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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
A DISTURBING ELEMENT.

Washington negroes VIGOROUSLY
and naturally are the most trouble
some and disturbing members of
their race on the continent. They
live in an atmosphere of politics
and many of them are ofiice-holders
or defendants of ofiice-h holders rep
reSenting the active and aggressive
radical Republican spirit of the
various States of the South. They
are stuffed with ideas of social
equality and of the wrongs of the
race and their attitude toward
white people usually is defiant to
the point of extreme insolence.
Their surroundings prevent them
from ideas of thrift and industry
and usually they are as poor as
rats, using everything they have
in making a display. They affect
to look with scorn on the sober,
quiet, prospecting and sensible ne
grOes of the South and carry dis
satisfaction and SOW strife wher-
ever they go. Therefore. nobody
of either race regrets that SONS of
them came to grief when they
started South a few days ago on an
excursion, full of zeal and bad
whiskey, with the announced pur-
pose Of teaching the white people
of Virginia Il few things. They
ran afoul ola squad of hard-headed
and hard-hSted Richmond police
men, who declined to appreciate
District of Columbia atmosphere or
to accept the views prevalent there.
Then they encountered Police
Justice Crutchfield. What he did
was not quite a plenty, but a good
deal. What he said was wholesome
and likely to be remembered and
doubtless sent the excurSionists on
their way with some new and
profitable ideas and conceptions.
Neither white nor colored citizens
of Virginia have any use for people
of that kind. The more carefully
they stay away from Us the better
we will be pleased. The District
of Columbia negroes. by their con-
duct and use of the franchise.
forced Republican congress to
deprive the District of Columbia of
local self-government years AGO.
They were firebrands then and are
irebrands now, and the more close
ly they stay ut home the better for
them and everybody else. Rich
mond News-Leader.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
BITS From THE WRITER'S.

Audacity stands In the place or an
cestors TO those who are not well born.
Lucas Cleve.
a long, slow friendship Is the best:
n long. slow enmity the deadllest.-
Seton Merriman.
Among the quieter sausfactIons OF
life must be ranked in n high place the
peace Of man who has made up his
mind.-Anthony Hope.
Many men have ability. few have
genius, but fewer still have character.
Character is the rarest thing In Eng
land.-John oliver Hobbies.
Who steals hearts steals souls. where
fore " behoOyes woman TO look that
the lock be strong and the key hung
high.-F. Marion Crawford.
Any fool can get a notion. 1t needs
training to drive n thing through
training and conviction: not rushing
after the first Rudyard Kip
ling.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
THE DOG DAYS.
I'm the Course OF Time siriu. Ma,
Rise I'm Mid~inter.


Dog days begin. according 10 the ira.
ditions OF boyhood in certain parts OF
the United States. when tho green
scum, algae. begins TO appear on the
surface OF the lakes anu rivers. Then
Il is supposed to be unsafe to 20 I'm
swimming And 1t Is then that ac-
cording to the tradition OF many adults
as well as of boys. dogs most frequent-
~ 40 mad. An nations and races OF
civilization apparently have had pc
Rod during the summer known as dog
days when many maiadieS were sup
posed to be common. But the madness
OF dogs. hydrOphObla. was never associ-
ated with dog days by the ancients.
Dog days are a rather Indefinite pc
Rod. according TO this green scum rule.
but there is disagreement OF authovi-
ties rs to when dog days really do be-
gin and end. According to the diction-
airy, dog days are part OF the year
about the time OF the heliacai rising OF
the dog star, Sirius"-that Is. when the
dog star rises in conjunction with the
sun or as nearly in conjunction as may
be observed. Various dates from July
) 10 Aug. II have been assigned for
the beginning Of dog days, and they
are given various duratiOns OF from
thirty 10 fifty days.
II seems TO have been from the helia-
cal rising OF Sirius that the ancients
most commonly reckoned the dog DAYS.
Thus at the present time dog DAYS
would begin July 8 and will end Aug.
IL. Sirius is the brightest star In the
heavens. and IL was easy to associate
the mutual heat Of the brightest star
and OF the sun with the hottest and
most unkindly period OF the year. Hip
pOcrateS $50 Il. c. declared the dog
days to- be the most unhealthy part Of
the summer
Dog days are continually dropping
farther back i'm the calendar. Now
they are twelve days behind the sched-
ule 10 which they held I'm the period Of
the pharaohs. In time Sirius may rise
i'm the dead of winter The Egyptians
maintained that the first indication Of
the rise Of the Nile took place on the
morning OF the longest day. when. as
they said. the sun and Sothis (SiriuN
rose together. They attributed the rise
Of the river entirely to the great heat
generated by this star I'm conjunction
with the sun.
Sirius is situated I'm the mouth OF the
constellation CAMS Major (the great
dog'1. The Latin name OF dog days
was dies canlcularis." and from this
comes the term "canicular year"
which was known among the Egyp-
uanS and Philippians. II was computed
from one hcliacal rising Of Sirius to
the next and consisted ordinarily Of
800 days. every fourth year having 366
days.-Cbicago News.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
Electricity In Plants.

