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Arizona republican., 1910-09-28

were Phoenix visitors on Saturday.
 Mrs. Jack Brooks, from Cartwright, spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Ivy Wilson
 Mrs. R: Mickey is expected home in a few days from the east, where she has been visiting for several months with relatives.
 MT and Mrs. Keen, who live west of the school house on the Jess Holly place, have a new baby. It arrived last Friday morning.
 The sale of Mrs Sarah Johnson on last Monday was very well attended. and everything sold fairly well. Mrs. Johnson and family expect to leave soon for Silver City, N. NJ.
 Mrs. Bertha Williams, who lives near Cartwright school, visited her sister in-l law, Mrs. w. E. Brooks, last Sunday.
 Miss May Caldwell, our teacher in the primary room, has moved into her tent house in the parsonage yard, where she will do light housekeeping.
 MT. and Mrs. Ivy Wilson were among the number from this neigh borhood who were in town on Satur- day.
 M. B. Brooks and family were en- tertained at dinner last Sunday at the home of MT. and Mrs. J. A. Higgins, in Cartwright.
 g Mrs. Joe Tompkins and Mrs. Jas. Willis three dozen brown leghorn pull Mrs. Haggard, who lives near St John, one afternoon this week.
 Mir II. J. Hanson sold Mrs. Jim Willis three dozen borwn leghorn pull lets, which he delivered Saturday morning.
 Little Gertrude Brooks went to Phoenix Friday morning to stay sev- eral days with her grandmother Mrs. Connell.
 Morgan Pratt of Phoenix spent last Sunday with his cousin, Guy Botkin
 Harp Luckow, wife and children spent Thursday taking in the sights at the Pan-American ostrich farm.
 Miss Mabel Hooker of Phoenix came out Friday evening with Miss Lucille Kelly to stay until Sunday afternoon.
 Miss May Caldwell arrived here last Saturday morning from California. She came to take up the work as teacher in our school. She is stop ping with Mrs. J. P Ivy this week.
 Ernest Mann, from this neighbor- hood, and Jack Brooks and James English from Cartwright, left Tues day to visit the Roosevelt dam.
 The party given at the home of MT. and Mrs w. H. BOtkin on Friday evening was enjoyed by a large num- Der of the young people and a few of the older ones. Refreshments of lem onade and cake were served. Those present were: MT and Mrs. Charles Moore. Mir and Mrs. w. T. Miller, MT. and Mrs. D. M. Sapp and Mrs. Asa Graham: Misses Alpha Mann, Blanche, Lula and Helen Green, Anna, Eda and Mary Schrader. Gladys Jackson, Goldie and Zoa Sapp, Florence Gammill, Vera and Vida Moore, Ara Smith, Ora Clay, Mollie Price, Jennie Lee Brooks, Geor- gia Sapp, Henrietta and Yina Brooks, Ruth Martin and Vera Horton; Willie Schrader. Roy Clay, Jess Smith. Glen Kohl. Marvin bills. Laurie Gammill, Fred Clark, Floyd Price. Arthur Mill Ter, George Schrader, Granville Sapp, Guy Botkin, George Gammill, Daniel Sapp and George Martin.
Arizona republican., 1910-09-28

As we understand it, the attorneys for Governor Haskell demand the dis missal the charge of conspiracy to defraud on the ground that the in terior department was cognizant of the crime.
Arizona republican., 1910-09-28

A spoonful of sand taken three times a day will cure indigestion, ac- cOrding to a Boston man, who claims to have been cured by that method. While sand is a new remedy for in- digestion, it has long been known that little of it was a valuable thing to brace up the system.
Arizona republican., 1910-09-28

MT. Bryan seems to be pretty thor oughly separated from politics at last. Why not make him president of Princeton?
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
How Thackeray Worked.

