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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-02-04
Why Did He Do III

One of the guests at a seaside
boarding house had picked up curl
ously-shaped stone on the seashore
that looked exactly like half-eaten
crust of bread 1t was being passed
round the room and the finder was
evidently feeling pleased with himself
at having found something really
unique Every one who saw 1t ex-
claimed how like a crust of bread 1t
really was. 1t at last reached the
quiet man In the corner, and the find
er went up to him to get his opinion.
"Yes,' said the quiet man, 1T is
striking resemblance. Didn't you
think it was a crust of bread when
you saw it on the sands?" Yes re-
piled the proud finder, Il was COM
pletely taken in with it," Then
what on earth did you pick it up for?'
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-02-04
HE WAS TAKING NO CHANCES
Good Reason for Man Sinking Home
In the Dark and Avoiding
Acquaintance.

In the small hours of the morning
man, carrying a heavy suitcase. hur
ried down the deserted streets of the
sleeping city. His hurried footsteps,
despite all caution, echoed in the quiet
thoroughfare. He shifted the. weight
of the suitcase from one arm to the
other; he appeared nervous and every
sound caused him to start. His coat
collar was turned up and his soft felt
hat pulled well down over his watchful
eyes.
The man was sorely tempted to risk
the owl-car, for he had far to go and
his burden was heavy, but when the
car came with its load of boisterous
men. singing and smoking. he dared
not venture abroad. Instead he picked
up the heavy suitcase and hurried
down the darkest side of the street
Once he hurried by man who turned
and gave him a searching look. He
tried to walk on as though uninterest-
ed but his knees shook and his brow
grew cold and damp, for he thought he
recognized the man.
In the shadow of an alley he stood
for long time until two young men
ended their late visit beneath an arc
lamp and separated for the night For
an instant the street was empty, and
hurrying across the street the man dis
appeared in the shadow of the porch
of handsome brown stone residence.
A key grated softly in the lock, door
opened stealthily. and closed almost
noiselessly
Safe at last" muttered the man,
as he dropped the suitcase and mop
ped the cold sweat from his brow. But
| thought I'd never make it; twice
ran almost into acquaintance. Now
lii stay right indoors until these
cussed sunburns heal before l venture
out where all my friends can slap me
on the back or pinch my arms and |
shoulders"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-02-04
Many Uses for PAPER.

A manufacturing house makes light,
strong paper garments for hospital
use-buttons and cloth edges. There
are paper bottles. Paper horseshoes
more durable and lighter than steel,
stuck on with cement, not nailed.
Thus it is invention. not pity and
prayer, that relieves the pain and
thralldom OF man and beast. Paper
reinforced with wire mesh makes
houses, boats, hospitals, ETC.; is fire
proof, waterproof, heat and cold
proof.-New York Press.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-02-04

Complete. Straight Line Keyboard
Removable and interchangeable Plstens
Ball Bearing Carnage
Reversible Tabulator Rack
Simple Stencil Cutting Device
Drop Forged Type Pan
Perfect Line Lock
Bichrome Ribbon
Uniform Touch
Ball Bearing Type Bar
Column Finder and Paragraphs
Decimal Tabulatos
Visible Wiring
A Key for Every Character
Perfect Erasing Facilities
interchangeable C.ui.aes
Right and Left Carnage Release Levers
Swinging Marginal Rack
Protected Ribbon
Gear Driven Carriages
Ribbon Controlled from keyboard
Variable and Universal Line Spacer
Perfect Dust Guard
Back Space Lever
Carnage Rctardcr
Improved Marginal Stops
E.scapement. Speediest Ever Devised
These are features which make the
Smith Premier the choice Of the
man who investigates comparative
advantages.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
PERISH WITHIN TEN MINUTES

Twenty-four. working girls are
known to have persisted and six
others are missing and so are injur-
ed, as a result of the burning of a
factory building at Orange and
High streets, Newark, NJ, Satur-
day.
The fire started on the third
floor by an explosion of gasoline.
Within ten minutes the whole
four-story structure was a blazing
furnace.
Hundreds of working girls were
trapped on the upper floors by the
rapid spread of the fire, their only
escape being by way of two INSULT
eient fire-escapes.
These were quickly overcrowded.
A wild panic ensued, and dozens
leaped from the windows and fire.
escapes.
One girl was burned to death sit
ting at her sewing machine.
The financial loss is to be $685.
900.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
THE sPlTBALL...
II Takes Great Strength and Speed to
Pitch II Properly.

