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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
The Story Of q Word.

A comparison of old editions OF
SCOTS monastery" with one OF later
date will reveal q slight alteration IN
the text OF sentence In the tenth
chapter. For the word morse" an
other is substituted. A tale OF comedy
attaches to the word which has gone.
Hardened wretch" says Father Eus-
tace. ..art thou but this instant deliv-
cred from death, and dost thou 80 soon
morse thoughts Of Slaughter The
origin of the word morse seems sore.
" to have troubled the etymologists.
Two learned correspondents OF Notes
and Queries, Mr.. Wheatley tells US
accounted for the word. One explain
ed 1t as ITO prime" as when one primes
q musket, from o. FIR. "amorce," pow
der for the touchhole (Cotgrave), ana
the other by ito bite" Lat. "mordere"o;
hence Ito indulge In biting, singing
or gnawing thoughts Of slaughter" On
the other side were those who said that
the word was misprint for something
else. 'AThat the word as misprint
should have been printed and read by
millions for fifty years without being
challenged and altered exceeds the
bounds of probability" exclaimed the
apologists for morse. But when the
manuscriptwas examined there nurse"
was the word, plainly written.-St.
James Gazette.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
Held Their Own.

A regiment of regulars was making
long, dusty march across the rolling
prairie land Of Montana during re-
cent summer. 1t was hot, blistering
day, and the men, longing for water
and rest, were impatient to reach the
next town. A rancher rode past "Say,
friend" called out one OF the men,
show far is It to the next town. "Oh,
a matter Of two miles or 30, reckon"
called back the rancher. Another long
hour dragged by, and another rancher
was encountered. "How far to the
next town. the men asked him eager
ly. "Oh, a good two miles," A weary
half hour longer of marching. and then
o third rancher. "Hey. how far'a the
next town. "Not far" was the en-
couraging answer-eonly about two
miles" "Well," sighed III optimistic
sergeant "we're holdin' our own any
how"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
The 1PuII" and the Job.

Rusiness men are constantly being
pestered by young men who seek posi-
lions through letters Of recommends
tion. often In the form Of personal re-
quests frsm fellow business men. One
may well question whether these let
tiers have any great pulling power
after all. The Saturday Evening Post
tells of such an instance. After being
very politely dismissed by several
managers with the stereotyped expires.
sion that there was not a vacancy at
present, the young man tore up the let.
tiers and went back to the place last
visited.
"What can / do for you nowT the
manager asked In an annoyed tone.
pardon me-" said the young man,
"but I've Just torn up those letters.
Could you give me Job on my own
hookw
The manager looked amused and
said: eve need q young fellow to chip
castings In the machine shop at % q
week. II you like. you can have that
until something better turns up"
Eyes, sir" replied the Job hunter.
''I'm ready now"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
A Slioht Mistake.

Chitto Harjo was pleading In Wash
ington for the Indians right to roam
in nomad fashion, like their fathers.
"They tell us to trust to fortune"
Chitto HarjO said, "and then well get
our rights. But we are tired OF trust
ing to fortune. Fortune has used US
Indians as 1t used the pale face In
structress at the Indian school IN
1897"
Chitto Harjo smiled and went on:
'AThis instructress found horseshoe,
and to get good fortune put 1t under
her pillow. along with her false teeth.
In the morning in the hurry Of Dress
ing, she Substituted the shoe for tho
teeth and did not discover her mistake
till her aflanced husband asked her In
tones Of horror at breakfast what was
the matter with her mouth"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
Paid In Full.

