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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-07

The telephone work on the local line
is progressing and shows signs of being
an up-to-date plant in every respect.
Most of the wires will tie in cables and
the poles are placed in the alleys as far
as possible. If the work is not inter-
rupted it is expected that conversation
may proceed about the last of next
week.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
JOIN X. FAN,
A LAW OF THE OESER

with Water and Food Scarce. Ex-
treme Measures Are Warranted.
1t was IN the camp Of Bullfrog that
Mitchell. the big brick red mining
man Of Nevada, told me his view Of
law on the desert:
III you are prospecting With IN un-
reasonable hog OF e partner who wants
to eat three slices Of bacon and half n
loaf OF bread for breakfast and lets
the canteen gurgle down his throat
while you get along with a strip Of
bacon and just moistcn your lips when
you take n drink, then you're all right
II you kill him. I'd kill him II there
wasn't anything else TO do. It's n
tough game. and it's your life or his
when you're lost or your grub stake
and water are giving out"
These observations are suggested by
the arrival in camp two days before
OF the bones OF prospector who had
died Of thirst some forty miles from
Bullfrog during the previous summer.
He had been n carpenter, earning
wages Of IS a day in the new camps
during the boom" but the gold fever
led him away from this safe and
profitable toll. He picked up n part
ner, they loaded their burros and
trailed off south toward the Death val
ley country to prospect in the Funeral
range
Three weeks after the desert swal
lowed them up the partner wandered
into a freighters' camp, half crazed
with thirst and exhaustion. He was
able to tell the freighters that the car.
penter was somewhere out beyond
lost and without water, too helpless tc
move. The partner was too weak and
fevered TO go back with the rescue
party OF freighters, so they left him
in camp. He directed them as we'll as
he could, but the search was bootless
and Griffin, the carpenter OF Bullfrog
was added to the long list Of desert
victims. Several months later n party
OF prospectors tumbled by chance
across what was left Of him. There
were no traces of his outfit. lie had
thrown away his gun, his canteen ana
his hat. One shoe was found thirty
feet from his body, and he had torn of
and flung away most Of his clothing
These were the CHASTITY evidences OF
the last great fight lie had made Il
struggle on.
When they're dying for water" said
Mitchell, who knows the desert
game" they throw away everything
until. all their clothes are gone, and
you generally find them without q
stitch On."-Ralph d. Paine in Outing.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
ALLsPIcE.
Berries OF the Beautiful and Fra
grant Pimcnto Tree.


"Srr'eS OF we "s"n'itui and FRA
g.. 49,, -'''.''o ''eS'
AHo p,iiic.''Y' ~ "nsptce' Tree Is cul-
''''eu :" 'ie Nesl ihe'eS ana Jamai-
"a t"s oe'e'iini Tree usually grows
- neisnt OF "Dou1 lh'ry icet. II
l','s a s'r"'snt trunk, hi'eh bra lched
%'o'e "'iu Vo'eIeu WIN very sAooth
o'o"n JAZZ ti'e ieSNes vary ln size
""'' S'''i'e' OUT are always 81 q dark.
s'.''s'',- sreel Color hur'nS Tue months
y. 'u's anu august lhe tree Is M iuii
,'oo1'' ,t'e "'es'sotns consisting OF very
'','s,.'''' s'''"" Nui'e A'Ne's
"i.n " neW pan. anon ol pHncnto
,tees Is 20 pe formed io resH'ar' SOW
.''.> OF pl''..-'''s ui'.tS isice. BECAUSE it
Is next % HiiioSsinle % pro. 'a-a'e tbs
S0"'- plants OF ID raise the- ifom
seN'-S "' p'r'S 81 ~" c'anny whore
'"'s are uV' i'''hu 81 '"ioS sponi3ae-
1'-'-'H. sNaiy piece o' and Is So
''N's' c''"e' cl'se % plantation ai-
.v'e! lo'iheu OF I'D a part oi the wa't-
,''''' where puuento trees are growing
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
Bargain Sales al DixIS.

As long as they last, l will offer
Mason's Quart Jars at soc; Half
Gallons, 69c; Pints. 49c. The next
lot will cost YOU more.
The cheapest Queenswear in
The best lronstone China Cups and
Saucers; 19c set.
Way down prices on Men S
Ladies' and Misses. Oxfords.
A big lot of White Goods at less
than cost. 1Oc and 12c Lawns, to
be sold at Sc.
800 yards Mating to be closed
out very cheap.
Big bargains in Ready Made
Clothes. My $40 suits for 81: my
s. suits for So.
\ nice lot of Mems Fine Dress
Shirts in white and colored at 49c
and 99c.
\ big lot of Ladies and Men s
Gauze Underwearatthe rightprice.
Lace Curtains, from SOC per pair
uD.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
Feeding Soaked and UnSOaked Grain
to Hogs.

