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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
The ArtfuI Squirrel.

You may find many a squirrel In the
course of your tramp, but no two alike
exactly In their method of attempted
means Of escape or concealment. The
ways and means OF the little rascals
are legion. One may fiatten himself
against a gray patch on the back OF a
tree trunk. absolutely motionless, and
unless In your earnest, steadfaSt looking
yoI can detect an ear or shoulder
In relief against the sky you might as
well abandon search. Another may lie
along a bough fiattened at full length,
but here the telltale ears are more
easily silhouetted. Still another may
crouch down up in fork, and
here the thing to look for Is the
fluffy tip of that little signal flag
which always works and waves and
jerks and signals so bravely when dan
ger Is not in the air. or one may gather
himself up In bunch to initiate a knot
or knob, and here he can very well tell
when you have spied him out. He viii
catch your eye. even as you catch the
eye OF an acquaintance in crowd and
will Instantly timber up for headlong
flight. leaplng from tree TO tree till he
vanishes over the ridge.-Field and
Stream.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26

The Way We Get Our Impression. Of
Previous Existence.

Previous Existence.
Have we lived beforef'' Is a cues
ton discussed by many correspondents
OF British newspapers. DIR. Andrew
Wilson ansiyzed the strange phe-
nomcna OF memory given by the con-
tributors I'm part as follows: "The doc
trine or metempychosis or transmIgra-
ton OF souls represents a very ancient
belief. Not merely did Il credit the
possibility that the soul after death
could be transferred from one human
being TO another. but II also held that
the human soul might take I'D its
ebode In another form OF life and ba
transferred from the purely human 20
the lower animal domain. The theory
asserts that as each stage Is ended
and new era begun the soul sheds
most or the features Il illustrated In
the life 1t left. retaining now and then.
however. vague memories OF some OF
It's antecedent states Such memories,
forcibiy projected into the foreground
or our existence today, II Is held,
should convince Us that we have lived
before
Everything we have heard or seen
or otherwise appreciated through the
agency Of our sense organs-eyery i'm
preston. every sensation is really
stored up within those brain cells
which exercise the memory function.
True. we may not be able TO recall all
or them at viii Many are doubtless
beyond. the reach OF the power that
revives and prints of for us positives
from our stored up Mental negatives.
But II Is none the less significant that
on occasion we can disinter memories
OF events whose date lies very far
back in our nves-recollections. these.
perhaps. we have never realized after
their reception. but lying latent and
only awaiting the requisite and proper
stimulus 10 awaken them and 20 bring
them 10 tie surface OF our life.
This expresses briefly what we
clean by our 'subliminal conscious
ness 1t is that underlayer OF stored
mp Impressions and memories which
is only fully awakened in certain brain
states and OF which in our ordinary
life we only receive the faintest and
hOSt SScdSlOu0l reminders or Its eX-
istence. We do not recognize the
source OF every bit OF ancient news
the subliminal consciousness may
bring to light. and SO we treat it's resur-
rections as II they were reflections
from some previous phase OF exist
ence. But often the clcw is supplied
us. and the apparent mysterious re-
awakening OF past life appears merely
as a recollection the origin OF which
we did not at first recognize
Even the idea that sometimes
strikes us on entering a strange place.
hitherto unknown TO US. that we have
been there before is capable Of "a
tonal explanation. Our brain is built
on the double principle and acts in ap-
preciating our surroundings through
the simultaneous work OF its two in
tellectual centers. IL there exists a
slight discrepancy I'm this simultaneous
work. so that one half Of our brain
appreciates the scene n little before
the other half. we are presented with
the false memory OF having seen the
place before"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
A ROYAL TRAGEDY.
The secret Murder OF the I'm Fated
Duchess OF wurttemberE.