Electric currents In plants are due,
says kunckel, TO the movements OF
water In the tissues, and not TO differ
ences OF potential, existing independ-
entity. 1t was considered probable that
vegetable electricity was due to blolog-
ical processes especially respiration
and the consequent chemical changes.
In experimenting with leaves and flow
ers dicotyledOns and on n large mush-
room In an atmosphere Of hydrogen It
was found that the electric current was
diminished. but never quite suppressed.
owing probably 10 intramolecular res
piration. The electric current revives
on air being readmltted.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
Important omciaIs

Whether the officers mentioned bv
Mr.. Whinton in his History OF An
trim New Hampshire regarded their
position seriously and lived up to their
official dignity is not told. 1t is certain
that the small boys would have hailed
the opportunity OF exercising such
functions with glee and would have
discharged their duties with vigor and
alacrity.
In 1I93 the town of Antrim officially
appointed three responsible persons TO
I'LL the position OF dog PETERS. 1t was
their duty TO sit near the meeting house
door and to pelt, drive away or cane
any dogs that dared to enter the sa-
cred edidce. In the official records
Of the town are found votes OF subse-
quent years, continuing the vocation
Of the dog PETERS.
One might question which would
make the most disturbance in the
church, the chance dog or the pelters
In the exercise of their official duties.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
HcIpInw Hin, Ont.

For years Squire Latham. Of whom
many amusing stories are told. was
resident OF Bridgewatcr. Mass. and IL
was while he was living there that the
incident occurred which is related be-
low. II illustrates his habitual GOODNESS
and whimsical temper:
lie was awakened one night 10y his
wife, who told him she thought there
were burglars in the house The squire
put on his dressing gown and went
downstairs. Ia the back hail he found
n rough looking man trying 20 open a
door that led into the back yard
The burglar had unlocked the door
and was pulling Ii with all his might.
1t don't open that way. you IDIOT
shouted the squire. taking Ia the mans
predicament Instantly. 1T slides
backir
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
ELECTRIC BAIT FOR FISH.
The New York Aausrium'. suppiy
and where ft IL Captured.


and where M IL Captured.
The New York aquarium. which Is
the largest and best equipped institu-
ton OF its kind In the world. obtains
Its supplies OF tropical fishes FROM the
waters OF Bermuda. Some OF the rnr-
est and most beautiful species are ex-
ceedlngly hard to catch. perslstently
refusing 20 take bait. and on this ac-
count Il has been found necessary to
resort to very novel and ingenious
expedient TO effect their capture. an
electrical contrivance which serves to
stun the coveted specimen and reduce
IL to helrlessness cntll IL can be made
a prisoner.
The device in question consists in
part OF n small and compact storage
battery which is held In leather
pouch beneath the arm OF the opera
tor. who wades as quietly as possible
through the shadows and invades, with
as little disturbance as may be. pools
among the rocks. He carries a long
handled dip net to the handle OF which
n wire is attached. On the end OF the
wire is fastened a small percussion
cap OF the kind used for exploding
dynamite cartridges. IL Is the bursting
OF the cap that is relied upon TO stun
the fish
Lucky for the hunter fishes have as
much curiosity as land animals, and
even the Shiest one will approach n
bait to look at II. though indisposed TO
attempt the slightest nibble. Accord
lngly the percussion cap at the end OF
the wire is concealed either by some
thing eatable or by n bunch OF grass
wrapper around Il. Mr.. Fish wonders
what II is ventures near and has in
slant reason TO regret his imprudence.
The fisherman closes the circuit, the
percussion cap Is exploded. and the
victim Is rendered for the moment life
less, though receiving no permanent
injury. Promptly, by reversing the
dip net, he Is gathered In. and few
days later he finds himself swimming
about In n tank
The fishes from Bermuda are carried
TO New York on steamers. OF course,
and IL is a curious fact that during the
first twenty-fOur hours OF the voyage
they are liable 10 become quite seasick.
Saturday Evening Post.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
A HISTORIC VOLUME
The Bible Used by the United states
supreme Court.

