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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-07

You have little band around the
third finger of your left hand in which
is set turquoise, and when it wa, put
there you remembered that the Hindu
said: "He who hath turquoise hath a
friend" Now, that's what you have in
the man you love best, and whose wife
you are going to become-a friend. He
is your sweetheart, Your lover it is true !;
but because to you his heart seems best
worth having, his love the richest gift
you can possess, you will not vulgarize,
as many girls do, the tie that binds
you. 1t is true you go with him alone
to hear some wonderful music or look
at some fine pictures, but hope it is
not true that when you are at party
or in your own home you two pair off
and make yourselves the objects for
silly chatter and idiotic jesting.
He can love you with his whole heart,
but he must not make you an object of
ridicule. He can thiuk YOU the most
unselish girl in the world, but he must
not show his own selfshness by expect
ing YOU to devote your evenings ex-
clusigely to him, ignoring those who
are at home. Let him come in and be
one of them-there's dear five min
utes when he can speak to you, when
he can kiss you on the lips that he
knows are only the gates to sweet, pure
speech, and when he can whisper the
lovely nothing5 that mean so much to
YOU both. Then, too, don't let him feel
that he must give up all his friends for
YOU: don't accept valuable presents
from him, and don't assume an air of
proprietorship with him: Tell him
nothing about your family affairs for
the secrets of the household do not
even belong to the man You are going
to marry. Guard yourself in word
and in deed, hold his love in the best
wav possible, tie it firmly to you with
The blue ribbon of hope, and never let
it he eaten away by that little fox who
DESTROYS so many loving ties, and who
is called familiarity. Home
fo,Ja.110l
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-07
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

GEN. HARRISON has had his hair and whis-
kers so closely cropped that his intimate
friends scarcely recognize him.
The Methodist Bishop Nindeh as an ap-
pontment for a conference at Seoul, Corea,
this month, but it is feared he will have
small attendance.
The demand for Olive Schreiners MASTER
piece, "The Story of an African Farm" in
creases. Her publishers have gone to press
with another edition of 5000 copies, compet-
ing the 18th thousand.
BLoNDN began to toddle over rope when
fore the King of Italy. Since then he has ap-
peared in all parts of the world, and has
earned as much as $500 a performance.
Mr.. PERCY SANDERsoN, who will succeed
Sir William Lane Booker as British Consul
General at New York, has been Consul Gen
eral for the past few years at Galatz Rou-
mania. and also commissioner Of the Lower
Danube. He was formerly lieutenant in the
British army in India, but left the army for
the consular service in 1870.
MR. H. WELD-BLUNDELL has just returned
from complete round Of the oases Of the
Libyan desert, including that ofSiwah, where
are the ruins Of the temple of Jupiter Am
mon, which Alexandria the Great visited.
The complete tour had previously only been
made by the German traveller, Rohls. Mr..
Weld-Blundell Travelled over 10000 miles on
camels.
ONE of the most inveterate novel readers
in the House is Representative Gear, Of Iowa.
Ex-Governor OF that State and Senator-elect
He is regarded as one Of the strongest men in
the House on the great question OF govern
ment, but does not allow public problems to
absorb his whole time and interest. When
ever he has An hours leisure he is sure to
pick up a standard novel and bury himself in
its pages.
The Emperor OF China is initiating his
Majesty Of Germany in the liyeliness he is
introducing into the Chinese public service.
mandarin named Tsui had rendered him
self liable to censure for corrupt and scan
dalous dealings, and the Emperor resolved
to degrade him. He therefore ordered the
peccant mandarin to pass a literary examl-
nation, and as the culprit had not kept up
his classics, and the examiners were not par
ticuarly instructed to make things easy for
him, he failed miserably. He was, therefore,
degraded and reduced from Red Button to
a White Button.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-07
NO. 40.

