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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-01-25
ARETIREDBJSIEESSW WOMAN.
q Pare From Her History.

Tie ilncortenb experiences Of others are
ta.erassing. TIE following Is 70 exec ption:
III had boon troubled win hoars oise@ee -
yoa-s, much Of thGt tine very seriously. FOE
i've yasrs vas traas~ ~ Gao physician con-
tiru0usly. Twas ia business. but o5iigsa 70
retire ga account OF ny health. a ply
s,cian tolH Iyr friends that could nos 1--WE
month, nv feet - limbs were badly ST0i-
len sad vas Indeed IL q serious condition
who's s gentleman directed 10y attention 20
Dr.. MiiSs' NeT Iiears Cure, end said that MS
slater, who hsd boon eHicted with hesrt ois-
eaJE, kaG teen cnrod BY the remedy. ana uae
again . ssHong, healthy woman: purch2SSo
o bottle OF the Heart Cure, end IN legs thS9
ar hour after taking she Gsst Gcse coulo
feel q decids1 isnprovf1cent in the cifcuiauoE
81 NV blood. When had taken three doses
could move IA ankles, something ! had not
6ooe for months. ami my limbs had boon sEei-
len 80 long THAI they seemed elInoet puHlned-
bsfore | he'd taken one bottle OF the. New
liesFs Cure tbs sSeillng had al gone down.
eod gAs 50 much better that did my own
work. On my recommendation six others are
taking this valuable remedy."-Mrs. Morgan,
$50 W. Harrison ST.. Chicago, Ill.
nr. Niles Nes hsaPt Cure, 3 discovery OF sa
eminent specialists in heart disease. IL soid py
all druggists on L positive S1arnntee or sent
by the Er Miles Medical Co, EikhsrN IND, on
receipt of price Fl per bottle, Hx bottloe for
s., express prepaid. 1t 10 pcsitVely frSe from
ell oDiatoS OF dangerous drugs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-01-25
Notice

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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-01-25

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Latest t>sgns and secure o0ntfact.' Aooie1s
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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-01-25
Every Machine has

JOHN T.. SINGER,
Manufacturer CT all
kinds Of COnfectiOnc-
ries, plain and fancy
candies, cakes. crack
es.s &c. No. 1916 Main
st. 4tauDb 0ia, Va, can
save the merchants OF
Highland &t least the
freight from n OrtherRl
markets, OF tais lime
OF goods, If not mere.
Give htfn Il trial
Send Ia your order al
un0e &nA You will b"
pleased with price AND
y uai!tYf goods.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

ing the winter. There is not only
health and comfort and pleasure in
wintering in Florida, but to us it is
economy. My wife and / will pay board,
OF course. but that will not amount to
half as much az coal and wood and water
and gas and horse feed and winter
clothing and servants hire and "buh.
dance of company" just think what
little child can do. For her sake her
mother had TO 60 to Florida-and took
her sister with her. For all their sakes
my wife and l have followed on-the
Same old story of parents growing old
and running after their children.
shall return home about Christmas
for o week or two, but until then my
address will be Clear Water Fla. The
postal name is Clear Water Harbor, but
that doesn't matter. BILL ARP.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10
--------------
The Brewers Fat Horss 3.

Among the hundreds of horses in
Philadelphia used for drawing brewery
wagons, one never sees thin or bony
animal. They are all big, round,
sieek-looking fellows, apparently capa.
BILE of drawing twice the amount OF
beer they do. The reason for it is sim
pie. These horses are fed very largely
on what is known as brewers grain ~
the residue of the brewing process, a
nourishing but unstable product of
the brewery. When the labor of beer
making is ended gallons of these grains
in liquid form are poured into closed
wagons and carried to the stables,
where they are fed to the horses.
They are fattening and give brewery
cart-horses that rotundity which is the
marvel of many who do not under
stand the true cause of it..
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10
IN COLONIAL DAYS.

