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Morris tribune., 1907-05-11
An Outside Opinion.

$50 you don't think Solomon wuz a
wise MANI"
'sWell, sub. he wuzn't so pow'ful
wise, kaze he spent half his lifetime
gittin' married en- de yuther half in
wonderin' what he could "a been
a-thinkin' Of at de time Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Morris tribune., 1907-05-11

The detection of Mike Donlin from
the ranks Of the New York National
ball team has left big hole i'll the
once worlds champions. Donlin was
a great hitter, a reliable fielder and a
speedy runner.
Mike has left ball to go on the stage
His wife Is an actress, and they will
Join forces.
Morris tribune., 1907-05-11
Don't Pay Aim ony

to be divorced from your appendix.
There will be no occasion for it if you
keep your bowels regular with DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Their action is
SO gentle that the appendix never has
cause to make the least complaint.
Guaranteed by J. R. Kruger, drug
gist. 25c Try them.
Morris tribune., 1907-05-11

To DR.. Johnson belongs "A good hat
err and to Macintosh, in 1701, the
phrase, often attributed to John Ran
dolph, Wise and mastery inactivity"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30
PLENTY OF CHALK.
a Block That Was Once as Large n.
the Continent OF Europe.

A Block That Was Once a. Iarre ns
the Continent of Europe.
The small piece OF chalk which is In
constant use In the schoolroom. the
lecture room. the billiard room and the
workshop has a strange history. the
unravelIng OF which through all its
complexities Is one OF the most diff
cult problems with which the science
OF the present day is called upon to
deal This piece Is IN reality n chip Of
an immense block OF chalk that once
filed an area the size OF the continent
or Europe and OF which even vet sew.
eral gigantic fragments remain. each
hundreds OF square miles In extent.
These patches are scattered over the
region lying between Ireland on the
west and China On the east and extend
In the other direction from Sweden In
the north to Portugal in the south.
In the British isles the chalk is found
IN greatest perfection and continuity In
the east and southeast OF England. A
sheet OF chalk more than a thousand
feet In thickness underlIes all that nor.
non or England which is situated To
the southeast OF a line crossing the IS
land diagonally from the North sea az
Marlborough head TO the coast on the
English channel IN Dorset. This enor.
nous sheet-of chalk Is tilted I'D slight
~ on the west. and its depressed east.
ern portions that dip toward the wa
tiers OF the North sea are usually bur.
led from sight by means OF overiyfna
sands and clays. Where the edres Of
the chalk floor come upon the sea the
Gin scenery Is strikingly grand and
beautiful Any one who has once seen
the magnificent rocks OF Flamboroush
and Beachy head. the jagged stacks Of
the Needles or the dizzy mass OF
Shakespeare's cllr. near Dover, can
understand why ''the white cliffs Of
Albion" has grown into a stock phrase.
This massive sheet or chalk appears
again In France. IN many parts OF Eu-
rope as far east rs the Crimea and
even IN central Asia beyond the sea Of
Aral. How far II stretched westward
into what is now the Atlantic NAV nev-
er be known, but chalk cliffs OF at least
200 feet In thickness are seen at An
trim In Ireland. and less conspicuous
formations are found In Scotland, IN
Argyll and Aberdeen. There can be lit
tie question that all these now Isolated
patches were once connected IN a con-
tinuous sheet, which must therefore
have occupied a superficial area about
5000 miles long by nearly 1000 broad,
an extent larger than that OF the pres
ent continent OF Europe.
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GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD.
The Famous sixteen Strings jack
and Dick Turpfn

fhe FAMOUS sixteen Strings Jack0
and Dick Turpin.
AT the Rose tavern, a noted gaming
house standing in Marylebone gardens
early in the eighteenth century. Shelf
field. duke of buckingham, used to
toast his companions at their farewell
dinner when the season ended I'm the
Ominous words, MAY as many of us
as remain unhanged next spring meet
here againw John Ram, the highway
man. otherwise sixteen Strings Jack"
OF evil fame. liked to swagger about at
Bagnigge Wells in the intervals of car
rying out his nefarious deeds or under
going punishment fer the same. He is
described as appearing there In July.
1II4, "attired in a scarlet coat tam
Dour waistcoat white silk stockings
and laced hat On each knee he
wore the bunch OF eight ribbons which
had gained him his sobriQuet of SIX
teen Strings Jack" There were lively
doings under the influence OF this
sprightly gentleman, and on the occa-
sion referred to he was pitched out OF
window for offending honest COM
OAAN q lew lnOuluS ldleT NE
met the reward for his misdeeds on the
gallows at Tyburn for venturing to rob
the Princess Amelia's chaplain.
Dick Turpin was another gentleman
OF the road" who amused himself IN
the intervals of business" by fire.
quenting pleasure gardens He was
once moved to kiss fair lady in pub.
lie at Marylebone. assuring her, when
she protested. that she might ever
after boast Of the favor she had re-
ceived. Whether Turpin and gentle
men Of similar occupation came to
pleasure gardens solely for their diver
sion may reasonably be doubted when
we remember how frequent robberies
were in the paths and field ways lead.
ing to these sylvan retreats. Watch
men were set Ito guard those who 90
over the fields late at night" yet even
so visitors were often attacked and
robbed, sometimes in the gardens
themselves and sometimes on the road
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30

