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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
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 (hold and cold water).
two water closets and lighted
throughout with Acetylene Gas.
The sanitation is perfect. An ex-
cellent stable, carriage house, pouI-
try yard and garden. An oppor-
tunlty for city gentleman to pur-
chase a summer home that cost
$40, 900 at the low price of 81, 800.
Farm of 12O acres, 81 miles from
Berryville, land especially suited
for fruit. Large dwelling. Price
81, 800.
-Four acres of good land with
Dwelling House and Outbuildings.
Merchant, Grist and Saw Mill. all
in good condition, Al miles from
Berryville. Pays interest on 81
600. Price $1,000.
$50 acres of land, with store
house and mill property. 2 dwell
lIngs. 5-acre orchard. Large
spring. d miles from Govern
ment weather bureau. A profita-
bic 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 500 per
acre. Fairly good house. Stab
ling, spring and orchard. Espec-
tally suited for fruit farm. $40
per acre.
ID. &. SNYDER,
Real Estate Agent,
BerryvilIe, Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
An old. OH Sfnrv

How ancient is the servant problem q?
A correspondent OF the New York Post,
referring 10 a letter from the Duchess
OF OrmOnde, written in 1868, quotes
from an epistle dated North Yarmouth,
Me, March 26, 1875, as follows: Il
have been without any but Betsy
about fortnight and am determined
TO continue so rather than endeavor to
hire one of this country The pride of
independence is so prevalent here that
the people had rather slave at home
than live in my kitchen in plenty.
Were ! to take them to my table they
would have no objection to oblige me.
The want of good domestics is general;
therefore l have less reason to com
plain, but / wish a method could be
found to render us less dependent upon
them"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
Buried With III. Horace

The Will. dated 17T2. 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 or 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, / desire may be deposited in
Its Leather Case or Coffin my Pocket
Elzevir Horace. comes viae vItaedue
dulcis ct utills. worn out with and by
me."-Athaeneum.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
SYMPATHY.

Sympathy is food to a starving heart.
sympathy is two hearts pulling at
one load.
Sympathy is the staff on which trou-
BILE leans.
sympathy is the cream that rises on
the milk or human kindness.
Sympathy in sorrows hour is like the
gentle rain to dropping flowers.
Sympathy is the least the rich may
give, the most the poor can offer.
Sympathy is the blossom grown from
the costly bulb called personal suffer
ing.
sympathy is a well toned instrument
that readily responds to notes of veal
or woe.
Sympathy is the most powerful hu-
man magnet for attracting and holding
friendship.
Sympathy is perfect forgetfulness OF
oneself in true feeling for the unhap-
piness of others.
sympathy is loves healing balm
spread by PHYS tender hand on sor-
rows heart wound.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
SHOOTING BIG GAME.
Danger when the Bullet Fails 4,
stop the Brute's Advance.

Danger when the Bullet Fails 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 l
could stop the animal II wounded it
and II charged me. as 1t did on an av-
erage Of once in three times.
Based on my experience, therefore. /
should place the elephant first and the
rhino third after the seladang, which
is fully as formidable as the Cape buff
falo and is miscalled the bison all 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
a 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 I'm 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 I'm 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. 1t 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 in 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 II well placed The
reason the rhino is so formidable Is be-
cause Its vulnerable spots are 50. hard
to reach. It's brain Is as small In pro-
portion as that OF the elephant and
may be reached through the eye il
head-on, or about three inches below
and just In front Of or just behind the
base OF the ear -eording 20 your posi-
ton for a shot.-o lting.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
EAST INDIAN METHODS.
= Servants subtle hat Unsuccessful
scheme For Revenge.

