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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

bounded by an evil spirit to his cups ana
house of shame, fool to the corr ection OIL
the stocks. She looked up wonderlngiy.
She knew not what it all meant. Sne was
not old enough to understand tho sorro" OIL
an orphan child
On the other side the pulpit sat the men
who had ruined him. They were the men
who had poured wurmwood into the or,
phan's cup; they were the men VINO nao
bound him hand and foot l knew tnem:
How did they seem to feelp Did tney weep
No. Did they saw. "What pity that such
a generous man should be Destroyer No.
Did they sigh repentingly over what they
had doneP MOI they sat there. looking as
vultures look at the carcass OF the lamb
whose heart they have ripped out. 80 tney
sat and looked at the coffin I'D, ana
told them the Judgment of God upon those
who had destroyed their fellows. Did they
reform2 l was told they were In the places
of iniquity that night after my friend was
lait in Oakwood cemetery, and they bias
hemed, and they drank. Oh, how merciless
men are, especially after they have de-
stroyed you'll Do not look to men Tor COM
fort or help. Look to God.
But there is man who will not reform.
He saws: II won't REFORM" Well. then.
how many acts are there to tragedy
believe five.
Act the First of the Tragedy-A young
man starting off from home. Parents and
sisters weeping to have him go. Wagon
rising over the hill. Farewell kiss flung
back. Ring the bell and let the curtain
fall.
Act the Second-The marriage altar. Full
organ. Bright lights. Long white veil
trailing through the aisle. Prayer and con-
graduation and exclamation Of "How well
she looksp
Act Third-A woman waiting for stag
gering steps: Old garments stuck into the
broken window pane. Marks OF hardship
on the faea The biting of the nails OF
bloodless fingers. Neglect and cruelty and
despair. Ring the bell and let the curtain
drop.
Act the Fourth-Thres graves in dark
place-grave Of the child that died for lack
Of medicine, grave Of the wife that died of a
broken heart, grave Of the man that died OF
dissipation. On, what blasting heath OF
three graves Plenty of weeds but no
flowers. Ring the bell and let the curtain
drop.
Act the Fifth-A destroyed souls eter-
nifty. No light. No music. No hope.
Anguish coiling its serpents around the
heart. Blackness Of darkness forever. But
l cannot look any longer. Wool Woel /
close my eyes to this last act of the tragedy.
Quick Quick Ring the bell and let the
curtain drop. "Rejoice, 0 young man, IN
thy youth and let thy heart rejoice in the
days OF thy youth, but know now that for
all these things God will bring you into
Judgment" "fhere is a way that seemeth
right to man. but the end thereof is DEATH"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21
VIRGINIA NOTES.
The Latest News Cleaned From Various
Parts of the State.


W.B. V1RSELsoN, q widely-known citi-
zen Of Petersburg, was found dead in the Of
Ace at the works of the Petersburg Gas
Light Company, on Lombard street. His
body was lying on the floor near sofa. The
deceased had been sufferer from heart
trouble. and his death is supposed to have
resulted from that cause.
THE new courthouse of Prince william
county is to be erected at Manassas this
summer.
In Manchester Mr.. Brittle and his wife
both died from typhoid fever.
Ak attempt was made to wreck No. 2 east
bound Norfolk and Western passenger train
at Clarks Summit by wedging fence rail
between the switch rails The engine was
derailed, but beyond delaying the train nearly
six hours no damage resulted.
A TRAGEDY occurred at Pocahontas. A
waman was shot and killed by Sam Buffalow.
tits said jealousy was the cause OF the
tragedy.
FRANK w. MEADE, convicted Of bigamy in
the County Court of Montgomery and SEN
fenced to six years in the penitentiary, es-
capped from jail at Christiansburg. Two
other prisoners, accused of minor Offenses,
escaped with him.
BISHOP A. NJ. RANDOLPH, of the southern
diocese of Virginia, has decided to mike his
home at Norfolk, in order that he may be as
] cor to Baltimore as possible.
XHE Roanoke Street Railway will change
the Salem dummy line into an electric sys-
TEN, and they hope to have the cars running
by May 1,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21
TORNADO IN THE WEST.
Destruction Of the Town Of Page, NO.,
and Three Persons Killed.