Would You Recognize It ~ You Saw,
IL ON AnOtberg

Would You Recognize It ~ You saw
IL ON AnOtberg
How curious II ls,' said the phIIop-
opher, that the person for whom you
care most on earth, the one you see
Oftenest and who receives your most
constant attention, Is the one whose
eountenance Is least familiar to you"
Who is that7" asked the visitor.
Yourself" said the philosopher. 1T
b a fact that II people could be dupli-
Gated and could meet themselves In the
street very few would recognize them
selves. We look at ourselves MANY
times during the 365 days OF the year.
we say our eyes are blue or brown or
whatever other color they may be. our
hair black. our chin peaked. our fore
head high. We know every lIneament
OF our face from constant study and
attention. yet when we turn away
from the mirror we cannot conture nm
picture of ourselves.
We know just how our friends ana
even acqualntances look In fancy we
can see them sitting so or standing so.
and their varying expressions under
different circumstances are clear IN No
even though we may not have seen
them for years. but when 1t comes to
ourselves we cannot all In even the
outlines Of the picture We may laugh.
we may cry, we may frown, but we do
not know how we look while we are
doing IT, Photographs do not help us.
We have never seen ourselves In the
mesh. Mirrors and pictures are poor
aids when we sit down and try to see
ourselves with the minds eye.
That Is why people are so deeply
interested In anybody. who is said to
resemble them Just say to a man
/ know somebody who is the dead i'm
age OF you and he will never rest TIL
ne sees that person. Then II the like
ness is really true be will own that
up TO that time he had had no concep-
ton of how he really looked"
The visitor smiled wanIy.
Il wish you wouldn't talk like that"
abe said. 1T makes me feel positively
uncanny. New York Press.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30

Vet = ~Message1 In Lovely Dfctfou
Fer the Janior Manager.
A man who wanted to lecture called
st a bureau presided over by two man
ayers.
He aroused their interest with a lee
turers art. says the LyceumIte, but
unfortunately the senior member was
just starting on a trip and would not
return for at least a month.
The senior partner called the young
man to one side and exacted a solemn
promise that he would not visit an
other bureau or read his lecture to
anybody until after be had given this
particular manager a reading and n
chance to make him an oCer a month
hence
The interest Of the junior member.
however. was at white heat and he
kept sending for the young lecturer. In
sistng that he come down to the Office
and read his lecture. The young man
refused with as much tact as possible
but this only increased the anxiety OF
the junior.
AT last the young man told Of the
promise made the senior partner. In
stead OF quisting the Junior manager.
the announcement made him the more
anxious. and finally the young man
consented.
The reading ended. the junior part
ner said:
Now. your reading this has saved
Us all much valuable time. I'll tell you
frankly. my boy, IL won't do. There's
no message In It; II Is loosely construct
ed; the diction IS poor. Il won't do.
Burn II and try again"
When the senior partner returned he
called up the young lecturer and sound
~ berated him for breaking faith.
How do 1 know you have not been
to every bureau In town. You promis-
ed me on your honor you would read
the lecture TO nobody-not even TO ny
partner"
The young man protested that he
bad not done So
Why. exclaimed the senior man
ager. "of course you have! He tells me
that you came down here TO the Office
TWO weeks ago and read him the entire
lecture and that he told you It was no
good"
Yes" replied the young man: latter
much persuasion 1 did read him a lee
ture which he told me was no good.
but 1t was not my lecture-it was Wen
dell Phillips Lost Artsr"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30