About the same period at which
Queen ca cline was earning uotorietv
for herself there resided I'm n small
town I'm he north OF Germany a man
notci for his skill as a public execu-
toner. Late one evening two men in
military uniform called upon this per
son ana requested him 20 accompany
them. as his services were required at
some distance and would be literally
rewarded. but that he must consent TO
be blindfOlded. To this, after some de-
muir. he consented and entered the car
rlage brought by the two officers. Ap-
parentiy they drove a long distance.
and at last by the sound he Judged that
they had crossed q bridge and entered
paved courtyard
The carriage having stopped. he was
assisted 10 alight and conducted along
corridors and upstairs I'll at last. the
bandage being removed. he found him
self in a large, gloomy room. In the
center OF which stood a block with a
heavy sword laid on It. A door at the
far end OF the room opened. and a tall
and very handsome woman entered.
led by two men and gagged. She was
forced 10 the block and the executioner
ordered 10 do his Office With some
hesitation he obeyed. Instantly he was
again blindfolded. hurried downstairs,
placed in the carriage and driven or at
full speed. To all his inquiries and re-
monstrances his escort remained obsti-
nately deaf. but on reaching his home
very large sum Of money was given
him. with warning that he would do
well never 20 attempt to solve the
mystery or tell Of that nights work.
Shortly afterward he heard that the
Duchess OF Wurttemberg. sister OF
Queen Caroline. had died suddenly on
that very night She was a woman Of
great beauty and known TO be an OBJ
jet OF great jealousy and suspicion to
her husband. who was said to keep her
In enforced seclusion. and. from inqui-
ries he made. the executioner felt no
doubt that this IN fated daughter Of
the house OF Brunswick had been the
gagged lady who had been thus Sc
crely done TO death by his hand
Temple Bar
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
KGrnStOWn
WhiSkGy
AN ABSOLUTELY PURE WHISKEY FOR
MEDICINAL AND HOME USE.
Main St. BERRYYILLE, VA.
Real Estate Opportunities.

$50 acres of land, with store
house and mill property. ? dwell
lngs. 5-acre orchard. Large
spring. Il miles from Govern
ment weather bureau. A profta-
Ole 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. S12
per acre.
132 acres, 6 miles from Berry
vile; turnpike road except one
mile; smooth first quality limestone
land and VIGOROUSLY productive
tarm; divided INTO five fields and
, lots. House of ) rooms and good
barn. Well of never-failing water
at house, and running water through
the farm. \ bargain to a party
wanting a good small farm at a
fair price. Price, 500 per acre.
and terms accommodating.
Fruit farm (slate), S9t acres. in
nice neighborhood, : room house.
10 acres of timber, over 1900
apple and peach trees, never-fail-
ing spring and we'll of water.
Price $1,000.
Farm of 12O acres. b miles from
Berryville, land especially suited
for fruit. Large dwelling. Price
$1,000.
u. c. SNYDER.
Real Estate Agent,
Berryville, Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
Cultivate Regular Habits

There can be no question that men
or regular habits are healthier. hammer.
live longer and do more than those who
obey caprice and impulse. The adoD-
ton Of hygienic habits saves the merry.
Gus system an enormous amount of
friction and waste. IL preserves vitall-
". Regularity economies not only
PHYSICAL stamina. but time rs we'll
The man who knows no system in the
details of his life, who exhausts nature
at the instance of passing whim.
who drinks and smokes to excess who
wastes the talents bestowed upon him
IS the one who must sooner or later fall
victim 10 disease. Regularity with
moderation in all things should be the
motto Of life, and ii should be remem.
Dered that regularity does not neces.
sarily preclude the enjoyment of va
riety. \ certain amount of variety
prevents man from becoming mere
machine, but variety should not inter
fere with those regular habits Of life
which are necessary TO the mainte
nance OF health.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
The Departmcnt Stare

The organization OF a great depart-
ment store is almost military in its
discipline and is one Of the best exam
pies OF what organization can accom-
piish. The proprietor is commander in
chief and under him are 4 number Of
assistants who are what might be CON
sidered district supervisors. Below
them are the heads OF departments.
who are responsible 10 their district
chief or 10 some other head The floor
walker. the man who is so much in
evidence because he spends his time
in the aiSleS. is. in fact. a superintend-
ent or foreman in charge Of DEPART
mont or series OF departments. Each
counter Is under the general super
vision OF what is known as head
salesman. but this head salesman is
subject 10 the direction Of the floor
Misunderstanding In Life" by y. c.
Fowler. Jr.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
AN OCEAN in THE AIR.
The Queer supersfitfon That once
Prevailed In EngIand

