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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-12-26
Sunday, Dec. 25.

Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent of
Indian schools. reports that manual
training is becoming a feature of edu-
cation amoug the Indians, and with en-
tirely satisfactory results.
President Roosevelt has issued
proclamation calling on the people of
the United States to contribute funds
for the relief of millions of famine suf
ferers in China, who are on the verge
of starvation.
The arrival at the Connecticut state
prison of Charles NJ. Bishop, who MUIR
dered Mrs. Caroline L. Williams in
Tolland county, brings the number of
life convicts up to II, the largest
census of criminals ever undergoing life
Imprisonment at Wethersfeld
A divorce was granted at Yankton,
S. D.. to Mrs. James g. Blaine, wife of
the son of the former secretary of
state, on grounds of nonsuppOrt and
desertion.
Frank Harris, 40 years old, was
found guilty at Jeffersonville, Ind. of
criminal assault on his twin step
daughters and was sentenced to life
Imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
James Bryce has declined a peerage
and he will come to the United States
as British ambassador without chang
ing his name and thus be the first plain
citizen to represent his country at
Washington.
big earthquake of nearly three
hours duration was recorded by the
seismographs ON the Isle of Wight and
at Laibach. Bologna and Florence.
Monday, Dec. "a
Steamer Strathcona, bound from
Halifax for Canso and Guysboro, call
ing at number of small harbors along
the shore, was burned to the waters
edge at Port Dufferin, N. S. The pas
sengers were all saved.
Ten persons are dead, six others are
fatally injured and at least % others
were hurt in the wreck of a train at
Enderlin, n. ID.
Brigadier General McCaskey has
called court martial, to convene on
Jan. 4, for the investigation of the con
duct of Major Penrose and Captain
Macklin at Brownsville during the out
break of negro troops.
At a mass meeting held at San Fran
cisco formal protest in the form of reso
;utions were made against the unre
stricted admission Of MOngolians to the
public schools of that city.
Postmaster General Cortelyou is stir
ring up his department to run down
fake promoters who put out wildcat
Mexican mining companies to fleece
the public.
Lindsay B. Hicks, released from an
entombment of Is days in a caved in
funnel at Bakersfield, Cal, appears well
and happy after his gruesome expe-
rience.
Rumors of a serious revolutionary
movement in the western part of Vene-
zuea continue to be circulated
LODI Poland. is practically con.
trolled by Socialists without interior
ence from the government. One
fourth of the population is without
work or bread.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
The ncIIr OF ENGLAND

The metal tongue OF the big bell rings
out many changes 10 our modern ears.
II speaks Of disaster and death. OF re-
Joicing and devotion. In England II
often tells OF old times and quaint Gus
toms. Mr.. Ditchfield. In n book on old
England, gives some Of the traditions
handed down through the "tintinnabu-
lation OF the bells"
In some parts of the country the bell
which tolls the old year out Is called
the "Old Lads Passing Bell" In west
ern England the bells peal merrlly on
Oak Apple Day" 10 celebrate the es-
cape OF King Charles at BOscobel. An
other bell, rung at the beginning Of
Lent IS known as Pancake Bell" be-
cause, In old time phrase, ii summons
people away from their pancakes to
confession and fasting"
a lively peal OF bells is often rung at
the end OF the Sunday morning service.
and is called Pudding Bell" Perhaps
Its purpose is TO announce TO the stay
at homes that service Is over and that
the pudding may come out OF the oven.
Every night at five minutes past Q
Great Tom" the great bell OF Christ
Church college at oxford. booms out its
ponderous note 1O1 times. This par
ucular number was chosen In accord
Snce with the number OF students at
the foundation OF the COLLEEN
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
DantOn and the Clock.

