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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Mrs. Margaret Irvine and her son,
James w. Byrne, of San Francisco ar
rived here last week on their annual
visit to Paris
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

A charming dress of violet cashmere
had the guimpe and long sleeves of
cream color lace. Zone no longer de-
scribes the skirts particularly, those
for dressy occasions are all long and
clingingD A smart hat of smoke color
tulIe with a large bunch of violet and
smoke color plumes completed the
toilet
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Wyatt Of Sar
Francisco. who are now in Paris. will
leave for home next week.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Mrs. Spencer Eddy has recovered
from her recent severe attack of in
tluenza and is staying with her mother,
Mrs c. August Spreckels, at her resi-
dence in the Avenue de Bois de Bou-
logne, Paris.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Mr. D. Bloom of San Francisco was
recently in Berlin.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Mrs. Ella Hotaling of San Francisco
is sojourning in Territet Switzerland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

The following Californians have ar
rived at Paris: Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.
Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Rogers,
Mrs r. H. Kennedy, Mrs. Thomas
Grey. Miss Edith Pillsbury, Mr.. and
Mrs. Felix Loeb, Charles G. Loeb, Mr..
and Mrs. G. A. Wright, Samuel Sachs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Schutt Miss Schutt.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Sheyer, Miss Jessie
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Miss Angela Sullivan
Miss Dorothy Phillips
Miss Caroline lessen
Miss Evelyn Kernon
Miss Madeline Carney
Miss Josephine Gaffney
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Mrs. Becky Davis, who has been
spending the spring months with friends
here. will return to Los Angeles Tues
day
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

night supper ended the affair. Among
those present were
Miss Clara Bernthal Miss Emma Won del
Miss Mabel Hadeler Mehden
Miss Lillian Won der Miss Ella Stiemke
Mehden Miss Gertrude Eckhoff
Miss Florence Stiemke Miss Anita Stiemke
Miss Clara Tietjen William Ehriers
Miss Anna Husen William Hink
Miss Ruby Eckhon Carl von der Mehden
Miss Vera Bu1annOh Albert Cock
Miss Frieda Hadeler Theodore Stang
Miss Henriette Goetjen Friedrich Ehrlers
Miss Olga Bujannon Karl Dietriek
Valentine Franz Carl Vogt
Henry der Mehdenl John Chte
Leonard Lang Henry Hadeier
Alfred Stang
J. w Trieber announces the engage
ment of his daughter, Josephine, to
Charles Cotton They will be pleased
to receive their friends on Sunday
May "a, at 1911 Scott street, from to
O'Clock Assisting at the reception
will be Mr.. and Mrs. Michaelis Glaser
Miss Trieber's uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. L. zeiss and family have
gone to their summer home at Ross
for the season.
Miss Dolly and Miss Agnes Seymour
were hostesses at dinner given at the
Fairnont hotel Monday evening Their
guests were a number Of ladies and off,
GERS from the feet
Mrs. Agnes Curley announces the en-
gagement Of her daughter, Veronica, to
David stephen O'Connor.
Mrs. Becky Davis, who has been
snending the spring months with friends
here. will return to Los Angeles Tues
day.
Miss Ellen Phillips was hostess at a
handkerchief shower given in honor Of
Miss Mary Bacigalupi week ago to-
day. For the affair the Phillips home
was decorated with masses of red bios
SONS, little red hearts and ferns. Re-
freshments were served late in the af-
ternoon. Those present besides the
hostess and guest of honor were:
Miss Violet Phillips Miss Angela Sullivan
Miss Mary Driscoll Miss Dorothy Phillips
Miss Lillian Tobin Miss Caroline lessen
Miss Louise Borella Miss Evelyn Kernon
Miss Margaret Dufheidl Afiss Madeline Carney
Miss Claire Sullivan Miss Josephine Gaffney
Miss Helen Noland
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Mrs. Agnes Curley announces the en-
eagement of her daughter, Veronica, to
David Stephen O'Connor.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

