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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
The Weathsrinn of Coal

1t is probably not generally known
that coal exposed to the atmosphere
undergoes chemical changes greatly
affecting its quality. Moisture is the
most powerful agent in producing such
change. 1t is a matter OF common
knowledge among men engaged In the
making of Illuminating gas that coal
which has been stored for a long time
experiences a loss OF hydrocarbons,
and the effects of the change are
shown In diminution of the volume
CT the coal and In loss Of illuminat-
ing power In the gas produced from it.
Such chemical changes occurring In
great masses OF coal may even produce
sufficient accumulation OF heat to cause
spontaneous combustion.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
LIVING BY MUSIC.
Advantage % Being Able TO Play NJ
Least Two Instruments.


A member OF a musical organization
4 tuba player is also an accomplished
tiollnist.
Every practical musician" he says,
Swho expects TO make his living at
The business ought TO play at least two
hstruments-one brass and the other
string 1t often happens that a man
playing two instruments can secure
IN engagement where he who plays
put one would be left unemployed dur
ing part OF the time. Travelling COM
panies who take their musicians along
often insist on their doubling up-that
is. playing brass in street parade or
In front OF the theater and n string In
strument in the orchestra. In the good
old summer time the demand is for
brass. In the winter strings are in re-
quest, so at the change of season many
cornet and horn players put away their
brass instruments, take up their fiddles
and their bows and play at balls and
dances all the winter long
BESIDES this. there is another thing
to be considered. Every cornet and
horn player must look forward to the
time when his lip gives out. After
years of horn playing the overtaxed
muscles OF the lips become relaxed
They are strained from the constant
demands made upon them by holding
them In n certain position. Sometimes
a player retains his embouchure for
life, sometimes II gives out suddenly,
sometimes there Is gradual deteriora-
ton in strength of muscle and he finds
himself playing worse than he did be-
fore and is compelled to realize the
fact that his lip is giving way. The
lnfirmity is kind OF paralysis of the
lip. somewhat resembling the scrive-
ner's cramp, which attacks the fingers
Of the bookkeeper. The lips remain
otherwise in good order."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
SOME NEW YORK FIRSTS.

Christmas day first became a legal
holiday in 1854.
The first law proclaimed in New
York related to the Sabbath Q64O.
The first surveyor was 1642) Andres
Hudde. He received a salary Of ESQ n
year CS400.
The first official interpreter was
George Baxter, appointed in 1642 at n
salary Of 80 guilders per annum.
The first court Of justice was estab-
lished in 1647. presided over by Judge
Van Dincklagen. the first judge in
New York.
The first lot of ground sold was TO
Anthony Won Fees i'm 1912 1t was
30 feet front 10y 40 feet deep and was
sold for $500. II was located where
Bridge street now Is
The first public house was built in
1642 at the cOmpany'S expense 1t was
n clumsy looking tavern. located at the
northeast corner Of Pearl street and
Coenties slip.-New York Herald.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
ARTEMUS WARDS FUN.
Row the Humorist Used to Win
Laughs In His Lectures.

Row the Humorist Used to Win
Laughs In His Lectures.
However much the audience might
laugh, even to n tumult Of merriment
lasting 4 minute or two or perhaps
longer, Artemus Ward stood with the
gravest mien and unmoved face. BE
could not help laughing while writing
or planning good thing, but no NEGRO
mancer was ever more self poised
when he stood before his audience.
The greatest fun Of the whole was
the manipulation of the panorama It
self. Things would go wrong every
now and then, and the audience would
fairly scream with laughter, supposing
it was mistake, while as q matter of
fact Artemus was always ut the bot
tom Of IT all.
For instance, the prairie fire would
go down at the wrong time and then
break out again when the scene IL was
TO illustrate had wholly passed, or the
sick looking moon would refuse to
stay down in the midst, while the lee
turer was apparently almost overcome
with veXation and despair. Then the
wrong music would be played, and the
house would break out into roars of
laughter. as when he touched upon one
really pathetic recital and the piano
ground out Poor Mary Ann"
In the midst of n really instructive
talk on the Mormon question or q truly
impressive description Of the mountain
scenery around Salt lake he would
stop as If a sudden feeling of distress
had come over him which must be ex-
planned, and, pointing TO an absurd
animal In the foreground Of n picture,
he would tell the audience how he had
always tried to keep faith with them,
but mistakes must sometimes occur.
Il have always spoken Of this animal
as buffalo and have always supposed
he was buffalo, but this morning my
artist came to me and said, mfr. Ward.
l can conceal 1t from you no longer;
that is horsev" The effect was SIM
ply indescribable
When quiet came again, he would
seemingly become wholly lost TO ev-
erything around him as he described
some absorbing and thrilling incident
turning 1t into ridicule the next minute
by the innocent and apparently merely
Incidental remark, Il did not see this
myself, but l had it from q man just
as reliable as l am."-Enoch Knight in
Putnam's.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
An Alarm Clock For q Cent,

