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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

third floor Of the new building, where the
roomssare all neatly fitted with oak furni-
ture and white hospital beds. These rooms
are a counterpart OF the private quarters
below. so that at any time they can be
turned over TO patients.
perfectly up to date is the equipment of
the operating room OF this floor. as well
az the sterilizing room. Besides thrcn
large windows facing south and east.
large skvlight illuminates the apartment.
In the basement arrangements have been
made for a clinic. with medical laboratory
attached.
The aim has teen to secure the greatest
economy of maintenance. so that. as one
Of the trustees explained. any person who
contributes to the hospital viii know that
n goes TO the care Of the patient. and not
for unnecessary detail II Is expected that
a patient can he maintained for 81 70 "A day.
whereas I'm most institutions IL costs 8 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

brought up, one after another. three faml-
lies of children. Her public work was man!
sided. The English colony in South Aus
tralia, to which, a young girl. MISS
Spence went from Scotland. was not at all
like the colonies founded later by gold seek
ers. 1t was colony established by ideal
lists with dreams o. Just laws and pure
electoral conditions. Hiss Spence took all
this in at the imprez ole age. and all her
life she preached and worked for the voice
of the people in government
In 1898 Miss Spence travelled in America.
spea king at the Worlds Fair at Chicago
and in many other cities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
a TRUTHFUL CHILD

Miss Kitty Cheatham. OF whom many OF
the Little Men and Little Women have
doubtless heard. because she knows quan-
titles OF poems about children and speaks
them In public frequently. tells this story
about a httle three year-old girl she knows
The little girls name Is Jane. and she =
very frank. as YOU VIII see.
Miss theatham visited James mamma 70
make the acquaintance Of James TIM
month old sister
Jane" she said how do you like your
tsbv sister,
"Oh. I like her Vevy we'll NTH
Iteatham: said Jane, Il mix she's vewv
NTH, but | like myself better"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
A GRAND OLD WOMAN
Miss Spence. Of Australia. Dead at
Eighty five.

When Miss Catherine Helen Spence the
grand old woman # Australia" died not
long ago. the children Of her country lost
one OF their best friends II was Miss
Spence who. In conjunction with Miss
Emily Clark, initiated the Australian syF-
tenn for the care Of dependent and delin-
quent children. system which IS the envy
of social workers in more than one other
country. old as she WAS. she filled up TO
the time Of her death seat ON the state
Chidren's Council and also on the Bcsti-
tute Board ~ South Australia But Miss
Spence was'neNe really old. though she
he'd lived eighty-five wears when she died
She took the warmcst interest in an that
her friends were coins. She moth,I,d and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

and drawing II quickly across the far II.
face of hot iron. Velvet may be rir-uus
BY being pressed on the right side unasr,
layer Of tissue paper SILK ribbon shslE
be pressed when only slightly moist Z I.
is too damp the ironing will sti1en u
Women who are clever with their pzl.
brushes can freshen up flowers Ike II
morning dew. Last years wreath or a.
land may serve another season benssih 3
cloud OF tulle or net. or IN a closely I'd
cluster IN which the individual hoSr1
does not show prominently.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
4 BORN FIGHTER.
DR.. .Sha1c'S Life q Series of
Hard STRUGGLES.

The Rev DR.. Anna II. Shaw. president of
the suffrage organization which is resting
to-day in the national capital after its ardu-
Gus convention labors of the last three days
and incidentally feeling sorry that some
Of its members Missed President Taft-has
a double claim to the title of doctor. hav-
ing earned both theological and medical
degrees.
Many a hard fight has DR.. Shaw had on
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
Haopy Events.

A teacher IN one OF the public SCHOOLS
of Vienna In ordet Ia tpst the ability
OF her junior class girls eight ~ nm
years oid--in composition writihR gaVt
each little miss subject To br dis
russed lat once without consultation
and without help Ot any kilid ne
articles were found To be 80 Interest
ing and amusing thai they have been
collected for publication. One article
OB My Three Happiest Days Is uota-
BILE in the unique collection. ia wen
chosen words and clearly Rounded sell
fences the little girl says that. being
lost IN the woods. having to rii: away
from 4 ire which broke ont IN their
house and Watching a little Doai rs
the wind tossed 1t Oh the waves ana
finally smashed il. were the most nap
py events that she could fhiiiR OIL.
Another In describing "fairyianu saio
that It must be place where every
thing Is as 1t lis here except that the
lakes should be frozen half across AT
all times of the year so TINT we rouid
take a swim and jump oilt ana skaie.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
COUNTY HISTORY.