The question of the condition of
grain for hogs is one that affects
the care and economy of grain to a
considerable extent. In the test
herewith reported, grain soaked
for II hours was compared with
unsOaked grain, with 80 head of
hogs for period of 81 days.
The 80 hogs were divided into
two groups of 10 each. The grain
fed was corn meal with red dog
flour to furnish protein. For the
first 81 days equal parts of these
two foods were used, and the re-
mainder of the period. two parts
of corn meal and one part OF red
dog were substituted. The feed
for group ] was soaked for Il
hours, or from one feed to the next.
The feed for group 2 was fed in
the form OF slep-made at the time
Of feeding. The hogs we're fed all
they would clean up at all times
during the experiment. The aver.
age initial weight of group l was
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
DRY FARMING.
explanation OF the Principles of the
Campbell system.

What western people have become
accustomed TO call the Campbell sys-
tenn OF dry farming" consists simply i'm
the exercise OF intelligence. care. pa
ucnce and tirelcsS industry. u differs
in detail from the good farming meth
DDS practiced and taught at the various
agricultural experiment stations. but
the underlying principles are the same.
These principles are two i'm number:
First. TO keep the surface Of the land
under cultivation loose and finely pull
verified. This forms soil mulch that
permits the rains and melting SHOWS TO
percolate readily through to the COM
pactcd soil beneath and that ut the
same time prevents the moisture stored
i'm the ground from being brought TO
the surface by capillary attraction, TO
be absorbed by the hot. dry air. The
second is TO keep the subsoi finely pull
verified and firmly compacted. increas-
ing its water holding capacity and its
capillary attraction and placing IL I'm
the best possible physical condition for
the termination OF seed and the devel-
opment Of plant roots. The dry farm
er thus stores water not I'm dams and
artlncial rSScrNoirS, but right where IL
can be reached by the roots OF growing
crops
Through these principles n rainfall OF
twelve inches can be conserved so ef-
fectivcly that Il will produce better re
suits than are usually expected Of an
annual precipitation Of twenty-four
inches In humid America. The discov-
erer and demonstrators OF these prin-
cipleS deserves to rank among the
greatest Of national benefactOrs. He
has not merely made two blades Of
grass grow where only one grew before,
but he has made il possible TO cover
with wheat and corn. alfalfa and other
useful crops tens Of thousands of square
miles Of fertile land on which nothing
but sagehrush. cocti. Kansas sundow-
erS and bunch grass are now found
John l.. Cowan in Century Magazine.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05

Made To-day as They Were In the
seventeenth century.

Made Today a. They Were In the
seventeenth century.
In The manufacture OF wax matches
and the long and slender tapcrs which
are known as rats Gle cave cellar rats
the method introduced into France by
Pierre Blesmairc I'm the middle OF tho
seventeenth century is still in use.
The method is practiced today In tho
Carriere factory at Bourg lac Rine.
near Paris. The cords OF which the
wick is composed pass into a basin OF
melted wax heated by n small furnace.
from which they are drawn through a
perforated plate 10 a large wooden
drum which is turned slowly by hand.
The operation Is repeated two or three
times. the size OF the hole through
which the cord passes being Increased
each time. When the waxed cord has
attained the required size IL is wound
on large reels i'm skeins of 100 or 900
meters about 1000 feet. which are
boxed and shipped TO Wholesalers. 1t
is also furnished I'm lengths OF from
three TO ten meters Oen 10 thlrty-three
feeD, folded as often as may be re-
quired for convenient packing. These
tapers are now used chiefly by wine
merchants and by sections in lighting
church candles.
The very short and thick candles.
called veilleuses. or night candles, are
composed OF a mixture OF wax and
stearin. The molding machine differs
considerably from the apparatus used
for ordinary candles. although the prin-
ciple of the operation Is unchanged.
After the little candles have cooled
the attendant removes them from the
molds and conveys them 20 women.
who put them in tin cups. which pre-
vent the escape Of melted wax during
combustion, and pass them TO other
women, who label and pack them
Parafiined paper Is made simply by
drawing long rolls OF paper by means
of 4 series of cylinders through a steam
heated trough containing q solution Of
paraffin and stearic acid and thence to
a large wooden cylinder. on which 1t is
rOlled.-S Scientific American.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
HEARST AND JEROME.

