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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
ELECTRICITY AND BREAD.
Electro. Chemistry and Its Connection
With Bread Making.


The power of the electric current 10
decompose certain substances in SIN
gular way has led to an important de-
velopment of electro-chemistry. In this
connection experiments have recently
been made in Paris, seeking an im-
provement in bread making.
Laboring under the mistaken impress
sion that the whiteness Of wheat bread
determines its quality-that the winter
the bread the better-the Partisan pup
lie has for years been growing more
and more exacting on this score, conse'
,auently the fineness of grain flour mas
been gradually approaching q limit
The public has, as a consequence re-
ceived a less nutritive food, 1t being u
known fact that the core Of the wheat
grain, which is the chief constituent OF
bread, while producing the whltest
flour, at the same time contains the
smallest amount of albumen and Is
thus least nutritious.
There has recently been raised the
hope of obtaining whittier bread by
aid of electricity, for which purpose
the -four was brought in contact with
electrified air, whose ozone possesses
efficacious bleaching properties. A re-
port to the Academy Of Sciences at
Paris on the result Of an experiment
with flour treated in both the ordinary
way and by electricity, under similar
conditions, explains that the flour sub
iected to electric influence was much
whittier in color, but that its taste ana
odor were far inferior to those of flour
treated by the ordinary method. The
amount of phosphorus was the same IN
both but the quantities of fatty ana
acid substances varied largely. Thus,
in -four treated by electricity the fatty
substances proved rancid, glutinous,
and of q less yellowish color, and in
stead of retaining their usual aromatic
yellow state, became oxidized and part
ly converted into white sebacic acid'
which could be dissolved in. alcohol.
The glutionous substances were dlscol-
ored and changed.
The bread made from this flour was
whittier than usual, but of inferior taste,
and the experiment serves to demon
strate that electric treatment, while
successfully turning flour whittier, ID
jures it.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
LITTLE EDITOR IN DILEMMA.
identity of His Visitor Was a Real
Puzzle

Puzzle.
A well-known New York publisher
has the entrance to his private Office
guarded by one of his editors, small
man, who, as the day wears on, sinks
down in little heap in his high.back.
ed chair under the weight Of the man.
uscripts he has to read. The publish.
err was exceedingly proud Of his
friendship with the late Thomas B.
Reed, who usually called when he was
In New York.
One day the huge form of the speak.
err of the House of Representatives
doomed up before the little editor,
with the evident intent of bearing
down upon the private office.
Back" shouted the little editor,
waving a slender arm with much Wig
or. Back Go back to the offlth and
thend in your card"
Mr. Reed paused, inclined his head
to view the obstacle that opposed his
progress and smiled. Then he pon'
uclOuoIy tuIuCu Ou uio hOSi ohH NAS
as he was directed
OF course, the published hustled
out personally to conduct the great
man into the private office. When his
visitor had departed the publisher
came forth in rage. The little ed
itor shriveled before him as he began:
You COMPOUNDED idiot, what do you
mean by holding up Tom Reed in this
fashion? Don't you know he is one OF
my oldest friends? Don't you know
he's at perfect liberty to walk into my
office at any time without as much as
knocking?"
"Yeth," admitted the little editor
feebly.
"You do? Then what do you mean
by holding him up and subjecting him
to such discourtesy?"
81 thought he wath DR.. John Hall.
CDR. John HALL" exclaimed the ex'
asperated publisher: "Dr. John Hall!
Don't you know that DR.. John Hall Is
dead?"
"Yeth," returned the little editor
with earnest sincerity. "That'th what
bothered me-"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
p e. Dun & Co.'S "Wcekly Review OF

