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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

The water Ely OF the Amazon has
very elusive habits The buds open
rwicc-thc first timc just 81 clink al
the Tip. i'm the early SuuciS, hours. "a
sort OF premonitory symptom On the
followins cVcuinS il spreads It's four
Sepal> with such a'acrity that you can
see them move. BUr the big white lul
among them remains unchanged uuul
4 o'clock i'm tho morning. when IL huv-
riedE spreads It's blossom wide open.
rcmainins iu This condition only half
am hour Within the hour &c las near
ly closed. and by another hour ANA 81
half the entire flower haas been drawn
under watCS hy Che coilinS Of the stalk.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
: way REQ NAN.



NrDirrous INSTANCES Of the red mans
- -s~s 81 wit IRE related by those
wbs have had dealings with him. A
canadian chief WAS looking Idly on
while sour ErgIishmen were hard at
work improving property newly acquIr-
sd from the dusky tribe. ~
why Cont you workf'' asked the su-
perviscr OF the chief.
why you no work yourselfT. was
the rejoin6er.
II work headwork." replied the white
man. touching his forehead. ssBut come
here and kin this calf for me. and RI
give you a quarter" ~
The Indian stood stili for moment,
apparently deep in thought. aud then
he went OF to kill the calf.
why don't you finish your job?,
presently asked the supervisor, seeing
the man stand with folded arms over
the unskinned. undressed carcass.
You say you give me quarter 70
XII calf" was the reply. calf dead.
Me want quarter"
The white man smiled and handed
the Indian an extra coin to go on with
the work.
How Is It," asked the Englishman
one day after series OF such one sided
dealings. that you so often get the
better OF meg
i work headwOrl." so.emnly replied
the man OF the woods
A white trader once succeeded in
selling large quantity OF gunpowder
20 one or this tribe on the assurance
that Il was new. Kind that the white
man used for seed and n sown i'm es-
pecially prepared loan would yield an
amazing crop. Away went the Indian
TO SOW his powder and in his hope OF
making money from hls fellows was
careful not TO mention his enterprise
When AT last. however. he realized how
he had been duped he held his tongue
Tor year or moro until the trickster
had completely forgotten the occur
renee Then ne went to his hoaxev's
store and bought goods on credit
amounting TO little more than the
price of tire planted guupowder. He,
had the reputation OF good payer. aud
his ScAenie worked easily. When set
thing day came. the creditor called
promptly
Right. said the Indian slowly -
right. but my powder not yet sprout.
cd Me pay you when me reap him"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
WHY HE WASN'T PROMOTED

He watched the clock.
He was always grumbling.
He was always behindhand.
He asked too many questions
His stock excuse was Il forgot"
He wasn't ready for the next step.
He did not put his heart i'm his work.
He learned nothing from his plumbers.
He chose his friends among his infe-
riors.
He was content to be a second rate
man.
lie ruined bis ability by half doing
things.
He never dared to act on his own
judgment.
He did not think it. worth while to
learn how.
He thought IL was clever to use coarse
and profane language.
He initiated the habits OF men who
could stand more than he could.
He did not learn that the best part
OF his salary was not In his pay envel-
ope.-Succcss.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
An EGective Touch.

A western senator tells Il story of a
Judge who had occasion TO fine Il law
yer in that state 500 for contempt OF
court
After court had adjourned the lawyer
approached the judge and said. Your
honor, want TO ask Il great favor OF
you"
What is it," inquired the Judge
Il have pressing obligation To meet.
That hundred YOU took for that fine
was the money had to meet il with.
l wish you would lend me 500 for n
few days"
Hi, Mr. Crier," shouted the judge,
convene court again. Court was re-
convened, and then the judge RENTED
the fine.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

When Charles Dickens was hoy at
wellington House academy il was the
secret pride Of The students there that
they owned more white micc. red polls
and lmnetS than any othes set Of boys
within their ken. These Were kept in
hat boxes, drawers and even i'm the
school desks. y small hut Ve:y aCeOm-
plished mouse which lived in lie corner
OF Il Latin dictionary In D.CSpnS' deSk
and could draw Roman char;otS. mr.
paper muskets and scale pas,ehoard
ladders fell az last Into an ovcrfnn ink
pot and lost both its white coat and It's
life. Dickens nevertheless won a prize
for his Latin.
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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