Some of the Democratic press
seem terribly shocked because w.
X Hearst may bolt the Democratic
party in New York. Mr.. Hearst
has never yet bolted the ticket.
He has had strong reason for doing
1t. for he was swindled out of his
election to the New York CITY
mayoralty by a thieving gang
headed by George b. Mcclellan.
who Is today a fence" for the
stolen goods. If Hearst had re-
ceived the goods in the way Nc
Clellan did, there would have been
great howl from some of our
fellow editors. With all his faults.
Hearst has never done anything
quite so bad as that.
Yet there some editors. while
ever ready to criticise Hearst for
what he may do in the future, are
patting jerome on the back. Je.
rome will take the Democratic
nomination provided he has no
plattOrm-Or, as he calls it, nc
instruction, from the convention
that dominates him.
If the Democratic party of New
York wishes to nominate a man
who will be his own platform. who
will run as he pleases and do as he
pleases, and who declared in his
campaign for his present position
that he did not believe in party
nominations, it is Of coures at lib
erty to so stultify itself. But if il
does, it will be the end of the
persent faction in control there:
which would be a blessing to the
country.
1t IS the fashion of the JEROME
papers to decry personalities. The
campaign in Georgia was to them
Just too horrid for anything. But
if there have been dirtier person
alities utterd even in South Carolina
and Georgia than those uttered by
Jerome, we have not seen them.
The fellow looks like a fakir.
1t is to be hoped that he bellies his
looks. The Charlotte Observer
says that he is humbug.-Farm-
Vile Heard.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05

BATS pounds, and that Of group 2,
50. l pounds.
The feeding began on April 18th
and continued until June 18th.
During the first period, group
made an average gain of 80 pounds,
as against 30 pounds for group 2.
During the remainder of the feed
ing period, the gains of group /
were much in excess of group .,
amounting to % to 40 per cent
more. The average daily gain for
the whole period with group was
LIS pounds; and for group ?, SO
pounds; giving an average of 80
of a pound per head per day moro
for group l than for group 2. AS
a result of this difference group
l made a profit, where group =
showed loss. The corn used was
valued at $1,000 per ton, and the
red dog -four at S25.75.
1t required 800 pounds of feed
for 100 pounds of gain with group
l, and 81 with group .; or97 pounds
of gain less with the group getting
soaked than that receiving I'M
soaked grain. The cost of 100
pounds of grain at the above value
for grain with group 1, and S5.2S
with group 2. The cost per 100
pounds of grain with group 1
was S1.05 less than with group ,.
The profit per head with group 1
was So cents, making a total profit
for the 10 pigs of S10.64. While
with group ? there was a loss of ii
cents per head, or loss of s. .66 for
the group.
While these results cover but
one test, they are in accord with
work done elsewhere, and indicate
that soaking feed for growing pigs
will often be a desirable practice on
Virginia farms.
JOIN Il. FAN,
Agriculturist.
MuTON p. JARNAGIN,
Instructor in Animal Husbandry.
Blacksburg, Va,
August 20, 1906.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
The Mixture In Rouman,,

Roumania is Inhabited by bewilder-
ing variety Of races, but whether of
Greek Slav or Teutonie lineage, the
modern Roumanian makes it a point of
honor to claim descent from the colo
nlsts whom Trajan planted In the con-
quered province of Dacia A. d. 1O7.
Calling themselves Romuni and their
language Romunie. the proud citizens
seldom draw out legal document
without some allusion to their founder.
whom they style "the divine Trajan. i"
The Roumanian language reflects the
composition Of the race and now but
faintly suggests the language which
Trajan spoke.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05

When Hiram Bassett went down on
Cape Cod TO pay q visit his friends
provided him with every sort OF fish
they could muster. and for Eve DAYS
he was treated 10 mackerel. haIibut.
oysters, clans scallops ana many
other varieties in the best possible
condition.
We'll Hiram" said his host on the
day OF Mr.. Bassett's return TO his
home, I'd like to see what you'll get
Hannah 20 cook Tor you first thing
when you reach home. reckon you've
had fish enough TO last you for one
while"
Pooh" said Mr.. Bassett. Il guess
You don't know anything about it.
You haven't lived in Massachusetts,
long enough. Hannah II get me the
same thing she always does when I've
been away from home for a spell-a
real good mess o. Goldfish an potato
hash. That's what Hannah N get me"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
Greatly Reduced Rates via Southern
Railway

