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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22

He was not at all alarmed, however,
for he was sure his father was match
for thousand bears
By and by the road entered the curl
Oils inverted dark of Dorchester woods,
where al! The light seemed to come
from the white snow under the trees
rather than from the dark sky above
them 1t 5his stage of the journey
Teddy ,etlred under the bufalo-robes,
and went to sleep in the bottom Of the
pung.
TIE horse logged slowly along the
somewhat heavy road. The bells
jingled drowsily amid the soft, push
ing whisper of the runners. Lou and
the rector talked in quiet voices, at
tuned to the solemn hush of the great
forest.
"What's that?"
Lou shivered up closer to the rector
as she spoke, and glanced nervously
into the dark woods whence q sound
hsd come. The rector did not answer
at once, but instinctively seized the
whip, and frightened the reins as sig
nal to Old Jerry to move on faster.
The horse needed no signal, but
awoke into an eager trot which would
have become gallop had the rector
permitted
Again came the sound, this time a
little nearer, and still apparently just
abreast of the pung, but deep in the
woods 1t was bitter, long, wailing
cry, blended with harshly grating
dndertone, like the rasping of saw.
"What is 2" again asked Lou, her
teeth chattering.
The rector let Old Jerry out into
gallop, as he answered, 'I'm afraid
it's panther-what they call around
here IN Indian Devil But | don't
think there is any real danger. 1t is a
ferocious beast, but will probably give
us a wide berth. "
"Why won't it attack u.s." asked
Lou.
ooh, it prefers solitary victims"
replied the rector. cit Is ordinarily
a cautious beast, and does not under
stand the combination of man and
horse and vehicle. Only on rare
occasions has it been known to attack
people driving, md this one will
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22

the back of the seat was blowing this
peal of desperate defiance in the
brute very face. The astonished ami
NAL shrank back in his tracks and
sprang again into the underbrush.
Lou turned to the rector with a
flushed face oftriumph; and the rector
exclaimed in husky voice, "Thank
God !" But Teddy, between his sobs,
complained, "What did you do that
for, Lou?'
Lou jumped to the conclusion inst
her victory was complete and final;
but the rector kept Jerry at his top
speed and scrutinized the underwood
apprehensively.
The panther appeared again i'll four
or five minutes, returning to the road,
and leaping along some forty or fifty
feet behind the sleigh. His pace was
very curious disiointed, india rub
berry spring, which rapidly closed up
on the fugitives.
Then round swung Lou's long in
strument again, and at its piercing
cry the animal again shrNnk back. This
time, however, he kept to the road,
and the moment Lou paused for
breath he resumed the chase.
"Save your breath, child, ex-
claimed the rector, as Lou again put
the slender tube to her lips. Save
your breath, and let him have it fe-
rociously when he begins to get too
near
The animal came within twenty or
thirty feet again, and then Lou greeted
him with an ear-splitting blast, and he
fell back. Again and again the tactics
were repeated. Lou tried n thrilling
cadenza; it was too much for the
brutes nerves. He could not compre
hend a girl with such a penetrating
voice. and he could not screw up his
courage to a closer Investigation of
the marvel.
At last the animal seemed to resolve
on change of procedure. Plunging
into the woods he made al effort 10 |
Get ahead of the sleigh. Old jerry |
was showing signs of exhaustion. bnt
the rector yroused him to an extro
spurt-ana lhere, just ahead, was the
opening Of Fillmores settlement.
"Blew Lou, blow" shouted The
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

