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The Washington times., 1904-01-24
BY W. H. F. BECKHAM.


w THEN you wait and wait at
NV the telephone for the peo-
pie to answer what do you
do with your pencil? OF
course your mind Is wishing all sorts
Of bad luck to the exchange girl, and
your soul writhes in Impotence. but
your pencil is also at work.
What does it do?
You viii find that it does a lot Of
funny things il you will stop to investi-
gate.
Whether il be that some brain cell is
first cousin to a nerve in the finger
or whether it is merely an unconscious
outlet of nervous strength, the fact re-
mains that one is apt to make strange
markings on the paper before him or
on the wall while lost in thought
Sometimes they are birds of the air
again beasts of the field-and now and
then there will be weird and mysterious
brain children. possessing neither shane
reason nor excuse.
W utAHeI SibhS written at the tele-
phone so like dreams-by contraries-
or whether the science is one of strange
inconsistencies. no one has said, for
no one thought to consider-but at any
rate IT is another instance where PEG
pie always do the unexpected
The managing editor. a man little
given to fiourishes-surely not one to go
aimlessly in circle and who would
not say get on 10 his curves" is quite
welded TO circles. He will make five or
six violent deep ones with his dark
pencil, and then viii get very busy
criss-crossing these with numerous bars.
When you go to the desk telephone and
see one of these flying dervishes YOU
may know the managing editor has had
smooth sailing in his conversation. The
telephone girl has been obnging. the
answer has come quickly. and all is
serene. But If you find two or three
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reasonably suppose that it is Daeant Tor
some kind of dwelling place. Perhaps
in the course Of his career he was sent
TO investigate a food and saw a house
that looked like that; who can say?
Then there are reporters who dra,<
nondescript things. One would hssitSte
to lilxen them to anything on the earth
OF in the waters OF the sea. But they
must mean something II remains fer
some enterprising scientist to discover
the keynote
In the Business Office.
In business Office there is apt to be
something doing in the way of odd
marks. But you will go far before you
will find more of it than you do in a
newspaper Office. There are many rca-
sons for it. In the first place. there Is
always a lot Of blank paper near the
telephone in the editorial rooms. ana
the man who goes TO the instrument il
will sit at the phone for ten or twenty
minutes. and talk to half dozen per-
sons I'm that time In the spare mom<l.<
he is apt to use his pencil more from
habit than for any other reason. II
matters not how much paper the scribe
leaves lying about nor how much he
wastes-for paper is the law OF every
newspaper den. The average business
ONCE is an orderly place. given 10
waste baskets. Such couveniences are a
mad extravaganza in the well conducted
newspaper concern. You viii never Ia
really good reporter until you learn
TO throw everything you do not want on
the floor. You often throw there many
things which you do want. but that is
not the point You see the point az
best when you are sitting in a mass of
papers looking for the important IL n
which you discarded. The perspective
here is excellent. II Is when you do
not find the item and rush 10 the tele-
phone after it and-make black, deep
marks.
The Washington times., 1904-01-24

Lighthouse Board, fearing that. owing
to the terrible monotony of lightship
life. some of the strain in the cables
might be applied from aboard ship. has
forbidden implements of chilled steel to
be taken aboard light vessels
Strain of Constant Watching.
Unlike city toilers, the men who man
the ships and guard the lighthouses are
not expected to take vacation. Their
work is OF such an important nature
that Uncle Sam is 10th 10 let them Off
OF course. IL is recognized that the
strain of constant watching is too much
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for the human frame to endure, so, our
ing the summer months. a leave OF Two
weeks is granted Many Of the keepers
of lighthouses and Iightships are mar
ried and live at their posts with Their
families. There are always three men
10 every such station They are graded
as head keeper. first and second assist
ant.
Nantucket Lightship, which is fairly
two miles out at sea- is regarded as the
most. exposed and dangerous light sta
ton in the world-with the reefs and
rips Of Nantucket shoals to tie vest
ward and the broad Atlantic to tie
eastward
AT Tonlrl<insvHle. Staten Island, are
being prepared models OF some Of the
especially interesting lighthouses, which
will be exhibited by the Lighthouse
Board at the St. Louis Exposition"
The First Lighthouses
1t is a matter of dispute when guild
ing lights first came into use 1t is
recounted that a light was placed on
a tower of the temple OF Apollo, On
Mount Leucas. which, visible for ou
at sea, warned and guided mariners
The famous Pharos, OF Alexandra.
built about s55 B. c. is the first light
of undoubted record Other lights were
shown from towers al Ostia, Ravenna.
zpamea and other places mentioned by
Pliny. Suetonius and 5yzantinu5- The
lighthouse built at Corunna, Spain. dur
ing the reign of Trajan. is believed TO
be the oldest existing light tower
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NO matter how good ones sea legs
may be, he has to get a new pair when
he goes aboard lightship. They slip
out from under and down one goes 1t
is not even consoling to have the Oldest
member of the crew tell that though he
had been a long-voyager whaleman, and
sailed in every sea. he felt just as you
do when he first came aboard the light
ship.
Never Gets Anywhere.
"One Of the worst features Of light
ship life is that with all the vessels
tugging and kicking and rolling. it never
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A STUDY OF THE TELEPHONE ARTIST"
Queer Markings the Hold the Phone" Victim Makes on the Wall