1--WE got the best alarm clock in the
business. and Uncle sam provides II
for me-" said Il West Philadelphia bust
ness man OF irregular hours yesterday
1.-TWO or three days of each week /
have TO rise early. Our postman al
ways rings our doorbell good and hard
when he leaves any mail. He comes
along regularly as clocSwork M s a. M.
but does not always leave mail for me,
and consequently the doorbell does not
always ring. When want to get up
/ just buy post card in the afternoon
and mail il 10 myself II has never
failed TO arrive in the early mail. ac-
comp@2ied. Of course. by the ringing Of
the bell by the postman. Talk about Il
cheap system. | can make the most
important kind OF an appointment for
the morning ana All IL ly the extra ex-
penditure of single penny"-Phila-
delphia Record
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
POSTAGE Stamps.

II Is often desired TO separate post
age stamps that are stuck together
without destroying the gum. This can
be done by dipping the stamps in wa
ter for few seconds only. shaking off
the excess of water and heating with
n match as much as possible without
burning. The heat expands the water
between the stamps and separates
them, so that they can be easily pulled
apart and are ready for use.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
HORSE SHOW DATES

Keswick, May 10.
Leesburg, June 6 and Z.
Upperville, not decided.
Culpepcr, July 4 and 5.
Manassas, July II and Is.
Orange, July "a and 20.
Charlottesville, August and 9.
Stanton, August 6, and 8.
Harrisonburg, Aug. 10, IA and Is
Front Royal, August 81 and %.
BerryvilIe, August "a, rs and 20
Warrentop, September 9 and 3.
Richmond, September z to ~.
Norfolk, September IA to 10.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
TOILETS OF ANTS.
Combs, Brushes, Sponses and Soap
Used In Making Them.

Combs, Brushes, Sponses and Soap
Used In Making Them.
ANTS have fine and coarse combs,
sponges, hairbrushes and soap. They
are remarkably clean"
The speaker was a nature student.
He bent over the artificial ants nest,
or formicary, that stood on his table
under glass.
Watch this lady making her toilet
he said. "She won't mind"
The little black ant seemed to be
carefully tying and untying knots In
herself. The small black body twisted
and turned. The tough little black
limbs darted through the air.
THAT is her fine tooth comb she is
using now" explained the student. 'It
is affixed 10 the tibia of the foreleg. II
has short handle, a stiff back and
sixty-fve fine teeth. Nothing can es.
cape it.
Now she is Sponging her back. Yes
the tongue is her sponge, the fat sur
face Of the tongue. The tongues edges
are her brush. They are equipped with
hemispherical bosseS-short, stiff, blunt
bristles. See her brushing her left fore.
leg with 1t. Doesn't II work admirably
Nov she is combing the hairy un-
derpart Of her body with her coarse
comb. 1t is attached to the tarsus and
has forty-five coarse teeth, an excel.
lent instrument for rough work.
''She is giving her legs a good soap
bath now She draws them, you see
through her mandibles, or upper jaws
The mandibles are serrated, and they
secrete a fluid that is quite like soap
suds, a superb toilet lotion which
cleanses the skin and makes the hair
brilliant and supple.
Brushes, combs, toilet lotions, soal
and sponges--nature has given them al
to the little black ant"-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Lalande and Neptune.
The astronomer Lalande narrowly
escaped being made famous by q dis
covery. He accidentally struck Nep-
tune with his glass on May 8. 1855. but
supposed 1t was star. He put It down
In his notebook as n star and recorded
Its exact situation. Two days later he
struck 1t once more and made a record
or 1t. But when he looked over his
notes he found he had it down as be-
Ing In two different places, and as a
star cannot move In forty-eight hours
he supposed he had made mistake I'm
one OF his notes. If he had used his
mind little less mechanically, he cas-
lily might have been n Columbus.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
PUBLIC SALE
OF Valuable Personal Property