Kept securely under lock and key IN
the supreme court room at Washington
there Is small oxford Bible around
which cluster many notable and his
toric Incidents. II was printed at OK
ford in 1899. first came into the courts
service in 1905 and is believed TO be
one OF the 10000 imported by congress
n few years before. During it's court
career this volume has been called into
service every day on which the august
tribunal has held session.
The great constitutional lawyers OF
the formative period OF our govern
ment as a prerequisite OF their admis-
sion TO practice before this learned
body kissed it's material face.
Besides these great legal lights every
associate and chief justice with the
exception OF Chief Justice Chase. who
had Bible OF his own. and every law
yer except Daniel Webster. sworn TO
practice before the supreme court bar
has taken his oath of allegiance on
this little book. 1t IS tradition of the
court that when Daniel Webster came
before this high tribunal In his first
argument in the defense Of the char
tered rights OF his alma mater. Dart
mouth college, against the legislative
attacks OF New Hampshire. by some
strange inadvertence the oath was not
administered. The tradition goes fur
Their. intimating that the judges were
so impressed by the eloQuence Of his
appeal. which stands out today as a
classic in legal lore. that they either
forgot or dared not mention his dere-
LECTION.
1t is no wonder that this little Bible
is SO carefully preserved. endeared as
il IS with the memories OF Americas
greatest statesmen and juriSts. When
president IS TO be sworn the clerk OF
the court usually purchases Il new
Bible. and after the certificate has
been affixed he presents IL TO the first
lady Of the land.-I,eSlie's Weekly.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13

a writer TO the New York Mirror Of
1910, in the course of a rhapsody on the
railway, says: "Due!ing and changing
horses and separate rooms are at an
end, our light literature must now be
come woven with steam, our incidents
must arise from blowups and love be
made over broken legs, while here the
novelist will have 10 record the falling
in Of a tunnel, the only chance icc. for
n touch OF the sublime" Trains then
proceeded under wonderfully good con
dition occasionally at the awe inspiring
speed Of thirty-fve miles an hour as a
maximum.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
TWO FARE WELLS.

From a harhor a ship went forth,
And two maidens stood on the land.
One waving a banner aloft,
The other clasping her hands.
One with spirit bright as morn,
The other as sad as night,
For away on that ship many friend.
were borne,
And that shadow had come DER her
light.
One with nature simple, true and good
Laments the loss Of friends; hut to be
cheerful, try she would
But as the ship sinks out Of sight
She clasps her hands, and her face is
strangely white.
The other, selfish, ple,sure-loving
does not mourn,
She cares nothing for her friends and
neighbors gone,
She thinks only Of the pleasures Of to-
day,
But waves and smiles till the ship has
gone away.
Thus they stand, in the morning air.
One beauteous for her form and hair.
The other for her eyes, where simple
deep and true,
Her great faith lies pure and new.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13

