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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
KING OF AMERICAN ISLAND
James Jesse strans Really Was
Crowned and Had Dominion With
In the United States.

There frequently appears along
Chestnut street a professional beggar
who claims to be Henry Strang, q son
Of Americas only king. His tale Ia
greeted as huge joke. yet the story
he tells is true. the only part OF p
concerning which there may be any
doubt being his own connection
with 1t.
The kingdom he refers to was once
set up on Beaver island, in northern
Lake Michigan, and flourished for
some years. James Jesse Strang,
prominent Mormon, had quarreled
with the leaders of his church, and in
1S46 withdrew with few followers
to that island. Other Mormons Joined
the colony from time to time, and by
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
NOT FOUND IN JOE MILLER
Youthful Minstrel at School Show
Got Off One Good and Orig
lnaI Joke.

1t Is customary in many Of the New
York schools to give entertainments
on the last day before the pupils dis
perse for the Christmas holidays.
Parents are invited to see and hear
their young hopefuls recite or take
part in special vaudeville stunts or
fairy plays devised by the teachers.
One teacher who found herself
blessed-or otherwise-with a room
full Of unruly boys when school began
in the autumn hit upon happy idea
She promised the boys that IL they
were good they might have a minstrel
show just before the holidays. All
through the term the teacher kept
this prospect before them. promising
the particularly noisy youths good
parts II they would keep their deport-
ment up to a fair standard. The
promise had the desired effect, the
boys were reasonably manageable,
and when the performance came OH
1t was bowling success.
One little temporary darby, rub
bling his arm, finally attracted the at
tention Of the interlocutor.
why, Mistah Jones'" he exclaimed
whats de mattah wifi yo' a'm?"
"Why, Mistah Bones. all wuz out
In de Hudson ribber yestahday 10
shad, an ali got NAH am lame rowin'
against de tide"
"Well, WE'LL" returned the young
Mister Bones, "ah nevah saw such
foolishness! Why didn't you let de
shad row."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
new RIFLE SIGHT INVENTED
Marksman Must Aim for Spot Below
Target to Make Sure OF a
Hi

Military authorities and big game
hunters are much interested In a new
rife sighting system that Is designed
10 eliminate the necessity for est-
mating distances and adjusting sights
In long range shooting.
OF the negative angle system, as the
invention is called, Sir George Green
hill. a noted English ballistical ex-
pert said in a recent lecture: THE
new system proves that since the orr
gin of firearms our method of sighting
In active service rife firing has been
wrong. The invention Is likely to
bring about a revolution In the art OF
shooting"
In brief, the system utilizes the we'll
known fact that the apparent size OF
an object decreases as the distance in
creases. The user OF the negative
angle sight Is instructed to sight at a
point the height Of the object under
It. II the arm were the army rifle ana
the target a man, the point Of aiming
would be about five feet six inches be.
low the man lSSI- w ILL Sh0 ASo
ton ammunition as furnished for the
army rifle, the negative angle system
will insure hits on the man target at
all ranges from 100 to S26 yards,
which Is an increase Of about 3oo
yards over the range of the present
battle sight.
At first 1t would appear that some
trouble might be met in sighting.
However, no difficulty whatever Is
found in aiming at point tve rect
six inches below mans feet, partic-
ularly as the man is conveniently on
the spot to afford gauge. very much
like a foot rule photographed with an
other object to indicate comparative
heights.
The new system Is the invention or
H. Ommundsen, an Englishman, VINO
won the kings prize at recent Eng
fish national shoot and who has been
high up in the same contest on several
other occasions.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
Paper Dolls.

Every mother who has little daugh-
tiers to amuse in rainy weather will
often resort to paper dolls. Children
always derive q great amount Of pleas
ure dressing these, and many an 9TH
erwise tedious hour Is spent In this
manner.
Beautiful dolls, from six to nine
inches tall, ready to dress, may be
purchased for from five to ten cents.
II you desire to make your own
dolls, take piece of stiff cardboard
and draw q head and body, using
the purchased doll for model. 49,
Draw the eyes, nose, mouth, eye
brows, ears and hair. With water col.
ors paint the features the desired
tints.
Lovely dresses may be fashioned
from crepe and tissue paper, which
comes in all tints and shades, plain.
figured and in plaid designs. Sup
piled with a pair Of scissors, bottle
of mucilage and the paper, children
can create many pretty costumes for
the paper doll.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
Consultation and Catarrh

