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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

At Portland, Ore, the marine engi-
neers' strike has been settled, both sides
making concessions.
The long-continued strike of the dy-
crs' helpers at Paterson, N. J., has been
formally declared off.
Striking capmakers at Boston have re-
ceiyed an increase in wages OF from
to 10 per cent.
Engineers and fremen on the Colora-
do and Southern have asked that COM
pany for an increase in pay.
Strikes are occurring all over Sweden,
due TO the discharge OF men who took
part in the recent suffrage strike.
The National Federation OF Teachers
was recently organized at Minneapolis,
MINI. Its object is Of protective ma
ture.
Coal miners in Holland are better
paid and work shorter hours than men
employed in any similar industry III that
country.
Pullman conductors at Chicago have
been given voluntary increase OF from
$40 to SIS month, according to their
length of service.
The strike OF carpenters, painters and
plumbers at Lafayette, Ind, has been
settled by the signing OF a new scale.
Drug clerks at Des MoineS, Iowa
have organized, adding another union
to the already long list of that city
Employees of the Stockton Electric
Street Railway Company. at Stockton
CAL, have organized and are now part
of the Amalgamated Association oil
America.
A novel strike occurred recently a.
the City Hospital at Augusta, Ga; all
the nurses and porters and some Of the
doctors walking out, due to grievance
against the matron The matter va
quickly settled, however
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08
Live Stock.

Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 10al5c lower,
good to prime steers 81 S5a8 70; poor to
medium $4a7; stockers and feeders ~ 80
as 25; COWS, 81 50a5 81; heifers 81 25a
6 so; Texas-fed steers 81 00a5 70. Hogs,
Mixed and butchers 81 l5a7 30; good to
choice, heavy 81 Goal 80; Sheep, sheep
and lambs slow to lower; good to choice
whethers 81 25a5 90; Western sheep
81 Toad 25.
East Liberty, Cattle steady; choice
ST 5Oa7 81; prime 81 00a7 90. Hogs,
prime heavy 81 90a7 50, mediums 81 50;
heavy Workers 81 85a7 80. Sheep steady,
Best wethers 81 50a4 10 culls and CON-
non 81 5Oa2 OO; choice lambs So C0a6 90.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

MlSS phh~'b$ot
President of urses' Association, WATERFOWL M.
most distressing cases of Inflammation
and liberation of the ovaries and womb.
have known that doctors used LYDIA
f.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound when everything else failed
with their patients. have advised my
patients and friends to use it and have
vet to hear of its first failure to cure.
-Four years ago I had falling OF the
womb from straining in lifting heavy
patient, and knowing of the value OF
your Compound 1 began to use it at
once, and in six weeks was well once
more, and have had no trouble since.
am most pleased to have had an oppor.
tunity to say few words in praise OF
your Vegetable Compound, and shall
take every occasion to recommend 1t. -
MISS VIRGINIA GRANEs.-s5o0o forfeit II
a6ove testimonial is net genuine.
Lydia E. Pinlzham's Vegetapie
Compound has stood the test or
time, and has cured thousands.
Mrs. Pinkham advises SICK Wo.
men free. Address, Lynn, MASS
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08
Shes "A Bird.

The wife of a Methodist minister in
West Virginia has been married three
times. Her maiden name was Par
fridge, her first husband was named
Robin, her second Sparrow, and the
present ones name is Quayle. There
are now two young Robins, one Spar
row and three little Quayles in the fam
lily. One grandfather was Swami and
another was a Jay, but he's dead and
now bird of paradise. They live on
Hawk avenue, Eagleville, Canary
Islands, and the fellow who wrote this
article is Tyre bird and an interested
relative of the family.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08
Orulence.

A hunting party OF ladies and gentle
men was detained by storm at the hut
OF a Virginia backwoodsman. Dinner
being served, there was all embarrass-
ing paucity of knives.
The mother, wishing to impress her
aristocratic guests, called in COM
handing tone to her young daughter,
Fetch some more knives, Sairey; you
know we've got thousands OF EN-"
Law, no, nam; they's all thar!
Thar's Big Butch and Little Butch,
and 'Razorback' and 'Bunty. "-Har-
per's Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08
PaDdOrn,s Box,

Epimetheus gingerly pried open the
lid of Pandora's box and watched all the
evils of the world fly out. With shout
Of Joy he pressed her to his heart.
Dearest" he exclaimed, you are so
good"
Surprised at his pleasure, his beauti-
jul wife asked, and what did you think
was in it?"
81 was afraid" he replied, that it was
o,le OF those Bargain boxes Of cigars"
Thankful to have escaped such ter
riblc fate, he again filled the air with
rejoicing.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08
touches That Make For Elegance.

