic guards obtaining
leave OF absence and never quitting the
Palais Royal tiii tile time came Tor his
return 90 the regiment
Large fortunes were often lost NO
gambling iu those days. the losers dis
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
nelginm Nlarrtngrs.

In Belgium it is thc custom To- give
certificates OF marriages in the form ~
Nttlc books. which also contain Sum.
mary OF the marriage laws and among
a mass OF other miscellaneous iuforma-
lion directions for the feeding and care
Of infants. There are also places for
entering the names and birthdays Of
the children OF the marriage. the au-
thoritieS considerably a1ordnS space
for twelve such entries
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
Intermarryins Among RooI.>.

Among the odd habits az rocks 3 The
way that members " the same rookcry
have OF ntcrmaryiu- generation after
generation The males always choose
their wives from their near neiShhor>.
and il one should De- So bold as Id
bring home 90 his rooGcvy bride from
"a distance The other rocks viii uvar-
ably refuse to receive her and VIII
force the pair 20 build some way on
I'm The ncighborhood of big rookcr.eS
outlying nests Of this kind may always
bc found
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

a distinguished comedian who tells
stories very well was invited to din
ner and for the greater part of the
evening entertained the company.
When he returned TO his hotel. thor.
oughly tired, his wife said:
wen, did you have good timer"
NO. can't say that l did. Indeed,
II mad not been there / should have
been bored"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

1t used to be that the quality of
Job Printing did not amount 10
mneh, so far as success in business
was concerned. Any business man
or woman could get along fairly well
without It, But We live 10 another
and altogether different era.
Today it is necessary for business
people to have neat stationery if they
intend to occupy 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 aud finger marks. smeared over
it, on a low grade of paper, it doesn't
speak well 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. 1t i
therefore a duty you owe to yourself
to have good printing.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
None Ucttcr.

Mrs. WISE wouldn't have bought
cigars for my husband il I were YOU.
\ man doesn't like his wife 60 do that.
Mrs. Mcbride know it's risky unless
you're very careful 10 get the best. but
] was careful. Mrs WiSc-Wcrc youS
Mrs. McBride-NeS. picked ont Il box
called Finest made" There coui Int
possibly be anything better than that
Won know
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
Always SomcthinS wrons

Clerk Please. Siy. can have a
weeks vacation: Employer What's
wronS With Won now? clerk I'm going
to ger married. Employer Now. you
were away "a week With influenza ard
ten days with a Spraincd ankle de
clare. there's always something going
wrong With You. Jones.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
THE COURIER

The Coz Ter, as YOU are aware, is
the only newspaper in Clarke county.
There Is no need Of another, because
this Journal covers the local field so
completely and promptly with uniyer-
sal satisfaction. that it has long since
been recognized rs permanent IN
stitution.
We are endeavoriug to get the
COURIER into every Clarke county
home, and our efforts are meeting
with a great Seal of success.
Ii will cost just ONE DOLLAR
10 have the COURIER mailed to YOUR
address for whole year. You will
then get all of the county news.
Send for ~ free sample copy
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
Maternal Faith.

II always knew you did Josh IN in
Justice" said Mrs. Corntossel, some
of the folks that was to town said he
told 'em he was on the water wagon
now"
That's good news"
"Of course il is. IL shows the boy
amt afraid OF work. If he can't find
anything else to DO. he'll drive n sprln-
king cart. Washington Star.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

lis that chivkcut" asked the
boarlcr 6i>.ally
"Of course" replied the landlady.
"Nhat did You think 10 Wast"
n canary" answered. the hoarder.
as he counted The number ~ people to
be served. -Chicago Post.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

How much Will il cost me to set a
divorce asked the man.
THAT depends" replied the lawyer
ahScnmindedly. How much have YOU
t:'-Philadelphia Ledger.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

SO young saith has como into for
tune. 100 You think he has the making
Of tnanvicr:"
extraordinarily. Several OF them. And
I'd like go De one of the bunch" New
York World
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

Life is the finest OF the fine arts. II
has to be learned with lifelong pa
tience. and the years OF our pilgrimage
are all too short TO master IL tri.
umphantly. -Drummond.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
Mean.

