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Mower County transcript., 1908-11-18
BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH
Secretary Of the Navy Metcalf Ten
dors Resignation.

washington. Nov. 14-Secretary OF
the Navy Victor H.~~Metcalf has ten
dered his resignation to the president
to take effect December 1, on &C.
count of i'll health. Assistant Secre.
tary Of the Navy Truman H. New.
berry will be named as Mr.. Metcalfs
successor. :. ~ 5.ss, e ~
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-18
Body Cut to Pieces by Car.

Peter Rask, carpenter, was ground
into a mass of flesh and bones by a
street car at Minneapolis. From the
manner in which his body was cut up
it is believed by the police that Rask
fell asleep on the tracks.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-18
Terrific Storm In CAPE Colony.

Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, Nov.
TIA terrific rainstorm has swept
this part of Cape Colony and caused
heavy overflow Of the Baakens river.
4 number of bridges were destroyed
and large amount OF property swept
into the sea. Several lives were lost,
and the damage amounts to more than
&1,o00.0 900.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-18
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Nov. 16-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $6.0o@6.75; fair to good,
$5.00@5.75; good to choice cows and
heifers, $4.00@5.00: veals. $525@6.0O.
Hogs-$5.00@5.6 Sheep-Wethers,
$4.00@425; yearlings, S3.90@4OO;
spring lambs. $500@5.35.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-18
Rummage Sale

The November committee of the
Ladies Aid Society of the Congrega.
tional church will hold rummage sale
at Hirsh's auditorium, Friday and Sa'
turday, Nov. 20 and 81.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-18
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

DGIUtH wheat ana F TAX.
Duluth. Nov. 16.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. hard, $1.osk; No.
/ Northern. SLOT; No. 2 Northern,
s1.o5: Dec. $1.04; May, s1.0s; Nov,
$1.o5h.. Flax-To arrive and on
track, $1,4i%; Nov, $1.4oH; Dec,
$1.39A Inlay, '$1.43A. ...~..
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-18
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Nov. 16-Wheat-
Dec, $1.0SM; May, $1.0SA. On track
NO. hard, S1.07%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.06%; No. Northern, S1O4%@
LOS; No. 8 Northern, $l.02M @1.OSM.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-18
0aklandI Presbyterian Church

!, F.. c. Heilman in charge.
2p. m. Preaching Service.
s 3 p. m.-Sunday school. Mrs. Sara
Roulston, Supt. sSts. Sss..s7 SO
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25
LIP READING.

The executive committee for the
Virginia School for the Deaf and
the Blind, Staunton, Va, COM
posed of DR.. G. w. Butts, DR.. j.
B. Rawlings and j. H. Lindsay,
met at the institution Dec, 18th.
Articulation and lip. reading are
taking the place of the sign Ian
guage, and the result is most salts
factory. By the sign language it
was only possible to communicate
with those who knew the sign, but
now a pupil can understand almost
anyone by the motion of the lips,
and, in many cases, by the care
full training received, the pupil,
who had never been able to speak,
can talk so distinctly that it is
hard to believe they have not done
so from infancy. These pupils, on
the whole, are bright and eager to
learn.
While the representative of a
newspaper was calling on Professor
Bowles recently, one of the teach
ers brought'a class into the library,
where there was an open fire to
give them an object lesson, and
their bright faces showed their
pleasure as they were taught the
names of the various things about
the fire place, but their JOY was still
greater when DR.. Bowles showed
them his cuckoo clock, the mystery
of which seemed to facinate them.
The school is larger this year
than ever before, there now being
244 pupils with 26 instructors.
The Swanson building is now under
roof and it will be ready for occu-
pancy by the early spring. This
building will contain sixteen class
rooms, while the basement will be
new gymnasium and shoe shop.
The rooms now used for class
rooms will be converted into music
rooms, linen rooms and bath rooms.
A bath room has just been added
for the boys. The cost of the
Swanson building will be between
S1S 900 and $40, 900.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25
PROVED HIS SPELLING.
An Incident In the Career of Stephen
A. Douglas.