Sets of shirt waist buttons of painted
and gilded china are effective if rather
unwieldly accessories of dress. Some
are round, others oval OF square and
are decorated after the fashion of Ores
den, Bonn, Staffordshire, Limoges and
Sevres. An ornament for the belt is
sold to match these buttons, and if
truth must out it resembles nothing so
much as butter plate!
The buttons, ornaments and baubles
In general enjoy no less measure of
consideration than the actual materials
of our gowns themselves. The prettiest
things are the little crystal or paste
calls which form the tassel to the taf-
fetas or ribbon knots or bows whiCii.
embellish our frOcks. Then narrow
velvet ribbon is run through half
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08
MerriIl's Foot Powder.

An absolute cure for all foot troubles.
Guaranteed to stop all odor and excessive
perspiration. Brings red, burning, smartfng,
tired and tender feet to perfectly normal
condition. Asuperior toilet article for ladies.
This powder does away with the use OF dress
shields. Druggists, or sent direct in hand
some sprinkle top tin package for 25c.
EDWIN f. MERRILL, Maker. Woodstock. vt.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08
The Strenuous Life For Girls.

Strenuosity, however, seems to imply
at least a shade of difference from
energy, else why the new name? The
dictionary says it is something "eager-
ly pressing or urgent. strongly insis-
tent, marked by uncOmprOmising zeal"
Running the word back to it's root in
the Greek, We find that strong, hard,
rough, harsh, especially of sounds
for example, "the strenuous trumpets."
Precisely! The strenuous life is the
life that sounds like trumpet. 1t is
dominant, aSsertive, militant. There
is a tone Of defiance and strife in it..
1t is next door to a strident life. If this
Is what it means, it is not natural nor
a desirable life for girls.
l take it for granted that man and
q woman are of the same worth and
not of the same kind. A wOman's
special and inestimable value in the
world lies just in the qualities which
make her wOmanhood. And these are
things which strenuosity must disturb,
if not destroy.
A serene and gentle dignity; tran
quill wisdom to counsel and restrain;
n fine delicacy of feeling, quick to re-
joice tender to suffer, yet patient to ell
dura; subtle sense of the value of
small, unpurchasable things; power
of great confidence and of self-sacr-
flee almost limitless where love speaks
the word and duty shows the task; an
instinct of protection, and q joyous
pride in mOthering the weak; brave
loyalty to the rights Of the heart
against "the freezing reasons colder
part" q noble hunger and thirst for
harmony; an impegnable strength of
personal reserve; and an eXhaustless
generosity of personal surrender
these are the native glOries of woman.
hood. These are the things that life,
if true and well ordered, should Deepen
unfold, brighten, and harmonic in the
perfection of a woman's character
Henry Van Dyke, in Harper's Bazaar.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-Ease,
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions. Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. AT
all Druggists and Shoe stores, rs cents. Ac-
ceSpt no substitute. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted Leroy, N. \.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. $2trial bottle and treatisefree
DR. RU. KLINE. Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phiia., Pa.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

The woman who marries for spite dis
covers that revenge is not always sweet.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

Conductor E. D. LOOMS, Detro t, Mith.,
saws: "The effe of Halls Ca arrh Cure Is
wo derful." Write him about it. So D.
Druggists 75c
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

The largest coral reef in the world 1,d Is
the. Australian Barrier reef, which is llOO
miles in length.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

Some men never break themselves OF bad
habits until they find themselves broke.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

Mrs. Winslow's SC othing Syrup for children
teething, soften thegums, reduces lnhamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. zoe. apottie
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS HOB
BINS. Maple ST., Norwich, N. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08
MISS VIRGINIA CRANES
Tells How Hospital Physicians
Use and Rely upon Lydia IL
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. II v

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM - Twelve
wears continuous service at the SICK
bed in some of our prominent hospi-
tails. as we'll as 1T private homes, has
given me varied experiences with the
diseases of women. have nursed some
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

Three.fourths of the people of Cuba de
pend for a livelihood upon the sugar crop.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

Some men only put on their best man
ners when they dress to 60 out.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