The curious superstition that there IL
an ocean above the clouds Is illus
trated by the following strange story
by an old English writer. One SUNDAY
the people OF a certain village were
coming out Of church on thick.
cloudy day when they saw the anchor
OF ship booked 20 one OF the tomb
stones. the cable. which was tightly
stretched. hanging down from the air
The people were astonished. aud while
they were consulting about Il suddenly
they saw the rope move "a though
some one iabOred TO pull up the an
chor- The anchor. however. still held
fast by the stone. and a great noise
was heard In the air like the shouting
OF sailors Presently a sailor was seen
sliding down the cable for the purpose
OF unhxing the anchor. When be had
just loosened IL the villagers seized
bold Of him. and while I'm their hands
he quickly died. Just as though he had
been drowned
About an hour later the sailors
above, hearing no more of their com
rade. cut the cable and sailed away. In
memory OF this extraordinary event
the people OF the village made the
hinges OF the church doors out of the
Iron OF the anchor" II IS further stat
ed that these hinges ARE still to be
seen there" a bit OF evidence much
Ike Munchausen's rope wherewith he
once climbed 20 the moon. II Won
doubted the story you were confronted
with the rope
There is another queer tale about
this aerial ocean. a merchant OF Brls-
toll IL is said. .'set sail with his cargo
for Ireland. Some time after. while his
family were AT supper. a knife sudden
~ fell in through window on the Ia
bic When the merchant returned and
saw the knife he declared il to be his
own and said that on such a day. AT
such an hour. while sailing in an I'M
known part Of the sea. he dropped the
knife overheard. and the day and the
hour were found 10 be exactly the time
when IL fell through the window" All
or which was once implicitly believed
by many aud regarded as incontrovert-
iole proof or the existence Of n sen
above the sky. one is at a loss to con-
lecture how that unknown Part of the
sea- connected with the rest of f. 4
Physical geography showing this would
be no small curiosity.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
Peasant and king.

Henry ". the idol Of the French
people. was also king OF phrase MAX
erS. During one OF his tours through
France he arrived at n small village
and ordered that the most intelligent
villager be sent to converse with him
while he dined. When the rustic ap-
peared the king ordered him 10 take a
seat opposite 10 him at the table.
What is your nameE' asked the mon
arch. Sire. am called Gaillard." re-
piled the peasant. What is the diff
ference" said the king. between gail
lard Il. G. jolly fellow and pail
lard Ii. e, a rake)? Sire" was the
reply, there is but a table between
the two"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
PARTIAL LIST OF FARMS.

miles A S On Shenandoah river 81 miles from railroad
tenant sabng
river ofc
rent 500 Long will deferred
b dturnpk road
handsome dwelling elevated running
me- As S Nice smooth land half mile turnpike
SAs-A desirable small farm House of6
Prc$
best
IA AcREs-Near turnpike house we'll
offs
&S - Inst class farm
a acre
10 AcRs-Wen improved 70 fruit
S AcR'sS
AGn cultivation
S AcSs-o in good timber
81 AcFEsGood dwelling water
- NV
go
farms the side the Shenandoah
o
wan have several good business residence
me
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
Origin of the Cigarette

The Aztecs. II is believed, are re-
sponslbie for the cigarette The Span
iards first got Whit OF the cigarette
when they invaded Mexico under Cor
ties. The Aztecs then used tobacco in
no other form, and the Spaniards learn
ed from them how to roll the little
package into smokable shape They
introduced the cigarette into Europe
and by that route II found its way into
America, though II was nearly 200
years reaching here. The Aztecs were
also using cocoa and its product. choc-
olate. when Cortes conquered them. and
1t was not long until the whole OF Eu-
rope was eating the various prepare
lions OF this bean. When the Span
iards fret tasted 1t they named IL theo-
bromus, from the two GrseS words
meaning food OF the gods"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
FARM
FOR SALE