An Incident In the Career of Stephen
A. Douglas.
An amusing incident occurred in Nc
Lean county, ILL.,, at the first court
Which Stephen A. Douglas, the famous
politician, attended after his election
as prosecuting attorney. There were
many indictments to be drawn, writes
Professor Allen Johnson in his life Of
Douglas, and the new prosecuting at
tOrney in his haste wrote the name OF
the county Mclean instead of Mclean.
His professional brethren were greatly
amused at this evidence Of inexperi-
once and made merry over the blunder
Finally John Il. Stuart, subsequently
Douglas political rival, moved that all
the indictments be quashed. Judge
Logan looked at the discounted youth
and asked what he had to say to sup
port the indictments.
Smarting under the gibes Of Stuart,
Douglas replied obstinately that he
had nothing to say, as he supposed the
court would not quash the indictments
until the point had been proved. This
answer caused more mcrriment, but
the Judge decided that the court could
not rule upon the matter until the pre-
else spelling in the statute creating the
county had been ascertained.
No one doubted what the result
would lie, but ut least Douglas had the
satisfaction Of causing his critics some
delay. for the statutes had to be pro-
cured from an adjoining county.
TO the establishment of court and
bar and of Douglas himself it appeared
that he had spelled the name correct
~. To the indescribabie chagrin Of
the learned Stuart The court promptly
sustained all the indictments. The
young attorney was IL high feather
and made the most Of his triumph.
The incident taught him useful les
son-hcnccforth he would admit moth.
ing and require his opponents to prove
everything that bore upon the case in
hand
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25

times, as there are no wild animals
to fear, and mosquitoes are so in
frequent as to cause comment when
one makes its appearance. Meth
er are there poisonous vines or
trees, and, in fact, it is about as
near and earthly paradise as one can
find. 1t is certainly the spot where
only man is vile" for if it were
not for the vileness that has been
brought in by the French it would
be ideal for living, provided one
did not care to exert himself with
the worry and care of making more
than sufficient to keep himself and
family. One need not work hard,
for food is to be had for the gath
ering; one need not wear many
clothes for if he does he will be out
Of fashion; one need not provide
much shelter for he can better
sleep out of doors.
CLARENCE E. EDwoRDs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25
HUCKLEBERRY FARMING.
Agriculture With Match In the Tim
Der Regions.

at may seem incredible to those
who have never lived in or travelled
much through timber districts where
the huckleberTy is Indigenous" said a
native of such district. "but it Is fact
that there Is tribe Of shiftess persons
in all such regions who Systematically
and without regard to law. property
or life set fire to woods or cut over
land adjacent to woods simply to in
crease the area of huckleberry bushes.
There is Only one way in which
huckelberries can be cultivated. and
the huckleherry farmer does not need
TO own an inch of land. If he has the
title to one simple lncifer match he
can put thousands of acres under cult
walton in a very short time.
"He has only to light the match and
touch 1t to the dry leaves and branches
Oil tie ground, either in early spring
or late fall and his cultivation is soon
under way. No matter what grew on
the ground before fire swept it bare,
huckleberry bushes will never fail to
spring UP luxprlantly from tie ashes
and scorched soil. They will be in
abundant bearing the next season.
What the result may have been in loss
of life or property does not concern
the persons who reap the benefit.
"AIany of the fires that deyastate our
forests every year may be traced to
this reckless and deliberate making
or improving Of huckleberry patches.
! remember one instance particularly
where the setting fire to the brush OIL
a huckleberry barren in northern Penn
sylvania resulted in forest fire that
swept over a 10000 acre timber tract,
doing incalculable damage to the stand
ing timber and reducing to ashes So
GOO feet of logs and lumber and 3d.
600 cords Of tanbark, representing
money value of nearly $150,000 Tween
ty persons were burned to death and
thirty SO badly burned that seven of
them died from their injuries. The
huckleberry crop gathered from this
cultivation of that barren waste per-
haps realized 5000 to the cultivators.-
Washington Post.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25

Ridicule is keen weapon. but the
things that succumb to ridlcule de-
serve to die.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25
MRS. NCRANEY's EXPERIENCE

Mrs. McRaney, Prentiss, Miss,
writes: II was confined to my bed
for three months with bladder
and kidney trouble, and was
treated by two physicians but
failed to get relief, No hnman
toungue can tell how | suffered
and had given up hope of getting
well until I began taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy. After taking
two bottles | felt like a new per-
son. and feel it my duty to tell suf-
fering women what Foley's Kidney
Remedy did for me-" Swadley
Bros -Vanderpool, Va, and by all
Druggists Of Monterey, Va,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25
His Curiosity Satisfied.

