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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24
GENERAL NEWS.

Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder OF
the Christian Science church. reached
her eighty-seventh year on the 10th
inst.
The plant of Thomas Edison. Or
ange, New Jersey. which employs 2,3o0
men, resumed operations on full time
Monday, after running on a reduced
time schedule for many months.
The military authorities at Paris
have begun the construction of new
and more powerful telegraph station
on the Eiffel tower by means of which
il is expected to make communication
with New York possible.
Ex-Justice Roger a. Pryor of the SUI
prcme Court, member Of the Confed-
crate States congress, Confederate
general and lifelong Democrat cele.
brated mis- sOth birthday in New York
city on Monday, the goth.
The Lusitania has again broken the
lrans-A Atlantic eastward bound record,
crossing from New York to Queens
town in five days and thirty-seven min
utes which is two hours and forty-foLr
minutes better than the previous
record
Presid ant Fallieres of France, ac-
cCmpaniel by Foreign Minister Pichon.
arrived at Copenhagen, Denmark on
the goth inst on the French battleshiP
Ferle, escorted by squadron NJ. Fal-
Heres during his trip in the north Will
visit Sweden. Norway and Russia.
The recent inundations in the vicln-
ity of Tokat. Asia Minor, were appar-
emily more serious than was at first
reported. According to a private let
ter received at Constantinople from
Samsun on the Black sea. a total OF
5000 people lost their lives, including
100 prisoners who were caught by the
RoOd in Jail and drowned
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

commander Robert r. Peary sailed
from Sydney, Nova Scotia. on the 18th
inst. on the steamer Roosevelt in an
other attempt to reach the North pole.
His last remark as he went over the
ships side was that he expected to ac-
complish his purpose.
In the United States Circuit Court al
Chicago on the 10th inst. Judge c. c.
kohlsaat decided that the issuing of
railroad transportation to publishers in
payment for advertising is in violation
of the provisions of the Hepburn act,
which prescribes that rates shall be
alike to all.
Advices received at London from
Constantinople state that Turkey Is
facing a serious crisis. The Sultan de-
clares that his ministers are traitors
because they have advised him to par
don the officers now awaiting court
martial on the charge of assisting the
Young Turkey" agitation
The lepers located on the island of
Molokai have purchased a large guam
tity of daylight fireworks which will
be used to salute the Atlantic battle
ship fleet as it passes the island. A
large place which. on its explosion
will form the word Welcome" has
been placed in a position of vantage.
Drinking, even out of ones own flask
in passenger train in Louisiana con
stitutes a misdemeanor punishable by
fine or Imprisonment, or both. ac-
cording to a new state law which went
into effect July Goth. The only eXcep-
tiOns are cases of actual sickness and
stimulants taken with meals in dining
cars.
Henry Farman's preparations for his
trip to the United States from Paris
are complete. His aeroplane will be
shipped aboard the steamship Phila-
delphia. His paraphernalia includes
model one-tenth the size of the aero
plane. with which a test of the wind
and atmospheric condition will be
made before his flights
Lieut.. Guy Burr. who was wounded
July 10th In an attack on outlaws ut
Gotta, on the island of Mindanao, has
died from his wounds. Lieutenants
Burr and Whitney, commanding de-
tachment Of the constabulary, stormed
Gotta, which was occupied by the out
law, Uyan. Fourteen of the outlaws
were killed and two guns captured.
Acvcording to a semi-official state
ment, the National Lead Company, a
subsidiary of American Smelling. did
for the first six months of this year
ninety-nine per cent. of the business
done in the corresponding period OF
last year, a decrease of only one per
cent January and February were poor
months. the later months showed pre-
nomenal improvement.
Pressed to take some action to pre-
vent the American beef combine from
obtaining control of the retail beef
trade in Great Britain Winston Chur-
chill. president of the Board Of Trade,
informed Lord Robert Cecil in the
House of Commons that the operations
of the six firms constituting the beef
combine were receiving the careful at.
tention Of the government.
After two years of litigation over
the will Of Daniel B. Wesson. who died
in August, 1906. leaving $25,000,O00
estate, a compromise has been reached
in the Supreme Court of Massachu
sets. BY its terms. after specific be
quests of over $4,OOO,00O are filled
the residue is to be divided equally
among Walter H. Wesson, Joseph
Wesson. Sarah J. Bull and the four
children of the late Frank Wesson.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24
Wisconsin A. O. U. W. Sued,