A FARM, consisting Of 665
~ acres, lying on the Blue
4 n Ridge Mountain, II miles
from the Government Weather
Bureau. 300 acres of this land is
cleared and good smooth farming
land. Would make a fine fruit
farm. The remainder is in oak,
poplar, chestnut, pine and locust
timber. There is an excellent stand
for a store, and a business man
could clear S75 per month on the
store alone. A good Grist Mill Is
located on the farm. The proposed
Trolley Line from Winchester to
Washington will cross the farm.
An abundance of good Building
Stone upon the farm, and limestone
for lining purposes within Z mile.
This property will be sold at an
extremely low price.
For further particulars,
address,
NIX, Care of COURIER,
Berryville, Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
Grnin n Eordstnn

TO most people of our present time.
says DR.. A. +. Gibson in the Dietetic
and Hygienic Gazette. the necessity of
bread consumption for the mainte-
nance of bodily existence stands as a
central, unquestionable fact. That such
high reward for grain as foodstuff.
however. is overdrawn is evident from
the circumstance that entire races of
men have been and are yet found 10
sustain n magnificent physical health
and strength on n diet wholly EXEMPT
from bread. The great majority of
African and Australian aborigines are
enjoying physical health and strength
though IN perfect ignorance OF n nour-
fshment prepared from our familiar
grains. and the entire Monaghan race
finds in rice a substitute for bread.
In tropical countries fruits and nuts
were always found to supply the ma
tives with an ideal diet, while the
various species OF grass served the
roaming herbivorous animals as a
means of subsistence. This grass diet.
originally a purely animal diet. has.
under the influence Of cultural Incl
dents and a misguided palate. been
turned into Il diet for man. For grain.
even including the "king OF grains
wheat-is botanlcally grass gone to
seed.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26

Robert Burton. the author Of The
Anatomy of Melancholy" may claim
TINS honor: His book has stood the test
OF time rs few books have. Professor
SaintShury writes that "au fit readers
or English literature have loved him. -
l-2A' praises the fantastic great old
man ana, .ndeej. borrowed from him
many choice phrase. Among other
remarkable "onc book authors" may
De mentioned Sir Thomas Mallory.
whose famous collection of Arthurian
romanceS is one OF the imperishable
treasures Of the English tongue: Rich.
ard Hooker, whose Laws OF Ecclesi-
astical Polity" is still a standard book
on the constitution of the Church of
England. and Gilbert White. whose i'm
mortal Natural History of SelbOurne"
Is still read with pleasure and profit.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
Reccding Gums.

The best remedy know for reced-
ing gums says dental surgeon. lis 10
saturate soda or blcarbonate Of soda,
used freely as 4 wash and also IN mas
saying the gums. The soda solution is
soothing 10 the irritated flesh and is
also strengthening. In maSSaging rub
the gums with a rotary motion from
the roots downward 50 that any pus
that might have formed between the
teeth and the gums viii be forced out.
Tor If left around the roots the foreign
matter will decay and may cat into
them and ruin the teeth"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
HEART ACTON AT SEA.
How IL l. Affected by vibration OF
Ocean Liners


Ocean Liners.
IAN hearts sound alike on these
modern ships" said the surgeon OF a
transatlantic liner. Although the hull
Of the average modern steamer is big
ger and supposedly less subject 10 the
violence OF the sea. the machinery 10
drive the enlarged hulls has been in
creased in size. With the increase in
the size OF the engines there has fol
lowed greater vibration.
1T is this vibration which makes IL
impossible for us 10 read truly the
action Of the average human heart. 1
have tried repeatedly by all manner
or means TO overcome the influence Of
the vibration on the heart. but l find
that by even swinging 4 patient in n
hammock. where the shaking up is not
greatly felt, the result Of the heart
reading IS far from satisfactory.
The first day at sea In this shin ON
her maiden voyage I had occasion to
treat an Englishman who was en-
route 10 Canada on business. 1 was
startled 10 hear his heart Yet he had
the finest kind OF cardiac action. as I
ascertained once the ships machinery
stopped l have since found it to be
an invariable rule that the engines
vibration makes it appear as though
the heart OF the average man was go
Ing TO stop before l could Get the
stethoScope away from his breast.
Vibration does not hurt the heart
any. DO not make the mistake OF SUD
posing that il does. II just sounds as
though the end was positive. and.
while the patients heart is beating In
regular form. the shaking Of the shin
deceives even the practiced ear
Washington Post.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
The SnoVVdrop.

