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WORK FOR YouRsELF.
Then You wtu Have "A chance Co De-
vefop Your Individuality.

IL Is well known that long continued
employment I'm the service OF Others Of
ten cripplcs originality ans individual
lily. That resourcefulness and inventive
ness which come from perpetual
stretching OF the mind to meet emer-
gencies or from adjustment OF means
TO ends Is seldom developed TO Its ut
most In those who work for others
There Is not the same compelling mo-
tive TO expand. 10 reach out, to take
risks or TO plan for oneself when the
programme is made for him by another.
Our self made men. who refused to
remain employees or subOrdsnates. are
the backbone OF the n ton. They are
the sinews OF our cOuntry's life. They
got their power as the northern oak
gets its strength. by fighting every inch
OF its way UP from the acorn with
storm and tempest 1t is the hard
schooling that the self made man gets
in his struggles to elevate and make a
place for himself I'm the world that de-
velops him.
Some employees have a pride In
working for great institution. Their
identity with II pleases them. But isn't
even small business OF your own.
which gives you freedom and scope to
develop your individuality and to be
yourself. better than being n perpetual
clerk I'm large Institution. where you
are merely one cog IN n wheel OF n vast
machine?
The sense Of personal responsibility Is
in itself great educator. a powerful
ms 81
en- who have been brought up In luxury
and who have knows nothing OF work
when suddenly thrown upon their own
resources by the loss OF property or
compelled even TO support their once
wealthy parents develop remarkable
strength and personal power. Young
men. too. sometimes surprise every
body when suddenly left to carry on
their fathers business unaided. They
develop force and power which no one
dreamed they possessed.
We never know what we can 90 IN
I'll we are put 10 the test by some great
emergency or tremendous responsible
~. When we feel that we are cut or
from outside resources and must de-
pend absolutely upon ourselves we can
fight with al the force OF desperation.
The trouble with working FOR others
Is the cramping OF the indi'Alualty-
the lack OF opportunity to expand along
original and progressive lines-becauSe
fear Of making mistake and appre-
hension lest we take too great risks are
constantly hampering the executive. the
creative the original faculties.-Suc-
cess.
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4 Kurdish Tent.

The tents of the Nurds. in which
they seek the pasturage Of the noun
tains In summer. vary much in size.
though in appearance and shape they
conform throughout To one plan. The
covering OF the tents consists Of long.
narrow strips Of black goats hair ma
terial sewed together lengthwavs
Along the center OF the tent this roof
ing Is supported on three TO five poles.
according 10 the size. and stretched
out by ropes which. made fast To the
edge of the roofing, are pegged secure
" 10 the ground. The poles within the
tent being OF some height. usually
eight 10 ten feet, the edge OF the tent
Ing does not nearly reach the ground.
but walls are formed OF mating of
reeds. held together by black goats
hair thread. which is often SO arranged
as 10 form patterns on the yellow mats.
-BlackwOOd's Magazine.
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OUR LANGUAGE UNIFORM.
while Great britain, For Instance
Has Many Different Lauuua~o.

while Great britain, For Instance
Has Many Different Languages.
1t has been observed that the Ian
guage spoken IN the United States IS
remarkably uniform. True. there are
many dialects. hut Great Britain. less
in area than any one Of half n dozen Of
our states. contains such very differ
ent languages as English. Welsh and
the Gaelic of the Scottish highlands. TO
say nothing OF the provincial dialects
OF Cornwall and Yorkshire and the
unique speech Of the London cockney.
while I'm tLis country. with its vast ex-
panse of territory. its settlement by
'is~o tSh I,~--~~@ Dutch and Swedish
colonists and its millions of Ia uligrai..s
drawn from nearly every country. large
and small, all over the world. there is
far greater uniformity Of speech than
In any other land OF equal area and
population.
The causes can be readily seen. The
public schools have made Us a nation
Of readers. and the press has supplied
books and papers without limit. Press
associations have done their part to-
ward giving "a uniform and fairly good
tone 10 the newspaper language OF the
day. The telegraph. the telephone and
cheap postage have brought distant
parts OF the country into quick and
easy communication. and so have aid
ell in teaching 4 common language.
The railroad has penetrated every cor
ner OF the land and made us n nation
OF travellers. Countless human shut
ties thus are thrown daily across the
land in every direction, carrying with
them the threads OF thought and speech
and doing their part to make one pat
tern Of the whole. No doubt our maps,
which still present 50 many different
kinds OF names. will In time lose the
strangeneSs and the foreign air" that
are 50 noticeable how'll NJ. Kingery
in St Nicholas
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LINCOLN'S CARELEssNEss.
His Hat His FRvOrite Receptacle For
Letters and Papers.


