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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11
THE CHICKEN DOCTOR SAWS

When chickens drop green. Shiny
stun around and lincer awhile and
die don't holler cholera and ven for the
horse liniment.
Cholera comes seldom. sweeps like
n FIRE; none linger and few survive.
Don't feed heavy in the heat. Keep
the henhouse cool and sweet and col
or that pure cold water with venetian
red
When young green ducks get red
sores on their heads and their ewes
are surrounded 10y scabs its time for
some fellow Ito sit licked" Tor not
having the water vessels dccp enough
that they might dip in over their eyes
for cleansing. Sour bran viii grow
a red spot even on an irrcproachable
church deacon's nose.
When your chickens come Oft the
roosts late and loaf around lanCuid
like and don't care whether breakfast
keeps or not you fed them too much
the night before or your roosting place
IS alive with mites. As a remedy FOR
the first, exercise your Judgment As
a remedy Tor the second. exercise your
lazy bones 20 swing whitewash
brush.
When your cock birds comb turns
purple and varies from red % purple
and black and he gets black or purple
in face and wattlcs after run or
when caught he has n weak heart.
II he does not expire suddenly he win
end UP with cardiac asthma and purS-
Ing. The bird is an y. - breeder and
this incurablc disease Is often caused
by strain from painting I'm an over
heated incubator.
When your fowls in simmer. while
surrounded 10y healthful conditions.
show white spots in mouth and throat
they are chronic canber victims and
should lie killed. Canker IS 4 winter
disease. and the trouble may be rem
edied, II IL has not gone too far. by
placing the bird in sanitary environ
ment, removing cheeSy matter gently
and applying hydrogen peroxide.
When your chicks took the usual
trip 10 chicken heaven by the cape
worm route il just shows that you
kept them on the same old tainted
ground again and let them run in the
wet.
Better plow up that ground and raise
potatoes next season rather than dig
chick graves and have moro sins 10
answer FOR. and. besides. remember
every dead chick makes your wad less
thick
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11
MANNING THE STATIONS.
Discipline Aboard Ship at Sea IN
Lines Of EnnerqencY.

Discipline Aboard Ship at Sea In
Times OF Emergency.
1T no tine is the perfect organiza-
ton aboard ship 50 we'll illustrated ~
in the time q an emergency. The
slightest scent or danger i'm the wind
must End every man ready. And
every man IS ready. Every man has
number. Every man has a station.
y bell tap may send your dining room
steward of at a run just when he is
serving your soup. At the bell tap hc
is TO longer your steward He is
NO. IS in the ships emergency or
ganizauon. ana when he gets 70 his
station be finds Sos. "a. -. o36. IL.
24S and some others there 90 act with
him like % machine. Aboard a biz
ship there are sometimes rs many -
sixty stations about the vessel. and NJ
the sound OF an alarm bell thirty sec
onds have no- elapsed before every
man has responded 90 his number at
his station and is ready 20 act. 60 fight
fire. go Iaau The lifeboats. or what not.
Up in tho whceihouse is further cx-
cmplifcation 90 what system win do.
Within reach OF the officers are n
dozen contr!vanccs Of machinery that
connect with every part Of the ship.
A touch ~ one Icvor closes bulk
head in this o- THAI compartment q
the hold. q touch ~ another mans all
emergency stations. lever here mans
lifcboar so-lnd-So. aud a lever there
mans amy one or an. Here Is Il tele-
phone. It's wires extending TO every
par, ~ The ship. aud an officers voice
carried to % distance station IN tho
bowels ~ the ship is SO macniicd
10y mechanical means that it can be
heard twenty feet from the receiver
and fairly bellows its orders.
4 Sliior or steward never knows at
what minute. day or night. lie may be
called ro his station. At the sound Of
the signal lc.i hc must be ut his post.
F There Is drill 81 some kind every
+ day aboard ship. but the men never
/ know whether they are running 10 4
real fro or only drill. Boats are IN
I covered. falls overhauled. davitS swunc
out Every boat must have its COM
/ pass. night signals. fresh water anu
/ provisions ready Tor immediate action.
/ From the chart room the captain can
start % squad ia the most remote part
I OF the ship simply 10y pressing a but
/ ton. and The dashinS u tiny electric
/ lights faithfully record how every de-
Z tail Of the drill is being carried out.
Z y chart gives the location OF al bulk
7 heads. ana a tiuy light SQarkles when
I this or that wafer u-Lr compartment
I is closed. IN case u collision every
bul5hc2d below the water line i closed
/ 10y turn OF "a .cvcr I'm the wheelh0uSe.
/ making the modern ship practically
unSinkable.-Vou Nlier Aiding in Book
( keeper
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11
BE A SPECIALIST.