The History of Pendleton County
to be ready in April has about 45O
pages, strong binding, good paper,
clear type, map and II illustra-
tons. Number of copies limited.
Interested persons living outside of
Pendleton should order early. Price
very reasonable. Descriptive leaf
let sent on request. The book is a
detailed history of the county from
the arrival of the first settler to
the present time, and also a history
of the pioneer families, giving their
nationally, place of settlement,
date of arrival, so far as such facts
are known. A list of the decen-
dants, generation by generation, is
also given. Aspecial chapter takes
up the pioneers of the portion of
Highland once in Pendleton. The
book has an appendix of varied and
interesting information.
Address,.
Pendleton History, Franklin.
W. Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
James 1. and Billiards.

James |. appears to have iiher'teu
his mothers love OF billiards. Among
the payments from bis privy purse NOT
ed In the excheuuer records IL one 10
Henry Waller. our joyner. for Dill
lizards boarde. Twelve fOote long a1d
flower fooie broade. the frame heinS
wallnuttree. well wrought aud carved,
with eight great skrewes and eighteen
small skrewss.'' A salutary billiard
rule Ia force 10 the days Of The stu
ssts vss cue 70 The effect that no by
stapdsy, svsn though be vas betting
on the game. should be allowed to o1er
advice unless asked. II he did so II
was provided that "he shall for every
fault instantly forfeit twopenre TOT
the good of the company or not De
suffered to stay In the room."-i.ondon
Chronicle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
A Cocknev,

Minsben. Il dictionary maker OF Lon
don, In 1917 issued work which gave
the following amusing account OF the
origin OF The word "rocSney:' "A
cockney. or cockny. applied only 10
one born within the sound OF the how
bells-that IS. within The city or Lon
don-whiche terme came first out OF
the following tale:
"A citizens SOME. riding with his
father out of London into the country
aud being Il novice and merely igno-
rant of how corne and catel DO In
crease, asked when be heard horse
neigh vital The horse dlde. His father
answered. The horse dothe neigh.
Riding further. he heard COCK crow
and said. 'DOtbe the cock neigh too?
And therefore cockney, or cockneigh,
by Inversion thus: lncOctus-l. e., raw
or unripe In couutrey-mens affaires."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
RACING PIGEONS.
Their Wonderful Speed and Mysterious
Hom!ng Instinct.

Their Wonderful Speed and Mysterious
Hom!ns Instinct.
Racing pigeons are the leetest of all
creatures. They have maintained a
speed Of mile and half minute
for hundred miles, according to q
writer In Golfers, and they have
flown 100 miles between the rising and
the setting Of the sun.
Pigeons have flown thousand miles
back to the home loft. In 1904 bird
covered that distance In 5 days 2
hours 10 minutes. proving how I'M
erring is the mysterious homing In
stinct that will drive pigeons across the
continent without swerving. But this
test is not true sport. The birds SIM
ply hurl themselves against time and
space till they are played out. They
can never race again.
The racer rises into the air with
heavy, slow wing pulsations: then,
once poised over the starting point.
there Is a swifter, shorter beat, and
the time is hit up" to the third and
permanent wing rhythm, rapid and
steady as pulse beat, which carries
1t home.
Racers fly 300 feet high over land. but
low over water. Their enemies as they
fly are wind, rain. gunners and hawks
They do all their flying between sun
rise and sunset. If caught out over
night they fend for l<mselves ill
dawn.
The homing instinct IL lifelong. Dur.
ing the Franco-P ruSslan var the Ger.
mans caught homi =; pigeon which
was on its way into beIeaguered Paris.
The bird was kept prisoner for ten
years. 1t was then released. 1t imme.
diately returned to its old home.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
pilIsbury's Wonderful Memory.