A wealthy tradesman who had been
drinking the waters of Bath. England,
took a fancy to try those Of Bristol
Armed with letter Of introduction
from his Bath physician to profess
sional brother at Bristol, the old gen.
tleman set off on his journey. On the
way he said to himself. 81 wonder
what DR.. Blank has advised the Bris.
tol physician in regard to my case?"
and, giving way to curiosity. he open
ed the letter and read:
Dear Doctor-The bearer Is a fat Wilt
shire clothier; make the most of him.
Yours professionally, j. BLANK.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25
A PERSONAL APPEAL.

If we could talk to you PERSONAL
ly about the great merit of Foley's
Honey and Tar, for coughs, colds
and lung trouble, you never could
be induced to experiment With UNI
knnown prep, rations that may con-
tain some harmful drugs. Foley's
Honey and Tar costs you no more
and has a record of forty years OF
cures. Swadley Bros, Wander
pool, Va. Sold by all druggists of
Monterey, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25
Attention

Read and consider for a minute
and see if you are not disobliging
yourself of life time comfort
when you fail to secure for yourself
a set of the Armlock Folding Bed
Spring which contain 63 irst-class
springs to the set, made of the best
spring steel wire, galvanized with
copper Springs are warranted not
to break or swag down in the
middle, which is the great trouble
of hundreds of woven wire springs.
The Arm-Lock Folding Bed Spring
has now proved to be the best sat
isfaction for the past sixteen years,
and where they are in use they
need no advertising but speak for
themselves. Now don't keep put
ting this off but simply drop me a
card when you want your springs
and l will deliver them to your
house, fit on your bed and guaran-
tee a good frst-class spring.
One set for So so
Two sets for 1918
Three sets for $1,000, and will
deliver same any where in Highland
or Pocahontas county.
Can fit any size or any kind OF
bed. Less than full size bed is
less in price according to sizes
| wish to thank my patrons and
the public generally for former bus
mess and kindly solicit your future
orders. Address all orders to
John P. Hise.
Hightown, Va.
o
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25
Pelican and Flaminso.

The hook of the pelican's bill is red.
and undoubtedly the fable that the
pelican feeds It's young with blood
from its own breast originated in tie
birds habit of pressing the bill upon
the breast in order to more easily
empty the pouch. when the red til
might be mistaken for blood. Another
explanation is that the pelican became
confused with the famingo, which
discharges into the mouth CT its young
secretion which in color resembles
blood.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25
Object. Matrimony.

81 want to put an adj in your paper"
said the weary looking man. Make it,
wanted, situation-any old job"
Shall | say wages no object?" sug-
gested the clerk.
mo; make 1t sDbject matrimony.' If
could get acquainted with decent
JOB I'd be willing to marry 1t for life."
Catholic Standard and Times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25

s1.OO gets the ACCOMMODATION ONE
whole year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25

Foley's Orino Laxative cures
chronic constipation and stimulates
the liver. Orino regulates the bow
els so they will act naturally and
you do not have to take purgatives
continuously. Swadley Bros, Van
derpool, Va. Sold by all druggists
of Monterey.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25

Breakdown

Nerve energy is the
force that controls the or
CANS of respiration, cir
culation, digestion and
elimination. When you
feel weak, nervous, irrl-
table, sick, it is often be-
cause you lack nerve
energy, and the process
Of rebuilding and sustain
ing life is interfered with.
DR.. Miles Nervine has
cured thousands of such
cases, and will we believe
benefit if not entirely.
cure you. Try it.
'My nervous system gave away
completely, and left me on the verge
of the grave. I tried skilled physie-
clans but got no permanent relief.
I got so bad / had TO give up my
business. / began taking DR.. Miles,
Restorative Nervine. In few days
/ was much better, and 1 continued
to improve until entirely cured. l
am in business again, and never miss miss
an opportunity to recommend TINS
remedy" MRS. w. l.. BURKE,
Myrtle Creek, oregon.
Your druggist sells Or. Miles Nerv.
inc, and we authorize Elm to return
price of first bottle, (onIy) If It falls
to benefit you.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25
Gainino the End.