Miss Muglcy-l always try 10 retire
before midnight don't like to miss
my beauty sleep. Miss rcpprcy Is NoU
really should Try harder. You certain.
ly don't get enough OF it Exchange.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
Pride of AnccsirN.

I'VE can't afford "a recognize them
Their ancestors were in trade"
Weren't ourSf"
cor course, but our trade ancestors
are two generations further back than
theirs. - Chicago Post.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

RiIlymS Young man. Won seem Ia
lack energy. Mopcly You are mi>,ak-
en-. sir. / am vcritablc reservoir OF
energy awaiting a crisis. New York
Times.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
Vouid U,V.. the Fun After~Nard.

His Mother Tommy. if YOU fight
with little Willie Walters today l shall
put YOU 10 bed FOR two hours. Tommy
Put me 10 bel now. ma.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

Howell DO you think !, pays to put
much money into clothes Powell
\ot &c you have wife To 90 throu-h
Them Exchange.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
Advantage Mutual

Does her family approve OF her am.
hition To 80 upon the operate Staget'
I'm er-y yes and no thar is. they
approve of her going away 70 singy-
Detroit Free Press
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

I've never any pity for conceited PEG
PIE, because 1 think they carry theli
comfort about with them. - George
Eliot.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
PlTH AND POINT.

When 81 friend tells YOU OF his wrongs
he wants sympathy and not an argu-
mcut
Before 81 mans hrSt baby is a week
old he knows more than he had ever
dreamed about
Speaking &C secret SORROWS" il is "a
good plan to keep them 50. as telling
only multiplic> them
When a man wants 10 give You adj
Vice you can't lose anything by listen
ing, hut you will make an enemy 10y
refusing.
y man occasionally breaks even
When 1t comes 10 wall paper the wife
docs the picking and the husband does
the Kicking
Every one should have saved up
enough money 10 take things a little
easier Icy the time the age comes Tor
taking a nap in chair.-AtchiSou
Globe
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

Madge - Physical culture is just
splendid I'm t0Nng beauty exercises
Marjorie Nou haven't hccn taking
them long have YOU: Judyc
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

right to complain when he tindS that
her folks know Il? AtchlSOn Globe
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
Mean

We should be as careful OF our words
rs OF our actions Cicero.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

Ask only the well about their health
-Racon
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22
To Land Buyers.

as after courtesy that after have introduced
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DIRECTORY
Or THE
TOWN AND COUNTY

CIRCUIT COURT.
HoN. T ". H,Egisou judge.
Winchester Va
Meets Fourth Monday in January. March.
May. July. September anG Novrmber
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-22

test of a teachers ability; for Their
the school-room is managed not b,
fear of punishment, but rather b!
the pupils love of work.
In this self-direction of energy
call your notice to the two kinds OF
attention, one of which is manifest
ed in study, and the other of which
is manifested in the recitation; and
on this is based TIE argument hat
no grade should be reciting all the
time or studying all the time.
One kind of attention is that
which concentrates all its powers
upon the solution of a given prob
lem, on the performance of a given
task at the seat. This may absorb
all of the intellectual faculties and
deaden all the senses. Under such
mental concentration men like Edi-
son forget to a or sleep for forty
eight hours. We can only approx
mate this condition in our school
room; but the power of long-sus-
tanned attention with intense alb
sorPtiOn is n of the characteristics
of men who succeed. The pupil bores
into his book. He is given a task
that he can perform. He takes a
pride in doing it neatly, and has an
ambition to do it accurately. That
pupil, then, is in order, even if he
does assume an ungraceful posture,
Or puts his foot in the aisle, or if
any other simple rule of the school
disregarded.
The other kind of attention is that
which puts a pupil on the lookout.
The mind is on the alert to learn
something, to catch something as it
by, to detect an error, to an
'wer a question. This is the kind
If attention which should be evident
n a recitation. This kind of atten-
ion is a relief from the other kind.
md both are opposed to idleness and
istlessness. Now in the recitation,
boy whose mind is alert, whose
is watchful, who is always load
ID, primed and cooked for the occa- |
ion is the boy that is in order.
hough he may give you a great |
leal of annoyance and be hard to
,eep down. Some of these DAYS the
world may find him hard to keep
Town, and he may be as ready to
Lnswer all questions in life before
lis fellows when he meets them in
he sterner school. hat only grown
II folk attend.
L am prepared to say this. that no
eaching is possible in a school un-
1t is disciplined. The will of the
eacher must be supreme. Certain
easOnable regulations must be en-
orced that will prevent Individual
'uplIs from encroaching upon the
lights of their neighbors or inter-
ering with the rights of all the
chool. In other words. no individ-
al must assume a privilege which
nterteres with anybody else.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-22
ne Advertisers in The Progressive Farmer

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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-22
TEACHERS READING COURSE.

