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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-19
Foolish to Close.

WHY do you wish to close this
show:" demanded the beautiful &C
tress.
Its losing money" replied the man.
ager.
what of that? The critics all say
that look lovely in my part"-Chica
go Record Herald
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-19

hold water and scalding pain in passingit,
OF Ead effects following use fliquor, wine
CT btar, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night.
Swanp-RoOt is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liver
or bladder trouble, it will be found just
the remedy you need. 1t has been thor
oughly tested in private practice, and has
proved so successful that special ar
1augeineut has been made by which all
readers OF this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have sample bottle
sent free by rlail, also book telling
more about Swainp-Root, and how to
find cut you lave kid s.a,.
ney Or bladder tranble. ei!Gsi5IiE e ID
When writing 4 x :s:
reading this generous r.
offer III this paper and
send your address to 80 U
DR.. Kilnler s. Co., Home o. swanp-ROo.
Binghanton, N. Y. The regular ffty-ceut
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
ell druggists. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swa1np-Root,
DR.. Kilner's Swanlp-Root, and the adj
dress, Biughamton, N. y, on every bottle,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-19
An Optimist.

There are very few real optimists."
remarked the contemplative citizen.
What Is your idea Of real op
timistT'
IA man who CAN walk to work just
as cheerfuly as If he were chasing a
golf Washington Star.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-19

Hearing dates announced by the
committee on privileges Of The House
Iuceuay us follows:
Womans suffrage, Janurry, 10.
Statewide prohibition, January -.
Rcdlstririting congressional dis
tricls, January, 23 and %.
Election Of Z. S. Senators will
probaly be set for MOI day, January,
%.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-19

DR.. Mne5 Anti-Patn Pills rea3eVs
Hsasaches. Neuralgia and IN Pain
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-19
Do YOU Get Up
With a Lame Back?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everyone knows OF Dr.. K1lfper' s
Swamp-Root the great kidney, liver and
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-19
Valuable FARM FOR SALE.
WS2N

To make change in my business will sell the east
end ofmy farm Deered bargain to quick buy
1t contains about 800 acres and is known to be some
of the very best land in the Valley Of Virginia. 200 acres
river bottom smooth we'll Drained subject to overflow
20 acres in grass part of it in fine an old blue
grass sod the the country Affords It is
an ideal grass hay grain and fruit farm in high state of
CULTIVATION Bank barn 4Ox8O, granary and modern
rangements for feeding stock An old tenant house 100
acres of timber land comparatively level and very fertile
for timber growth It is that such ands offered on
the market
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-19

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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
Automobiles Make Good Roads

ing SO energetically it's countrywide
campaign for Federal aid in roads
construction and maintenance.
According to Secretary of State
Schmahl of Minnesota the automobile
is the forerunner of good roads.
1.-THE farmer is the leading good
roads enthusiast comments Secretay
Schmahl ''and he now owns about 10
per cent of the automobiles in the
State. When the days work is done
the farmer now sees TO it that his
horses have the needed rest and in
stead of hitching them to vehicle
for the journey into town he and his
family now use the automobile; do
their shopping and calling and return
home refreshed and welcoming the
following day 1t is safe prediction
that before 1912 closes there will be
30, 900 automobiles doing service In
Minnesota and greatly increased per-
cent will be owned by the farmers. y
Down in Texas the San Antonio
Automobile Club has gained over 300
members since the first of the year.
Secretary Pearson sends this report
to A. A. A. National headquarters:
eve are most enthusiastic in our at
tention to good roads. We have re-
Gently logged and marked by a very
substantial metal sign all the roads
in Bexar county and we are going to
perform similar service on the road
from San Antonio to Dallas and from
an Antonio to Houston. By the end
of the year we hope to have the San
Antonio Club the best one in the
Southwest and with the largest mem
bership."
Up in Maine the roads question is
receiving comprehensive treatment
brought about through the activities
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

of the Maine Automobile Association
which year ago secured the passage
of trunkline highway bill. Com
missioner OF Public Roads Bradbury
of Portland sums up the situation
and takes into account the growing
needs of trunkline road in these
words:
"It behooves us to build the best
wearing road under existing traffic at
the least possible cost. | believe that
a concrete road bed from four to SIX
inches thick according to the natui
of the subsoil, surfaced with btu
minons material mixed with sand or
fne gravel comes nearer to solving
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