To Memphis, Tenn. and return,
account international Convention,
Brotherhood of st. Andrew, of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, Oc-
tober 1921, 1906. Tickets will be
sold October Is, Is, II and Is,
final limit (prior to midnight of
which passenger must reach start
ing point October 30, 1906, from
points in Virginia, North ana South
Carolina, including Washington.
ID. {. Extension of final limit may
be obtained to November 3Oth.
1906, by prsonally depositing
tickets with Joseph Richardson.
Special Agent, not later than Oc-
tober 30, 1906, and payment of fee
of fifty cents per ticket at time of
deposit.
For further information. apply
to nearest Southern Rwy. ticket
agent, or communicate with /. S.
Brown, Gen. Agt., Washington,
ID. G..
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05

Nobody in New York walks straight"
said the fault finder. Watch n score
OF pedestrians on the sidewalk. and not
one OF them sticks TO straight path.
Those deviatons are not always due to
the crowded condition Of the pavement
either During the rush hours a man
Is supposed to dodge this way and
that IN mis- efforts TO make progress.
Dut when given clear road there is
no excuse for SO much sidctracking.
Yet, no matter how favorable the con
ditions, the New Yorker zigzags Just
the same. He might have a stretch of
sidewalk block long all TO himself
and be perfectly sober. yet in that dis
lance he would veer from curb to stoop
line and back again several times."-
New York Post
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
Mr.. HEARST As AN ORATOR.

Mr.. VIM. r. Hearst is branching
out as an orator. Recently he
made a speech at Petersburg, Ill. A.,
TO an audience of about $4,000
people. He was introduced by
Mr.. Rainey, the lone Democratic
Congressman from Illinois. His
speech was before the Old Salem
Chatauqua Association, and at the
close of the speech Mr.. Hearst
presented the Chatauqua with a
deed for The Old Lincoln Home
stead" which he had bought.
1t has been heretofore alleged
that Hearst could not speak, that
he is a vapid, brainless youth with
money, but without character and
without merit. Mr.. Rainey in
introducing Mr.. Hearst in part
said: The gentleman / am now
about to present is abused by all
people who are corrupt. criticised
by many who do not know him,
but profoundly loved and honored
by every one who knows him well. :"
SO delighted were the people with
his address that all of the men.
women and children came forward
and shook him by the hand. This
man will most likely be the next
governor of New York.-Staunton
Spectator.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
RAINFALL.
The Processes of Nature by which It
= Produced.

The Processes of Nature by which IL
y Produced.
Rain is. as we all know. the moisture
OF the atmosphere condensed into
Drops large enough u fan with per
ceptibie velocity TO the earth. The va
Ration in the sizes Of thr drops is de-
pendent upon the difference In the
height from which they have fallen
and TO the amount OF atmospheric dis
turbancc present at the time IL they
fall from great heights the drops suf-
fer gradual division into smaller and
smaller parts until they are at last
converted into miSts In calm weather.
with the clouds near the carth's sur
face the drops are apt TO be large
and heavy. The formation of rain is
In general continuation or an en-
largement OF the processes by which
clou's and fogs are formed The den.
osition OF moisture depends uDon the
cooling OF tae atmosphere. but concern
ing the precise process 10y which the
cooling is c-cctcd various opinions are
entertained cvel among those who
have made mctcor0logy a life study.
In considering the matter we have de
duccd oar reckonings from what is
considered the best authority on the
subject From this it appears that the
temperature OF n given mass Of warm
air is lowered IN the ordinary course
Of atmospheric phenomena by one or
the other OF the processes mentioned
In the following: BY radiation to the
cold sky. by radiation 20 the neighbor-
ing masses OF clouds or the cold
ground, 10y mixture with cool air or by
the absorption OF heat i'm the expan-
sion OF ascending columns OF air.
Whatever the process may be, one
thing is sure-the cooling must take
place before the moisture will collect
into drops OF sufficient size TO cause
them TO fall from the mass Of vapor
IN which the constituent parts have
been floating
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
The Whales Month

The whales mouth is the largest
institution OF the kind in the animal
kingdom, being capable Of containing
over two hogsheads Of water. The
whales throat, however, is so small
that an orange would scarcely pass
through 1t, and he lives on the minu.
sea animals contained in the water.
Drawing IN a large quantity. he strains
1t through his whalebone sieve, retain
ing the animal organisms it contains
and throwing out the water through
circular holes In his head. Whales en-
gagged in feeding are said by whalers
to be "spouting"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
An Odd Ting of wnr.