. SERVANTS subtle hat Nnsucccssful
scheme For Revenge.
4 trade Journal tells 4 story of an
adventure which nearly cost one OF
It's correspondents i'm India his life. The
Indian merchant was a wealthy man
who had got on well with the natives.
but two of his servants had had a
quarrel over girl whom they both
woOed. The merchant interfered in the
fight The unsuccessful sutton. Laj,
began To make trouble. and his rival.
the husband. warned the merchant
against him. Nothing happened for
some months. Then the merchant
went away on business. On his re-
turn he was told that Laj had been
caught in his bedroom and locked up
In the east this meant trouble The
merchant called his servants and had
a thorough search made Of the house.
They examined every trunk. bureau
and bedstead. every picture. statue and
Crevice in the wall and crack in the
floor, expecting TO find a hooded cobra
or other poisonous reptile. They scru-
tinized every knob. handle and gar
ment TO see If IL had been smeared
with poison or with juices which at
tracted venOmOus creatures. Then
they searched the wine cellar. the PAN
try and the stOrerOOm. But they found
nothing
The merchant was tired and after
eating went to the cabinet where he
kept his cigars. II was a large case OF
teak and plate glass, with an old fash
toned silver Indian lock.
As he was about 10 insert the KEY in
the keyhole Laj's 'Tlccessful rival, who
had been active i'm the search. cried.
Look out sahih: some one has been
meddling with that lock-
They examined the keyhole and
found traces Of wax. When they
opened the case the merchant found
everything apparently untouched. Five
boxes OF cigars were unopened. He had
opened the sixth before he went away
and removed few cigars. As he took
this box up he noticed on it the marks
OF fingers.
The cigars looked as II they had not
been disturbed. He was about TO take
one when he noticed that something
was wrong with the head. 4 second
and a third were like the first. In each
small, almost imperceptible rose
thorn had been inserted, and on II was
a dab OF brown slime still moist the
same color as the cigar.
DO not touch them, sahib," said the
Indian. They are poisoned"
The merchant sat down and wrote a
note 10 the police. In half an hour an
officer appeared with Laj under guard.
The merchant stated the case TO the
officer and, taking one OF the cigars.
handed il 10 Laj. with the command.
Take it and smoke It"
The man turned gray and refused.
His guilt was proved.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

One-half the 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 a large amount TO pay for
bread. but it is mighty Insignificant in
a poker game
When some people haven't any great
trouble, they smile as much as TO say,
How brave / am.
Many a good man fuses n great
deal about nothing and makes himself
unnecessarily dlsagreeable.
There is this in being n parent: They
get the abuse II their children are bad
and no particular credit IL they are
good.-Atchlson Globe.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
REMEMBER IN A SICKROOM

That medicine bottles should be kept
out Of sight.
That garrulous friends should be
treated in the same wise fashion.
That a rubber ice bag is as useful as
a hot water bag
That everything about the room
should be scrupulously clean.
That IL is sometimes safer 10 humor
sick people than 10 argue with them.
That rapid recovery from illness Of
ten depends more upon nourishing food
than upon medicine
That sweet smelling flowers should
never be permitted in n room where
there is a very sick person.
That both light and ventilation can
be regulated by placing n tall screen
between the bed and window.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
A PICTORIAL DRAMA.
How Tweed Was Identified In spain
ny Mast Cartoon.

hON AWCc0 " n A0CnNtNCd In spain
ny n Mast Cartoon.
No very strenuous effort had been
made TO find Tweed. but Il became
known at last that he was somewhere
in Spanish territory. AS early as Sept.
30 Mast cartOOned the boss" as
tiger appearing from a cave marked
Spain" Now. suddenly. came anoth-
e. report-a cable-that one ''Twid"
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 TO 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 forcfbly abducted by the
big man OF the stripes and club. The
printing on the dead wall they judged
20 he the story OF his crime. Perhaps
they could even spell out the word "re-
ward" in an upper corner.
Absurd as II all was, the identfca-
ton was fiawless. Tweed. on board
the steamer Franklin. came back to
America 10 die. When his baggage
was examined 1t 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 Harpers re
published this picture with the story OF
the boss capture The pictorial drama
was complete.-Albert Bigelow Paine
IN Parsons
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
TEACHING THE HORSE.
VIII Learn AnythfnE His Muscles
Can Rcrforun.

