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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-10-20

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F.m. Tx
n, Hig
This is t W. year when
most spring =, Fe weaned.
If the taS;. ny M Hain has been
taught tt Strai will be very
little tro' s y. NJ ey will not
miss thei, Rehol lch.
If there n, u more colts to
wean, it will be much eas.sir., as
they then will be company for each
-r4aer. Friendships between colts
are very marked.
Catch them every day and han
die them a little. Give them a
lump of sugar. Teach them to
beg for it. In a short time they
will be halter broken, with no
straining OF the soft joints.
Smooth and pet them with the
hand. Speak to them, pick up
their feet often, as the smith does,
and never throw harness on a colt
or horse; but lay it OH gently, that
be may know you do not intend to
hurt him. In no case let a colt
get in poor condition.
Not for single day will skill.
full horseman neglect or lose sight
of the needs of his growing colts.
Beware of the stallion salesman.
Make him back up his statement
by authentic certificates. Com
panies of farmers are often fooled
with misrepresented horses, for
which they pay long prices.
Another neighbor has just sold a
good horse. hide. Collie. Turned
the animal out in the afterfeed, up
to it's knees when trifle warm,
lust ito bait little while" That
was all; but it was enough. Didn't
pay.
Plenty Of rubbing will produce a
good coat on your horse. Good
grooming opens the pores, softens
the skin and promotes the general
health.
One days neglect in grooming
will show plainly in the looks and
spirits of the horse.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-10-20
WRITE US A LETTER

put aside all timidity and write us
freely and frankly, in strictest conf
dence. telling us all your symptoms
and troubles. We will send free advice
lin plain, sealed envelope(,. how to
cure them. Address: Ladies' Advisory
Dept, The Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
The Battleship Mississippi.
If SO soon I'm to be done for, :
TIYLA4 - -, L .-.sS 4.

If so soon / m to be done for,
s What in the world was / begun for7 !;
This old bit Of doggerel invented for
the case Of politician who had been
suddenly discovered and as suddenly
thrust back into apbscurity might be
applied to the plight Of the battleship
Mississippi. Naval experts have shown
a disposition to- disqualify this ship
before she starts. While just launched
and not SO per cent completed, she has
the misfortune to be denounced as OBJ
solete. It is sdid to be better to be g d
has BEEN than "never was. - The
.battleship Mississippi shines in both
roles at once. She Is the only ship in
the navy which will have the unique
distinction Of being sunk by expert
opinion before the enemy got shot at
her. II. 81. Is 81 5t.
The criticism Of the Mississippi Is
that she is too light for her battery and
too slow for her class. She is, however
heavier than any ship we had in the
Spanish American war, and carries nc
heavier guns than were to be found on
the Ore son and Iowa. Going back ave
years, the Mississippi would be called
ia formidable floating fortress, = q
ssleviathan = and other poetical names
But since this ship was laid down there
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
% Me- Clellan Again.

The denomination Of Mayor. McClel-
Ian by the democrats is thought to be
the beginning and the end Of the New
York municipal campaign. Everyone
looks for the election Of the Tammany
ticket with Mcclellan at the head. The
republicans, after flirting for some time
with the Citizens Union, have broken
off negotiations and will select repub-
lican ticket and will undoubtedly in.
dorse District Attorney Jerome for re.
election. Tammany will !. not support
Jerome, but the chances are still fair
for his election since he will get many
democratic votes, which will 60 to him
thru admiration Of his fearless conduct
of his office in ! the past. Tammany
will reap four years Of power out Of the
present mix-up, since the last slegisla
ture extended the term Of the mayor 81
Greater New York. = & >>--~.. .~-... -.
The administration of Mayor Nc cClel
Ian, while not ideal, has been Just gooC
enough to prevent a capitalization Of
opinion against him. Many. OF the re
formers, like DR.. Parkhurst, have goot
things to say of him, and few have, any
hope Of a coalition strong enough te
beat him, nor do they know that. they
would improve conditions if they .coult
beat him.: Opposed to Tammany is th'
Odell machine which is, if such q thing
be possible, more odious to the speop1'
of New York than Tammany. =
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07