r C. Dun & Co.'S weekly Review OF
Trade" says: -,
"Peace and prosperity succinctly ex-
press the results of an eventiul wees
international mercantile markets re-
sponded to the cessation OF hostillties,
and a period of commercial development
may be expected to follow the return OF
confidence. Capital that had been
diverted into bellicose channels Will be
used for construction instead of destruc-
ton, and the United States Will secure
a stronger hold on the markets OF the
Orient.
Domestic. reports were scarcely less
encouraging. Leading branches OF man
ufacture are increasing productive capac-
ity. especially in departments pertaining
to railway equipment; textile mills have
little idle machinery; footwear factories
are running freely, while in structural
work there is no evidence OF lessened
activity Visiting buyers still throng the
great jobbing centres and place orders
for distant delivery that testify to faith
In vigorous demand for consumers.
Liabilities Of failures in August were
S4,3so,ooo less than last year, and the
latest crop news increases earlier esti-
mates of record-breaking cereal produc
ton, most of the harvesting and thresh-
ing being completed, but cotton returns
are less satisfactory, many experts re-
ducing their estimates to 100000 bales
or less"
Bradstreets says:
wheat, including -four, exports for
the week are I,42o,e5o bushels, against
I,I7o,34o last week, I,83o,5II this week
last year, 3,I3I,83o in 1903 and o,27o290
in 1902 Corn exports for the week are
1,r63,37o bushels, against o87,2o4 last
week, 7Io,562 year ago, 86874I in 1908
and 2I,Io6 in 1902"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
Tho willy Japanese.

Mr.. Takahira, the japanese minister
at Washington, says the New Orleans
States has q new story which ne tells
with great glee. He says he heard
two women discussing his nation.
1.-THE Japanese" said one OF them.
Sought to be excluded from the coun-
try. Their young men come here to
school and no sooner do they arrive
than they begin a systematic course Of
cheating"
GLOW is that?" asked the other.
"They only pay tuition for One," said
the complainant, "and they learn
enough for two or three"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
7 Course He Did,

the Chicago kid, visiting
Erasmus of Boston)-Say
gu ever play hockey from
in swimmin' an git licked
got home? Gee! amt II
If you mean OCCASIONAL!
senting myself from the in
Earning without the cogniz
preceptor or my paterna'
and seeking the shady poo
IN natatorlal evolutions
resultant chastisement or
to the parental roof. l am
kdmit that | have INDUCED
krein. James, much to my
Notwithstanding that the
eprehensible lapse from
ipg's Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
Tricks of Animals.

are a surprising number OF
animals--animals whose regu.
bod Of self-protection is to of.
= stance to their enemies. The
Kick of "shamming dead" is
The hedgehog and some
lillos refuse to fight, but
;otected by sharp spines
Among marine animals is
Bften called the brittle
fch is the despair Of collect.
Gems to make it point that
It's family shall be shown In
pr on a museum shelf. When
M the water this starfish
legs and also its stom
tory is told Of one col
bought he had succeeded
Apecimen into a pail, only
ember itself at he last
Fl. Hudson describes the
habits of a small South
Common on the pampas. II
trap or overtaken 1t col.
II dead, and to all appear.
lead. Some kinds Of beetles.
woody caterpillars which
Gus hairs on their backs,
Us spiders auopt the same
rhaps the commonest in.
ssive resistance is the land
hich draws up its front
PULLS in its head and legs
is foes by. locking item
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
They Knew the Answer.

You never can tell how children
are going to apply things" said pub
lie school teacher.
1.-THE other day asked the class
what a fort was. One boy answered,
"A place to put men in
"'Then what's a fortress? said /.
ga place to put women in! ex-
claimed the class in unison"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
BILE Book.

fSiC DOONs
Of the palace of the
"a city in India, there
II book called "The Gu.
hich is claimed to be the
lble volume in India.
49, lists thatit is worth
sand rupees. which
[bout a hundred and
dollars, and declares
cost of the gold used
lit was more than fifty
IS. 1t is a modern man.
"a religious poem, made
German scribe at the or
aharajah Bani Singh. The
Ind other pictures were
IA native artist at Delhi.
Aamental scroll work upon
5 of the pages and the in
were done by a resident OF
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
Live Stock

Observation-Disclosures, 5000;
market steady; good to prime steers,
5000. 80; poor to medium, 4.oo@5.45;
stockers and feeders, 2.25G4.3o; cows,
2.5o64. so; heifers, 2.2o@4.75; Gamers,
I.25@2.4o; bulls, 2.2o@4oo; calves, 800
@7.5o; Texas fed steers, 325G46o;
Western steers, ;so@5oo
HOGS-Receipts, 10000; market Sc
lower; mixed and butchers, $500. 37H;
good to choice, heavy, 6oo@63o; rough,
heavy, 5.7o@5.o5; light, 5.8s@627H;
bulk of sales, 5.oo06.25.
SHEEP-Receipts, 5000 sheep steady;
lambs, Ioc. higher; good to choice weth-
ers, 5.25@5.5o; fair to choice, mixed,
4.6o0s.oo; native lambs, s.5o@z6o
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
The Art of Doing Nothing.