facture and shield the consumer against the
exaction Of inordinate profits
1t will thus be seen that free raw materials
and a Just and fearless regulation and reduc-
ton of the tariff to meet the changed condi-
tions would carry to every humble home IN
the land the blessings OF increased comfort
and cheaper living.
The millions OF our countrymen who have
fought bravely aad we'll for tariff reform
should be exhorted to continue the struggle,
boldly challenging to open warfare and con-
SANITY guarding against treachery and bali
beartedness in their camp.
Tariff reforms will not be settled until 1t is
honestly and fairly settled in the interest and
10 the benefit of a patient and long-sufferlng
people. Yours, very 'ruly'
r.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-07
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

Man and Child Struck Near Parkersburg---o hers
Were Stunned.
During terrific electric storm at Parkers-
burg. W. Va. lightning struck the steamer
Ben Hur. Bascomb Meyer, who was in
skiff near the boat, was also struck and in
stantly killed
The dwelling OF Jacob Stanley, near Rock
port. was also struck. One Of Mr.. Stanley
children was instantly killed, and Mrs. Stan
lev and two other children badly shocked and
burned.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-07
JOltr1lG
Not a Journalist.

Millionaire-You ask for the hand of
nv daughter You are journalist,
believe and journalists, am told, can
scarcely earn their salt :.
Young Editor with dignity)-You
mistake sir. l am not journalist; |
W aOh! Keep anews-stand, !presume.
Good. paving business Take her, my
son, and be happy" = Ne" York
Weekly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-07

The next dav Warren Leland left New
York, armed with the instructions he had
rece we'd; and, further, with letter from
Emerson Sweetland, M. c., to Nathan
Metcalf, Esq.
Cn reachin the Roxbury station he
took carriage to his own farm, which
Law at some distance from the center.
While making this transit he considered
to himself that the Path of ambition was
not exactly one of roses, and that it was
hard for him, at the outset of his enter
prise. to encounter two faces as disquiet-
ing as those of Nathan Metcalf and his
daughter.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-07
TARIFF BILL ALAV
Without President (leYelaud'S
Signature.
LETTER TO GEN. CATCHINGS
He Explains Why He Did Not Sign
the Bill--Not Better Than His
Party--AnaIyzes the Course
That He Has Pursued.

The Mckinley law is dead. The new tarih
bill became law at midnight without the
Presidents signature: His reasons for not
signing the bill are given in the following
letter:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-07
When Girls Are Engaged.

ITo BE CONTINUED. !
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-07

William Cullen Bryants mother kept a
diary for 50 years without missing day
This is the entry for November 3, 1884;
"Storming. wind y. E.. churnedi 7 in the
evening son born" 1t would seem that Mr.
Bryant did not inherit his poetical predilec-
ton from his mother,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
Stirring md Beating.

Every young housekeeper should thor
oughly understand the difference be-
tween stirring and beating. Many dishes
are spoiled because these things are not
clearly understood. In stirring the OBJ
ject is to combine the ingredients or TO
make a substance smooth. The spoon
is kept rather close to the bottom and
sides of the bowl and is worked around
and around in the mixture until the OBJ
ject is attained.
Beating is employed for two purposes
first. TO break up a substance, as in
beating eggs for breading or for GUS
tards; second, for, making a substance
light by imprisoning air in it. This is
the case when we beat the whites Of
eggs, cake, batter, etc. The movement
is very different from stirring. The
spoon or whisk at every stroke is par
TALLY lifted from the bowl and brings
with it a portion Of the materials that
are being beaten, which carries air with
it in falling back.
1t is not the number of strokes that
makes substances light, but rather the
vigor and rapidity with which the beat
ing is done When using a spoon or
whisk for beating, take long. upward
strokes, the more rapid the better. The
spoon should touch the bottom of the
bowl each time, and the motion must be
regular.
Another way TO beat is to use the cir
cular motion, in case the side of the
spoon is kept close to the side of the
bowl The spoon is moved rapidly in a
circle. carrying with it portion of the
observation-disclosures Gentlewoman.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
Standing rs am Art.

The average woman, from not knowing
how to stand properly, is trouble with
her skirts dipping in the back. one of
the most ungraceful features OF a bad
fitting gown. The best way TO correct
this would be to learn how to stand
erect, but this is a work of time, so 1t
is easiest to make the gown conform 10
the deformity. If you make your own
gowns, or if you do not, see that your
dressmaker makes your skirts at least
an inch shorter in the back than she
does in front Make the dress long
enough to touch in front and when you
put the binding on it will be just about
the right length all around for street
dress.-Chicago Tribune
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
JudiciOus LiGh ting.