If ecarte Is 10 be held responsible
for Thackeray's appearance as an au-
thor. his erratic methods Of work con-
tributed equally to his early death
He wrote invariably with the printers
devil in attendance.
81 can conceive nothing more harass-
ing In the literary way" wrote Motley
to his wife In 1858. than Thackeray's
way Of living from hand to mouth. ]
mean in regard to the way he fur
nishes food to the printers devil.
Here he is just finishing the number
that must appear In few days. Or
course whether Ill or well, stupid or
fertile. he must produce the same
amount Of fun. pathos or sentiment.
His gun must be regularly loaded and
discharged at command. ! should
think 1t would wear his life out"
Motley's fears were realized within
a few years.-Lond0n Chronicle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
A Famous OPAL,

The most famous opal in history was
that which was worn in ring by the
Roman senator Nonius in the day Of
the triumvirate. Its size equaled that
Of a medium sized hazelnut, yet its
beauty and brilliancy rendered it a
marvel among the dilettanti Of Rome,
especially when It was known that the
goldsmiths and money changers had
set its value at $1.O0O,OO0. Mark An
tony made overtures to Nonius for its
purchase, intending, it is thought. to
present it to Cleopatra, but the senator
refused to part with 1t and for fear
that 1t would be taken from him by
sheer force sought safety In flight.
Here history loses all trace Of this ia
nous gem, there being no record Of its
transference from Nonius to any Of bis
family.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
Rsnina For a Flower Garden.

Take twenty square yards OF SAND
and pebbles. stir In sufficient clay to
make a compact water tight mass.
ram down hard and score the surface
with rake Add carefully ten pack
cts of seeds of the most magnificent
flower known that will grow anywhere
and under any conditions. throwing up
continuous succession Of enormous
flower trusses from March to Novem-
Der. each petal five inches across and
of the richest and most glowing tints.
This Is the commoneSt Of all flowers
and will be found listed on any page
of any florists catalogue. Set the
whole out to rise, keeping II moist and
warm After allowing the mass to
rise four months sprinkle red spiders
and green aphides plentifully over the
top and soak we'll with tears. The
net result may be preserved in a
small bottle Of alcohol for future ref
erence.-Philadelphia North American
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
BRIDGEWATER HAS
RUM0R ABOUT C. W.

Bridgewater, Oct. 24.-Another
rufnor, in regard to the passing of
the Chesapeake Western railroad
into the hands of one of the big
railways, has gained some currency
but less credence, here in the last
few days. An effort to find any
authenticity for the statement has
thus far developed nothing of a
tangible nature; but 1t is, neverthe-
less, known that the present man.
agement of the C. W. is using ev-
cry means to induce some of the
old established railroad corpora
tons to take hold of it and extend
the western terminus into the coal
fields of West Virginia. To the I'M
informed that seems to be the most
feasible means, and perhaps the
only prospect, of converting the
road into revenue producing en-
terprise. 1t would also appear, to
the same class of uninitiated in rail-
road affairs, that, whether the C.
W. changes hands or not, it will be
compelled to extend its line into
new fields for self protection. 1t
must find a section of country that
will supply continuous and ample
amount of freight, and lose no time
in pushing it's roads into it before
it is taken up by some other road.
1t is well known fact that the ag-
ricultural products that find an out
let over the c. w. does not furnish
anything like enough of freight to
come anywhere near taxing the ca
pacity of the road, even when the
shipments of crops are at food tide.
Harrisonburg Daily News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
A BAG OF GOLF CLUBS.
They Picture In a Way the Various
Phases of Human Society.

Devotees of the links will be inter-
ested to learn that. In the opinion of
Philosophical student of their ancient
game, a bag of golf clubs Is a SYM
bolical epitOme Of human society.
In the front rank you have the driv-
er. smooth, polished. elegant, the aris-
tocrat Of the circle. to whose lot falls
the SNOWY role In the days perform
ancc, who disdains to play his part on
the level of his fellows, and must have
his sphere of operations artifcially
raised above the plane Of the common
earth. The brassy Is your rich COM
mOner, substituting barrier Of metal
for the tee that confers rank on his
social superior. After these come the
humber cleeks. lofters and mashies,
the common herd. who, like the butch
ers. shOemakers. and tillers OF the
ground among human beings. have the
bulk of the work to do. and can AFFORD
no polish save what comes from keep
Ing themselves clean. which at times
is no easy task. Apart from them all
stands the niblick. the good Samaritan
of golf, resorted to only when the
player Is In q serious difficulty. The
function of the niDlick Is to aid the
golfer In the day Of trouble, and his
destiny, after having done his duty
In that state of life. Is to be relegated
to the limbo Of forgetfulness.-Argo-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
WANTED NO FUSS.
Any Old Thing Would Do For Dinner,
So She Said.