1t used to be that the quality of
Job Printing did not amount to
much, SO far as success in business
was concerned. Any business man
or woman could get along fairly we'll
without 1t. But We live in another
and altogether different era.
Today it is necessary for business
people to have neat stationery if thev
intend to occupy prominent place
among their competitors.
When you see a piece of job print
ing crowded and the type jammed
too close together, With dirty.looking
INK and finger marks smeared over
it. on low grade of paper, it doesn't
speak we'll for the firm which uses it.
In fact, you don't have the same
opinion of that place as you have of
the man whose stationery is clearly
printed with good ink on the best
grade of paper.
The quality of stationery reflects
the standing of ones business. 1t is
therefore duty you owe to Yourself
to have good printing.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

y writer in The Scientific American
says; Il witnessed a pair of catbirds
makins % bold defense against black
snake bent on devourinc The contents
OF their nests. Al first the snake was
inclined 90 disregard the distressed
birds as they fought To- drive il away.
but The blows OF their wings and bills
became 80 annoying that the thief had
To seek refuge i'm flight. ON reaching
the roots of the tree. from which the
river had washed the dirt. the snake
started 10 climb. only 10 be driven ho-
meath them and then out To- an old
stump, under which the bafled and
beaten reptile took refuge"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
PARTIAL LIST OF FARMS.

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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
SOLAR MOTION.


Can we End out Anything about the
motions OF our solar systeIar The old
astronomer. before the invention OF
spectroscopic methods. could attack
the problem only by consideration OF
certain stellar motions IL has been
found that these motions are not alto
gether casual in character. as we
should expect. but there IL n tendency
20 grouping OF the motionS--an ar.
arrangement other than fortuitous.. II
appears that the Individual stars form.
ing the 50 called consultations on the
sky are slowly closing w near a GER
tain point OF the heavens and rs slow
! " opening out meas a point diametric-
ally opposite. This is just what we
should expect II the solar system is ap-
preaching the point where the stars
are opening out The phenomenon has
been compared 20 what we see wien n
regiment OF soldiers marches toward
Us. Al first there is visible confused
mass OF men only. but as distance di-
minishes the ranks open out until each
individual becomes at last plainly visi-
BILE
In this way il has been possible to de-
termine approximately the position on
the sky OF the apex" OF solar motion
or that point toward which our solar
system is at present travelling. tits in
the constellation Hercules We are
obliged 10 assume that cur path is for
the moment a straight line. But we
mean that moment which began
when James Bradley commenced the
hrst star catalogue OF modern precision
about 1880. and which will end long
after present generations OF men have
passed away. So mighty is the orbit
IN question that many centuries must
come and - as moments before we can
nope TO detect the orbits curvature.
we are Ike travellers i'm the famous
"corkscrew'' tunnel OF The 81. Gothard
railway. Trains enter ON low lavoI
! ana after going around a huge curve
cut Ia the mountain emerge from the
tunnel again on higher level and at q
point almost directly above the en-
trance. Passengers while I'm the dorl,
tunnel often amuse themselves lv
watching the needle of a pocket com
pass. which makes complete revolu-
non during the passage. But vitholt
the compass they could not know vvbctll-
er the train was moving ON n straight
or curved track. and SO we passengers
OF Tue solar system. too. cannot know
10y observation whether our great COS
mic track Is straight or curved until
. Ike the compass. tile astronomers i'm
siruments shall tell us the truth.-IIar-
OLD Jacoby Ph- H.. I'm Uarper's Weekly.
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Perished In rursui, OF Pr. !,

Among the curioSiticS of the North
ampton England museum there is
none more interesting than glass
case containing Il smoked eat. In her
lifetime puSS was a respected resi-
dent In hotel in the town and Ger
tainly paid for her keep 10y proficiency
IN housing. One day, however. she
disappeared-waS searched for. lament
ed, forgottcn-till years after u work
man repairing Il chimney i'm the hotel
threw sudden light ON the mystery of
her fate. She was discovered stand
ing in an angle of the hrickwork Just
as she now appears in the glass ease.
and clinchcd IN each tVont paw was
a smoked, dried mouse. Flying for
their lives up the broad chimney. The
mouse had led The way Mt Gully 10
death, but TO unexpected Immortality
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
THE oes,HE roR STORIES.