Dining at a friends house recently
says a New York woman, Il was con-
scious through the meal that the light
was most gratefully arranged, and that
everybody looked at her best. Finally
discovered that the mellow radiance
which was so acceptable came from
above the table, but was not shed down
upon il, but up and out into the room,
full shadow which was yet entirely illu-
minating. This was managed by a large
circular metal shade, suspended by metal
chains in an inverted position, perhaps
three feet above the table. The bottom
of the shade was fiat and the sides tall,
measuring probably eighteen inches.
1.-The lamp was kerosene one of a sin
gle powerful burner, and the sides of the
shade, 1 was told. were lined with strong
force the rays up and out in a wide
effulgence. A circular opening in the
bottom of the shade permitted the lamp
to be drawn down through it for light
ing and replenishing, which opening
however, was perfectly closed when the
lamp was in position, permitting no
smallest ray to escape downward This
particular lamp, with It's beautiful and
ornamental shade of duh metal, was
trophy of travel in the orient and is not
to be duplicated for the liking to do so
but the principle of the lighting ought
to be possible to copy with a little effort
and experiment. Several tall single can
dlesticks with shades stood on the table
adding a soft color tone to the light.
fully apprecited. In summer there is no
heat, and at all times there is no glare,
and altogether Ii appeared to me a most
novel, artistic and delightful PLAN"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
4 Train Bearer.

In a supposedly serious account of
wOmen's patents is a remarkable one
credited to an English woman. The pat
ent is entitled Train support and train
bearer for ladies' gowns" and is thus
explained: The object of this new sup
port and bearer is to carry and hold the
train of a gown in such manner that the
lady wearing the gown may not be in
convenienced by the train. The train
support consists of longitudinal ana
crossbars or fat rails respectively, form
ing a grating or framing. which is at
tached to the inner side of the train by
means of ribbons The longitudinal bars
or rails are bent so as TO hold the train
a proper distance from the body of the
wearer the important feature OF the
train support being that it gives the
train a good hold and makes 1t at the
same time arrange itself in graceful folds
even when the wearer takes hort turns.
By providing the train support with
small rollers or casters a perfect train
bearer is produced, the rollers carrying
the grating or framing and then keep
ing the train of the gown a proper dis
lance above the floor or ground.
Can this proposition to carry about I'M
der ones gown scaffolding on wheels
be intended to be taken in earnest?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
Putting Down Carpets.

When putting down carpets in rooms
that are much used, il is a good plan TO
spread newspapers over the floors; then
take clean straw and scatter it evenly
over the papers and then put your carpet
down. 1t will let the dust through on
the paper, and clouds Of dust will not
follow the broom on sweeping day. The
carpets will last longer with this lining
than with any other, and when you take
them up again you will find the dust
lodged on the paper, and if carefully re-
moved TO the rubbish pile you will avoid
filing your lungs with poisonous dust,
as but little will be found on sweeping
the floors. In putting down carpets
in sparerooms, where they are not like
ly TO be taken up very often, it is an ex-
cellent plan to scatter smoking tobacco
over the paper to guard against moths
and the buffalo bug. This is a sure pre-
ventive against the attacks Of moths,
and carpets may be safely left down in
sparerooms for a number of years.-Chi-
cago Record.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
For the Health of the Eye.

Everybody should have his own bed,
towel. sponge and soap, make his hand
toilet in running water, live and sleep
in we'll ventilated rooms and come under
the cleansing, refreshing influences Of
outdoor air and sunshine, at least one
hour every day of his life for the health
of his eyes Roller towels, family wash
rags and the habit of using a bath or
basin of water second time produce
more diseases Of the eye and ear than
all the fevers on the list of plaques
There are forty-three diseases of the
eve. and more than half are contagious.
Fully. 25 per cent. of the sore eyes among
babies and young children and IL per
cent. among adults are preventable. The
most common disease, graduation Of the
lids. is conta gious and should be quaran-
tined In the surgical wards of public
and private institutions towels are fire.
duently burned, and bandages and dress
ings always the moment after use. Cata-
ract patients are put in separate rooms
i'm isolated wards. In all serious cases
surgeons change their clothes and often
wear inclosed spectacles. Considering
the pricelessness of sight, too much care
cannot be taken of the eyes.-N. Y.
World.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
When Age Crnens On.