Des Moines. Ia.-lllegal transactions,
shady business deals and violation of
trusts we're charged against the su-
preme lodge of the A. o. U. w. by the
grand lodge of Wisconsin in law
suit involving s50O,OO0. filed in the
District Court here on the 18th inst A
representative of the grand lodge Of
Wisconsin filed the petition, which
charges that the supreme lodge has
failed to pay claims amounting to $685.
966 and that 1t has also made way with
guarantee fund amounting to $427,.
97s
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24
Things That Trip.

"It's fact" said the man who was
given to moralizing. that one cannot
be too careful about trifes. Some
times when a mans going along plan.
ming some big things some little thing
that he's overlooked trips him up"
Yes" the plain man agreed. "and
there should be a law against throw
Ing banana skins on the pavement"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24
HAZY.

Publisher-The third chapter in this
manuscript 10 SO blurred cant make
1t out
Author-Yes; that Is where I used
London atmosphere That is the fog.
you know.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

Good idea TO buy the ram now
which you will need for use next fall.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

Cleanliness in the hen house is tho
price of freedom from lice and mites.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

Keep the boar in separate pen far
enough away from the sows to keep
him from fTetting.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

Little or no grain should be fed tho
brood SOW when not sucking pigs.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

There is no reason to suppose that
the Plymouth Rock egg is harder to
break than that of any other variety.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

The wet land will grow alsike clover
when other clovers will fail. Try 1t.
1t is high in nitrogen content.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

Don't be discouraged Corn often
more than makes up in July and Au.
gust what 1t has lost in May and June
from unfayorable conditions.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

In climates where low temperatures
are constant during the winter a
hillside site for the orchard Is to be
preferred to the low-lying places.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

Have you put in that patch of corn
for summer use for the cows? Re-
member that the pasturage gets pret-
ty dry and thin during the hot weeks
of July and August and you need
something to piece out and prevent
serious shrinkage in the milk yield.
1t is a great mistake to let the cows
run down in their milk
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

Secretary Wilson defines the pro,
gressive farm as one who rotates his
crops, tile-drains his land. keeps dairy
cows or mutton sheep or both, breeds
draft horses. does farm work with
brood mares and growing colts, and
improves the power Of the soil by
growing legumes. How is it? Do you
come into the class thus defined?
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

New ideas are all right il they are
carefully digested and wisely used.
The man who plunges blindly ahead
into something which sounds good but
cable points connected Herewith, Is
the man who Is constantly making
serious mistakes and Is making fail.
ure Of farming and stockraising.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

\ mason who is onto his job and
who builds in the interests Of his en-
ployer says if chimneys are plastered
up inside as they are built with a
mortar to which one-fourth common
salt is added it will have a glazed
finish to which the SCOT will not stick.
and hence there will be no chimneys
catching fire from the SCOT accumula-
tiOnS.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

Too many poultry yards are un-
slightly mud puddles after rain. One
farmer eliminated such condition by
enlarging his yard space so as to take
in a big patch of green and by the
poultry house door laying wide strip
of cement and around this cinders up
to the point where the green sward
began.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

The grain from two-rowed barley ia
usually of better quality than that
from the sixrowed variety, although
the production is not quite so heavy.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

a good oil or vinegar barrel cut in
half and placed over the pasture
spring will make good drinking place
for the stock Without the barrel the
water softens all the soil about which
is tramped by the stock until it be-
comes a mud hole. If the land slopes
away from the spring the other half
OF barrel can be sunk into the ground
and pipe run from the half barrel at
the spring.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-24

Tile drainage is a subject which is
receiving more intelligent considera-
ton Of the farmers than ever before.
1t is costly Improvement, but repays
the outlay many fold in increased pro-
ductivity of the land thus treated.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01
Freight Wreck at GAYLORD.