60 -rhss Remssds Me-"
Our earliest instinct II 10 ask Tor a
story. our latest TO tell one unasked.
Human life IL bounded ar either end
oy phrase: ''once upon sime" at one
end. that reminds me" at the other.
Above the tirst instinct we rise gradu-
ally. gradually declining TO the second.
Not that the narrative sense ever ales
In US; only that In the plenftude or our
powers we are not satisfied with story
that Is nothing more. than a story. a
narrative for narration's sake.
The mind Of child ls NIL agape for
facts. Tor IL Is empty. and nothing Is so
quickly hlling. SO easily assimilabie. as
dish OF facts. Facts OF fiction nre
preferred by the child TO actual facts
because they satisfy also its strong i'm
aginative sense. Itss'horal and intel
iectual senses are still i'm allegiance. De
duce from any story "a moral or an
idea. aud the child runs away rudcIy.
There lies the difference between us
ana II. Our moral and intellectual
senses are fourishing. and by their
strength our Imagination Is propor-
uonately weakened Grimm Is not
enough for us Our moral sense cries
aloud for Hans Andersen. Dumas
leaves us cold. Our mind needs Balzac
IL Is not enough for us that once upon
time there were three Processes or
three musketcers who suffered or did
some queer things. We want those
triads TO illustrate. TO symbolic. to
mean something. to corroborate or up
set some theory that we have formed.
to quicken our mind and affect our
conduct.
SUCH are the prime needs OF our ma
turity. Comes Time. moving away
with his scythe our intellectual and
moral curiosity: nor does he restore
TO us our old Imagination. He crops us
bare or all but experience. Thins.s that
have appened-especiaIly. old egoists
that we are. the things that have hap
pened TO ourselves-are the only things
that rouse us from our lethargv
"Anecdotage' is an-ugly phrase. sec
ond childhood less harsh. is not less
exactly descriptive. For our last state.
the state where narrative is absolute
despot. was our first state too.-Max
Beerhohm in Saturday Review.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
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 univer-
sal satisfaction, that it has long since
been recognized as n permanent in
stitution.
We are endeavoring to get the
COURIER into every Clarke county
home, and our efforts are meeting
with great deal of success.
1t will cost Just ONE DOLLAR
to have the COURIER mailed 10 your
address for a whole year. You Will
then SGT all Of the county news.
Send for free sample copy.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
FOR THOSE WHO THINK.
Don't daily with your purpose.

Don't daily with your purpose
Character is the poor mans capital.
Men call their own carelessness and
inactivity fate.
The lucky man is the one who grasps
his opportunity.
The largest room in the world is the
room for self Improvements
We get out OF life just what we nut
into IL. The world has for us Just what
we have for it.
Don't brood over the past or dream
OF the future, but use the instant and
get your lesson from the hour.
Stock taking every day is great aid
TO advancement. Stop and add Your
self mp at the close OF each day and
see If You have anything To carry over.
II You have nothing but cipherS Ia car
ry over something is wrong somewhere.
Success,
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
CURED BY SARCASM.
a Lesson In the Use OF simple Term
I'm Letter writing

