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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
A Nasty Practices,

A nasty practice is what the Chicago In
ter Ocean calls the pasting Of repeated lay
ers of wall paper, one upon another, thus
covering up the filth and germs OF disease
that may be propagated in the very absorb
emit and decaying mass of -four paste, paper,
animal glue, colors etc.
They give opinions of eminent health OIL
GERS and sanitarians, urging that SUCH prac-
tice should be stopped by legal enactment
and also take occasion to say tnat tnese
sanitarians recommend Alabastlne as our
able pure and sanitary coating for walls.
The Inter Ocean says: This is very i'm
portant question, and, as it costs nothing to
avoid this danger, why take any chancesY'
HOW much of the alarming spread OF small
pox and other diseases may be due to unsan-
itary wall coverings?
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

eight months from suppressed men,
situation, and it effected my entire
system until became weak and debil-
itated, and at times felt that had
hundred aches in as many places.
only used the Compound for few
weeks, but it wrought change in me
which felt from the very beginning.
1 have been very regular since, have no
pains, and find that my entire body is
as if it was renewed. l gladly recon-
mend Lydia r. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to everybody
Miss ELIZABETH GAME, 60 w. Division
St., Fond du Lac, Wis.-$5OOO forfeit If
above testimonial is not genuine
At such time the greatest aid to
nature is Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. 1t prepares
the young system for the coming
change, and is the surest reliance for
woman's ills of every nature.
Mrs. Pinlxham invites all
young women who are Ill to
write her for free advice. Adj
dress Lynr ST~"",
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

Of Peruna is taken during the early
spring months the cure will be prompt
and permanent. There can be no rail-
ures if Peruna is taken intelligently
during the favorable weather of spring.
AS a systemic catarrh remedy Pc
runa eradicates catarrh from the sys-
tenn wherever it may be located. IL
cures catarrh of the stomach or bow
els with the same certainty as catarrh
of the head.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving full statement Of your case,
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
Ia,ar. n .nnnoe 80 UurN,

With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat Of the disease. Catarrh is blood
or constitutional disease, and In order to cure
it YOU must take internal remedies. Halls
Cstarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surface.
Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine.
1t was prescribed by one Of the best physi-
clans in this country for years, and is reg
ular prescription, 1t is composed OF the
best tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu,
cous surfaces. The perfect combination OF
the two ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, price, 75c.
Halls Family Pills IRE the best.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
Snow Fireplaces In Alaska.

Sixty degrees below zero Is the
frightfully cold atmosphere in which
Alaskan gold hunters must often work
They make fireplaces of snow in that
desolate region. The snow is pressed
into blocks like bricks, and fire.
place two feet or three feet square is
built with them. When the fire Is
lighted the snow, of course, melts on
the surface, but when the fire is out
this freezes so hard that the next fire
causes it to become only damp. A
snow fireplace used only for cooking
purposes will last for an entire winter.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
His Last REQUEST.

Visitor Ito condemned murderer
How old are you?
Murderer-Nineteen, sir.
Visitor-It is sad, indeed, to see one
so Young condemned to such an ignoml-
NOUS death, but | all afraid it is too late
to do anything for you now. Is there
not, however, some last request you
would like to have me convey to your
loved ones?
Nurderer-Yes; please tell my folks
to have put on my gravestone, The good
die young"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
Live Stock.

Chieago.-Cattle-Steady to strong;
good to prime steers, Sc. 5oa7.os; poor to
medium, &.25a64o; stockers and feeders
g. 5oa5.25; cows, $I.3oa5.so; heifers,
s. 5oa58s; Gamers, $I.3oa24o Hogs
Active and S to Ioc higher; mixed and
butchers, 6.4oa6.75;. good to choice,
heavy, $6.6oa6.S2; rough, heavy, $6.3oa
SIS; light, $63sa6.5o so; bulk of sales $6.4o
a665. Sheep-Sheep 10 to I5c lower;
lambs IS to zoe lower; good to choice
wethers, $5.ooas.4o; Western yearlings,
s525a5S5; native lambs, S4.ooaoo5;
Western lambs, $5.2sa6.8o.
East Liberty.-Cattle steady; choice,
s66oa675; prime. $62oa6.4o; good $3.50
a5oo Hogs higher; prime heavy hogs
s6Soa685; best mediums S.75ao8o;
heavy Workers, $665a67o; light Workers
s64oa655; pig $6.I5a6.25; roughs $500
a625. Sheep steady; best wethers $50
asoo; culls and common 81. 5oa4.oo; veal
calves Sz.OOa7.7s.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
Enau tn ACcOmDl II.