When Lincoln was postmaster OF
New Salem he used 10 tuck the letters
inside his hat and deliver them when
ever he happened TO meet the persons
10 whom they were addressed. As this
Is fair example Of his business svs-
TEN, ii may readily be imagined that
the office OF Stuart X Lincoln was not
a model establishment where there
was place for everything and every
thing in its place. And It was not. In
deed, rs managing clerk the Junior
partner would have been q hopeless
failure, and rs an attorney, IN the
technical sense Of the term. he would
never have distinguished himself. lie
disliked everything connected with the
drudgery of legal routine. hated draw
ing the declara tons and pleas, despis-
eel the artiilcialitieS and rednements
which were even then beginning to
creep into the pleadings and disregard
ell forms whenever ii was possible to
do so.
There was nothing mechanical. pre-
else or methOdical about the man, and
in all those houSewifely virtues which
characterized the careful, orderly. eX-
act solicitor he was utterly deficient
He never knew where his papers were
and apparently the only attempt he
ever made to better the disorder was to
write on one Of his bundles Of papers
which Uttered his desk. When YOU
can't find it anywhere else. look in
this" But that was long after the firm
OF Stuart & Lincoln had dissolved, and
even then we find him explaining 10 &
correspondent that he had placed his
letter inside an old hat and had thus
neglected answering il. which shows he
had not wholly Outgrown the habit OF
his pOStotiice days. Indeed. his hat con-
tinued 10 be his favorite receptacle for
papers as long as he lived. and he
never acquired any sense Of order
Frederick Trevor Hin in Century.
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a MUROEROUS WEAPON.
The Explosive Harpoon, the whale
Hunters Chief Reliance

The Explosive HarpOon, the whale
Hunters Chief Reliance.
The explosive harpOOn, which is the
modern whale hunters chief reliance.
is IA truly numerous weapon, six feet
in length and strong IN proportion,
MADE chiefly of malleable iron and adj
mirably designed for the Staying of the
immense creatures. Its most striking
feature next TO the bomb head. which
is operated by time fuse and eXplodes
in the vitalS of the whale. is the anchor
like device that prevents the harpoon
drawing" out Of the body again under
the terrific strain Of the wounded mon
ster's frantic efforts to free itself. This
consists of four hinged barbs, which
lie along the shaft before it is fired. but
which are forced apart and imbed
themselves in the whales body after he
Is hit, so that IL The prize escapes,
which sometimes occurs, it is only BY
breaking the rope
When fish" are numerous and there
is a chance of killing more than one in
day novel method Is adopted with
the first victim. When il is seen to be
dead hole is bored through its hack
into its stomach and air is pumped into
II by pipe from the steamers engines
until 1t is inflated like n great balloon.
The orifice is then closed with wood
en- plug, and man is left alongside in
small boat to establish ownership.
VILE the whaler steams of In quest of
other prey. As many as five whales
have been killed By n ship I'm one day.
four is not an unusual bag" and
threes and twoS are commonly got. A
single ship killed twenty-five In a week.
and the record years work for one is
25S, IN amazing number when il is re-
membered that on stormy days il is i'm
possible TO cruise at all. as the sprays
bury the gun, and that during the win
ter months fishing Is abandoned. Dur
Ing that period the whales strike off,
the coast to escape the ice foes. to
which the rorduals are not partial be-
Ing In this respect unlike their arctic
congeners, whose habitat is now the re-
hottest section Of Hudson bay and the
channels which strike north from it's
farthest bounds into the polar sea it
self.--Iechnical World
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THREE SPECIES OF MOOSE
They Are the European, the Easter.
Americas aad the Alaskan