DAubist-Do you think my battle
picture expresses, as have meant 1t
TO, all the poignant horrors of war?
krittick-Oh, yes; it's the awfulest
thing ever sawECleveland Leader
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-19
NEW YORK. STUCKS AND BONDS
Narrow Restriction Of Prices is Fes-
ture Of Market
VOLUME OF DEALINGS SMALL
Early Tendency is Downward, After
which Movement Turns and
Valnes Harden-Bonds and
Money Are Easy.

NEW YORK. Juns 1E-Ths narrow re-
strlcuon Of prices continued 70 be the
,s5sTs q me st9ek msrkst I9esy, a.
extended before the movement turned and
prices hardened again Dealings were 80
Insignificant In volume that this fact In
itself deprived the movement Of import
Professional operations OF the smaller
kst BSnetihr from 5 Tepusiisan con-
vention were made The basis for some o.
The operations Of his kind The adding
Injunction plank 81 tie piatforn as at
first presented 10 the committee ana the
inclusion Of q prOtestauon Of party deyo-
ton TO the authority and integrity OF the
judiciary were hailed as an evidence OF
control over radicaliEm- Opinions over
the wheat crop prospects also had an n
early depression. Immediate weather news
Indicated a passing Of the conditions from
which damage has been feared Some OF
the early DEPRESSION was clearly due to
doubts over the integrity Of oz1oends
This was an after effect Of yesterday
decision 10 pass the dividends. on Cleve-
land. Cincinnati. Chicago a ST Louis and
Lake Erie a. Western preferred STOCKS ~
was most p~srceptible In stocks on Whlch
early dividend action is due and agra
waited in some instances by doubts OF The
maintenance Of the dividends. American
Locomotive, Republic steel preferred and
this class. The Of Baltimore a.
Ohio was not difficult TO understand An
view OF the Nay statement " NaILAIEEI
hi which a gross decrease Of s2.27B.355
from May Of last year was SO slightly
offset by curtsilment Of operating cost
as 10 leave a net falling off Of &l.3BI,lbe,
or IS per cent. This brings the net de-
crease Of the system for the eleven com
pleted months Of the fiscal year II SL0vo.-
900. or RB per cent The views # the
steel trade journals on the effects Of de-
mand on cut prices was not hopeful and
another decline in the price Of copper
metal in London was reported. The metal
stocks. however, were prominent IN the
late recovery Of prices. All the great FOR
eiEn banks. English. French and German
made strong returns, the gain IN cGSh
holdings Of the German bank amounting
to upwards Of $40 600. The reduction
in that institutions official discount rate
was thus explained. The explanation OF
Berlin's continued demand FOR gold was
more obscure. The money market mere
continued easy.
Bonds were easy. Total sales. par value
S2.Sb5, 600. United States bonds were IN
changed on call.
Number OF sales n quotations on stocks
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-19

Articles, Open. High Low. Close Yss-y.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-19
stock in SIGHT,
RAIN HOLDS BACK WOO
showers Welcome An wyoming, but
They Delay sheep Men In
Shipping.

