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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
MISS RoosEvELr's PRESENTS

MISS ROOSEVELT'S PRESENTS.
 Shakespeare says rich gifts wax pooI 1 when givers prove unkind but we have 1t differently in this country. Over here rich gifts are mere rubbish when the customs officials are near-sighted.
 That is, some of the people are look. ing at it from this point of view; but as for us. we are unwilling to enter. tain an opinion so uncharitable. We greatly prefer to believe that the grate. ful ardqr of a young girl, receiving gifts from Oriental potentates and oth. CTS in authority, lead to such gracious and appreciative descriptions of them upon the occasions of their presenta tion that those listening to her en- thusiastic account of their beauty con- ceived an erroneous idea of their in- trinsic worth.
 We believe that the plain, prosaic customs officials have not undervalued Miss Roosevelt's presents in order to make their entry into this country light enough on the Presidents pocketbook to permit of the payment of the duty out of his insufficient salary. If this suspicious and carping American pub- lie is under the impression that these presents are more valuable then, we hold that it has deluded itself, first, be- cause the presents were from folks with feathers in their hats and, second, be- cause a young girl knew how to show appreciation.
 The customs folks in their blunt, un- couth way, speak of most of these presents as truck which Miss Roose- welt ought to give away" Had the ar ticles been received in this kind of spir- it there would have been no reports of their fabulous value; neither would the Orient have been impressed with the charm of American womanhood. We freely confess that we prefer the ap- preciation that ecreates a fictitious money value to the ways of the cur. toms men; but when both the one and the other combine to let Miss Roose welt enjoy her presents at the Ieas possible sum, yet retain her apprecia- tion at the highest possible stage, then we think conditions are just SIS charm ing as they should be. Presidents daughter or Southern colonel's little girl, we believe the customs men of America woud act just exactly the same toward them all.-Memphis Com.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
wHAT oF TIE CzAR LATER?


 That Nicholas II has not yet fled from his revOlted Empire proves one of two things-either he has more stamina than the world has given him credit for or he can't get away. Perhaps Nicholas will get astonish the world by death which will wipe out the memory of the weakness and vacilia- ton of his life. A certain school of gentlemen who from the depths of a library chair make a speciality of tell ing how great men and high-placed ones should die have never forgiven Napoleon that he escaped alive from Waterloo or Louis XVI that he did not die with his Swiss Guards on the grand stairway of the Tuilleries. Even Thackeray says of Louis:
 With the crown of his sires on his
 head,
 With his nobles and priests by his
 side,
 At the foot of his ancestors palace 'Twere easy, methinks, to have died. Nicholas, surrounding himself with such of his guards as remain faithful surely among the Cossacl1s he could find some such-and, when all seemed irretrievably lost. fighting and dying desperately in defense of his home and crown, would make a dramatic picture for the world and for posterity and half redeem the evil of his race and reign. The probabilities are, however, that we shall hear of a night flight from Tsarskoe- Selo on an imperial yacht or palace assassination as vul- gar and disgusting as that of Belgrade. -Neew York Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
4 HOmesiek Boy.

I'm ytsitin' at Aunt Maria's,
 And I'm hOmesiCk as l can be; It's sawdust and shavin's for breakfast, And shavin's and saWdust for tea! She says it ain't sawdust nor shavin's, But some kind O nu-triment food; Anyway, 'tain't pie nor dOughnuts,
 Nor fritters, nor anything good! She never has jam or cookies.
 She says they are awful for me; We eat 'em like sixty to our house,
 And we're all of US healthier'n she! She won't let me have any sugar,
 Because 1t will give me the gFOut And meat l cant swallow mite of
 Till I've chewed it an hour about! Didn't know that had any liver,
 Cause, you see, l was never sick But I'm hungry for all I can think of 'Cept saWdust and shavin's and such. Oh, I want to see Ma and Louisa
 And Grandma and my old balli But guess I'm hOmesicker for dough-
 nuts Than anything else at all! Emma c. Dowd in Life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
ONE MORE.

