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he GOT THE BRIDGES.
Effective Method Used by Represents
alive Hamilton of Michigan.

alive Hamilton of Michigan.
One of the best stories told of con-
gressmen relates to Representative
Hamilton of Michigan. When Mr..
Hamilton wants anything. he wants
It badly and will not stop fighting UNI
til il is obtained. Once upon time.
and not long time ago, he wanted
bridge built over the Pawpaw river
I'm his district He sought the proper
officials and pestered them insistently.
Still the bridge was not built, and, from
all indications, it would not be built for
n long time. Mr.. Hamilton was pa
thence personified. Patience. however.
finally ceased to be a virtue, and the
representative from the middle west
was mad. One morning he went to the
war department with blood in his eye,
strength i'm his arm and bottle Of
Pawpaw water In his pocket.
Here it is" he shouted as he rushed
into the office Of the secretary of war.
Here is whatY coldly inquired the
secretary of war as he looked at the
little bottle of water.
Here Is some Pawpaw water" en-
phatically declared Mr.. Hamilton, land
| want an order for those bridges"
"What has the water got to do with
it?" questioned the official.
"Why. this is water from the river"
"What for?"
"To show you there is water in the
river. | was afraid you thought the
Pawpaw was race track. IN Indian
village or something like that. 1t Is Il
river. This is water from IT, We want
drawbridge over the river. We want
two. We want thcll for trains to run
over We want to accom2Cdatc the
expanding commerce Of E,l.oH IIar-
Dor DO we Get the drawbriGgcsY
what does the chief engineer sayT'
"Ie says we ought to have the
draws"
The chief engineer was L. FOR lie
said the Paylmw should have two
bridges. The orders were signed
Washington Post
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-08-09

Gas a psychologist. believe in the
Sabbath day" says G. Stanley IIall in
Ainslee's. "One day in seven should
be kept holy from work and sacred to
mans primitive paradise of leisure.
am no Puritan pietist or even Sab
batarian in any severe sense. but
hold that this is one Of the greatest or
all human institutions and that the
command to keep it as day OF rest
is written in our physiological conStl-
buttons. If need be. ii may be kept III
sleep. mans great reStor,r Monday
our nerves and brain must be re-
freshed. and we must start a new
weekly rhythm on a higher plane than
we closed the old one. The mental
scenery must be changed The brood
ers overthought must have enlarged
our plans and given Us both momen-
tum and direction. What form the
rest cure should take differs perhaps
for each person. 80 to church, but
nv neighbor should perhaps spend the
day in the fields, with children, in
music in books, but for all there
should be peace, tranquility. rcpose'
surcease of worry and relaxation. ID
no land should the Sabbath be so hal
lowed as in this land of hustle. ten
sion and Americani.iS
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Justice Giegerich of the New York
supreme court, who has fine summer
home on Staten Island, is very FOND OF
sailing, and a few weeks ago he IN
vited Il friend of his. q lawyer, TO 20
down the bay with him. At the start
the wind was quite brisk, but soon
freshened into gale and caused the
little craft they were in to toss ana
roll in a manner that soon caused the
lawyers features to twist into eX-
pressive contOrtiOns.
Justice Giegerich, noticing his friends
plight, laid a soothing hand on the lat
ter's shoulder and said:
"NIy dear fellow, can | do anything
for your
ayes, your honor" replied the lawyer
in plaintive tones. you will greatly
oblige me by overruling this notion
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-08-09

Tips were always out Of harmony
with the independence and self respect
Of true Americans. Good pay for good
work. with no unearncd gratuitics, il
hotels. restaurants and everywhere else
should be the custom. Tips are degrad-
ing both to givers and receivers. and
the whole system Of tipping is unSound
and ineXcusable. 1t cannot endure.
No club of any real distinction ana
importance permits the giving of tips
within its jurisdiction. and the prac-
tice of distributing gifts for services
which have been amply and even gen
erously remunerated has 10 basis
which is wise and wholesome. Never
yet has there been an argument in
apology for this abuse which was
worth a moments OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
York Tribune.
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WHAT WISDOM DENIED US.
The Most Fatal Gift That Could lie
Conferred on Mankind.