Conducted by MISS ADA ". WOMBLE, Raj
e1gh, N. c., to whom all correspondence re-
garding the Course should be addressed.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-22
Discipline in Schools-u.

duties, the teacher must not lose
sight of her ideals, otherwise she is
lost. And she must read and think
about her profession if she would
keep her ideals vital. / can conceive
of no drearier or more barren life
than that of a teacher who has no
ideals, who does her work in a hap
hazard way, and constantly COM
plains of the "meanness" of her pu-
pills.
The following extract published
in the Atlantic Educational Journal,
September, 1901, from an article on
"Discipline-What For and How"
by Lawton B. Evans, Superintendent
Schools, Augusta, Ga, is well worth
bordering by every thoughtful
teacher. 1t is exceedingly stimulat-
ing:
1t is well for us to inquire what a
child goes to school for. Does a
child attend school for the purpose
of being disciplined? Is keeping
still the prime business of the
school-room? / would like to know
if the school-rOoms that preserve
that death-like stiffness are always
the best taught schools. / have Wis
tied many schools where the order
was exquisite. Not a child turned
round, not a foot in the aisle, not a
whisper heard, but all round was
that graveyard stiffness that was
perfectly beautiful to look at, very
soothing to tie tired nerves of wear
led teachers, and very pleasing to
the eyes of a careless visitor. But
L have often wondered if the uues-
ton of discipline in the school
room is properly understood. Chill
dren do not go to schol to be discip- {
lined, but rather to learn how to dis {
clpllne themselves. Education at S
best consists of knowledge and hab-
1T, and, to my mind, habit is the {
best OF the two. Ruskin tells us that
education does not consist in teach
ing people what they do not know.
but in teaching them to behave as
they do not behave. So education |
consists in behavior; the behavior
of the mind when it has a task to
perform, the behavior of the char
acter IN the hour of temptation and I
sorrow, the behavior of the DISPOSE |
ton IN moments of irritation, the
behavior of the organs of speech /
when language is to be used. We /
know an educated man not so much I
by what he knows as by what he l
does. {
So L have come to the conclusion S
that in The matter of discipline it is
better to have discipline come from /
within rather than that it be en-
forced from without. Discipline is !
the direction of a child's mental en- +
ergy, rather than the suppression of
a child's physical energy. Discip- t
line does not consist in keeping a
quiet, but in keeping busy. If you t
SbOUIH oCGy mr. how - l: I
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
EInstic Marble.

In one account of Rome the author
mentions five or six slabs of elastic
marble as being in the possession of
the Prince Borghese Being set on
end they bend backward and forward.
When laid horizontally and raised at
end they form a curve. If placed on
a table and a piece of wood or any
other substance is laid under them
they fall into kind of curve, each end
touching the table. The Able Forts
was told that they were dug up near
the town of Mondragon, in the king
dom of Naples. The grain is like that
Of fine Carrara marble or perhaps of
the finest Greek. They seem to have
suffered some attack of fire. A slab
of marble similar in every respect to
those described and highly polished has
been exhibited for years at the British
museum. NJ. Fleuvian de Belvae sue
ceeded in making common granular
limestone, granular quartz, complete
ly flexible by exposing it to a certain
degree of heat. In Lincoln cathedral,
England, there Is an arch built of white
marble which is quite elastic, yielding
to heavy tread and returning or re-
bounding to its original position on
true elastic principles.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
Health RnlAm

One of Queen Victoria's health rules
Is said to have been, do whatever you
like, but do it in moderation" or words
to that effect, and similar rule might
be adopted with still greater profit by
the men and women of the present day
The people of Queen Victoria's genera
ton had not made fad of health, and
every newspaper they picked up did
not worry them with conflicting hy-
gienic rules. The no breakfast fend,
If he existed, was less prominent than
at present, and those who thought that
the first ought to be the best meal Of
the day did not publish their views
from every roof top, figuratiyely speak
ing. Vegetarians and meat eaters wran-
gled only in inconspicuous corners, and
the devotees of the cold bath were con-
tent with fewer victims Today, when
all these and a million other 80 called
health rules are being dinned into the
ears of long suffering public on all
sides, 1t is more than ever important
to bear in mind that inclinations and
disinclinations were not arbitrarily Inn
planted by nature In animal organisms;
that they exist for our guidance and
not solely to mislead us. = New York
Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
A Glimpse of rennrsnn.