The clock in the anteroom of the min.
lstry or justice In Paris having ston-
Peu' matchmaker took 1t to pieces
aho was surprised to find engraved ON
one or the wheels this inscription. "T.
jean Bianchet, this 22d Aug 17oc
saw the Sieur Danton profane the en-
oiem Of divine kingshIp by breaking
a nenr-de-lls. which so rightly adorned
tne hand OF the clock" The inscrintion
nad been hitherto undiscovered. Dan
Ton at the time mentioned was minister
oi justice, and 1t is known that tho
CLOCK stood for more than q century In
ene minister's private room. Presum-
ao'y he was irritated by watching the
neur-de-lis, which finished Off the min
ute hand, as In many clocks of the
eighteenth century, slowly mark fleet
ing time as he sat at his desk. and ON
ene gay In question he suddenly started
up IN temper and broke the emblem
Un. Inc hand still shows a mark where
was mended and the feur-de-lis re.
euJusted. The Jean Blanchet who In
"IS respect for dethroIed royalty re.
.o'ued DIS Indignation at Danton's net
Is unknown, but he may be supposed
20 nave been the watchmaker who
inehued the broken hand.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
HEAD HUNTING.
Reason. For Thi. Barbarou- Custom
OF the Dyaks-

OF the Dyaks-
The principal reasons for which heads
are taken may be summed up In a few
words-h-st. as sign OF valor and
token OF manhood. and, second. as a
ready method OF keeping the score in a
blood feud. Some OF my readers may
be surprised that l stop short at two
reasons, for &c Is n common belief in
England that the wild Dyak OF Borneo
Is in the habit OF providing around with
large knife. like the lion OF Scripture.
seeking whom he may devour." and
also that he collects heads in much the
same way as his white brother collects
postage stamps or butterflies. This.
however, is far from being the case,
and the native Of the far interior IS In
reality very mild savage. whose prin-
cipal vice is the habit of becoming ex-
tremely intoxicated on n fermented
drink which he makes from far too
large portion OF his rice crop.
We will briefly analyze the first OF
the two reasons given above for which
the young buck" sallies forth on a
head hunt. Undoubtedly in days gone
by the possession OF a head implied
that the owner. or, rather. the new
owner, had successfully met and con-
quered an enemy. The young brave
staggered home with his newly &C
quired trophy, feeling that he had at
last donned the tOga virilis and was
entitled TO marry wife and Join in
the councils Of the men. Festivities
were held, large quantities OF tapia
(rice wine) were consumed and the
hero OF the hour. having taken possess
sion of room I'm the married" por-
ton of the long house that shelters the
whole OF Dyak village and found n
damsel 10 share il, would proceed to
hang up the head as proudly as his
English brother hangs up his first
sporting trophy.
Times have deteriorated since these
good old days. and to find the reason
IL faut chercher In femme The young
matrOn whose husband had three heads
hanging before his room would sheer
at the woman whose spouse could
boast but two, and the latter was prob
ably naggcd at and badgcred (for wo-
men are alike the world over till he
went out and procured another. And
so by slow degrees the first question
asked by prospective father-in-law
OF a sutton for his daughters hand
came 10 be not How much brassware
have your but How many heads
have your and no self respecting girl
would look at a man who could not
boast his two or three. Well knowing
this. the ardent lover would take good
care 10 provide himself with the neces-
sary number. As time went on sue
cessive generations became less partic-
ular as to the way the heads were pro
cured. till at the present day n head is
merely head. no matter what the age
or sex of the original owner! Verb sap.
A. Cavendish in Chambers Journal.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
COO Wind DC A.ked For.

Among the best OF the stories told by
Russell, one OF the Scotsman's former
editors, was an instance of the innate
cleverness Of the newspaper boy. Rus
sci had entered n train at Princes
street station. Edinburgh, one Friday,
when smart little newsboy immedi-
ately called out to him. Scotsman.
sirF How muchT' said Russell tol1-
ingly- "a penny, sir" replied the boy.
Oh" said the editor. II don't want
today's Scotsman, but II you could give
me tomorrow's would give you a SOW
ereign for IT," Here you are sir" de-
lightedly shouted the youngster and
handed him the Weekly Scotsman,
which bore the date of the following
day. Russell paid the sovereign.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
HABITS OF SQUIRRELS.
How These Little Animals OF the For
eat SURVIVE Winter.