ming some exquisite pieces, embrOId
EXACTLY HALF PRICE
by the great reduction named (and I
$500 Shirt Waists .........S $3.50
81 90 Corset Covers. $3.50
$3.50 Tray Cloths (22 inch) -. 1876
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Miss Dolly and Miss Agnes Seymour
were hostesses at a dinner given at the
Fairrnont hotel Monday evening Their
enests were a number of ladies and off,
GERS from the feet
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Beauty FMS anu ven TinS
Two items In our JeweIry division;
A dozen patterns of Beauty Pins,
plain satin, embossed and en-
graved. Some set with stones.
Usually sold at soc and 65c pair.
For tomorrow, QEC
pair -OCS
Stylish Bar Veil or Tie Pins. Some
stone set, some plain. Bright and
Roman finish, and also black
enameIcd, Novelty shapes. Values
up TO S1.5O. Snle price, EO~
each WV
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

vest of filet the same shade as the
dress. and heavily embroidered in the
same shades. A large dark green hat,
trimmed with feathers in shades of
green, was worn.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Mr. and Mrs. L. Zeiss and family have
gone to their summer home at Ross
for the season.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

A manufacturers sample line, conts
and Cotton. TO BE CLEARED AT
Here are some of the articles affected
$500 Collar and Cuff Sets $3.50
$3.OO Tie Racks S $3.50
$3.50 Combination Work Bag
and Apron $2.25
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02
a POSTMORTEM.

II puzzled as TO what killed your
chicken. play doctor and make n post.
mortem.
Follow our plan.
When cold VIC pluck the birds under
BODY from beak 10 vent. lag It, back
down. on a wide board. spread wings
and legs and nail them down.
From beak 70 vent we cut skin. draw
II TO the sides and with n sharp butch
or knife cut or the breastbone and
thus expose the organs.
Any haggling or rough handling will
disturb the interior and spoil results
OF research.
VS. first examine crop 10 see II
there Is stoppage 10 gizzsrd. II dis
tended and sour. Il denotes hard or soft
crop. Cheesy matter IN windpipe de-
notes diphthcritic roup or tuberculosis
The liver should be a rich brown and
firm TO the touch.
II soft, spotted or extremely large.
there Is the cause unless there has
been a complication.
II heart is soft. fatty or covered with
tubercle, there may be the reason.
If bird died suddenly and one side
OF heart IS full OF clotted blood. heart
failure.
When healthy the lungs are pink and
float.
II they sink, are wasted or contain
cheesy matter. tuberculosis.
Interior OF intestines should be ex-
amined for ulcers and Inflammation.
and the egg organs OF hen should be
opened TO discover If the subject had
broken egg or was egg bound. II
yellow, coral-like growths are found.
they are tumors.
To inspect the brain, cut around the
skull from one corner OF mouth TO the
other and lift the top. If not clear,
but clotted, the bird died OF apoplexy,
caused by overfat or fright.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02
TURKEY TALK.

Don't feed your turkeys a strong
grain ration when they're fresh from
free range. for they're not accustomed
TO ii, and It viii make funerals.
Select finest specimens for breed
ers and keep them away from the fat
tening pens. for fat turkeys throw
poor pOults.
Feed your breeders an equal three
part ration OF wheat. oats and old
corn with waste apples and boiled DO
tatoes, and don't forget grit and char
coal.
II your market turkeys have had a
picnic IN the cornfelds and buck
wheat stubbles they may be sufficient
~ fat or may just need little finish
Ing touch.
Better sort the thin ones out and pen
them up where they do not exercise so
much and feed them mostly old corn.
but mix In oats aud wheat occasion
ally or they may get Of their feed and
get liver trouble.
Study your flock, feel their crops at
night 10 see II they get enough and
also feel their ribs occasionally so
that you may Just get them right. A
fine finisher is scalded wheat steam
ed overnight and fed warm In the
morning.
Don't forget that medium sized
bird, hens preferred. is the holiday call.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02
AN INGENIOUS SWINDLER.
The Daring Scheme That Was Worked
by German Doctor.