II Takes Great Strength and Speed to
Pitch It Properly.
Describing the spitball In baseball
and the way 1t is pitched. Hugh s.
Fullerton in the American Magazine
says:
There came into baseball in 1903 q
ball which came near revolutionizing
the game and brought a new era Of
pitching, made great pitchers out OF
'has-beens' and poor hitters out Of once
mighty sluggers.
'The ball Is pitched with two, some
times with three, fingers held on one
side Of the ball and with the thumb or
tip of the thumb and nail King grip
ped hard against the seam at the
opposite side Of the sphere. The top OF
the ball is made slippery at the point
Of contact with the fingers. so that the
sphere slides of the fingers with the
minimum Of friction, while the thumb,
pressed hard against the seam, gives
the maximum Of friction, the result
being that the ball, leaving the hand.
takes heavy English from the thumb
and starts revolving rapidly In the d.
rection opposite to that in which IL
naturally would rotate. Therefore 1t
whirls rapidly for a short distance un-
I'll the natural but suspended motion
Of the ball overcomes the false Eng
lish' applied by the thumb and con-
test between the natural and unnatural
forces ensues. The ball ceases revolT-
ing unnaturally and floats and wabbies
until the natural twist overcomes the
false one, and then the ball darts just
as 1t would have done II it had been
curved naturally, shooting in the direc-
ton in which the heaviest friction was
applied. A spitball If pitched direct
ly overland darts almost straight
downward, and If pitched side arm
with the thumb toward the body 1t
shoots outward and down as q fast
outcurve does, the quickness and speed
Of the break depending entirely upon
the amount of force with which It
Is thrown and in ratio to the amount
Of friction applied by the thumb or
lack Of friction by the fingers. Great
strength and speed are essential to the
best pitching Of this kind Of ball"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
POINTED NOTES
A fat fee makes a lean client.

A fat fee makes lean client.
A sitting hen is in no fear of the
roasting pan.
A leaning gate is an indication
of lazy owner.
The end of an argument is better
than either side of it.
Some women marry for love
while not few marry for alimony.
A sense of hnmoris useful to man
but sense of honor will get him
much farther.
There is many a man who says
things to his wife he wouldn't dare
say to his cook.
1t takes nine tailors to make a
man, but one woman can easily
make a goose of man.
The gasoline engine serves very
useful purpose, but do not expect
it to run the whole farm.
The days are shortest in De-
cember, and so are good many
men say, along about the twenty
fifth.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
T0MBS OF THE PHARA0HS.
The Precautions Taken to Guard
Against Grave Robbers.

The Precautions Taken to Guard
Against Grave Robbers.
The ingenuity displayed by the an
cient Egyptians to prevent robbers
from breaking into the pharaohic
graves merits admiration from present
day engineers, writes DR.. Holscher,
chief architect in the Prussian govern.
ment, in work on the sarcophagus
Of Khafra, the builder of the second
Gizeh pyramid. who reigned in Egypt
some 5000 years ago.
The lid of the red granite sarcoph-
agus was dovetailed with minute
precision into the receptacle. To pre-
vent the cover from being drawn back
the Egyptian builders bored two holes
in the lid at the edge. not showing
above. These correspondent exactly
with two similar holes. less deep than
the other two. sunk in the front Of the
receptacle. Two copper bolts were then
placed In the lid holes. and at the mo-
ment the sarcaphagus was fully closed
the holes met and the bolts dropped
In position from the upper holes partly
into the lower. thus making it impos-
sible to move the lid.
1t must have struck the Egyptian
engineers that grave robbers might
get at the body by turning the sarcoph-
agus upside down. in which case the
bolts would glide back into their orig
inal position and permit the lid being
drawn out. To prevent this they filled
the lower holes with wax and made
the bolts hot. Upon the lids being
placed in position the bolts melted
their way into the wax and upon cool
ing became 80 firmly fixed that moth
ing short of complete destruction could
open the royal tomb.
1t must have been herculean labor
to hew the whole edge away, but that
Is what grave decorators did, and the
wax can still be seen In the bore holes.
New York Sun.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
Nervous Headaches.