Lesson In the Use OF simple Terms
I'm Letter Writing.
few months ago the son Of a rail-
way director was through his fathers
influence given Il position Of some inn.
portance on large railway. He was
fresh from Cambridge and in the or
ders which he from time 10 time issued
TO the men under him always made use
OF the longest. most unusual words
This habit led TO some rather expen-
sive blundcrs, and. the matter coming
before the general manager. he wrote
the young official the following letter:
In promulgating your esoteric coci.
tations and i'm articulatiug your super
ncial scntimcHtaiities aud amicable phil
osophical or psychological observations
beware OF platitudinous ponderositv.
Let your conversational communication
possess a clarified conciseness. a com
pacted comprehcnsibleness. n coales-
cent consistency and n coucatenatcd
cogency. Eschew all congiomeration OF
hatulent garrulity. jejune babblement
and asinine aircctation. Let your ex-
tcmpouneOus deScantings and unprc-
meditated eNpatiation have intelliglbil-
lily and veracious viyacity, without rho
domontade or thrasonical bombast.
Sedulously avoid all polysynabic pro.
fundity. veniriloQuial verbosity and
vaniloquent vapidity. Shun double Ell.
tendre. prurient jOcosity and pestifer-
Gus profanity. obscurant or apparent.
IN other words. talk plainly. briefly.
naturally. Scnsibiy. purely and truth
fully. Don't put ON airs; say what You
mean; mean what you say. aud don't
use big words"
The young official took the gentle
hint and changed his style-London
Tit RitS
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Mark twain Missed the Boat.

The success achieved. 10y Mark Twain
during his boating days on the Missis-
sippi river WAS due not only 10 the fact
that he was Skillful pilot. but that lac
was an earnest one as well. \ man
who knew Mr.. Clemens In those days
told how the genial humoriSt once
missed his boat. Instead OF inventing
an excuse, as many of his companions
did, he reported 10 his superior officer
as follows:
My boat left at G:lO. | arrived AT
the landing at G:2O and could not catch
it,"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
An Irish Compliment

When Earl Spencer was lord lieuten-
ant of Ireland the people of Dublin
called the beautiful countess, one OF
the loveliest women of her time. "Spen-
ser's Faerie Queene."
But when their eXcellencies were
about to return 10 England Irish gal
lantry was shown i'm characteristic
way. At the farewell banquet in their
honor an Irish gentleman got up and
said. with much fervor and many
bows:
we all hope soon to see you back
again, you and the work OF art by your
side"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
The soIdicr,s Ihl. -.

Military life is necessarily made up
largely Of loafing. You cannot kccu q
man-continuouSly. at drilling. marching
or any other branch of military train
Ing for eight hours day ana five or
SIN days a week. You have to invent q
great many other jobs for him. even To
make preten>e OF keeping him occu-
ned. But these jobs are nearly all
"loaiinS" jobs. and when IL is an done
the soldier has great many more idle
hours ON his hands per diem than any
other man in the same rank OF life I
do not know whether Il is possible to
arrive AT any remedy for this. but IL
II is. the direction I'm which should
look for the remedy would be To make
every soldier work at some other trade
for certain number Of hours each
day. The number Of hours might be
shorter I'm the summer. when there is
more opportunity for training aud milf
tary exercise. ana longer i'm the winter.
II this were practicable. no doubt il
would make an enormous difference 10
the value ef the soldier as q citizen
when he leaves the ranks-Iondop
Truth.
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Incom patfbiIity.

A man and his wife called at law
Eer's office To talk about divorce.
Judge" the wife said. II had only
% cents TO live on last month"
Whereupon the husband replied ag.
grily: That's falsehood; she had
500"
Then the wife said. Judge that's
as near as we ever agree" And the
judge said they might rs well get a
divorce If that was the best they could
do.-AtchiSOn Globe
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13


REV. Eow. Wall, Rector.
Divine Services and Sermon every Sunday at
II %. III. and So p. II.
sunday School. = J. Is. Moore. Superinteu-
dent AZ e.5Qa. II.
Bible Glass Monday. P m.
Ladies Ala Society. MrS. J. NJ. q. NcGuire
President. Mrs Ida Morgan. Secretary
ana Treasurer meets every two weeks,
on Thursday, al $50 p. m.
Noman's Auxiliary Missionary Society
Ms. Edw. Wall, President; Miss Annie
{. Moore. Secretary and Treasurer. meets
urSt Wednesday in each month.
Kings Daughters Mrs Lorenzo Lewis. Pres
ldeuC Miss Gretta Mccormick. Vice Pres
llent Miss Emily Smith. Secretary. Miss
Florence Baushman. Treasurer: meets
every two weeks, on Thursday. ATTAIN.
Chapel Society, Mrs. Il. p. Page. Treasurer;
meets on call when necessary.
brotherhood of 81 Andrew. John B. Neiu
Director; John Il. Crown, Secretary and
~ Treasurer.
SFoNEWNiI tHNrTEE. DACGHrERs OF rHR
OoNFEuERACY.
President, Mrs. Ann Broun: Vice President.
Miss Laura W. Gold Treasurer. Mrs.
George y. Hardesty. Secretary. Miss
- Lucy y Gold. Historian Miss Annie q.
= a Moore.
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ExnRrfenced