While certain members OF the SOUR
rel tribe store their winters supply OF
food I'm hollow trees, 1 think most OF
them hide II on the ground. under old
roots, brush piles and even beneath
heaps OF dead leaves. Their tracks In
the winter woods seem to bear this out
While IL may be that this frequency
or the tracks indicates scarcity OF
food and the travelling about desire
TO find n supply. believe I'm the main
that these outings OF the squirrels have
definite destination. because when
YOU see them skip across the snow,
stop short and scratch n hole down TO
the ground. bringing up a supply Of
nuts or cones placed there I'm the month
OF plenty. you are apt 10 attribute their
luck more to a good memory than to
any haphazard speculation.
OF the squirrel family the most prom
inent In winter Is the black. He
seems TO be flowing over all the time
with pent-up energy. which keeps him
In constant motion. and you sometimes
feel that you would like him to be able
TO talk and tell you how pleasant Il Is
to have the joy which flows from a
glad heart. Now watch him Jump from
limb TO limb. rush headlong down the
trunk and course across the snow I'm
long. graceful bounds. with no appar-
ent purpose but TO exhibit the happi-
hess within him.
His red cousin once I'm awhile may
DC seen at the entrance TO his home in
the heights Of some tree. but in him no
sign OF exultation. He looks around
for spring 10 come and clear away the
snow, and no amount OF coaxing will
cause him to utter note OF scolding
or alarm. Not all the red squirrels,
however. keep TO the trees. Many OF
them through want Of food have TO
take TO the earth. and their track i'm
the deep snow is n heavy iounderinc OF
labored bounds as they go from tree to
tree In search OF the scanty provisions
hidden beneath the surface. Here and
there we find the gummy scales OF the
pine cones. the shells OF the acorn. the
seed cones OF the birch and cedar. scat
tered about on the snow, showing the
food on which they subsist In greater
contrast 10 the delicacies Just named.
often one will find during long and Sc
we're winters that the squirrels have Mt
tackled the hemlOck trees by stripping
them OF their bitter seeds. When one
finds this. IL IS evidence Of great want
and merciful act would be to bring
some food and scatter IL about to as
suage the pangs OF hunger which these
little Fellows are enduring.-Recreatio
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
White Sands.

The sands at Blackpool, in Lanca-
shire, are said to be the whitest in the
British isles. From Penzance to the
Lands End, on the coast of Cornwall,
the sand on the seashore Is very white,
while in st. Mary's. one of the Sicily Is
lands, the sand on the shore is exceed
ingly white and gIistening On the 9TH
er hand, the sand about Plymouth is
blush gray in color, probably owing to
the shells OF mussels broken and mixed
with 1t, and on the coasts of the North
sea the sand Of the seashore is yellow
ish brown or reddish. The sand on the
coast of Argyllshire, in Scotland, is re-
markable for its whiteness.-London
Globe
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
Ministers Are Late Risers.

A cook who has seen many years of
domestic service recently declared to
her latest mistress, in New York, that,
so far as her experience went, she had
found ministers TO be the latest risers.
Next to them came physicians.
Some ministers don't rise till 10
O'clock" she said. There's hardly one
OF them that you'll find up by 8. Nine
or half past is their average hour.
They don't have an office to go to at a
certain time. They have no early ap-
pointments that must be kept. They
have no clerks that they must look
after. Consequently they become the
latest rising class of men on earth.
I've worked in forty-seven places, Of
which eleven were with ministers,
They are the best to live with. They
are very considerable and generous and
have perfect dispositions. II they
would only get rid OF this habit of loaf
ing away the morning In bed they'd be
class without fault"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
Woman's Work.

a lady doctor writing to the London
Chronicle on Women Workers" makes
the following unanswerabIe statement
III you come to estimate days work
even In foot pounds, the woman who
cleans, bakes, washes and takes to
school six children, carries water and
tramps up stairs and down for sixteen
hours a day, need not fear comparison
as TO kinetic energy even with a miner
working eight hours"
True. but is all this quite necessary I
asks Punch. Could not her children
sometimes 20 20 school unaccompanied
and unbaked2 And why must she keep
on carrying tramps up and down stairs
all that time? is it even fair on these
poor unemployedf
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Advice 20 smol,er,

More smokers contract consumption
from neglecting an ordinary precau-
ton than from inhaling smoke" de-
clared physician. None Of us cares
TO infect the lungs with ordinary street
dust. yet every consumer OF cigars in
hales n more detrimental kind OF dust
every time he lights a fresh specimen.
The majority Of cigars have short inte-
rior Filings which contain lots Of small
particles OF tobacco dust Especially is
this so OF cigars that are handled a
great deal and OF those that become
very dry from age. The ordinary
smoker bites or cuts Off the end and
draws this dust into his lungs with the
FIRST pun. Often It only lodges in the
throat and produces irritation or
hoarseness. with which most smokers
are afflicted. A safe precautiou against
such danger is very simple. Before
lighting the cigar merely blow through
II, and you will see issuing from the
large end the dust particles 1 refer to-
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03