Il am tired and sick of that fellow
Dombell. and | want to cut his acquaint--
ance. | want to do something that will
keep him from ever speaking to me
again"
"YeS?"
eyes; and for that purpose | am going
to take advantage of the first opportun-
ty to lend him S."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
The Patter Discounted.

"Ah! Nature, noble Nature eX-
claimed the maiden. in rapture OF de-
light. "Oh! Mr.. Spooneigh, is tFere
anything more delightful than to sit here
and listen to the gentle patter of the
randropS?"
"Ah-really, I-er--I think the su.
preme delight of my life just now would
be to remember who borrowed my um-
brela last"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
A Conrressinan's Letter.


Hon. H. w. Ogden, Congressman
from Louisiana, in a letter written at
Washington, d. c., says the following
of Peruna, the national catarrh rem
edy:
~ can c0nsctentiOmsLy recon-
mend yOur FerunG as a fine tonic
aud all around good medicine to
those ,UhO are tn need Of q catdrrh
remedy. 1t has been comm ended to
me by people ,chO have Used 1t, as
remedy particularly eDecttVe IN me
cure of catarrb. For those tcho need
o. goOd cafdrrIt medicine 1 ktOW OF
nothing better" III. w. ogden.
Treat Catarrh in Spring.
The spring is the time to treat ca
tarrh Cold, wet winter weather often
retards a cure Of catarrh. If a course
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
The Promoters.

LET us make the capital stock $1,000,
ooo,ooo," said the first promoter.
All right" said the second, who was
preparing the prospectus on the type
writer.
will it be hard to increase that CAPT
tal?" asked the first.
mo, indeed. All l have to do is to
hit this off key few more times"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
Hest For the bowels.

Nomatter what alls you, headache to can
Ger, you will never get we'll until your bowels
are put right. CAscARETs help nature, cure
you without grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10cents to
start getting your health back. CAsoARETs
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal
boxes, every tablet has G. G. G. stamped on
it. Beware of limitations.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
Lost His
Rheumatism
By the use Of a bottle of
St. Jacobs Oil.

SERGEANT JEREMIAH MAHER, of Ard
cath, Royal Irish Constabulary, says only
friend, Mr. Thomas Hand, has been a great
sufferer from rheumatism in the back and
joints for the last four years, during which
time he has employed many different
methods of treatment, but obtained no relief
whatever, and for the last two years has
been unable to walk without a stick, and
sometimes two sticks, and was in great pain
constantly l induced him to procure a
bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, which he applied
with the most astonishing and marvellous
effects. Before he had finished using the
contents of the first bottle he could walk
readily without the aid Of stick, and after
few applications from the second bottle he
was free from pain, and has been ever since /;
and although fifty years of age and farmer,
he can walk and work without experiencing
any pain or difficulty whatever"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
Saved by tho Signal Service.

Longleigh-Then you didn't propose
to Miss Gotrox after all?
Shorteigh-No. My knowledge of the
signal-service code saved me from max
ing fool of myself.
Longleigh-Well, put me on.
Shortleigh-Just as | was about to
commit myself she hoisted the cold-wave
flag.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

Auditor for the war
tel write irony Washington D. G.. %.
to- express m for the benent
from One week has brought wons
changes well Besides being one
'- viz wy "~'' 'p---s GROSVENOR.
In letter he
really meritOrOus than did when
wrote YOU last from
mt if certificate is genuine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
3. 3. 8. SENT FREE,
Cures Blood and Skin Diseases, Cancers,
Bone Pains, Itching HuInors, Etc.

cures blO0u ana Skln OiscSscs, NahcOis,
Bone Pains, Itching Humors, Etc.
Send no money simply try Botanic Blood
Balm at our expense. B. B. b. cures
Pimples, scabby, scaly, itching Eczema,
Ulcers, Eating Sores, Scrofula, Blood
Poison, Bone Pains, Swellings, Rheuma-
tism, Cancer, and all Blood and Skin
Troubles Especially advised for chronic
cases that doctors, patent medicines and Hot
Springs fail to cure or help. Druggists,
81 per large bottle. To prove it cures
B. B. B. sent free by writing BLOOD BALM
Co., IL Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble and free medical advice sent in
sealed letter. Medicine sent at once, pre-
paid All we ask is that you will speak u
good word for B. B. B. when cured.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

"send box of Tetterine. It's the only thing
that makes any impression on stubborn
Ring Worm."-Mrs. Katie Oldham Mon,
talba, Anderson County, Texas. 5oc. py mai
from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, 6a.' II your
druggist don't keep it.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
TO YOUNG LADIES.
From the Treasurer of the
Young Peoples Christian Tenn
perance Association, Elizabeth
Caine, Fond du Lac, Wis.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Il want to
tell you and all the young ladies of the
country, how grateful l am to you for
all the benefits l have received from
using Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. l suffered for
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
Many School Children Are Sticky.