There is side of life for which no.
preparation at all Is made. No life is
or can be one of unremitting work;
sooner or later every one has day
off, and in nine cases out of ten has
never been taught how to use 1t. In
the schools of our Utopia there wiz be
professors of the great art of doing
nothing, of hanging on gate "-DoIfI
don Saturday Review.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
Americas First Iron Bridge.

Up to 1910 there were no iron
bridges in the United States except
suspension bridges, in which iron
links were used in the cables and sus'
penders, the floor system being OF
wood. The first bridge In America
consisting Of iron throughout was
built In 1910 by Earl Trumbull over
the Erie canal in the village Of Frank
fort, N. Y.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15

Mrs. Winslow VS. Soothing Syrup for Children
!eething, soften the gums reduces infamma-
ton .allays pain ,cureswind collie, 25c.a bottle
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15

FlTSpermsnently cured. Motifs ornervous-
ness after first days use otDr. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer, S2trial bottleand treatise free
DR.. r. II. KLINE. Ltd. .9S1 Arch ST., Phila. Pa.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
SENATOR iOWNE

wf's Kidney pills With a Graf
flying Cure.
|narles A. Towne, Ex-U. 3.
rom Minnesota, brilliant ora
business man, brainy law
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15

Piso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat and lungs.-WM.
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. III. l9Oo.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15

Virgil in his day spoke of the waving
woods" of Italy
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
YELLOW CRUST ON BABY
Would Crack Open and Scab Causing Ter
rIble Itchlng-Cured by Cuticura.

rIbIe Itch1nR-Cureu Dy CutICurH'
'Our baby had yellow crust on his
head which could not keep away. When
/ thought | had succeeded in getting his
head clear, it would start again by the
crown of his head, crack and scale. and
cause terrible itching. then got Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, washing the scalp
with the soap and then applying the ONT
ment. A few treatments made complete
cure. have advised many mothers to use
Cuticura, when 1 have been asked about
the same aiment of their babies. Mrs.
John Boyce, Pine Brush, N. Y"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15

Thackeray once saw Napoleon on the
Island of ST. Helena.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
In Your Home

The ink plant of New Granada is a
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15

About 100000 persons are employed In
the coal mines of the world.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15

3 recOmmeNUtU 10 IIC
-,--Sr1--vas feeling mlser-
were pains IN the back: was
languid; had a dull head
iralgic pains in the limbs
'erwise distressed. A few
pills effectually routed my
/ am glad to acknowledge
4 derived.
ACHARLES A. TOWNE.
urn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
All dealers. Price, 90
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15

yer, whose ma
tional prominence
made him a for
midable candi-
date for the
Presidential NOM
nation In 1904,
writes us the fol-
lowing:
Gentlemen - l
am glad to en-
dorse Doan's Kid
ney Pills. The
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15

Sloan's Liniment is the best antiseptic to
keep handy. Kills yellow fever and ma
laria germs
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15
AVA STRENGTHENS
1IIRE SYSTEM.

Davidson, Ex-Lieut. U. S.
Aasbfgton, d. c., care U. S.
En Office. writes:
o my ptind there is no rem
for catarrh comparable to
ana. 1t not only strikes at
root Of the ntatady, but 1t
8 ind strengthens the sys-
IN a truly wonderful tCay
has been It's Il tstOry In
case. l cheerfully and unhesi-
gly recommend il to those afflicted
have been. IF. S. Davidson.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-15