How is the new girl going TO do?'
asked Mr.. Ferguson.
"She hasn't had much experience 3"
said his wife. but | think she will he
all right when she gets broken in"
Then came loud Sound OF falling
crockery from the kitchen.
she seems * he making q good
start, anyhow" observed Mr. Ferguson
encouaglngly.- Chica 30 Tribune.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

Mamma. what is TopSy'S other
nameE"
"IopSy i'm the pl0yf / dout know.
dear / guess she HaSu't amy other.
Its lust TopSN, that's ain"
'oh' she has another name. I heard
papa speak of IL yesterday. Lu, I c,n't
think OF il now. oh. YES, I remember.
It's TopSy Turvy" Kansas CITY jour.
nal
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

Bobson-I see that a Partisan count
ess is Obliged to earn her living at the
washtub, Too bad, ISN'T it?
Deacon Bingle (who knows some.
thing about PaIis)--well, don't know.
Those Partisan washerwomen seemed
TO be a decidedly jolly lot.--CleveIand
Plain Dealer
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

Young Wife-What do you do when
your husband gets cross and wants to
scold?
Wife with experience)-I read him
one or two of the letters he used to
write to me before we were married.
Baltimore American
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Sour
Stomach

No appetite. loss OF strength, nervous
ness. headache. constipation, bad breath.
general debility. sour riSings. and catarrh Of
'"e S'omach are a.! due to Indigestion. Kodol
cures indigestion. This new discovery renre-
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exist IN a healthy stomach. combined with
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properties. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does moi
only cure indigestion and dyspepsia. but this
famous remedy cures all stomach troubles
oy cleansing. purifying. sweetening and
strengthening the mucous membranes lining
the stomach.
NJ. 5 5, Bal. q Ravenswood. W. Va. says--
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Nodol cured ma and va ars nov using n IN roiT.
Tor baby" " ~ '~
kodol DigeSts What You Raj.
Bottles only SI.o0 Size holding az auoss "A. It'll
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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

Hoax-Do you know that thin fellow
over there?
ioaX-Oh, yes; we are very thick.
HoaN-And do you know the big fat
one?
Slightly .-Philadelphia Record.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13
Impossihle shnkesnearc.

Critic-Marvelous drama of yours,
sir. There's scene in that play that
Shakespeare himself could not have
written.
Authenticated! You are too hatter-
ing.
Critic was referring to that rail
way smash in the third act.-London
Tit Bits.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

Aye the races coming IA town."
81 don't know" answered vouno
Mrs. ForEinS My husband hasn't
yet said anything about our having &c
economizc. Washington Star
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

Emeline- Sara is my greatest con
ISOLATION in life.
Elizabeth Why?
Emelme-EverybOdy SAYS she talks
more than do Detroit Free Press
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Encournn ement.

Pupil (after repeated a:temptSl-O oh.
I'm sure ! never shall be able 10,
frofessor-Oh. yes you will. | was
Just as big Al donkey myself Mt first
Punch.
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A nnrfnu Man

Hes the kind of man who courts
danger, l understand"
SWELL. ! should say so. Why. he does
not hesitate to open Irritation with
any young widow he meets"-Chicago
Post.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

Clara-Oh. hum, l wish the Lord
bad made me mani
Mother Perhaps ne has, dear: only
YOU haven't found him yet.-New York
Times.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

She-I think its 81 silly OF lovers To
quarrel
He--NeS. the making no is so eXpcn-
Sive-Brooklyn Life.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-13

Energy Will do anything that can be
done In this world. and no talents. no
circumstances. no opportunities, will
make man without it.--Goethe.