davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
A Visit to the Empress DOwager

Frank G. Carpenter, who is now
In the East. sends to The Saturday
Evening Post a long article about
the Empress Dowager and China,
his facts having been gathered on
ly a few days before the present
troubles broke out. Two years ago
the Empress Dowager set aside all
presidents and received the ladies
of the foreign Legations at Peking,
One who was present told Mr. Car
penter about it. Among other
things she said:
Her Majesty was dressed in a
pale yellew silk gown, beautifully
embroidered with flowers and dra-
CONS of the same color. She wore
the headdress commonly worn by
elderly Chinese women, her hair
being fastened in a knot at the
b ,ck just below the crown, the
front of the head and part OF the
forehead being concealed by silk
band heavily embroidered with
pearls Of large size.
II was struck with Her Majesty S
youthful appearance. She was
-sixty-four, but she looked ten years
younger. Her face was plump and
free from wrinkles. She had Il
high forehead, elongated perhaps
by the custom of the Chinese ladies
of pulling out the hair at the edge
of the forehead with tweezers. She
had strong face and i'll youth
must have been very pretty. Dur
ing the audience she frequently
smiled, and | could STE no signs Of
that cruelty with which she has
been charged.
Her Majesty made us welcome
to the palace and to China. She
said she was glad indeed to receive
us as foreigners, and that we should
be friendly with one another, for
were we not all Of one family?
The banquet was fine, being
made up of many courses and con-
s sting of both Chinese and foreign
dishes.
After the banquet the Empress
Dowager again met informally
with the ladies, drinking tea with
each of the IN in turn, aud iii some
cases throwing her arm about one
and embracing her.
lat this time she gave each lady
a present of beautiful gold rlng
set with pearl us big as a marrow
fat pea, three silk dresses from the
royal looms and set OF two dozen
combs. Throughout the whole
audience she WAS exceptionally
gracious, and her manners were as
polite and affable and at the same
lime as dignifed and lady-like as
could be those of amy Empress OF
Europe"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
RS 6 Corscts for sale at V b
Bishops from so to $i~25.

Clothing is speciality with us
and we look after it carefully. We
buy from the very best makers of
mems and boys clothing, and the
result is that our stock presents
attractions and possesses merits
that are not found in the usual
"hand-me.down' garments that are
generally handled in country
places. We can fit You beautifully.
j. A. Whitelaw.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
Best roller shades 85c, curtains
s2rim SC at bishops.

Chinese are dangerous enemies,
for they oru lreueherooss That's
Why all eoanieffeits Of DeWiit's
Witch Hazel Salve arc dangerous.
They look like DpWitt's. But in-
stead Of the al healing witch hazel
they vii contain ingredients liable
To irrItate he skin and cause blood
poisoning. For piles, injuries and
skin diSeases uHa the original aud
genuine l)eWiIf's Witch Hazel
Salve. I'rinlbleand Lni sf0rd.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
Crabbottom News.
Aug. 21st, 1900.