Turner. the naturalist. declares that
he once saw upon the coast Of Brazil
n race Of gigantic savagcS whose av-
erage height was over ten feet. some
individuals exceeding twelve and a half
feet NJ. Ihevct OF France I'm his de-
scription OF America. which was pub
lished in Paris IN 1870, says that he
was once present whom the skeleton OF
a South American savage eleven feet
and two inches in height was disln-
TERED. The Chinese have a record OF
several giants between twelve and six
teen feet IN height which have lived in
the Flowcry Kingdom within the last
300 years. Josephus mentions n jew
who was ten feet two inches. and
Pliny was well acquainted with Ca
bath, the Arabian giant. who was nine
feet nine inches IN height. Coming
down TO modern times. we find that
John Middleton, who lived in the time
OF James l., was nine feet three inches
and had a hand seventeen inches long
by eight and n half broad. Murphy.
one OF the celebrated trio OF Irish
giants Charles Byrne and O'Brien be-
ing the other two, was eight feet ten
inches and O'Brien two inches taller.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Some men work just enough to keep
dirty.
Every one wants always TO be able
to work, but not always to have to.
II YOU don't like certain persons. how
you hate TO hear their money rattle!
Here is one sign that you are talking
too much-whcn your listener tries to
pull away from you.
After man passes fifty IL is impos-
sible for him to get up any enthusiasm
about anything but his troubles
Ever notice how the big flies avoid
fly paper? II Is the same with the real
ly big men. They are seldom caught.
You can follow directions in making
a cake or cutting out shirt, but there
are no directions that can be followed
successfully in managing man. Some
how he is not like n cake or shirt
AtchlsOn Globe.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
ScoIdinE Reform.

1t Is accepted as truism among ed
ucators that no child can be made per
manently good by simply scoldIng. The
overscolded child is made worse by the
process, and the overscolded politician
Is likely to deterlorate, and for the
same reason. Even a good dog viii
Try TO earn a bad name IL he has 1t
thrust too often upon him. Probably
IL would be an exaggerated statement
TO say that the essential spirit Of re-
FORM IN this country is the spirit of
the scolding parent, but IL resembles
II too often.-George w. Alger in At
lantic.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
A VISION.

! seemy mother in the moon,
And l know that I'll be with her soon.
For / am dying, dying, dying.
She stands with arms stretched out 10
me and beckons me on,
And l know 1 will soon be gone.
And the wind is signing, signing.
signing.
Soon l will be in the angel land
With harp of gold clasped in my
hand,
Singing, singing, singing.
While down on the earth my bodywin
sleep
And the trees there silent watches will
keep,
While the church bells are ringing.
ringing, ringing.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
The Best building Ground.

The most healthy ground on which
to build a residence is one composed
OF clean gravel free from clay and
effetc organic matter and having a
porous substratum. The advantages
OF such a soil are free ventilation and
drainage and low level OF ground
water, all essential qualities for a dry
and salubrious situation. 4 soil com
posed OF permeable sandstone and
chalk formation is also good. Rocky
and stony situations are usually
healthy. Sandy soils may be consider
Cd salubrious provided they are clear
and pure and not water bound by an
impermeable foundation. Clay and al
luvial soils are generally unhealthy.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
BALLOON ASCENSiONS.
The Close OF the Day II the ID.
Time IN MAKE Them

The Close of the Day Il the Best
Time 20 Make Them.
did You ever know why Il Is that
balloon ascension at country fair.
promised for . o'clock in the after
noon, never occurs until about 6T''
asked an expert parachute jumper.
1T always happens. and the explana-
ton generally Is that the preparations
for the ascension could not be made
In time This is rarely the case, for
the ballOonist never had any intention
OF going UP earlier than just toward
the close OF day. The reason for this
Is that not only is an ascension at any
other time fraught with little more
danger on account OF the winds which
usually prevail. but also because by
these same winds the balloon and para
chute are apt TO be carried too far
away. perhaps SO far that injury may
befall them before they can be recov-
cred.
THE old and experienced balloonist
never makes an ascension except Just
at shutdown. because with the going
down OF the sun the winds subside
considerably. He can 20 almost straight
up, break away his parachute and
come down in the very lot from which
the ascension was made.
There is really very little danger In
parachute lcaping when the man who
does Il Is experienced The parachute
must open and bring him down safely.
though he will have a hair raising drop
like chunk OF lead FOR about 100 feet.
the distance usually covered before the
big bag opens. Then he can guide his
descent readily by raising OF lowering
this side or that in order TO spill n lit
tie air and thus keep IL from drifting.
"A balloon can't be guided. but n
parachute with man OF experience
hanging 90 Il can be controlled as cas-
lily as boat. Tor the reason that by
fitting IL on one side you can force x
In the other direction and thus ma
neuver so that n Il Is desired you can
deposit yourself on the very spot OF
the ascension. IL is only the inexpe-
rienced men who drift or those who
fear they may incline the bag too far
for safety."-St Louis Globe Democrat.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
How Tortoise SHELLS worked.

