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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
WORLD OF LABOR.

Brotherhood of Carpenters and join
ers now has I,7oI unions chartered.
In the Government factories OF Rus
STA wages rarely exceed 70 shillings
a month.
A new departure is to be made at
the Pembroke dockyard by the EN-
ployment of women as tracers.
Plumbers are perhaps the best paid
of .any mechanics in the City OF Mex
leo. They get from So to So a day.
More than 500 japanese laborers
have Just landed in Mexico under con-
tract to work in the coal mines.
Canadian manufacturers claim that
places for 6,7I7 working men, women
and boys are vacant in their factories.
Recent reports from the Mendocino
(Cal.) lumber regions are to the eff
feet that all the camps are being rap
idly unionized.
The Chinese Government is to re-
ceive G3oo per thousand for all the
Chinese coolies shipped to the South
Africa mines.
San Francisco (Cal) team drivers
receive So, $3.50 and So day for driv-
ing one, two and three horse teams,
respectively. :,
The Northumberland (Eng.) Coal
Cancellation Board has decided to
make no change in the rates OF wages
for the next three months.
Practically no interest or concern
is shown in labor circles over the tor
nation of the new organization OF EN-
ployers of various lines.
The first organization of coal min
ers in this country was in 1861 by some
miners who came from England and
settled in the Bellevue district OF IL
l;nois.
An attempt on the part OF the So
cialstic faction in the Chicago (lli)
Federation of Labor to control the
seini-annual election resulted IN SER
ions disturbances.
Germany has devoted 975o.ooo,ooo
to her standing army in rs years-a
prodigious SUM- withdrawn from pro-
ductive work N industry and CON-
merce
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
WheA an Iceberg Turns Turtle.

Thinkt sections bigger than Rhode
Island pong torn from glacier anC
swept oHnto the ocean, to be ferried
5000 mile on the bosom of the Lab
rador curlht until the heated waters
of the Gull Stream cause them to
vanish IRON the human ken! Then
can one fob some idea of the i'm
mensity of We ice area discharged
from the Grelland seas each year
thousands Oh fles of valley are con.
stantly emptyi their contents into
the bays and Eds of the north wa.
tiers, whence "a tides hurry the de.
tachments soutfard to cumber the
wide Atlantic.
The dlsposltlof1f icebergs to turn
turtle is one Oh Iir most dangerous
propensitles. IL fes from several
causes. When th start out from
Greenland thelr EOms are heavy
with the detritus thered in thei,
glacial period, ana is drops off at
intervals as they he south. caus.
ing their center VI atty to change
and the berg to assam, ew positions
The scientlnc tneory lie formation
of the vast submarine teams which
extend from Laprauor Fundy and
are commonly kno"h the Great
Banks or Ne"louhuldnu that they
are the products of th'aposits OF
bergs during the COUNTIES es.-t
lies Magazine
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
WHEN | GET RICH.

!,hen I get rich, oh, many things IN do;
For al poor oiks whose lives are tuli OF
care,
Their DAYS, now dear, III MAKE so sweet
and fair,
They'll know no grief, no sorrow, no de-
spsir
When get rich!
When get ricn the friends | love so dear
Shall know no more those weary, tolisome
nc urs;
I'll light their skies with sunshine. and
~ the showers
will scatter on their pathway fsirest
flowers,
When l get rich!
When you &C. rich! Those friends you
',ved 80 we'll
May not be here, but far beyond the
skies,
/ And never know the hidden love that lies
Within your aeart-ah! foolish, vain sur
When you get rich!
Wait notNl rich, but haste to do it now!
Yes, sc1ttA S. nshne-dry the falling
tear
Light up with h pc the u~rkenei heart
and d-ear,
That may De near you-oh, never mind
the year
When III get rich
The Rev =. H. McCauley, in Freeman's
Journal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
ANGLED IN WHEAT FIELD.

Three Pennsylvania Fishermen
Thought it Was Stream.
William Homer, Jacob Zimmerman
amid Wallace Jaraskie, while on fish
inA expedition, cast their lines in q
whSat field, thinking it a stream, says
a dispatch from Shamokin, Pa.
They left here in the morning for
ChilHsquaque creek, over a dozen
miles away. Lettering by the way
side,it was dark before they reached
what they thought was the bank OF
the WI ter. They clambered to the
summit, sat down, cast their lines and
waited for the fish to nibble. Some
time PASSED without a catch. Zim.
norman fell asleep, lost his equilibri
I'm and rolled down the bank into the
supposed stream. Homer, fearing his
companion would be drowned, crawled
down the embankment, where, to his
amazement, he found Zimmerman ris
ing to his feet amid thick growth Of
wheat.
The trio felt foolish, collected theiI
wits and returned home, vowing tc
keep De affair secret, but the story
came oft.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
Live Stock, !