Near 4 small village in one of the
lake states lived a western millionaire
In secluSiOn with his little daughter
and 4 few servants. The child was If
nlcted with a rare cerebro spinal COM
plant, 4 most unpleasant mauilcs ta-
tion of which was a frequent hic-
cough. and eminent physicians. both
In America and Europe. had prouounc-
ed the case organic and incurahlc.
Later there came 20 live in the vii
lage a widow with Il little Girl affected
similar 10 the millionaire's daughter.
This child was n delicate. flower faced
creature. wisJful from the isolation
that must have been her sad lot. AMI
the peculiar hark-.ikc hiccough which
she made ut once attracted the mill
honaire'S attention. and. being Il big
hearted if rather ignorant man. lie
save the mother employment about his
home and Showered the afflicted child
with presents.
Perhaps -FOUR months after the wild
ow'S advent an eccentric German doc
tor settled in the village. and. his serv-
ices being sought by the widow. he
gave her child treatment. with the re-
suit that it was completely cured.
The millionaire Immediately sought TO
place his own daughter under the
Germans care. but the latter daily re-
fused 20 take the case. He was a
Socialist of n violent type and would
have nothing 10 do with a man whose
wealth exceeded the sum that he had
fixed upon aS the lawful limit Of ma
terial possession.
Finally. however. after the father
had patiently borne the groSScSt in
suits the German agreed 20 give the
afflicted child treatment on condition
that the other would first deed over a
large tract OF land i'm Texas for a So
cialist colony and pay him for his fee
4 sum little short Of $4,000. This the
millionaire did. but as soon as the doe
tor had caShed the check he disappear
Ell with the widow and her child. and
the wealthy man realized that. blinded
by paternal love. he had been made the
victim Of an ingenious Swindlc.
The flower faced girl of the widow
had been taught 10 simulate a disease.
and the German was no doubt her
father. He was subsequently, located
in Buenos Aires, but he injured man..
not wishing his daughters atHiction
published broadcast. dropped the pros.
ecution.-Dou Mark Lemon I'm Rohe-
milan Magazine
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02
FARM
FOR SALE

A FARM, consisting of 665
"A acres, lying on the Blue
n Ridge Mountain, II miles
from the Government Weather
Bureau. 800 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 nm excellent stand
for a store, and a 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,
Berryville, Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02

potato salad on his sons tombstone
regularly every Sunday. OF course
the children soon find out these things.
and we have never been able to con-
vince the people who bring them OF
the absurdity of doing SO. 1t is very
harmless superstition. after ALL"
"And the letter boXeST' l asked.
Lovers letter boxeST' said the guard
ian. There are dozens Of them in
all parts OF Pere LachaiSC. Sometimes
they are holes in the trunks OF trees;
sometimes they are little hollows I'M
der stones.
1.-THE inconsolab'e widow is fire.
quent visitor. She is pretty woman.
and black suits her She kneelS down
by a tombstone, rarely the same one.
and when n likely looking inourner OF
the other sex appears bursts into tears.
He consoles her pretty soon, aud the
two leave the cemetery arm in arm.
One Of these widows invited me to her
wedding six months ago. and last
month l was called TO give evidence
about her meetings with her victim,
for she had seven other husbands liv-
ing."-St. James Gazette.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02
FEATHERS AND EeosHELLs.

Oh. for lodge in some vast wilderness
Where some old fossil cannot say.
Does the chicken business payr'
Tel Us. please. that we may skin Il
For the timber tall. where he can't call.
is there any money IN it7''
The movement 20 remove all weight
clauses from the standard IS n fancier
fake and proves the argument that
breeding for fancy feathers only
means loss Of flesh. II feather grow
ers cannot make the weight then there
is no merit in growing them. But the
fancy utility breeders are in the ma
jority.
One Of the poultry journals made
canvass OF the foremost breeders on
the question, How many eggs in a
setting shipped by express should
hatchT' The decision was 90 per cent
and all agreed that 1t was not their
duty to replace eggs. Now. II man
can only get seven chicks from thir-
teen eggs that cost from So 10 S60-if
he gets that many-how much is there
in IT for him to buy from these fellows
that can't breed good eggs when he
makes allowance for the loss he'll
have; Give IL up? SO do we.
The single comb White Leghorn fan
ciers are making a big cry against in
sorting q weight clause for their breed
It's Just what ought 10 be done There
are too many long tailed butterflies at
the shows. We breed Wyandottes and
Leghorns. We are just as ready 10
have our Leghorns weighed rs the
Dottes and think this standard Is about
right:
Cocks 80. Ga pounds Hens .... 81 pounds
Cockerels 5is pounds Pullets - ~ pounds
Stealing chickens has been made q
penitentiary Offense In Missouri In a
lot OF states If q man steals n dozen
imitation silver spoons he's 4 profes-
sional crook, but If he robs hen
roost he's only kleptOmaniac.
BEST In the world" IS an advertis-
ing item being adopted by scores Of
poulrymen to describe their stock.
When the airships get 10 be in COM
mon use everybody VIII be advertising
the best chickens on earth and in
heaven.
To make a first class layer q hen
must be bred from n good layer. Reg
ular winter eggs are not laid by scrubs
any more than by scrub brushes.
Many squad breeders are now pay
ing the price of being caught 10y a
craze. What pity! Won't the devil
be kept IN a sweat all eternity skin
ming the SINNERS. If it was in some
other place we wouldn't mind seeing
the show.
The farmer fattens his cattle and
pigs for sale. He wouldn't think Of
selling a skinny shote. But he gen
orally just grabs the chickens of the
roost at night, fills the crate and goes
to market at dawn and often sells
them at % per cent below the price Of
the finished product. Now. what's
good for the hog IS good for the rooSt-
er, and what goes into the vault Of the
Chi-hog-o packer should 60 into the
farmers money sock
When craze comes your way don't
lose all your buttons and cash
II you jump at . bubble
You get nit for your trouble
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02
A WALPOLE ANECDOTE.
To Save the Woman's Life She
Couldn't Recall Who Told II.