you Know he has had trouble. II you
find a dozen growing darker and more
menacing each time. steer clear of him.
He is dangerous. A dozen decorations
give proof positive that trouble is in
store for anyone who happens in just
then. consequently you put on your
hat and hunt an assignment in the dim
distance.
Given TO Animals.
The city editor is given to animal
painting. No doubt. II he had not
drifted into the newspaper business he
would have been u SECOND I4andseer or
masculine Rosa Bonheur. The re-
markably built animals, looking as
though they might belong TO the species
feline, is the work of his hand. He
makes dozens of these, varying on the
general style occasionally by drawing
few hundred tails to each creature.
When the pseudo cat possesses a bushy
tail resembling a feather buster. the
city editor is mad When the cats are
mono-tailed, he is serenity itself.
You would think that the sporting edi-
tor would draw muscular giants or
fighting gladiators or grand stands of
cheering people. But he does nothing
Of the sort. A sew dozen solitaire games
of tit-tat-tow-that frantic bloodcurdling
game. ordinarily assigned to the nursery
on rainy afternoon-suffices for him.
Likes Landscapes
The police reporter is given to land
scapes The touching combination of
mountain and lake. big trees and sail
boats. is the work Of his hand. / do
not mean to insinuate that he draws
aag other landscapes besides these Far
from it, He would like to. but he does
not know the combination. Once a long
long time ago he started in to take
drawing lessons, and his teacher told
him to sketch his horizon first of all
She explained that after this the noun
tains could go and then he could think
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from the Fowey rocks TO Dry Tortugas
light furnished by a series of light
houses provided with red sectors, whose
rays intersect.
No Fear Out at Sea.
Mariners have no fear Of storms out
at sea, providing they have a good ves>
sci under them and plenty OF room 20
move about. II is when nearing land
and the flash Of a beacon light warns
them that treacherous reefs abound in
the vicinity that the most anxious time
begins. It is then that the flash from
the lighthouse is watched with ever
Increasing vigil.
The light at Montauk Point holds a
very important position for mariners
coming from the East When once they
pick up this light it is an easy matter
for them TO work their way along the
can see this light twenty miles out 20
sea. and captains usually give that
point wide berth, preferring to sight
land farther to the west.
In the Delaware Bay-at least of it's
entrance-are three Hghtships, while
from the shore shines Cape HenIopen-a
fixed white light with a red sector. TWO
lights are mounted on Delaware Break
water. while the coast Is penufully sup
piled with range lights. It is agreed
lighted than the course between New
York and Boston. From Long Island
Sound. even past Newport. they flash
and sparkle in all directions. Fourteen
lightships. including the one on Nan
tucket Shoals. can be seen between the
metropolis and Boston.
Perils on Lightships.
Turning to light vessels. the purpose
Of such ships is 10 do the work Of
lighthouse in a place where jagged rocks
and hidden shoals make Il impossible
TO successfully erect a subtantial struc-
ture. There are now in operation forty
FIVE lightshlps and 1882 lighthouses and
beacon lights The large. strong craft
are anchored In the open sea, buffeted
about by storms and in constant peril of
parting cables.
1.-The men who man the lightships and
keep guard in the lighthouses-the lone
ly watches of the deep-how little is
known OF them by the public! One who
has never spent a night on a lightship
can form no idea OF the ordeal through
which these alert watchers pass the
greater part of the year. For the men
Of the lightships there are no holidays
on Christmas as on any other night a
gale may be blowing re top off the
water. the lightship's hull may be
sheathed in ice. and ice may have form
ed so high above the bulwarks that the
crew has to chop holes in it to keep a
lookout.
THE man on watch may be obliged to
stand far forward tolling the fog bell
tugging away at the ice-coyered bell
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
From Blue Grass Valley