I,eye me? Well, whether you "ou'"
Iieve me or not 1t Is the truth.
For many years I have been "res
ling with the problem Of furnisnins
the public an internal catarrh remedy:
Peruna has been the remedy that
have devised and 1t has certainly TO-
lieyed many thousand people, yes nun
dreds of thousands of people, or CHROME
catarrh.
Constipation was my chief difhculty
In treating these cases. / often Ieit
that 1t would be better II q laxative
element were added to Peruna- feafeo
to do so, however, first because on
the number Of catarrhal patients VINO
needed no laxative, and second ! was
afraid of making such a radical cnange
IN q. remedy that was already DONG
so we'll Thus 1t was that l continued
to prescribe with the Peruna bottie
NJ Manalin to those who needed lax
alive At last, under circumstances
e,nla,ned in my booklet, I was con-
strained to add the laxative element TO
Peruna. This constitutes wnat ID ho"
known as the revised Peruna-
Now those who take Peruna WIZ
first. find themselves promptly reheseo
of their constipation. Secono' ths
catarrh will gradually disappear. Ano
once the catarrh Is cured the consul.
patton leaves permanently. linen
Won follow the advice given IN my
book, you will never have to take piita
any more. Cathartics and laaatiVea
YOU can ignore. You will be perma-
nently relieved Of both your catarrn
and the constipation. PER Ma -
FOR SALE AT ALL DRUG SToREs
SPECIAL NOTICE Many person.
time Peruna, 70 such would say.
this formula is now put out under ths
by KA-TAR-No Company. Coiu iIi be
nieased to send you free booklet !
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
Division of Home,

"The late General Booth was pro
nounced feminist" said Cincinnati
millionaire. HE dined with me on
his last visit to America and expressed
the strongest feminist views.
There was little, busy chap pres.
emit who insisted that the man should
always be the head of the home, that
it was the woman's place to obey,
and 30 forth; but General Booth 81
fenced him rather neatly.
"Why shouln't the wife rule the
homer he said. It's her province.
You are always insisting that the
home is her province, and yet you
won't let her rule her province. My
advice to a man like you Is simple
and short. 1t is this: Divide the
home with your wife
GLOW divide it?' the other asked.
"'Why,' said General Booth, give
her the inside and you take the out
side.'"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
Movies Make Target.

An ingenious adaptation OF moving
pictures to. a shooting gallery has
been made by an Englishman. In this
gallery the marksmen have the salts
faction of shooting at rapidly moving
deer or other animals, and the sue
cess of their shots Is automatically re-
corded. In the rear Of the gallery Is
a metal screen painted white. The
pictures are thrown on this screen and
the rapidly moving objects serve in
place of target, and afford much
more excitement. By means of an
electrical device in back of the screen
a shot that strikes a mortal spot on
the deer, or whatever the mark may
be, Is instantly recorded in the front OF
the gallery. The marks also show on
the white paint, and after these marks
become too numerous the screen can
be painted over again.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
Point Of View.

"This section Is almost mountain
ous," remarked the pedestrian to his
companion as they trudged along a
country road one summers day.. car
rying heavy grips.
Eyes, It's bit billy" said the farm
er few minutes later as he drove his
guest from the station in the big bucS'
board.
Nice, rolling country, this" OBJ
served the automobilist to his chauf'
feur as they whizzed by in big tour
ing car.
Gee, what fat, uninteresting re-
gion," thought the aviator, LOOKING
down as he sailed over 1t In his ha'
jestic biplane.-Life.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
Wanted Pay for Doll,

The manning Of china doll resent
" caused the war department to con
duct q mass Of correspondence and
Issue an order for claim board to
pass upon the question Of damages.
The doll belonged to seven-year-old
Marion Coggeshall, daughter Of Muir,
ray H. Coggeshall, New York bank,
err who has a summer home at Cape
Elizabeth, and was broken by con.
cussion incident to heavy artillery
practice.
The child made her claim without
the knowledge Of her parents. When
Mrs. Coggeshall learned what had &C,
Cured she withdrew her little daugh
ter's claim.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23

Color Artist and the Vegetable.
Eggplant purple! Yes, that Is one OF
the very newest shades this season.
Perhaps you knew it last year by
some entirely different name, but
there can be no monotony In color any
more than in skirts or waists. Last
year we borrowed the names for some
of the fashionable colors from the
fruits and the flowers In many cases.
This season we seem to be coming
down a peg, and have gone of into the
vegetable garden for our tnspira-
ton.
1t is not only eggplant purple, but
lettuce and artichoke green's, radish
pink, tomato red and potato brown.
These are fashionable names for fash
ionable colors. But all Of them are
used more or less as trimming touches.
for we still have many somber shades
that are the height Of style. Seal
brown, taupe and midnight blue are
decidedly the vogue.-Woman's Home
Companion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
No Ely Specks for Iowa Food.