Early last Friday morning a
northbound freight broke in two
on the big curve near Gaylord,
and another freight which left Ber-
ryville % minutes behind the first
one, crashed into the rear of the
broken train (Which was standing
the front section having gone to
Gaylord before the break was
discovered), with the result that
the caboose and four undertaken
cars of the front train and the
engine of the rear train were de-
molished. The brakeman on the
front train, who should have gone
back and set a danger signal, seems
to have omitted that very impor-
tant action, and, probably feeling
his guilt keenly, has not been seen
since. 1t is said that the brakeman
went back only a short distai. ce
and put down torpedoes to warn
the following train of danger, but
before the torpedoes were struck
by the second train they were so
close that it was impossible to stop.
The curve in the track prevented
the second train crew from seeing
the standing cars until they we're
almost upon them. When the
engineer of the second train saw
his danger, he called to his fireman
to jump. They landed in the soft
earth at the side of the track, and
were bruised and shaken up, but
had no bones broken. The track
was blocked for about seven hours,
while the wrecking crew burned up
the debris and claered away the
broken and twisted iron.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01
THE SMALLEST SCREWS.
To the Naked Eye They Look Like
Specks of Dust.

The smallest screws In the world are
those made I'm watch factories They
are cut from steel wire by n machine.
but as the chips fall from the knife ii
looks as II the operator was simply
cutting up the wire for his own di-
version. One thing is certain-no
screws can be seen. and yet a screw
is made by every third operation.
The fourth jewel wheel screw is
next TO Invisible, TO the naked eye re-
sembling speck OF dust With n
glass; however. II can be made out
quite distinctly. 1t has go threads to
an inch. These little screws are four
one-thousandth of an inch I'm diam
eter, and the heads are double I'm size
1t has been estimated that an ordinary
thimble would hold 100000 of them.
About 100000 OF them are manu-
featured In the course OF n month.
but no attempt is ever made to count
them. In determining the number 100
OF them are placed on n very delicate
balance and the number OF the whole
quantity calculated from the weight
Of these. All the small parts OF the
watch are counted in this way, prob
ably 80 out of the 40.
When they have been cut the screws
are hardened and put into frames,
about 100 to the frame, heads up. This
Is done very rapidly. but entirely by
the sense OF touch instead OF by sight,
so that n blind man with n little ex-
perience could perform the task.
The next step in the process is to
polish the heads in an automatic ma
chine. 10000 at time. The plate on
which this is done is covered with oil
and grinding compound. and on this
the machine moves them very rapidly
by reversing motion until they are
in perfect condition.-Chicago Record
Herald
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01

that the bottom rock of American
success is the habit or determine
ton that every place, village, town,
neighborhood, or whatever you call
it, shall have home rule. If and
Mr.. Goodchild want to have a road
and bridge which shall go back
the rhododendron swamp, we build
the road and we build the bridge
with such help as we can get from
Mrs. Tucker or from Mr.. Champlin
and we do not write TO sub-pre-
feet who writes to a project who
writes to an assistant Commandant
who writes to another Commandment
who writes to an Intendent who
writes to a secretary of engineers
who sends word to us from the
seat of government whether we
may build the bridge and how we
may build it. Lift where you
stand expresses the foundation
principle, the subsoil, the hard
pan, the bed rock of American life.
Now, a very queer thing has
developed in the evolution of this
principle. 1t has proved that
where the men of the country have
been too busy, or have thought
they were, to attend TO their own
affairs, the women have been able
TO attend to them better than the
men do.
Take this business which have
referred to of 4 neighborhood lib
rary, feeding a region of not more
than four or five thousand people.
The affairs of that library, if they
are well conducted, are conducted
by the women of the neighoorhood.
They know what their children
want, they know what their hus-
bands need. And it is very fortu-
nate for the neighborhood and the
library that they can harness the
horses and can drive themselves to
the meetings of trustees and select
the books and tell Miss Dorcas how
many she may buy
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01
The Standard Visible Writer

