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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
BLACK FRIDAY.
The Mad scene In the Gold Room on
That F'atefuI Occasion.

TAs Mad scene In the Gold Room ON
That Fateful Occasion.
In the middle OF the gold room was 9
small fountain. Around this the days
proceedings began. writes L. Hendrich
In the American Magazine. Jay Gould's
own brokers, pale, haggard. half dis
trustful and half ashamed OF their
work. started the bids Gold bad closed
the day previously at IA. Now a
Gould broker offered 145 for 100000
gold
His only response were the curses
and fist shakings OF a bedraggled. per
spring crowd.
zone hundred and forty-six for 500
600 gold"
Still there was no response
zone hundred and forty -seyen."
Each advancing point meant millions
In profits TO Gould and likewise MIL
lions In losses TO the community. Az
every advance the crowds. losing aII
restraint. alternately roared and wept
One hundred and forty-eight."
"One hundred and forty nine"
Above the pandemonium the monot-
onous voices OF the Gould brokers could
be heard. quietly. remorselessly putting
up the price.
"One hundred and ffty."
"One hundred and fifty-one."
AT this point the buying began. Hith-
erto the crowd had been held magical
" spellbound. The audacity OF the
Gould brokers had paralyzed ali. Boand
brokers were particularly dazed. In
face OF the cliQue's demonstrated now
er no one seemed able TO bid, even TO
make the feeblest attempt to check the
terrible rise
a Few uptown merchants now. how
ever. started to purchase. Soon the
bidding desenorated into panic. Ev-
cry one scrambled TO get bis GOLD
now while the price, judged by what
had already happened and the unoues-
TONED power OF the gang. seemed low.
All purchases. however, meant enor-
nous losses.
fortunes accumulated through years
or self sacrificing toll were swept away
In a moment. IN their craze men ran
aimiessly about the room, moaning.
screaming, vainly appealing for help.
outside, where the crowds breathIessly
waited announcements, the same scenes
Were repeated. Ruined men, unable TO
get into the building itself, pushed.
cursed and fought. At each rise In the
price the rage against Gould increased.
when the bid reached $50 there vxere |
cries Of Lynch Lynch"
And meanwhile what was the plotter
OF ali this mischief doing? He was
selling gold To whom was he selling, /
To Fisk and all his own associates. ne
was the only man who really under
$1,000 The situaion-who knew. that is.
upon what himsy basis his corner
rested He sent Fisk, Belden and
Speyer into the gold room to advance
me price ostensibly for the. benefit OF
me clique, and when II had reached A
certain point unloaded on his own ac-
COUNT He had sold largely, unknown
% MS eonfederates, the day before.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
The Term "Prim. MIni,,-r-,

Prime minister" is one OF the many
terms IN English which seem to have
been slang at one time. II was first
applied TO Sir Robert Walpole. but In a
reproachful sense. Feb. IL. 1Ts2. after
twenty years tenure OF Office. Sir Rob
ert resigned all his employments.
Having invested me-" he remarked.
with kind of mock dignity and
styled me prime minister. they impute
to me an objectionable abuse OF that
chimerlcai authority which they Great
ed and conferred" Such n parsonage
as the prime minister or the premier "a
not even mentioned In the official table
OF precedence and Is unknown to the
written constitution Of Great Britain.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
A MelanCe to Health.

Kidney trouble is an insidious danger
and many people are victims of serious
malady before the symptoms are recog-
nized. Foleys Kidney Cure corrects IT.
regularities and strengthens and builds
up the kidneys, and it should be taken
at the first indication of kidney trouble,
as 1t is impossible TO have good health If
the kidneys are deranged. Sold by all
Dealers.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21

all the money that was found In
the land of Egypt and in the land
of Canaan for the corn which they
bought. And when money failed
in the land of Egypt and in the
land of Canaan, all the Egyptians
came unto Joseph and said, Give
us bread, for why should we die in
thy presencea for the money fail
eth. And Joseph said, Give me
your cattle and l will give you
bread for your cattle, IL money
fail. And they brought their cattle
unto Joseph. and Joseph gave them
bread in exchange for horses and
for the flock and for the cattle of
their herds and asses" The cattle
bought enough corn for l year, and
then the people came to Joseph
again and told him they wanted
more bread, but the money was
gone and the cattle were gone.
Then Joseph took their land and
gave them bread for another year.
Finally, this thrifty young bust
ness man made the people sell
themselves and become servants
to Pharoah is exchange for wheat.
That was business transaction cal
culated to make the mouths of all
the Rockefellers water. No won
der they take Joseph for model
and declare that he was a fine
young manl-Baltimore Sun.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
Failed.