THE Philadelphia practice of naming
streets after forest trees had become
well established.
A NEW arrival In a Jail was set upon
by his fellow prisoners and robbed of
everything he had.
THE yellow fever was more common
In every northern city than it is now
in tropical town.
BAKING was done in sort of pot on
long legs. Roasting was effected with
a spit or smokejack.
BEAR skins and buffalo robes were
common bed coverings. Quilted COM
forts were a luxury.
GLOVES were not worn either for
style or for comfort. Mittens of yarn
were worn in winter.
TOMATOES were grown in flower gar
dens, were called love apples and were
thought to be poisonous.
TIE windows were filed with dimin-
utive pancs OF glass, generally not
more than four inches square.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10
THE NEW SKIRTS.
Variety in Gowns and Much of Their Chic
VIII Lie In Them.

'Hbioby III 0o"hs anu 4huch VI NhlC
VIII Lie In Them.
The variety in new gowns, and also
much of their chic, lie in the skirt. No
one style is preferred above all Others
There are seldom two skirts precisely
alike, yet all are very plain. All are
made full at the foot and scant at the
top, but they are of most various
widths Each famous Paris house has
its own models, differing from those of
its neighbors in many ways, particu-
larly in the number of breadths and in
the way of supporting them, whether
by steels, hair-cloth, canvas or crino-
line, or by emitting all interlining in
favor of very soft folds. New fabrics
require different treatment, and the
cut varies as the skirts are meant for
the house or the street, for driving or
walking, for general use or for dress
or evening wear. There are skirts APP
|propriate for the short or the tall, the
stout or the slender figure, and thus
something satisfactory to all tastes is
found, and there is fair promise of
much individuality in dress when the
new gowns are worn.
l. hC Va bdllCbd VI Va 'DGTCdlluG
is first fitted on the wearer, and with
as much care as is waist lining. If
darts are necessary to fit the hips they
are now often in the lining only. All
the breadths of the lining are sewed
together, and ecru canvas or gray hair
cloth is basted smoothly on the seamy
side, extending to the top of the four
back breadths, and about ten inches
deep across the front and sides. The
wooden outside breadths having been
sewed together, the skirt and it's lin
ing are joined by seam around the
foot, then turned with all seams in
side, and tackled occasionally in the
seams with blind stitches. When
bias seam comes directly down the
middle of the back it is sometimes
thought best to sew the outside and
lining together down this seam, press
ing it open fatty and binding each
edge. This, however, is more seldom
done at present than formerly. A wide
wool braid is stitched twice around the
foot of the skirt next the lining, or else
an inch-wide bias band of velveteen
covers the seam and protects the edge
by extending slightly below it. There
is tendency to do away with the
bala yeuse or dust ruffle on street
gowns, as the silk of which it is made
soon wears shabby, and must be often
renewed. The fiat belt should be of
silk betting an inch wide, stitched on a
silk lining. A single rubber strap, or
else a strong ribbon, is placed quite
high across the godet folds to hold the
curves in shape, and it is said a wire is
to cross near the plated top of these
folds to make them project slightly
Harper's Bazaar.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Oyster Toast: Scald quart of oys.
ters in their own liquors take them out
and pound them in mortar; when
they form a paste add little cream
and season with pepper and salt; have
ready some nice pieces of toast, spread
the oyster paste upon them in the oven
for few minutes to heat-St. Louis
Republic.
Coffee stains, even when there is
cream in the coffee, can be removed
from the most delicate silk or wooden
fabrics by brushing the spots with pure
glycerine; rinse in lullewarm water
and press on the wrong side with a
warm iron. The glycerine absorbs both
the coloring natter and the grease
Leeds Mercury.
Egg Balls: Boil four eggs ten min.
utes. Drop INTO cold water, and when
cool remove the yollss. Pound these in
mortar until reduced to a paste and
then beat them with teaspoonful of
salt, speck of pepper and the white
of one raw egg. Form the balls about
the size of n walnut Roll in -four and
fry brown in butter or chicken-fat, be-
ing careful not to burn.-N. Y. Ledger
Rebel Corn Cake: Take two cups Of
hominy boiled soft; while hot mix in a
large spoonful of butter Beat four
eggs very light and stir into the hon.
my when cold, and add gradually one
pint of milk. Lastly add half pint
of corn meal. The batter should be of
the consistency of rich-boiled Gus
tard. Bake in a deep pan.-Boston
Budget.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10
SUICIDES PAWN TICKETS.
Brokera Commonly Reckon Them as Fart
of Their Assured Profits.