A sure indication of the widespread
interest in transcontinenta touring
and convincing proof of the depend
ability of the automobile of today are
both emphasized in the multiplying
requests for cross-co untry informa-
ton made to the A. A. A. Touring
Information Board at its National
bureau 437 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Within the past ten days nearly a
hundred inquiries were received and
the origin of these was about equally
divided between east and west.
While Pacific Coast tourists in grow
ing numbers are finding their way
east lured by the present more adj
vanced Eastern roads building and
with New England still leading as the
favored touring territory; by 1915
however judging from stupendous
western roads undertakings the tide
will have turned markedly towards
the Golden Gate. With the first
edition of '.Trail to Sunset" from
Chicago to Los Angeles entirely ex
hausted a revised up-to- date volume
will be issued amplified by A. L.
Westgard as result of his third trip
over the route made in October
November of last year. In addition
the A. A. A. bureau has in prepare
ton new general map showing the
route of all transcontinental trips
that have thus far been made.
1t is because of this astonishing in
crease in Interstate travel that the
A. A. A. Good Roads Board is push
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

the problem than any other form of
construction. The cost of maintain
ing such "A road is very low and it
can be re- SUI faced at a moderate cost
though OUTLYING five times the life of
the average bituminous macadam
road
In Ohio the tendency in main roads
building is for vitrified brick and
miles of this pavement have been
laid in Cuyahoga county. Evidence
accumulates that there is a growing
belief tnat tIunklines because of the
more severe traffic conditions now
demand a particularly rugged con-
stI uctioI.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
No-Rim-Cut Tires-1OM Oversize
Touch the Million Mark

Just because No-Rim-Cut tires-our patented
type-suddenly became the sensation.
A few men proved them out Then thousands
proved them-then tens of thousands more
over last year. Now larger sale than any other
tire commands.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
100000 Users-127 Makers Adopt Them

inflated, or run fiat, the rim fanges
cut it. Such tires are often ruined
in single block.
No-Rim-Cut tires have no hooks
on the base. Yet they fit any stands
ard rim. These tires make rim
cutting forever impossible, as a
glance at the tires will show you.
And they are twice as easy to de-
tach asaold-type clincher tires.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
Average Saving
48 Percent

Statistics show that % per cent of
all ruined clincher tires are rim-cut.
No-Rim- Cut tires forever end that
worry and expense.
Then -Rim-Cut tires are 10 per
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

cent over the rated size. That means
10 per cent more air-10 per cent
greater carrying capacity. And that,
with the average car, adds Is per
cent to the tire mileage.
Thus we figure 48 per cent. 1t va
ries, of course, with proper use or
abuse. Your cost for tire upkeep
depends somewhat on you.
But this saving of rim cutting,
plus the added size, will cut the
average tire keep in two. Andtens
of thousands have proved it.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
No Extra Price

No-Rim Cut tires now cost no
more than other standard tires.
They used to cost one-fifth extra.
Think what that means.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

Tires which can t rim-cut cost the
same as tires that do. Oversize tires
cost the same as skinny tires.
You are offered your choice at an
equalprice. Which tire willyou take?
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
We Control Them

We control by patents the only way
to make a practical tire of this new
type.
Three fiat bands of 126 braided
wires are vulcanized into the tire
base.
Other devices are employed to
make a hookless tire, but in use
they have proved veryunsatisfactory.
That is why the demand for this
new-type tire has conferred on Good
year No-RimC Cut tires.
When you change from the old
type-asy you will do not adopt an
experiment. Get the tire of which
one million have been tested out.
No-Rim-Cut tires, in these days
of tire wisdom, far outsell all others.
Get these tires.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

This month we celebrate.
A million Goodyear Auto Tires have now
gone into use.
Over half that number have been used within
the past IL months. Yet this is our 18th year.
Think what that means. More used this last
year than in II years altogether
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

Our 1912 Tire Book-based ON !;
years spent in tire making-is fillec
with facts you should know. Ask u,
to mail it to you.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

No-Rim- Cut tires have been tested,
probably, on zoo, 900 cars. And this
f1oodlike demand is the result of
that testing.
For the year 1912, 127 leading
motor car makers have contracted
for Goodyear tires.
That means the reign of a new
type tire-a tire that cuts tire bills
in two.
1t means that men who know, want
tires that can't rim-cut. They want
oversize tires, to save the blow-outs
due to overlooking.
Theywant hookless tires. And they
want tires which embody the final
results of 13 years spent in perfect
ing them.
They get all these features in No
Rim Cut tires. Yet they cost no
more than other standard tires.
So these 200, 900 demand these
tires, as you will when you know.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01
STREET CAR PHYSIOLOGY.
A New Yorker Compares Cultured Bos-
ton With His Own City.