s"cs AFc tine european, the Easfcrn
American aad the Alaskan.
There are supposed 70 be three spe-
cies OF moose-the European moose or
Elk. found Ina northern Europe and ad-
Joining parts OF Asia; the common
moose Of eastern America. distinguish
ell chiefly from its european congener
by the skull being narrowed across the
maxillaries. also by It's greater size and
darker color. and the Alaskan moose.
separated by it's giant stature. it's mar
row occiput. broad palate and heavy
mandsbles
Expressed I'm external features as IL
Illustrated in the adult male always
best for dinerentiating species):
The Scandinavian elk is a small gray
animal with little palm and many
spikes on its antlers.
The Canadian is large black ami
mai with much PLANTATION and always
a separate brow bunch OF spikes.
have seen hundreds OF Canadian moose
antlers, but never a pair that did not
show a well developed separate group
OF prongs In front Of each brow. I
have seen score or more OF Swedish
separate brow group OF prongs. though
| confess have seen figures Of such.
The Alaskan is 4 richly colored black.
gray and brown giant, not only the lar
gest deer alive today. but believed to be
the largest that ever did exist. since no
fossil has been found to equal IL in
bulk Its antlers differ chiefly I'm size
from those Of the Canadian moose. but
Madison Grant claims that they are
also more complex and have I'm the
brow antleps second PLANTATION which
Is set NJ right angles TO that Of the
main PLANTATION. In these peculiarities
he finds - startling resemblance Is
shown TO the extinct cervaIces. a
moose-like deer Of pleistocene times,
probably ancestral TO the genus alces.
If this resemblance indicates any
close relationship. we have IN the Alas.
kan moose Il survivor OF the archaic
type from which the true moose and
Scandinavian elk have somewhat de-
generated Ernest Thompson Seton I'm
Scribner's
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PARTIAL LIST OF FARMS.

- ASon On Shenandoah river g miles from railroad station
tenant ablng
q Akeof clear water nearta
gon tfor an
" cash rent $50 Long time will be deferred Price $1,000
~ AcREs qali o nbuit
elevated site barn ooibginGs orchard
& AGI Nice smooth land half turnpike
~AcRrsA desirable small farm House of6
stores depot esoneM
andd farms
IA ACRES Near turnpike house we'll orchard
on
flrmo don turnpike depoto
O
A frt sfarm.
&C ar acre
lN AcREs-We l improved and especially
lS d r,goodland wenmp
S2
AIS cultivation
Mountain pipei to house
SH AcRTs-S good timber
$h andb water 65anac
depot - O
the and
% have several good business residence Bryvile
me
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THE oYPsIEs.
they Are Separate People. n Tribe
Quite by Themselves

Such as wake on the n'g,s asd sleep
oD the Cay AID haunt taySins ana ale
houses aud no man -wot f.)m whence
they come nor wbisher they 20" So
quantity describes an old Engs;sh stat
ate ageins; the gypsies. Ever since the
year 1880. says writer ia the London
Standard. Great Britain has tried to get
rid OF this strange people without APP
preciable success. Every year or so
some county Is up In arms against
them. yet they persist In returning and
apparently thrive under persecution.
The gypsies are popularity supposed
TO come originally from Egypt, as their
name indicates, but their origin is trac-
Ell farther east than the land OF the
Nile. Wherever they come from. they
are a separate people. n tribe quite by
themselves.
They appeared In England about
1905. and twenty-six years later Henry
VIII. ordered them to leave the coun-
try In sixteen days, taking all their
goods with them. IAN outlandish peo-
pie he called them. The act was in
effectual and I'm 1862 Elizabeth framed
still more stringent law. and many
were hanged.
But what numbers were executed :"
soys one old writer. yet notwith-
standing. all would not precaIle. but
they wandered as before. uppe and
downe." They got into Scotland and
became an intolerable nuisance. Both
In that country and IN England legisla-
ton proved quite Intellectual. The acts
gradually fell into desuetude. Under
George ~. all that was left Of the ban
against tho gypsies was the mild law
tbat any person telling fortunes shall
be deemed rogue and 4 vagabond.''
"GyDSies are no longer n prescribed
class says n recent writer. Probably
the modern gypsy does little evil be
yond begging and petty theft. but his
determination not 70 work Is as strong
as ever. AMI II seems curious that an
Industrial people ike ours continues TO
tolerate horde of professional idlers -
How numerous the horde Is may be
gathered from the fact that the number
who winterei I'm Surrey one year was
estimated m 10000.
The language rs well rs the life OF
] the gypsy tribe has n tenacity Of its
own. Many OF their words have taken
firm hold in n half slang. half permits
sibiy way. Shaver IS the gypsy word
for cil;ld. Pal * pare gynsy. Codger
means man. Cutting up is gypsy FOR
quarrelinS. and cove stands for that
fellow"
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The Great Clock nj Rouen.