Rains in Wyoming have delayed clipping
and made It impossible TO haul what wool
has ben clipped 10 the railroads. accord
inE TO reports received by the Omaha Wool
ana Storage company Thursday.
ut has rained in Wyoming every DAY
Il has rained In Nebraska said Charles
H. King. "Of course, rains are welcoms
In wyoming. but II viii delay the market
ing Of wool, and before 1t begins to arrive
IN omAha again we viii have the last sheet
OF iron on our As some Of
the wool Is hauled great distances ana
some Of the Wyoming sol mixed with
water makes very good mud. the Difficult
ties Of the wool growers may be imagined %
Mr. King is receiving some interesting
reports from all over the land Of the sheep
bsrons. An instance Of this is an interview
given out by Fred H. Putnam OF Boston.
buyer for HechL. Lehman q Co. who Is
in Montana
The west does not realize that the east
has passed through a severe panic" said
Mr.. Putnam in making & statement 10 a
country paper.
~As a consequences Of this panic business
IL sim under q cloud. You cant make the
grower realize this, The west is very pros
porous and perhaps the westerner cannot
be blamed
But the fact remains THAT conditions
are not what they were 4 year ago. More
old wool was carried over from last year
Only 90 per cent OF the machines were
operating and thiE small consumption Of
a big production has produced q glut in
the rke
Mr.. Putnam reports thar he has bought
one I08So-pound Wyoming clip for I2n
cents per pound and he has beer told Of
another chip Of $4,000 pounds which has
been sold Al Billings for Is cents
The opinion Of the buyers is that almost
all the Wyoming wool viii either be con
signed or stored, as the growers are not In
q frame q mind 10 accept the low prices
IN order 10 help the east gel over its panic.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-19
GRAIN SEA TRAFFIC LESS
Freight Falls OF So Much that Some
Vessels May Quit
SITUATION BECOMES SERIOUS
s~tesw-hip Meu. AdmitrinG Grain Busi-
nes- is Prime Cause. Say Lake
Competitions AEEravates
Ocean Case.

NEW YORK Jane M-The agents q
the ocean steamship companies which have
been hard hit by q general depression IN
freight traffic 70 Europe. say that no RELIEF
Is IN sight Since the first q the year
they say there has been a gradual falling
off in freights. and . number Of lines have
decided to either TAX some OF their freight
ships off aitoEether or 70 transfer some q
them to other ports where the shrinkaEe
In freiFhts has not been 80 great ss here.
They say that ithourh the depression IN
the freight carrying business r. general
At TIE principal ports, Il has been felt most
heavily by the steamship lines al this port
The laying of Of five freight steam
ships BY the White Star line last week was
attributed In a large measure to the a.
vtrrion Of grain shipments from this port
70 Montreal hut mari Oh er lines besides
the White star have also felt this diversion
Of freight keenly.
A 3oint meeting has been called fer to-
morrow between the Trunk Line Rseocta-
ton and the special committee appointed
BY the Produce exchange. This meeting
win be for the purpose Of trying 20 set the
railroads TO agree TO lower their rate on
grain between New York and the north
west % az 20 put e stop 20 the great in
crease OF grain shipments 20 Europe
through Montreal.
The steamship men 90 not take the po-
sition that the grain situation IL entirely
responsible for the present depression but
admit that Il IL ct the bottom q the
trouble. A member OF the executive staff
Of the International Marine company said
Yesterday that composition between lake
boats for the grain transportation is IN a
large manner responsible for the position
in which the New YORK steamship lines
now find themselves. he said hat the
shipments Of spring wheat was not as large
as usual this year. and that the lake lines
began cutting prices IN their efforts 10
get full cRrgoes.
Prior 20 this year the lake boats were
working together in the matter OF freight
rates. But now they are fighting each
other. with the result that shippers can
send their Europe-bound grain over the
water route 20 Montreal much cheaper
than 70 New York via Buffalo, since the
nway have held together in the matter
Of rates.
In addition to the cut IN lake rates, the
transatlantic steamship men whose lines
ply from and to this port find themselves
up against q gradual increase in rates
which the railroads have made during the
last few years.
They say that IN 1875 and 1905 the grain
| rate from Buffalo 70 New York was ~
cents a bushel II was then Jumped up TO
{ cents q bushel, and in the spring Of ls07
the rate was boosted TO 81 oents. the
present rate
The rate from Duluth and Fort william
to New York via Buffalo IL now T40 cents.
which includes delivery free on board the
steamers. The rate from the same points
Of shipment to Montreal, free on board. r.
~ cents a bushel, and from Toledo to
Montreal 81 cents. The discrimination.
B1y the steamship men and the shippers.
IL nearly 4 cents q buhel