"Nervous headaches occur in
historical or neurasthenic individu-
ais and those suffering from over
work OF worry" says DIR. Jean Will
liams in the WoMAN,s HOME Com
pANIoN for December. 'In this
class might also be mentioned head
aches due to eye-strain. The error
of vision might be so slight that
the patient is not conscious of any
impairment of her sight, but the
constant effort to counterfeit it is
sapping her nervous energy. When
frequent headaches occur, it is i'm
portant to have the vision carefully
tested by competent eye special
list. No further search for a cause
may be necessary. Disease of the
ear; a deviated septum in the nose
adenoids; enlarged tonsils, and 9TH
err abnormalities of the nose and
throat are often responsible fol
persistent headaches that resist
treatment. In all cases these pos
sible conditions must be considered
and, one by one, eliminated. Per-
sistent headaches require careful
study by careful competent ply
stefan and painstaking observance
of the advice and directions he
gives"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02

BY our frequent reference to this
subject we have no purpose to nag
our supervisors or add to their null
tiplied worries, but we are sincere
in the belief Cd that they are con-
fronted by new and changed condi-
tons; (2) that these conditions call
for prompt and intelligent action;
(3) that they are capable of salts
factory solution, and (4) that the
people haye a right to urge the SUI
pervisors in the matter because
they are the custodians of the coun-
tvs public interests.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
SWIFT JUSTICE IN ENGLAND

The pertinent thing about the
Crippen case can be said in few
words. The man murdered his
wife, he was convicted in short Or
der, he was sentenced to be hanged.
There was no improper delay, no
long term appeals, no quibbling
over technicalities. Crippen was
given a fair trial and after being
found guilty he was hanged. In
this country the court proceedings
would have dragged along for years
and at the end of the time the gull
ty man, possibly, would have es-
capped.
There isn't much force in the
sentimental plea that through this
swift procedure an innocent mans
life may sometimes be sacrificed
Since the establishment of the
Criminal Court of Appeals in Eng
land we think no trouble of this
sort has occurred there. In this
country, on the other hand, the
problem of the laws delay has
grown to be one threatening and
appalling.
They do these things better in
Observation-Disclosures Evening Sun,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
A BIG DEAL WHICH MEANS
MUCH TO LYNCHBU RG
AND THE ENTIRE SOUTH

An agreement has been entered into
whereby Craddock- Terry Company will
acquire controlling interest in the Geo.
d. Witt Shoe Company, January LIST.
This deal is in no sense "a combination
in restraint of trade" but is very import
ant move looking to the further develop
ment of the shoe industry of Lynchburg.
The Craddock- Terry Company and the
Geo. ID. Witt Shoe Company have made
wonderful progress in shoe manufacturing,
but in order to get the best results, in order
to produceth best shoes at the lowest prices,
shoes of each grade and kind should be
manufactured in a separate factory, and
by consolidating the factories of both COM
panies under practically one management
making in each factory the grade and kind
of shoes which can be produced to the best
advantage, it will enable both companies to
make great improvement in the quality
and material saving in the cost of the
shoes sold by both Craddock- Terry Com.
pany and the Geo. d. Witt Shoe Company,
and will naturally increase the rapidly
growing demand for Lynchburg made
shoes.
Craddock- Terry Company have long en-
joyed the reputation of being the largest
manufacturers of shoes in the South, but
this deal puts them in q class with the
largest manufacturers in their line in the
world, and it makes Lynchburg big factor
in the worlds commerce, so far as shoes
are concerned.
While Geo. D. Witt retires from the act
Encouragement of the business of which he
il now president, he will leave his money
in this business in the shape of preferred
stock, and the Geo. D. Witt Shoe Com
pany will continue, as heretofore, corpor-
alton separate and distinct from Craddock-
Terry Company, retaining most Of the men
who are now at the head of the various de-
partments, and practically all of the tray
cling men, under the general supervision
of T. M. Terry, as President.
Under this new deal, all of the shoe fac
tories of Lynchburg Except one) will be
under practically the same management,
which meansthat more shoes will be manu-
featured in Lynchburg next year than ever
before; in fact, Craddock-Terry Company
alone will manufacture more shoes than all
of their Southern competitors combined,
and Lynchburg will stand in class by her
self, as "The Shoe Market of the South"
and one Of the greatest shoe markets of
the world.
This announcement will be of great in
terest to the shoe trade all over the United
States, as both of these progressive manu-
facturers enjoyed a patronage in almost
every State in the Union, having enlarged
tho territory in which they operate year
by year, until now Lynchburg made shoes
find ready market in the largest cities Of
the South, East, North and West
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
ATTACKS SUGAR TRUST