Hull, Vas W Sterrett left
Saturday for his farm in Rock
bridge Ey the way of Hot Spring;
to surerIntend his having. Hi,
bows left Monday for the same
place,
Mrs NJ G. Mauzy has returned to
her home in Greenbrier after visit
ing relatives and friends for some
time. She was accompanied by
Miss Maud Kramer who will visit
friends, aud relatives for some
time.
The Board IF Supervisors had
there annual meeting at the cOun-
ty Farm last Monday found every
ii ing in a fouri,hing condition.
Dir l. b Way bright the present ten
ant is the light man in the right
place. The unfortunates who are
under his care speak III highest
terms Of him.
The roads in Blue Grass are up
in fine condition. hope goa can
soon report the SAME from Monte
rev district.
Boys a,e returning from the
camp waiting fer a hot time about
the Fourth.
Mrs James McNulty has been
right sick for few days.
Ned
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Eastern Highland

Headwaters.-Mr John Arm
strong accompanied by Miss Mary
Devericks spent several days witt
Stuarts Draft relatives recently.
Mrs Diehl has been right sick
for some time, sorry to say she is
not better.
We have a thriving Sunday
School at Headwaters, very well at
tended, yet there are others who
should come.
Dir Will Hevener. of Lone Foun-
tain, was in our vicinity recently.
We think he has something on his
mind.
Miss Lille Kate Armstrong con-
templates a visit to Augusta friends
in the near future. Her sister,
Daisy is sick now.
Did Mr. Wooddell get his chair
grower?" We wish be would tell
us where he got it, as we are badly
in need Of such an article.
Miss Della Kincaid has returned
to Richmond. she is an attendant
at the Va. Home for incnrables.
The report is there will be two
new churches on the river south Of
here. The people are working
very hard to get them. Del Rae
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Progressive PeOple.

Shreckhise and Bear, the popular
Stanton merchants seem deter
mined at all times to keep ahead of
their competitors - House furnish
lngs form one of their most i'm
portant departments, and the rush
in this line has been so great this
Spring that it has been necessary
for them to purchase and place in
their building at great expense,
machinery which matches and sews
carpets to fit any room, and does
the work in a thoroughly up to
date manner. This is a wonderful
convenience to their customers, for
now, all that you haye to do is send
a diagram of your. rooms to this
firm and your carpet comes to you
matched and made ready to lay
onyour floor. and the best part of
it. is that they do this work free of
cost to you. During the last week
over two hundred yards of carpet
was sent out by this firm to the
best people in Highland Go. Their
prices for the best goods are always
the lowest, which is fully proven by
the immense trade they have built
up through this section.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Sale Of ValuableLand
Oh COWDasture River.

| will sell privately my two
farms lying OH Cowpasture river,
in Highland county, Va, the first
known as the Hamilton Gwin
home place, which consists Of four
tracts, to-wit: 2l2, IS, 80 and II
acres.
Secondly, the farm known as the
Rachel Gwin land consisting Of
B tracts, towit: 70 acres, 2 roods and
IL poles; % acres and % acres.
These two farms adjoin each
other, and are valuable for grazing
or farming.
will sell them either separately
or together. us may suit purchasers
Upon The Hamilton Gwin farm
is a good dwelling and out houses,
TERMS These lands will be sold
upon a credit Of one, two and three
years, purchasers to execute bonds
with approved personal security,
bearing interest from dav Of sale,
title to be retained as ultimate
security. Possession will be given
at once.
Parties desiring to look at these
lands apply to S NJ MEL,
Nc Dowell, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Worst of All Experiences.