New York. - BEEVES Dressed
beef slow at 7H@IoHc. per pound for
native sides; calves unchanged; ex-
ports, 1869 cattle and 1000 quarters
of beef.
CALVES-Dressed calves steady;
:ity dressed veals, o@I2Hc. per pound;
country dressed, 8@IIc.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Sheep low
er, lambs Ts@25c. off. Sheep, 2.75@
$50; lambs, 5.so@7.25; culls. 400.
HOGS-Nominally steady.
Chicago-CATTLE-Good to prime
steers, 5.25@6.2s; poor to medium
4oo65 90; stockers and feeders, 2.ooG
400; cows, I.25@4.oo; heifers, 2oo@
AS; Gamers, I.5o@2.5o; bulls, 2.oo@
400; calves, 2.so@575; Texas-fed
steers. 3.oo64.so.
HOGS-Mixed and butchers, $3.50
$50; good to choice heavy. 5.25@5.5o;
rough heavy. 4.so@s.Io; light, $3.50
$50: bulk of sales, 5.2o0s.4o.
SHEEP-Good to choice wethers,
37s@4 20; fair to choice mixed, 5000
SIS; native lambs, 4.oo@675.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
No Rose Is Pure White.

Probably the largest rose cut In this
city this season is specimen OF the
Warehouses of Londonderry, which
Major Barnhart has had in a vase at
hisLresidence.
This species is credited with pro-
ducing larger blooms than any other.
specimens six inches across being not
uncommon, but the specimen produced
by Major Barnbart is only trifle less
than seven inches across, and contains
a double handful of petals beauti
fully intoxicated and appearing pure
white, but there is slight tinge OF
yellow discernible about the base
Mr.. Barnhart says there is no really
pure white rose, the whitest known
when placed alongside snow showing
a tinge of some color. This huge
bloom was not the result of disbud
ding of other forcing, but was pro-
duced on shoot which came up In
the center Of the bush, and so was well
shaded during the late warm weather.
which caused it to attain the extra
size and It's perfection.-Portlano
Oregonian.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
GUNS IN THE WAR OF 1912.
Two Glasses of Naval Csnnon-h1hericAp
and British Preferences.

There were in those days two priH.
cinal classes of naval cannon LONG
guns. often simply called guns ana
carronades, says writer on the WIT
of 1912 in Scribner's. The guns had
long range. with light weight OF shot
fired; the carrOnadPS had short range
and heavy shot. Now in long guns
the Americans were four times az
strong as the British, while in carroh'
AIDES the British were twice as strong
tho Americans. 1t follows that
the American commodore should prefer
long range to begin with. whereas the
British would be careful not 10 ap'
proach within long range, unless WIFI
such a breeze as would carry him
rapidly down to where his carronades
would come into play.
There was another very decisive rea.
son why such short range favored the
British against the Americans. The
schooners of the latter not being built
for war, carried their guns on deck
unprotected by bulwarks. The men, be-
ing exposed from the feet up. could
he swept away b. canister. which is
quantity Of small iron balls packed
in a case and fired from cannon.
When discharged these separate and
spread like buckshot striking many in
group. They can MAIN or kill man,
but their range is short and penetra'
tive power small. A bulwarked yes.
sci was. so to say. armored against
canister; for it makes no difference
whether the protection is six inches OF
wood or ten of iron, provided it keeps
out the proiectile The American
schooners were in this respect wholly
vulnerable.
Over-insistence upon details Of adj
vantage or disadvantage is often wear.
isome, and may be pushed to petit
Jogging, but these quoted are general
and fundamental. To mention them
is not to chatter over details, but to
state principles. There is one other
that should be noted, although its
value may be differently estimated.
OF the great loEg-gun superiority or
the Americans considerably more than
one half was in +he unprotected schOon-
ers. distributed. that is. among several
vessels not built for war and not cap.
able of acting well together, so as to
concentrate their fire. There is no
equality between ten guns. ir five such
vessels and the same ten concentrated
on one deck under one captain.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
COMMERCIAL REVIEW
r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
OF Trade" says:

r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
OF Trade says:
Labor controversities are the most
serious drawbacks to recovery in BUS
mess, most other important factors
tending toward improvement. De
spite some reduction in the yield OF
wheat, crop prospects are most en-,
couraging, and the loss in quantity oil
wheat promises to be fully offset by
higher prices, so that the agricul-
tural communities will be in position
to purchase commodities freely.
Delayed orders for iron and steel
products are being placed, and at
wooden mills there is a notable IN
crease in activity. Railway earnings
in July were only "a per cent. smaller
than year previous. and at many
cities there is evidence of returning
confidence, with a little improvement
in mercantile collections. But sever
al strikes in progress and others un-
der consideration mitigate against
resumption of normal assumptions OF
trade and manufacture.
Failures this week in the United
States are 23o. against go last week,
23I the preceding week and I78 the
corresponding week last year. Fail
ures in Canada number Is, against 10
last week, 20 the preceding week and
10 last year.
Bradstreet's says: Wheat, including
-four. exports for the week ending
August 4 aggregate I,37o,IoS bushels.
against 1913. 765 last week, 3,o4o,62o
this week last year, 4,244.363 in 1902
and 8.83I,Ioo in 1901. From July
to date the exports aggregate 6,565,372
bushels, against Is,o47,253 last year.
2o,7o4zo3 in 1902 and 32,so7,I45 in
1901. Corn exports for the week ag
greaate 273,365 bushels, against AS
844 last week, 884.428 year ago, TO-
or in 1902 and ooo.7I4 in 1901. From
July to date the exports OF corn
aggregate 2s83,ooo bushels, against
6,242,oo3 in 1903, 4o4337 in 1902 and
7,224,4I3 in 1901.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
ROunania.

The census of the population of Rou
mania on January l, 1900, has been
published In view of uncertainty on
the point, it is now officially estab
lished that at that date the population
amounted to 5,95G,610 souls, of whom
there were 5,4S9,206 Roumanians, 262.
34S Jews and 2O5.046 foreigners. OF
the Jews, only $3.50 enjoyed the pro-
lection of foreign States. The town
population comprised 1.119,TS6. Of
whom 768,OS1 were Roumanians, 2O9,.
AT Jews and 1920 foreigners. In
the rural communes there were 4.121.'
245 Roumanian Inhabitants, 52.934
Jews and 62,755 foreigners. AS is well
known, however, there has been very
strong Jewish emigration from Rou'
mania during the last few years.
According to, the statistics OF the
Chamber of Commerce of Bucharest
the number of artisans inscribed in the
gnila~ - ~ ital is 1854, Of whom
and 1915 worknfep;;
- nians, 1890 Jews s&d
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
Just For Show.

An Fastener on his way TO Call.
fornia was delayed by the floods in
Kansas, and was obliged to spend the
night in a humble hOtel-the best in
the town. The bill Of fare at dinner
time was not very elaborate, but the
traveller noticed with joy that at the
bottom of the card, printed with pen
and ink, was a startling variety Of
pies.
He liked pies, and here were GUS
tard, lemon. squash. rhubarb. Wash
ington, chocolate, mince. apple and
berry pies, and several other varieties
He called the waitress~+~-nT7li.
"plaa=~-srr NE Sumo rhubarb pie"
said he.
I'm afraid we amt got any rhu-
barb pie" she drawled.
He took another glance at the list.
"Well, get me some squash pie,
please"
1--WE haven't got that either"
Berry pie?"
"No."
LEMON pie?"
NO"
Chocolate pie"
SIN sorry, We"
"Well, what on earth are they all
written down here for? On to-day's
bill of fare tOo!'
"Well, III tell YOU" said the girl,
alphabetically. THAT list is always
written down there for show when we
have mince pie, because when we have
mince pie no one asks for anything
else"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
Dlsnroxed Old Superstitlon.

The performance of a Canaan, N
H., hen which Matched thirteen chick
ems from a setting Of thirteen eggs
recently may be considered remark
able considering the fact that sh'
was set upon this unlucky number o.
eggs on Friday, May Is, with one OF
two other unfavorable conditions pre-
vailing.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
Drove Away Hungry Lynn

fss Roland Scribner of Staffor
was out fishing the other day
stream within sight of the ho1
happened to glance Behind hi
saw q lynx coming toward hil
the woods, growing and snar
mouth open. The Boy wait
the animal got within a few
him, and as 1t crouchaS7tf
dealt it several blr-the lyTt(
ing rod. wherGto the woods \
and ran--L~
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19

name was Alcoholics. No wonder size
was mad"
Mr. Mills sroaned ard went home in
dismay. And now Mrs. Brown has left
his church. and gone over to the Epis'
conaljans Sic is to be married soon.
ihpv say.-New York Weekly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
THAR Eirsf Tine In a Bed.