operation. The bullet came out at the
top of his head, and the surgeons, when
they had examined the wound, said there
was little hope of his living. Mr.. Hunter
is 68 years of age and has long COM
planned of i'll health. His wife was Miss
Grandy, the sister of the wealthy banker,
c. Wiley Grandy, and he has son and
daughter, both grown. The only ex-
PLANTATION of the shooting is Mr.. Hun
ter's i'll health. He was well educated,
popular and OF high character.
The resignation of Rev. DR.. Robert ].
McBridge as rector of Robert E. Lee
Memorial Episcopal Church, of Lexing-
ton, has been accepted by the veStry. DR..
McBridge goes to St. Georges Church,
| Fredericksburg. For over 22 years DR..
| McBrdge has been pastor of Lee Memo
rial Church, and he is greatly beloved
here.
Harlie Steele, son of Edward Steele,
of Middletown, lies at his home in SER
ious condition from gunshot wound in
his shoulder the result of hunting &C
cident While on his way home the other
barrel of the gun exploded, tearing out
the front of his shirt.
A force of civil engineers of the
Southern Railway is engaged in sur
veying a route around Lynchburg for
line for that system by which the
freight trains can be carried around
the city in order to avoid the heavy
grades in and out of Lynchburg. Two
routes are being surveyed, one below and
the other above the city.
After breaking into two North Caro-
lima stores ID miles apart on consecutive
nights a desperate, who proved to be
John Baker, negro of Portsmouth, was
MORALLY wounded at Hobbsville, N. c.
A heavy charge of buckshot passed
through his side.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-19

with the flowers she carried. His
bold. blue eyes were fastened on her
unblushing face; his lips were ever
at her ear. and from all corners OF
the piazza came expressive mods and
winks. shrigs OF shoulders, and upllft-
ing of eyebrows.
But Rex paid not the slightest heed.
All his pampered, petted life he had
sought pleasure in his own fashion
If the world disapproved, he merely
snapped his finger and went his way
His social position was so assured and
his fortune so great, he could afford
TO defy all cavil and criticism.
After the women had gone TO their
apartments. a select company met in
the card rooms of the hotel. There
was a good deal of drinking and much
furious fun.
My last recollection of Rex Dial.
rymple is not a particularly pleasing
one. Flushed, noisy. a bit unsteady
on his legs, his fair, curling hair
tumbling over his long forehead. his
EYES half-shut. he raised his glass
high in the air and stammered forth
Here's to the maiden OF blushing sixteen.
Here's To the widow"
The rest OF the toast was lost in
the uproarious laughter and blinking
Of glasses, which greeted the second
line Of his toast.
| was weary of the fun, and soon
after retired for the night. The next
time I saw him was when. in answer
To the wild calculations of his man
Williams, who came riding, bare.head.
ed and wild.eyed 10 the hotel. a party
OF men hurried down 10 his place and
saw that CHASTITY. livid object, that
distorted, grinning thing, that a few
short hours before had been the life
of his rollicking set-the ringleader
of fashionable revel.
Six months before his death, ! was
sitting one day in my Office, hard at
work, when Dalrymple came in. look
ing rather vexed.
After greetings had been hanged
he said Jerry, I'm in a devil of a
fix and | want TO retain you. You
must help me out"
whats the matter now?" I asked,
for many a time and oft had pulled
him out of very miry places.
Matter enough" he said savagely.
i've been a blasted fool again"
Another woman" | asked
Yes, another woman; and a deuced.
ly clever one, too. She's going 20
make me no end of trouble. fear. I'm
to see her this afternoon. II she won't
be reasonable, then you must take
her in hand, and find out what will
quiet her She's such a devil that
she wouldn't hesitate TO go TO my
wife, and make no end OF row. and
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-19

step. since he first discovered her
pretty face in the back row OF the
chorusl
But when the prima donna drew q
pistol from her pocket and coolly told
the chorus girl her intention, the
brainless beauty promptly tainted
away.
II would have been easy for the
wronged woman to have avenged her
self then, but, while she did not fear
to die. she would not. could not. have
the stain OF another's blood upon her
soul.
She was about 20 press the revolver
to her own heart when n messenger
boy was ushered in. and on the note
In his hand. addressed 10 her rival.
she recognized her husbands hand.
writing.
Hastily she tore the message open
and read:
Good luck at last. dear. Chance
OF your lifetime. Remember, my pet,
II was | who made you my wifes I'M
cerstudy. may do more, much more
for my precious popsy-wopsy very
soon.
Study the prima.donna part for all
you are worth. may have to let you
play II tonight and want my sweet.
heart to score a big success.
II have called a rehearsal for 3
this afternoon. Come perfect in music
and words. You are perfect, darling.
In all else.
"Lumps OF love and lots of kisses Ia
my little sugar plum, from her de.
yoteN. John Morton"
The little sugar plum" never got
those kisses. "Popsy-wopsy" never
read her stage managers disgusting
message The underRtudy never got
her chance She did not even attend
the rehearsal call specially on her &C.
count. When she recovered conscious.
ness she found her unwelcome visitor
gone. She felt so upset that she sent
an excuse to the theater, and did not
even sing in the chorus that night
Meantime when John Morton reach.
cd the theater for the o'clock re.
nearsal he found his wife there ready
to take her part. She seug and acted
with more brilllancy and abandon than
ever.
The stage managers note to his
wife's understudy had averted trag.
edy which would have shocked half
the world.
The unhappy heroine OF this true
story is still prima donna. She Is
the pet OF the public. courted. fiattered
and feted as few stars OF the theatri
cal Ornament ever have been.
But she is truly miserable woman
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-19
HABITS OF THE DOVE.
Billing" Writer Thinks, Corresponds
TO Our Kissing,