To Save the Wonan's Life She
Couldn't Recall Who Told It.
u heard 4 very funny story the other
night about Horace Walpole." said
Mrs Blake. Il wish could remember
who told it. Henry. can you remem-
Der: Was it Mr.. SellersT'
NO" said Blake stifly; at wasn't
Sellers
4 wonder If it could have been Mr..
Windsor"
"No." repeated Blake: lit wasn't
Windsor"
Before Mr.. Blake had 4 chance 20 ex-
press an affirmative or negative opin-
ion OF that hazard rs TO the source Of
the Waipole anecdote Mr.. Barton came
In Mrs. Blake. being 10y that time
sure Of herself. tried on him her rec
ipe for winning universal affection.
Ion. Mr. Barton" she said. Il am
very glad 20 see you. l have hardly
stopped laughing since 1 saw you the
last time"
Mr.. Barton, a cadaverous man with
solemn eyes. looked rather foolish.
"IndeedT he said "May I ask what
aboutF"
over that funny story you told
about Horace Walpole." said Mrs.
Blake.
"M-m-m-Horace Walpolec" STAN
mered Afr. Barton. 4 am afraid YOU
must have got me mixed up with some
body else. l don't know the first thing
about Horace Walpole. and IL did
know anything funny about him I
couldn't tell It. To tell 4 funny story
IS beyond my powers. Even If it was
funny to start with It wouldn't be 10y
the time got through with IT,"
Mrs. Blake's spirits were somewhat
dashed by her fasco In finding an
owner for the Walpole story. but she
bore UP coura Ceously. and later when
Mr.. Markham came In she drew him
out Of earshot Of Nj Barton and dilat-
ed on the pleasure his story Of Horace
WalpOle had given her. Mr.. Markham
was not cast in the funeral mold thu.
gave 70 Mr.. Barton his grave aspec
but he protested himself totally inca
pable Of telling 4 funny story about
Horace Walpole or anything else.
Presently Mrs. Blake left the room
TO prepare the sandwiches. Mr.. Blake
followed her.
For the love Of the Lord" he said.
don't make n fool of yourself again
by trying To set some other idiot in
there 10 father that Walpole story.
told You that yarn myself"
Mrs. Blake stood still. with carving
knife poised In air.
YOU she said incredulously. And
It was so clever too."-New York
Times
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02
PIGEON DON'TS

Don't use closed bands or you will
have TO place them when the birds
are very small.
Don't fail to keep a record of the
best SQUAD producers. and breed from
their young
Don't feed one variety because the
price IS low. Narrow ration. narrow
SQUAD returns.
Don't believe all the squad picture
books tell you about-the little work
and big money.
Don't fail TO exhibit at the fairs and
shows. 1t may put you on the pin
nacle.
Don't get discouraged when you hear
the pigeon pessimists. Keep climbing
toward your ideal.
Don't expect any more in your buy
ing birds than you are willing to give
In sales and always keep the Golden
Rule IN full
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02
PREACHER GETS THE phoe