all about was in commotion. and in the
Few seconds the fixing fuse gave him
John burrowed like great gopher till
nothing but the hump of his back was
visible as the loose sand settled above
him.
The explosion came with tremen-
dous jar. which shook the ground and
sent hundreds of pieces of iron singing
through the air. Every one held his
breath. expecting to see poor John
blown into atoms. When the smoke
anu dust blew away. 1t was seen that
Ford's head was still on his shoulders
lie looked cautiously up and, seeing all
was right. sang out hearty "Wbo-
eeh! as cheerily as If he had freed n
coon instead of having been face to
race with death. A cheer and n laugh
ran all along the line.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01
A NEST HARD TO FIND.
Remarkable and Artistic Homo OF the
Humming Bird.

The home OF the humming bird Is
one OF the most remarkable and artistic
creations OF all bird architecture. IL Is
n tiny. delicate cup. made OF the soft
est plant down, saddled upon some
rather slender branch so deftly that II
seems a part thereof. The saliva OF
the birds is used to compact and secure
the material and likewise TO coat the
exterior with the gray green lichens
80 generally found upon trees. This
makes IL so aSsimilate with the sur
roundings that IL Is n very difficult OBJ
tect TO discover. And thereby hangs n
tale. A gentleman had told me that
II l would call upon him he would
show me an occupied nest OF a hum
ming bird I'm his orchard. When
came, he was out OF town, but
thought would see IL could not find
the nest myself. SO made inspection
from tree TO tree. and presently the fe-
male hummer began to fly about me
anxiously. We played n game OF hot
and cold until IL became evident that
the nest must be I'm certain low apple
tree which had many dead, lichen COW
cred branches. Some of these came
down nearly to the ground, and for
quite awhile 1 stood by the tree, run
ming my eyes along each branch in or
der, trying TO make out the nest, while
the female kept darting frantically at
my head. IL must have been nearly a
quarter OF an hour before discovered
that l was standing almost touching
the nest with my hands, having been
looking right over II all the time. 1t
contained two fresh eggs, this being In
the early part Of June. The branch
upon which 1t was built was complete
" overgrown with lichens, and the
nest. being covered with them, too, was
wonderfully disguised, though there
were no leaves to hide it.-From Eek
periences With Humming Birds" by
II. II. Job, in Outing Magazine.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01
SCRATCHING FOR SAFETY.
An Instance Of Finding Fun In the
Midst of Disaster.

An Instance Of Finding Fun In the
Midst of Disaster.
The laugh often comes in the very
race OF danger. Privations and perils
cannot check the response to the COM
lcai. An instance of finding fun In the
midst of disaster is told by Captain r..
Z. Morton ia the Southern Historical
Papers" The Confederate picket line
was stationed on n sandy bottom near
n creek.
John Ford. one OF the men ON dutv
was very plucky. lie was seated near
nm uprooted tree and could be plainlv
reen by all his company. Suddenly a
large mortar she'll fell, mexploded. I'm
the sand about four feet from him
the fuse smoking and sputtering.
John took In the situation at
glance He argued TO himself that tho
shell would burst before he could get
UP ana run away. so that the safest
thins he could do would be to get into
the ground as fast as possible. With
the utmost rapidity he began to work
down into the sand with hands feet
and head. The men watched the pro
ceedings, shouting:
Scratch. John. scratchi she's going
orr w . so'"s
IL was an exciting spectacle. Never
was man more In earnest. The sand
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01
Insurance Notice

The receipts of the Loudoun
Mutual Insurance Company for
premiums due for 1908 insurance
have been placed in my hands, and
are payable on or before January
L, 1905 All policy-holders of the
Company will please take notice
and make their payments to me on
or before the date stated.
l can be found any time at the
office of Powers & Broun, over
postOffice, or at BattIetown Inn.
W. L. MILToN, Agent.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01
SLEEP m THE DESERT.
lnnpossibility OF Keeping Awake In
Riding Across Cobb.

