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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Financial.

Standard Oil advanced the price o,
refined to 9 cents gallon.
Northwestern Elevated. ofs Chicago
is earning about 7 per cent.
Gould's brokers are buying Missouri
Pacific in good quantities.
Cotton Oil has declared 6 per cent
dividend for the coming year
Silver III London has this week
touched the lowest point on record.
New York banks have lost through
the Subtrcasury since Fri$ay $aoo, 900.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Postmast er for "A Years,

Ithaca, N. Y. Especially Roswell
Beardsley, the oldest postmaster in point
of service in the United States, is lying
at deaths door at his home i'll NORTH
Lansing. Tompkins county. Mr. Boards
ley was appointed postmaster by john
Quincy Adams, and has served continu
ously ever since under 10 Presidents.
He has been "a years in Office. Mr..
Beardsley is % years old. Recently he
was invited by the Postofice Department
TO 90 to Washington, but his health
world not Aprmit
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Shot Fiancee and Himself.

Buffalo, N. Y. (SpeciaD.-Christo-
pher Willis, OF Bath, shot his sweet
heart. Mary Ferguson, also OF Bath
through the head, then fired three bull
lets into his own body. He died in
stantly, and she survived but hall all
hour The tragedy was the outcome
OF a lovers quarrel. Both were stu
dents at the State Normal School at
Geneseo. The girl was 10 and Willis
IS wears nj ace
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Serum to Cure Scarlet Fever.

Montreal, Quebec Especially DIR. G.
A. Charlton, Rockefeller fellow of pa
thology at McGill University, says that
he has discovered a serum which will
combat the scarlet fever parasite in a
patients system Dr. Charlton expert,
mented with the serum on patients in the
Montreal Civic Hospital, and 10 out OF
X cases made prompt recoveries with
out complications. The serum tends &c
the quick subsistence of the fever anc
ranid conyalescence.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Minister to Brazil.

Lincoln, Neb. (SpeciaD.-D. Z.
Thompson. OF Lincoln, has accepted
the appointment of United States min
lister to Brazil. This place was offered
him by the President about month
ago. Mr. Thompson was caucus can
didate for United States Senator from
Nebraska two years ago, but withdrew
in favor OF Senator Dietrich.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Items of Interest.

Governor Taft reported that the Ia
drones who killed D. c. Montgomery,
a superintendent OF schools in the Phil
ippines, have been captured.
Secretary Hay and Sir Michael
Herbert signed the -Bond-Hay Treaty
for reciprocity between the United
States and Newfoundland.
Minister WI, OF China, called at the
White House and presented his letters
OF recall to President Roosevelt.
Passed Assistant PaymaSter Charles
". Pcnrose was dismissed from the
NAVY for financial irregularities.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Car of MIssia Has MelanchoIia.

Copenhagen (SpeciaD According to
information received at the Danish Court,
Emperor Nicholas of Russia is greatly
depressed III mind and is melancholy.
His condition has created anxiety here.
The CzarOwitch, who will leave St.
Petersburg in few days for Copen-
hagen. does not want to go to Yalta Tin
the South of Russia), where the Gar is,
and will return to St. Petersburg at his
mothers u,;eL
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Echo of the Strike.

Cincinnati, O. (SpeciaD The Shaw
& Irving Commission Company OF Gin
cinnati entered suit against the Chesa.
peake & Ohio Railway at Newport
KY, for $4,000 for alleged failure tc
deliver seven carloads OF groceries to
grocers in the coalmining regions Of
West Virginia between August u and
September S. The petition charges
that during the coal strike seven car,
loads OF groceries were carried beyond
their destination.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Duel With Pistols.

Grandin, Mo. (Special) Joseph Far
row and Marion Dun engaged in due
with pistols on the street here, as the
result of which both men were killed
Eleven shots were exchanged at short
range, eight taking effect, each man be-
ing hit four times. The immediate cause
of the duel was a difference over cleo,
ton matters, but bad blood had existed
between the two men for several years.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Ladrones Worse Than Ever.