Do fly specks make food impure?
State Food and Dairy Commissioner
Barney of Iowa says SO and promises
prosecutions under the state pure food
law against all grocers, butchers and
other merchants who expose food
stuffs to flies. -
Commissioner Barney holds that
under the Iowa pure food law food,
stuffs so exposed are in fact adulter,
ated and that merchants who offer
them for sale after such exposure are
liable to prosecution and punishment.
Screens will have to be placed over all
foodtstuffs offered for gale II Commits
sioner Barney Is successful in his
prosecutions.
He says he has been figuring all
summer on some way to compel the
screening of fruits and vegetables In
open NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Weekly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23

the winter OF 1913 they were sufH.
ciently numerous to threaten control
OF the island. On July 8, 1850, Strang
was crowned king with elaborate GER
emonies. There was much contro-
versy between the Mormons and the
other Inhabitants Of the island, most
ly fishermen. While on visit to De-
troit President Fillmore heard of this
little kingdom within the domain Of
the United States. He sent an armed
vessel o Beaver island. and King
strang was captured and tried for
treason. He conducted his own de-
tense and made such an eloquent plea
that he was acquitted. In 1850 he
was Observation-Disclosures Rec.
ord,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
D,aarn,ino Powers Of Evil.

A very interesting custom mas just
been carried out by the Arab popuia-
ton of Tripon. Several huge cranes
for salvage work recently arrived
there from Genoa, but before any OF
the 800 Arab workmen could be In
duced to start operations, the Mosiem
priests were summoned. Then began
the celebration of an elaborate rlte'
during which large number OF young
lambs were inundated on the ai'ar.
The new salvage plant was smearea
from top to bottom by the priests WIN
the blood Of the victims, and the cere'
mony concluded with sacred oance
around the cranes. After TINS the
Arabs set themselves joyfulfy to WORK
In the assurance that the powers OF
evil had been effectively paralyzed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
In Women's Interests.

Miss Lucy Goode White has been
elected president Of the California
League for the Protection Of Mother
hood, which was organized with 100
charter members. It is not planned to
make this a permanent organization,
but it is to exist only long enough to
obtain the passage Of a state law pen
sioning widowed mothers with de-.
pendent children and providing for pc
cuniary assistance during enforced
idleness to women who work to sup
port themselves and their children.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
UnsoclaI Socialist.

At Arden, the single-tax colony near
Philadelphia, they tell story about
Upton Sinclair.
Mr.. Sinclair was having a good
deal of trouble, both domestic and
political, at Arden, and at the height
of this trouble he took the train one
day for Philadelphia.
A group of jovial drummers sat
near him in the smoking car. One
of them, nodding in his direction, said
to a friend:
"Who is that silent, grim. frown-
ing chap over therei he looks as
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23

paying off the mortgage. The plug
is the fellow who steadies the ship
and acts as ballast when the boat be-
gins to rock The plug Is the fellow
who lives contentedly and long and
when he passes away the local paper
says, "He leaves his family In com.
Portable circumstances"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
WAYS OF RUBBER TAPPING
Natives of Mozambique Either Use
lncIsion or Cook and Pound
the Bark.

There are at present in use two
uative methods of extracting rubber.
The first, that Of incision or tapping.
Is followed by all natives south OF
the Zambesi Valley, and 1t produces a
high-grade rubber known as Mozam-
bique pink, second only to best Para
On the European market. The other
method of extraction, known as
pounding, is generally followed in the
Mozambique and other northern dis
tricts. There the bark is stripped
from the roots Of the vines or from
the vines and Is cooked over a slow
fire and pounded until the bark is
finally pounded out, leaving mass OF
rubber In all stages Of crudity. This
rubber is known as Mozambique
rooty. 1t is classed very low, but a
large concern now operating in the
Mozambique district has perfected
the system of pounding to the point!
of producing a rubber which Is rapid
ly approaching the classification OF
mozambique PINK.
A strange truth has come to light
in regard to the landolphia, and that
Is that while vines are frequently
killed by incision or tapping. this
seldom happens with the vine which
Is cut down almost to the ground
after maturity. It is also notable
fact that large sections Of the root of
a vine can be dug up and cut off with.
out killing the vine. In the Mozam-
bique district there are places where
natives have been cutting roots from
the same vines year after year. The
recognition Of this fact will make an
enormous difference in the estimates
Of the capacity Of the forests.-U. s.
Consular Report.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
GETTING Even With "Greatness."