Editing a newspaper, according
to the sage of an exchange, is pretty
good fun-sometimes. If fellow
goes uptown to look around for a
few stray news items some one is
almost sure to salute him with:
"Hellol is loafng all you've got to
dOi" Or if we are sitting in the
office trying to read proof or get
some ideas of news out of our ex-
changes somebody comes in and
ventures the remark: I'D like to
be an editor and have nothing to
do but sit around and read the
papers" Oh, it's easy to wrestIe
ones brain around ones think
tank, to write up lot of news
when there isn't any, and the devil
yelling copy" in his ear. No
wonder an editor grows baldheaded
and absent-minded and sometimes
cranky.-Bridgton On. j. Pioneer.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
THE PROPOSED MAIL ROUTE.

The COURIER recently took oc-
caslon to commend the movement
Tor mail route over the stage line
between Winchester, BerryvilIe
and Bluemont.
A reader asks if the new line
Will result in the abolition of any
of the Rural Delivery Routes.
1t is not intended that the pro-
posed new route shall do other
than provide for mail carrying be-
tween the three towns named.
At present mail from Winches-
ter and BerryviIle must 90 around
by way of Washington to reach
Biuemont, a long trip, and one
which consumes a great deal of
time.
Mail from Winchester must 90
to Charles Town and be re-maiIed
In order to reach Berryville.
IL the proposed route is estab-
lished, mail will be carried directly
between the three towns twice a
day.
Our citizens were wont to make
considerable fun of the old stage
line, but it gave us much better
mail service with Winchester and
Bluemont than the presentarrange-
ment.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
How to Avoid Pneumonia.

We have never heard of single in
stance of cold resulting in Pneumonia
or other lung trouble when Foley's Honey
and Tar has been taken. 1t not only stops
the cough, but heals and strengthens the
lungs. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar
and refuse any substitute offered. DR.. G..
j. Bishop of Agnew. Mich, writes: at
have used Foley's Honey and Tar in three
very severe cases of pneumonia with
good results in every case" Sold by All
Dealers.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03

The supervisors report shows
nearly 5000 paid by the county
within twelve months for sheep
killed by dogs. These worthless,
hungry, ngy,vermin-eaten, bow
legged, lop-sided, snarling, sneak
ing, night-prowling, noisy, low
lived, swift-footed, annoying, shot
lodging, oath-provoking, poison
defying, and backsliding, sorry
ours ought to be annihilated totally
and forever and let the sheep have
a chance. Let the work of extinc-
ton go on day and night, including
unday.-Clinch Valley News.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
Clerk. Mistake Her cnt,

A handsomely gowned woman en-
tered an uptown store where n special
~ is made of laces. Approaching a
pale, nervous looking clerk, she said
imperiously:
You remember selling me several
yards OF lace n few days agol 1t was
$l-5O yard. want TO get six more
yards just like 81"
The clerk leaned over the counter and
said in n half whisper: Madam. I
made fearful mistake about that lace.
1t is worth $40 yard. II you will re-
turn me what l sold you 1 will gladly
pay you 50 a yard for IL. and IL Will
save me my position"
The woman tossed her head impa-
uently. 1T is utterly impossIble," she
said The lace Is now on my new
dress People who make mistakes
must bear the results. will have TO
see what 1 can do TO match that which
l bought Ten dollars a yard? Why.
l wouldn't dream Of paying that sum
for IT." And the naughty woman walk
ed out with the air OF one who has been
grlevously Offended.-New York Press.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
A Grim TRAGEDY

Is daily enacted, in thousands Of homes,
as Death claims, in each one, another
victim OF Consumption or Pneumonia.
But when Coughs and Colds are prop
erly treated, the tragedy is averted. F.
G. Huntley, Of Oaklandon, Ind, writes:
s. My wife had the consumption, and three
doctors gave her up. Finally she took
Dr.king's New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds, which cured
her, and today she is well and strong. -
Ii kills the germs of all diseases. One
dose relieves. Guaranteed at SOC and 81. 90
by c, Blencowe, druggist. Trial bottle
free.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03