"Did you ever think how much the
temperament of a city is expressed in
its street cars?" querled a New York
man Of an ohservant turn of mind.
Il have just returned from a trip TO
Boston. and never before have the es-
sential differences between that city
and my own New York been SO inn
pressed on me as by my observations
In the street cars.
THE first thing | miss in Boston Is
the familiar Step livelyr Instead l
am exhorted Move as quickly as pos
s!ble please How could any one
shove and push and crowd after that2
"Once in the car | find myself still
surrounded by an atmosphere Of con
sideration and of correct English. In
our own subway we are laconicallT
ordered Use both doors In Boston
we are requested, kindly leave by
the nearer door.
This atmosphere is further main
tanned by another sign In the car,
The passenger is requested, the con-
ductor is required, to name the value
Of any coin or note rendered in pay
ment of fare. Can you imagine a
passenger being requested to do any
thing In New York street car?
AT Dudley street station, the prin-
cipal transfer point for suburban cars,
there are large placards ON every plat
form, Women first, please ! must
admit that l did not observe that
these had any appreciate effect on
the scramble when the cars came in.
but it certainly indicates kindly spir-
1t on the part of the man who Is re-
Bponsible for the cards. New York
Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01
Growing the Lily.

The Madonna lily is the pride of the
English cottage garden, where its state
" beauty is a common sight. In this
country it is at once the pride and de-
spair of gardens old and gardens new.
Il is the pride of those who cherish
some of the perennial remnants of
grs ndmother's day, and the despair of
many who endeavor to start flourish
ing colony of the bulbs There really
is no great secret about growing the
Madonna lily, as grandmother could tell
Won were she alive to-day. She let it
alone for q matter of years and did
not coddle it too much. Whether bulbs
are purchased or transferred from an
old garden, they should be set out in
August, as there is a fall growth of
foliage. Two inches Of soil or so over
the top of the bulb is enough. 1t is
a good plan. when planting the bulbs,
to sprinkle them lightly with powdered
sulphur. This lily will do well in ordi-
nary garden soil. Ii has only one en-
emy-a blight that. fortunately, is by
no means universal The Magazine
Flowers for March.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01

criminate against certain classes of
American citizens on the gound Of race
and religion as we discriminate against
certain immigrants on grounds of crime
and disease? ! will not promise to sub
NIT those questions to arbitration. The
Monroe doctrine could not in general
terms come before the joint high com
mission, but it would appear there inev.
itably as incidental for instance. to the
taking Of a harbor on the west coast OF
Mexico as proposed by foreign power
for naval station and place of arms .
II was not long ago, Senator Lodge
said that an indirect movement was be-
gun and apparently is still afoot, to OBJ
tain possession OF Magdalena bay for
foreign power. Inquiries had been
made of Ecuador. on more than one occa-
sion, he declared. if she contemplated
selling the Galapagos islands, which lie
not far from the western terminal Of
the Panama canal Ecuador had replied,
he said, that if the islands were TO be
Sold only one nation in the world could
obtain them.
Suppose they should now be offered
for sale and some western or eastern
power should try to--bHy them. Again
we should intervene, and we should find
ourselves discussing before an arbitral
tribunal, whether those islands. essential
to the canal safety. could be sold TO some
foreign power in tlagrant violation Of
the Monroe doctrine Suppose that, in
the changes OF European politics, the
island Of Curacao at the other mouth
of the canal should pass from Holland
into the control Of a great military
Asiatie immigration. Confederate
States bond claims, he said, were among
questions not arbitrable which would
be imperilcd by clause three. Facts as
to tile treaty making functions Of the
Senate. he declared were too often over
looked nv those who seem to think that
in dealing with treaties the Senate, If
il happens to differ from the executive,
is engaged in merely selfish struggle
for its own prerosatiyes and is even
powers which do not properly
belong to it,"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01
LEES BURIAL CASKET.
Strange Manner In Which II Came
When II Was Needed.


Mrs. La Sale Corbell Pickett tells
this story connected with the burial
of General Robert E. Lee. 1t seems
that when he died at Lexington, Va,
the North river, tributary to the
James, had overflowed its banks, and
Lexington was cut off from all COM
munication with the outside world. A
warehouse was washed away and with
1t all the supplies contained therein, in
Guiding all the collins in the city.
"In this extremity" writes Mrs.
Pickett in Lippincott's, Professor Nell
son OF the University of Virginia was
consulting with some of the other pro-
fessors as to what could be done. In
the midst of their dilemma two boys
came up to them in timid way, hest
tating to approach the group of digni-
fed strangers, yet feeling the necessity
of imparting the information they were
bringing. Each feared to be the first
to speak and pushed the other on, say
ing:
"'You tell.
"'No: you tell. You saw it first
"'No; you saw 1t at the same time
"'Saw whatT asked Professor Nell
son, who was judge of boys, and per-
ceived that there was something Of
unusual Importance on their minds.
Eyes; saw what?' repeated one of
his companions.
Encouraged by the readiness to re-
ceive their tidings, one of them replied,
"A coffin.
GIVE saw it, affirmed the other.
eyes; we saw it there upon the shore
there by the island
ION the shore-a coffin? Wherer
"'Just about three miles from town.
We saw it, said the boy who had first
spoken. Maybe nobody's in it. We
was too scared to do more than see
the outside and then we tuck out.
'Tain't never been used Its bran
spankin' new
II wonder If they really saw it or
only imagined it. said one of the gen.
tlemen.
Professor Nelson arose and turned
to the boys, saying:
"'Come and show us the way
1.-THE boys led on and all followed,
uncertain as to what they were to find,
but trusting that in some way heaven
had graciously supplied their great ne
cessity. Along the river bank they
walked until their two guides stopped
beside long closed box that had float
ed down the swollen waters in the
great flood and drifted ashore. In the
box was beautiful coffin"
They carried home the box and in
that casket all that was earthly of the
famous general was laid to rest in the
college chapel.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01