This is an age when men center
thought and concentrate energy on one
thinS-a speciality. The butcher-baker-
candlestick maker man is out Of date.
Life Is too short for tinkering. The
universe is not ours TO monkey with.
You have few shots at the bullseye.
then 20 adjourn sine die.
You must learn all YOU can about ev-
erythinS worth knowing, but know one
thing best and DO that well. This ap-
plies 10 poultry culture and everything
else. Rooster menagcries are out OF
date The successful fancier does not
run zoo. The most successful poul-
ryman In the world clears $4,000 n
year on one breed 10 which he has de-
voted his sole attention for twenty
years.
Is there money in chickens: Yes.
Tor the scientific. practical. pushing
specialist.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11
HON. 10 SHAPE GOWN a

You've often wished to know the
trick how that other fellow gets his
shickens into such compact. pretty.
pump shape when you breed the same
strain. feed the same grains and 20 TO
much pains. and yet he outssus you
md makes larger gains
Wei. here's the tip. and it's linton.
Your competitor gets more VS. for
ais poultry because he presses their
,arcasses In shaped trough.
After fasting his fowls one day. that
their crops and lntestines may be
empty 10 prevent their causing decay.
be kills them neatly. picks them with
out tearing the skin. singes them over
an alcohol flame ard then takes the
clean. warm carcass i'm his hands and
manipulatcs the breast meat forward.
He presses down the breastbOne. ties
legs at hook and presses them against
breast. folds wings and presses them
against body. Breast down. the fowl
Is now placed I'm a shaped trough.
with year OF bird pressed tight IN
against the back board, and all the car
casses are placed the same and tight
against each other.
After all are neatly arranged a
smooth weighted board is placed on
the fowls, and they are thus kept un-
I'll perfectly cool and rigid.
II the same breed and age this gives
all the carcasses uniform. compact.
pretty. plump appearance. which GER
tainly Is not lost on those who 20 to
market with money TO burn for the
best.
The majority Of the American peo-
pie are not looking for seconds.
The agitation for pure foods and the
exposure Of fraud. the enactment OF
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11
ARAB SCHOOLS.
Their Peculiar Methods In Teaching
and Studying.

'ne'r REGULAR Methods In Teaching
and Studying.
AN Arab school," said traveller.
lis one OF the most interesting places
in Cairo 10 visit. The children. with
the schoOlmaster. SIT upon the floor or
the ground In n semicircle. and each
has tablet Of wood which is painted
white and upon which the lessons are
written. When the latter are learned
they are washed out and replaced by
other lessons.
During study hours the Arab schools
remind one OF the Chinese, for the
children all study aloud. and as they
chant they rock back and forth like
trees In a storm. and this movement is
continued for an hour or more at n
time. The schoolmaster rocks back and
forth also. and altogether the school
presents n most novel appearance as
well rs sound. Worshipers in the
mosques always move about while re-
citing the Koran. rs this movement is
believed TO assist the memory.
The desks OF the Arab schools are
old contrivanccs OF palm sticks. upon
which IS placed the Koran or one OF
the thirty sections Of II. After learn
ing the alphabet the boys take up the
study of the Koran. memorlzing entire
chapters Of IL until the sacred book is
entirely familiar.
~ peculiar method IS followed in
learning the Koran. The study begins
with the opening chapter. and from
this IL skips 20 the last. The last but
one is then learned, then the last but
two, ana So ON In inverted order. end.
Ing finally with the second chapter.
During tAe students progress II IS
customary for the Schoolmaster to
send on the wooden tablet a lesson
painted in black and red and green TO
the father. who returns It after inspec-
ton with = couple Of plasters pasted
upon IL. The salaries Of the school
masters are very meager indeed" -
Washington Herald,
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11
FEATHERS AND EccsHELLs.