Harry \. i'illsbury. the chess player.
offered one day in South Bethlehem.
Pa, to mpmoriZe thirty words. no mat
ter how hard they might he, The seIec-
tons TO be read to him only once.
Professor Merriman OF lehigh uni
yerslty and DR.. Threlkeld- Edwards OF
Bethlehem picked out most of the fol-
lowing words: Antiphiogistine peri
Osteum, takadiastasp. plasmon, ambro'
STA. Threlkeld. streptOcoccns. staphe-
locOccus, micrococcus. pasmodinm'
Mississippi, Freiheit. Philadelphia
Cincinnati, athletics. no war. Eichen-
berg. American. Russia. philosopher,
Pict. Potghters-Rost, Salmagundl. Oom-
sillecootsi. Bangmamvato. Schlochters
Mex. Manzinyama. theosophy, cate
chisn, MadjesOOmslopa.
MIR. Tillsbury Immediately repeated
these words in the order given ard IN
the reverse order.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
SAVED A SOLDIERS LIFE

Facing death from shot and shell
in the civil war was more agreeable
to ]. A. Stone, of Kemp, Tex,
than facing it from what doctors
said was consumption. II con-
tracted a stubborn cold" he writes,
"that developed a cough, that
stuck to me in spite of all remedies
for wears. My weight ran down to
1870 pounds. Then 1 began to use
DR.. Kings New Discovery, which
completely cured me. l now weigh
17S pounds. For coughs, colds,
lagripe, asthma, nemorrhage,
hoarseness, Group, whooping cough
and lung trouble, its supreme. 80,
100 Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by K. Il. Trinbls.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
PLENTY OF ROOM.
Mo Trouble to Find Place For Him to
Rest In Sleep.

| No Trouble to Find q PLACE FOR Him to
Rest In Sleep.
His blanket the soldier takes along
on the march, but usually not his tent.
Usage soon makes the ground as soft
, he'd as be wants. The case is pretty
nearly the same with the prospector
and the frontiersman. In writing Of
the Highways and Byways of the
Pacific Coast" Mr.. Clifton johnson
tells of the practice on the ranches Of
the west. He was the guest Of an
early settler
While we were chatting laborer
passed. shouldering roll Of blankets
The butcher had come 20 the door, and
he pointed to the passer and said:
"You see that fellow. don't your Well,
when | first reached here from the
east I thought man with bed on
his back was the funniest thing I'd
ever come across.
"A rancher In this country won't
TAKE his hired man into his house
They've got to furnish their own blan-
kets and usually sleep on the hay in
the barn.
II know a fellow who. when he'd
lust arrived and didn't understand the
way they manage. got job harvest
ing on a big wheat ranch. The help
usually sleep in the straw stacks then.
and it's precious little time they get
to sleep anywhere. But he didn't
know anything about that aud be was
sitting around in the evening and final
" said to the rancher, Where am l to
sleep tonightT
why. don't care where you
Sleep said the rancher. I've got $50
acres of land around here. and II you
can't find a place to sleep on that I'll
get my next neighbor to lend me
niece of his"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18

Traditions as to the Height of the Fa.
nous Structure.

Traditions as to the Height of the Fa.
NOUS Structure.
The actual height at which the last
store Of that famous structure. the
tower Of Babel. rested cansst on as'
essst Of ~ rsa0tSss0 q ~ t1sa
at which II Ii said to have existed
ever become more than matter OF
merest conjecture. HerodOtus. who
lived about LOO years after that
great spiral way to heaven" Is said
10 have been attempted. says that he
saw at Babylon a structure consisting
of eight towers raised one above an
other. each seventy-tive feet In height.
but whether this ruin was the re-
mains of the tower of Babel 1t was
even then impossible TO ascertain. He
rodotus, usually infinitely exact In his
writing. leaves US in ignorance rs to
how the upper level Of each OF these
seventy.nve foot towers was reached
from the level below.
As might be expected. even In ira
dition, n wide difference Of opinion ex-
lists as to the height Of the tower. Most
orientallsts maintain that God did not
put stop to the work until the tower
had reached height Of l0.UO faith
oms. or about twelve miles. In Cey-
ionpse tradition il is said to have been
as high aS 20.WU elephants. rach
standing one above the other 81
Jerome asserts on the authority OF
persons who had examined he ruins
that Il did not reach n height exceed
ing four miles. Other statements are
still more eStravaSant. London sat
urday Review.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
A COSTLY TRlFLE.
It Brought Bankruptcy to an English
Iron King.