Two young ladies, evidently stenog-
raphers, were having an animated dis
cussion while on their way to work
the other morning in Market street
car. The discussion revolved around
the question as to the best method to
impress their respective employers AZ
to the value Of their services.
"Do you know" said the smaller OF
the two, my former employer was
tho worst old granny. He could not
spell the simplest words correctly. and
be couldn't pronounce them. One day
/ thought I would impress him With
the value Of my services. He gave
me q letter to typewrite. and ! just
went along and copied 1t as he handed
It to me. Then l made second copy
with all the misspelled words correct
ed. With beaming countenance I hand
ed him both copies"
"What did he doT breathlessly ask
ed her friend, forcing the conductor to
hold his car so that she might alight
at her corner and at the same time
hear the answer.
HE fred me-" was the reply.-Phll-
adelphia Record.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
Public Sale.

| shall, on the 18th day of Oc-
taber, 1907, offer for sale at my
residence at Vanderrool, the fol-
lowing property:
/ mare, s cows, 10 ewes, bug
gy, and lot Of household and
kitchen furniture.
TERMs-A credit Of IL months
will be given on all sums Of IS and
over; under cash; purchaser to give
note we'll endorsed. PAYABLE to the
Highland County Bank,
IS WILLIS GIBSON.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04

Queen Sophia Of the Netherlands, the
FIRST wife Of King William III. Of Hol.
land, was too great friend Of EN-
peror Napoleon III. the Empress Eu-
genie and Of France generally to take
kindly to Bismarck. Before the big
war Of 1910 and probably some time
after the Luxembourg sQuabble there
was an international exhibition In Am
sterdam, which the queen visited. She
was conducted over the whole place BY
the committee. and as they came to q
certain section one Of the members
said, "Now your majesty will see the
greatest enemy Of Germany" "Ah.
Bismarck she cried, with some glee,
The members stood aghast and never
repeated this rash exclamation. Tue
"greateat enemy" he had to exhibit
was not. of course, Bismarck at all.
but only a very much enlarged repro
duction Of either the phylioxera or the
Colorado beetle, which at that time did
a great deal Of harm to German agri-
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
The Fall TaiI0r.Made Girl

This is the way the tailor. made
girl will look when she steps out
from her home this autumn"
writes Grace Margaret Gould, the
Fashion Editor, in the October
Fashion number of the Woman's
Home Companion. "Her skirt is
short--a good FIVE inches from the
ground. She will tell you that she
wears it this way because it is the
very latest fashion, but perhaps it
may be because her foot is small
and her shoes worth looking at and
she knows it. It's the new walk
ing skirt-a flare skirt, band-trim-
med with self material. The pat
tern is made with eleven cores, and
two narrow bands and one wide
one are used for the trimming,
which are piped with velvet just a
trife darker than the cloth.
"Her smart coat is semi fitting,
half revealing and half concealing
the trim outline of her form. It is
a Acknowledgment coat, which is
quite the most approved coat to
wear with the new short skirt. It
is very mannish in cut and finish,
and the sleeves reach straight to
The wrist-iust the conventional
two-plece coat sleeve is used with O
velvet cuff. The turn-down collar
is also Of velvet, but the lapels are
of cloth.
"A novel feature of the coat is
it's pockets. There are four of
them, much to the delight Of the
wearer, and she is quick to tell you
that she has rebelled at at being
known rs the pocketless woman,
and henceforth she is going to
have just as many pockets in her
clothes as she wishes.
1.-THE material of this particular
suit is dark blue serge, with blue
velvet a tint darker for the collar,
cuffs and pipings. Worsted, Chew
lot or mannish suiting are all good
style fabrics to use, as we'll as the
serge, for a tailor made suit of this
sort. Braid in black or self color
may be used to outline the bands"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
His aRleht~ Name.

From queer names and descriptions
Of things there follow AZ a natural
sequence queer names and descriptions
of people. Among a number Of racy
instances is one quoted by Mr.. Fox
Davies, the well known authority on
nomenclature, from Blackwood's Mag
azine. Of April, 1872. I'm one OF the
Buchan fishing villages a stranger had
occasion to call on fisherman Of the
name Of Alexander White. Meeting q
girl, he asked, Can ye tell me far
SAMMY Fife livesY FIX SAMMY Filter
quoth she. 'Muckle SAMMY Filter said
he. Fix muckle SAMMY Fitef 'Muckle
lang SAMMY Fite.' Fix mpckle lang
SAMMY Filter 'Muckie lang gleyed
SAMMY Fitev shouted the exasperated
man. oh. It's Goup-the-Lift we're
seeking answered the girl and tat
the dell for dinna 20 speer for the mon
by his RIGHT name at ancef /"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
Hloh Game and Fools.