of Their Assured Profits.
The fact that pawnbrokers probably
make larger profits on the money they
invest than any other business led the
Charity Organization society, OF New
York, to establish u mont de piete OF
its own, for the purpose of making
loans to poor persons at reasonable
rates of interest. 1t has not been a
great success. There is less red tape
and cxasperating questioning at pro-
fessional pawnbroler's and therefore
Door folks prefer to trade with them
The pawnbrobers' plea has always
been that when the cost OF storage is
added to the loss sustained through
unredeemed pledges, but little is left
to them of the twenty-four per cent.
year, which the law permits them to
exact.
The part of their plea relating to I'M
redeemed pledges is merely blind to
hide their real profits. Isaac Simpson,
who by the same token is the original
of the thirtv-one Original Simpsons"
in the pawnbrolSing trade in this city,
said to the reporter: MY rule in life
is never to tell lie. What l make in
my business is no ones business but
my own. Yet if any man in my line
says unredeemed pledges are not the
chief source of profit then he is liar.
eyes, that suicide in whose pockets
were yesterday found eighteen pawn
tickets" said Mr.. Simpson, ''made the
man who issued them just that much
richer. A suicide without pawn tick
cts On his person is such a rarity that
we have come to credit about fifteen
per cent. to that source. When the
papers report that suicide had pawn
tickets an agent of the associated
pawnbrolers learns and reports by
whom they were issued. Such pledges
are seldom redeemed. Another curious
fact about our business is that the
.hance is about one in ten that a
pledge will be redeemed after the
ticket has passed from first hands
They seem to anticipate trouble if
they offer to redeem a pledge other
than our own. So you see the pawn
broker is about the only one that can
caynt on or gets richer by men killing
themselves. IN. Y. Advertiser
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10
ance. am certain she is a girl worth

ance. am certain she is girl worth
knowing"
The young man was employed as an
accountant in a railroad Office, but he
came near receiving his discharge on
that day, for he wrote MAUD and "um-
brella" on SO many places in the
ledger, that he was asked to explain
his new system of figuring, and
cautioned to be more careful In fu-
ture.
He did not go to the club dinner with
his friends that night, but swallowed
hasty bite at n restaurant on his way
to his boarding-house, where he sell
dom ate, and then he dressed carefully
with the nonchalant air of well-to-
do young man who respects himself
and the world in which he lives, and
with his, or rather her, umbrella un-
der his arm, he started for the objec-
tive point of his thoughts, 222 Live
we'll avenue.
Just as he expected, it was one of
the fine uptown houses, and he at
| once recognized the name on the door,
"Dekin," as that of retired capital
list, who had lovely young daughter
just returned from her studies abroad.
Whewl He felt like leaning the UNI
brella up against the door, ringing the
bell, and running away, a style of do
ing disagreeable errands he had prac-
ticed in his boyhood. Then an I'M
pleasant thought assaulted him. What
| II he should be arrested for stealing
| the umbrella? These were ticklish
| ,1AI x.
be able TO account for property found
in his possession. The mere sugges-
ton made him turn cold, and he near
ly tainted as he imagined himself
seated in the patrol wagon on his way
to Jail. Such things had happened
and the harmless silk umbrella began
to look to him like an avenging agent
of fate.
"Pooh!" he said, as he wiped the
cold and clammy perspiration from
his manly brow; .'Tll screw my cour-
age to the sticking place." and he
gave the electric bell push that set
the whole house vibrating with its
summons. The door was opened al
most instantly, and a woman-the
identical fat woman who had stepped
on his foot in the street car-stood be-
fore him.
"Well," she asked, as he gasped for
words, what are We wantin'?'
Her tone was belligerent. and she
set her arms akimbo, quite filling the
doorway.
Are you the-the housemaid?" STAN
mered the young man, who had not
the slightest idea of what he was
saying.
'I'm tn cook, an eff we hev emmy
business here we can shpakc it to me-"
as your name Maud?" he inquired
wildly, having quite lost Ills head.
at is none of yer business" was
the sharp retort; then-fatal momenti
her eye fell on the umbrella.
"Oh, We thafe of the world, did We
bring it back agin? Ye swiped it
from me in the car. Give it here,
quick, and be off wild we or I'll call the
patrol on we will"
She made a snatch at the umbrella,
but Gilbert put it behind him with u
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