Can Perform.
Expert horsemen believe that a horse
can be taught 10 do anything that it Is
possible for an animal 50 formed and
TO be utterly fearless. Thus we know
OF horses rushing into battle with q
fear!essness that Il magnificent. al
though I'm the beginning OF their lives
they may have been foolishly timid.
shying ut everything unusual that hap
pened to bc seen I'm their travels.
In order 10 teach horse feariessness
he must be accustomed TO all sorts OF
sights and sounds. He must come to
know that because something that he
sees or hears IL unusual II does not fol-
low that II Is harmful. for IL Is the I'M
usual things that frighter him. The
horse is an animal OF one idea at a
time and Is not able 10 discriminate. so
say the men who have made n study OF
the horse. While he Will travel along
quietly close by the roar OF n train, he
may tremble at the fiutter OF a piece OF
loose paper flying In the wind. II Is
not the frightfulness OF the object that
seems TO alarm him. but the unfamil-
iarity or t. Horse trainers say that
the mistakes made I'm breaking and
training n colt Is that II Is too often
done i'm the seclusion OF some country
road instead OF amid the sights and
sounds that the animal must necessari-
ly become familiar with later.
As soon as the horse becomes famil-
iar with anything and has earned TO
believe that Il will 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. beiug used 20 the
noise and not knowing that the sound
predicts anguish and death. IL Is well
20 accustom a 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. a band
OF martial music and a gang OF quarry
men blasting rock. A horse that was
drilled among such n bedlam as this
would indeed prove immune TO strange
noises. The gentle family horse. petted
by man and child. is not always train
ed 10 all this. yet he often makes a use
full and faithful animal. loved by his
owner and evidently making some re-
turn OF Observation-Disclosures Tribune
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
POOR TROMBETTIi
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,
and when cornered by the gentlemen
Of the press his language became dis.
tinctly lurid.
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 20 make your acquaintance; l
have been trying to find you for days"
And may l inquire with whom l am
speakingT' why, l am N Not
near relation to be sure. but near
enough to offer you congratulations"
etc. Professor Trombetti. treasured.
and glad 70 get hold Of some one to
unburden 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 vainly sighing for.
Finally they parted with an engage
ment for dinner the next evening.
That night the professor was sitting
TRANQUILITY In a restaurant. the observed
OF all observers. when suddenly he was
seen TO spring to his feet with n 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. I'm large print. were his impru-
dent revelations Of the afternoon. He
had been done" by a jOurnalist-Pall
Mall Gazette.
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THE NEGRO DIALECT.
some Comments ON Paul Laurence
Dunhar'. Enort. 90 sustain M.

some Comments ON Paul Laurence
punhar's Enort. 10 Su.tstn M.
AS rule the negro who has grown
cut OF the dialect OF his race makes an
extremely poor showing I'm an effort 10
mimic the Negroes talk" said an OBJ
servant man. land his efforts 10 write
IL 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. SO here IL is:
Lay mo down bencaf de wiilers in de
grass
whsh de branch II go a-singin' as II pass.
An wen Is a-layin' low
kin hyeah IL as IL 40
Singin. Sleep. my honey. TEX yo' res at
las
Lay me nigh to whah hit meks little
pool.
An de watah STAINS so quiet lax an cool.
Whah de little birds In spring
Ust 20 come an drink an sing.
An the chillen wsded on dey way TO
school
Let me settle Wen my shouldahs draps
dey load
Nigh enough to hyeah de noises in de
road
Flu 1 tink dc las long res
Gwine TO soothe my sperrit bes'
Ef is lsyin' mong de things is ailus
knowcd
you will observe here that be shows
the negroes strong devotion TO the T.
and II 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 writer's OF today would
write il Abs for they nearly always
use All for II So he shows the same
preference for Il In the lines
An wen is a-layin' low
kin hye0h Il as IL 60
singin'. Sleep. my honey. TEX yo' res at
las
Here we have rs and 4 kim both
showing the negro's devotion 10 the
sound OF - 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. tie dialect is good and
is well sustained" - New Orleans
Times Democrat
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
OUR TREASURE IN KEATS.
Hts Poetry OF Three Dimensions-
Height. Breadth and soIfdity.

