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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
History of Highland County

419 pages, 2 maps, 9 full-page
pictures. Price, S2.75. Per,ons
at distance will please add Is cts.
for passage. 0. F. Morton,
Monterey, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
Rockingham Real Estate for Sale

Farm of At acres ] miles west of Otto.
bine, improved by upto date room
house, bank barn, and necessary out,
buildings, watered by creek and two
never failing wells, plenty of fruit. One
Of the best small farms in this section, 4
miles 10 station, convenient to churches.
stores, mills end 4 room school on buck,
ster and r F ID routes. Will not be on
market long. Price right and terms rea
sOnable + G Wine
RI box 81 Dayton Va.
You win gCa relief from Pain wHso
~, HlaG Anu-Pstn Pulls a1o takaA
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22

L To 10
Horse and cattle powders all bearing the stamp of the pure food
drug law 81 to 75 rs to so; so 35 25 Is;
Ladies 20 gold filled watch Waham movement
. $40 now 400
IA cae solid gold Watches beautifully engraved S35 now
Ladies solid gold watch beautifully chased edges Waham
ment reduced from S35 to $27
Genemans IA CARAT solid gold watch Egine movement reduced
from $50 to $40
Rogers quadrupe knives forks spoons greatly prices
Cake stands pitchers and butter dishes quadrupe plate
duced from 225 to lOO
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
OUR SPRING LINE OF
Goods now Complete

A full line of Mems and Boys
suits in stock or orders taken
for tailormade.
Felt and staw hats, Panamas
at a very low price. Our line
of mems, ladies and children's
oxfords is the SWEETEST line we
have ever carried. Dress goods
in all colors, silks in plain or
bordered. If you expect to
buy any silk it will pay you
to look our stock over before
buying elsewhere. Also COM
plete line of silk hosiery as
we'll as all styles in cotton, in
Guiding white for ladies and
children. Mems and boys
dress shirts, ties, belts. Straw
mating, Oliver Chilled plows,
and repairs, single and double
shovel plows. In fact every
thing that goes to make up a
complete line of Merchandise.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
MILLINERY

Miss Bessie Marshall has
charge of our millinery depart
ment this season and am sure
that you will not regret it if
you call on her for your spring
Hats.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
MARCH 10Th

No startling developments in aw'
full tragedy.
Floyd Allen, sorely wounded anc
closely guarded in Roanoke Jail,
has became penitent and prayful,
crying aloud in his cell.
Gov. Mann has increased re-
ward on Sidna Allen and nephew
Sid Edwards, TO 81 900 each, max
ing total aggregate on gang S., 500.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
MADE UP OF ODDS AND ENDS
Very Pretty Are the Candle Shades
of Lace Designed in All Shapes
and Coiors. ..-a.


Very fetching are the new candle
shades whose foundation is a finely
plated fiber, and that can be had in
all colors. The straight narrow EN-
pire shade is the favorite, though some
of the designs spread sharply at the
bottom
The decoration is varied. some have
festoons of tiny ribbon flowers in soft
tones, others have inserts of filmy
lace combined with the flowers, and
some have bands and frills OF lace
headed with narrow metal gimp.
: A candle shade that looks we'll with
all color schemes is made of crystal
beads, strung into fanciful designs and
finished with bead fringe. The favorite
is pagoda shape. another is bell shape
and some are square. These beads
are usually made Up over white lining
but are effective over warm yellow
green or American Beauty tone.
The girl who has odds and ends Of
lace can put them to no better use
than to make set Of four candle
shades. Finish the top with tiny
lace gimp, which may likewise con
ceal the seam If the lace must b.
pieced.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
FURNISHING OF cHINTz ROOM
Thought Bestowed on Decoration VIII
Be Well Repaid in Cheerful,
Homelike Apartment.