"Neyer eat game high" said an anti
quarry. People will tell you that high
game Is tenderer. What rot! Or
course II Is tenderer. but would you
want your steak or your chop spoiled
In order that 1t might be q little softer
to the teeth? No, never! Highness IN
game Is an anachronism, relic Of the
past, relic Of the days Of stage
coaches. In those days 1t was impos-
sible to deliver game to the cities fresh
transit was too slow. All game was
high, and men ate 1t high because 9TH
erwise they couldn't eat 1t at all;
hence to eat game high nowadays
when there Is no necessity for It. II 70
be fool."-Cincinnati Enquirer
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04

When Oregon Was In The Balance.
There Is no boundary In the world
Of greater political importance than
the forty-ninth parallel. which divides
Canada from the United States. When
this boundary was under discussion,
the Pacific coast was almost inaccessi-
BILE. and the ownership Of Oregon, now
a state of vast wealth, with opulent
cities and q teeming population. was
In the balance. The matter was SET
tied by the report Of Captain Temple.
a brother Of Lord Palmerston, who
wrote to the admiralty "that the coun-
try was not worth a cuss because the
salmon would not take a fy."-Man-
chester Chronicle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04

Henry E. Jones, of Tampa, Fla,
writes: IL can thank God for my
present health, due to Folsy's KID
ney Cure. tried doctors and all
kinds of kidney cures, but nothing
did me much good until | took
Foley's Kidney Cure. Four bot
ties cured me, and have no more
pain in my back and shoulders. l
AM 62 years old, and suffered long,
but thanks to Foley's Kidney Cure
| am we'll and can walk and enjoy
myself. 1t is a pleasure to those
needing kidney medicine"
X. H. TRIMBLE.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
Placing the Responsibility.

For six months or more the drug
Rist's assistant had occupied bis leisure
moments by writing verses for the VII
lage paper, in the poets corner" Of
which publication they appeared anonF-
mously every Thursday. says the
Youths Companion, On opening DIS
copy Of the Weekly Rugle one morning
and. turning first. as was his regular
habit, to that particular corner. he was
surprised and gratified beyond meas
ure to see his name In full appended to
his latest poetical outbreak.
He fastened to call at the ONCE OF
the BugIe.
"Mr. Stires," he said to the editor. Il
want to thank you for signing my
name to my poem In this weeks paper.
1t encourages a fellow when he gets
proper credit for his work"
"Oh, that's all right Jobson," re-
sponded the editor. I'VE thought II
was about time to place the responsis
bllity for that poetry where 1t be-
longed,D
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04

"Well," said he, anxious to make up
their quarrel Of yesterday. "arent you
curious to know what's IN this parcelys
sNot very. replied bis wife indiffsr-
entity.
"Well. It's something for the one l
love best In the world"
.Ah. suppose it's those new collars
you said you needed. "-Tit-Bits-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04

mystery of the tropics, and as we
steamed slowly along the coast,
noting the peculiar green of the
sugar cane fields, and on past Dia-
mond Head, that majestic extinct
volcano which guards The entrance
to the harbor of Honolulu, we had
many other evidences of the
fact that we were in a new world.
The dock was crowded with peo-
pie gaily decorated with flowers.
while strains Of sweet Hawaiian
airs from the band foated over the
waters. Hundred of almost naked
boys hung from the ratings. ready
to dive in the waters of the bay for
pennies. A dangerous odor breath.
ed from exotic blossoms, and all
nature seemed to invite lis ashore.
Everybody seemed to be laden with
flowers. Around their hats were
beautiful yellow leis, the Hawaiian
word for wreath. | gladly stepped
ashore, for six days and a half
aboard ship, no matter how pleas
ant the company, is something
that makes one long for a breath
ing spell on land.
In my next letter / shall tell OF
my impressions Of the island city
and the strange things that came
under my observation while here.
Many changes have come since the
old days when the islands were un-
der dominion of the du>ky monar.
chy, and | am not prepared to say
that things have changed for the
better, but a few weeks stay may
show me that the flag Of Uncle
Sam is good thing to unfurl over
any land.
CLARENCE z. EDwoRDs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
Roasting Coffee.