Manila newspapers received at the
War Department state that the la
drones are making more trouble than
ever before in the Philippines.
They occasionally dress as constabu-
larry officers and prey upon defenseless
natives.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Three Killed. Seven Injured.

indianapolis, Ind. Especial i'm col
lision between freight train and work
train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton Railroad, three miles east of
this city, three men were killed and seven
were intuud. One Of the injured. whose
legs were cut off, will die. The wreck
Is said to have been due to misunder-
standing of orders.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
WOMEN TO RUN A BANK.
A Novel Management for New York In
stitution.

Wabash. Ind. (SpeciaD.-Mrs. Sarah
F. Dick, OF Huntington, who for 20
years was cashier of the First National
Bank, retiring when the bank changed
hands, few weeks ago. has been Of
fered the position OF president OF new
banking institution being organized in
New York 20 cater especially to the
patronage 81 women. Several capital
lists are interested in the enterprise,
and it is the desire to have the concern
Differed exclusively by women.
1t is said that the bank will have
$5,ooo,ooo iii deposits by the close of
the first year. Owing to ill-health.
Mrs. Dick was forced to decline the
offer, although the salary was attractive.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
A Simple EXPLANATION.

A man in public life noted for HI
brusqueness of speech was under II
formal discussion in cabinet circlel
There's one thing to be said in hi
favor, however," said Secretary
son, "and that is he never import
the department to get promotion
positions for his friends. That's
lily explained commented Seer
Root; che hasn't any"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
, cents to 81 on several OF tho 'fo%s
zl..n

5 cents to ST on several of the 'ia~a
grades of stuff.
In the County Court at Stanton L. /
Hartman was acquitted of forgery. Iii
Commonwealth utterly failed 10 maxi
out case against ltarman and ssked
the court to instruct the jury to acqua
hiri; which was dorc.
Seeing, the happiue'; OF her I6-yea
old sister, wiro lew weeks a. an
away and was married in North Caro-
lima to Mr.. Gardner, Miss Cobb, 0
Southampton county, eloped with Mn
Daugherty farmer, who lived near he
home.
In the Corporation Court at Norfol
Frank Peace was sent to the penltentia
for 10 years for attempting to nacd
Emaine Daily.
Mrs. Henrietta Poster died at r
loke, aged u years. She is suryi1
oy two daughters, Mrs. William Wat~
kins and Mrs: John Foster, Of Frostbarg,
Md.
r. Frank Kevill, of Washington, D. G,
formerly of Norfolk, and Miss Sasal, ~,
Worthington, of Washington, were MAJ
ried at Norfolk by Father Drake.
Rev. George S. Bowers, of Hage
own. Md. who has accepted call
he pastorate of Grace Lutheran Churd
Winchester, lectured before that congd
CATION.
Coal has been discovered on the Ian
IF Rev. John A. Shockey near ShockN
,vsville. Frederick county. Options have
already been secured on mich OF the
and in that vicinity.
Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
Grace Powell, daughter of Mr.. ard Mrs.
William Powell, of Loudoun county, and
Mr.. James F. Dunlop, of Georgetown,
District OF Columbia.
Hill Pleasant, ancestral home OF the
Henleys. eight miles FROM williamsburg.
was burned. 1t was built in 1922 and
was one of the oldest and most beausisol
homes on the peninsula.
General Shipr. the superintendent OF
The Virginia Military InsStdte, has 6te
presented with handsome Thorough
bred horse BY all ardent admirer II
donor is all alumnus of the West POI
IF the South"
An ANALYSIS OF samples OF tripc al
.hipped beef icund III tic Richmo
market for sale ha: been shown to
preserved by the use OF cmbalmii
iluid. Not long ago the city WAS sta
lied by the evidence that cnbalmin9
lmid was used in preserving milk
The fact now that cmbalming fluid Is
5cing used on the meats will create FAR
Y: )re stir. :
Mrs. w. s. McLainc. OF Coving;on
shot to-AeatTi her son William IS year
lid, .NThom she mistook for a.Lhlsf try
Ut to get into her house. T.
aight Mrs. McLaine heard
moving around outside OIL
She called repeatedly. but
continued, and fearing than n
lbout TO be attacked by the THE
McLaine fired 4 shotgun out OF
low. There was the sound of
Filing ut tile from; door Shd
he door and ;o"rd her
William was in a Halloweel
and had Just returned froI
With some OF his young
vas evidently playing a
mother by refusing to ans
J. NJ. Rand. who wa
Baltimore on a charge
20 cash a fraudulent.
ok National Baal;
he Corporation
sentenced to two yf
larry.
Mr.. Charles Jett, 0Ss!|asl
Miss Esther Sullivan, dausl
Andrew Sullivan, of Alexa|
married BY Rev. J. H. S. L
Methodist Protestant Church
A bill was introduced in \
Senate making duclins 4, IN, -
punishable oy Imprisonment and f1n:.
Sirnnle ExnIan afion
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14
Selma Arana Acquitted.