All the world uses Ink. Most OF Il Is
very bad. but once "a a great while we
ind an "encre' that we can write
with Nearly every ink corrodes the
pen. and nearly every pen pOIsons aud
ories up the Ink There never was a
properly constructed ihkstand or ink
well But we must have patience. All
good things come to the fellow who
waits and prays. The word ink" pre-
sen's In Its formation not only a his
torical mementO Of the original in
ventors and almost sole users of that
huid. but also another vivid example
OF the abbrevlating power OF our Ian
guage- Its italian cognomen. 'Tnchios-
tro." means literally ''in a cloister" and
recalls to memory the deep obligations
which literature owes to those eccIesi-
astical retreats In which its vestaI
ores were so long pIously guarded
New York Press.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30

grown woman OF the greatest intellect.
But poor little Lady Jane. All her
learning and wisdom did not save her
from sad fate. When she was sixteen
they married her 20 a weak but other
wise estimable young man and made
her queen for a few months. Then she
was overthrown. taken prisoner and
early the next year had her head cut
OF for usurping the crown.
IL was her ambitious father who
forced her to take the crown, and be.
too. had his head cut or for the bad
advice he gave bis daughter.
Those were stern old days when they
carried on their political campaigns
with an Ak. and n learned. gentle and
beautiful girl like Lady Jane was out
OF place In them
But II she found no sympathy in her
own times she has found II since. and
more tears have been shed over the sad
rate Of Lady Jane Grey by the present
age than her mlsfortunes and her viz
tues ever caused TO fow In her own
London Spectator.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30
FAR
FOR SALE

A FARM, consisting of e65
Il acres. lying on the Blue
4 n Ridge Mountain, II miles
from the Government Weather
Bureau. 300 acres of this land is
cleared and good smooth farming
land. Would make fine fruit
farm. The remainder is in oak
poplar, chestnut, pine and locust
timber. There is an excellent stand
for store, and business man
could clear $75 per month on the
store alone. A good Grist Mill is
located on the farm. The proposed
Trolley Line from Winchester to
Washington will cross the farm.
An abundance of good Building
Stone upon the farm, and limestone
for lining purposes within I mile.
This property will be sold at an
extremely low price.
For further particulars,
address,
NIX, Care of COURIER,
BerryvilIe, Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30
NO FAITH IN PAYslc.
Queen Elizabeth Recessed Medicine In
Hcr Last Illness

49," ahNaoeOh Refused Medicine In
Her Last Illness.
OF the efficacy OF physic Queen Eiiz-
aDeth had always been skepticaI Now
ten or twelve physicians came TO the
palace. each promising. with all man
her OF asseyeration." ''her perfect and
easy recovery" II she wOnai flow n
simple course of treatment. But they
spoke In vain Nor could the protests
or councillors, clvlnes and waiting
women induce her to accent medical
assistance. Her melancholy was "set.
tied and irremovable." and She had no
wish to prolong II by iengthenIng out
her life. She only broke silence 10
murmur, Il am not sick. feel nc
pain, and yet pine away" She was
asked whether she bad any secret
cause OF grief. She replied that she
knew OF nothing in the world worthy
OF troubling her. At length by force
Vt Is said she was lifted from the
cushions and put to bed. Her condI-
ton underwent no change. Gradually
those about her realized that ashe
might live il she would use MEANS"
out that she would not be persuaded.
and princes, as they tearfuIIy acknowl-
edged, cannot be cOerced. Neyerthe-
less until the third week they looked
forward to renewal of her old viyac-
tty and the dispersal OF her lethargv.
but during the week Il was perceived
that the ground she had lost could
only be recovered 10y miracle.
On wednesday, March %. her conn.
flIOrS Ill,
ceive her last Instructions. She had
none to give. The archbishop and bish-
ops offered up prayer at her bedside.
ana she derived some comfort from
their miniSttations. In the evening she
sank into quiet sleep, such as she had
sought without avail for nearly n
month She never woke again. About
- O'Clock I'm the morning OF March %
she departed this life mildly. like a
iahb; easily, like ripe apple from the
Tree When she was examined after
death her physicians reported that "she
hau n body OF firm and perfect consti-
luton. likely to have lived many
years. Death was. In fact. prepared
10 the last TO bargain with her for n
Few more years OF life. but his terms
implied an enlightenment OF those fac.
ulties on whose unrestricted exercise
her queenly fame seemed to her to de
pend. BY refusing to be party to the
truce she invited her overthrow. but
she never acknowledged herself van.
pushed. She made no will. she bestow,
ed no gift on any Of the faithful at.
PENDANTS who wept beside her death.
bed. and she declined to guide her
council In the choice of successor
Cornhill Magazine.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30
An Internal nrinL