A terrific tornado passed through Nebraska
and Missouri, doing an immense amount Of
damage.
Page City. village OF 100 was destroyed,
and It is reported that three persons were
killed. Nearly all Of the inhabitants OF the
place were more or less seriously injured,
as the storm came up 30 suddenly that the
people did not have sufficient warning to
seek places of safety before their houses were
torn to pieces by the wind. The wires are
down and particulars are not obtainable.
The tornado has passed over the southern
part of Kansas, and Willis, Everest and Pow
hatten are in ruins.
1t seems almost certain that some lives
were lost and 1t is feared that but few in the
villages named escaped injury.
Hail broke hundreds OF windows,
Near Robinson, the fourteen-year-old son
of E. P. Holton. wealthy merchant, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21
FOUR PERSONS BURNED.
Supposed 10 HAYS Fallen Victims to
Some Moonshiners' Vengeance,

The bodies Of E. W. Hensley, wife. grown
daughter, and twelve-year-o son were
found in the ruins of their cabin, thirty miles
above Greenville, s. c., on the side of CLASSY
Mountain, in a remote and secluded section.
The cabin is supposed to have been burned
some time during the night.
Investigation is being made, as it Is thought
unlikely that the family would have failed to
be aroused by the fire or would have had
any diflulty in escaping from 50 small
building. The scene of the tragedy Is in the
moonshine section, and there Is a suspician
that Hensley may have become involved in
some Of the family feuds so freq:ent in the
mountains, and the family become victims Of
some enemY's vengeance
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21
AIM Rewnrd. a1OO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure IN all ITS
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being aeon;
stitutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken IN;
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up the
Constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have SO much fal m. IN
bred Dollars for any case that It fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, q.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21
BIG PRIZES FOR CATS.
"An Interesting Problem

There are four corners to room, there Is
cat in each corner, a cat opposite each cat and
a cat on each cats tail. How many cats are
therel
Answer this problem correctly, If you are the
first you will be presented with building lot
free from incumbrance in any city you may
select-value $1,000. The second and third cor.
rect answers will each receive a cabinet Of
sterling silver-value $780, The next twenty
will have their choice of a valuable gold watch
or magnificent tea and coffee set, quadruple
plate by the best makers, while the first two
answers from this paper will be given silver
watch. This offer is made by the Gem Soap
Co., OF Buffalo, n. Y, highly respectable
firm to introduce their wonderful Gem C1ra-
tive Soap. Guaranteed to remove freckles,
eruptons and all blemishes of the skin. En-
close with your answer twenty-five cents for a
cake Of the marvellous soap, which will be sent
postpaid. All successful answers are expected
to pul chase one dozen. Price 50. For sale by
all druggists No kilograms.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21
KRUPP'S BIGGEST GUN.
1t Took Thirty Minutes to Get tho
124-ton Weapon on Shore.

124-ton Weapon on Shore.
The monster Krupp gun was taken from
the hold of the Longuiel and placed on the
trucks at Sparrow's Point, MI, ready Tor
shipment to Chicago. The work OF raising
the 124-ton mass was done in thirty min
utes. The gun is forty-seven feet long, six
feet six incnes in diameter in its thacKese
part, AMI has a 1873 inch bore; Ii can can
send a conical-shaped shell weighing %SVO
pounds distance OF twelve miles WIN Ell
feet Snokeless powder is used, ana inc
piece can be raised or lowered on the car
riage by hydraulic or electric power. WIN
sixty-two-ton gun and fortY-t6ree-Ion
gun it has been sold to the Italian Govern
ment. The sixty.two and forty-three-ton,
guns started for Chicago, making. traln OF
three cars The 124.ton gun went FORWARD
next night in train by itself.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21
Why Dynamite is a Eigh Explosive.