Mother Gray 8 Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Childrens
Home, New York, break up Colds In "a hours,
euro Feverishness, Headache, Stomach
Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy
Worms. At all druggists 25c. Sample mailed
Free. Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, NY.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

The Krupp factory, the biggest iron
working concern in the world, uses up SOC
tons of steel day.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

1t requires no experience to dye with PUT
NAM FADELEss DYES. Simply boiling your
goods in the dye is all that is necessary.
Sold by all druggists.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11
ptpo Worm Routed.

The acrobat is not the only person who
should learn to take a tumble to himself.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

The average CIR! has her wedding all
planned long before she gets her hrst pro-
posal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days uso of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer $2trial bottle and treatisefree
DR.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

1t takes sand to propose to girl, but it
takes rocks to marry her.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

Coventry, England, the centre of the
British bicycle industry, reports a revival
OF business
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

The planetoids, of which there are over
300 known, have all been discovered since
January |, 1901.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

The egotist who is all wrapped up, in
himself should never complain Of the cold.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

An electric carriage call has been de-
vised, which is to be adopted at London
theatres and other public buildings.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

The Metropolitan Police of London look
after 5000 miles Of roads and streets.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

Some people couldn't break into society
with burglars kit.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
as q cough cure.-J. w. O'BRIEN, 322 Third
Avenue, N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

The man who keeps pace with his good
intentions must be quite Splinter.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-11

VocELRRS CURATIVE COMPOUND, the great remedy
which makes people we'll it is made from the formula
Of an eminent London physician. Send to ST. Jacobs
Oil, Ltd, Baltimore, Md. for free sample bottle.
The Press., 1902-11-06

Chinese chess must claim our admit
ration by the manner i'll which the con-
ception of military game has been
elaborated so as to conform with the
realities Of warfare. The board is di-
vided by an imaginary river, which the
elephant and the king may not cross.
The pieces are placed on the intersee-
lions Of the lines, not on the spaces.
The king, or general, with his two
guards, must keep to square of nine
points in the center of his side, with
diagonal lines from corner to corner,
along which the guards may move, the
king moving only forward or sideways
or backward. The other pieces may
enter this fortress and pass through it.
The most characteristic piece of Chi
nese chess. however, is the cannon,
which cannot move without jumping
over a piece, so that not only is the at
tack most formidable and unexpected,
but it must be resisted, else it is help
less. The prettiest checkmate is with
two cannons in line. Here the second
cannon gives check, and the king must
move, for if another piece be inserted
the first cannon gives check. Now, we
may allow that if the elephant is not
supposed to cross the river, no more
should the cannon, for the first named
Is really the most capable of the feat,
but the genius of the piece lies in it's
imitation of cannon in warfare-its
range, the firing over bodies of trod
and it's liability to capture.-Lopl
Spectator,
The Press., 1902-11-06

light and his mustache didn't look
the real thing. He was inside a full
hour. When he came out, was clean
ing pair of shoes and gave him no
attention, and he went Off whistling.
It was still another hour before en-
tered my gentleman's rooms for his
breakfast order. He was sitting in his
favorite chair, but he had been dead
for three-quarters of an hour. exam
ined him carefully before giving the
alarm, but found no wound.
There was great excitement when
the police took hold of the case. The
doctors decided that he had been poi
soned by the prick Of pin. For
week or so the detectives searched
high and low for the "old chum" who
had just returned from the east, but
then they came to the conclusion that
he was myth. None of my gentle
mans friends had ever heard of such a
man. I could describe him to dot,
but the detectives insisted that it was
some one in disguise. l readily agreed
with them in the new theory. I even
suggested to them that it was a wom-
an and whispered the name of the
American actress.
Then all Of sudden the men on the
case began to grow lukewarm, but not
before they had made many discover
les. The woman was off the stage that
night. She had bought suit of mems
clothing two or three days before. She
had made her boasts of getting even,
and the news of the tragedy caused
her to betray many signs of guilt. No
case was worked up against her be-
cause she had among her admirers half
a dozen of the most influential men in
England and one bearing almost the
highest title in the empire. Had she
been arrested they must have used
every eXertion to defeat justice and
save themselves. Then came a time
when 1 acted under direct orders. The
poisoned pin had been left behind. I'm
der instructions l swore that it was
one sent to my gentleman from India
and that he must have accidentally in
flicted the wound with his own hand.
And so my gentleman sleeps his last
sleep unavenged. and a fair woman
still dances and sings and smiles, while
half dozen great men carry her Sc
cpQf
The Press., 1902-11-06
An Ancient Bible.