Conferred on Mnnhlhu
Granted Tie power to do it, which
would be the most fatal gift that could
he conferred on mankind?
Omnipotence without omniscience.
An omnipOtcnt man, with the best OF
intentions toward his kind, could cas-
ily wreck the universe and probably
would, since, unless he knew every
thing he would infallibly make some
mistake which could not fail to have
very terrible consequences. Next TO
this would be the power of foreseelng
events. This would eliminate the great
est factor in human happiness, because
the man who could foreSee everything
would have no hope. He would not
only know his own fate, but that OF all
other human beings and also all their
feelings and intentions, which, of itself
alone. would make society impossible.
Equally terrible would be the power
of prolonging life at will, since no man
or woman would willingly die so long
as life remained even tolerable. This
is proved by the shocking conditions
under which people now consent TO
live. The race would probably con-
tinue to multiply indefinitely until all
the habitable portions of the globe be
came overcrowded. Then would com
mence struggle for existence which
no human imagination could portray.
War would be an impossibility, since
no man could kill another who did not
wish to die, and humanity would reach
some inconccivable climax of misery
from which nothing but the interven-
ton of a higher power could possibly
release it.-PearSOn's Weekly.
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FARMER JOE,s SPEECH.
n Was short, but IL Crushed the
Bumptious YOungster.

"You may get the better of an oppo-
nent in debate" said an old time ora
tor. "by sheer force of convincing argu-
ment-that is to say, you may score
and win on points-but If you want to
put your man down and out at single
coup Just make him ridiculous. Only
succeed in doing this, and all the logic
of the other side will explode in vacan-
CIV like so many blank cartridges.
"Once when was serving term up
the state in the legislature bumptious
voungster who had just been introduce
ed was laboring through his maiden
effort. He was attacking a man VINO
was his senior by at least score ana
ten years and thought to make hit by
referring to him as that little gray
beard from Herkimer.' Rymal or Mag
ara rose to reply. He was an old timer
who never spoke unless he had some
thing to say and so was always sure or
an attentive audience. Farmer Joe, as
he was called. got up slowly, gradually
expanded himself to his full height or
@ feet 4, thrust his left hand behind the
tails Of capacious and somewhat
shabby frock coat. held up the index
finger of his right hand. cleared his
throat ominOusly and solcmnly began
"'Mr. Speaker. the honorable gentle
man who has just spoken has never
read Pope's essay. If he had, he would
remember that the "soul's the standard
of the man." And sir, fifty such souls
as that of the honorable gentleman
who preceded me could be put into the
skull Of a flea and have as much room
there as two frogs in Lake Superior
lie didn't have to say more. The
chamber went into a CONFUSION 'of
laughter which lasted for several min
utes after the tall farmer had resumed
his seat. AS for the youngster, he did
the best he could. He wriggled about
got red in the face, tried to look uncon
cerncd and kept his mouth closed dur
ing the balance of the session."-NeN
| York News
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The Pail Mall Gazette says it still
remains a mystery how the chief Eng
lish authorities in church and state
ever succeeded in browning King
George l. Having come fresh from his
native Hanover, the first monarch Of
the Brunswick dynasty was to his new
subjects little better than a Melanesian
from the south seas. Not word Of
English could he muster. while the
chief officials were almost equally iS-
norant of German. Latin, therefore,
had to be resorted to as being the one
possible medium of communication be
tween them. \ highly popular joke
originated from these singular pro
ceedings. which stated that an im-
mcnse amount of bad language had
passed between the king and his min
listers on the great day.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-08-09

The sense Of touch in man is most
highly developed on the skin, but mu-
cous or Serious surfaces are also ca
pable of conveying impressions. Some
parts Of the body are more sensitive
than others and are usually devoid Of
hairs, as the tip of the tongue, the
ends Of the fingers and the lips. 1t
will be noticed that these are so stu
ated as to keep us conveniently in
formed of what is going on around US.
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Ahonf Whiting.

The old proyerO that all things come
to him who waits advances a very pref
ty and pleasant theory but its literal
Interpretation makes it capable Of great
miscOnsuuction. for if it is in opc sense
true its reverse is equally true. Nothing
comes to him who waits. Nothing comes
to him who waits and does no more.
There is nothing in the world that is Of
any value that has not to be struggled
for. and those who sit down and fold
their hands, expecting fate and fortune
to bring them what they most desire,
will meet with the disappointment they
deserve.
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Evcrv Woman a Calendar.