Municipal ownership is getting many jolts nowadays. It has just got one in Edinburgh During the last twelve years the corporation of Edinburgh has been acquiring real estate in the slum districts of the city, tearing down the old houses that were beyond the repair leased at low rates. The city paid market value for all properties taken by agreement with the owners or un- der the housing of the working classes act" without their consent. Tn twelve years 1,60S houses have been torn down, and 662 have been erected at cost of from $4S6 to $924 apiece. Tenants of one-apartment houses pay sixty cents a week, while two-apartment houses rent for $1 week. From 1893 to May 15, 1905, the total municipal investment for dwelling house improvement was $S26,- 565. The present valuation of the prop erLy IS S4o0, ,loA. HIS ledNeS q Ddldlce OL $361,29S on the wrong side of the &C., count, but against this must be put inn- provement in the appearance and healthfulness of the city.
 The principal cause of the deficiency is said to have been the high prices the city has had to pay for the land. Re- pair and management of the houses have been costly, amounting to forty per cent. of the rents collected. Finan- cial returns have been so unsatisfacto- ry that the improvement scheme com- mittee of the town council has recom- mended that the corporation get rid of all tenement property. The committee adds that in case this Is done there must be careful provision for keeping buildings and surroundings in sanitary condition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
SAFE.
c. Dowd in Life.

The Sunday School teacher asked the class. What kind of boys go to Heaven?" And one little urchin yelled out, Dead boys!"-Lippincott's Mag azine.
 Poets are horn, sir" said the bard to the editor.
 Yes, l know they weren't matched from duck eggs" answered the editor. But the question is, why are they born?"-Cleveland Leader.
 A Rockland schoolboy's compost tion en Whittier, handed in the other day, reached the following incontesta- ble conclusions: He was never mar ried. He hated slavery. ."-Rockland Star.
 VioIinist (one of trio of amateurs who have just obliged with rather lengthy performance)-"Well, we're left off at last?!"
 Hostess-"Thank you so much!"- Punch.
 Yesterday I went to the theater." ]" What was the play. Abigail?" "A nice play. The Merry Wives of "EANoOA' OhI SSS W4IlubOr IS Q very fine writer, isn't he?"-Musical America.
 The envious Casca was turning the dagger In the wound. Caesar opened one eye.
 "oh, it is you, is it?" he said. q thought it was Charlie Hughes. New York World.
 Him-'I wonder if it would be safe for me to steal kiss?"
 Her-"Oh! How can you ask such a question when I am helpless and alone?"-Cleveland Leader.
 ''Pop!" Yes, my son." What is an excavation?" Why, an excavation, my boy, Is a place from which dirt has been taken" Well, I suppose my face is an excavation, then P"-Yon- kers Statesman.
 Want my daughter, eh-what are your prospects?"
 Well, I own a gold mine.'
 Working it?'
 'No-working the public with it.
 Take her and be happy,"-rLife.
 Tired Thompson--"wuz yer ever be- fore judge?"
 Frozen stiffe-"I wuz."
 Tired Thompson-"Wot did yer git"
 Frozen Stiffe-"Iafe at hard labor. I wuz married by judge Judge.
 A young woman, according to Boston report, entered a music store the other day. and said to one of the clerks. Have you got "A Heart That Beats for Me'?" No, madam; not on $7 a week" replied the clerk.-Har- per's Weekly.
 T am as angry as I can be-" snapped the lady who had rented the fifth flat the day before.
 What Is the trouble, mum?" asked the janitor.
 "Why, when inquired about these flats you said they were heated by steam"
 T did not, mum. said they had steam pipes. ."-Chicago Daily Leader.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
THE PLAN OF THE zTONIsrs.