An Englishman, Edmond Selous. has
been watching doves at play and in
combat. OF the habit OF billing" In
which so many birds engage when
they are nesting. he says: where
birds now merely BILL they once, in
my opinion, fed each other-or the
male fed the female-but pleasure
came to be experienced in the contact
alone and the passage of food. which
was never necessary, gradually be-
came obsolete. think 1t by no means
improbable that our own kissing may
have originated in much the same way
and that birds. when thus billing ex
perience the same sort OF pleasure
that we do when we kiss must be
quite obvious to any one who has
watched them"
OF a popularity OF the stock dove
Mr.. Selous writes: when these birds
fight they constantly interrupt the
now OF the combat by bowling In tn,
most absurd way. not to one another
but, generally, so to speak, for nc
object or purpose whatever, apparent
ly, but only because they must do so
The fact is, the bow has become a for
mula Of courtship and as counting anc
fighting are intimately connected the
one suggests the other in the mind oil
the bird, who bows. all at once, under
a misconception."
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-19
Copyright. 1905 by Daily story Puo. Coz
R M<ZzZp A20H7Y

John Morton's wife was the popular
prima donna OF high-class light OPP
era theater. Her stage name was
well, it was and is we'll known. She
was the pet OF the public. courted.
battered and feted as few others OF
the theatrical Armament ever have
been. Yet she was a miserable WON
an.
Wealth, fame and admiration had
been so freely lavlshed upon her that
she was in a position to enjoy to the
full that most cherished qualification
Of her sex, the Jealous envy of all
other professional women.
She had youth. beauty and dia-
monds galore. Flowers were flung at
her nightly, and the daily newspapers
told of her triumphs in fiowery Ian
guage.
Thousands of her photographs
adorned the store windows and huge
reproductions OF her sweet smiling
face made bright the bill posting sta
lions. In spite OF this she was wretch
ed--so miserable that she had fully
determined to end her life.
Not a whisper OF scandal had ever
assailed her stainless reputation. She
had married man whom she truly
loved-a man OF little or no ability,
a colorless creature. but. by her In
Huence. she had procured him the po-
sltion of stage manager In the com.
pany In which she was the star.
BY her own efforts and talents she
had built up luxurious home. which
she illuminated with the radiance OF
her matronly dignity and the ever
lasting light OF her gentle womanly
love. Yet she had decided to kill
herself. TO die because another won
an had usurped the place In her worth
less husbands affection, which rightly
belonged TO her.
II was not that she was swayed
by the vulgar passion called jealousy
II was rather that her loyal heart wal
wounded. Broken by the knowledge
that the man to whom she had been
true as steel deliberately sacrificed
her love for the Establishments OF q
frivolous little chorus girl.
| AhN NACAAChn kA'ahhAN Wub oO NOh
stituted that she never for moment
thought to revenge herself by Staying
the wretch whom she had raised to af
fluence or his impudent accomplish
She thought only OF self-sacrifice. She
would die and leave him TO his guilty
conscience; leave her to the remorse
of having wrecked a happy home.
There was one thing she could do
however. She could brand her rival
with the authorship OF the tragedy
She resolved to die in the chorus girls
pretty apartments. Those rooms. the
constant haunt OF her husband. main
tained on the money the wronged wife
earned. The baby-faced girl had tri
umphed over her life. Hers should be
the triumph of death. BY dying In her
rivals home she would bring upon the
shameless girl who had robbed her oil
her husbands love such an unsavory