Iron King.
1t was common penny postage
stamp that brought Hobart. the great
British Iron king" to his ruin Al tne
time of the Whitworth period. when
there was big crisis III the iron trade,
he had agents In all parts OF the world
who kept him posted. Sometimes they
telegraphed news 10 him In e1pher'
bnt those In England were Rssslg a.
WAYS instructed to write. AZ eat -
riod bis principal agent. who WAS also
his chief partner. was 10 Shef1eld and
wrote him from there warning him TO
sell out all iron interests for the time
on account Of the Whitworth crisis.
Hobart had frequent tits OF irritabil-
ity, and he bad been receiving lot OF
unstamped letters of no Importance on
which he had to pay double postage.
One morning in anger he gave orders
that such letters were to be returned
TO the postm The very first un.
stamped letter received after this WAS
from his partner. 1t was rejected as
soon as II arrived.
Consequently, knowing nothing or
the existence of the letter or the all
important private news 1t cOntaiued.
Hobart pledged himself next day for
more iron deals than even his mighty
credit was good for. The great drop in
prices came Two days later, and Ho.
bart, once n millionaire, was Involved
in hopeless bankruptcy from which
he never recovered. - London Tele
graph.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
OLD LETTERS OF HISTORIC VALUE.

In an unlighted and cobwebbed
corner under the roof of the House
of Representatives, covered with
dust, yellow and falling to pieces
from age, were discovered last week
a large number of letters and docu-
ments of the early days of the re-
public. These papers are of the
greatest historic value. Among
them are letters from Washington,
Jefferson, Lafayette, Jay, Monroe
and many others.
One of theletters is from Martha
Washington, widow of George
Washington, and dated 1879. 1t
was a reply to a wish expressed by
Congress, that General Washing
tons body might be buried at the
national capital. The letter is in
the stately style Of those days.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
CEYL0N MENUS.
Tho Way Natives WrestIe With the
English Language.


A writer In the Epicure tells of sew.
eral menus with which he was con-
fronted when travelling in Ceylon. The
menu. he says. is nn indispensable ad-
junct to respectable luncheon or din;
ner table In CeylOn. AS n rule, the
head servant writes it out and from
bis elementary knowledge of English
rs "she is wrote" springs host OF
quaint plumbers. AT the same tune his
fertile oriental brain Is ever apt to
add footnotes. which are perhaps bis
happiest achievement.
At one lunch there figured among
the dishes roast beef" but II caused
the hostess some CONSERVATION when
she discovered the additional legend
in very small letters. roast beef'
smelling iittle." the parenthetical
note being meant to intimate that the
dish was accompanied by sauce OF
savory odOrs.
On another occasioiL>there appeared
this following acknowledgment OF dr
ficiency: STEAK and kidney PIE: III
kidney"
1t was altogether delightful. CO.
tinues the writer. to find a nir dii''"
our old friend Welsh rub!':i app"
ing as "Welsch rubbish" Ihr ~
genius translated haricrt n!tl"i ia
"hurrygod mutton" Our own be-!
adds. on the occasion Of ha>'il, Il
prOvised dinner. WAS unahIe I" h"''%
plish u dessert. Consequently m T.
the word "platPs" al ihr ehd al |!
mpnu
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
He REFORMED.
A Flash of Lightning Made Him See
His Evil Ways.

A Flash of Lightning Made Him See
His Evil Ways.
A group of men sitting on the dry
goods boxes in front Of country
store were discussing big storms.
There's no use in talking" remark
ed ono Of them. I'VE are all badly
scared In q thunderstorm"
81 rsmsmbe boz sas ums when ] was,
surs snssgh." said another. 1T was
about a year after was married. and
| was on my way home from town. 1t
began to thunder and tighten when ]
was about halfway there, and the rain
fell In sheets. stopped under big
tree. knew that wasn't safe, but !
thought Id risk it.
"In few minutes the lightning
struck a tree about hundred feet
away, and l fell down, either from the
shock or from fright, ! don't know
which to this day. But got up again.
and my hair rose on end when ] re-
membered that | had plug Of tobac'
co in my pocket"
what had that to do with itY'
Nothing but this: My wife didn't
know I chewed tobacco. She hated
the weed like poison. What If had
been killed and that plug Of tobacco
found In my pocket? ! thought
think had the worst fright right
then that 1 ever had in my life"
We'll"
"Well, before the next fash came
took that plug out of my pocket and
threw 1t as far as l could send 1t. and
I have never chewed tobacco since"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
How Coop News SPREADS

II am 70 years old and travel
most of the time,' writes B. F.
Tolson, of Elizabethtown, Ky.
Everywhere l 60 l recommend
Electric Bitters, because l owe my
excellent health and vitality to
them. They effect a cure every
time" They never fail to tone the
stomach, regulate the kidneys and
bowels, stimulate the liver, invig-
crate the nerves and purify the
blood. They work wonders for
weak, rundown men and women,
restoring strength, vigor and health
that's a daily joy. Try them
Only SOC. Satisfaction is positive
ly guaranteed by K H Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
EPHRIAM winner.