A food at Ottawa ILL.,, causel by break
in the Illinois and Michigan Canal, damaged
property to the extent Of $4,000.
PoRT1oNs of Colfax and Ebberton, WASH
ington, were inundated by the water of the
North Paouse river People had to be taken
from their houses by means Of boa.s
DAVID WAULKERMAN, Chief Engineer Of
the Allegheny County Light Company was
instantly killed at Phtsburg by an electric
shock from dynamo at which he was work.
ing. An employe was seriously injured.
CHARLES BARNER, aged % years, and
Enoch Morgan, aged 40 years, were drowned
in Susquehanna river at Plymouth, Pa. They
were walking across the river, and the Ice
gave way and both went down.
The roof of the Manufactures Building at
the Worlds Fair, al Chicago, gave way In
several places under the weight OF snow and
ice, and exhibits in some parts of the French
and German sections were buried under tons
of slush.
A Seattle, Washington, despatch says that
the valleys of the Cedar, Black, White and
Duwamish rivers are all under water. Much
loss has already occurred in the destruction
OF property The water is higherthan known
in 10 years.
DURING a revival service in the Auditorium
at Detroit. Miss Grace Williams was pushed
through gallery railing by the crowd be-
hind her and fell to the floor, sustaining se-
we're injuries panic ensued and number
Of women were injured.
passenger train on the Southern Pacific
was deraied and rolled down an embank-
ment at Lordsburg, New Mexico, and sew
eral OF the passengers were injured. 1t Is
supposed that the wreck was the work OF
tramps, in revenge for the company's order
forbidding them to ride free on freight
trains
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22
The Yule Log Custom.

The yule log or yule block is proba-
bly, another form of that which has
been preserved in the Christmas tree.
A huge log Of wood placed in the fire
place is kept burning all the evening
in many places in England and even
in the United States the custom is not
unknown It is called Buche Gle Noel
in France.
The yule candle is lighted the even
ing of December "a, midwinter- night,
and kept burning all night if possible.
If it goes out during the night it is
looked upon as sign that some one
will die in the house soon. On the
other hand, the stumps of these can
dies are considered powerful remedy
for diseased or injured hands or feet.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22
Song Of KriSs Kringle's Tree,

Kriss Kringle's bells are jinglinp-
The frosty air is tingling,
All silvery sounds are mingling
This merry, merry day,
With many feecy feather
The snow-fakes dance together
Here comes Kriss Kringle's weather.
In good Kriss Kringle's way.
Ariss Kringle's measures tripping,
Kriss Kringle's sweetness slipping.
The while his gifts we're clipping,
From brave Kriss Kringle's tree,
We set the candles burning,
Like stars and planets turning,
And every dream and yearninZ.
There satisfied we see
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22
TO LYNCH THE MUT0RMAN.
An Electrician Tragedy ia Augusta.
Ga, Creates a Mob.

Houston Tenant, aged years and his
mother, Mrs Gilbert c. Tenant, were
knocked down and run over 10y an electric
car at Augusta, Ga.
The 10y was killed outright and the
mother seriously injured. A much-excited
crowd collected and cries ot"Lynch them !"
were directed at the motorman aud con-
ductor.
AT Highland Wis, the Mineral Point
Zinc Works lasah started up after six mol1<AaI7
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22

Alone and solitary,
Aloof from elf and fairy,
It grew in forests airy
Through many season dim
To reach its day of glory,
When winter woods were hoary.
To hear Kriss Kringle's story,
And dear Kriss Kringle's hymn.
o tree that wearies never
O tree that charms us everl
o tree that lives forever
The blessed Christmas tree.
Where love and kindness blending
Round up the years air'ending,
There heavens own beauty lending,
Behold Kriss Kringles tree.
Margaret Z. sangster' in Young People.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22

Mrs. DANIEL LAMoNT's kodak is not the
only possession which her friends dread.
She has also a charming little oak chair wi h
inlaid nedallions in the seat and back. 1t
is gu Innocent looking thing, but it conceals
q music box. As soaa as weight is placed
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22

The little red house at Lenox, Mass,
in which Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote
"Tanalewood Tales, The House OF
Seven Gables, and other stories, is %
be restored,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22

But once he sees that all is right
He'll go down with histoys,
And Oil up all he.stockings
Of his little girls and boys.
Then with bound he'll be off again
Up through the chimney and over the roofs
And the frozen ground will again resound
With the patter of reindeer's hoofs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22

Look at him there on the chimney II
Just ready to descend
There never lived in this whole vide world
Such dear good-hearted friend
But see, he has stopped to listen
If the children are asleep
For he'd never go down if they stayed awake
Or tried to take one peep
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-22
LOUIS CLARIONE1'.
A CHRISTMAS STORY,

II u R n was p
Christmas eve Sc
vice Ill the Second
Westcock Church.
The church at
Second Westcock
was quaint and
n1 Z u > h1nnc1 !
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06
woMANs WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS,
The SquabbIe of the Woman Mama
gers ut Chicago.