When the people got back to the
H. H. Coe farmhouse near Ottawa
Kan, after the food had somewhat
receded, they found two hogs and
thre. dogs comfortably occupying one
of the beds upstairs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19

vven married twice before"
"Her second Brown had?"
81 mean Brown. of course. Let me
explain. Mrs. Brown, say. married
John. Thomas, Jacob, William and
Henry. Thomas married Lulu, Mary.
Hannah and Susan"
Before he married Mrs. Brown or
after?"
Before. Well. then, Brown married
Emma and Matilda, and John married
Agnes. Agnes died. and John married
Mrs. Brown. Then John died and
Lulu, Mary, Hannah and Susan died,
and then Thomas married Mrs. Brown.
Then Thomas died, Jacobs wife died
and Williams wife died, and William
annexed Irs. Brown. When William
died. Emma and Matilda died. and
then Brown married Mrs. Brown.
2kerybody ccme to Mrs. Brown, you
'sI see," said Mr.. Mills. 81 think l
grasp the facts. I'll go right around to
see her"
Mrs. Brown was at home. And after
abiding to the weather and one or two
other topics, Mr.. Mills said:
II am deeply grieved, Mrs. Brown.
to hear Of your bereavement. 1t must
be very. very terrible, even for a per-
son who is so used to it,"
$50 used to it. What do you mean,
STRIP
"Why. I mer ~ meant to suggest
that experience cannot reconcile us to
these Affections. But there is this
consolation, dear madam-time dullS
the edge of our bitterest grief. You
wept for John as if you could not be
comforted; but you see YOU"
John! l do not understand you,
sir"
You wept for John, but Thomas
came. When Thomas was taken you
thought yourself utterly inconsolable:
but there was Jacob-he brought new
joy. When Jacob was waited to a
better land your hear was nearly
broken. but William healed its wounds;
and when William drifted off into
the unknown, Henry assuaged your
grief. Perhaps there are other HenryS.
Williams and Thomases to whom this
blessed duty will fall again. Per-
haps-"
"You are talking very strangely, sir, u
said Mrs. Brown.
ooh, no; 1 merely say that now that
John, and Thomas, and Jacob, and
William and Henry have been called
away to join Susan, and Hannah, and
Agnes, and Matilda, and Emma. and
Lulu. and Mary, and the rest. there is
some hope at-that--Why, Mrs
Brown, what on earth is the matter?
Mrs. Brown flew out of the room
without replying, and Mr.. Mills. filled
with amazement, went around to ask
Deacon Wilt to explain the mystery.
81 was merely telling her." he said
"that Brown had followed John. Thorn
as and Matilda. and the ,thers into q
better world, when She"
"Good gracious" shrieked the dea
con: "you didn't allude to her dead
husbands and their wives by those
names, did you ~
"Of course,
"Oh, thurde fe
unNiy imagine by
ct illusse
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19

FITS permanently cured. No fits nervous.
ness after first days use OF DIR. Kline's Great
NeryeRestorer, s2trial bottle and treatise Tree
DIR. n. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch St.. Phila., IA.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19

The most widely known English writer
in Japan is Carlyle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19

Piso's Curefor Consumption is an intaliipie
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. o W
s,MrvI' Ocean Grove. n. j.. Feb. II, 1909.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19

License is paid in London on 1000 auto
mobiles.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19

change for the better within week.
The second week l began eating heart
fly. | began to improve generally. and
before seven weeks had passed l was
we'll. 1 had spent hundreds OF dollars
for medicine that did not help me, but
Sc worth of Doan's Kidney Pills re-
stored me to perfect health"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Mi!burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
By all dealers. Price, so cts.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
kCHED IN EVERY 30 .

chicago Society Woman, Who w Sick
She Could Not Sleep or Eat, d by
Doan's Kidney pills. e,
Marion Knight. Of SO N. sand
Ave, Chicago, Orator of the wv ide
Wednesday Club, says: This ter
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19