In Norway. where superb coffee Is
made. a bit of butter is added to the
beans while they are roasting In the
covered shovel used there for that
purpose. In France as well piece Of
butter the size of walnut is put with
three pounds Of the coffee beans, and
also a dessertspoonful Of powdered
sugar. This, brings out both favor
and scent and, moreover. gives the
slight caramel taste which will be re-
membered as pleasing part of French
coffee.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
LOST AND FOUND

Lost. between $50 , m. yester-
day and noon to-day, bilious at.
tack, with nausea and sick head
ache. This loss was occasioned bv
finding at the drug store box Of
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the
guaranteed cure for billiousness.
malaria and jauDdice. 25c.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
nuddh.,. sIx Essentials.

Buddha, who reformed the Hind0o
religion more than 900 years before
Christ, established for men SIX essen
tails of perfection = first. knowledge.
used to distinguish the true from the
false; second. energy, which Is used to
fight against the evils Of the flesh:
third, purity; fourth, patience; nfth.
charity q. O.. loving kindness); sixth.
almsglving.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
Letter to r. B. Rust,
Monterey, Va.

Dear Sir: Will you give your
Arithmetic class-and Algebra
class-this problem?
If average paint is worth $3.50 a
gallon, and goes two thirds as far
as Devoe. and wears half as long,
what is Devoe worth put on, paint
ers wages being $3.50 a day and a
days work gallon of paint.
The answer il $11.80 gallon;
but dont't tell 'em that. 43
Yours truly,
F. W. DEvOE & Co.,
P. S.-Ast & Hager, Staunton,
Va, sell our paint.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
The Only Way

II am writing an article" he said.
ION The Way to Manage Woman.
II suppose 1t will be long one." she
replied in a slightly scornful tone.
mo-" he answered, ut will be quite
short. In fact. 1t will consist OF only
two words-'Don't tryr Birmingham
Post.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
THE Touch That HEALs

Is the touch Of Bucklen's Arnica
Salye. It's the happiest com bina-
tiou Of Arnica flowers and healing
balsan,s ever compounded. No
matter how old the sore or ulce
is. this salvs will cure it. Flo
lnrns. scalds, cuts, wounds or pile
its an absolute cure. Gnaran tee
by all druggists. 2Oc.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
Long Wait.

"Grandpa, how old are your
II am eighty-seven years old, my
dear"
Then you were born eighty years
before l was. What long time you
had alone waiting for me!'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
Worse SELL.

Griggs-The idea Of your letting
your wife 60 round saying she made q
man Of you! You don't hear my wife
saying that. Briggs-No, but / heard
her telling my wife that she did her
best.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04


The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste o.
impurities in the blood.
II they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains. aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04

Take DeWitt's Kidney and BIad-
der pills for backache, weak kid
ueys and inflammation of the blad-
dr.. Sold by K H Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart Is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney.
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
nlng in kidney trouble.
you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp. Root, the great kidney remedy Is
soon realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures Of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits EsfE
by all druggists in fifty A1#H IA
cent and one-dollar siz- ss is;
es. You may have <s4al5s:E BE-
sample bottle by mail Home Of swampRoo
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out If you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing DR.. Kilmes
& Co., Binghamton. N. III
Don't make any mistake, but remem
Der the name, Swamp Root, DR. Kilmers
Swamp Root. anil the address, Bingham
son, N. Y, on every bottle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04

1nv y. eparatIon Of canvas for paint
ers Is a lucrative trade.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04

All the blood in your body passes through
YOUR kidneys once every three minutes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
PIJTNAM'S MUSIC STORE
ORGANS AT COST & LESS
SECOND ANNUAL REDUCTION SALE