In the Cottonian library in England
is an old manuscript copy Of part of
the Bible in Latin. The London
Chronicle says it was used at the cor
onations Of English sovereigns 300
years before the ''stone Of destiny"
was brought from Scone to Westmin-
ster by Edward l.
If this be true, the use OF this Bible
for the purpose dates back to the year
1000. 1t is quarto of 217 leaves, con-
tanning the four go: pels, and seems
from the style of the writing and illu-
limitations, which are very beautiful.
to have been made about the end Of
the ninth century.
1t narrowly escaped destruction in
the fire at Ashburnham House in 1871,
of which it bears evidence in its
crumpled leaves and singed margins.
There is some evidence that the son Of
Edward the Elder, Athelstan the Clio
lrious, who was king of the West Sax
,ons from 925 to $40, owned this Bible
and gave it to the church of Dover.
The Press., 1902-11-06
Bats and Vampires.

At sunset in the forest of Guiana the
bats fit from their hiding places, some
taking the place Of the parrots and
focking around the fruit trees, while
the horrid vampires wander far and
near in search of some sleeping ami
NAL, or even man, in order to obtain
meal. Cows, goats. hogs, fowls as
we'll as game birds and Quadrupeds all
suffer from their attacks If not Sc
cured in well latticed pens, while the
traveller must not be surprised when
awaking to find blood oozing from
a wound in his foot Or temple.
In some places domestic animals can
not be kept at all, as they are SO weak
ened by repeated attacks as to ulti-
mately die of exhaustion. Fortunately.
however, the vampires are not very
common, and with proper care may be
excluded from dwelling houses and
stock pens.-Longman's Magazine.
The Press., 1902-11-06
HENRY CLAY AS AN ACTOR.

How the Great Lawyer Wen o Hope
less Case.
An old and well known traveller, who
has recently settled in Chicago. while
coming in from Pewee valley the other
afternoon told an interesting story
about Henry Clay, the great Kentucky
statesman. The story teller In his
youth lived in Mr.. Clay's district dur
ing the time when Henry Clay was at
his prime as lawyer.
"A man was once being tried for
murder" said the narrator, land his
case looked hopeless indeed. He had
without any seeming provocation MUIR
dered one of his neighbOrs in cold
blood. Not a lawyer in the county
would touch the case. 1t looked bad
enough to ruin the reputation of any
barrister.
''The man as a last extremity APP
pealed to Mr.. Clay to take the case for
him. Every one thought that Clay
celebrated lawyer looked into the mat
ter his fighting blood was reused, and.
to the great surprise of all, he accept
ed ...
''Then came trial the like of which
1 have never seen. Clay slowly car
ried on the case, and it looked more
and more hopeless. The only ground
of defense the prisoner had was that
the murdered man had looked at him
with such fierce, murderous look that
out Of self defense he had struck FIRST.
A %I,o 4,r,vxv s%
this evidence.
"The time came for Clay to make his
defense. 1t was settled in the minds
of the spectators that the man was
guilty of murder in the first degree.
Clay calmly proceeded, laid all the
proof before them in his mastery way,
then, just as he was about to con-
clude he played his last and master
card.
"'Gentlemen of the jury he said.
assuming the fiercest, blacklist look
and carrying the most undying hatred
in it that l have ever seen, gentlemen,
if a man should look at you like this
what would you dor
'That was all he said. but that was
enough. The jury was startled, and
some even quailed on their seats. The
judge moved uneasily on his bench.
After fifteen minutes the jury filed
slowly back with a Not guilty, your
honor The victory was complete.
when Clay was congratulated on
his easy victory. he said:
"It was not so easy as you think. /
spent days and days in my room be-
fore the mirror practicing that look.
1t took more hard work to give that
look than to investigate the most OBJ
fuse case.' louisville Courier-Jou
The Press., 1902-11-06

Eleonore Prochaska. born March u,
1855, at Potsdam, was the daughter Of
a sergeant. After being brought up in
the military orphanage Of that town,
she became a cook in some citizens
house. When the great war against
Napoleon broke out in 1918 she was
led away by enthusiasm to quit her
town secretly; by selling her poor be-
longings she procured male attire and
weapons, and enlisted under the name
of August REM in the Lutzow corps.
On account of her tall, slender figure
her sex was not discovered until she
was mortally wounded. This happened
in the encounter in the Gohrde forest,
Regierungsbezirk Luneburg. Kreis
Dannenberg, Sept. 16, 1918. The Prus-
slams were there attempting to storm
hill occupied by the French. she act
ing as drummer. In 1868 monu
ment in memory of her was erected
in the churchyard at Dannenberg, and
another in 1889 in the old churchyard
of Potsdam. When boy, often saw
cheap Illustrations representing her.
and my mother told me about her,
Notes and Queries.