The ancient city of Rouen, France,
owns the very earliest specimen OF the
larger varieties of the ancient clock
makers triumphs. 1t was made by
Jehan de FelainS and was finished and
set going in September. 1889. So per
feet in construction is this ancient time
recording machine that. although it has
been regularly striking the hours,
halves and quarters for centuries, II Is
still used as n regulator. The case OF
this early theological oddly is six feet
eight inches in height by five inches
broad. For 800 years 1t continued to
run without Il pendulum, being provid-
ed with what the old time clock makers
called "foliot."
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Not n Fair pIvision.

eff house contains six bureaus,
eleven armoires, seven chiffoniers and
fifty-three miscellaneous drawers, how
many OF 'em is the husband entitled to
anG how many is the wifeT' asked the
young clubman.
The second clubman laughed harshly.
You are young and have much to
learn" he said. You may as well I'M
derstand first az last that II there were
In your house n mile OF bureaus, three
acres of armoires and 1900 drawers
all these would still be stuffed fun of
wells, ruchlng, hatpins. ribbons. silk
stockings, petticoats. powder puffs and
safety pins. and the best course for you
TO pursue would he 10 wrap your own
things your shirts. underclothes and 80
on-in Il newspaper and keep them I'M
der the bed. Anew York Press.
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note given by n minor is void.
Notes bear interest only when 50
stated.
Altering a note I'm any manner by
the holder makes IL void
1t is not legally necessary to say on
note for value received"
If Il note is lost or stolen II does nor
release the maker. He must pay II.
II the time Of payment OF note Is
not inserted it is held 10 be payable on
demand.
Notes falling due Sunday or OF q le-
gal holiday must be paid on the day
previous
a note obtained 10y fraud or from a
person I'm state OF intoxlcation can
not Ice collected
An indorser has right of action
against all whose names were previ-
ously on note mdorsed by Linn.
An indorSer Of a note is exempt from
liability II not served with notice Of its
dishonor within twenty-four hours OF
its nonpayment.
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The Turkey

Turkeys are great wanderers. y
mother Will often lead her brood three
or four miles away from home. There
they take NJ their habitation in the IN
freQuented woods. The instinct for sol
itude and wild life is very strong after
centuries of domeStication. But Il kin
dred instinct impelS the mother 10 bring
her grown family back in the fall 70
where She started out with them in the
spring. This is not done, however. till
the leaves are all on the trees. the
beechnutS have fallen and have been
eaten and the cold winds and some
times the snow have made the sylvan
retreats inhoSpitable.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-03-07

The superstition in agricultural COM
muni(ies that the phases of the moon
affect the termination aud growth Of
seed has 4 parallel I'm queer belief
that the moon also influences the
growth Of hair ON the head. Here is an
old recipe. The baldheaded should take
two ounces of boar'S grease. one dram
of the ashes Of burned bees. one dram
of the ashes Of southern wood. one
dram o. the juice Of a white lily root.
one dram of oil o. sweet almonds and
six drains Of pure musk Make an oint-
mCnt Of these and the day before the
fun moon shave the place and anOint IL
every day."-Ncw York Tribune.
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FARM
FOR SALE

A FARM, consisting of 665
II acres. lying on the Blue
Il u Ridge Mountain, II miles
from the Government Weather
Bureau 300 acres of this land is
cleared and good smooth farming
land. Would make 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 SIS 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.
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An Honest Man.

Hiram Stroode for the seventh time
was about 10 fail He called in an
expert accountant to disentagle his
books. The accountant after two DAYS
work announced 10 Hiram that he
would he able 10 pay his creditors 4
cents on the dollar. At this news the
old man looked veXed.
Heretofore" he said frowning. Il
have always paid 10 cents on the dol
lar"
4 virtuouS and benevolent express
sion spread over his face.
And I will do so now" he resumed.
Il will make up the difference out 0f
my own pocket"
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Good Investment.