The story Is that Of a youth, born in
the religious community Of George Rapp,
and Of maiden, adopted into the COM
munity at the age of u. That mysteri-
GUS attraction which we call love drew
them together, and, after several years,
led them to flee the community and
marry, thereby renouncing their faith in
the rules and teachings of the Rappists,
which forbade marriage and held love a
merely carnal attraction, Only a few
hours after the wedding, however, Father
Rapp found them, and, thru the magnet
ism Of his personality and his powers of
persuasion led them back to Harmonic,
the Rappist settlement, there to live, not
as husband and wife, but as brother and
sister In preparation for the second COM
ing Of Christ, and in efforts for the re-
generation Of society. n. ..--
In that is the situation on which the
whole story turns, situation surely not
common. The characters are such as to
win the sympathies Of the reader from
the first. They are not portrayed as
stolid and stupid people Of the soil. They
are descended from parents Of refine
ment and education, who tired OF the
supericialities of life sought to begin
life anew and base the new beginning or
solder foundations than the old. There
is no dense dialect to wrestle with. The
incidents hold the readers interest thru
out, and At together in a convincing and
mmetrical whole. The philosophy OF
the story Is sane, refreshing and whole
some. The authors style is limpid ant
natural. We have not read a book witt
more plea sure in many a day.
| The Bobbs- Merrill company, Indian
/ -. apolis. r.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
.Metropolltan-'ssan Tov,n

q The music Of "San Toy" which Is
known in every studio in the land and
played by every band and orchestra, is
OF that peculiar kind that is likely to
last a long time In popular favor. It has
the true ring OF originality, and its COM
poser, Sidney Jones. has never supplied
as great d number Of tuneful airs for,
any production as he wrote for the musi-;
cal enhancement OF Edward Morton's s
book. There are twenty-slx musical num-
bers, which might be called gems In
dluding that soul-stisring ensemble
Tommy Atkins" which is being played
by every band and orchestra in the coun-
try. The production Is under the per-
sonal direction OF John G. Fisher, who
has spared no expense in this years pro-
ductton, which is greater than ever. The
company numbers over fifty, including
Harry Burcf1er, the Rplden-voiced barry
tone OF many a musical play, George
Mack, the clever comedian, will be seen
in the role Of Iii" the crafty Chinanan.
Edward Bagley, the pompous oriental po-
tentate Yen How, and the six little wives
are said to be, as pretty q sextette as ever
graced musical play. Viola KELLOGG is
one Of the DAILY theater favorites and, will
play the part Of Dudley. Florence Smith
In the title role created a sensation at
Daly's theater when she first appeared in
the part; altho only "a tiny bit OF human
ity, yet she possesses beautiful soprano
voice Of rare quality, Agnes Finlay, Ma
bel Strickland. Nagel Barry, Fred Hunt
ley, w. L. Rornaine make up one Of the
strongest casts that could be brought to-
gether: The chorus is noted for It's many
beauties. The scenic and electric effects
win be on magnificent scale. The en-
gagementt Is for three nights and a Sat-
| urday matinee beginning Thursday night,
Oct. IL, at the Metropolitan oper4house
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07

case would not their deferred distrtbu-
tion plan be measure Of safety for
themselves rather than" an advantage
to their policy holdersq~ And, would not
the fact that these companies decline to
assume any liability on their books for
the tontine fund indicate that they
meant to be safe anyway Some Of
the New York companies will not ap-
portion their tontine surplus on their
books, they will not even admit a liabil.
ity, but if asked by. policy-holder
what his tontine surplus is estimated to
be at, say, the end Of the eighth or
ninth year, will reply that there is no
record Of anything to the credit Of the
contract and will not be until the end
Of the dividend period. Inasmuch as
the policy-holder has already bound
himself to accept any settlement. the
company may offer, he may get some
thing and he may get nothing. The
company is not liable. It has protected
itself while it made great ,pretense of
protecting him. Perhaps this will ex-
plain the 100000 salaries and the
$1,O00,000 commissions paid.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
A Crippled Committee,