All efforts have failed 20 find better
remedy for coughs, colds and lung
troubles than Foley's Honey and Tar.
II stops the cough, heals the lungs and
prevents serious results from a cold.
). \. Patterson, Nashua, Iowa, writes:
Last winter l had a bad cold on nv
lungs and tried at least half dozen
advertised cough medicines and had
treatment from two physicians withou,
getting any benefit 4 friend recommed-
ed Foley's Honey and Tar and two thirds
OF bottle cured me. l consider it the
greatest cough and lung medicine in the
world" Sold by all Dealers.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21

the only real food bill l have seen
and ought to pass.
As | have frequently written in
these letters the railroad rate leg
lslatlon game is still holding the
boards here and it seems that some
sort of bill is going to be passed
at this session. 1t is going TO be
an emaSculated sort of thing so
far as railroad rates are concerned.
but the whole animuS of the thing
seems to be aimed atthe refrigerator
or private car lines. 1t reminds
me of the time the preacher went
into strange pulpit to preach a
sermon and when he asked the
local minister about what he should
talk, the local dominic said TO him
that he must not inveigh against
the methodists, nor the baptists.
nor the Presbyterians, for there
were lots of them in his town and
they would be at the meeting.
but, said he, there is only one
Jew in the town. Give him the
devil"
Now, then, they are about to 90
after the entire fruit growing in
dustry of the country and they do
not know what they are doing.
The fruit growing industry of the
country is absolutely dependent on
the refrigerator car. That car
service, in the hands of private
corporations and not in the hands
of the transportation companies.
has been the father and the mother
of the fruit growing industry of
the entire country and there are
volumes of testimony here given
before the Interstate Commerce
Commissioned the two committees
of the House and Senate on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce to
that effect, and vet they would
utterly destroy all this by wiping
out the private refrigerator car
system. l went over to the De-
partment of Agriculture the other
day and asked them over there for
some statistics on the fruit growing
industry of the country, and was
astounded by the reply that they
had none, in the face of the fact
that there are over $500, 900, 900
invested in that industry in this
country. | mildly suggested that
the administration would better get
some facts and figures on this
rapidly growing industry before it
went into the business of placing
all this invested capital in the
hands of lot of bankrupt politi-
clans, viz;-the members of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
l am going to air this thing thor
oughly in these letters, for / have
some friends in the fruit growing
business and they know what thew
are talking about when they ask to
leave we'll enough alone. If the
people out in the country want to
grow fruit for the market they
would better get busy with their
member of Congress and ask him
to keep hands off or they will get
busy with him at the next general
election for members of the House
and Senate.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
A Tight Ring.

To remove a tight ring from the fin
ger take long thread OF silk and put
one end under the ring and draw IL
through several inches. holding IL with
the thumb IN the palm OF the hand.
Then wind the long end OF the silk
tightly round the finger down to the
nail. Take hold OF the short end Of
the silk and. holding II toward the IN
ger, unwind IL, and the silk. pressing
against the ring. will withdraw Il.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21

Inose who have partaken OF peacock
declare that gorgeous bird to be decid-
Guy tough eating, while 1t is said of
.ne swan that the fact Of its ever hav-
ing been familiar dish speaks highly
N Iavor OF ancient English cutlery.
moreover, 1t should not be forgotten
mat when bustards' and boars' heads
were as common as slrioins and sad.
oies now are there were scarcely any
vegetables to eat with them.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
A Splendid Type Of a
Young Business Man

Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller, Jr..
has disclosed the secret of the
marvellous success in life of the
Rockefeller family. 1T pays to
do right" young Mr.. Rockefeller
told his Bible class last Sunday.
and, doubtless, by doing right the
young gentleman's father has be-
come one of the richest men in the
world. This we'll to-do young
Sunday school teacher directed the
attention of his class to Joseph.
who, he declared, is splendid
type of the young business man.
advising his class to emulate his
example and adopt his methods in
thrift and ability to resist tempta-
ton In the latter quality the son
of Jacob is entitled to one of the
highest and most prominent inches
In the temple of fame. As a shrewd
and thrifty and sagacious man of
business, he was entitled at the
early age of 30 years, to rank in
the same class of which the elder
Rockefeller has so long been a con-
splcuous ornament. The business
methods of the two men, joseph
and John D., ST., are not entirely
dissimilar. In point of fact, joseph
may be the model which the oil
king adopted at the beginning of
his remarkable career. In one
transaction, however, there is
difference. There is no record
that this modern Joseph ever put
anybody's bundle of money back
into the spout of his oil can.
Let us examine some of Joseph's
business methods. Through Pha-
roah's dream he got tip on wheat
market, and then proceeded to
work it to the limit. In the seven
good-crop years he kept his own
counsel and bought wheat. He
knew what the market was going
do. And Joseph gathered corn
THAT is to say, wheat as the sand
OF the sea, very much, until he left
numbering it, for it was without
And then the seven |
years of short crops began to come
All the available surplus was in
possession of Joseph, who, as we
have said, was the John d. Rookie
Teller of his day. The stock in the
hands of the farmers, in the hands
OF dealers in short, the visible
Supply-was soon exhausted, and
then the opportunity of this thrifty
young business man came. And
when all the land of Egypt was
iamlshed the people cried to Pba-
roah for bread, and Phasoah sent
sent them to the thrifty young
business man, who did them strictly
according to Standard Oil methods
And Joseph opened all the store
lousesand sold unto the Egyptians,
While the famine waxed sore in the
and of Egypt and all countries
anne to buy corn in Egypt because !
hat the famine was sore in all !
ands. And Joseph gathered up !
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
HEARST AND BRYAN.

A prediction is made by Colonel
Henry Watterson that Bryan and
Hearst will control the next Dem
ocratic National Convention. He
says that they hold the same rela-
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
Continued from first page)

create an absolute monarchy out of
the pure food business and leave
such oppressive powers in the
hands of any one man. BY so do
ing dishonest person could in one
term of Office accumulate a fortune
greater than Rockefeller.
The Money amendment makes
1t unlawful to do interstate COM
merce in food products. either mis-
branded or adulterated, and after
prescribing how the law shall be
enforced, places the duty with the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT dLabor
of attending to its enforcement.
with all chemical analysis to be
made by the Hygenic laboratory of
the Marine Hospital Service, who
have the finest and best equipped
laboratory in the world. This is
reasonable. The Department of
Agriculture has troubles enough
of Its own in attending to agricul-
ture, cattle and feed, without try
ing to bother itself about human
food products and how those prod
ucts shall be manufactured.
The Money amendment also pro-
vides for hearing for the man
ufcturer in case of a dispute as TO
the purity of his goods, also what
can be used as a legal preservative
and Just what quantity, and further
provides that when a preservative
Is used, the name of the preserva-
tive and quantity used shall in all
cases be plainly marked upon the
package containing the goods.
When once the goods have ceased
to be interstate commerce, and
have been delivered in State, then
the government has no further
control of them, and they become
subject to the various State food
laws. This entirely removes the
constitutional objections to the
Hepburn bills. whose sole object
seems to be to provide a sinecure
for the chemist of the Department
Agriculture, and large appropria-
ton for him to scare the people TO
death with. AS prominent IMAM
ufacturer remarked the other day.
In discussing this subject The
minds of the people have been
thoroughly poisoned regarding the
use OF preservatives in food, but
SO far, thank God, nobody's stom-
ach has suffered from any preserya-
tive properly used" Now, sit up
and take notice of the number of
deaths each year from ptomaine
poisoning by reason of not using
proper preservatives in our food.
There is no doubt that food can
not be shipped any distance without
the proper use of legal preserva-
tlves, in legal quantities, and de-
fining just what those quantities
shall be, the manufacture of food
products will be doubled in a short
time.
The Money amendment is a long
step in the right direction, and is
rational, reasonable and sensible.
md while shall have more to say
lbout it from time to time, if you
will take my word for it that it is
I'll right, and are anxious to have |
he food you eat made healthfuI
~ law, just drop letter today |
o your Congressman and Senators |
nd tell them to get real busy in
upport of this amendment. It's
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
Notice.