A golden opportunity doesn't always gilt
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-08-08

NEW PENSION LAWS. Act of June 81, 1872 pen
sons certain survivors and their widows OF the In
every good Contract Claim under this act Act OF
July l. 10 pensions certain soldiers who had prior
confederate service, also who may 9e charged Nun
blanks and fun Instructions, address the W H. Wills
Pension Agency, Wills Building. Ss Indiana Ave Ave,
Washington, D. G. Twenty years practice IN wash
ington COPIES of the laws sent for cents.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

Realty Bond and Trust Company said the report
untrue
The three story and basement brownstone dwell
ing house No. 123 West Forty-seventh-st- and the
four story and basement dwelling house No 64f
Madison-ave. are reported to have been sold
H LeventhaI has sold for H Wronkow to Mitch
ell A. c. Levy No. 131 West Twentieth-st.. three
story brick dwelling house. 226x92 feet
The McVickar Realty Trust Company has sold
for Henderson & Co. No Ii Henderson Place, a
three story brick dwelling house. lot 176x46 feet
James w. Taylor and ]. j. Schwartz, of the Ster-
ling Realty Company, have sold TO Stowe Phelps
No. 132 East Seventy -thrd-st, a three story and
basement brownstone private dwelling house, l5xlvO
feet. Douglas Robinson, CharleS . Brown & Co.
were the brokers.
The building No. 43O Columbus-ave., which was
sold by the Frank L. Fisher Company for Marie
True was recently altered into an apartment hotel
with restaurant on the ground floor. The building
has been leased to one tenant for ten years
for client eight five story hathouses on the east
side of the block front in Morningslde Park East
between hundred-and-seventeenth and One
undred-and-eighteenth sts., to well known op-
orator.
Samuel c. Baum has sold No. 222 East Ninety
ffthst, five story TIA athouse. on lot 25xlOOS feet.
erty at Bedford, WeStcheStcr County.
Alexander Spiro has sold to Gustave E. Beyer
story fathouse on plot S73x1Oon feet:
]. Arthur Fischer has sold for 1. Kaufman to a
Mr. Gideon No. 154 Lenox-ave-. a five story fiat
H Raa be & sons have sold Nos. 242 and pa West
double fiathouses. on plot 674xi0On feet They
have also sold 10 24O, a similar house adjoining
Gordon, Levy & Co have bought No. 137 Orchard
st. five story tenement house on lot 25xS7.6 feet
Emanuel Ae2andeG has as 5oG sold No e. Joness an
w. & c. f. Smith have sold for a client to
side of Jerome-ave 166 feet south OF Burnside-ave
B. F. McQuay & Co have sold for r. w Thomas
No. 2,0l6 La Fontaine-ave. a two story frame
daniel BiTdsall &: Co, have sold to a client of
pCsite North Brother Island. fronting the Sound
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

heen identified with realty transactions ror some
wears expect to be kept busy as when the great
investors and SPECTATORS daily at their oesKs-
IT, oct renorts now of many interesting sales In
+bs west side section above Fifty-ninth-st should
therefore be taken the best naroIneN7r Vi lne
situation there
This unusual activity in this district IS one OIL ING
,,os+ nIeasing features of the dull season IL Is
,,ndo,htedy one of finest districts in the CITY,
and one that is likely to be many times srander III
tho near future than now. There is also strong
demand for properties on the lower west oioe at
90 ,ear Twelfth-st and Fifth-ave. Moreover.
vv.s+ Tenth Eleventh and Twelfth SITS. appear 10
he popuIar streets with large number OF investors
and sneculators Some tempting bargains in those
streets are now being offered Persons VINO are
inst beginning to study real estate condltlons ire
ouent1y ask why all classes of sales are reported
There was time not long ago, when only the
sales of general public interest were reported
That time was in the great, good old days OF the
realtv market" when lots at Twenty-third-st and
Fifth-ave could be had almost for the asking
This is no fairy tale An examination or the rec
ords in the REGISTERS office o. old real estate
files will prove this beyond question OF doubt
One person who owned large tract of land near
Twenty-third-st. and Fifth-ave., according to the
records, offered to give away certain number of
lots free and clear. with frame buildings on them,
in the hope of realizing few dollars from the sale
of some other adjoining lots. As the city grew the
field of estate broker, investor and specula-
tor widened, and there arose demand and need
for daily record Of sales. For this reason all
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