Madrid (Rxe Cable).-At Bilbao the
jury in the trial of Sabine Arana, leader
of the Autonomist party in the Basque
provinces, WHO was charged with having
sent to President Roosevelt last spring a
congratulatory dispatch OH the granting
of Cuban independence, returned a yer
dict of not guilt and the court discharged
the prisoner. The public received the
decision of the court with expressions OF
satisfaction.
At the opening of the trial of Senior
Arana the public prosecutor took the
ground that the prisoners telegram to
President Roosevelt infringed the in
tegrity and dignity of Spain, and that he
demanded that a sentence OF eight years
be imposed
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-14

A bill was introduced III
Senate nakirg duclinG 4 in,NsN
punishable by Imprisonment and fins.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
"sADisMs," BUT TRUIsMs.

The explanation of optimism and
pessimism lies in the measure of ones
girth.
Temptation is as necessary to the
true soul as tempering is to the true
blade.
The balsam to the pungent fact that
the truth hurts is the soothing knowl-
edge that it's seldom told.
Genius is skyrocket ignited by
mental spontaneous combustion; tai
ent is merely the returning stick.
A broken heart is like fractured
bone, which, when thoroughly knitted,
is stronger than it was originally.
A cartoon representing st. Peter
with a Bradstreet in his hand passing
Judgment on waiting spirits according
to their rating would be charmingly
apropos of the present day.
Enough is infinitely better than a
feast, for too much joy melts into
tears, too much genius engenders mad
ness. too much cold burns, excessive
sweets sour, and, strangest safety OF
all, too much love torments.-Chicago
Post.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
FIGS AND THiSTLES.

Cruelty is one of the marks OF
cowardice.
The world needs saints more than
sermons.
People are not reclaimed by calling
them names.
Brave hearts break out their own
opportunities.
Breadth of outlook depends on ele-
walton Of life.
Tho saloon is anti-American because
1t is anti-human.
Personal salvation will solve the
problem of society.
Doing the will of the King is bring
ing in the kingdom.
The vlvisection OF spiritual things
will surely kill them.
God had to think out man before
man could think out God.
It is better to have heaven in your
mind than to have your mind IL
heaven.
Christ is the focus that has gathered
| in and given out every ray of light thu
world has ever seen.
! He who comes into touch witt
Christ, the center, touches every rsdi
in the circumference of civilization.
The new church believes in dom;
good as we'll as in being good.-Ram
| Horn.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
nc AND L,ITLe SUCCESSES,

At the close 81 the fiscal year 1890
there were &c ,6SS s-postofaces in the
United States, or one to every LOCO
Inhabitants. ~
The cultivation of sugar beets in
Italy has assumed such proportions
during the last few years that that
country will soon export sugar.
A gift OF 100000 was recently
made to Columbia University. accom-
panied with the explanation that the
sum donated represented what the
donor, now an old man, might have
spent during his lifetime on whisky
and tobacco.
The camera promises to become as
indispensable in business affairs as the
typewriter. 1t is now being used in
the reproduction of documents, Stats
teal tables and other papers whose
duplication by hand would be labori-
Gus and expensive.
Baron Iwasaki, Japanese scholar
recently purchased in London the IL
| brary of the late Max Muller, and pre-
| sented it to the University of Tokyo
| Nearly all OF DR.. Muller's books were
| Oriental, and their removal to Japar
| is a loss to European scholars.
| The recent rapid run made by al
American mail train from San Fran
| cisto to New York, carrying Australian
mail bound for England. has resulted
| in a contract being awarded our rail
roads by the British government, AM
| hereafter the Australian mail WI
come by way of America instead of b.
way of the Suez canal, the speed O
the American railroads making it pos
sible to reduce the time for the lon
journey seven days.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
ODDS AND ENDS.