Height. Breadth and seIfdity.
In reading Keats one is struck with
the wealth OF his equipment, the solid
qualities OF his art. his soaring imagi-
nation. his rare sense OF beauty, his
resources OF language. and. not the
least noteworthy, his capability OF
growth I'm taste. To consider what
poet thus endowed might have given
to the world had he lived 10 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 n line OF verse after his twen-
ty-hfth year, and he probably wrote
little after his twenty-fourth. and yet
what glorious body OF life and inspI-
ration he has left! 1t is poetry OF three
dimenslons-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 in close relationship with truth and
beauty"
His trsnscriptioDs 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 "Ode to n Nightingale" the depth
and lyric directness OF such lines as
I'm Drear Nighted December" and a
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 record OF good work the faults
OF his earlier manner are not worth
consideration.-Cent
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THE PERFECT NUMBER.
From Time ImmemoriaI Three Has
Had Unusual Significance.

From Time Immc moriaI 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 immemorial greater promI-
hence has been given TO IL than TO any
other except seven. And as the symbol
OF the Trinity its influence has waxed
more potent IN recent times. 1t 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
belly. 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 Javelin. Jonathan shot three ar
rows on David's behalf. Daniel was
thrown into a den Of three lions be-
cause he prayed three times a day.
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were
rescued from a fiery furnace. The
commandments OF the Lord were de-
livered 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. BE prayed three times
before he was betrayed. Peter denied
him three times. He suffered three
hours OF agony on the cross. The SUI
prescription was in three languages,
and three men were crucifed. Christ
appeared three times to his disciples
and rose the third day.-New York
Herald.
Y--ktas
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
Artificial nean,x In Ro,.

personal artifice is at least as old
as the Roman empire, for, speaking of
the artificial beauty Of coQuette, Mar
uoI says: "Gollu, you are but a com
position OF falsehood. While you We're
living ut Rome your boir was growing
on the banks Of the Rhine. At night
when you lay aside your silken robes
you lay aside your teeth also. Two
thirds of your person are locked up In
boxes for the night. The eyebrows
with which you make such insinuating
motions are the work OF your slaves.
Thus no man can say. L love you,' for
you are not what he loves. and no one
loves what you are"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-12-21
Nothing TO Fear.

Judge lockwood Hoar, brother OF
Senator Hoar. was noted as a wit as
well as n jurist. Shortly before his
death, as his daughter entered his
room in the morning. he said: my
dear, / had dream last night, and in
1t saw the angel of death sitting at
the foot of my bed. At first / was
horribly frightened. but as / gazed at
my visitor my fears vanished. he
wore a fur cap."-Brooklyn Life.
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BuryinE the Inn Sign.

In some parts Of England when a
public house loses its license the sign
board Is sOlemnly buried. On the last
night it is removed from over the door
and walked" in the bar by the old
customers. When the clock points to
closing time and the house ceases its
career as an inn the signboard is car
ried out in procession and inferred
with an appropriate burial service,
which ends with watering the grave
with gallon OF beer or a bottle OF
whisky.
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willing to LinGer.

Longevity is ever a subject Of alb
sorbing interest. The desire to live is
the common inheritance Of the race. A
desire TO die does not spring from a
sound mind in a sound body. A priest,
having administered the last rites Of
the church TO n dying Irishman, asked
II he were not now ready to depart.
The sick man replied. Sure, father,
would rather stay where I am best &C
Quainted." So say we all OF u.s.
Kansas City independent.
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Five Thousand Di.tInc. Lanruas

Mr.. J. Collier is authority for the
statement that there are no less than
5000 distinct languages spoken by
mankind. The number OF separate dla-
lects is enormous. There are more
than sixty distinct vocabularies i'm Bra
I'll, and in Mexico the Nahua language
has been broken up into ZOO dialects.
There are hundreds in Borneo. The
complexities are beyond classification
In Australia. and generally the num-
Der Of dialects decreases with the IN
tellectual culture OF the population. II
there is an average OF fifty dialects
to every language we still have the
enormous t>tal OF 100000.