'"'PoSs'oihV OF NSSptc9 awake In
Riding Across Cob.
Hitherto | have thought that travel
Ing 10y carts over stony roads and stay
ing I'm Chinese inns at night was the
hardest thing foreigner travelling In
China was called upon 20 endure. but
since ! have Travelled with caravan
OF camels have changed my opinion.
The mOnotony OF the desert by day
and the bed 90 camel'S saddle at night.
the evil smell of camels and the slow
ness of their drivers and the acrid
rhoking OF the little Gre on which ones
food is cooked-none OF these things Is
90 trying 10 the foreigners rs the Sleep
mess which attacks ono I'm this high
region. This TO me was real torture.
Travelling the cold night with no other
company than dull Chinese. who seem
TO sleep while walking alongside the
camels or while sitting on their backs.
and being weighed down by heavy
sleepineSs is the worst thing I have
endured.
You sit on your horse and. I'm spite OF
every effort. fall asleep. Presently you
wake up and find yourself on the
ground, with your horse standing be-
wildered at your side. wondering
whether you are alive or dead. Then
you try TO keep yourself awake by
walking and talking bit TO the camel
drivers, but you soon find that they
are just as sleepy as yourself. A few
words are exchanged. and then YOU
are too tired TO open your mouth to
talk or even to think of anything but
sleep. sweet sleep. oh. for Just n few
minutes there at the roadside In the
soft sand, Eut. no: YOU must 60 on
and fight against this desire. IL Is too
dangerous to sleep by the roadside on
the ground The caravan cannot wait.
and yoCr servant would not watch
over you. He would soon fall asleep
like yourself. The wolves would then
have an easy time.
Yet in spite of all this reasoning YOU
feel as If you were drawn to the
ground by the power of 4 thousand
strong magnets and soon yield to sleep
again. Suddenly your watchful horse.
whose reins you have kept slung
around your neck-this is a wise thing
10 do-pullS up. starts and jerks you
wide awake. You jump up. not know
Ing where you are for some seconds.
but You see your horse trembling and
realize that danger is near.
For few minutes you are fully
awake and feel glad and refreshed.
You jump on your horse and catch up
with the caravan. which has gone n
few Ii "a Ii is COL YARDS ahead.
After another ten II or so sleep creeps
ON again like Il huge boa constructor
embracing you in its irresistible grasp.
The same fight has then TO he fought
over again. Then AZ last the caravan
arrives at the hating place for the
night.-North China News.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01
Greene Wilson "In" Again.

Greene Wilson, colored, who had
been in Jail here for some time,
charged with stealing horse from
Is. A. Levin, was released about
two weeks ago, and had an exciting
Christmas experience, as he was
arrested in wildwood on Christmas
eve on a charge of setting fire to the
home of Sarah Jackson, also colored.
lie was given preliminary hear
ing by Justice Struder at Wildwood,
and was sent on the grand jury.
He was brought back to Berryville
and given his old quarters in the
County Jail.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01
Quaint Market Custom

There exists at Totnes market a Gus
tom which is believed to be without
parallel in the history of markets. A
dealer chalks up the price he gives for
butter and eggs on n stall, and all the
other dealers pay the same. This sys-
tenn has gone on, and surprisingly little
friction has resulted. Some time ago
an attempt was made to break down
the custom and induce producers to
stand in the market and make the best
price they could. 1t was, however,
short lived, and the old system was re-
verted to.-St. James Gazette.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-01
Curved Smokes

There is no doubt that an iron wheel
with curved spokes is much more at
tractive to the eye than the ordinary
variety, but 1T is not on account of its
appearance that it is constructed In
this manner. Wheels that are cast in
variably contract little In the process
or cooling. and those made with
straight spokes are always liable to
crack. The curved variety, by allow
ing a certain give and take in the
metal, avoid this danger.