or course we hail a chase - Cape
Gods ship Of Shore-cdiIed a one horse
chaise to dis 'nguish Il from the two
horse chaiSe which never struggled
through Cape Cod sand. Everybody
big enough 10 be anything above moth
Ing had a chaise. He had to. a Cape
Colder without n chaise was not n
Cape Colder. and nobody but Cape
Colder. 10y birth or marriage, long
lived on Cape Cod There are some OF
the old chaise hulls left. some even I'm
use, and none Of them has completely
persisted. Once n Cape Cod chaiSe al
ways n Cape Cod chaise. for neither
the riied east wind nor the forest FIRE
can destroy or put Il entirely out
OF commission. The whole or part
OF each and every one OF them lives,
In its entirety or in part forever
''Gumption." by y. c. Fowler. Jr.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
Norfolk and Western Dividend.

The directors of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad Company last
Wednesday declared a semi-annual
dividend of 2 per cent. on the pre-
ferred stock, payable February Is,
to stockholders of record February
2. An appropriation of 81, 100000
was made for the purpose of en-
larging the yards at Roanoke, Va.
and extending the double tracking
of the road.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
Antiquity OF Archerr.

The use Of the bow may be traced to
the remotest antiquity. The first notice
which we find OF IL is in Genesis xxi.
20, where IL is said that Ishmael be-
came an archer. Ii was introduced into
England in the reign of Egbert the
Saxon, but was not used as a martial
weapon till the reign OF Edward 1. The
period at which the longbow attained
its meridian fame may be fixed In the
reign Of Henry V, whose archers de
stroyed the whole French cavalry.
clothed in complete steel, with their
yard long arrows. At the battle Of
Flodden Field also the English archers
made sad havoc. Shooting with the
bow was an extremely fashionable
amusement in the reign OF Henry VIII.
and Holinshed reports that the prince
shot as well as any OF his guard. After
the siege Of Devices in the civil wars,
1647, the bow as n military weapon
was entirely laid aside. Archery de-
rives It's name from the bow being.
when drawn, in the shape OF an arch.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
WOULD STOP HAZIEG.

IF 1 had a son to 90 to the Naval
Academy under the present system
| would give hin a revolver and a
knife and tell him to get through
by using them," said Hon. Champ
Clark, of Missouri, many times
Congressman and the man who had
only few minutes before confded
that ne didn't have to 60 home
Christmas to fix up for renomina-
ton. He has also said that if he
had to fight for the nomination he
would never get to Congress.
Mr.. Clark was asked to talk of
the Naval Academy, which he knew
as member of the committee hav-
ing it in charge some years ago.
He was plain and to the point, and
he especially derided the effort at
keeping order.
IF had my way we would stop
this hazing if we had to fire every
professor, teacher, officer, and stu
dent down there to do it. It's all
right to have fighting. but that can
be stopped. When l was president
of little college down in West
Virginia when | was twenty-three
years old, four great big fellows
BACKED a Green Mountain boy from
head to foot. He was supposed to
be asleep, but he came to me, told
me who the boys were, and asked
what he should do. / sent for the
men, each of whom was older than
|, and | gave them three things to
consider. 1t was apologize, resign,
or get licked by me. All four
finally apologized, and there was
no more fighting.
a friend of mine had a school
out in the West. There was haz-
ing with serious results, and he
fired the whole senior class. There
was no more hazing.
When the three men who were
up for reinstatement by Congress
some time ago asked us to get them
back l fought their efforts. said
then that if we let down the rule
those men at the Naval Academy
would not be able to cope with
future cases, and I'm right.
I'D stop it, and I'm in favor of
a law that will stop it, sure and for
Baltimore Sun.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
The Chinese Ideal wife.

II you want place where really val
liable feminine accomplishments are
held In esteem, you should go to Can
ton The Chinese there annually cele-
brate the festival OF the spinning maid
en- and the cowherd. Ii sounds gay. At
the last festival n girl OF sixteen. with
n needle in one hand and thread I'm the
other. knelt before the shrine OF the
star goddess and threaded the needle
behind her head. She was at once in
undated with offers OF marriage So
easily pleased is the simple ChInaman.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-01-03
Impoverished Soil

Impoverished soil, like impov-
erished blood, needs n proper
fertilizer. A chemist by onalyz-
ing the soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
you need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. 1t may be you
need a tonic, but more likely you
need n concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
in your system.
There is no fat food that is
SO easily digested and assimi-
lated as