Now that ladies wear so many jew
els in the daytime, a sequence of color
should be thought out. The Siamese
arrangement may perhaps afford sug-
gestions. In that country on Sunday
red silk with a parurc Of rubles Is
worn; Monday brings a silver ana
white dress and a necklace of moon
stones. Tuesday is dedicated to light
red. with coral ornaments; Wednes-
day is devoted to green. with emer-
aids; Thursday sees display Of varie-
gated colors. with cats eyes; Friday
the lady is aITayed in pale blue. with
flashing diamonds, and Saturday IN
more sombcr, darker blue, with sap
phires to match.-LOndon Graphic.
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Steam Saw Mill and Fixtures
FOR SALE

intend to go South next win
FER. will offer at public auction 90
or about October "a. 1902, my entire
nlsnt. consisting of Standard Saw
Mill. so H. P. Boiler, l almost new lew
4OH. P. Ajax Engine, l Stave mill
Planing mill, Grist mill, and Corn
crnsher cut off. / Rip Boiling and
Lath saw, Z Horses, l Mule, a pairs
Oxen, 2 Horse Carts, 3 Timber Carts,
3 Lumber Wagons, several sets OF
Harness. full set of Blacksmith, Wood
and Mill Tools.
FARM also for sale near New
Church.
Will sell to private parties at once
G. F. ELLIOTT, NEW CHURCH, VA
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-08-09

Nell-Just one month ago today Stel-
Ia and l agreed to point out each 9th
er's faults without reserve.
Bess-And are you still doing it?
Nell-Oh. no. We haven't spoken to
each other for Twenty-Five days.-Chi-
cagO News.
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A Mor->cn ro- thc Gcnate.

4 gentle who has lived in Utah
twenty-five years and regards that
state as the Garden spot Of The Union
said in Washington the o.hgr day:
THE only cloud on our poll ical hori
zon is the apparent determination Of
leading Mormlns to elect Reed Smoot.
an apostle Of that church. TO the Unit
ed States senate. They have been adj
vised against the folly Of such an act,
md the episode of T. II. Roberts has
been he'd UP as Il warming"
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Showing OFF,

"What big words your sister uses.
Harry"
Eyes; she does when she's first in
roduced. She'll be all right after
awhila"
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"f" stops for passengers on signal
to conductor 2Daily, except Sunday.
Z. b. Cooke. J. G. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager, Supt
Norfolk, Va. Cape Charles, Va.
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Cable, Conover, Kingsbury
and Wellington Pianos.
Chicago Cottage Organs.
The Largest Manufacturers
of Pianos and Organs
in the World.
Save You From $500 to $4,000


selling flano and
the local
city it, usandrei
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Freight Prepaid.
Sent on Trial.


G ei and and it entirely satisfactory and
warranted and backed by capital
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This Way
For Bargains

II have in stock"
General line of Merchandise,
Quaker city cook stoves, some
makes No. 7, low az $1,000.
Lime, bricks, shingles, hair
and plastering laths.
Lumber for dwelling and
Dther building purposes
Meal, bran, mill feed and NO
| hay.
100 building lots at this place
from $50 to 5000.
All persons are forewarned
from trespassing in Chopper
Swamp.
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WELL-KNOWN Makes

Kngsbuy and Wellington n08 dif @
Thousands Virginia and North Caroline nave R
Female College, DOW
Va Chase Cv Academy city, and Cox College, College far ga are
PanO
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-06-20
EDUCATE The GIRLS
E!iiterate rlotliers Means tlliterate
Children