One paper says these squabbles have
dealt "a terrible blow " to the cause Of
women. Another man editor, who GER
tainly must have been lunching off
mince pie and buttermilk, gTavely OBJ
serves. ''It is certain that the conduct
of the board of lady managers has been
such as to create an unfavorable i'm
preston of the advisability of calling
on women to take an active part in the
management of great public undertake
ings." Dear, dear And when a few
weeks ago the members of the British
parliament INDUCED in a free fight in
the midst of meeting, and gouged one
another's cheeks. and blacked one an
others eyes, and smashed hats down
over faces promiscuously, and rolled
over one another in the dust, clawing
like cats and bowling like hyenas, that
did not create an unfavorable impress
sion of the advisability of calling on
men to take active part in the manage
ment of great public undertakings" did
1t? Oh, no, for the animals in that
menager1e were men. Go to- The meet
tngs OF the lady managers at Chicago
were no worse than mems meetings are
every day in the week, and that is the
worst that can be said of them. That
is bad enough. But why men should
eApecI women, without knowledge or
parliamentary usage or speechmaking,
and without experience in organization,
to do better than they do themselves, is
something past finding out. II is to be
deeply regretted that some ladies are
so quarrelsome and so bent on their own
way that they do not mind even max
ing holy show Of themselves. But the
woman cause has received no blow from
the stormiest of the meetings at Chicago.
Only through struggle and defeat can
come victory Women will learn from
the experience at Chicago some more Of
their needs, among other things that
just now they need most of all to con-
troll their exuberant likes and dislikes
and learn parliamentary usage.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

That admirable lady. Olive Harper,
thinks American women have life so
much better than the women of other
nations do that they ought to be quietly
thankful instead of talking of woman's
downtroddan condition here. 1t is true
that American women have many privi-
leges that women of other nations do
not, which we appreciate with all our
hearts But is that going TO hinder us
from claiming and getting every advan-
tage and opportunity open to the human
race? Not If we know it!
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06
Dygg DSAylS
Small

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Colds and General debility. 40 to tho
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By druggists. Price 25c Reliable and
economical Sample dose free
y. Smith g. c. * Gy.zvick 81. NJ
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06
$4,000 FORFEIT.

II 1t does not cure the effects of Self
Abuse. Early Excuses, Emissions, Nerv-
Gus Debility, Loss Of Sexual Powers, I'M
potency, Varicocele, Pimples on the Face,
etc. Enlargement Certain. I will send
FREE the Recipe of never failing cure.
Address, with stamp, G. K. Tuppar,
Sportsmen's Goods. Marshall. Michigan.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

One lady in California has two farms
one of ten acres, the other Of twelve.
From the apricots, cherries and vege-
tables which she raises on these two
patches Of land she gets an income Of
5000 a year. Is not that better than
working for some man at 81 C, week +?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

!. ?. SniA s. O.. tx Cy.7rirt 81. N Z
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

While women have shown their ability
equally with men to receive the higher
education. they have not as yet demon
strated their ability to make as much
out Of that education financially as men
do. Women are behind men in respect
to the development of financial ability.
This is needed fully as much as a higher
education. The evolution of the talent
for money making-honest and honor
able money making-is something to
which present day working women need
to bend all their energies, so that in
years to come they may be pecuniarily
independent.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

One woman florist in Mississippi
grows camelias especially for the north
ern flower market and makes a good
thing of 1T.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