Dynamite is a high explosive because
each molecule of the nitro. glycerine in it
contains in itself tire elements which pro-
duce explosion, and they are so nicely
balanced that it takes very little to trans
form them into gas, the sudden expan-
sion of which is apt to produce disas-
trous consequences. Gunpowder, on the
other hand, is merelya mechanical mix
ture of ingredients which must combine
in order to explode, and the grains catch
fire from each other progressively.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

A TELEGRAM from Los Angeles, California.
says that within the past eight days there
have been between 40 and 90 earthquake
shocks in Pico Cannon, in the San Fernando
Mountains,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21
The Skill and knowledge

Love your enemies, and you won't have
any trouble about treating them right.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

rue skill ana knowledge
Essential to the production of the most perfect
and popular laxative remedy known havo en-
abled the California Fig Syrup Co.to achieve
great success in the reputation of its remedy,
Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded to be the uni
versal laxative. For sale by all druggists
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

For Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Stomach dis
orders, use Browns Iron Bitters-the Best
Tonic. 1t rebuilds the Blood and strengthens
the muscles. A splendid medicine for weak
and debilitated persons.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

One of the best of housekeepers is the
woman who hates dirt.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

Impaired digestion cured by Beechsm's
Pills. Beecham's-no others. Is cents a box.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

The more your enemy hates you the harder
you can hit him with kindness and love.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

The thought that he can be well of with
little, never enters the worldlings head
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

It is hard for tho shepherd TO fatten the
sheep that prefer to live on husIs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

Some shepherds pay the most attention to
the latest sheep.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys-
tenn by Browns Iron Bitters. which enr ches
The blood, tones the nerves, aids digest on
Acts like charm on persons in general i'll
health, giving new energy and strength.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

The nation has no better friend than the
mother who teaches her children to pray.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

There are no undertakers in Japan.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
CONS Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-21

pr1Sed as WeuI III 4 ea" IL" AZ
ordinary clothes, fully dressed, lying on the
ton of the bed. gave him my hand, aud
he seized it convulsively aud said: "O1,
how clad am to see you'll Sit down there"
i sat down. and he said: "Mr. TaEmage,
inst where YOU sit now my mother sat last
night. She has been dead 20 years. Now, |
don't want you to think l an out OF my
mind. or that am superstitious; but, sir
she sat there last nighs just as certainly a I
won sit there now--the same cap, and aproi
and spsctacles. It was 1y Old mother--shi
sat there"
Then he turned to his wife anil said: al
wish you would take these strings off tbt
bed. Somebody is wrapping strings aroun
me all the time. wish you would stop the J
ANNOYANCE" She said, There is nothiu |
here" Then l saw it was deliriun. He said!
Just where you SIT now my mother sa4,
aui she said Roswell, | wish you would d I
hetter-I wish you would do better said.
Mother, l wish l could do better. try t !
do better, but can't. Mother, you used IT,
help me. Why can't you help me nowT
And, sir, got out of bed, for it was reality,
and Invent to her and threw my arms aroln
her neck, and l said: Mother, will do bet.
ter, but you must help. l can't do this
,aonep" | knelt down and prayed. That
night his soul went to tina Lord that made it.
Arrangements were made for the obse-
duies. The question was raised whether
they should bring him to church Some
body said, "You can't bring suc1 dissolute
mau as that into the caurcl." | said: ''You
will bring him in the church? He stool by
me when he was alive, and l will stand by
him when he is dead. Bring him" As /
stood in the pulpit and saw than carrying
the bo1y up the aisle, felt as if could
weep tears of DO ID.
On one side of the pulpit sat his little Oh Id
of eight years. sweet, beautiful little girl
that had seen him hug convulsively in his
better moments. He put on her all jewels,
all diamonds, and gave her all pictures and
toys, and then he would go away as il
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
ALI rold in schooi.