Can anything be worse than to feel
that every minute will be your last? such
was the experience of Mrs S. A. Newson
Decatur, Ala. "For three year." she
writes, 81 endured insufferable pain from
Indigestion, stomach and bowel trouble.
Death seemed inevitable when doctors
and all remedies failed At length | was
induced to try Electric Bitters and the
result was miraculous. improved at
once and now Pm completely recovered
For Liver, Kidney, Stomach and Bowel
troubles Electric Bitters is the only
medicine. Only SOC, It's guaranteed by
X. II Trimble, Druggist.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
COnrs' Sale of Land

Pursuant to a decree OF the Cir
cult Court of Highland county,
pronounced at its April term, 1904,
in the cause of L NJ McClung VS..
} S McNulty &C., we will as comls.
therein named for the purpose Of
fer for sale in front Of the court
house Of said county. by public
auction on Saturday the 9th day Of
July, 1904. the life estate Of the
said j S McNulty in the following
real estate in said county, VIZ: 4
tracts known as the Upper noun
tain" place, containing 223-112-126
and 200 acres respectively, aggre-
eating SOS acres, lying on the Bull
Pasture mountain; the house and
lot in Mcdowell in which the said
NcNulty now resides containing
about y acres; and the tract above
Mcdowell known as the Peterson
and McNulty land, containing
about go acres.
Terms-Ten per cent cash on
day of sale; 23a per cent. in 4
months; 33B per cent. in 16 months,
and 335 per cent in % months from
the day of sale, all to bear interest
from that day, the purchaser to exc
cute bond, with good and approved
personal security for the deferred
payments AMI the legal title to be
retained as ultimate security.
B II Hiner.
E b Jones, Spl Comrs.
|, j G Matheny clerk of High
land Circuit Court, do certify that
the bond required by the above
mentioned decree has been duly
executed. ] C Matheny, Clerk
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
VIRGINIA.:

NlRGlN Ia:
In yacatlon-In the Clerks office
of the Circuit Court Of Highland
county, July 9TH, 1904.
John M Colaw Ex'or Of John M
Hook, decd.
against
Dorothy Hook, widow and others.
In Chancery-Upon Answer Pn1
Cross Bill of Il L Hook.
The object of this proceeding, :, is
to determine, the right of said I l.
Hook, to certain piece of hnd
formerly owned by John NJ 4ook
and for several years in the poses
sion of II L Hook.
And it appearing by aHiaYlt
filed that John r Hook. Rebfca h
Cobb, A J Hook, Mary E look
and Geo W Hook, are not res dents
of this state, it is ordered thai they
appear here within fifteeI days
after due publication heref and
do what is necessary to Irotect
their interests.
e H McCIintic, for resp.
Teste:
} G Natl hy elk.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Starting Evidence.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring DR..
Kings New Discovery fol Consumption,
Coughs and Colds TO be unequaled. A
recent expression from T. j. Mcfarland,
Bentorville, Va, serves as example. He
writes II had Bronchitis for three
years and doctored all the time without
being benefited. Then l began taking
Dr.. Kings New Discovery, and few
bottles wholly cured me-" Equally ef-
fective in curing Lung and Throat troub-
les, Consumption. Pneumonia and Grip.
Guaranteed by K. H. Trimble, Druggist:
Trial bottles free, regular size SOC, and
$100.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
A Strong Heart

is assured by perfect digestion. In
digestion swells the stomach and
puffs it up against the heart. This
canses shortness of breath, palpita-
ton of the heart and general weak
ness. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures
indigestion, relieves the stomach,
takes the strain of the heart and
restores it to full performance OF
its function naturally. Kodo! in
creases the strength by enabling
the stomach and digestive organs
to digest, assimilate and approprl-.
ate to the blood and tissues all OF
the food nutriment. Tones the
stomach and digestive organs. Sold
by X H. Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
The Pines

There's a sweet retreat in old high
land,
As cool as a tangle of vines;
It's Swallowed by branches luxurlant
And is called by lovers 1.-The
Pines"
In daylight the sunbeamS are soft
ened
When crossing the shadows be-
tween:
And by night the moonlight Is
mellowed
Till it sometimes can scarcely be
seen.
In winter the feathery snowflake
And the starlight keen and clear;
They fall like dream on that
woodland,
Through the crisp December air.
The autumn has hooks there and
corners
With walls all scarlet and gold.
Her incense arises to heaven
And in glory descends on the
void.
The springtime on violet carpet,
In velvet sandaled feet,
Reioices in the fragrance of gar
lands
And reyels in bird-songs sweet.
But the snow Gor the scarlet nor
springtime
With all their treasures rare,
Can never surpass June's beauty,
Nor the pines that grow tower
ing there.
It's in June here that maidens as
semble,
Beneath the soft summer sky,
Rejecting back the keen azure.
In the splendor and grace of the
eye.
And there by the falling waters,
That ripple cool and clear,
Sing the song of life to your true
love
Or whisper it i'll her ear.
These haunts, like the bowers of
Eden,
Were twined for the home of
the dove:
IT'S here that the youths and the
maidens
First learn the lispings Of love.
There's a sweet retreat in old High
land,
As cool as q tangle of vines;
1t is Swallowed by branches luxuri-
ant,
And is called by lovers "The
Pines"
H A Murrill.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
For a Hundred Years.