As Administrative OF Jas A. Forster. deed.
| will sell at public auction at Jefferson
Fields. Al miles Northwest of Berrvville.
commencing at 10 o'clock a. M. ON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH p, 1907.
the following personal property.
10 HEAD OF HORSES AND COLTS 10
good work horses. l an excellent bar
shear leader, brood mares: three vear-old
Hambletonian colts; ladies' driving mare,
. years old, also Hambletonian; bay geld
ing, years old, good driver and saddler
: HEAD OF CATTLE
5 mich cows, 1 will be fresh in spring: l
we!l-bred heifer; steer, weighing 500 lbs.
2s HEAD OF HOGS Is
Sgood brood sows; boar; "a thrifty shoats
u HEAD OF SHEEP IL
IL good ewes, some with lambs; l Shrop-
shire buck.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
4-horse wagons with beds and ladders; l
2-horSe wagon l Deering binder, gool a
new Deering mower; Superior grain drill:
farm cart; 3 root plows Oliver chilled pillow;
harr3wS; eultvator; HooSier corn planter;
corn shelter; cutting box; wheat fan; hay
knife; grindstone air steelyards; log chains;
COW chains, cradle and rakes, cross-cut saw.
ladders, garden pillow, corn SCOOP. grain
SACKS, forks, Shovels, wedges. axe, digging
iron, wire str,tchers and many other articles
too numerous TO mention.
good Surry and Runabout
HARNESS, ETC.
set wagon gears for horses brides; COLI
lars; set driving harness; l riding saddle;
choke and yoke straps, scalding tub, 100 bar
rels white corn, 1000 pounds meat, enter
prise sausage grinder and lard press, iron pot
and stand, dinner bell, sleigh.
HOUSEHOLD Il KITCHEN FURNITURE
Bureau, beds, stoves, wrought iron
range, cook stove, buffet, couch, writing
desk, morris chair, goose feather bed, churn,
wash tubs, 10 gallon milk can. Lot OF
chickens and turkeys.
TERMS-All sums under $40. cash. On
all sums Of $40 and over a credit of eight
months will be given, the purchaser 10 exc
cute well-endOrsed, negotiable note. bearing
interest from day of sale. and payable at the
Bank Of Clarke County.
MILDRED II. FORSTER, Adm'x.
of Jas. \. Forster, Decd.
NJ. J. HARDESTT, Manager.
r. =. Duvall, Auctioneer.
j. NJ. Fishpaw, Clerk.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
Capits, Punishment.

Mamma. did you love to flirt when
you were yOungT
II am afraid did, dear"
''And were you ever punished for it,
mammaf'
'Cruelly, dear. ! married your ia
ther."-Rire.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
Correct Diaonos;s.

Patient-Shall have to give up beer
doctor? Doctor-No; / shan't forbid
1t 10 you. Patient-its extraordinary,
doctor, what confidence have In you.
-Fleigende Batter.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
Uncountahle.

Tourist Ito boy fishing)-How many
flsh have you caught? Boy-Oh.
couldn't count 'em! Tourist-Why, you
haven't caught any. you little vaga.
bondi Boy-That's why / can't count
'cui
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
Washinqton's Fourth of july Dinner

The menus run very much the same
throughout the books (Washington's
accounts), but there is one page which
holds the attention in spite of its SINH
larity TO the others. 1t is dated Thurs
day, July 4. 1776. 1t shows what
Washington had for dinner on the very
first Independence day. The account
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
Bargains in
ChinaW are

Christmas Is now over, and n you are
still looking for bargains we have them
as we are looking 10 the interest OF ali
our customers all the time
We have just received large and
choice selection OF Chinawarc, and Offer
the same at 10 cents per piece
They will not last long at that price
and you'd better come early and get
what you need.
We know they win please you.
Also a complete line of Groceries
Canned Goods, Candy, Fruits, vegels,
bles, Cigars and Tobacco.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
Busy nsdcIne for Busy People