The poultry class at Cornell univer.
sity held n show all their own last
February. They had 206 entries. and
much interest was manifested.
Large fowls like Plymouth Rocks.
WyandotteS and Cochins 90 not Iincer
long with hard crop. Better open and
empty their crops early 10 save them.
\ minister al louisville. Pa. looks
after 1000 church members. farms an
eight acre tract. raises 1900 chickens
year and lately built q $4,000 church
Next,
Conundrum-If you lived near Can
ada. where wheat Is cheap. and snug
gled some across the border for bread
do you think 1t would be Just FOR Uncle
sam 10 punish you when he allows
the gamblers IN the wheat pit 20 rob
the nation:
Russia has sent representative 10
this country To study poultry condl-
tions. especially the egg and broiler
side OF IL. This lady is visiting the
big White Leghorn. Wyandotte and
duck ranches in particular
The Russian government wrote 10 n
Pennsylvania poultryman lately. and
he had 10 send the miSSivc 10 Wash
inSton FOR translation. He could have
avoided rcu tape by sending it 10 a
coal region postmaster.
When the train from which talks on
agriculture are given was making a
stop nj small Pennsylvania town a
boy seventeen years old entered His
mother yankcd him OF the train
and said; You're not going 10 be a
rarmer-not If can avoid it, Come
along home" lid she have n brain
storm: How could Abe Lincoln and
George Washington engage in such an
awful awful occupation anyhow?
Rats must be thick in England.
where ii il claimed they cause Il loss
Of $13,000,Co0 a year. II they are
thick around your place make 4 poison
vault. Put small box containing poi
/ Soned food inside a larger closed box
and have hole in each box just large
enough and high enough for a rat Ia
enter
II you are afraid TO poison. trap or
shoot rats on account Of Your fowls,
feed them corn. When they have corn
they'll not touch chicken. Corn's
cheaper than chicken meat.
The solution Of epidemicS Of "conta-
SiouS diseases" is often found when a
/ half eaten carcass is discovered. Ii Is
not n conta giouS disease ut all, anu
such troubles often come simply by
neglect 10 bury 4 dead chicken
The pigeon fancierS are workinS
hard to get separate shows for their
birds, and they can't be blamed. The
| chicken shows are generally crowded
without the pigeons, and the aSSocia-
/ tons do not care TO 80 70 the extra eN-
pense % hiring a special pigeon judge.
Then the caging is different also
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11

shortly after the first success II
"Ben-Hur" Low Wallace had occasion
% 60 over go London and one dav
picked M q piraJeJ copy of the novel
&C railroad newsstand. To Ills
omazcmenr he found the subtitle LETT
OF. a preface in,erroaccd and one IT
the chapters rewritten. OF course dee
boiled with rage. and SIS soon as pos
sible he called OBJ Che publisher That
gentleman cooily admitted his crime
and told Wallace he thought the
amended form better adapted 10 the
British taste. donchcrknow. His -au
was 50 StuDcndcus thar The novelist
was 0wcd and went away without
splitting his gore.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11
PAPER FOR MONEY.
sStssrs Care and Secrecy Used In n,
Manufacture.

Manufacture.
Inc various great nations devote
much study to the Improvement OF
.neH secret processes OF manufactur.
ing paper for money aud bankpotea
the principal object being, OF course
To render counterfeiting moro ana
more dinicult.
our own government guards with
extreme care every detail OF the man
utacture OF this paper. laying special
Importance upon It's secret OF getting
SIX thread into the composition OF the
paper itself
The efforts OF this government. how.
ever, are not nearly so painstakinr as
those put forth I'm making the aImsv
paper used for Bank OF England notes.
which are probably the finest paper
money I'm the world. These notes are
manufactured from fine Irish linen.
ana the peculiar properties OF the Test
water $50 called from the river OF that
Nance produce paper OF a purity and
texture unsurpassed. The secret OF
the security OF the Bank OF England
note against forgery and counterfeit.
ing Is said TO be entirely I'm the paper
itself and not I'm the printing.
In addition. the notes show n wafer.
mark so cieverly devised that an ex.
pert from the mill can tell by n glance
at the date or manufacture the very
name or the employee who made 81.
Inc watermark Is produced by a de-
sign countersunk I'm the woven wire
bottoms Of the trays I'm which the hot
paper pulp Is poured and dried. II has
never been successfully initiated.
Extraordinary precautions are taken
for the security OF the mill where these
notes are made. as well as of every
thing In the mill There IS. OF course
stan Of police constantly I'm attend
ance and "A private wire 10 police head
quarters. nine miles away.
The watchmen who patrol the mill
corridors every night must pass nj
each quarter OF an hour clocks OF Won
derfully ingenious construction. the re-
Nolving dialS OF which are pierced with
holes. which at the precise moment
the watchman is due before them pass
over slot. The Waterman pushes
through peg he carries. and the clock
ticks on. Should he not present him
self at the moment scheduled for him
TO appear. however. the timeplece i'm.
mediateiy sounds an alarm.-New York
Tribune
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11
TIE SHADING RnARn

pure food laws and the prosecution OF
adulterators and vendors OF impure
and spoiled foodstuns have educated
the people TO be critics Of articles Of.
fered for food.
They want well bred. well fed, well
finished. fresh fowl. and the market.
man of modern methods has them.
The Y shaping board Will increase
your vs.. and il only takes two VS.
10 make an y.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11
Whn He Mas