but e was not enough, for Duffey even
terms with them after going twenty yards Dufey
ran the distance IN 6 2-5 seconds. eQualng the
worlds record. now held Jointly by Delgardo,
Tevvl,ess,,lry and Myers. DufTey then after
front to hurry him along He did WELL winning in
8 3-5 seconds, but not creating new record Lon
Myers the distance in So seconds back in 1884,
the record is still his, although he has been in
his grave for two three years
FLANAGAN BREAKS HANDLES
In nearly every cortest there innumerable
heats that string Of human racing machines
darting past the spectators almost constantly
fer nearly three hours The ouarter-Tnile fur
nsshed cne Of the best of the day, Sedley
Forbes and Hillman finishing close together
that many Of the spectators found fault with the
Judges when Il was announced that Sedley and
Forbes had run dead heat Forbes had the
ste nina and repeated finely in the run-off-
TIaragas did not break q record, but did sue
reed n breaking several handles. sending
the iron ball through a crowd Of athletes. but
fortunately injuTirs none OF them The handle
broke issf as Flanagan started TO throw il, and
frishtful speed. A frightened yell went up from
the throng and those in the infield gave the
missile q wide berth. While Preston OF Yale. was
srrrevvhat of a disappointment in the intercol-
egfare charnpionships, ne managed to win the
running broad Jump yesterday. The take-on was
slippery and bad. which accounts for the poor
work OF many Of the jumpers.
rurYlfia the sprinters from New-Hsven had every
thing their own way, and lea the cntire distance
The relay race for schools was practical Walk
pver fer the Brooklyn High Schools nne team OF
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

other ts to have relatives and friends with money
to invest who think that one real estate man ID As
good another
THE Real Estate Record and Guide" of June q
IN snsatng OF the transactions of the week. in
part:
While the estate market stu remains ,s sea- a.
sonably quiet and while It Is a9fou snpoying
Illustrations of customary lines OF actssy fr in
stance ee bg the Maritime Exchange Nos and 80
Rroad-st. price which is an advance OF % Per
is an illustration both of the way in which business
Sfiad and Of the increased popularity
OF Broad-st south of Exchange Place The settle
Exchange in the lower part of that street will very
much stimulate the demand for properly , IN b the
vicinity sites for office buildings ana our durihs & rnT
few years it may be expected tnd1 roMce Mca
as lower Broadway Further uptown the purchase
of the southeast corner of Fiftb-aye and Twen-
occupy abutting property in Twentieth-st and
Broadway will mean the improvement Itra 0l Tbis is
the fifth corner in the avenue between @ mn
1royed u or soon will be- and the whole site, with
frontages in Broadway and in the avenue wiz .be o
conducts both a retail and wholesale trade. An
other Of BTaed%ay Is and
st. to the Royal Company for a cigar store, at d
tensa teTest ON s6 o This seems to be such
rental to pay for cigar shop tnat s a"eofgTs r
would have been incredible. but lately the tooacco
sbnndant resources and new and more enterpris-
ing methods. Large shops. such as that In the 81
James Building centrally situated have been touna ma
to pay very well at least as an advertiseInent lGr
the people who frequent middle Broadway are al
most without exception smokers of large quantities
of tobacco and the consequence Is that such ex-
pensiye locations that of the ground foOr OF tn
new FIatirol Building, such as the corner OF
Thirty-second-st. and Broadway, mentioned above
are being found be peculiarly adapted TO the To-
bacco trade. - =,
The transaction. however which oversnadows all
the others in is the purchase by the George
A Fuller Company and others of the Plaza Hotel
price which is said to give the New-f orK Lie
Insurance Company a handsome profit
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

classes OF sales now reported. BY studying the
critics there in great demand. In spite Of all
arguments to the contrary this is the dull time Of
the real estate season. Most brokers out of
town on fishing excursions, and II will be some
weeks before they return the city again. At
this time of the year of the persons VINO have
sales the people interested in realty affairs get
e good idea of what is and what is not in demand.
Many persons who would probably never become
well known through their own merits have prom
inerce thrust them by the daily reports OF sales.
They not creatures OF deep learning. brilliant
in conversation possessed OF qualities Of mind
body highly priced and which attract Some of
them cannot even write their names. But their
eat-grandmother great-grandfather owned
tracts of land valuable and which be-
queathed to them. The tracts probably cost their
ancestors the price of two spring chickens
Ten feet of any OF the parcels would at
present about what twenty thousand spring
chickens would bring in the market. Each time
such tracts surveyed and transferred the his
tories OF the parcels more retoid. and the
names Of the heirs usually displayed in big
type Some of these heirs think that they
naturally good Judges OF real estate conditions II
has been often said that there two instruments
which help TO success in the real estate market.
One is plenty OF good healthy gray matter and the
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
WOMEN SPUR ATHLETES ON
RIG THRoNG. BUT NO RECORDS Az
TRAvERS ISLAND.
,,-rrv po1rar,s A WORLDS RECORD IN
soGGy wEATHER-YALE DEFEATS w.
IrMBIA IN RELAY RACE