New York, Nov. 2S.-In one OF
the most sensational petitions eyer
presented in the federal courts the
department of justice today ap-
pealed to the United States circuit
court to outlaw the Sugar Trust.
The combination is characterized
as ruthless monster" which
rushed all it could not control, and
the courts are asked to dissolve
it "by receiver or otherwise" and
restore to the sugar trade the old
time competition.
Trust agreements, monopoly,
fraud, craft, and the ruthless use
of power to crush or conquer indie
pendents are among the reasons
given for asking the court to end
the giant combines activity.
Against the Havemeyers and
their associates who built up
the trust, the Government brief
says: :,
"They managed and directed all
the affairs and business of the form
er competing concerns whose shares
they held, destroyed competition,
fixed the price of sugar, prevented
others from entering trade and
commerce therein, and forced the
retirement of many already so en-
goged. Enormous profits resulted
and the public was damnifed. "
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
AuIOlSIS ON LONG TRIP

The Ohio car, with the good
roads party bound from New York
to San Francisco, over new route
to the Pacific coast by way of the
southern states, passed through
Staunton yesterday enroute to At
lanta. Roanoke will be their stop
ping place tonight.
The tour will cover about 5000
miles. Leaving Atlanta next We'd
nesday, the Automobiles will cross
Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas,
thence going through the desert
country of Texas, New Mexico and
Arizona into California. They ex-
pect to reach the Golden Gate City
on Chri tmas Day, when letter
containing Christmas greetings from
Mayor Gaynor of New York,
Reyburn of Philadelphia and Ma
hool of Baltimore will be delivered
to Mayor Mccarthy of San Fran
cisco.
At Washington, where the Ohio
party spent Thanksgiving Day, the
autoists were entertained by the
National Press Club. The start
from the Capitol was witnessed by
5, 900 cheering automobiles. Dis
trict Commissioner Cuno Rudolph,
from the steps of the Municipal
Building, gave them a good roads
letter to be delivered to Mayor
Mccarthy.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
For Sale Cheap

AS I am going to move away
will sell my outfit as follows: one
II H. P. Peerless traction engine
in good running order and one Oh.
Frick Saw mill with rs feet track,
80 feet carriage, 3 head blocks
with power receeder, cable feed, so
inch inserted tooth saw, hooks, etc.
Mill has only been used a short
while and is in frsJ-class condition,
also one ton capacity engine wag-
on and one good wood saw with
truck. Price for quick sale $780, 90
cash. Call on or address
George H. Mclaughlin,
Lone Fountain, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
styles In Teeth.


Pearly teeth are not the fashion
everywhere. One firm Of artificial
teeth manufacturers have to keep in
stock molars of every shade Of color
from white to black. There Is a
steady demand for black teeth for
Siam. Java. Batavia and Burma,
where the natives chew the betel nut,
which blackens the teeth. For Persia
the teeth must be absolutely milk
white. Recently an order was received
from Bhavnagar. in India, for some
bright red and blue artificial teeth.
Smokers teeth are regularly supplied
to dentists in shades to match those
which have been discolored by nico-
tine.-Argonaut.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
No Exnosura For Him.

The member of the legislature OF
whom some graft stories had been cir
culated was about to build house.
"You will want southern exposure,
suppose?" asked the architect.
mo, sirw said the man. III you
can't build this house without any ex-
posture I'll get another architect
Yonkers Statesman.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
A Fish Out Of Water.