At the crossing Of the river Styx
Death met stranger with n grin on
his face.
WHO are your demanded Death.
81 am your msnServant," replied the
stranger.
My manseryant" repeated Death.
somewhat puzzled 70 know what the
new arrival meant.
I'm other words. the valet OF the
shadow OF Death" chortled the stran-
ger.
1t is perhaps superhuous 10 add that
before JOurneying hence the stranger
had been n professional jokesmith.-
New York Times
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11
An Attractive Residence.

Your residence can be made more
attractive, more stylish and more
comfortably by having it papered
with neat, artistic paper. lean do
this work for YOU at fair price
and guarantee your satisfaction.
The price Is low when the character
of work and material is considered.
Z. NJ. RICAMORE,
Berryville, Va
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The Poultiee Is 4 Barbara Bell,

The poulyice is a barbarous reli, If
the days II witch burning. The tyn-
ical houe poUticc is made Of uaN>ccd.
It Is Il SogSy. uusavory. germ infested
instrument 81 torture. CIapped upon
the suffering baby'S chest. it interfcrcs
with the poor child'S breathing. infel $
his skin with the germs that cause
pimples ana hollis and makes him uu-
oearably uncomfortable and unhappy
The heat 3 the poulticC is it's ONLY
valuable feature. The dampnc>~ does
damage. and the haxSccd is rs iucrc SIS
50 much Sawdust or breakfast food.
Why not use hot water bags or. bet
ter Still. hot cloths -DcliDcatOr.
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DON'TS.

Don't expect poultry TO pan out LOT
Of dust if YOU loaf around and let
things rust
Don't be Suvly. nor think your bosom
is 4 repository Of al the secrets neceS-
sary 70 the welfare Of the race. Just
remember, conceit hung Haaman.
Don't plug up I leaking incubator
lamp with pie dough. Take some
cough and buy new lamp.
Don't pretend 10 be an expert when
your wife furnishes the brains. such
q noodle can't hold the reiuS.
Don't fail 70 advertise surplus breed
ers early and make room and clean
house for the youngsters. Nice. bright
quarters help 10 make the dollars
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Honest Answer.

The stories told OF Snetzler. a IA
nous Swiss organ builder. prove that
he was a man OF rare aud incorrupti-
bic honesty. At one time the parish
officers OF country church applied To
Snetzler 10 examine their organ and
make improvements in Il.
Gentlemen" said Snetzler after q
careful examination OF the instrument
in question. your organ be wort
fl00 joost now Vel. viii spend you
fi00 on IL. and it shall den be wort
f50r'-London Graphic.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11

hSv. JULIAN BRoADDUs, d. D.. Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday a. ID -. NJ. and ;
?. ~. -
sunday School every Sunday ~ e:SOs.m.
Superintendent. y. Il Jones.
B. y. p. T.. every Sunday at-p.m.
prayer Meeting every Wednesday at ; ?. n .
-,1d,lS All Society Mrs. NJ.
H. NertoO- Nice-PreSiGent. Mrs. ". =
l-N treasure. Ms a. u. Ha-,iesrv.
SECRETARY. Mrs VIM. Hart Meets irsT
Thursday &. each month
NeiS- DOGS C.Co. Missionary study Glass
PRESIDENT and Leader. Miss Mary Wash.
inStoo Gold. Meets trSt Wednesday in
each month - the residence of Mss
Mary Washington Gold.
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FLAPJAcKs FUR MINE.

never heerd them singin' worlds
What poets rave about:
L amt much on these classic tunes
What feilers heller out
But. golly. when that chunk o. fat
Goes sizziin' on the griddle Fat
I'd ruthcr hear the sound o that
Than all this tootin' IN fat
Then when the batter from the pot
Drops hiSstn' on that griddlo hot
An them big napjacks 90 kerfop
Inats music. now. 1 ten yer what
An when Marian calls. Come. Bill
Come while they're hot an eat y'ur fir
On. my. her voice gives me a thrill
Ihat beats a prima donner's trini
Let poets soar 10 worlds so fair
An git chuck fun o. desert air.
Let them float far on raptur's wings
An look down on these grosser things.
III stay below an watch Marian
A-turuin' fapjacks on the fire.
Inen III pour on the chicken jooce.
An FUR them napjacks I'll cut loose.
4 Il r
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Three Meals at Once.