Miss Margaret Brainard does a fine
business by shipping early vOlets. daffo-
dis and jessamines from her Mississippi
home to the northern states in spring.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

Another California woman, once
wealthy, but afterward reduced to pow
erty, has shown her sisters what our
sex can do She conducts a large bust
ness in growing and selling cut flowers.
Last year she had $4,000 chrysanthe-
NUNS in bloom, and she has seven
acres of these plants. She caught the
tide of fashion at its flood when she
began to grow the autumn flower
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

When the head feels dull and heavy
the skin appears sallow and greasy, and
the stomach refuses food, take Carter's
Little Liver Pills. Don't forget this.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

Mexican girls are beginning to learn
telegraphy, and also are taking places
in telephone offices. These graceful
black-eyed maidens make charming as
well as skillful operators.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-11


The political panorama In Europe
Us it Is focused in Germany, is one
bf singular interest at the present
time. 1t is reported that q deeply
impressive interview recently took
place between the young Emperor
and the Pope, in which William IL
announced his intention OF declaring
war against France, and the Pope
brought to bear all the weight Of his
holy office TO beg him to change this
Intention. 81 pleaded with him, /
wept with him." said the Pope, in
relating this, ''but l failed to con
vince him." Each day the Pope now
says a mass to avert impending evils
Meantime relations between France
and England are strained. The CO.
lonial problems excite great bitter
ness of discussion.
There is n faction In Germany
that led by DR.. I.ieber-which is pre-
pared to treat with Chancellor Won
Eaprivi 10 certain concessions lie.
tween the governments military de-
mands on the one side and the re-
ligious disabilities on the other. The
agricultural interests demand protec-
ton; there is a deep and widespread
ing agitation for a reform in taxation.
for protection against monopolies,
and a demand that taxation be in
| creased on Injuries aud decreased on
necessary commodities. Out OF all
this unrest a new dynasty Is destined
TO arise
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-11

There are few disorders more teas
ing to the sufferer and those about
him than a cough, writes Elizabeth
Robinson Scovil In the second of her
series of articles on "Life in the In
valid's Room" in the Ladies' Home
Journal. A slight hacking cough is
often a bad habit. When it is all I'M
der the control of the will it should
be sternly repressed. Sometimes the
uvula. the peDdulous part Of the soft
palate at the back Of the mouth, be-
comes relaxed, the point touches the
tongue. producing a tickling sensa-
ton, which produces a cough to re-
lieve it A little dry fannie acid put
In a quill and blown on the uvula
will contract it, or half a teaspoonful
of the powder mixed with two tea
spoonfuls of glycerine, stirred into
nalf a glass Of warm water and used
as a gargle.
When a cold has been taken and
there Is cough, with soreness of the
chest, bed should. be prescribed for
fear Of a severe attack of bronchitis
Soak the feet in a pail of hot water
In which is dissolved three table,
spoonfuls of mustard, and rub the
chest with warm campnorated oil.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-11
ORIGIN OF THE WORD PICNIC.

This word is said to date from about
the year 1902. Then as now, when such
an entertainment o. being arranged
for, it was customary that those who
intended to be present should supply
the eatables and drinksbles. A list OF
| what was considered necessary would
, be drawn up and passed around, each
] person picking out such articles OF food
or drink as he or she was willing to fur
!, nish. The name Of the article was then
| nicked off the list. Hence this form
| of fete ~champetre became known as a
"'pick-and.n nick" which by a natural
transition degenerated into picnic.
But though the word is comparative
ly recent, the thing that ii designates
Is at least two centuries older, says
Notes and Queries. There is extant
an account OF a celebration of this sort,
which took place in the early part of
the seventeenth century, upon the
birthday of Charles, Prince of Wales,
afterward Charles 1 Of England. Nam
waring, in q letter to the Earl of Arun-
del, bearing date November %, 1918,
says
"'rhe prince his birthday has been
solemnizd here by the few marquises
and lords which found themselves here;
and Ito supply the want of lords) knights
and squires were admitted to q consul.
tation, wherein it was resolved that
such a number should meet at Gamiges,
and bring every man his dish of meat.
1t was left to their own choice what to
bring; some chose to be substantial,
some curious, some e~xtravagant. Sir
George Young's invention bore away
the bell; and that was four huge Draw
ny pigs, piping hot, bitted and hsr-
messed with ropes OF sarsiges, all tied
to a monstrous bodybuilding"
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-11
HEAVEN.