In the northern United States the
snowdrop is the only garden flower
that we can count on year after wear
rs the earliest sign Of spring. Its pen
duloCS white blossoms. with heart
shaped seal Of green" sung by RoSsetti.
often appear before the last snow has
gone Luckily, even city families need
not be without Snowdrops. for they
have been known 10 thrive in narrow
paSSagewayS between tall houses. Most
Dubious plants like the baking hot sun
or midsummer in order 10 ripen their
bulbs. but the snOwdrop thrives best in
partial shade. Ii blooms earlier II IL
has chance at the March sun. but IS
one Of the very few that Will flower
regularly, though less freely. IN dense
shade and with northern exposure
Country Life In America.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
ID. e. +. 8 IL YHD e r..
REAL E ST TIE AGENT.
Berryville, Clarke County Virginia.
Buy, Sell and Rent Farms,
Lots and houses.
NEGOTIATE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE

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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26

We are not writing in the sand. The
tide does not wash il out. We are not
painting our pictures on the canvas
and with brush 50 that we can erase
the error of yesterday or overlap il
with another color today. We are writ.
ing our lives with Il chiSel ON the mar.
ble' and every time we strike a blow
we leave 4 mark that is indelible.-
Lyman Abbott. II. u.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
Power In AnnnNmifv

The genuine journalist. the man OF
experience and weight. has always an
objection 10 signing his name 10 an ar
ucle. He knows that 10 sign his name
Is TO lessen the weight Of his opinion
The man who signs his article ceases
to be the voice of truth and Judgment
and becomes an individual author
London Academy.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26
Good Reason.

"Why did Mrs. Flicker sue her bus-
band for divorce?"
1 suppose he was the >only man she
could sue if she really wished 10 get
one. Journal
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26

Good and desirably located House in
Wildwood for sale; with stabling. bearing
orchard and running water on lot. Price
$4,000. ID. c. Snyder.
For Sale-Good House and large lot
on Church street D. c. Snyder.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26

OhAOE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
REV. EDw WALL, Rector.
Divine Services and Sermon every Sunday at
II a. M. and 1870 2. n.
SUNDAY school, :. j. c. Moore. Superinter-
dent, ~ $50 a. n.
Bible Glass, Monday, p. N.
Ladies Aid Society, Nrs. J. VI. G. NcGuir-
resident Nrs, IDA Morgan, Secretary
anu Treasurer, meets every two weeks
on thursday, at $50 p. NJ.
Womans Auxiliary Missionary Society,",
Mrs, Edw. Wal, President Miss Annie
moore Secretary and Treasurer; meets
hrst edneScay IN each month.
Kings Daughters, Nrs. Lorenzo Lewis. Pres.
lGent Miss Gretta Mccormick Vice Pres.
I0enC Miss Emily smith. Secretary. Miss
Florence Baughman, Treasurer: meets
every Two weeks ON Thursday, at IL a. m.
Chapel Society, Mrs. r. p. Page. Treasurer
meets on call when necessary.
SToNEWALL CHAPTER, DAUGHrERs OF TIKI
CoNFEDERACY.
President, Mrs. Ann Broun; Vice President
Miss Laura w. Gold, Treasurer. Mrs
George y. Hardesty Secretary. Mis-
Lucy y. Gold; Historian, Miss Annie q
Moore.
me following orders meet in Masonic
Hall, BerryvIlle Va:
IREADWELL LODGE, AT. GAM M
10, meets rNt Thursday on or before
iuu moon, and second Thursday there.
after at 80 clock
SEMINOLE TRIBE. /. O.R.M. No "a
meets every Tuesday night.
BATTLETOWN TENT. No. "a KNIGHTS If
the Maca6eeS, meets every Friday nigh
al : % clock.
THE MODERN WOODNFN meet first and
thlrd Monday nights Of each month.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-12-26

Every one Is bound to bear patiently
the results of his own eNample.-.Phae-
druS