l. In no section Of this country
have the women been treated just
| ly in education, says Pres. McIver
of the n. c. State Normal School.
In some quarters the injustice has
been less fragrant than i'll others.
9. Illiteracy among the women
throughout the United States, and
especially in the southern states, Is
much greater than it is among
men.
3. The most important factor
in our civilization is the white girl
10 the country; she will make the
home and fix the ideas Of the peo-
pie, and as mother and primary
teacher she will do the most impor-
portant teaching that is done for
the human race: until recently the
state, the church and philanthrO-
pists have in the South devoted
their attention, SO far as endowed
inst,tutiO rs are concerned, almost
exclusively to the education Of the
white man, the negro man and the
negro woman.
4. 1t is suicidal and criminal for
the state, the church and socIe Y
not to see to it that all women
have at least equal educational adj
vantage with the advantages en-
joyed by men; that 100000 Tilt
crate mothers in the South mean
4 100000 or more illiterate children
for society and the schools to con-
tend within the next generation,
and that it is safer and cheaper to
educate them now than then.
5. If these statements are true,
we ought to act at once. Let this
be done, not by takeing anything
from men of the white race or from
the negro men and negro women,
but by increasing from all sources
our gifts of every kind to those
educational institutions which are
training the most important part
Of our population, so long forgot
ten, but which must always set tile
PACE of our civilization.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-06-20
Bad Case Of Poison Cured

To see what Bolar Spring can 90
for a case Of poisoning from poison
ivy, you would have but to 90 there
and find what an improvement four
days use Of the water made in Que
OF the worst cases Of the kind we
have eyer seen. ~
A lumber contractor Of Tazwell
county, while in the Pocahontas
woods was poisoned from the IVY,
and for a month or two several
physicians tried their hands in cur
ing it, but TO no purpose. The
more medicine used the more the
poison scattered and WAS aggravated,
until finally his whole arm was
affected in such way that his
physician was fearful Of blood poi
soning, and when they heard Of
i}olar, this gentleman, as last re-
SOFT, went there, and when he az
rived on Monday Of last week his
arm was in a fearful condition.
Il was swelIed TO more than three
times its normal size and was 50
stiff and inhamed that lie could
not raise it to his head; but four
days use Of the Boiar water worked
wonders for him. He said it gave
him immediate relief and the con-
dition Of the arm improved from
thc first day and on the fourth it
Was so he could use it in the usual
WA. lie was much elated over
what Bolar WAS doing for him, and
spoke iii highest terms Of Mr. Nc
Guffin and his wife, the owners of
the property, and the kindness and
attention they had shown him.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-06-20
RELIGIONS Notice.

The first Quarterly Conference
for Monterey circuit viii bN held at
Monterey June 2Sth and 90 The
business session Of the quarterly
conference will be led Saturday the
2Sth. at 4 PM. Rey. David Bush ?.
f. will be with us and will preach
Saturday night at s P. NJ. and Oh
Sunday morning at II, after which
the sacrament of the Lords Supper
vii! be administered. All the
members of Quarterly Conference
are requested to be present.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-06-20
New Registration of Voters.

The fact. that the franchise arti-
Gle of the new Constitution, includ-
ing the understanding clause and
all, is to be applied to the coming
Congressional election in Virginia
is attracting attention from the
Democratic leaders. 1t was not ex-
pected Chat an object lesson Of the
workings Of the new law would
so soon he presented the people Of
this State. Indeed. not only will
The law apply to the general cleo
ton in November, but seemingly
to the primaries for Congressman
in cities and counties where these
contests are legalized. That is to
say, wherever a primary is legallz-
ed the voter in such city or county
cannot vote at the primary unless
he is qualified to vote at the gener-
al election.
Every voter in Highland should
bear in mind the fact that new
registration is required before the
coming fall election and should
when the notice is given attend to
having their names placed on the
new registration roll. Three regis
trars for each Of the three magis-
terial districts have been appointed
for Highland county and sometime
in August they will sit for num-
Der of days at some appointed place
in each district for the purpose Of
re.registering under the provisions
of The newly amended constitution,
all voters now on the lists and also
those who have recently reached
the age of q years. All voters
should be careful not to overlook
this notice as otherwise no one not
80 registered will be entitled 70 a
vote at the coming election. No
tice IN the "Recoraer" for four
weeks prior to such registration
will be given So that there need be
30 excuse fol not registering.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-06-20
Leads Them All.