In Norway the average length OF lie
is greater than any other country on
the globe.
Shetland's shortest night Is nNe
hours, but her longest is over eight
cen hours.
OF all the newspapers published In
the world 6S per cent are in the Eng
lish language.
A Kansas man has celebrated two
silver weddings, having lived twenty
five years with each of his two wives.
BY the use of a process invented at
Bridgeport, Conn, wooden doors are
being electroplated with copper or
brass.
A phonograph that shouts so loudly
that every word can be heard at q dis
lance of ten miles has been tested at
Brighton.
Lake Superior is the deepest OF the
great lakes. Its greatest depth is 1,oo5
feet, and the lake is COL feet above
the level Of the sea.
The tail feathers Of the feriwah,
rare member of the bird Of paradise
family, are the most expensive known
and the only tuft existing in England
is valued at $4,000.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
THOUGHTS FOR EVERY DAY.

He is no wise man that will quit
certainty for an uncertainty.
What is put into the first OF life is
MT into the whole Of life. Start
right.
A great opportunity will only make
yo, ridiculous unless you are prepared
for it.
Things without all remedy should De
without regard; what's done Is cone
Shakespeare.
Don't wait for extraordinary oppor-
tunities; seize common occasions ana
make them great.
Don't brood over the past nor dream
of the future, but seize the instant and
get your lesson from the hour.
The world always listens to person
with a will-Chicago Journal.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
PHILOSOPHY FROM KANSAS.

1t is said that people run" in debt!
but they crawl out.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who chewed tobacco be-
cause it was good for his teeth?
At this season of the year no one in
a neighborhood gads more than the
wooden chopping bowl and cutter.
There is nothing that pleases nine
tenths of the people so much as a
scandal affecting people who put on
The average woman brags that she
has "a straight eye" which means that
she can tell when a picture hangs even.
Some people can absorb just so much
information, and after they have
reached their limit never learn any
thing.
What has become of the old
fashioned mother who allowed her chill
dren to come to the breakfast table In
their nightsowns?
The average woman doesn't think
that she is really sick unless she Ii
taking some kind of medicine with q
deaths head on the bottle.-Atchisor
] Globe.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
FuNNYGRAPhS.

Teacher-Now, boys, If I wanted to
be a mason what should l want that
haven't now" Sharp Boy-"A good
character, sir"
De Sappy-I don't understand why
some people require SO much sleep. l
can get along with four hours. Miss
Redbud-The body doesn't require
nearly SO much rest as the BRAIN
Town and Country.
THE art of printing. sir" exclaim-
ed the Fervid Optimist, rs in its in
fancy My grandson, and possibly my
son. will one day have his Sunday
newspaper brought to him in twenty
eight handy quarto volumes, in pol
ished oak bookcase, all for five cents!
Yes, sir!"-Puck.
Lieutenant Nobs Gust arrived)-
How long will you take to drive me to
the fort, cabby? Cabby-Ten minutes,
capting, by the short cut through the
halleys, but the military allus goes
the long way round, through the fash
ionable part O. town, yer honor, which
takes an hour. (Cabby gets his hour
Punch.
Mrs. Duguid president of the Soci-
ETY. for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals)-My dear children, l love all
animals. I never under any circum-
stances hurt one. l even have a fam
iiy of pet toads. I love them SO that
catch flies to feed them. Small Boy
! Please, missus, amt flies animals:
Town and Country.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
BITS or FEMlNINlTH.

s With her Louis Seize coat the Far
isienne wears tricorne hat. big
jabot Of lace and large. fiat mum.
Colonial slippers, with the small toe,
the high heel and the square buckle
of gold, silver or dull jet. continue In
favor for home wear.
The small figured velvets are ex-
tremely popular, especially in the
brown, gun metal and fawn shades
You see them in fne line stripes and
pin dots in white very close together
Ermine for gowns is one of the IA
vorite decorations. A gown OF white
broadcloth and black chantilly lace
has ermine most effectively used as a
band to head the ruffles of the skirt,
and again as band outlining the
square sailor collar of the waist.
Many of the modish stocks are
straight. made of coarse, embroidered
linen. with scalloped edges that rise
above the sides of the soft scar1s
| These come in pale yellow and hght
| blue embroidered with white, and are
very chic" in black and white and red
and white. worn with white scarf
The military stock is very much
liked for the flannel waist. 1t Is
plain white silk stock partly covered
| by another one of some color. This
reaches to within an inch Of the top
and opens in front fully three inches,
where it is laced across with gold cord
through three eyeiets embroidered
little way from the edge.
The short sailor and shepherd
ess models reappear, completed by
very rich and striking decorations
The French toque is almost an exact
replica of the shape popular two years
ago. The English walking hat is ar
attractive style this year, and will bt
greatly favored, as its shape is very
becoming to the majority of women.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
REST AND HEAT CURE.