Many people think that fish when
taken out Of the water die because ar
has a fatal effect on them. The real
reason, however, is that their delicate
gill filaments or membranes become
dry and stick together. SO that no air
can pass between them. Thus they
lose the power to imbibe necessary
oxygen, and the circulation Of their
blood stops. The painful gasping Of q
fish out of water is natures effort to
free the passage through the fla
mentS
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02

The greatest danger frominfuen-
"a is of its resulting in pneumonia.
This can be obviated by using
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, as
it not only cures influenza, but al
so counteracts any tendency OF the
disease toward pneumonia. Sold
by DR.. X. H. Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
Riqht on the Job.

A pupil had been naughty all day,
and the teacher sent him note or
dering him to stay after school. The
boy wrote an. answer on his slate say.
Ing: "Dere Teacher-Except the oner
With pleasure. Always keep mi en-
gagementB with the ladies. Will be
at the tristing place at 4 p. m."-Argo-
naut.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
Hop pillows For Insomnia.

George III. derived great benefit
from the hop pillow prescribed for him
by DR.. Willis after other sedatves ana
drugs had failed. and similar remedy
was eminently successful in 1871 with
his late majesty King Edward VII,
then Prince of Wales, who was suffer-
ing from typhoid fever.-London Tele-
graph 2
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02

No Weight Reduction In ProspseE.
Mr.. Nervee-will you be miner
Miss Plumpleigh-You ask 30 mrcn'
Mr.. Nervse-I know It. but you DON'T
seem to be getting any smaller Bos'
ton Transcript.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
THE DAVIS-ELKINS COLLEGE,
ELKINS, W. VA
E.SM

Collegiate Department: Four years of College work
leading to the A. B. and S. degrees Commercial Course
Preparatory School: Two years. Individual attention
Careful supervision.
The most accessible high grade school for Highland
students. Within few hours of home: Strong faculty.
high standards in school and At the lowest possible
cost few scholarships to students needy and really
deserving JAMES EDWARD ALLEN, President
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
$4,000

viii be given to any person according to the terml
of this coupon for writing their in top of coupd
filling in below names of parties of their knowledge ap
acquaintance desiring to purchase farm and mail san
to Valley Realty Company Harrsonburg, Va, for o.
signature We reserve the right to cancel any h
have already been reported. Vt
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
Not Worthless.

Ashley-I always thought that Bees
ling was leading worthless Life.
Seymour-wasn't be? Ashley-No; MS
life was insured for thousand.-Ex'
change,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02

We are proud of our assortment
of shirts and neckwear. Nowhere
around here can you find a. better
assortment, quality considered, the
owest priced goods in town.
Highland Mercantile Co
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02

A sprained ankle will usually dis,
able the injured person for three
or four weeks. This is due to lack
of proper treatment. When Cham
ber's Liniment is applied a cure
may be effected in three or four
DAYS. This liniment is one of the
best and most remarkable prepare
tions in use, Sold by DR.. K, H,
Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02

II ts Of no use to wait for our ship
to come In unless We have sent one
out,-Apon.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02
Bargains I'm BLUE Grass Farms

L. Great grazing proposition 1900 rolling and gently roll
ing land 400 genuine blue grass sod remainder except tim.
be being farmed rotation 200 head heavy cattle grazed and
wned annually this place. besides $50 sheep and horses
and Located magnificent country Price $50 per acre
g. money making farm 500 rolling Large boun-
Diary fine blue grass sod Colonial dwelling Necessary out
buildings Examine this property and will buy it, Price Sl OO
B. splendid purchase 1875 80 which excellent
blue bottom land so cattle have been aeed grass this
and sold II of fine original growth timber for which
$3.50 has been refused The remainder of the land gently rolling
which The buildings broom house
and small barn Distance from railroad three miles, school and
church II miles Price $11 900.
Let send full description of these properties Describe
your wants We suit YOU
Branch Offices Warrenon, VA Leesburg Va. Richmond Val
fredericksburg. Va. - -
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02

Many persons find themselves af-
fected with a persistent cough after
an attack of influenza. AS this
cough can be promptly cured by
the use of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, it should not be allowed
to run on until it becomes trouble
some. Sold by DR.. X. H, Trimble,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-02

D.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills reiievs
Headaches. Neuralgia and all Pain