It has always been fathers purpose to give his childrer fair education, but as the family increased in size and numbers and fathers salary would not grow in tho same proportion, he found it necessary to cut down some of the avenues of ex- penditure. One of his first thoughts was that of the shoe bill for the family. Said he, "Tll be the cobbler when any shoes need repairing after this" Unfortunate ly my shoes gave out first, and the next day was set for repair day. Father brought from tho shop where he was working some of the old belting that had been laid by. This leather was thorough ly saturated with oil, and as I entered the schoblroom next day with new taps on my shoes the oil would form mark on the floor, just like footprint on the newly fallen snow, and what good ex- cuse to tell couldn't think of.
 Is became an eyesore to tho whole school, and was wishing somehow might take vacation. Finally the teacher noticed it. was called up to the desk, leaving my track all the way, and asked to explain. Shaking like a leaf, told the story. My brother Jack and had got to fighting the other day in the cellar, and he threw me in pan of grease that was near by cooling That lie settled the teacher, but the other element of the school were not satisfied until they stood mo on my head and looked at my shoes. New York Recorder,
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
rhe sontherner at nome.

The southeiner at home is prone to neglect his headgear for the sake of hav- ing his feet well shod, and he will go about in public places wearing bat tered and soiled slouch hat, but scrupu- lously neat as to his footwear The pe- culiarity perhaps arises from family pride, besetting southern sin, coupled withthe belief that aristocracy is evinced in the shape and size of the feet It is worthy of note, however, that the south ern slouch hat is often costly article of the finest and most durable felt. Sucha hat for winter and costly and inde. ,tructible Panama straw for summer are ;he proper headgear for southern coun- try gentleman. Chicago Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
cnstomnr. Too pnrtIcuIar.

Some years ago the proprietors of so called 'ulster house. in London placed in their windows placard setting forth a new rule of their establishment, name Iy, that no orders given by Americans would be executed unless the orders were paid for beforehand The prOprie- tor on being interviewed declared that American ladies were much too hard to please-infnitely more so than English ones. They insisted upon having their things made to fit or they refused to take them. T had on ulster sent back to me the other day, for instance" he re- marked, "by an American customer merely because it was longer in front than it was at the back. Only that and nothing mCTei-Lucy Hooper in Home Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
p1easnrs In inc uoarsns.

There is a satisfaction in learning tAe names and positions of the stars that does not belong to the study of the planets. The stars apparently never change SO far as their position relative to each other is concerned. The planets are always moving, and to those who do not watch the heavens with particular attention it is a cause of surprise very often 10 find new star" adorning a certain section of the heavens. If, how ever, this newcomer be carefully ob- served from night to night, 1t will be found to change it's distance from the fixed stars, and the observer will discover that it is planet and at liberty to wan der about from place to place under the sole condition that it obeys certain rules of motion. When the bright stars that grace tho heavens become familiar to ob- servers, they will know just what to ex- pect on each succeeding season. n.-New York Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
ina City Restaurant.

A trifing incident noted not long ago in a city restaurant tells its own story and needs no spoken moral. Two girls, possibly attendants in shop, were sit ting together eating their luncheon, and one was holding forth to her companion on an experience which had just befallen her.
 'I came in here" said she, "and got this seat, but want long before an old lady came in and sat next to me. She took of one pair of glasses and put on another. Then she stared and stared at the bill of fare and laid it down. l thought first she couldn't read word Then she turned around to me.
 Will you let me sit next to the win dowy says she
 ''Ididn't take any notice, and in a min. ute she said it again. Then l answered her:
 'No, says I, this is my seat, and I'm going to keep it.
 ''She turned way round in her chair then and looked me all over. Then shC looked away But 1 guess she knew I'd got the best of her. for she did have the manners to say:
 I beg your pardon.
 "She spoke real low, and noticed she looked kind of surprised. Youths Com panion.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
stlor.1n Mercantile Life.