"Cot the light" said the chicken crook.
We've gobbied every hen.
Oh. won't that pious preacher look
When ne comes TO the pen-''
But these Rocks didn't cost him a red
His members filled the pen.
And whom they hear that he's been bled
They'll M 'sr up again
The preacher pulled his pistols out
he heard a sQuawkin' hen.
he thought had better look about
Down round the rooster pen.
And then he sneaked into their rig
And hid among the crates
And said. III maze them dance a Zig,
The hardened reprobatesr'
So when they drove into the town
AZ day began TO clear
He simply called the ROBBERS down
With bullet past each ear
Are you prepared TO der cries he
You bet I've got the drop
III simply drive my hens back home.
You 20 long with tho cop"
c. NJ. d.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02
A FAMOUS CEMETERY
Pere lachaise Is One of the
Landmarks of Paris.
IT HAS A STORMY HISTORY.

ms Picturesque Burial Place Has
served as battle-ground as well as
Sraveyard-its Monuments, Lovers
ana DiseonsoIats Widows.
fere Lachaise Is the largest and
Sui'e the most interesting OF the Paris
'e~eteries and named after the Jesuit
,o"iessor OF Louis XIV, whose coun-
q! seat occupied the site OF the present
'""pei untl the ground was made a
cemetery in 1904. 1t covers no acres
u ground, is picturesque, but quite un-
'o'eiy. Hare wrote about the tombs
,nat weight was their chief peculiar
~ and that all the monuments looked
!, each family had tried to pile as
ucn marble as possible on to their
deceased relatives"
'ere Lachaise has stormy history.
1913 the Russians fought the French
inv 's and gave them a beating. Dur
c e the commune the versailiais and
SH I'm, fought several pitched
ues among the tombstones and did
considerable damage. But 1t is not
to,r Aucn with the history Of the GENE
b.. as with the people buried in 1t
'Ha' ne hare to deal, A volume might
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-02
OLD CLOTHES IN AFRICA.
The Natives Often Make Dreadful
Mistakes With European Attire.

&s WIN european Attire.
The "or eio' man Is a familiar figure
In American streets aud one by no
means without plcturesguen,.ss but no
American dealer IN old clio, hes has e.
taoiished business or srrb extent OF
interest as that OF John Lyman OF Lon
con. whose speciality is 70 purchase
snowy costumes and discarded military
and Official uniforms for dlsposal In the
orient aud Africa.
Even the retiring lord mayors OF Lon
con nave become almost by official ira
dition his customers. anL tho cooked
hat. gold laced coat aud knee brooches
AT which during one season London has
gazed with awe In the famous payeant
OF the lord mayors procession are
'ikey the next season TO delight the
eyes OF darkest Africa upon the proud
person or n darkest African.
Il have visited most OF the vreat
oriental bazars and watched our goods
being purchased" says Mr.. Uvmap Il
nave seen blacks solemniy walking
around with waistcoats buttoned be-
mind instead OF before aud even men
wearing ladies' costumes. I have seen
enormously big fellows In clothes so
small could not ime zine for the life
or nue. how they got into them or how
they could get out again unless the
stitching gave way
The Prince de JoinvilIe when Off tho
Gabun coast once received on his shin
an official visit from two chiefs father
ana son. who must, one would tbint
nave been Mr.. Hyman's customers
Ihey were known as Big Denis and
Little Denis. and each owned for cere-
monial occasions military uniform.
That or Big Denis was French gen.
eraTs, which his wives managed 70 get
MIN Into. That OF Little Denis was n
hussar's. and It's intricate cut numer.
Gus buttons. straps and buckles and
painfully small size proved quite too
much for him. He sent the prince n
uespairing message begging help. and
relief party OF delighted midshipmen
was sent to dress him and bring him
aboard
Ihey fulfilled their GRAND: bur. with
the mischievousness OF Their kind. they
SO frightened every fastening OF his
overnight attire that the poor Youth
was nearly bursting with combined
pride and sufrocation when he arrived.
and II was evident he could never be
got out OF his unwonted finery by any
method less drastic than cutting him
out
sun, no manner OF wearing n com
piete costume ever equals In comic ef.
feet some OF the savages' combinations
or unrelated items One venerable AZ.
rican chieftain received his European
guests with an antiquated evening
shoulder cape of pink lowered satin
and spangles worn about his waist MS
an apron. while his white wool was
martially crowned by a military he'll
met
Still another conducted important
negotiations with an exploring party
clad simply and impressively in a
lady's large Gainsborough hat, a pair
OF cavalry boots and n necklace OF
glistening tin ornaments used 10 dec.
crate Christmas trees.-Youth's Com.
panion.