Dr. Max Nordau, in 8 letter to the
 London Times, says that the Zionists
 "have never forgotten that Palestine
 proper--viz.,. the country west of the
 Jordan-is not large enough, whether
 vacant or not, to contain all the Jews
 desirous to return to the land of their forefathers. We always contemplated
 to draw into our colonizing scheme the
 Sinai peninsula, with the plain of Pe- lusium, the Hauran, and the valley of the Euphrates, which are now lpracti- cally empty and would, if properly ir- rigated and provided with means of communication, even with present methods of culture, offer some two hundred millions of settlers sufficient room for, working and thriving" He then goes on to say that the Zionists protest strongly against the lnsinua- tion that we had an avowed or con- standardization to found in Palestine a Jewish State. We have always been frank with the Sultan. He knows that we never thought of infringing on his sovereign rights. All we ever wanted was--and is-local autonomy, permit ting the unfettered display of all our economical and moral capacities. It is not the Sultan, it is we zionists who have been and are adverse to any large of Jews in Palestine with out the previous consent of the Sultan and without his granting first the rights indispensable for our prosperity. Nothing we have said or done justifes the allegation that our hope of ohtain- ing Palestine and the neighboring coun- tries as a legally secured home has faded into a vision of more distant hope than it was ever considered to be
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
NOT QUITE SOLEMN ENOUGH.

Awhile ago it was promulgated, with large formality, that there was going to be much doing in New Haven about splitting on the sidewalk. The promul- gation undoubtedly had a solemnizing effect on many who spit on the side walk, and it was hoped by many who do not spit on the sidewalk that the doing would immediately begin. But all was quiet until Wednesday, when cn Italian was arrested for splitting on t'e sidewalk. We don't know how civ- ti4zed this Italian is, or how much at- tention he has been able to pay to the Ianti-spitting ukase. But there is some thing slightly humorous in the fact that the foreshadowed blow has fallen on him. If one of New Haven's best and bravest, one of her town-born, had been the fated one it would have been more in keeping with what some people thought was going to be done. How ever, it is not too late yet, and if the law is going to be enforced we shall soon read of the arrest of a splitter who will not furnish even a slightly humor- ous situation. There are many such, and at least one ought to be arrested, if there is going to be any real attack on the vile splitting habit.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
PROSPERITY IN SOUTH DAKoAA.

PROSPERITY IN SOUTH DAKOAA.
 That the prosperity which is South
 Dakota's boast is not confined to any one section of the state or to favored few among Its inhabitants is shown by the latest figures from the State Cen. sus Bureau, giving statistics concern ing the paupers of the state, The fig ures show that of the 55,0OO people of South Dakota, only. PAS are supported wholly at public expense. Of these, 15S are inmates of peorhouses and S5 are supported outside of the poorhouses. In addition to these there are 483 resi- dents of the state who are partially
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
ADVERTISING RATES

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents a Word for full week.
 Display advertisements. per inch. one insertion, s1.sO each subsequent inser- ton. 70 cents; one week. ss.2O: one month. sIo: one year. $G0.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29

A parallel has been found for the young curate who said, Here 1endeth the first innings" An English clergy nan on Saturday was beaten in a golf Tournament by put on the last green. This seems to have preyed on his mind 7r on the following day he gave out
 text as follows: "In the eighth iapter and the thirty-sixth verse of ie Gospel according to St. Mark you ill find these words to be written: Tor what shall it profit man if he hall gain the whole world and lose the ast hole?'"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29

There is bank in Philadelphia where clerks at twelve dollars week are not permitted to marry; but one young man has defied the rule and accepted the consequences. He told the directors that there was only one girl he wanted to marry. while there were plenty of jobs for an energetic worker. If this young man has got the right kind of girl he will come out all right.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29

supported by public charity. No other state in the Union, it is believed, has so small a proportion of its population supported at public expease.-Aoardeen News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29