For a hundred years or more
Witch Hazel has been recognized
as superior remedy, but it remain
ed for E. &. Dewitt & Co., of Chica-
go, to discover how to combine the
virtues Of Witch Hazel with other
antisepties, in the form Of salve.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye is the
best salve in the world for sores,
cuts, burns, bruises and piles. The
high standing Of this salYe has
given rise to counterfeits, and the
public is advised to look for the
name ''DeWitt' Oh the package,
and accept no other, Sold by X.
H. Trimble
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
COmr. Sale Of Lots ut BOIar
Springs Va,

Pursuant TO decree of the circuit
court of Highland county rendered at
the April Term thereof 1904 in the chan.
Gerry cause therein pending of G w
TIimDle VS. Lille II Blackwell. | will on
July 10, 1904, Friday, at p m in front
of The court house Of said county, offer
for sale by way of public auction lots /
and 9 of Block and all Of block 70 az
shown by the plat and survey of same
made for Lille r Blackwell.
Terms, cash in hand on day OF sale
sufficient to pay costs Of suit and sale
and the residue in three equal payments
falling due in six, twelve and eighteen
months from date of sale, evidenced by
bonds OF the purchaser with good per.
sonal security and bearing interest from
date of sale and the title to be retained
as ultimate security for the deferred pay.
ments. + II McClintic Comr.
!, j. &. Matheny, Clerk of The Circuit
Court Of said county do certify that the
bond required by The commissioner by
the above decree has been duly executed.
Z Matheny, elk,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08

FOR SALE-A valuable mill
property, situated at Williamsville,
Bath county. Va, familiarly known
as the weldon Place" This
property consists of several tracts
Of land amounting in the aggre-
gate to 304 acres, 3 roods and 81
poles upon which is situated fine
mill, three dwellings, store house
and out buildings, which will be
shown by j X P Loying residing
on said property.
For further particulars address
Mrs M D Loving,
7-S-4t Hot Springs, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Jonas COIaW Dead

Mr Jonas Colaw, a highly re-
spected citizen, and next to the
oldest in Crabbottom, died Wednes-
day morning, of organic heart dis
ease, aged SO or 4 years.
Mr. Colaw leaves eight children
viz: Mrs Sam'l Ruckman, Mrs X
Middleton, Mrs John Lockridge
and a single daughter. Messrs
Ernest, Martin, James and Arthur
The oldest citizen in Crabbottom
valley is MIR Cyrus Colaw, who is
in his Goth year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-08
Nerve Fg.
If You Waste|Your
Nerve En- ergyAfter
Awhile YouWiu
Suffer Fott.

You can waste nerve II by excess
over-Wori,. worry. anxiettc.
You can weaken yourseP not eating
nroner food or securing ficient rest to
renew the nerve energyu use up,
The proper treatmenh aqoltlon to
good phosphate foodhch as whole
meal bread, prepared reais, etc., is
DR.. Miles Restoratjyeervins,
This Is as truly aain ana nerve
food as any food WOULD eat, and be-
sides. furnishes siren and tone Of it's
own, which goes to weakened nerve
system. and sets It lights.
Dr. Miles Restora' NerVine Is a re-
fresbjng. reyitaIizin) nic food-medicine
for the brain and pes. 1t reconstructs
worn-out nerve tie, and fills your
languid brain witrw life and vigor.
DR.. Niles Merry has made so many
marvellous cures. people so sick the
doctors thoughtiey were incurable,
that it is todaye standard medicine
in many thousa Of American homes.
The first botts guaranteed to help
you, or druggisturns your money.
"The extremeat, close confinement
and intense nal strain incident 20
ihe banking mess, has caused me
to suffer righteousness and insom-
mia. 1t giVese pleasure to say that
/ have used. Miles Nervino with
very satisfaG results in the treat
ment Of thesffections. 1 am now on
my fifth bot and eat and sleep well,
in fact haulmost forgotten that
possess per"-R. I. DAILY, ASST.
Cashier, StBank, Texarcana, Ark.