There is a pleasing LONELINESS
about a chintz room which gives it a
subtle attraction. Most women at this
time of year are attacked with a
laudable desire to redress their rooms
SO that the time of summer and the
singing birds Is suggested and win
ter's sunless cold forgotten.
The most obvious way to achieve
the redressing is to choose suitable
chintz and to order loose covers for
all the chairs and sofas, ottomans and
cushions in the room. The favorite
colorings this season give range Of
tulip shades, purple, rose red, deep
buff or scarlet. These have some
times a black ground, as in the days
of Louis Philippe. Huge soft cush-
ions, square or round in shape, are of
down, covered with silk, and have no
pendant fiouncing.
A successful room can be obtained
with one of the cretonnes or chintzes
in oriental patterns, and the furniture
| or blbelots in the Chinese taste, which
is now so much to the fore, accord
well Will SuCu ueSiSus. All eACelleHt
result is obtained If panels of the
printed linen or chintz are placed on
the wall instead of paper and old
prints show up well with such back.
ground
Old needlework is now reproduced
In glazed .chintz, and fine Italian pat.
terms glowing with subdued blues
reds and browns, with that clouded
mauve only seen in Italian silks, and
a bed of anemones gives a touch OF
distinction to any room.
"A single mauve cushion and one OF
black in soft silk are generally intro
duced as daring note. Pomegran.
ates, picotees and peonies figure and
the twisted stems form arabesques.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
HOUSEHOLD
YQyESTI0hs

Always use soft water for washing
purposes whenever possible.
Wash q little parafin in the black
ing to increase the brightness of the
polish.
To take away the oily taste when
using oil for frying, make the oil very
hot and then fry piece Of onion in it,
and when brown take 1t out.
One OF the most useful herbs in
cookery is thyme, which is invaluable
for seasoning forcemeat. meat balls,
etc. Both lemon and common thyme
should be stored.
To remove machine oil stains, cover
them with lard for several hours, and
then wash with soap and water When
the lard is washed out the spots will
have disappeared.
When darning stockings run a
thread around each hole before begin
ming and draw until the edges lie fiat.
This makes the hole appear smaller.
and 1t will be much easier to mend.
To keep . uncovered kitchen table
bright rub 1t occasionally with cloth
dipped in vinegar.
To dry q one-piece frock and have It
keep its shape, slip 1t on wooden
coat hanger that you have first cover.
cd with couple Of folds Of old muslin.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
COSTLY LESSON
in HAY BALING
Farmer Who Had Fifty Acres In
Grass Cut It Too Soon p
Better to Feed to
Animals.
lBy R. A. oLMsrEApl

One of my neighbors learned les.
son In hay baling this year. He had
never been a hay farmer until last
year when he put in crop of timothy
red top mixed. He cut pretty fair
crop in July but he was SO eager to
get at the new work that he cut 1t
a little too soon. He has about so
acres In grass and concluded to bale
the crop and sell it. suggested that
he ought to stack it and let 1t stand
at least six weeks for cutting before
baling 1t, but the hay looked pretty
dry and he concluded to haul 1t direct
from the cocks to the baler It looked
very nice as 1t came out of the baler
and our neighbor stacked it all up
three tiers deep -
or course the bulk of the hay spoiled
and it will be a total loss. / never
think of baling timothy hay on my
place until 1t has gone through
sweat and is practically cured, there
fore. ! stopped selling baled hay sew
eral years ago because l discovered
that 1t paid much better to feed the
nay to make beef and obtain manure
10 put back on the land to raise more
nay. This season l cut an average
or three tons Of timothy on 40 acres
and it was as fine hay as ever saw
Some of the neighbors who are hay
sellers got only on an average of two
tons and they do not seem to under
stand where the trouble Is. Origin.
ally their land was as good as mine
but they have yet to learn that they
cannot keep on selling off their hay
crops without putting anything back
on the land.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
Prize Winning Seed Ears.

kernels to the hill and thin to leave
the two best stalks standing in the
hill. Give the plots the best cultiva.
ton you can.
In the breeding plot should be
planted the selected ears. Each ear
should be planted in one row by it.
self. (This is called the ear-to-row
system) The rows should be given
the number borne by the ear planted
in it. Careful observation should be
made throughout the season. Each
row should be harvested separately,
its yield determined and the ears from
it kept separate from the ears from
all other rows.
The seed from the best rows, those
showing greatest earliness and high.
est yield of good quality corn and sto-
yer, should be used to plant the propa.
cation plot the third year. Reject all
nubbins and poor ears. T.
In the propagation plot of this year
plant the good ears from the previous
year selection which were not used
in the breeding plot. It is desirable
though not absolutely necessary in
the propagation plot to detassel every
alternate. Detasseling is done by pull
ing out and throwing away the tassel
(spindle) as soon as it appears The
ears from the detasseled rows are to
be regarded as the best Seed and
those from the rows where the tassels
were not removed as second best The
two classes should be harvested and
cured separately. Seed from the de-
tasseled rows will probably be found
to yield better than that from the 9th.
ers.
Just as in the previous year the best
individual plants from both the breed
ing and propagation plots should be
marked with clothes and saved sepa-
rately to furnish seed for the follow
ing years ear-to-row breeding plot.
Third and Succeeding Years Work.
Plant on the ear-to-row system, the
individual ears selected the previous
year in the breeding plot. In the pro
! pagation plot plant seed from the
best rows Of the preceding year. In
the propagation plot detassel every
alternate row. The seed from the de-
tasseled row will be the best seed.
From your individual plant selections,
take the seed for the following years
breeding plot
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
Rue ouIIbeur Raett.