All open accounts with the cigar
and tobacco factory and store of
ID. l.. Fries must be settled by
March 1, 1906. All accounts un-
on that date, will be turned
over to the Sheriff for collection.
d. l.. FRIES.
Feb. IA, 1906.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
Medical Efinncttn.

Medical etiquette. instead OF being
kept up, as people so often imagine. In
the interests Of the doctors. is main
tanned In the interests OF the public.
1t is they. not the doctors, who would
suffer most were It done away with
London Spectator.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
Time Limtt Fixed

Jane. hasn't that young man gone
YETI"
"He is just going. papa"
"Janer'
Yes, papa"
I'm precisely sixty seconds you will
say. He has just gone"
Eyes. pap1."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
both

do you ever swear when your collar
buttons roll under the bureauY'
keep man to attend to such
tnings. answered young Mr.. Nuritch
hrtghtily. '
Inc buttons or the swearingT"-
Pittsburg Post
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21

All advertisements Excepting legal adver
tisements and professional cards. inserted for
less than three months a.e considered tran
Eve cents per line FOR the mist insertion.
and three cents per line for each sGocS eding
insertion.
Obituary notices. resolutions oi aspect
and social organizations, other than those
which the editor himself shall give rs a
matter Of news. will be charged ior, at the
aforesaid rates.
Our advertising rates are uniform. and a
liberal reduction is made on all standing ad-
vertisements. and rates will be made known
on application. Changes of Advertisements
must be handed in not later than Saturday
morning Of each week.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
Southern RaiIwav
IN Effect January s. 1906
WESTROIfNn

senuary y, 1906
NJ wESTBOUND.
p,' mseN Gays. trains leave Wash;.
40 p. M; SOS p. M. a. m; % !. m:
~eek days, trains leave Ws.h;
Lessourg only: 6.2S p. m. washington for
mont as so dslRs isSSe Washington for Bin.
ny . 10 a. m. train connects \, S,p =. m.
winchester via Stage Line. - N'ue'nont for
EASTBoUND
ws wsSn DAYS; trains leave Bluemon, 8,
m; $50 p. M. 0''' a. m; u.W
inSt SmrIy a trains leave BluemOnt for w,,,
week day trains leave Iee ,, DrD ?. m
ington: SIS a. m. -'0eSourg FOR WISH
9. II q; m train connects nj R,,or.
sage Line from Winchester Noh' With
"A. o. SPENCER. General Mana...
~ Il :. BROWN, General Agent az ~,
n; w; Washington. d C. '' 40 10Th St.,
agev. senRer Traffic Nan
" d. TArIOr' General Passenger As.D,
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
S E E =
I / M T.

SE experienced farmer
has learned that some
grains require far differ
ent soil than others,
some crops need differ
enthandiing than others.
He knows that q great
deal depends upon right
planting at the right
time, and that the soil
must be kept enriched.
No use Of complaining
In summer about a mis-
take made in the spring.
Decide before the seed
is planted.
1 best time TO RENEE
dy wasting conditions in
the human body is be-
fore the evil is too deep
rooted. At the first evil
dence of loss of flesh
SCOTS Emulsion
should be taken imme-
diately. There is moth
ing that will Rep air
wasted tbs sue more
quickly or replace lost
flesh more abundantly
than SCOTS Emulsion.
1t nourishes and builds
up the body when ordi-
nary food 5 absolutely
fail.
W. f,fg e~,.f 49,, . s.-,,f~ 49,
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-02-21
SCHEDULE
winchester, BerryviIIe and
bluemont Stage Line

Nouho IMP Daily except Sunday
Heated by Carbon Eeaic-,
Good Macadamized Ro.a
Leave Eastbound u
80 ~ am. Mlnohcster Evans II ote) 4 or
90 1N-' Jordan Springs juno. a Is ~
~ ~ ;.... Lake View. ....'SsS a.
80 ~ berTyvilie Virginia ouseu en- a.
80 ~ % .-..Castleman's Ferry. : ~ 0ODr,.
~ ~ L. ~. Blue Ridge III
i nrI 10 bluemont (SouthernRy J II .Oo = ~
a. clo.o so., Leave
AZ biuemont from Washington. which ~
turns to Washington after few m;5pis.
=, connection with both morning train, =,
..Te.i. N,iie TOT passengers for Bluemont n
notified the day previous. Write fo ,'G f1isI.
s :, information OF meeting evening tr.in,
AT berryville and Winchester "A'''
MAURICE +. CAsTLENAN, Prom.
Castleman's Ferry, Va
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-11-30
A Juvenile Criticism.