These are high old times. Even skunk oil is feeling the boom. There is a fur " in the Maine skunk oil market, and the visible supply is so far short of the demand that the price has advanced from s4 to $s a gallon. The cold, wet weather of last June and July is blam- ed for the shortage, as it killed the grasshoppers on which the skunks feed, and the animals, which should have a good layer of fat on their ribs, are so lean that they would be unprofitable if oil was sold at the ordinary price.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29

At a preliminary contest of high school pupils at Albuquerque, New Mexico, to decide who shall represent the school in territorial oratorical competition, the only participants were three girls and a Chinese lad. The lack of white boy orators so wrought upon { the feelings of the Albuquerque Citizen that 1t exclaimed: Shades of Cicero and Demosthenes, and of American ora tors living and dead, hide your faces at the fact that Albuquerque, the metrop- oils of New Mexico, cannot produce a single high school American boy to take part in an oratorical contest! Ssrely, the institution of these contests conss none too soon; and it is greatly to be desired that the Albuoueroue girls shall so quicken the sense of shame and so kindle the promptings of ambition that a similar state of case shall never again disgrace the records of the Duke city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29

Of coincidences in names correspon- dent of a London paper instances the Following examples. There was a household in Clifton in which there were in domestic service Mrs. Pidgeon (cook1, Mrs. Partridge Cady's maid) and Mrs. Hawke (charwoman). But that is trifiing compared to the case of the old chapel at Faversham, where the Rev. H. J. Book used to officiate. Spar row and Cuckoo were the names of the deacons in his time, Mrs. Martin was the chapelkeeper, MT. Lark, Miss Crow and Miss Nightingale were members of the congregation, and the chapel was, and is, situated in Partridge Lane.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29

at the outset of our movement by all the serious and responsible persons within it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29

The announcement that a chair which formed part of the furniture of Napole- on's house at St. Helena is to be sold by auction suggests to the Gaulois some notes on the prices that have been paid for historical relics in England. The pens with which the treaty of Amiens was signed in 1901 were sold for $2,OOO A tooth alleged to have been drawn from Napoleon's head at St. Helena fetched $3S. For Rants wig only $40 could be obtained, but Sterne's wig was valued at $1.oO0. Two hundred dollars is said to have been given for Descartes skull, whereas $3,40o was given for one of Sir Isaac Newton's teeth and $20,- 900 was offered for one of the teeth of Heloise at the time when her body was exhumed and removed to the Petits Au- gustins, The waistcoat worn by Rous. seau has been priced at $19o; his watch at s1Oo,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
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gHR OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB-
 LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursdays, One Dollar a Year
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-29
ART IN UMBRELLAS.

Such designs and such materials in umbrellas as we can now show are very rarely seen anywhere. That is strong statement, but it is true. Handles are in silver and gold, and ivory and horn. You can get a good umbrella in our store for $S5.OO, and also a good umbrella for $3AOO less than that, and lots of them all the way between.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-03-01
COlOred Preacher Leaves BerryVille

Lewis Jackson, employed at the
Virginia House stables. and j. +.
Burrell, who has lived here some
years and occupied positions as
preacher and school teacher among
the colored people, had free fight
on Main Street one night last week.
Burrell got the worst of the argu-
ment. Both participants were or
dered TO appear before Mayor
Jones the next morning at 10
O'Clock, but when that hour arrived
BurreH failed to appear, and it
was found that he had left for
parts unknown. Is far aS can be
learned the trouble was caused by
Burrell soliciting funds and con-
tributions for JackSou's family.
claiming that they were in distress.
jackson claimed this was not true.
and the fight followed.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-03-01
For True Weights.