Even the threatening. humid and soggy "ea'he
NJ YESTERDAY could not dampen the enthusiasm oA
those who for many years have looked ahead 10
che annual spring games Of the NeW-fork A0hleuo
f-ruh st Trayers Island. While rain threatened 10
fs every minute and it did sprinkle OCCASIONALLY
men women and nicely dressed children NUMBER
.rg several thousand wended their way &c the
beautiful country home of the pioneer athletic cuo
az the country While it not the sort OF weather
for record breaking. good time was made as might
he expected when college champions are orousnt
into active competition with the champions OF the
local athletic clubs
Fair women were there IN countless NUMBERS
dressed In the most fetching summer costumes
Manr OF them came early in automobiles, orass
snd carriages Others arrived later on bicycles and
on belated and sufocatingly crowded trains Ihey
congregated about the clubhouse and formed an
oval Of picturesque beauty about the track Inc
uncovered stands were full 10 overfowing and hao
II rained in earnest enough fnery would have oeen
ruined TO make the drygoods emporiums a panic
Fcene for the next week
Some one discovered during the day why auto
mobile runs to Travers Island have become SO
popular recently. Il required over two hours TO
reach the island from the City Hall in this Dor
oush The games ended at P m, and when lne
spectators errived again at the same torn-up CITY
Hail they found that Il 7:S5 p. n IN the even
ing The trials Of those who still had to travel to
distant Brooklyn and New-Jersey need not De
dwelt OF On the return trip from the island
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
BILLIARDS.
MORNIEGSTAR BY DEFEATING SAYLOR WINS
PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT AT
DALY'S ROOMS.

Ora Morningstar defeated Sayor the champion
Of California, at Daly's billiard rooms last night
by score Of 300 TO 1S5. The contest the final
of match that had been going throughout
the week. The other men who took part in the
tournament Julius Adorjan, who two
games and lost to Morningstar by close
margin, and Mclaughlin, whose poor work was
disappointment to his friends
Morningstar took the lead in the first inning In
last nights game and held IL until the finish Not
did the result in doubt, and the game
closely watched throughout by the specta-
tors, who greeted the winner with hearty enthu-
siasm. Saylors high was 2S with average
of 5-8 Morningstar made average of 2l-Sl
and high run of 43. The score:
Morning.taI-s; l. 81. II o "a. !. 13 O.
300 average 9 21-31; high 43, 81 and %.
Sayor-4. S. l, !, IL, Z. 6. 10. /. g. 1S
Z, l.. la, Il, l, o. J., o. L, total
5-2s; high runs. 2s. 10 and 16.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
ANDovER WINS NEw-ENGLAND MEET.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNB.I

TO THE TR1BUNE.I
Cambridge Mass, June THE seventeenth an
nual outdoor meet of the New-England lnterscho-
lastic Amateur Athletic Association was held on
Soldiers Field this afternoon, under the auspices
of the Harvard track team. A drizzhng rain tooA
sway from the interest Of the games, and slightly
bee1,y track made fast time impossible Andover
won the games with SO points, while her ola rival
Exeter was second with 2S1a and Worcester was
a close third with %.
Great interest centred in Doyle. OF Worcester
who will nroba bly come to Harvard. He took the
hundred in easy style 10 Id, while the quarter
mile was also easy for him Had he not been
tagged out he would doubtless have taken the
2ao as well Kinney. the big Andover captain TOOK
both the hammer and shot, while Hubbard. OF
Concord High School. showed up well, by taxing
first in the broad and second in the high jumps
He has done over % feet in the broad jump, ana
expects TO enter Dartmouth in the faN kinney
will probably go Yale. while Anderson, VINO
captured both hurdles in good time, may come to
Harvard.