Wilfrid Ward in Problems and Per-
sons" tells this, illustrating Tennyson's
mixture of bashfulness and dogmatism
If a stranger had come to see him
the shyness and abstraction might last
longer. | remember once going to
Harrington with a friend-a true wor-
shipper of his genius-and after the first
words of greeting he seemed to be en-
tirely in the clouds until, after long
waiting, we hit upon device to arouse
him. A picture by Edward Lear hung
in the room, and under it were four
lines from "The Palace of Art"
One seemed all dark and red, a tract of
sand
And some one pacing there alone
Who paced forever in a glimmering land,
Lit with low, large moon.
We were looking at the picture, and
! said to my companion, Read the
lines.' She read them, giving them a
kind of metrical jingle. In moment
Tennyson, who had been standing
alone at the other side of the room,
stepped rapidly across, seized her arm
and said, Don't read them like that u
and went on with his deep, sonorous
voice to read, or, rather, chant, them
himself with the roll which was so well
known to his friends.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
Two Convincinr Reasons.

Lord Peterborough, who lived in the
reign Of Queen Anne, was very frolic-
some, and one day, seeing from his car
riage a dancing master with pearl col
ored stockings lightly stepping over the
broad stones and picking his way in ex-
tremely dirty weather, he alighted and
ran after him with drawn sword in
order to drive him into the mud, but
into which he of course followed him
self.
This nobleman was once taken for
the Duke of Marlborough and was
mobbed in consequence. The duke was
then in disgrace with the people, and
Lord Peterborough was about to be
roughly handled. Turning to them, he
said;
Gentlemen, I can convince you by
two reasons that am not the Duke Of
Marlborough. In the first place, have
only guineas in my pocket, and in the
second they are heartily at your serv-
iCnp
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
A Man and a Hatpin.

In theater recently man down in
one of the front rows spied on the floor
a large hatpin with an amber top.
Looking about him, he saw that two
women and their escorts had Just sat
down. To one Of the former he present
ed the pin. A shake of the head indi-
Gated that he had made a mistake.
Then he tried across the aisle. The wo-
men seemed to be interested. The pin
was curiosity and It's amber Of a
unique carving. They hesitated, but
the pin was handed back. Desperately
he began the search now. Two ladies
unattended seemed likely owners. To
them he showed the pin. They took It
and enjoyed its pattern. Just then the
man felt tug on his sleeve. It was his
wife, and she remarked, "Why are you
showing my hatpin to strangersf He
blushed, went over to the feminine pair
and explained. Its my wife's hatpin."
he said, but in such consciously guilty
accents that the women handed It back
with doubling smiles.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
Wonders of Wnlen.

The wonders of Wales are: o. Snow
don, the highest peak of southern Brit
ain; (2) Overton churchyard, Flint,
shire, with its yew trees of great an
tiquity; (8 the fine peal of bells of
Gresford church, Denbighshire; "a
Llangollen bridge, in the beautiful
vale, built by Bishop Trevor in 1916, a
singular structure of four pointed
arches, the two center spans being
smaller than the two ends; o. Wrex-
ham church tower, richly decorated
structure of six stages, 135 feet high,
on three sides of which are rows of
saints in canopied inches; (6 Pystyl
Rhaydr waterfall, Radnor, almost de-
stroyed by alterations in the river bed
in 1880; (O st. Winifred's we'll, Holy
well, around which cluster endless ira
ditions
St. Winifred was martyred by Cara
doc in the seventh century, and chapel
was built to her memory by Margaret,
queen Of Henry VII, in 1490, whittier
pilgrims have resorted from the earliest
times, even down to 1894, leaving be-
hind them votive offerings in the shape
of crutches and invalid chairs.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
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