~: The senate committee on Panama ca
nal Il. somewhat. crippled. Senator
Mitchell Of Oregon is chairman. but he
Is under Indictment and is not likely
to appear. Tie second ; man on the
committees is Senator Platt, who needs
the feeble spark Of life he has to keep
the people from. getting a postal ex.
press. The third man is Senator Mil
lard of Nebraska, land nobody up here
knows what he stands for. The Nebras-
ka State Journal (rep.) says:
81 { Senator Millard is notoriously a
friend aud creation Of the interests
that have beer opposed to the canal
from the beginning, but he may sur.
prise evenszhis friends 5by taking hold
OF the5 canal prohlems with vigorn and
give the .pf6sNieflt some inuch.needed
support in that enterprise r:~~, =,
He may, but the Lincoln paper does
not seem, wildly enthusiastic over the
possibility. &1%2 / @s@s s,5,,@~.,lf as
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07

ther has there been any embarrassment
Of gentlemen who wished to develop
railroad enterprises upon plans Of their
own drawing. One Of the most lugu-
brious opponents. Of regulation is Mr..
Hill. and Mr.. Hill has built up pretty
respectable railroad system in Mime
sofa notwithstanding the regulation Of
rates. = II 3
The third witness is Professor Rip
ley Of Harvard, whose article was pub
lished simultaneously with that Of Mr..
olney. Their views are therefore capa-
BILE Of comparisonwith advantage to the
public. Mr.. Olney and Professor Rip
ley arrive at an agreement as to the
autocratic powers over the welfare OF
the American people exercised by the
railroad magnate. !. But here they part,
Mr.. Olney finds the problem too great
for him and he falls back on techni.
calities to prove that regulation cannot
be: effected and If it could 1t would
mean government ownership, which
would be something awful. Professor
Ripley is not willing to lie down and
say because thing is difficult it can
not be done. Recognizing that there
is a power abroad; which is not good
for the people, he says there is but one
remedy, real efficient control and not
sham supervision.
Here are The three classes. The rail
road man who tells us that he does mo-
need regulation, He is just as good a.
he can be and is reducing freight rate
faster than the. government could d
it.. Then there is the technical lawye
with his doubts of the constitutional
ity Of the constitution itself; and
thirdly, the altruist who having no sci
fish interest in the. railroad probler
Ihas worked it out theoretically. y
Professor Ripley may be denounce
as an altruist who does not know any
thing about the railroad business, bu
it must be admitted by all that
takes the fairer view Of the questio
and gives the public the most tangibl
reasons for his: attitude. He does nc
claim to: be able to- solve the profile,
ofhand. But he; does not, like M
Hill, deny. there is a problem, or il
Mr. Olney, admit there is a profile,
and claim that it is unsolvable. r J.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
1IJou-"The Belle Of tho West"

bIlOu.-"Ine 5GIl6 OF In0 W0SIs'
Many pleasant things have been said
during the present season by critics and
theater rgoers, where the piece has been
presented, about B. E. Forrester's stu
pendous production OF the Belle OF the
West one OF the best up-to-date musi-
cal productions, which opens at the Bijou
with matinee tomorrow. The title Of
the play gives one faint idea Of the
lavishness of the production from the
scenic standpoint, also the numerous
amusing characters that are introduced;
miners, cowboys, Indians and Chinarnen
all take a hand In the fun making, and
never for an instant does it bring the
blush, but instead creates laughter that
is irrepressible. It is one Of the clean
est, jolliest, liveliest comedies that has
enlivened' the musical comedy world. This
attraction appeals to all that Is refined.
There is never jest that can be miscon
strued. The comedy Is natural, the music
catchy and tuneful, the scenery mag
nif1cent. Miss Florence Btndley heads the
list Of popular favorites, who give her
splendid support. Miss Bindley won sue
cess for herself in many famous attrac-
tions, and that She has continued her
popularity in this musical production, ts
acknowledged by the hearty praise she
receives from both press and public
wherever. the piece appears. A chorus
comprising thirty pretty and bewitchinl
dancing and singing girls, assists In the
general entertainment, and do so with
v1vacity and fascinating manner. Many
new songs fresh from the pen Of Karl u
Hoschna will be introduced, among which
are to be found: ''Holding Hands, MY
Little Lasso,' 1.-THE Frog and the OWL
and, Eastern Girls and Western Men"
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
AT the 71heaters
MetropolItla me sergeant srue.