4h"S -AS', -ASNNl'
The dry weather still continues,
with now and then a small shower.
Messrs McNultv. Arbogast and
Colaw are busy moving stock to
market, Cattle has been going off
readily at higher prices than usual.
The weather prophet says, we'll
have o very favorable winter-only
three months feeding. Well tell
Won more about it next MAY.
Children's day services at New
Church last Sunday. Everything
went off creditably.
MIR S E Harper's infant child
died here last Monday and was
buried Tuesday.
Miss Eife Simmons who has
been living with her brother in
Staunton, Va, for several years re-
turned home last Saturday.
Rev. Mr.. Brill has been conduct
inc protracted meeting here for
week or so. Hope that much
good will be accomplished before
it closes.
Rev VIM C Smith left Saturday
for District Conference which
meets at Ronney this wear. HOPE
i he'll have a profitable as well as a
pleasant trip.
Don't forget the date Of the Sun
day School Convention. 1t meets
Wednesday night, Aug. goth inst.
Everybody knows the hospitality
+of our people, how kind and will
ing they are to entertain their
friends. We welcome YOU to our
homes, il, The name of brethren
and co-workers in the Sunday
schools Of this county, and would
suggest for the benefit Of the COM
mittee on entertainment, etc. to
have nothing undone that would
add to the comfort and blessings
of our guests, both spiritual and
temporal. Let's make this the best
convention we have ever had IN the
county.
NJ. A. Colaw starts for Harmon,
w. Va. Friday where he expects to
meet some friends who wish to at
tend the convention.
Mr. John Hevener has completed
the new store building OF G S Way
bright 4 Go. MIR A G Corbin is
putting the finishing touches on
this week, by touching it up with
the painters brush. WAINWRIGHT is
hustler. and expects to move into
the new building Friday and Satur-
day. His partner and clerk are
both expansioniSts. Now is the
time for our Highland Democrats
to get in the band wagon before its
too late.
Mr. Edward Newman and his
cousin Robert Newman arrived
here from Stanton Saturday.
Messrs L Fl Stephenson and } NJ
Colaw are in town today Oh bust
ness Wise.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
Let Us Be
Your Watehmen.

TO some extent the impression pre-
walls that almost anybody can
six watch" and many only
learn by costly experience that
it is not so. The tinker, the
natural born mechanic, the
genius who can Fix anything"
finds himself at sea when he
tackles a fine watch, for the
adjustment to positions and
isocronism requires something
besides mechanical skill. There
is no detail with which we are
not familiar in the mechanical
and mathematical adjustment
Of a fine timepiece.
Ii. L. LANG.
Staunton. Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
House and Lot For Sale.

| will sell publicly, on Friday
Aug. Dist on the premises, a house
and 2 acre lot, known as the Laban
Cunningham property, at Crabbot-
tom Mills. Good house and gar
den and fine fruit.
Terms made known on day OF
sale. W. a. Cunningham,
ct Monterey.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
Bickford ard Huffman Drill.

Tie only drill sold in the comfy
because it is suited to our lands in
every particular. When you SOW
with a Bickford and Huffman you
are sure of crop. Don't run any
risk by sowing broadcast. If you
want drill call on w. A. Cum
bingham, Agent. 1t.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
Monterey, Va, Friday, Aug "a l9oo'

It's significant that friends Of
the administration are beginning
TO talk about the probability oftne
administration being compelled to
take Chinese territory in lien or
cash indemnity. This is believed to
be a feeler Of the public pulse.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
It EIeIped Win Battles.

Fwenty-nine officers and men wrote
from the Front to say that for scratches,
Bruises, Cuts, Wounds. sore Feet and
stiff joints, Bucklens Arnica Salve is the
best in the world Same for Burns, skin
Eruptons aud Piles. 25 cts. a box. Cure
-guaran Iced sold by S. j. Carson drug
gist.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24

ana cneerfulnesS soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
thatit is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin-
- II ~ Al =
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24

The soothing and healing prop
critics Of Chamberlains Cough REM
edy, its pleasant taste prompt and
permanant cures. haye made it d
great favorlte with the people every
where. For sale by j. A. Whitelaw,
Monterev; H E Colaw, Crabbottom;
j n Jones, Doe Hill; S G Slayen,
Meadow Dale.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24

! am getting IN n new line #
shors direct from che mmlnfaett .
ers which | viii guarantee, Y u
Bishop.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
More School Figures.