A very true remark Is made by a
writer in a contemporary who thinks that
women between thirty and thirty-five
feel older than they do ten years later,
the loss of youth being then a present
calamity, to which they afterward grow
accustomed and reconciled by means of
fresh interests and pursuits. Not only
is ii perfectly true that the years during
which a fresh and attractive youth grad
ually wanes must be more or less fraught
with regret, but they present many little
social difficulties to which the better de-
fined periods of age are not subject, and
woman Of shy. diffident feelings is
liable to appear at her very worst just
when she ought to be gathering all her
forces to resist the misunderstanding on
Slaught of cid timetables Pictorial.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
An Aid to Sweeping.

For sweeping a room neatly there is
nothing like newspaper aid Take d
page of newspaper or other paper at A
time. wet in hot water and squeezesit
until it ceases to drip. Tear into pieces
the size of ones hand and cast them all
over the carpet. Then sweep, and most
of the dust in the room. if you use Your
broom judiciously, will be gathered into
the papers On mating use larger pieces
of paper, pushing them about ahead of
the broom, to take up fluff, If any, be
fore beginning the regular sweeping.
After velvet or other heavy pile carpet
is thoroughly swept sponging with
ammonia water will preserve its bright
ness wonderfully. About one month,
after sweeping, take a pailful of warm
water. after adding thereto a tablespoon
full Of ammonia or turpentine. Two
spoonfuls Of the latter will do good, it
being a preventive against moths. Go
over the whole carpet with a large soft
cloth or sponge wrung so as not TO drip.
Doubtless you will be surprised at the
rapid discoloration Of the water. If the
carpet be large and much soiled or dusty.
the water should be changed once or
twice.-Philadelphi Call.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
Women Who Use Powder.

Bear in mind that a woman who pow
ders must look to her diet, and by all
means be no niggard with her bath, for
all substances applied to the face have :
tendency to clog pores. Inquire very
closely into the composition of the pow
der you use, for, unfortunately, the
brands most in demand are absolutely
poisonous. Starch and rice powder are
the least .deleterious. Powder puffs are
not used as much as chamois skin, old
linen and scraps of merino for dustin
the face, yet this is all a matter of
fancy, as the art of powdering well lies
wholly in applying powder evenly, not
only to the face. but to the ears, throat
and neck.-America.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
Character in Boots.

The scarpologist is not exactly chiero-
mancist-he deals with the other extrem-
ity and tells your character, not by your
hand, but by your foot. or rather by your
boot. Give him a boot or shoe you have
worn for three months or more, and you
are opening up to him all your secret
springs OF action, your motives, your con-
duct, your life. If YOU wear heel and
sole even, you are an energetic man, full
of action and resource, and if that boot
belongs to a woman the owner is faith
full, affectionate and possessed Of the do
nestle virtues. If you wear the sole of
your boot on the outSide-which most
people do-you are an enthusiast and very
likely to become an adventurer. This is
not pleasant philosophy. and what makes
it worse is that the boot tells the same
story for both sexes. But it is when the
wear is on the inside that the results are
the strangest. If you are a man, you are
a feeble, irresolute, vacillating creature;
if you are a woman, you are attractive.
gentle and modest. Now, this, too, is odd
philosophy, for knockkneed people gen.
orally wear their boots on the inside. A
knockkneed man may be feeble and ir-
resolute, but why should a knockkneed
old maid be attractive. gentle and modest?
Westminster Budget
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
ODDS AND ENDS.