Mr.. George G. Thomas, Official
Inspector of Weights and Measures
for Clarke County, has been max
ing his first tour Of the County
this week, and has found many
untrue weights and measures. In
most cases, we are glad to say. the
weights have been in favor of the
customer. One merchant had a
pair Of scales on which he weighed
tea and when Mr.. Thomas placed
his official weights upon the scale
It was found that the merchant had
been giving an ounce over pound
ON every pound weight of tea. He
WASH t making money on tea very
rapidly.
In this connection we would like
To call the attention of everyone to
the law governing the inspection
of weights and measures. The in
Spector i authorized TO make this
examination, and if any person re-
fuses To correct his scales where
they are in fault. the Inspector i
empowered TO cOnfscate the scales.
In case of wood, or any other form
.of measurement, where the inspec-
tor finds the measure short. he Is
empowered to confiscate the meas
ure As well as the contents.
We do not believe that the in
Spector will have any trouble in
Clarke county, for we think all
tradeSman and customers will vel
come a standard of weights and
measures.
Get your weights and measures
corrected, and then keep them
right.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-03-01
Will Hold Temperance Services.

Under the auspices of the w. c.
4. l.. Rev. j. +. b. Tingling, of
Liverpool, England, will hold a
series of temperance meetings in
the Berryville NJ. +. Church,
South, beginning next Monday
night, March 6, at { O'Clock. Mr..
Tingling comes highly recommend
ed as a minister, as well as an
author of some note, having writ
ten THE Poppy Plague" a his
tory of the British opium policy.
Mr.. Tingling also founded the
British Institute for Social Service,
and has just turned over to that
institution the "Social Service" a
magazine of which he had long
; been the editor. The public is in
vited to attend this series of services
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-03-01
Winston Hall, March 3.

The Metropolitan Entertainment
Company will appear in Winston
Hall Friday night of this week in
high class entertainment. The
press of the country speaks in high
terms of the performance. This
company appeared in Winchester
under the auspices of the Royal
Arcanum, and we publish the press
comments:
Some of the most marvellous
featS of magic ever seen at the
Auditorium were presented last
night by the Butterflies. the TWEEN
tieth century witchcrafts, who APP
parently, do anything the human
mind can conceive. The enter
tainment, which was given for the
benefit Of the Royal Arcanum, was
fairly well attended, but was de-
serving Of a much larger patron
age. 1t was very creditable show
of the make-believe wonders of the
magician's art, and those who were
there were pleasantly entertained
Star.
The entertainment last night at
the Auditorium, when the Royal
Arcanum presented The Butter
flies" was pleasing to a large and
appreciative audience present. Mr..
Chas. +. Douglass, Miss Irene
West, Prof. c. j. Fell and Miss
Josephine Fell were all very clever.
-News-Item.
Reserved seats now on sale al
BlencOwe'S.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-03-01
Vino Can Vote In Great Primary.

Who can vote in the coming
primary for State officers, United
States senator and members of the
general assembly,"
The approach of the primary to
nominate the State ticket and local
officers Including members of the
legislature) has been to arouse in
terest and the question above is
causing some discussion.
The following is a digest of the
election laws by one of the fore
most lawyers of the State, a man
who served in the constitutional
convention:
All persons duly registered and
having the qualifications of age
and residence, provided
The voter has personally paid.
out of his own means, six months
prior to the regular November
election (before May 9, 1909 the
State poll tax for the year 1904.
Veterans of the war do not have
to pay the capitation tax to vote.
and any voter who comes of age on
and after Feb. 1. 1905, and who
has the qualifications for register
ing, does not have to pay the capt.
tation tax for the year 1904 in order
To permit him to vote.
All voters who registered before
Jan. 1, 1904. are to be allowed to
have assistance in the preparation
of their ballots; those who have
registered since that time unless
blind or armleSs) must prepare
their own ballots.
The primary 10 nominate State
officers will be held between Aug.
; and Sept. 9. as required by the
law OF the Democratic Party. and
only those persons who are qualified
to vote in the general election can
vote in the primary. That is, I'M
less the voter has paid his taxes on
or before May 9 of this year, such
voter will not be allowed 10 vote
in the primary, as the list Of those
who have paid taxes will have TO
be filed with the clerk of the court,
10y the treaSurers of counties and
cities on or before June 9 lat least
five months before the general
election). That is provision of
the new constitution.