~AOA. r. MILLS, the minister,
~ \ was stranger in the
g MI o town, and he was just
4 AVA called upon to visit Mrs.
Te~ Brown, who had lost her
husband, and to console her, he went
around to see Deacon Wilt. so that he
could post himself about the situation.
Il understand you to say" said Mr..
Mills, that Mrs. Brown has been mar
ried three times? or was it four?
Il say" replied the deacon, that
she was Mr.. Browns third wife, while
he was her fifth husband. But she
was the fourth wife of her second hus-
band, and the second wife of her first,
so that She
let me see" said the parson. "the
second wife of her first and the-well.
fthen, three and five are eight, and four
Iare twelve, and two are fourteenth
1 get the hang of the thing. Mrs. Brown
has been married fourteen times and
Mr.. Brown WAS her
"No. you don't understand. Brown
was only hec fifth husband"
"Oh, her fifth. But y on said she was
the fourth wife of her second husband.
and she had three more, so that-fOur
and three are Seven-she must have
had seven husbands, and where are the
other two?'
"Why, don't you see? Her second
husband was married three times be-
fore he met her. She had been married
once"
"How could she be married only
once when he was her second hus-
band?"
"Only once before she met him, and
when she married him she was his
fourth wife, so that viii. he had had
four wives, she had had only"
SIS this Brown you are speaking
of" ~----~
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19

when l 8 ed |
to use Dss |
Kidney Pt |
ached In eS |
bone and b
intense pait'
In the kidney
and pelvic OF
G a n s. Z b
u RI q 8 W q
t b ic K q q
cloudy, and
could barrel,
eat enough I.
live. l felt
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19

Miss M. CARTRIDGE gives Some
helpful advice to young girls
Her letter is but one of thou.
sands which prove that nothing
is so helpful to young girls who
are Just arriving at the period Of
womanhood as Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
"DEAB Mrs. P1NKHAx 81 cam
praise Lydia e. Pinl1ham's Veg
table Compound too highly, for
is the only medicine ever tried viii
cured me. l suffered muc,l from
first menstrual period, Il felt so we
and dizzy at timesl could not purs
my studies with the usual intere
Ny thoughts becariea luggish, l n
headaches, backaches and sinki
spells, also pains in the back and low
limbs. In fact, !. was sick all over.
" Finally, after many other remed
had been tried, wewere. advised to
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetal
and | am pleased to
that after taking it only two weeks
wonderful change for the better to
place, and In b short time I was
perfect health IfeltApoyant, full
life, and found all work a pastime.
Inn indeed glad to ten my experie
With Lydia e. Pinkham's We
able Compound, for it made q,
erent girl Of me. Yours very I'd
Mss M. CARTRIDGE, 533 Whitehall,
Atlanta, Ga. - $1,000 forfeit n o,tot
ooce letter p,ooins csnuinenss soannot be pro
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
HRS.
BROWNS
HUSBANDS.
By MAX kDELER.

= r. MILLS, the minister,
Y was a stranger in the
@ town, and he was just
u called upon to visit Mrs.
Brown. who had lost her
Evening journal., 1904-06-14
New Girl and Her Intellect.

From the Baltimore American.
a Montreal doctor has, right in the
midst Of the commencement season, re-
vived the perennial topic as TO whether
the American girl is being overedu-
Gated. He thinks she is endangerng
the preservation of the race by divert
ing too large a percentage OF phos-
pilates TO the building up Of her brain.
If he had only stated his views before
the graduating essay had been written
the American college girl, speaking for
herself, could have had an opportunity
TO give as her own wise view as to
whether she Is transferring too much
blood into thought power. and too lit
tie into muscle fibre and bone struc-
ture.
There is no evidence. tangible and
convincing. advanced In the paper read
before the American Medical Associa-
tion, to sustain the contention that the
hishly educated woman of the period
is less vigorous than were her mother
and her grandmother. General obser-
vntion on such an expression OF opin-
ion, unsustained by specific facts and
plenty OF them, viii not do. The the
lory that the college girl "starves and
mortifies' the flesh for the exaltatiou
/ Of the spirit viii be accepted with
much sceptical questioning There
/ prevails a belief that Is widespread
THAI the college girls appetite is, tc
Evening journal., 1904-06-14
SOME FOOLS.

There are fools the year round. but
the season when they are peculiarly
prolific is on. The fool who didn't
know II was loaded" has given away
to the fool who rocks the boat, and his
brother who swims out to sea in order
that his prowess may be admired.
Then there Is the fool who searches
diligently for the most dangerous fire.
works, and begins on July to have a
good time, keeping it up a whole week.
He may lose finger or a hand, but
keeps IL up year after year as long
as he has a finger left.
The fools pay a heavy penalty for
their folly--some pay with their lives
and oftentimes the injury falls on an
other. But the crop is never exhaust
ed. The law may be powerless to deal
with them. and lawlessness is always
a thing to be avoided. Nevertheless.
where hickory switches are grown In
abundance. or even birch. and there
are strong arms on lusty youths pos
sessing sense and discretion. all that is
necessary TO say Is that a nod Is as
good as a wink to the application Of
the hickory, or the birch. to the anat-
omy Of the other party.