With Frank Daniels In the title role,
the new musical farce, Sergeant Brue. :
will be produced at the Metropolitan to-
morrow night; the engagement Is for four
nights only.
Sergeant Brue'' is by owen Hall, the
well-knoWn English librettist; with music
by Liza Lehman, a celebrated Europeaa
woman musio-writer. The foreign: book
and score are said, to have been Judi
ciously edited Ito suit the American
theatergoer.' VA
Three acts-or four scenes-serve to
tell the story Of the play, which in an
amusing fashion relates to the struggle
OF a London bobby" to secure foot
hold in society for his two children, hop
Ing as a result to raise himself above the
necessity Of opening carriage doors,
diyerting street traffic and hobnobbfns
in the area with servant girls. The am
bitions Of the good sergeant are all
right. but the methods he adopts, both
on his own Initiative and at the sug.
gestion Of others, land him In predlca'
ments altogether too terrible to be asso.
ciated with a member OF the force re-
sponsible. for law and order In the British
metropolis. More by luck than by good
Judgment Sergeant Brue in the end man.
ages TO come on top, ana .ALies nlinsel
and fortunes with Lady Bickenhall, the
impecunious society dame who nego'
tiated his sons and daughters entry
among the clipper Ten but whose ad
vice more than once nearly brought 0,
him irreparable disaster. rs
Mr.. Daniels in the star role has, It i
stated, abundant opportunities to Civ
vent to his inimitable style Of comedy
He is ably assisted, SO it is claimed, b;
a large and capable cast and a choru
Of much sprightliness and beauty. TIL
leading members OF the company ar
sallie Fisher, Clara Belle Jerome, Char
1. lotte Leslay, Sally DAILY, Annabelle Whit
| ford, Della Connor, Greta Burdick, Mill
Cook, Alice Millais.s Virginia Harms
Anna Hall, Miriam Norris, George Les
tocq, Gilbert Clayton, William Mealxin.
Mace Bonville; David Bennett and Ne
Walton. ' : .,r. = :. fs.as.
The interior Of London hairdressin
establishment, a. garden party on tn
grounds Of q hotel, a police court and
swagger drawing room are the scent
sets, which make feasible the introduc
tion of a profusion Of handsome frock
and picturesque embellishments.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07

Robert McCurdy, whose father has
been drawing s15o,ooo a year salary
three times as much as the president OF
the United states-said yesterday he
didn't know how much pay his father
got, but, he thought there should be no
limit to the salary of such positions, that
they ought to be in accordance with the
accumulations OF the company It is
easy to see the theory upon which the
executive officers Of the Mutual Life o1
New York were working. The size Of
their grab was determined solely by the
amount there was IN sight. 's
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
Valuations and Tax Levies.

81 The Tribune thinks Minnesota cities
do themselves an injustice by their.
unreasonably low assessment Of prop.
erty for taxation. It advocates q high
er valuation in the expectation Of a
corresponding1y low tax levy.
80 Possibly: that might result, but prob
ably the tax levy would not be pro-
portionately lower. But beyond that
there is the objection TO- high valu-
alton, that it raises the proportion Of
tax which the city must pay to the
state. All other sections of the state
are crowding down valuations to the
lowest limit and if Minneapolis, for in
stance, were to raise her valuations as
suggested Minneapolis would be pay
Ing much larger proportion Of the
state, tax than she now pays, and ex-
perience iustifes the statement that
she is paying enough already. !, 1
Our tax system is good deal of a
botch and this struggle to reduce val
uations is one evidence Of it. If Hen
nepin county, ; for instance, were
Obliged to pay to the. state, not it's pro-
portionate state valuation, but in pro,
portion to the amount Of money levied
for local taxes. we could adopt the sug.
gestion Of our contemporary and make
a fine showing with a high valuation
and low tax rate. There is nothing
we need to do in this state more than
to revise our tax system, but there is
nothing that seems to be more remote
! in point of realization. H.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
Insurance Dividends Again.