The municipal councillors of LIE
Mans recently decided to name one
of the streets in that town after Will
bur Wright. This decision appears
to have been very popular. but many
of the inhabitants, according to a
French contemporary, are experience
ing great difficulties in regard to the
correct pronunciation; but the name
is now being horribly mangled, espe-
cially by the younger generation, and
"Vilbure Wright" appears to be about
the nearest popular approach to the
real thing. Our contemporary, by the
way, informs its readers that "Ouil-
beur Raett" is the correct rendering.
We are not sure whether ''Raett" Is
right.-London Globe.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
PRESERVING JUICES OF STEAK
Great Point to Be Remembered Wines,
5rollIng Of the Meat 10
Undertaken.

In an article on "The Appetizing
Beefsteak," In the Woman's Home
Companion, Fannie Merritt Farmer,
the well-known cooking authority, pre-
sents a number of recipes and gives
the following general advice about
steaks:
THE underlying principle which
governs good broiling is this: One
side Of the meat must be quickly scar
ed. the meat must be turned, and the
other side quickly scared. This pre-
vents the escape OF any of the juices.
Turn almost constantly for the first
minute of the cooking, then the meat
must be cooked on one side, turned
and cooked on the other, to suit In
dividual taste.
''The best cuts of meat for broiling
are porter house. sirloin, crosscut OF
rumpsteak and second and third cuts
from top of round. Porterhouse and
sirloin cuts, although commanding
about the same price per pound as
the cross cut of the rump, prove more
expensive ON account of the greater
loss in bone and fat. Round steak is
very juicy, but, having coarser fiber,
is never as tender. Neither II the
flank end Of porterhouse very ten
der. For this reason, 1t is a good plan
to cut 1t OF before cooking the steak
and use 1t for meat cakes (Hamburg
steak or small stew, or perhaps q
small beefsteak pie. Cut out the
tenderloin and reserve 1t to be cook
ed for one meal; cut on the flank and
save 1t to be prepared for another;
then broil the sirloin for dinner. The
bone may be used to give added rich
ness to the stock, II the flank end II
utilised for . stew" str
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
Mothers Surprise,

Take half a square loaf OF bakers
bread. cut into thin slices. crust and
all, and butter them: peel. core and
cut up sufficient quantity of good
baking apples to be in proportion.
Take . pie dish. line 1t with bread
and buffers put layer Of the apples
at the bottom. then Of sugar. then Of
bread, and so on until the dish Is
filled. Bake until the apples are per-
fectly soft; turn out in dish and
serve. 1t should keep its shape and
taste almost like a sweetmeat. all the
ingredients being thoroughly blended
In baking. ltastss
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
Brain Cakes.

Wash the brains thoroughly. first in
cold and afterward In hot water; re-
move the skin f1bers and then boil the
brains with q little salt for two or
three minutes. Take them up and beat
them in basin with some very finely
chopped parsley, sifted sage. salt.
mace. cayenne pepper, well beaten
yolk OF an egg and gill of cream.
Drop them In small cakes into frying
pan; fry them in butter light brown
color. A little flour and grated lemon
peel are sometimes added.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
SENT BY WHOSE HAND7.
WINGED MESSENGER SAVED
LIVES OF SAILORS.
Bird Practically Forced Captain to Al.
ter Course of His Vessel and Thus
Effect the Rescue of Drown
Ing Men.