We have for sale paying business in a
1--we Virginia town. Total stock carried from
$500 to $500. Cleared $500 last year.
Reason for sale, owner desires to retire
VIII sell at cost for cash; or will accept one
third cash and two interest bearing notes
due IN two and three years for the balance.
THIS business is the very thing for a young
married couple, and if you are not interested
yourself perhaps you will know Of someone
who will be. Address Lock Box c.
Berryville, Virginia
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Mecca is a large city and principal
one Of the east. The temple Of Mecca,
TO which so many pilgrims annually
travel. forms spacious square about
n quarter OF mile in each direction,
with quadruple row OF columns. a
number OF steps lead down to Moham-
med's house. and within it is the black
stone said TO have been brought by the
angel Gabriel for its foundation.
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ID. e. = Ny DER
REAL EST ATE AGENT.
Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia
Buy, Sell and Rent Farms,
Lots and Houses.
NEGOTIATE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE


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The Brute!

This hat of mine" StOrmed the wife.
has been out of date for ten solid
years"
Il should certainly have thought" re
Sponded her shameless husband. that
the styles would have swung back To il
at least once in that length Of time
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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He-Don't you find this going out so
much rather fatiguing? She-Yes. and
so confusing. by the way. is the
Plunketts' dance tomorrow night OF Ia
this 1t that we're at now?-Woman's
Home Companion.
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Long Minutes.

Are You ready, dear?"
I'm one minute, darling"
"MaTimony does not diSpel all our
Illusions" he muttered as he lit a
cigar. Before we were married I
thought every moment had TO wait
for her was an eternity. and so It's
turned out To be."-Baltimore Ameri-
can
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GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
REv. EDw. WALL. Rector.

Rev. Epw. WALL, Rector.
Divine Services and Sermon every Sunday at
Il a. M. and 80 p. II.
Sunday School, ;. J. c. Moore. Superinten-
dent al $50 a. II.
Bible Class, Monday. 4p.m.
Ladies Aid Society. Ms. J. VI. G.. Mcclure
President; Mrs. Ida Morgan. Secretary
ana Treasurer; meets every two weeks
on Thursday, at $50 p. N.
Woman's Auxiliary Missionary Society.
Mrs, Edw. Wall, President: Miss Annie
Moore. Secretary and Treasurer: meets
hrSt edneSd day III each month.
Kings Daughters. Mrs. Lorenzo Lewis Pres
ident; Miss Gretta Mccormick, Vice Pres
iden-, Miss Emily Smith. Secretary; Miss
Florence Baughman, Treasurer: meets
every swo weeks, on Thursday, at IL a. m
Chapel Society. Mrs r. p Page. Treasurer
meets on call when necessary.
-O-
SroNEwALL CHATTER DAUcHrERs OF THE
CONFEDERACY.
President Mrs. Ann Broun: Vice President
Miss Laura W. Gold; Treasurer. Mrs.
George y. Hardesty. Secretary. Miss
Lucy y. Gold; Historian. Miss Annie {.
Moore.
The following orders meet in Masonic
Hail, Berryvllle. Va;
TREADWELL LODGE y. f 4 a. NJ. No.
2lS meets first Thursday on or before
full moon. and second Thursday there
after At 80 O clock.
SEMINOLE TRIBE, /. q. K. NJ. No. IS.
meets every Tuesday night.
BATTLETOwN TENT. No. n. Knights Of
the MacabeeS, meets every Friday night
al ) o clock.
THE MODERN WOODMEN meet first and
third Monday nights Of each month.
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= NInnnlhX.

1t will AFFORD sweeter happiness IN
the hour OF death to have wiped one
tear from the cheek OF sorrow than TO
have ruled an empire, to have con-
quered millions or TO have enslaved the
world.-Woman's Life.
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Mrs. Benham-Are You afraid to diep
Benham-r wouldn't be IL l felt sure
that l wouldn't meet your mother
New York Press.
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BAPTIST CHURCH.
TIT y I IT ~ II.
REv. JULIAN BRoADDUs, Pastor.

N-' '4lN-'rN = I aStOI-
Preaching every Sunday at II o.. NJ, and :
?. m.
Prayer Meeting every Wednesday at p. m
sunday School every Sunday at $50 a. m.
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He that falls into sin Is n man; he
that srieves at it is saint; that boast
eth OF II ia a devil.-Fuller