sweet musical voice called out from
the hall:
who is it, Ellen?'
"It's me brother, MISSILES tellin'
me a message"
"Im nothing of the kind, exclaimed
Gilbert over the cooks head; 81 wish
to see Miss Dekin."
An illuminated idea had occurred ia
him, and frightened his wny out OF
the difficulty.
"Show the gentleman in, Ellen"
said the sweet voice, in a ptremptory
tone this time, and Ellen. shaking her
fist at the young man and trying in
vain to snatch the umbrella. made
haste to obey Gilbert was ushered
into a pretty room, where a charming
young woman waited to receive the
card he handed her.
1--WE have n mutual friend" she said.
pleasantly: "let me take your hat and
umbrella"
"Your umbre LA, Miss Dekin, if your
name is Maud"
''Why, so it is. How funny. Where
did you find it?'
He was only too ready to tell his
story, including his reception at the
door by Ellen Miss Delxin laughed
heartily.
Poor thing, she shall have an UNI
brella of her own. 1 have often sus-
pected her of borrowing my things.
but she is so capable and such good
cook that we could not live without
her. You see, she did not want you
to give it to me, as that would tell
against her. | expect she has worried
over it's loss, but had not missed il"
The umbrella proved such fertile
subject of conversation that Gilbert
made long call. and was invited to
come again, privilege he will not be
slow to appreciate. Detroit Free
Press.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10
: MAUD,
: peg LIvEwELL AVENUE.

Now Livewell avenue was one of the
most aristocratic streets in the city,
and the question at once arose: "Who
was Maud?" And how did Rawlins
obtain that umbrella? He had dined
at the club with some of his friends
had gone from there straight home by
the street car-ha! he must have as
simulated that umbrella in the car
He did not remember seeing anyone
In the car except woman of very
ordinary appearance, and he only re-
called her because she had weighed
about three hundred pounds and had
stepped on his foot in getting out.
There was certainly no one there who
answered to- the appearance of
MAUD" as she was represented by this
dainty silk umbrella, which seemed to
diffuse faint perfume through Gil
bert Rawlins' bachelor apartments.
His first impression was one of i'm
mediate restitution. He would call a
messenger boy and send it to her num-
Der with note Of explanation and
apology. He wrote several such mis-
sives on his metal tablet, but as they
all began with MAUD there seemed
boldness in the severe simplicity of
his mode of addressing her. Dear
Maud" sounded too familiar, "Miss
Maud" might be misnomer Ha!
Suppose she were married? He had al
ready settled her in his thoughts as
an ideal, and thrust aside the obtrusive,
unvelcome thought of her marriage
with some other man. NO" he rea-
soned, there is her sweet, simple,
girlish name" and he sang:
Come into the garden. Maud.
For the black bat night has flown;
Come into the garden, Maud,
am here at the gate alone
Tum-te -tum -te- tum- te- tum-te."
The only effect this had was to
arouse the midnight wrath of his land
lady, who called to him through his
door to remember that there were
other people in the house who wanted
to sleep.
So he then concluded that it was too
late to send the runaway home that
night. He would wait until the morn
ing, and he went to bed, and dreamed
all night of canopies descending upon
him, and of stealing innumerable
umbrellas which he was try ing to sell
to an old-clothes man.
The first thing he saw in the morn
in was the waif of the night before
standing tr i'm and taut in corner
of his room. 1t looked more bewitch-
ing then than by the gaslight, and he
discovered that it was an imported ar
ticle, and had the Paris trademark
stamped in the silk.
''Whewr' he said as he unrolled 1t,
where you have been. and what sights
you have seen, | would like to know
An idea strikes me. must be careful
Of it for this is going to be hard win
ter. shall take fate--I mean the
uinbre1la--into my own hands and re-
store it to its legitimate owner this
evening. Who knowsl She may of.
fer me the reward Other acquaint.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10
A DAY WITH BABY.