The following story was published
by sea captain in "Aftonbladet" of
Stockholm recently. There are many
people still living in Arendal who re-
member the occurrence which is here
described.
One dark night several years ago
sailing vessel from Arendal, Norway,
was crossing the north Atlantic, on
Its way from America to England
There was strong east wind, against
which the ship was lacking. AS it
drew toward eight bells in the even
ing, the captain was walking back and
forth on the bridge, trying to make up
his mind whether to put about or to
continue on the same course for an
other watch or two.
AS he walked he suddenly received
blow on his chest, which, he discov-
cred, had been dealt by sea bird.
Then his winged assailant quickly dis.
appeared to leeward.
A few moments later the captain
was just giving the command to turn
the vessel when he again received a
blow in the chest from the same mes
senger. Then the bird disappeared as
before in southwesterly direction.
After this had been repeated several
more times, the bird, after each blow,
captain, who thought there must be
something supernatural in the matter.
decided to follow the bird. Instead of
turning back, he caused the boats
course to be sent toward the south
west. This was no sooner done than
the bird settled down on the ships
railing beside the captain.
The boat now sailed at great pace
before the strong wind. But although
sharp watch was kept aft as we'll as
forward, half the night passed and
nothing unusual was discovered.
The crew began to joke about the
'old mans" maneuver, and the cap
tain himself doubted the wisdom of
continuing to sail out of his course,
losing distance which great deal of
lacking would be required to regain.
At o'clock in the morning he was
on the point of giving the order to
turn again, when the lookout on the
foreyard sung out that he saw a glow
as of fire ahead.
All the waning interest woke again
Soon the vessel found itself ap-
preaching burning ship, and it lay
to as close as was practicable.
A boat was lowered and found many
men floating about on hencoops, pieces
of wreckage and other floating articles
from the burning ship. They were
weak and exhausted, having chosen a
slow death in the ocean to being
burned alive or suffocated by the
fire.
When the sufferers had been cared
for to the best of the rescuing vessels
ability and the vessels bow had been
turned again toward England the sail
ors found that the bird was still on
board. Nor did 1t leave the boat
again. But one day, after the vessel
had reached the English channel, one
of those who had been saved from the
burning ship kicked the bird to death
In revenge for bite from It's bill.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
Barley Soup.

Three ounces barley, III ounces
stale bread, III ounces butter, one
quarter ounce chopped parsley. one
quarter ounce salt. Wash and steep
the barley for twelve hours In one
half pint of water, to which piece Of
carbonic soda. the size Of pea, has
been added; pour Off the water not abb
sorbed, add the bread crumbs, three
quarts OF boiling water and the salt;
boil slowly in well-tinned covered
pan for four or Ave hours. add the
parsley. butter, white pepper about
half an hour before the soup is ready
to serve. ssaa ~
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
(By CHARLES D. wooDs.)

(By CHARLES D. WOODS.)
General observation shows beyond
any question that the farmers who
are most successful with sweet corn,
are those who employ the following
rules: Plant early, use plenty of ma
nure and high grade commercial fer
tilizer, keep the corn clean from weeds
and well cultivated, do not plant too
thick, use seed well adjusted to the
locality in which it is to be grown.
The following detailed plan is drawn
up for the guidance of farmers who
desire to improve their sweet corn
seed.
First Years Work.
In the first years work towards an
improved strain Of seed, only the field
selections Of plants from which ears
are later to be used for planting can be
made. These selections should be made
Of the growing plants in the field. In
choosing plants to be saved for seed
look out for the following points In
the order named. In going over the
field one should provide himself with
some strips of cheap bright colored
cloth, about 2 feet long and to 8
inches wide. When stalk is select
ed to be saved for seed one Of these
cloths should be tied around it just
below the tassel. This marks the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
Rack for Drying Sweet Corn.