Many young men choose a mercantile position for the present only without thought or intention of making it per manent business. The result is that of tentimes We find these men at 90 years receiving no more pay than they did when only IS.
 There is an army of this class of young men behind counters today. They are an aimless. pitiable class. They stand hstlessly in their departments and are as unobservant of what's going on around them as are the inaninate figures which one sees at the entrance of clothing estab- hshments.
 Many of them let slip grand opportu- mites Of becoming great business factors in the commercial world and have doomed themselves to the treadmill of common drudgery. Singleness of pur- pose implies self reliance, without which 0 young business man is not thoroughly furnished for a successful business career -Dry Goods Economist.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
A slrn of Good Breeding.

One of the most convincing signs of good breeding is respect for other peoples rights. We all subscribe to that state ment in theory. Yet how many of us always remember in any public place, in the street car or at hotel table not to introduce the two subjects that are inevitably certain 10 hurt some one pres ent--religion or politics. Women are not exempt from dabbling in politics though generally professedly ignorant of public affairs, Sometimes their speeches apropos of ones favorite politician re- mind one of the hint conveyed in the as- sertion that the wasp can sting as well without its head as with it.-Chicago Mail.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
The Name of stebbins.

The Stebbins family is fairly numeI ous. It is not now classic name. Its owners wear 1t ignorantly. More the shame for them. It is by right a classic name, borne as it was by the first of Christian martyrs - St. Steven, some times spelled Stephen, Steven is the Dutch way of spelling it. Spell it in -Esteban. Drop the initial si- lent and then you have Steban. Among tie ignorant the step to Stebbins is very short. And the honorable name of St. Steven takes on degradation, even as the fine old Norman-French name D'Au- baine becomes tho homely Dobbins.-- Davenport Democrat.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
Astnnndinr AIemnr;os.

Horace Yernet is the best example of visual memory. He could paint a strik- ing portrait of man, life size, after hay. ing once looked at his model Mozart had great musical memory. Having heard twice the "Misererg7 in the Sis. tine chapel, he wrote down the full score of it. There are soloists who during q hours can play the composition of other masters without ever skipping note. = NJ. Binet in Revue des Deux Mondes
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
The Goliath of nIr nnsln.

In Big Basin, Santa Cruz county, Cal, there are thousands of giant redwoods that will measure from 10 to 23 feet in diameter. But the Titan of them all is Q giant known far and near as tthe Goliath of Big Basin" This Inonstrous vegeta- bic growth is 23 feet in diameter at the ground and perfectly solid, a fact noted as a rarity in these colossi of the forest. Goliath is fraction over 900 feet in height, the lower 100 feet of tho trunk being free from branches or unsightly excrescences. Experienced woodmen de- clare that the tree would weigh more than 100, GOO tons and that it would "cut'' l.50O, ,000 feet of clear board measure lumber, besides 100 cords of wood that could be gotten out of the limbs and waste. St. Louis Republic,
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
The Art Of Leave Taking.

The art of going away gracefully is sone of the most difficult of social observances. Women err in lingering too long after the start is made; men in bolting too suddenly making sometimes the exit al- most blow in the face. There is a golden mean of leave taking, whose aro- ma of graceful courtesy is not soon dis pelled, and happy is he or she who finds it.-Now York Times
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
Toys on n Tombstone.

In the cemetery of Marietta, Ga, there is an infants grave that attracts atten- ton of visitors to that place. There is no headstone, but resting on the top of the grave is glass box containing the playthings the little one had before it's death. There are dolls, rubber and china, rubber ball, rattler, china cup and other toys. On the sides of the grave are three bottles of medicine, that which was in use presumably during the last sickness. -Exchange.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-12-16
Choice Woods on the Farm.

There is money in the choice woods Of the farm A letter from Q prominent New Jersey tool manufacturer offers $30 per l,000 for beech seasoned one year and $50 for apple wood. Birch, maple, cher ", elm and hickory also sell for much more than they are worth at the wood pile. The wood must be sawed in some shape and can be sold in great many directions, principally for making plane and other tool handles.-Detroit House hold