The practice of economy is no disgrace
1t is better living little than OUTLYING
a great deal.
Etienne Jodelle was the father Of the
French theater. His first play was
Cleopatra" presented on the stage in
1852.
Almshouses, as a state institution, did
not originate until after the suppression
of the monasteries in England during
the reign of Henry VIII.
Russian authorities of many places dis
courage the capture of nightingales by
confiscating the catch of the dealers and
releasing the little songsters.
Malebranche became so excited when
reading anything that interested him
that he was frequently obliged to pause
from palpitation of the heart.
The entire circulation of the newspa-
per press of the world is estimated at
10, zoe, 600 900 copies. and there exists one
journal for every $4,000 inhabitants.
It will be very generally found that
those who sneer habitually at human ma
ture and affect to desplse it are among
its worst and least pleasant samples.
Never bear more than one kind OF
trouble at a time. Some people bear
three kinds-all they have had, all they
have now and all they expect to have.
In a ton Of Dead sea water there are
1ot pouhus VI SAT-, 1ecu BED 90 nteoiteI-
ranean, So; Atlantic, 81; English channel,
72; Baltic, As: Black sea. 26, and Caspian
sea. IL.
The clerk of Queen Victoria's kitchen,
who always carves, receives a salary of
500 a year. The chef receives the
same, and two confectioners receive
81 500 each.
The grown girl of a family often
doesn't wash her face for several days,
claiming it is not good for the complex
ion. If the boy makes the same claim
he is whipped.
New York police who have been visit
ing fortune-tellers disguised as love-
tossed SWANS had this experience in
common-that the blonde officers were in
variably warned against rivals with dark
hair an eyes, and the dark complexioned
officers were told to beware of certain
blonde rivals.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
Women i'm the Age of Industry.

So long as government in the last an
alysis rested on physical force it was in
evitable that the forceful sex should
dominate in all social relations. But the
age of militarism is passed. The indus
trial age is upon us, III which a living
may be had without on the one hand the
sword and the battleax. and on the other
hand without the crude implements that
formerly demanded masculine strength.
Labor saving machinery gives strength
to the weak and places women poten-
tally on an equality with men.-Balti-
more Sun
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
BE Courageous.

Too many women suddenly throw
upon their own resources never look be-
yond the circle of their acquaintance for
help and accept as charity what they
might receive from a stranger as fair
remuneration. The most timid woman
can nerve herself to approach strangers,
business men, and talk business with
them. 1t cannot be done with a whine.
but ii can be done with hands clinched to
hide and keep in check ones nervousness.
Let the middle aged woman find out
where here goods or her services are
wanted, and then let her go ioldly to
those whom she needs to see, confident of
the merit of what she offers and placing
herself under no obligation, for "the la
borer is worthy of his hire. IN. Y Times.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30

more nauseating than a thick, lumpy
Cruel. If milk Cruel is ordered for pa
tient, make il in the same way as the
above, using a tablespoonful of flour. To
vary the flavor if the patient is kept
on the Cruel some time, boil a dozen
raisins in a little water and then cook
them in the milk. Strain before using
and do not break the raisins in the milk.
The frothed white of an egg stirred into
this cruel makes it very nutritious. Do
not add it. however, until the Cruel is
taken from the fire.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30

resting on the fender. and imagine you
are still young Now, a pretty figure
sometimes grows spare and gaunt, or the
contour is covered up by a burden of
adipoSe. The sunny hair grows gray.
Even the eyes change when surrounded
by wrinkles. The little hand grows yell
low and shriveled. But the neatly booted
foot may look just as il did long ago. and
the pretty voice be as harmonious as
ever."-N. Y. Dispatch.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
The DOOrhcII.

If the electric doorSell refuses to ring.
advises some one who knows. shake up
the electric jars. If that does not remedy
the trouble, put more water in them. 1t
sometimes happens hat the water gets
so low that the connection is broken. and
moisture is all that is necessary. Put
the water in the jar and shake it up a
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
For the Children.

Get painter to finish off section of
the nursery wall with blackboard stain,
buy a box of colored chalks and see
what a rock of refuge you have provided
for the small folks on rainy days. or on
any day, indeed. If the painter is not
handy, sheets of slated paper may be
tackled up. and the budding young artists
will go to work quite as contentedly.