A joke was played on Arthur Bal
four on the first St Patrick's day Of
his tenure Of the Irish chief secretary
ship. a cigar box, delivered TO him
nj the house OF commons, contained a
bunch OF shamrocks. From n sim
cere Irish admirer." But, TO the ter
ror OF his secretaries. the box was
also found TO contain n wicked look
Ing steel spring covered with queer
white compound. A chemical expert
was called, and he examined the Gin
fernal machine" everybody momentum
lily expecting an explosion The puz-
zled chemist, venturing TO put a par
ticle OF the compound on his tongue.
found that it was simply sugar Inn
pregnated with lemon. He then turn
ed the box upside down and out rolled
rusty corkscrew. Il spiral spring and
an old nutmeg CRATER. There was also
scrap Of paper inscribed: BUY the
whisky yourself. You can then con-
coct the famous lemonade OF BalIy-
hooley and drink TO ould ireland. "
Bohemian.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30
STRIKING 1T RICH.
The Experience OF a Gold Hunter In
Auntralia

The Experience OF a Gold Hunter In
Australia.
Tales or treasure finding always DOS
sess a fascination for all classes OF
readers. Even the mature mind sell
dom loses its delight in such stories.
Mr.. Whitmarsh IN The Worlds Rough
Hand" describes his own experiences
as a fortune hunter. At the time OF
which he writes he was a young Eel
low and with his older and more
experienced partner, Sam, was In Aus
traha seeking for gold.
We had just finished our midday
meal. Early in the morning I had
crossed an old track leading to some
deserted workings near by and on it
had picked up a piece OF honeycombed
mineral which 1 could not place. I
thought Of IL now and tossed Il over TO
Sam. saying: Here's a curious bit OF
stun found. 1t looks volcanic"
Sam laughed.
II don't wonder 1t puzzled you. SON.
n.y." he said. It's bit OF coke. drop
ped from a wagon probably"
He threw 1t back at me, and care
lessly began to pound IL between two
bits OF rock. Suddenly one OF the
stones split. The fracture was hollow,
containing grapelike clusters OF dark
green.
We'll. here's something new, any
way" i said.
Sans face changed as he looked ut
the stone. He tried the green sub
stance with his knife. 1t cut Ike
wax.
Chloride silver!" he cried. Where
did you find it?'
l showed him the exact spot, and he
wildly scrambled round on his hands
and knees. No stone Ike II was 10
be found
1T doesn't belong here" asserted
Sam Being round. II rolled down the
hill. and II may have rolled a long
way"
ut couldn't have come far" said I.
pointing TO a thick scrub growth.
That's nothing. The scrub Is per
haps hfty years old. while the stone
may have been working down for
$1,000 years. Wen look up the hill"
We took a direct line toward the
summit OF the range. Near a small
hill with a black. uneven crest we
found some more OF the peculiar round
stones
"Yonder's our pile. lad" said Sam.
The crest or the small hill proved to
be the source OF rich specimens. A few
moments work with the pick laid bare
seam OF ore seven feet in width. AS
long as live 1 shall never forget the
excitement and crazy Joy that 1 felt.
We had not taken a miners right and
could not legally pes ont a claim. Sam
LETT me to guard our find and started
for town. That afternoon was a glori-
ously happy one. I stretched myself
out at full length. pulled my hat over
my eyes and built air castles. In less
than four hours Sam returned. He had
walked ten miles, taken out a miners
right and procured some tools. Our
claim wGA ssfe.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30
IL Is woman Way.

When woman undertakes to decap-
itate fowl or anything with an ak
she grasps the tool close TO the head
raises her chin, squints both eyes.
clinches two rows OF teeth and hacks
straight down. missing her aim by
about two inches. That was sufficient
for a Batavia lady 10 sever her left
thumb. She was not n fainter and. re-
placing the thumb, which had been
chopped Mt the frst joint, bound the
parts together and has excellent prom
ise OF its complete restoration. The
game is not always lost when thumbs
are down."-Detroit News-Tribune.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30

to OF from them.
In early days az Marylebone II was
deemed necessary to provide the COM
pany with guard of soldiers 70 con-
Duct them home az nights. a curious
winding up to a tovial evening. Pick
pockets were OF course plentiful at all
the gardens despite every precaution.
ana one night at Cuper's In 1z43 a
thief caught In the act OF taking a
lady's parse was rescued from the
hands OF tie police by a band OF his
comrades ca his way through ST.
Georges fields and enabled to escape
justice for that time.-Temple Bar.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30
when Umbrella. were Frir,, y,