zone Minute Cough Cure beats
all other medicines | eyer tried for
coughs, colds, Group and throat and
lang troubles" says D. Scott Cur
rim of Loganton, Pa. One Minute
Cough Cure is the onlv absolutely
safe cough remedy which acts i'm
mediatly. Mothers everywhere
testify to the good it has done their
little ones. Group is so sudden in
its attacks that the doctor often
arrives too late. 1t yields at once
to One Minute Cough Cure. Pleas
ant to take. Children like it. Sure
cure for grip, bronchitis, coughs
, K. H. Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-06-20
Before It is Too Late

If you haye gray-haired mother
Iii the old home far away.
Sit down and write the letter
You put off day by day.
Don't wait until her tired steps
Reach Heavens pearly gate
But show her that you think Of her
Before it is too lake.
If you've a tender message,
Or a loving word to say,
Don't wait till you forget it,
BIT whisper 1t to-day.
Who knows what bitter memories
Nav haunt YOU if you wait?
So make your loved ones happy
Before it is too late.
We live but,in the present,
The future is unknown
To morrow is a mystery,
| Today IS all our own.
The chance that fortune lends to us
/ May vanish while We wait,
So spend your LIES rich treasure
Before it is too late.
The tender words unsnoken,
The letter never sent,
The Iong-forgotten messages,
The wealth Of love unspent.
For these some hearts are breaking,
For these some logged ones wait
So show them that you care forthem
Before it is too late.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-06-20
commissioners ONice

Monterey, Va May &c, 1909
To Joseph u Alexander and Calvin
Morgan, tenant urry and J l. Shulnate
former Sheriff Of Highland County and
as such Admire t. a. Of E Il Curry, decd.
T0u are hereby notified that have
fixed upon "Wednesday The 2jth day Of
June, 1902, at my Office in Monterey, Va.
to make further report upon the mat
tiers set up in the said amended bill, and
TO ascertain the fee simple and annual
rental value of the lands in the amended
Dill mentioned in connection with The
lands in the or gina( bill mentioned and
the liens binding said lands with their
prioriiirs and diynities, and any other
matter deemed pertinent by the ccm'r or
demanded by any party in interest which
accounts are required to be taken by an
order Of Tie Circuit Court for Highland
county, entered on the 9Th day OF May,
1852, in a suit III clanccry therein pend
ing between 3 Bradshaw &c Plaintiff,
and
Joseph N Alexander &c. Defendants,
at which time and place you are required
10 attend
Given under my hand and as Commits
aioncr in Chancery OF the Circuit and
County Courts Of said county, the day
and year aforesaid, o. Wilson, ConiT.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-06-20
Commissioners Office
Monterey, Va. Lunc 4ih. 1922

Monterey, Va, .Iunc 4;h 1902
To A. n. and John NJ. COlaw in theil
own rights, respectively and as executors
Of cornelius C0iaW, decd.
You are hereby notified that | have
fixed upon Tuesday the 1st day Of July,
1902, at my Office in Monterey, Va. to
state, settle and adjusted the following
accounts.
First: An account Of the transactions
of the said defendants as executors of
Cornelius Colaw, deed.
Second. An account of any unpaid
debts against The said estate.
Third. An account Of the personal
estate in the hands Of said executors,
charging them with all of said estate for
which they are liable or which should
have come to their hands as such
Fourth An account Of the distribu
ton of said personal estate among the
parties entitled thereto. and report to
court together with any matter specially
stated deemed pertinent by himself or
which may be required to be so stated
by any Of the parties in interest which
accounts are required to be taken by va
cation decree Of the circuit court OF
highland county, entered on the Both
day of May 1902, in suit in chancery
therein pending between
Georgianna NJ Mauzy and Ludie NJ
Snyder plaintiffs,
aud
Anderson n. cOlaw and John NJ Colaw,
Exor's of cornelius COlaw, decd. defen-
dants, at which time and place you are
required to attend.
GIVEN under my hand and as commits
sioner in chancery Of the circuit and
county courts of said county, the day and
year aforesaid
CP Jones and Son p q.
At o. Wilson. Comr.
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There have been, and are to be,

There have been, and are to be,
SO many June weddings at Green
wich, Conn. that the agents Of the
Adams Express Company at that
place have resigned because they
were unable to handle the pres
ents and the company would send
them no help. The men were
working 1e hours a day to get the
work done but in spite of that
foand that the wedding gifts were
inevitably getting ahead Of them ..