Sir Edward Elgar. the English COM
poser who was in this country recent
ly. was very silent child. A friend
who knew him in his youth says that
he would often sit in the family sitting
room all the evening without saying a
word. This love OF silence" says his
friend. seemed to intensity as he grew
older, and yet he was endowed with
powers OF repartee OF very precise
kind. / remember one instance of
this. Among his fathers friends
was an amateur musician and a COM
poser in small way, named Mr.. Spark.
Mr.. Spark always submitted his efforts
to his friend. and on one occasion, hav-
ing received the fiattering Judgment of
Mr.. Elgar and several friends on the
trial Of very successful anthem play
ed over at Mr.. Elgar's house, he stoop-
ed down to- the thoughtful looking lad
at the corner OF the piano. saying. And
now, what does little Edward think OF
ftp IF you pun spark too much you
Will blow 1t OUT was the quiet but
prompt reply"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-11-30
SOME TEMPERANCE NOTES.

s1'll knock your brains out" said the
rumseller to the workman, eff you ask
me to let you have beer on trust" ''Oh,
you're too late," was the reply, eff !
had any brains, ] shouldn't be here. -
Temperance Leader.
1t is estimated that it costs the people
of the United States about $40, 900, 900
getting born, and about $50, 600, 600 get
ting married, and about SIG, ,OO0, 0C0 get
ting buried. But getting drunk costs
about $285, 600, 900. so that getting
drunk costs more than getting born,
getting married, and getting buried.
In talking with travelling man few
days ago, he said: 81 am all over the
State, and the sentiment is the same,
that the saloon must go. Why" he
said, ''I can tell saloon town the
minute get off the train by the looks
of the people around the depot. 4" There
is no question but what the no-saloon
towns are making the best progress. =
Nebraska.
What good is saloon anyway? Can
you show where the saloon has even
been known to improve
A community's morals.
A nations strength.
A party's integrity.
A towns cleanliness.
A neighbor's peace.
A citizens character
A mans usefulness.
A woman's chastity.
A girls purity.
A boys prospect. -Phe Southwestern
Issue.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-11-30

English art, official English art
stands Just where II has stood these
many years, and the Royal academy is
lucky inasmuch as IL can count upon
the work OF one foreign master for Its
annual exhibitions. / once met an
artist friend on the steps OF Burlington
House. Each wondered what In the
world the other was doing there-If he
was In search or pleasurable artistic
sensations. 4 had just been In to sec
Sargents contribution. He was going
In for the same purpose. thought of
him last summer when 1 saw once
more that without Sargent the academy
would be an overwhelming bore. What
Is it made OF? Eurlongs OF canvas
without any elements OF interest what.
ever; laboriously built up compost
tions, historical, sentimental, "consci-
entious" beyond words and ineffably
nat; gaudy, pompous portraits: COM
monplace landscapes; at long intervals
creditable piece OF painting, strayed
In as IL by accident. but in general q
disheartening mass of mediocre, routine
work. Criticism beats in vain against
the fortress of reaction. There Is some
thing pathetic and droll about the ef.
forts made to disturb It's inertia.-Roy-
al Cortissoz in Atlantic.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-11-30
The Art,..,e vitr,nornator.

"Vitrlnornator."
Ever, see one?
Do you know what IL Is?
What would you do IL some one
should call you u vitrinornator?"
And yet the name. mysterious as II
seems, applies to very inoffensIve and
honorable calling.
"A yitrinornator Is simply a humble
decorator of shop windows. Every one
else calls him window trimmer. But
he calls himself yitrinornator be-
cause the name sounds big and i'm
pressive. They say that the name Is
derived from two Latin words, "vi-
trum," meaning glass, and ornate" to
adorn or decorate.
There Is school in this city which
teaches how to decorate and trim shop
windows. And magazine is publish
ed here In the interests OF those who
follow that trade. 1t is called the
Vitrinornator.
Among other sayings in the number
or the Vitrinornator is this one:
window trimming IS not trade: II
is a profession. 1t is the only pro-
fession that is not overcrowded today"
Window trimmers VINO are well vers-
ed In their art receive scom $50 to $40
a week.-Kansas City Star.