Any Old Thing Would Do For Dinner,
So She Said.
Mrs. Betsy Baxter was the last per-
son in the world TO want anybody to
make trouble OH her account. When
she dropped In" OH Mrs. Doolittie un-
expectedly for dinner one day she
made her position on this point quite
clear. Don't you go to a mite OF
bother on my account. Mis- Dooittie
You know that I'm person for whom
you can just lay down an extra plate
and set before me anything you hap
pen to have in the house.
"1f you just fry chicken same as
you would for your own folks. an
make up pan O. your tea biscuits that
no one can beat, an open a glass o
your red currant jelly. an have dish
O. your ounce preserves. an some o
the pound cake you most always have
in your cake jar, you do that. an have
some piping hot apple fritters with hot
maple strip to 60 with EN-. an some
O. your good coffee. an any vegetables
you happen to have In the house,
like sweet potatoes the way you hx
'em mightily-but. la. just have any
thing else you happen to have.
"Pm one that expects an Is willing
to eat what's set before me. an no
questions asked ner fault found when
go visiting So don't you put your
self out mite for me. II you have
what I've mentioned an anything else
you want to have I'll be satisfied. l
amt one that cares very much about
what eat anyhow. AS the saying Is.
any old thing will do for me. Puck.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
An Open Air Hotel.

A man from the west was looking
for a friend In New York who had
gone wrong. He heard his friend had
been sleeping on the benches In Bryant
park and went over there to look for
him. There were good many unfor-
tunates on the benches. but the par
ticular friend the westerner wanted to
find was not there. However. the
westerner did find another man from
his own town whom he knew and who
knew the man for whom he was
searching.
"Where's Jones?" asked the west
erner. prodding the man he knew.
"Aw." replied the hobo sleepily. "he
amt come IN yet New York Sun.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
DIVING Birds.

Water birds which are ordinarily
able to float high on the water can
also sink at will by expelling the air
which is inclosed within the film OF
feathers surrounding their bodies. thus
making them heavier than water. This
mechanical trick on the part OF div
ing birds Is probably familiar to all
who have watched the kingfsher at
close quarters and have noted the sud-
den contraction in the birds apparent
size as it takes the plunge. This Is
much more easily observed in the case
of the starting. which sometimes imi-
tates the king6sher by plunging into
water for food The shrinkage OF the
bird in apparent size is very apparent
when, after lowering above the sur
face, 1t turns downward to dive.-ZO-
OlOgiSt.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
THE WAY OF THE SWISS.
Foreigners Regarded as Egyptians and
Treated Accordingly.

Foreigners Regarded as Egyptians and
Treated Accordingly.
A foreign resident in Switzerland
was fined 10 francs because his little
girl had plucked three buttercups
growing on a piece Of land on which
she and some half dozen Swiss chill
dren had for years been accustomed to
play. The land had recently changed
hands, and its new owner had put
up a notice forbidding the plucking
Of flowers. A passing gendarme had
found the children fagrante delicto
and had forthwith instituted proceed
ings against the little foreigner, while
letting the little natives go scot free.
The child's father appealed against the
sentence and by dint Of hard fighting.
which entailed, of course, expense,
forced the higher court to reduce the
fine from 10 francs to 81. e.. franc
for each buttercup.
When / tried to learn the why's and
wherefores of this case l was told by
q Swiss that one-half Of every fine lev
led goes to the gendarme who reports
the offense for which 1t is levied. and
also that Swiss gendarmes cannot fair
ly be expected to be quite so alert in
taking proceedings against their own
country people as against foreigners.
Further. l was told by an American
that In Switzerland all foreigners rank
as Egyptians and that the one Scrip
tural injunction that Is faithfully
obeyed there is that which ordains
that Egyptians shall be spoiled.-From
1.-THE Latter Day Swiss" in Cornhill
Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04

To sew button on your trousers
take the button firmly in the left
hand and hold it on the spot where
you wish to fasten it. Now, with
the other hand thread the needle,
holding the thread in the other
hand and the needle between the
fingers of the other. Having done
this, hold the trousers in the other
hand and take the button in the
other hand and place it where you
wish to sew it; then take the needle
in the other hand and poke it
through the buttons and the goods
and repeat this until you have used
all the thread; then tie a knot in
the thread with the other hand and
then take your scissors in the 9TH
er hand and cut the thread off at
the needle. X
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
Farm for Sale.