The baby I'm acquainted with
Knows naught OF battles harms,
Although he's Of the infantry.
And often up in arms.
He puts his grandpas glasses on.
Then initiates his frown,
And reads the paper backward, while
He holds 1t upside down.
Sometimes nc cries, and oh, so hard,
think he understood
The good old doctor when he said
That IL would do him good.
With kitty oft upon the rug
He has wrestling match.
And kitty, it may be. will win
BY just the merest scratch.
He croons little song that sounds
Like Gum, oh gum with mel"
And, as he Ia a minor, he
Selects minor key.
Each day nurse wheels him to the park,
So in his carriage there,
A little son and heir may find
a little sun and air.
As In his crib he dozes Of,
With such funny snore.
We wish he'd sleep till eight, instead
or waking up at four.
Malcolm Douglass in st. Nicholas.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

his recent wherea bouts and tried to
lay the blame where it belonged
The acquisition of wandering, lost
or strayed umbrella was not of much
Importance in a general way, because
umbrellas. like dogs, are not looked
upon as property. Shakespeare says
nothing about stealing umbrellas. By
the way, the people of the day had
Shakespeare, but they had no UNI
brella. That useful article had not
then come into use. This is an after
thought to verify my knowledge Of
history.
This umbre lla, which now lay SO
heavily on the conscience of Gilbert
Rawlins, was a very light affair, its
actual weight being a mere trife, but
what troubled him was the fact that
it was woman's umbrella, dainty,
gold-handled parachute, with the
name of the fair owner-an unknown
woman is always fair to a mans i'm
agination-engraved in. Roman letters
on the handle, upon a small gold
plate;
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

AGITAToR O'RAFFERrY 1.-THE land, me
friends, has belonged to the paple since the
days of Adam" "Yis,n replied voice in
the crowd, "and wasn't he evicted from
the Garden of Eden widout comp:nsationl
Don't shpake of him. Texas Siftings.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

During the gold fever in Australia,
from 1882 to 1855, barley was worth 4
shillings per bushel; wheat shillings;
tobacco WAS shillings per pound;
potatoes were IA shillings per hun
dredweirlt
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

"THE people in the next fat are greaG
music lovers" ''How do you know2 They
never sing or play mo, but they've COM
planned to the landlord about the people in
the house who do.n-Inter Ocean.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

CAPTAIN = "What is strategy in war;
Give me an instance Sergeant-"Well,
strategy is when you don't let the enemy
discover that you are out of ammunition,
but keep right on firingn
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

SIS THERE anything sharper than the crease
In the New York dudes trousers9" "Oh
yes. The creese the Malay pirate carries al
ways In his teeth. n-Harper's Bazaar.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

"A pair of spectacles cost in the six
teenth century at least $780, 1t was
fashionable to wear them, and the
larger they were the better they were
supposed to support the dignity Of tho
wearer.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

"lsN'T it queer" said Maud. ''I've never
seen my fance!" "Whati Never seen him q"
no" said Maud, "rvo never seen him.
He's never asked me.n-Harper's Bazaar.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10
ARP EXPLAINS.
He Sets Himself Right With His Pres
byterian Friends for the Present.

But Soon He Goes to Fiorida-Thsn lie
Will Spin None of His Fish Yarns.
He Is Sorry lie Has So Little
of This Worlds Goods.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

$40 YOU ever dream of becoming q great
artist" Snoozer mo. | ehould like to
know how 1 could. The breakfast bell rings
at half-past six"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

TEAcHER--"A mole eats daily as much as
it weighs" Pupil-"But how does it know
how much 1t hsl"-Fliegende Batter
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

A RIGHTEOUS man needs no monument
Rams Horn.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

SYDII-"When Steve proposed to me he
acted like a fish out of water" Triple
"Why shouldn't hel He knew he was
caught. n-Y onkers Blade.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

THE deadly parallel-The railroad track
Puck.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

"WoMAN will be famed rs we'll as man p
she CALCULATED as she threw down the book.
Eyes" responded old Cynicus, 'for untold
ages."-Boston Commonwealth.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-10

TIE minister who is not more than a
preacher is poor one-Ram's Horn.