The soldering OF two pieces of tor
toise shell together is effected by
means Of hot pnChers. which. while
they compress. soften the opposed edge
Of each piece and amalgamate them
into one. Even the raspings and pow
der produced 10y the file, mixed with
small fragments, are put into molds
and subjected TO the action OF boiling
water and thus made into plates of the
desired thickness or into various arti-
Giles which appear 10 have been cut out
OF n solid block
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
Would Have 10 ne Cr,zx

Did you examine the house, sir?"
asked the real estate agent.
Yes" replied Kaustlck, returning
the keys.
We'll, Wen make the rent low to the
right party"
MY dear sir, there couldn't be such
a thing. No party who was right
would rent that house"-Philadelphia
Ledger
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
Is Lie Worth IIrinrs

Those people who say that life is
not worth living find it so because
they do not go to work to make 1t
worth living. Why does sadness over
power them? Is it go much harder for
them than for others to see sin and
suffering? What right have they to
add their weight TO the wor3d's bur
densf Is it n sign of intellect to be
cowardlyE And do these people not
dream that the spiritual power which
makes such an intellectual condition
impossible is vastly superior to any
power that the intellect alone can at
tain.-EEzabeth Peabody.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
THE CITY OF VENICE.
Its Peculiar site and How IL Cnm,
TO he Selected.

Its Peculiar site and How II Cumc
TO he Selected.
The city OF Venice IS approached
from behind 10y n railroad constructed
over stretch OF swamp Out beyond
this swamp was another swamp which
was n little higher. 1t had been out Of
the water longer and had caught
enough seawecd. sand. shells and scdi-
ment TO be q; for birds TO nest on.
There was one island called the Ri
alto, which was really quite secure.
and around this one there were said
TO be about seventy-five or eighty
other islands. which today are occu-
pied by the city OF Venice. Some OF
these were originally not islands at
all They were mere high places in a
great bog. which. 10y the cutting OF
channels and 10y artificial means. were
converted into more or less tit places
for the erection OF buildings.
Without consulting history. one
could almost guess that such an IN
favorable spot as this was not Sc
lected rs the site for a city out Of
free choice, and indeed IL was not
Venice was started during the fifth
and sixth centuries. The inhabitants
Of Padua and few more north Ro-
man cities, chased out by the Huns.
the GOths and other tribes OF bar
barlans. took refuge here in an Adrl-
auc lagoon. The savagcS OF Asia had
no boats, 50 that the settlement was
very safe. and. leading an independent
Efe, prospered here by itself during
the middle ages at surprising rate.
II was mOnstrous work TO make
the city secure from the sea. ship
loads OF stone were brought from other
coasts. Dams and canals were built
at great cost, and the residents finally
got enough Of dry land about them 10
feel moderately safe
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
A POETIC CHILD.

We publish below four poems
from little Miss +. NJ. Heath. of
Wildwood, this county. This little
girl is only ten years of age, yet
her poems show a degree of mature
thought which Is marvellous in a
child of her age. Several months
ago the COURIER published some
verses from the same author, and
they were favorably commented on.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
old Thnndcr Notions.

The "prognoStication Everlasting OF
one Leonard Digges," published I'm
1896, tells Us that thunder In the morn
ing denotes wind. at noon rain and in
the evening great tempest. lie goes
further still and declares that Sun
days thunder should bring the death
OF learned men, judges and others,
Mondays the death OF women, Tues
days plenty Of grain, Wedn esday's
bloodshed. Thursdays plenty Of sheep
and corn, Fridays the slaughter Of n
great man and other horrible murders.
Saturdays a great pestilent plague
and great dearth."
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13
An Odd HIuuder

When the British admiralty built the
splendid naval barracks .at Chatham
they lifted up one of the largest rooms
IN nne style for court martials and
mad Court Martial" Inscribed on n
Dig brass plate on the door When II
was about to be used for the first
tihe the discovery was made that the
regulations require all naval court
martials to be held on the water.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-09-13

Paddy Doolan went into a shop one
to buy eggs.
What are eggs today?"
Eggs are eggs today, Paddy" re-
piled the shopman, looking quite trl-
umphantly at two or three young lady
customers who happened to be in the
shop.
Faith, I'm glad to hear you say So"
replied Paddy, FOR the last ones 1 got
here were chickens"