Containing $50 acres and known
as River View Farm Situated on
Greenbrier Division of C. 4 o. R.
R., and in good locality. Two
large stock barns, new 10-room
dwelling and all necessary out
buildings. Bearing fruit trees and
young orchardstarted About $50
acres improved land and in high
state of cultivation. This is one of
the best farms in this section of
West Virginia. Is we'll stocked
with all kinds of graded and blood
ed stock, which will be for sale if
the farm is sold. A bargain for
some one. Call on or write to
]. w. Beard,
1O,2S-4ts Beard, W. Va
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
lMPALED BY AN ARROW.
Pinned Through the Neck to a Tree,
Yet He Survived.

Yet He Survived.
It was In the summer Of 1859 that
George Wainwright and Ben Spencer.
each In charge of a train Of freight
wagons, were headed for the Missouri
river to bring supplies back to Colora-
do points. The Indians were very
troublesome In those days, and these
two outfits always camped together
for protection. One night they had ar
ranged the camp, with the wagons
forming q circle, and everybody but
the guards was to be inside. VAIN
wright preferred to sleep In a clump
Of cottonwoods about quarter Of
mile off, and there he fixed himself
with his negro servant as bodyguard.
Neither the camp nor Wainwright was
disturbed during the night, but early
the next morning while Wainwright
was sitting on the ground with his
back to a tree drinking hiStin Of c0f-
fee an arrow from an unseen foe en-
tered his neck at the right Of the
jugular vein and was driven with such
force as to impale the victim to the
tree. The negro, believing his master
was killed, ran to Spencer's camp and
gave the alarm.
Spencer and some Of his men rushed
over to Wainwright. Instead Of being
dead Wainwright was not even seri-
ously injured. Spencer cut the arrow
off close to the point Of entrance and
then gently drew Wainwright's head
forward until he was released. The
victim suffered but little inconvenience
from the wound, and by the time the
trip was completed 1t was entirely
healed. Angeles Times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
OLD FAMILIES.
Some In Europe and In the Orient That
Are Really Ancient.


In Great Britain and on the CONT
nent those families pride themselves
that count their ancestry through ten
generations. but their claims to really
ancient lineage seem insignificant
when compared with those of certain
houses In the orient
We read that the oldest family In
Great Britain, the Mar family In Scot
land. may trace its pedigree to 1893.
Then, too. we have the Campbells OF
Argyll, whose date is put down at 1l90.
The Grosvenor family. that Of the
Duke Of Westminster, refers its origin
to the same year that the Conqueror
"came over"-i e.. 1865. The Austrian
house of Hapsburg goes back farther
than that. It's date being 952. while
the Bourbons proudly mention 1854 as
the date Of their origin.
But none of them is to be mentioned
in the same breath with the emperor
of Japan, whose Office has been filed
by members of his family for period
of over $500 years. the present ruler
being the one hundred and twenty sec
ond in the line. The first emperor OF
Japan sat on the throne about the time
when NebuchadnezZar was aourishiEg
that is. In $50 B. c.
Another oriental branch, the descend
ants Of Mohammed. presents claims not
to be dismissed. The prophet was born
In $40, and a list of his descendants
has been carefully retained. being duly
set forth in volume kept In Mecca.
Little or no doubt exists Of the anthem
ticity of the long list Of names of Mo-
hammed's descendants as registered In
this sacred book.-Harper's Weekly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
At a Weddjnu Breakfast.

After marriage recently the bridal
party partoOk of a sumptuous break
fast, toward the end Of which young
er brother of the bride got up and said
solemnly, raising his glass:
Ladies and gentlemen, I have to
propose a toast, which, however, must
be drunk standing. Please take your
glasses and rise up"
The guests, although somewhat be-
wildered, did so.
"Now," said the young scapegrace,
IF you will remain standing for a few
minutes I'll find out who has been sit
ting on my new hat."-London Tit
Bits.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
Such a Bore to Dress.

A belated traveller who was COM
PEELED to stay all night in back
woods cabin says that soon after the
frugal meal a tall. gaunt youth Of
eighteen and an equally sallow and
gaunt girl Of seventeen. both bare
footed, took their hats from wooden
pegs in the wall and prepared to go
out. whereupon the mother, taking her
pipe from between her teeth. said re-
provingly:
go long an wash your feet. Levi
you and Looly. both! Hain't you
'shamed to 60 Off to an evenin' party
without washin' your feet"
They obeyed. but as Levi took the
washpan from bench by the door he
said with a grumble:
"I'd bout as soon stay home from
party as to have to fix up for It."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
The Homeric Controversy.