0. Wilson clerk of Monter y
School Board, who has completed
his school census for the district
has the following figures to report:
Number of children between the
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24

In India, the land of famine
thousands die because they cannot
obtain food. In America, the land
of plenty many suffer and die be,
cause they cannot digest tine food
they eat. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat. 1t instantly
rplieyes aud radically cures all
stomach troubles.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24

A nice line of water coolers'
White Mountain ice cream freez 1e $,
3 d flower pots for sale by ' b
Bishop.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
Randolph Macon
Academy for Bows

represented by its graduates in Ran.
dolph- Macon College, Washington and
Lee University, University of w. Va,
Columbia University, and University of
va, branch of Randolph-MacOn SyS-
TEN. 9th session. Complete modern
equipment; gymnasium, field sports.
Thorough training amidst favorable sur
roundlngs. $3.50. may be reduced to
S211.60 Address CHAS. L. MELTON,
A. N. Principal, Front Royal, We.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages andlessens ambition; beauty, vigor
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24

A new line Of open and top bug
gies, spling wagons, surries, single
and double buggy and double team
harness Just received at Bishops,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24

urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage. it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
SwaTp-RO0t is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty fy1fI~~-
cent and one dollar sss':s.:s:a
sizes. You may have q ET#s sI5;s ~,
sample bottle by mail - s4s :sssss4.sS
free, also pamphlet tell Home of Swamp Root.
ing all about it, including many OF the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Or. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, ~. T., be sure and
mention this paper.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24

which IS an increase Of 90 over the
census of 05,whiIe in the other dis
tricts decrease is shown. Number
in district who can read and write:
White males 1888, white femal s
120, and colored 10, total 28l.
Number attending private
schools %.
Number Of school children in
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24

BY druggists, in fifty
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have Z
sample bottle by mail
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24

osaaw'';eqyEJl;Ess!I9,';;::':;::7E
II X : 8i e !; 81;
% ess r. s!sz!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01
"Spellbinders' Alone, of Which There Will Be More
Over 81 100000, and Photographs and
Are Not Had for Nothing.

ceded on all sides that the Mckinley
managers had as much, and by many
they were credited with possessing a.
much more substantial campaign fund
AL kinds of politicians agree that the
two national committees had at least So
100000 to spend IN the fight of four years
ago, and the same authorities are unan-
imous in declaring that the two commit
tees will have fully as much this year,
For every dollar that the national COM
mittees spend 1t is conservative esti-
mate that the state committees of the
two parties will spend four, and this will
make up the total Of &25,0OO,OO 900 that the
election will cost. 81
To show where so much money goes, a
study Of the cost of campaign speeches
alone is very Instructive. Each national
committee spends at least 100000 for
speeches., and the escommittees spend
item Of eleven millions The Republican
national committee this year will send
out twenty-five hundred speakers from
the New York headquarters and three
thousand speakers from the headquarters
in Chicago. The Democrats will send out
an equal number. These speakers cost
on the average $11O week, that sum in
Guiding salaries to the spellbinders and
an expense allowance Of IS day. Some
Of the campaign speakers receive salaries
as high as $3.50 week, while others are
content with $25 a week and their ex-
penses. The average cost Of these speak.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01

begun their night, although they soon
will be doing in Chicago practically the
same thing that the Republicans already
are doing in this city. The Republicans,
unlike the Democrats, already have de-
cided upon having two great national
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in New York and one
in Chicago. The Democrats may open a
national headquarters here later, but
they will start the campaign with Chi
cago as the Democratic storm center.
It was an old idea Of James q. Blame
that a presidential campaign should be
conducted from two central points. The
Plumed Knight used to impress the i'm
portance of this view upon his Repub-
lican friends, but the idea never was
formally adopted until the campaign @.
1886. When Marcus A. Hanna became
chairman of the Republican national
committee he decided to try Mr.. Bla1ne.s
plan, and 1t was found to work admir-
ably. It Is being followed again this year
chief of the Republican forces, will d1-
vide his time between the two national
Headquarters.
Senator James K Jones, chairman OF
the Democratic national committee, has
not, yet made arrangements for formal
headquarters elsewhere than in Chicago
The managers Of William j. Bryan's can
vass four years ago conceded the East to
Mckinley at The outset of the fight, and
for that reason were content to have
desk room in the headquarters of the
Democratic state committee. Mr.. Bryan,
Senator Jones and other Democratic
leaders this year believe there will be
strong tactical advantages in having
headquarters dn New York and in con-
Quoting stiff fight IN what they used to
call .the enemy's country. This done
the general outline Of the Democratic and
Republican campaigns viii be similar.
It was repeatedly asserted by Mr.. Bry-
ans supporters in 1896 that they had lit
tie money with which to conduct their
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01
1T COSTS $25,000,000 TO ELECT A PRESIDENT
Than $1,000, Will Cost
Stereopticons i.