Life had walked with me pleasantly
, enough, and now she was bidding me
farewell. I did not fear Deaths greet.
ing, for 1 had wronged no man, had
made no woman hate her sisters face,
had never dishonored my word, mol
failed in reverence to Gods temples or
his priests.
Not SO loath was 1 to feel Life's
warm clasp loosen like q falling rose
petal, and Deaths chilly fingers fasten
on mine i'll solemn comradeship. Yet
l could not welcome HIM as a guide to
q land of joys What could lie beyond
for me? Not pain, l believe, for | had
never thought that a clay creature !oi
ephemerar breath could do what a ere.
ator of unbending life and light would
punish by an eternity of suffering
No, not pain.
But happiness? Scarcely; / had never
seemed fashioned for happiness 1 had
possessed intellectual pleasures some.
times and friendships that gave me a
gentle satisfaction. But the keensr
joys of existence had never been NINE.
| had missed earthly love I could not
tell why-and Cor me nothing had come
to fill its place. Then what could 1
dream of in the golden other world to
stir my spirit into ecstasies? Thus 1
walked on with Death. not sadly, not
gladly, barely ~expectant. The gates
of jasper and pearl swung wide before
us, and my companions hand dropped
from mine, his breath no longer chilled
my heart; [ had walked through alone
Alone still? Why, they had Knocked
me and tricked me with the fable of a
heaven worth living for-those priests
L had half trusted. Alone here, too?
"a dart that Deaths iciest had not
tqualled struck through my beings
centre.
Then warm mir breathed on me and
my spirit was filed with sunshine's es-
sence. Something so strange, so
sweet, so subtle, so new, that I felt it
must be supremest joy, thrilled
through me. In an instant 1 knew my
self forevermore beyond all coldness,
all dullness, all that is not life and
bliss, and turning l gave welcome to
the existence that had touched and
vivified mine Something dearly To-
milisr in this presence brought me a
pause, but it was slowly the light fell
across my dead life.
"Besutiful ene," at length 1
breathed, show is it that you come to
me now?"
81 Flowed you always" she said.
''Your heart did not awaken then, and
you new knew my love or your own.
| suffered. but not once doubled. Has
my trust failed?"
Ali the fathers are right in their
dreaming, for in her eyes l found at
last that heaven is-just heaven.
LEoNoRA BECK
in Kate Fields Washington.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-11
ADVICE TO

Tie committee OF the Royal Humane
Society, now that the bathing SEASON
has set in, has caused the following
s'caution" 10 be circulated in all PLACES
where bathing atthis period of the year
Is indulg d in:-"Avoid bathing
within two hours after a meal. Avoid
bathing when exhausted by fatigue or
from any other cause. Avoid bathing
altogether in the open air. IL after a
bhol time In the water IL causes a sense
If chillness with numbness of the hands
Ind feet. Battle when the body ia
warm, provided no time is lost In get
ting into the water. Avoid chilling
The body sitting or standing undressed
IN the banks or In boats after having
cen in the water. Avoid remaining long
In the water, leave the water lmmsdi-
atelv there is the slightest feeling of
Chilliness. The vigorous and strong
nay battle early in the morning on AL
tmpty stOmlch. The young and those
who are weak had bst:er battle two
or three hour after a meal-the best
line for such is from two to three
hours after breakfast. Those who are
subject to gi'diness or faintness. and
those who suffer from palpitation ano
tther sense of discomfort at the heart,
Mould rot battle without first consulting
their medical adviser. If the above
rules were II ore generally known and
attended TO, many fatalities might be
avoided during the bathing season."