This may be made rat and mouse
proof by covering top, bottom and
sides with wire screen.
plant so that it will be saved when
the rest Of the crop is cut.
1. Whatever other good points a
stalk may have do not save it for seed
unless it is conspicuously earlier than
the others around it. This is most
important.
2. Take only stocky plants with
broad leaves bearing good sized, and
so far as can be judged at this stage,
well-shaped ears.
8. Take only stalks which show
the characters which are typical for
the variety you are working with.
Avoid freaks.
The field in which selections are
made must obviously be cut by hand,
so that the marked plants may be
left standing to mature their ears.
Save about twice as many plants in
the field as you expect to want ears
for planting the breeding plot of next
year.
When the selected plants are we'll.
matured (stalks and husks dead and
drying) they should be harvested, and
the ears should be husked and cared
for in the following manner. In the
winter, after the ears from these
plants are well dried on the racks,
tho hact re tbom should h. ,,o,rol
for Smelling and planting Special at
tention should be paid to the follow
ing points.
L. Take only ears having small well
packed grains in straight rows, and
with the grains set firmly on the cob.
Select no ears with fewer than IA rows
DIETER 16.)
2. Aim to select ears of medium
size, nearly cylindrical in shape, and
with butt and tip fairly we'll covered
with grain.
8. Test the termination of each ear
- taking 25 kernels from the middle
of the ear. Reject all ears from
which more than two kernels out of
he 25 fail to terminate within ten
lays.
Having selected the ears for plant.
ing she'll them, keeping the grain from
each ear by itself in paper bag. Do
lot save the kernels from the butt
and tip, say for about q inch from
each end. Each ear selected. should
% given number. This number NAV
n the bag with the shelled seed.
Seconds Years Work.
The corn should be planted each
Vear In two plots, one the breeding
plot and the other the propagation
plot. In planting the corn for seed
use the best corn land you have, and
manure and fertilize it well. Plant
The rows feet apart and the hills
lS inches apart In the row. Plant 4
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
FERNS NEED SPECIAL CARE
Too Frequent Watering of This sensl-
tive Plant, for Instance, 10 to
gst Be Avoided.

Is your fern suffering from summer
complaint?
If 1t is you have failed to learn the
most important of all facts IN the care
of ferns, which is that too frequent
watering is not good for these delicate
plants. The Boston variety, or short,
curly kind, Is generally considered
difficult to keep in thriving condi-
ton, yet one woman finds the task
comparatively easy.
This housewife, who takes a pecu-
liar joy in all the beauty pertaining to
home, declares the fern should be
kept in front Of window, where 1t
receives the morning sun. 1t must
stand on a soft surface sand in jar
diniere much larger than the fern pot
being ono of the best arrangements.
This allows 1t to get plenty of air, an
essential point In its care.
Do not water the fern more often
than every other day. Now and then
1t Is best to wait three or four days,
as good dryout is most advisable.
Take the fern into the laundry or
basement and give 1t a good bath
once or twice a month. ~
Never let the temperature average
more than 70 In the room where the
fern is kept, a cooler atmosphere be
Ing better. Keep the plants free from
dry or dead leaves. If possible, place
the fern in q shady place in the yard
for its summer outing. packing, earth
well around the pot. treatment
which increases its growth.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
Well Described.

The other day young woman
teacher took eight Of her pupils
through the Museum of Natural His
tory. ~
We'll. my boy, where did you 60
with your teacher this afternoon"
asked the mother Of one of them on
his return.
With joyous promptness. he an
swered: "She took US to q dead cir.
aua."-Youth's Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
True Art.

Critics had praised mej academies
had granted me exhibition space
said the artist, "still l was modest
enough to think I wasn't any great
shakes as a painter. The thing that
finally convinced me that maybe !
was no dub after all was the remark
of woman who knew a good deal
more about bargain counters than
she knew about art. She studied a
picture that had made critics over
work their vocabulary in praising II
and her only comment was: My, I'll
bet the Henrietta cloth in that
woman's tea gown cost every cent OF
$3.50 yard
Just as matter of curiosity ]
looked up my model and found that
the dress she wore had cost just that
a yard. Then l knew that / had
been gifted with the divine fire. To
depict values so faithfully that ex.
perienced shoppers can tell the most
of the cloth you paint seems to be
hitting old art up at a pretty lively
gait"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
Cherry Yineuar.

Pour one and onehalf pints Of vine
gar over two quarts Of red cherries, let
stand three days, then strain. Meas
ure and to. each pint Of liquid add one
pint Of sugar, boil twenty minutes and
bottle. Dilute With iced water when
carving.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-11-12
Rotation Of Crops.

II We use but one crop on the land
and cultivate 1t clean all the time the
SOIL Will quickly be robbed Of its. hui
mus; therefore we must follow q
proper rotation In order to supply
numus, without which We can do III
tle. Some men have never discovered
this fact, however.