Umbrellas are or great antiquity.
Among the Greeks they were a mark
or elevated rank. and one is seen on 8
Hamilton vase In the hands OF a prin-
cess. We find the umbrella figured
upon the ruins OF Persepolis, and the
Romans carried 1t at the theater TO
keep of the sun. Yet Coryate. the
traveller. In 1911 notices the umbrellas
OF Italy as rarIties. These and other
umbrellas are only described for keep
Ing or the sun. which may be explain
ed 10y the comparative scarcity Of rain
In the above countries. The frequency
or rain In other lands led to their being
used for very different purpose. Jonas
HanwNy is described to have been the
first to walk the streets OF London with
an umbrella over his head. which he
had probably used in his travels in the
east And In IT'S one John Macion-
aid. footman. was ridiculed for carry
Ing In the streets an umbrella which
he had brought from Spain. However.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30
The wild buffalo.

or huge bulk, great endurance and
remarkable vitality. able to move
quickly and turn sharply. and endowed
with. such vitality as enables Ii to
charge IFS enemies even after receiv-
ing n mortal wound. the physical quail
tiles alone OF the buffalo would rem
der 1t most formidable opponent. But
20 It's giant strength and bulk there
must be added its innate hostility to
the white man, Its ferocity its love for
It's young and in fight a high order OF
cunning that will upset the best laid
plans. - Hamilton Wright In Wide
World Magazine.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30

been watching fade away. and new
ones. as terrific. are carved bx the
westering shadows. IL Is like dIssec.
uon OF the whole cosmogooy. The pur.
pie shadows. the dazzling lights. the
thunderstorns and snowstorms. the
clouds and the f4inbows shift aud drift
IN that vast subterranean arena below
your feet"-New York Tribune
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30
Shrevvd Game

"EItryw yelled the bright newsboy.
"AI about the terrible wumpty-er-
wump"
''EhT' asked the inquisltive old man.
What did We say. sonnyY'
Il didn't say It" replied the boy.
Buy q paper an see."-AfInneapolis
Journal
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-01-30
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
REV. EDw. WALL. Rector

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. EDw. WALL, Rector.
Divine Services and Sermon every Sunday .,
II a m. and $50 pm.
Sunday School, S. J. c. Moore. SuDa-;rts,.
dent, al $50 a. N.
Bible Class, Monday, SPIN.
Ladies Aid Society, Ms. J. NJ. G. McGuirr
freslGenti Mrs. Ida Morgan, Secretary
aIl1 II, treAsurer' meets every two weeks
on thursday, at $50 p. m.
Woman's Auxiliary Missionary Society
MIS-, Edw. Wall, President: Miss AnpSs
Z. Moore. Secretary and TreaslIrer- met.
hrst ednesday in each month.
Kings Daughters, Mrs. Lorenzo Levi, Pres
ldent; Miss Gretta Mccormick. Vice Pres
ldent; Miss Emily Smith Secretary. Mis-,
Florence Baughman, Treasurer: meet,
every TWO weeks, on Thursday, at IL .. IN.
Chapel Society, Mrs. R. P. Page. Treasurer
meets on call when necessary.
SToNEwALL CHATTER, DAUGHTERS OF TIE
CoNFEDERACY.
fresIdent Mrs. Ann Broun; Vice President.
Miss Laura w. Gold; Treasurer. MS
George n. Hardesty. Secretary MS.
Lucy y. Gold; Historian, Miss Annie G.
Moore. -
The following orders meet in Masonic
Hall, Berryville. Va:
TREADWELL LODGE, AN No
10, meets first Thursday on or before
f1ll moon, and second Thursday there
after at $50 clock.
SEMINOLE TRIBE, l. RIM No *
meets every Tuesday night.
BATTLETOWN TENT. No. "a. Knight. ~
the Macabees. meets eVerv Frida1 niyb
lat 5 o clock. -'eN
THE MODERN WOODMFN meet 6-s, an,
third Monday nights of each month.
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Timely Precautton.

Maria" said Mr.. Quigley. entering
his home In some excitement, II want
you TO promise me not TO look ut the
papers for the next three monthsr'
What forl" wonderingly asked Mrs.
Quigley.
Il have just been nominated for
public Office" he faltered. "and don't
want you 10 find out what kind OF man
really am."-Chicago Tribune.