s3 can Insurance Man, Z Z writing to the
New York Times, denies that deferred
dividends have anything in particular
TO do with the present insurance prob
lem. They are merely incidental, be
claims, growing out of the fact that the
companies charge a premium which is
greater than the mortality demands and
assume rate of interest less than is
actually earned. ! Thus othe companies
have something Of a surplus, which
they apportion to their policyholders In
so-called dividends. -. But it is merely
Incidental, and it makes little difference
in his estimation whether these divi-
dends are apportioned annually or every
twenty years. -. Ir fact, if there is any
advantage, it is in favor of the deferred
dividend which amounts to- more than
the. total Of twenty annual dividends
and comes along at a time Of life when
the insured needs it most. :%
Having demonstrated that annual
dividends is a great cry and little wool,
6 Insurance Mani goes on to show that
annual =, dividends were arportioned
among the companies Of ante-bell,m
times and that they: failed dismally. He
does not say it was because they paid
annual dividends that they. failed, but
he does say there would have been few
if any failures had they used the de-
ferred distribution plan, because this
would have given them "an impregna-
BILE defense between the legal reserve
tand impairment - This is rather re.
alarkable after Insurance Man. had
. been at such pains to prove that divi.
! 2dens, whether annual or deferred, were
merely incidental. eff the Charter
Oaks diyidends,' he claims, 9 had
been deferred, it would have had mill
ions Of a surplus abovethe legal reserve
TO 60 upon in case of stress. It did
mot accumulate it's dividends, and when
the hard times came it failed. - @
The Charter Oak argument Is Of no
account since it was not the hard times
NOR the dividends which caused it to
fail, but the fact that it was doing
business on an unsafe assumption Of
mortality and an unwise selection OF
/ risks and because it's premiums were
100 low to mature its contracts with
ssr without favorable times. The in
.slurance contract is supposed to be sc
sglafe as to be maturable thru any kind
S,f commercial times
m But how would INSURANCE Mans
argument as to dividends look if ap
s,lied to the New York companies under
Investigation Suppose they are earn
Ting less rather than more than the as
ssnmed rate Of interest, then would i
4sot follow that instead Of having al
#s impregnable defense between the lie
sgal reserve and Impairment g the,
Seeded the dividend fund to cover VI
&. he fact that they were not earning
he assumed rate Of INTEREST," In thil
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07

A sculptor in New York involved him.
seh in trouble by giving the angels used
in the decoration Of the Anglican cathe-
dral the faces Of women. Protest was
out that Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel and the
archangels known to u.s. including Luci-
fer, the fallen archanges, had snaraes Al that
were the names Of men rather than OF
women. -, The sculptor. has promised to
make the required changes in the faces.
But II you think it over, you will find
that all the angels you have really ever
known have been ladies. 8 49, ..,;,sr
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07

= The city : inspectors Of indianapolis
caught the gas company pumping air
into the gas. But worse remains behind.
tobacco manufacturers have been using
cornstalks to mix with their product
cornstalks are. cheap and they are said
mot to bite the tongue but one dis
likes to pay tobacco prices for them. The
story shows how the tobacco manufact-
Surers' wives are enabled to spend the
winter in Egypt and the Holy Land.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07

= HOW THEY DECLINE MANU-.
SCRIPTS IN cHINA.-In China they do
not give an author heart failure with a
curt Declined with thanks when they
return a manuscript. They return manu-
script over there with letter something
like this, says Hayden Church:
1llustrtous Brother of the Sun and Of the
Moon: We have perused your manuscript with
celestial delight. By the bones of our ancestors,
we swear that we have never met masterpiece
Ike it. If publish it, II. NJ, the emperor,
Will command us to take 1t as criterion, and
to print nothing that does not equal 1t. Since
that could never be possible In ten thousand
years. we return your manuscript, trembling and
asking your mercy seventeen thousand times.
Lo! my head is at your feet, and am the slave
Of your slave.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
"CORDELIA'S PATHWAY

"coRDELIA's PATHWAY oUT."-By
Edna A. Fostex editor of "Children's
Page" III the youths Companion" and
author of "Hortense," story for young
girls, Is complete in itself and wholly
Independent of the former book, but in
1t Miss Foster has carried along the bril-
liant little Hortense and many Of the
characters of that story, while bringing
into prominence the quiet Cordelia,
whose admiration and love for Hortenss
act as an incentive to study and culti-
vate a desire for growth. The book O
pictures are by Clara e. Atwood.
y Lee & Shepard. Boston. 81.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07

"BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS
MEN."-These stories of the childhood
of poets, artists and musicians, by Har-
riet Pearl Skinner, give incidents in the
childhood Of eight celebrated men, and
are interesting for the story's sake. Es-
sentially the incidents are true, and thus
the book is in measure biographical;
but the stories are told with so much an
imation and color as to make them inter-
esting as fiction The subjects Of the
stories are Giotto, Bach, Byron, Gains
borough, Handel, Canova, Chopin.
Little, Brown & Co. Boston. S125