Screw propellers. like most other in,
ventions, had great difficulty in getting
recognition from authority. For in
stance, Sir William Symonds. surveyor
and principal designer to the British
admiralty, could not be brought TO be-
heve in them. He declared that steam
ships Of any sort were "monstrous''
and that the screw was impossible.
The day came when choice between
paddle wheels and screw propellers
had TO be made The naval authorities
tied two ships stern to stern. and when
the screw propelled vessel had tri-
umphed over the paddle steamer in
this ludicrous tug of war the lords of
the admiralty felt justified In model
ing the British navy anew.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05

japanese lacquer is very curious
substance simple tree sap, like
maple sap. it is, yet when applied to
wood or metal quite indestructible A
coat Of lacquer is proof against alco-
hol, against boiling water, against al
most all known agents. The lacquer
tree of Japan is very large. It is al
ways cut down at the age of forty
years. as thereafter it begins to dry
up. Each tree yields on its demolition
about six barrels of lacquer sap. The
japanese are very careful not to let
foreigners into the secrets of lacquer
ing
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
4 Crazy VIII

y contemporary states that while 4
wedding breakfast was being held In n
restaurant ut Fresnes les Rungis a ma
val officer in uniform entered the room
and was Invited TO preside over the
feast He made himself very agreea-
bic, sang songs and delivered speeches.
he was proposing the brides health
when two policemen rushed in and ar
rested him rs an escaped lunatic from
a neighboring asylum. II is further
asserted that he thereupon politely
turned TO the officers and said: Il think
you have made u mistake, gentlemen.
There'-pointlng 10 the bridegroom
us the man you want."-LondOn Trib-
une.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
SCHEDULE
Winchester, BerryviIIe and
BluemOHt Stage Line

Round iup Daily except Sunday.
Heated 10y Carbon Heaters.
Good Macadamized Road
A'aNc- tasthound W"sthound-Arri,r
oOOa.m. rs inchcstcr (isvans noteD 4OOpn.
go li".- Jordan Springs Junc....Si5 4.
'NN o' .-..- lake Niew........2 40 .
r.NN l0' Berry vile NirginiaHouSe)l 3O -
.'N' -. .--.' asticman Fcrry. .DOiln.r
iN." ls.' .---. lilue lidge lnn.....II.2Oa. ann.
IHl0' i'"emont lSouthornRy.) 100 81.
Leave
lose canrcc,i.n with the N o'clock trn-,,
at h.ucuunt ium Washington. which r-
turns 'o Washington after few minutes
wait.
CONNECTION with both morning trains af
H,til WIS Toy as>cngcrs for Bluemout 10
notified the day previous Write for f,l3,~
SWING information OF meeting evening trains
al berryville and Winchoster.
MAvEicE J.. CAsrIruAN. Prop..
Customary Ferry. Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
Reason Enough.

Benevolent Old Gentleman (rescuing
one small boy from the pummeling Of
two others)-What are you hurting this
boy for?
Because he made so many mistakes
In his arithmetic this morning"
But what business was that of
yoursf"
''Why, he let us copy our answers
from his"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
Tennyson.r Grnnne..

Apropos Of Tennyson's gruffness is n
story repeated by the London Chroni-
Gle. Tennyson, in his last days gave
audience to an American, friend Of
Longfello% and Lowell. who came
armed with credentials. u hope Won
don't write" was the cautious old no.
cts first remark. NO, my lord, and /
don't TALK. was the swift reply. This
response set Tennyson at his ease and
ne at least talked" to his guests vast
contentment.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
Young, but wise.

y little girl Of four was spreading
butter on a cracker on the luncheon
cloth when her grandfather-at whose
table she was-remoastrated with her.
telling her that was not the Droner
place 70 SO 1t. She never lifted her
eyes but went calmly on with the oper.
auon' ana when IL was finished and she
took up the cracker 20 eat she said
quietly to nobody in particular. 'Nfep
don't always know what's host"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-05
Encourarcd 10 sinr =, wall

At the works Of firm of soap max
ers In England the girl employees are
encouraged to sing part songs while at
work. The object is to relieve the
monOtony. In the departments that
number more than thirty girls and
have not noisy machinery they are en-
couraged TO sing during the last hour
of work in the morning and in the
afternoon.