'Now. Mary" said her mistress. ''you
must come 90 the door ~ the drawing
room and say. Breakfast is ready, and
supper is ready. but dinner IL served -
The newly corralled domestic IN
wardly digested the concise instruc-
lions and that evening convulSed the
guests who were awaiting the am
nouncement of dinner by stepping he.
tween the porticreS. dropping cour-
tcSy ard repeating. breakfast Is
ready and supper X ready. but dinner
Is scr-r-vcdw- Philadelphia Ledger
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DscIv Expresssd.

The human monstroSityw said a
young lady attending fair with her
Sweetheart "Threepencc! Wouldn't
you like TO have look at thst, Her
bertT
'No. dear" answered Herbert. anx-
louS 20 beStow n neat compliment; Il
am quite content 10 look at Soun---
London Mail.
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NYanton waste.

The Nursc-You've been badly hurt
The Victim -Whatcha gOinter do ter
me now? Tho Nurse-Rub YOU with
alcohol. The Nictim-Gec 7 wiSht I'd
been turned Inside out! Cleveland
leader.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-08-11

''-"eAy Sch,oo- every Sabbath morning q,
'-A1.es Aid Society, hrst Friday evening OF
ga month az s o'clock AZ Mrs. isaac
bowman residence.
on'-tren Missionary Society. second sab
o@'h eAch month az 8 p. m, az church.
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Csc for 81 so Books.

We have on hand about la0
popular books that sold for from
81 t0 81 30 which we will close out
for the next ten days at 23c.
TnE RICAMoRE STORE.
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a Tart Retort.

"Can a politician be good Chris.
tlan2" was once asked OF the late Sen
ator Ingalls, OF Kansas, when he TO
piled, with God all things are possi
bic"
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The Poor Men.

She - They say girls can't throw
straight, but when a girl throws sly
glances ! notice she generally hits the
mark He Cecenuy bitten)-Y es-the
easy mark.-Boston Herald.
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METHODIST EPISCOPAL CBrRCu
~OTrTTy

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CErRCu
SOUTH.
KEW. J. q. MICHAEL Pastor.
I ''aon'ng' Sunday At Il a m. and 10.
--'"o''A League meets Sunday at
sunday school. Sunday, 9.soAm
Z FeT Meeting Wednesday, pm.
Womaus Foreign Nlixsio,,s-,- So.
on the hrst Friday in every mo1,b :,
=. u. -AO"'A a
Ladies Aid Society meets or, tbs -.
IN every month ats p. m. quay
The Little Lights Ns;ss;.-
meets the hrst sunday in eveIv r,o1,t
az p. n. 44"H'E
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GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
REV EDw. WALL. Rector.

Divine Services ami Sermon every SUNDAY a.
Il a. III. and p. N.
Sunday School. John b. Neil. Superintsn-
dent. 81 $50 \ -.
Bible Class. Monday. .. n.
Ladies Aid Society. Mrs J. NJ. G.. McGnir-
President Ms. Ida Morgan. SECRETARY
and Treasurer; meets every two weeks
on Thursday, q, $50 p. m.
Woman : Auxiliary Missionary Society.
Ms, E0w. Wall. President; Miss Annie
g. Moore. Treasurer, Mrs. A, Cummins.
Secretary; Custodian of United Ofering.
Ms. Lorenzo Lewis, meets first We'd
neScay IN each month.
Chapel Society, Mrs. K. p Page, Treasurer
meets on call when necessary.
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I. H. fowErs &. NJ. BRoU
Powers q Broun

Vsecond Floor Postofiice BuiIding)
Having formed a partnership for
the purpose of doing a GENERAL
FIRE INSURANCE business, and
having secured a number Of respon-
sible companies, we hereby solicit
your patronage and offer TO insure
your property as reasonably as it
can be insured elsewhere.
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King Daughters, Mrs. L. II. Powers. Pres
idcut Mrs. J.. r. Louthan. Vice Presi-
ccut Miss Florence Baughman, Treas
urc-, Mrs. \. L. Osborne, Secretary:
meets Ur>t TUESDAY in each month, AZ
$3.50 p. IN. at the residence of Mrs A Y
Osborne.