Most invalids' chairs are Of cum
bersome type and when the occupant
Is to be- transported UP and down
stairs he and the chair must be car
ried separately A New York man
has designed a chair which is not only
much lighter than the average, but has
appliances to assist in moving 1t up
and down stairs The front legs Of
this chair are equipped with casters.
and the short back legs are mounted
on wheels The back rises into two
curved handles, and pair Of supple
mental handles are pivoted to the rear
legs. Ordinarily these supplemental
handles are fastened in a vertical po-
sition. but when the invalid is to be
taken from one floor TO another they
are let down in n horizontal position
and held firmly there by catches on the
front legs Of the chair This provides
supporting means at both back and
front and greatly facilitates the trans
portation of the chair.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01
CRACKED LIPS
Now Is the Time to Use Mentholatum
for Chaps, Rough Skin, Sores, Etc,

Now is the time when nearly everyone
is troubled with cracked lips, rough face
or chapped hands. as cold weather causes
these troubles unless special care is
taken of the skin.
They can be prevented if Mentholatum
is used after washing the hands or face
IT, however. the lips are cracked or the
hands chapped and rough, apply Men
tholatum at night and in the morning
the soreness viii be gone and the cracks
healed. Ii is of special benefit FOR cold
sores, taking out the burning and healing
the sore.
Everyone should have a jar OF Men
tholatum in the house to use in the case
of burns, ehilblains, frost bites or any
pain or inflammation. II is of great
value in curing catarrhal colds Money
back if Mentholatum does not give per-
feet satisfaction. Buy jar to-day from
your druggist.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01
A Physicians Report on
Tuberculosis Medicine

"Have used Eckman's Alternative In
several cases of tubercular glands OF the
neck. with excellent results every time
In one ease 1t cost me SO for the gin
was put on IL only until she could ar
range to be operated. and in q short
time an operation was not needed.
suppose your records are lust 5 nne as
Of old You know my faith In IT.
Eckmans Alternative is effective IN oth-
er forms Read what Mrs. Garvin says
Idaho Falls. Idaho.
Gentlemen: I have gained twenty-five
pounds since last February and my naby
Is in perfect health. She Is now iour
months old. | have been waiting since
she was born to see how ] would get
along. am now doing all my work
have been ever since she was four weeks
old. and I am steadily gaining, do
not cough or raise anything AZ all
believe NV lung trouble Is cured.
fSipned Afidavin MRS. VI. II. GAItNlN.
Note-Mrs. Garyin is the mother OF sew
Fckman's Alternative Is effective in Bron-
chltis Asthma. Hay Fever; Throat and
Lung Troubles and in upbuilding the
system. Does not contain nelson's, opiates
m obft-forming drugs. Ask for booklet
~ cured eases and write 10 Eckman
Laboratory. PHILADELPHIA. Pa, for more evil
sence. For sale by all leading druggists and
Burt II. Wells, Barre, VI
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01
CHINESE LADS SCHOOLING.
The Ideals of the Race for Scholarship
Rather Than for War

For centuries most Chinese boys have
had three or four years of schooling be-
folc going to work at the business of
their ancestors; but all that the COM
mon people got was memory work by
sight and sound. They did not reach
tie higher grade in which. according to
immemcria custom, the teacher began
to explain the meaning of words, char
acters and references. Thus most
coolies, whose vocabulary is very limit
ed, can read characters a little, but with
imperfect comprehension of their mean
ing.
The bright boy is encouraged to go
further Indeed, the ideals of the race
have always been for scholarship rather
than for war. for mental rather than
for physical accomplishment. and the
hero tales told to children show am
bilious youth arriving at prodigious
learning, and consequently high office
in the state. after many years of in
credible labor and self denial.
Society is still divided into the four
ancient classes: scholars. from whom
all officials are chosen; farmers; arti-
sans and laborers; merchants. Yet il
is possible for a clever boy of any class
to become scholar and enter the gov
ernment service. and there are many
instances of poor parents scrimping and
starving to keep a gifted son at his
long and severe studies until he can
pass the final examinations, become a
mandarin. or Office holder. and begin to
reward his family From Harriet Mon
rcc's The Training of Chinese Chill
dren," in March Century.