20 follow the movements of Senator
danna or Senator Jones for twenty-four
hours is to get an insight into what is
'robablythe greatest problem Of organiza-
1on ever known. Shrewd, far-seeing men
Who organize trusts or other great enter
or1ses have comparatively simple tasks
With which to cope. These two great
generals of the campaign Of 1900, are
organizing machinery as complete and
substantial as though they expected never
10 do anything else but elect presidents.
# they were organizing hundred year
residential clubs they could not be moro
thorough and systematic.
The national chairman maps out the
work and divides great responsibilities
among his immediate assistants. They
In turn divide their work so that a dozen
or twenty or hundred men will look
after the details These men assign in
turn important tasks 70 hundreds of party
workers under them. After the campaign
is well under way the minor workers re-
port to their superiors, as lieutenant in
the army reports to his captain. The
captain in turn reports to his major, the
major to his colonel and the colonel to
his general, Senator Hanna or Senator
Jones, as the case might be. When. a
situation arises down the line that threat
ems trouble Senator Hanna or Senator
Jones hears of it and devises some plan
for avertirg the danger. He then directs
MS subordlnates to see that the plan is
tried and requires full explanations for
failure.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01
SHOO! GO AWAY !!

campaign. Despite this statement, we'll
informed politicians estimate that the
Bryan managers had not less than So, $780,
600 for use in that campaign. It was con-
ers 20 Inc committee is $l1U week, and
they are on the stump eight weeks.
While the national committee Of each
party thus will have five thousand five
hundred speakers out, the various state
committees will have ten times as many
more on the stump. The salaries Of
speakers engaged by the state commit
tees may be less than those paid by the
national managers, but the state commit
tees have to pay the rental of all the
buildings in which campaign meetings are
held. This item adds tremendously to the
total.
One of the most expensive items In the
campaign next to the speakers is that Of
printing and stationery. For this each
national committee spends at least $780,
Uoo The number and size Of the docu-
ments sent out have increased with each
campaign, until thiA year it is expected
that the Mckinley and the Bryan man
ayers each will send out no less than
hundred million documents. Before the
Garheld-Hancock campaign was half over
the republicans and Democrats had sent
out more than twelve million documents,
and this style Of campaigning has become
more popular with each presidential con-
test. The bulk Of this matter is sent by
express to the chairmen of the various
state committees for distribution. "A great
lea. of It goes free, being ranked from
shington. Speeches delivered in con-
sress by Republicans and Democrats con-
st1tute large part Of the campaign mat
-er, ard Republicans and Democrats alike
AXE advantage of this opportunity to. get
10 the voters speeches favorable to their
side in the contest Each national commit
zee sends out i've million buttons ana FIVE
million Autographs, all of which are dis
ributed through the state chairmen OF
he two parties.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01