A spccinc for Constipation Indigestion. Liver
ana Kidney troubles. Pimples. Eczema. Impure
Elood. Baol Breath. sluggish Bowels. Headache
and BackAjhe Its Rocky Mountain Tea in tab
Let form. - cents box. Genuine made by
EoIIxS1zn\ )Euo COMPANY. Madison. Wis
GOLDEN uG6ETS For sALL0w PEOPLE
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-03-20
TuleyrieS Farm Sale

Having decided to sell the
majority of my THoRoUGHBRED
HEREFoRDs, before shipping same
out of the State, | offer same to
Virginia farmers. Cattle can be
seen any day on my farm near
White Post. and offers for one or
more solicited.
IHoRoUGHBRED BERKsHIREsa and
HoLsrEINs also for sale.
This offers the greatest chance
ever given to secure fine blooded
stock.
GRAHAM +. BLANDY,
White Post. Va.
New York address,
GO Broadway.
Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22

allows for $1. Non-residents must pay BIO for the same privilege, aliens must pay $15.
 The plain purpose is to eliminate the irresponsible fellow who goes around with gun in the hunting season and blazes away at anything that comes within range. Robins, song sparrows- birds of all sorts useful for their beauty, song and destruction of grubs and worms, fall before him. His class IS very largely made up of aliens who have not learned our ways, and who are ignorant, in some cases of any good ways. And certain parts of Connecti- cut are pestered by hordes of hunters who come at certain seasons of the year from big cities just beyond our borders and destroy and deplete the game of which the state has none too much for it's own use. It is thought that the re- quirements of BIO license fee from these may help to decrease their number.
Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22
kEEPIT ROLLING

It is easier to keep ball rolling than to allow it to stop and then undertake to start it. By the same token it is easier to maintain a boom in village than to revive one that has been allowed to decline or peter out. When the ex- pansion of village is retarded for the reason that industries already located, or those which might be induced to To- cate, cannot get help, because there are no places for them to live, the prosper ity is more easily continued if immedi- ate action is taken to relieve the situa- tion than if it is deferred. When pros pective industries have selected some other spot for location, when some of the industries already located, "pull up stakes'' and move to other places, 1t is too late to remedy matters. To local. ize the situation, it will be most unfor. tunate for Canaan if the Reliable Manu- featuring Company is compelled tc leave town because their operators can not find houses or boarding places, and if, for the same reason, all effort to in duce other manufacturing concerns te locate in the village must be discon tinued It will be backward step il such condition prevails. Buildine sites, conveniently and pleasantly 10 cated can be purchased at reasonable prices and Ill the judgement of meI well informed in such matters. tn, erection of twenty moderate-pricet houses III Canaan, either by local or out side capital, would prove most profit able investment.
Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22
That Snake Story

The biggest snake story of the season comes from a northern state. The snake was forty feet long, twenty in- ches in diameter, and when man sat on it's back, thinking it to be a log, it bucked and threw him twenty feet Now it's up to the Winsted yarn factory to start it's machinery and grind out a tale that will make this one look like a lone sandwich at 8 Sunday school picnic. Canaan News.
 As matter of fact this is story of an actual occurrence in the Norwalk swamps twenty years ago. The hero of the adventure was MT. Walter Fitch, who is still living in Westport, at the age of IF, and as spry and vigorous as the average man of 40.-Hartford Post.
 We find after careful investigation that The Post is slightly in error re- garding this matter. The incident oc- cured at Jenkins X Roads 23 years ago and the hero is now 173 years old in- stead of IF and he attributes his longev- ity to total abstinanoe from everything except buttermilk pop.
Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22