The subject of this sketch was
born in Pendleton county, West
Virginia, in 1884, and died in Crab
bottom February 26, 1910.
He received his education in the
cold field" schools of his day.
The early years of his young
manhood he spent in teaching and
working at the carpenter trade.
When the civil war began he en-
listed in the volunteer forces at
Hightown, Highland county. Va,
and served until the close of the
conflict. Soon after enlisting he
was made second lieutenant OF
Company l, 81 regiment of Virgin
10, and held that position until the
battle of Williamsport, in which
Lieutenant Calhoun was killed.
Lieut.. Winner was then promoted to
first lieutenant, serving in this ca
pacity until the close of the war.
He was brave and fearless soldier,
loved and respected by his COM
rades in arms. He was twice dam
gerously wounded, first at New
Market and again at Fishers Hill,
where he was left over night on the
field of battle, supposed to be
dead. He was picked up, however,
the next day by the Federals and
taken to the officers hospital in
Baltimore, where he finally recov-
cred. AS soon as he was able he
returned home and engaged as
clerk in the store of George Fraley,
at Crabbottom Mills. This posi-
ton he held until 1868, when he
bought the business owned by Dir.
Fraley and launched upon the long
and successful business career in
which he was engaged at the time
of his death.
In 1868 he married Ellen Harold.
To them were born six children,
four sons and two daughters, one
of whom died in infancy. Messrs.
A. Lee, Kemp, Emory, Frank {.
and the widow survive.
Mr.. Winner was converted at a
campmeeting held on the old camp
ground in Crabbottom, in 1880,
and at once joined the M. E" church
Ill
South, taking an active part in all
church work, being especially in
terested in the Sunday School, in
which he held the position of teach
er of the Bible class for number
of years. Later he connected him.
self with the United Brethren
church.
At the time of his demise he held
the position of Bible teacher in Mt.
Zion Sunday-school, United Breth-
ern church, in which work he took
the greatest interest and keenest
delight.
Mr.. Winner was a devout Christ
ian, an earnest and consistent
member of the church, a constant
student of the Bible, and a man
| full of faith and hope.
He was an interesting conversa-
tionalist, man-of positive opln-
ions, and whose every act was what
he believed to be right. He en-
deavored to make principle the
chart and compass of his life.
A good man has gone to his re-
ward A FRIEND.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
HARD WORK.
Sans Desperate Effort at Composing
Love Letter.

Sans Desperate Effort at Composing
a Love Letter.
TO one old southern negro in New
York the difficulties of letter compost
lion seemed well nigh insurnountable
The old fellow, as a writer In the At
lanta Constitution relates, asked his
"boss," Colonel Yerger. to write let
ter for him to bis sweetheart.
"All right. Sam, III do it," agreed
the colonel.
HAS yer got de paper and de Ink
and de pen ready, sah?"
Eyes, Sam. Go ahead"
write Thompson street. New
York."
"All right"
HAS yer got bit written?"
"Yes."
"All oh hit?"
Certainly"
"What has yer got written? Read
It to me. boss"
Thompson street. New York"
'DatS right. NOW Wrlte May oe
fourteenf."
yes"
HAS yer got hit down. boss. al
ready?
Yes"
"G'way, boss. you're jokin'! Read
1t to me-"
"May a."
"Mah goodness! You has got hit
down all right. Now. boss. read hit
all over from de berry beginning"
Thompson street. New York. May
a."
Oats right. Whew. Say, boss.
let's res awhile: rs tired My head
aches like bit was gwipeter split"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-03-18
Didn't Teach Him That Trick.

Didn't Teach Him That Trick.
That's a VERY knowing animal o
yours" said cockney gentleman to
the keeper of an elephant.
Very" was the cool rejoinder.
HE performs strange tricks ana
hantics, does he" inquired the cock
ney, eying the animal through his
glass.
"Surprisin'!" retorted the keeper.
We've learned him to put money IN
that box you see up there. Try him
With half crown"
The cockney handed the elephant
half a crown. and, sure enough, ne
took 1t in his trunk and placed 1t IN a
box high up ont of reach.
well, that is very hextraordinary-
hastonishing. truly| said the green
one, opening bis eyes. NOW let's see
him take it out and and it back
1--WE never learned him that trick
retorted the keeper and then turned
away to stir up the monkeys and
punch the byepas.-LondOn Tit