While the national chairmen are very
. busy devising plans for success, they
also find time to raise the bulk of the
campaign funds. They delegate to others
the task of selecting and sending out
literature, engaging and assigning speak
ers receiving callers and answering cor
respondence and studying reports on
conditions in the various states Speak
ers are told the subjects on which they
may talk and they are directed as to how
they shall handle these subjects. It is
found that certain line of argument is
received with disfavor in a certain state.
the speakers in that state are warned
to shift their arguments in accordance
with new instructions. If the discussion
Of the money question promises more
votes in a given state than a discussion
Of imperialism, the speakers of the re-
spective parties are instructed to talk
finance. IN states where the voters seem
to care more for speeches on Imperialism
than finance, the spellbinders are directed
to talk imperialism. A dozen and one
straws Of this kind have to be watched
constantly, the campaign managers re-
alizing that failure to act promptly may
result in the loss Of state whose cleo
toral vote may be essential to success.
No feature of the campaign is watched
by the national chairman more closely
than the preliminary and the final cam.
vases of the voters. Both parties soon
will have under way convass of every
voting precinct. This will show In a gem
eral way how many of the voters favor
Bryan and how many favor Mckinley.
1t also will show who Of the voters are
doubtful, who are inclined to favor Bryan
and would lean toward Mckinley. The
taking of this canvass costs tremend-
Gus sum Of money, but the party man
ayers must have it in order to gauge the
outlook. They soon discover where their
lines are weakest and where those of
(CoD Huund ON second Page.)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01

~ Twenty-Five millions of dol
'" lars! That Is the enormous sum
II that will be expended during the.
~ coming three months in cleo l. e
the next pre<i1ent of the United
States.
According to the estimates Of some po-,
Htical leaders, a much larger sum will
have been spent by the time the cam
paign ends. Twenty-Five millions of dol
lars Is accounted conservative esti-
mate. Upward of that sum was used in
the campaign of 1885, and more money
will be expended this year. Both parties
are more prosperous now than they were
in 1896.
Unless one could get behind the scenes
and account for the bulk OF this vast
sum few probably would believe that so
many millions could be used by the pol
iticians in SO short time. With each
succeeding presidential election it has
become easier for the managers on both
sides to use money bounteously. This
does not mean that there is to be- a
wholesale debauchery of voters. No one
knows just what proportion Of the TWEEN
five millions will go to purchaseable
voters. 1t is known, however, that only
a small part of the total will be used
in this way.
With the opening of national head
quarters in this city last week by the
Republicans the campaign to reflect
President Mckinley was got under way
The Democrats have not yet formally
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01
FISH TALES, IF NO FISH.

FerGy tn. Guide Talks While the
Bass Decline to Bite-Catch of the
Red Flannel Shirt Punishment
of Alcck Hume, the Mean Scotch
rnan-Tnrget Shooting of the Por-
cupines-The Death Song of the
LooT-Forcst Romance.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01
KENNY'S ROYAL FLUSH:

1t Was a Long Time Coming, but II
Paid Him When 1t Came-Old
4 Man Greenhut'ss Story to Show
the Value of Persistence-A Bar
tender Who Stuck to His Theory
of Poker Through Many Discour-
aSements and Won Out Ct Last.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01

II nh rs most surprisln' thing"
0N6i said old man Greenh@t as ne
~ set the bottles away behind
~ the bar, that FOLKS don't
IL seem to 'preciate the impor-
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-10-01
Our Endurepce

During life each member of thp
human body produces poison to itself.
When this poison accumulates faster
than 1t can be eliminated. which al.
ways occurs unless the muscle has
an interval of rest. then will come
fatigue, which is only another expires.
sion for toxic Infection
III the muscle Is given an interval Of
rest, so that the cell can give off its
waste product to keep pace with the
new productions, the muscle will then
hberate energy for a long time. This
latter condition is what we call en-.
durance.
Like any other pondnrous and in.
tricate machine, the body requires
time to get in harmonious working
order. The brain. nerves, heart and
skeleth muscles must be given some
warning of the work they are expected
TO perform. Ignorance of this fact has
broken down many young man who
aspired to honors on the. cinder path.
The necessity Of getting all the parts
Of the body slowly in working order ls
we'll understood by trainers and Jockeys
on the race track. as Is evinced by the
warming up they give
their horses although II is doubtful II
The trainers could give any physiologic
reason for their cnstom.-Popular
Science.