novelty. There are 2l of the Indians and they travel in their private oar. They went from here to Great Barring ton where they defeated the home team ill both games Thursday.
 Canaan 8, East Canaan Q.
 The ball game between Canaan and East Canaan Saturday was an eight in- ming contest, the rain drops preventing its conclusion. 1t resulted in victory for the Canaan team by a score of g to Q. It was advertised to begin at 3.30 and as it was nearly 4.so when the first ball was thrown, the spectators began to think they would see another evening contest. As has been the case since time imme- morial, in ball games between Canaan and East Canaan, this game was char acterized by much wrangling which. whether justified or not, was distasteful and unpleasant to the spectators Frank stanton of Canaan, who has pitched for East Canaan in previous games, pitched for that team in this game and the East Canaan boys thought he was not trying to win. MT. Stanton naturally resented the allegation and withdrew from the game. Whether a return game will be played remains to be seen. The most prominent feature of Saturdays game was home run whelt by catcher Wey. mouth of Canaan.
 Railroad RumbIss z4. ,.
 The N. Y. N. H. & H. section men burned the grass along the tracks Tues day.
 It is expected that worlxmen will be here this week, or early next, to erect the car scales.
 Baggageman A. l.. Hubbard is talk ing two weeks vacation. Norman Moore takes his place.
 Baggageman William Emmons has returned to his duties in the O. N. K. de- partment.
 Station agent Cosgriff attended ban quet, given Saturday evening at Bridgeport to w. K. Lyon, former superintendent of the Berkshire division. About 90 railroad men were present.. MT. Lyon was presented with lCving cup and a adiamond-studded watch charm
 A loaded ore car on which the brahe was broken, ran from siding on the south side of the station Tuesday, one end of the car digging nearly wheel deep in the ground.
 Conductor Welch, formerly in charge of the O. N. E. train leaving here at TAB a. m. for Hartford, has been transferred to the Hartford Goshen milk train.
Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22
The Churches

Methodist Episcopal Church = Rev. T. R. Wallace, pastor. Lords Day Service: 10.30 am. morning wor- ship; 12. noon, Sunday School; 6.30 p. n. Epworth League; 7.30 p. m. evening worship; Monday, 7.S0 p. m., Epworth League business, meeting and social hour. 1st. Monday in month; Official Board, 2nd Monday in month, Thursday 7.3O D. m. prayer meeting; Friday 7.30 D. m. choir rehearsal; Holy Communion 1st Sunday in Jan, Mar, May, July. Sept. and Nov.
 St. Josephs urch,-Rev. Father T. F. Ramon, pastor; Rev. J. O. Brennan
Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22
CLAYTON

H. R. Cook has returned to Bristol, Conn.
 Al. Blaokie was in New York over Sunday,
 Mrs. Henry Leffingwell and daughter have been visiting in Southfield and Mill River. Mass.
 R, H. Voudy was in New York few days last week.
 MT. and Mrs. O. l.. Miner attended the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Coe, in Cornwall Monday.
 Ruluff Rood has been very sick for the past week.
 Dr. Carnage has been visiting at O. A. Weymouth's few days.
 Acel Rood has been in town for few days.
Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22
ST RAY SHOTS

No, Angelina, you are wrong. That fan on the Canaan drug store soda coun- ter is not to blow the foam off the soda but to shoo the flies away.
 It is said that Sundays accident un- nerved one or two Canaan automobile owners. A moderate rate of speed will probably prove panacea.
 "I saw Mrs. g. out walking with 8 married man the other evening"" re- marked the joker to the Canaan woman whose ears are always open for choice bits of gossip. Mercy! who was it J she eagerly asked. "Her husband, 2 answered the jokist and the disciple ot Mrs. Grundy was so taken aback that she couldn't speak for fully three sec onds.
Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22
Checks will be Paid

The old pension checks amounting to S924 which were found in the effects of Albert K. Loomis of Sheffield who left a a sum of over $2ooo in a trunk will be paid by the government even if they are about 13.years old and oatlawed. The checks have been forwarded to the gov ernment through the regular channels and the money will be received in due time
Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22
YELLOW JOURNALISM.

The people of Canaan, Ashley Falls. Sheffield and Great Burlington were enabled Monday to witness demonstra- ton of the unreliability of the New Y ork dailies, and their yellow journalistic dis tortion of facts, in connection with the Ashley Falls automobile fatality. The World and Journal were the chief offend CTS. The inaccuracies were so plentiful that too much time and space would be required to enumerate them. The facts sent them by their correspondents had been placed before a desk man ln each of these offices to be " dressed up," in newspaper parlance, and after the trans mogrifcation was completed, the tales were horrible to behold and still more horrible to read. To people who were Ia miliar with the facts, and to the cores pondents who confined themselves to sending facts when they reported the fa- tality, the stories which appeared in these papers were abhorent and disgust ing.