II was about the year 1195 that the
"Homeric controversy" began. About
that date +. A. Wolf In his Prolego-
mena. argued that the HOmeric poems
were composed Of independent epic
songs. collected and arranged by Pei
sistratus about $50 b. e. VOLTS theo-
ry created great stir among scholars
and poets and inaugurated the fight
which enlisted most Of the learned
men Of the day. Mr.. Andrew Lang. in
Homer and the Epic" 1893. vigorous
ly defended the "One author" theory,
as opposed to the idea Of Wolf that
the famous poems were composed
through ages by many different per-
sons.-New York American.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
HIS TWO BAD DAYS.
Lord Byron Had Positive Dread OF
Fridays and Sundays.


The belief In palmists and sooth-
savers is not, as is sometimes sup
posed, confined to the ignorant and the
credulous. Lord Byron was not q
skeptic in these matters. Just before
his death. us recorded in ''Byron-The
Last Phase" ny Richard Edgecumbe,
"he said he had reflected great deal
on n prediction which had been made
to him when boy by a famed fortune
teller in Scotland. His mother, who
firmly believed in chiromancy and as
trology. had sent for this person and
desired him 10 inform her what would
be the future destiny Of her son. Hav-
ing examined attentlvely the palm of
his hand. the man looked at him for
awhile steadfastly and then with a
solemn voice exclaimed. Beware of
your thirty-seventh year. my young
lord. bewurer He had entered on his
thirty seventh year on Jan. %, and 1t
was evident from the emotion with
WHICH lie Teldttu tuio NhN ohboeoANo
that the caution Of the palmist had
produced deep impression on his
mind. which in many respects was 80
superstitious that we thought 1t prop
or to accuse him Of superstition. 10
say the truth, answered his lordship,
Il find Il equally difficult to know what
Won Will /
know. ridicue my belief in lucky and
unlucky days. but no consideration can
now induce me to undertake anything
either on Friday or Sunday. am
positive 1t would terminate unfortu-
nately. Every one of my misfortunes-
and God knows | have had my share
has happened to be on one OF those
days "-London Gentlewoman.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
FAMOUS SWORDS.
The Monster Weapon Used at Welsh
Eisteddfods.

The Monster Weapon Used at Welsh
Eisteddfods.
The largest sword Of which there Is
any record Is the seven foot ceremonial
sword that was made for Edward Ill.
and Is now preserved in Westminster
abbey. Next comes the Sword OF
ceremony" that Is used at Welsh els
teddfods. This weapon If placed In
the hands of q modern Godfrey de
Bouillon. who. 1t will be recalled. with
q two handed sword cleaved Turk
into halves from the shoulder to the
hips. would be quite long enough for
any one who wished to put 1t to prac-
tical use. 1t is six feet two inches In
length.
|. OF gorgeous swords which are not
so much weapons as settings for pre-
cious stones the most valuable in Eng
lish Is said to be the one presented by
the Egyptians to Lord Wolseley and
valued at $4,000. This sum Is COM
paratively Insignificant for bejeweled
sword If the value of the sword brought
over to Europe some years ago by the
then shah of Persia-namely, $4,000
be taken as standard of what dia-
mond hilted weapon ought to cost.
Competent authorities on the subject
familiar with that famous weapon Of
the Persian ruler are rather skeptical
AK to the existence Of the gaekwar OF
Baroda's gorgeous blade. which Is sup
posed to be worth more than twenty
swords Of equal beauty and value to
the shah's. but 1t is popularity supposed
that the diamonds, rubies and emeralds
with which it is thickly incrusted bring
up its value to about $1.0OO.OOO.-Ex-
change.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
Tho Ielltale.

A college girl told how she had been
cured of the ugly habit. when a little
girl. Of sticking out her tongue when
writing. She was working on a writ
ing lesson one day when the teacher
called to her the full length OF the
room:
"'Mary you are making capital LIS
when l asked for capital P's.'"
How did you know that I was
wrongY the little girl asked.
81 could tell" said the teacher. "by
your tongue Free Press.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-04
Nothina More to Be Said.

"My wife always let's me have the
last word" remarked The meek looking
man.
Indeed" exclaimed his friend In
tones which implied doubt Of the
others veraclty.
"She does. really. Whenever | say
Eyes. my dear. you are quite right she
stops talking Immediately.