If makes of second hand 70
ont;nued STYLES exchanged These instruments have all
mt GOOD Condition factory and of them are
iv new Notice the prices:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04

NoTE-Mr. Clarence Z. Elwords, q
well known newspaper journalist, who
IL special correspondent fol the High
land Recorder, will spend some time
travelling in the Philippines, Borneo, SUI
matra, Indian Archipelago, China and
Japan. We feel sure our readers will
look forward to these letters with fnte-
rest as they will contain much informs
ton of the Oriental countries.-Ed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-04
Oyer.Mork Weakens
Your Kidneys.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-15
BOARD TO HEAR DEMANDS
Utah FireprOofng Company Says
City Engineers Final EST
mates Are Inadequate.

The Utah Fireproofing company, re-
leased by the council from completing its
sidewalk contract entered into in 1906 IS
complaining that the city engineer in his
final estimates is not allowing enough
money for the work actually done.
In order to straighten out the matter.
the company has been asked to have a
representative present at the meeting of
the board of public works to be held at
10 o'clock this morning to give the COM
pany's side of the story.
When the council passed the resolution
releasing the company from it's contract,
1t was thought that the provision therein
contained, which provided that the COM
pany must accept the engineers estimates
for the amount due it, was strong enough.
but later developments tend to show that
IL was only another blunder and that the
city may be forced to stand suit before
final settlement is reached.
The work which the company left IN
completed has been advertised for again.
and II the Fireproofing company matter
is not settled before this contract is let.
there may be another complication in the
Improvement middle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-15
NEGLECTED WIVES RELATE WOES
AND ARE FREED FROM THEIR BONDS

Minnie Smith, demUre and attractive
little brunette, told a simple but affect
ing story of her husbands infidelity to
Judge Morse yesterday afternoon and as
result is no longer the wife of Andrew
Smith.
Eight years ego she was married. Her
domestic life from that time until six
months ago was not revealed, but it ap-
pearsd from the testimony that since then
her husband has failed to provide for
her Asked where he is she said:
Il do not know exactly. but the last
| heard of him he was in Denver running
a stationery store"
Her manner was entirely unaffected and
unlike that of many that take the stand
to tell Of their domestic woes. Her
every note could be heard throughout the
courtroom.
When she spoke of her two children
girls of seven and three respectively, there
was a note of sadness in her voice. She
told how her father had been compelled
to support her little family. and how
she had worked a stenographer TO help
out
Abbie Jones, a sister, testified to the
same effect
ence and wearing a hat bedecked with
flowers, was another who was declared
free from matrimonial entanglements by
Judge Morse. She explained that her huS-
band Just went away two years ago,
and has done nothing for her since. They
were married five years ago. Asked if
she knew the whereabouts of her spouse
she said that the last she heard OF him
he was in Washington
May Christensen. her mother. was very
explicit and asserted with considerable
emphasis that Hulda had not been sup
ported for two years.
The divorce was granted, and also the
custody of a minor child.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-15
-FOUR BEFORE ARMSTRONG
Three Men and a Woman ATraigred
and Given Time in Which
to Plead.

Addie Fairchild and Raymond Wright
were arraigned before Judge George G..
Armstrong of the district court yes
terday on an information charging
them with improper conduct. The wo-
man is married. Both were given I'M
til Monday next in which to enter
pleas. and George Buckle was appoint
ed to defend Mrs. Fairchild and w. l.
Dunn was named to take charge of
Wright's case. They were arrested in
Pioneer park, July 9. Wright is but
10 years of age and the woman is much
older.
John Fleming and Thomas Moore
were also arraigned upon the charge of
robbery, and given until Monday to
plead f A. Rogers was appointed to
defend them.
The men are charged with having
held up Deputy Sheriff Ira Beckstead
near Bingham Junction on May Z, re,
lieving him of his gun. Beckstead was
on his way to arrest the defendants
for burglary when the clash occurred.
Odd Fellows day, Saltair, June IS.