II a dog is ailing he rolls himself
into a ball in a warm corner and eats
little or nothing till he is well.
Many times rest is the only medicine
needed by the sick, but we seldom fol-
low this example.
The biped loses the instinct OF the
animal.
He fumes, frets, takes stimulants
and medicaments, and gives no chance
to the recuperative forces of nature.
If he, too, would retire to his bed,
keep warm and eat next to nothing
for a time, he would get rid of those
waste and poisonous matters; the
physician of experience says Sex
change.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY.

Blood will tell-but the less some
blood tells the better.
The hot-corn dealer is the one who
has to put up another margin.
If young man is really in love he
never says he can't afford to marry.
The man who makes a fool Of him
self seldom boasts of being self-made.
No man is ever perfectly sure of a
girls love until she declares she hates
him.
Occasionally a woman uses ham
mer to drive a tack-if there is no
hairbrush handy.
The man who kicks himself for haV-
ing made a fool of himself only adds
injury to insult.
Clothes do not make the man, but
his tailor frequently gives him an eX-
pensive appearance.
Adversely may prepare man for the
life beyond, but it curtails his credi
while here on earth.-Chicago News.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
ABOUT TITLED PEOPLE.

King Edward VII. is the first Brit
ish monarch to play golf since the
days of James II.
princess Urusoff, the wife of the
Russian ambassador in Paris, has
written to the papers warning travel
ers against the organized system OF
robbery to which they are exposed on
Italian railways.
In his speech at Khartum the khe-
dive said that the two flags, English
and Egyptian, which were waving side
by side, symbolized the common power
which had undertaken to protect the
population against tyrants and dis
turbers OF the peace, and to inaugurate
for the country an era Of prosperity
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
PERSONALS.

Lieutenant Peary is graduate OF
Bowdoin college and while there was
considered the best all-round athlete
among the students.
The king of Sweden is regarded as
one Of the most learned men in Eu-
rope King Oscar can speak and write
perfectly in seven different languages.
William Gwin. the coIored messen-
ger, who has served thirteen secretar-
les OF state during the past thirty
years, carries a gold watch inscribed
From William NJ. Evarts to William
Gwin, February, 1893"
Rev. George Renaud, who died IN
Bath, England. recently at the age OF
81, was formerly a well-known tutor,
and among his pupils were Lord Rose
berry. the earl of Aberdeen, LORD Me-
thuen and Lord George Hamilton
Baroness Edmond De Rothschild of
Paris, has given $250.O00 for the foun-
dation in the Taurus of Hebrew
home for diseases of the lungs in mem
ory of her father, the late Baron
Willy De Rothschild Of Frankfort,
uncle of Lady Rothschild.
President Roosevelt has been unani-
mously elected an honorary member
of the Union League club of New York.
He has been an active member OF
the club for about eighteen years
Presidents Harrison and Mckinley
| were the only chief executives SINH
| larly honored by the club.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-15
COMPLETED PROVERBS.

A fool uttereth all his mind, but
that's nothing.
Many a true word spoken in jest Is
taken in deadly earnest.
He that takes wife takes care
unless he takes care first.
The pains of mind surpass the pains
of sense, when one has no sense.
Man wants but little here below,
and that little somebody else gets.
Who has love in his heart has spurs
in his side, and wheels in his head.
IT'S deeds must win the prize, I'M
less they fall into lawyers hands.
There's no smoke without fire, but
often those who call attention to the
smoke have started the fire.
No one ever repented of having
held his tongue. What. not when he
was thirsty, and the question was
whats yours?"