Getting Even With "Greatness.
cit is my delight to meet a Great
Man." grimly said the Old Codger. y
extract deal Of glee from having a
paunchy, selfimportant, ultra-infated,
prominent citizen in a fancy waistcoat
announce to the Parsonage: oh, Sen.
ator Humshak, permit me to present
to you Mr.-er-Hawhum!' Then, as
the Presence graciously grasps my
hand with the clinging clutch Of a
cuttleflsh and unctuously remarks that
he Is gul-lad to see me, like to note
how it seems to ga1vanize him into
new life and causes him to submit
me to instant and keen scrutiny, to
have me innocently inquire: What Ia
the name, r1c-reT"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
IS GETTING READY FOR WAR
ridge Factory and Shop for
Repair Of Firearms.

The efforts made by the powers
to prevent the Importation Of arms
and ammunition into Abyssinia have
constrained the Abyssinian govern
ment to erect a cartridge factory In
the capital. Ads Ababa. The cart
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23

You are constipated. You have taken
,axatfyes a great many years. You
have tried to select a diet that "oulo
keep your bowels regular. In this you
have failed and were obliged 10 80
back to your laxatives again. Inls'
say, has been going on many years.
You also have slight catarrh IN the
head and throat. You never imagined
that the catarrh had anything to dc
with the constipation. Suppose were
to tell you that as long as you nave
that catarrh you will never get better
.-..;,-,,,. ~ --ou be-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23
Embraced Whole Fraternity

Among the unwritten legends that
float around the court rooms OF Man
haitian are a dozen or more stories
which have the venerable commission
er of Jurors, Judge" Thomas Allison.
for a hero. His shrewdness, his
sympathy and his tact are all famous.
One day half a dozen men were In
his office to qualify for jury duty-or
to disqualify, as most OF them re-
garded the matter. Two young fellows
who had come in together stepped up
to the desk In their turn. The first
gave his name, address and age. and
then the commissioner asked:
Your occupation?"
ARTIST"
Are you worth $2507"
mo"
You're discharged"
The other young man also gave his
name, age and address.
The dialogue went:
"Your occupation3"
artist"
you're discharged"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23

Of Brazil a monument was erected to
poet, and more recently in the city
of Rio de Janeiro, statue was erect
ed in memory Of Ferreira de Aranjo,
who is considered the father Of Bra
gillian journalism.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23

Statue of BrazlI's First Journalist.
In the South American republics IL
Is not alone warriors and statesmen
who are remembered by public stae
ues, Some months ago in the republic
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-23

though he Ioathed al mankind. VINO
ia he? never saw anybody 30 I'M
social"
Him Oh, he's a Socialist" was
the reply.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-03
AMENDMENT To
SUGAR TARIFF
BristOw of Kansas Offers
Resolution to Maintain
Certain Duties

~ 'NH"'f N@NNN ANF1s
Washington. y c.. April .. Sen.
ator BristoW OF Kansas introduced
IN the Senate today an amendment
10 the House free-sugar bill. design.
ed 10 eliminate from the law the
duties on standard and the sey en-
and q half cents differentlal for re
fined sugar which is added to the
present sugar duty.
The amndwent fixes the minimum,
luty on refined sugar at tt.52N per
'hLndlcd. and would retain twenty
per Otu' reduction or Cuban sugars.
under The Cnhan reciprocity agree
ments.
Senator piistow sad that thea
rates would protect the beet sugar
industry. reduce prices 10 the con
steiner and provide lleht brown sugar
ut reasonable prices.
luis Rivera. resident commission
yr 'eou Iur'p Rico announced that ,
dcloeat.ou from the Island would an
.rir. H New York today 20 file pro
test n tho SENATE asainst onactmen
Iol tNr irac SUGAR schedule Evii
euco is 90 hc produced which Is ev
ipcCtcd 10 sucw that II The duty {
Italo of SUGAR. Porto Rico will he 81
worse plight than she ever was undc
Spanish rule
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-03
FINE HtTNESTS FOR
HiLF CENTER ASSURED

Hale Center TeN. April The
inch rainfall here last "Wednesday
night has practically assured excel-
lent harvcsts of al kinds for the Ha,s
Center region This rain Il .also
noteworthy as possible predIctiou
~ permanent future widening of ssa-
son scope OF the already abundant
annual local rainfall-as this In ove
Of a very few times when rain h..
fallen here IN March.
q = Lumh ~ Wisconsin viii n.
q fnin'e Yale Center region farme,
cnltlyhiinr as speclalty-from 200
% 500 acres In alfalfa
walter nav viii include IN h,.
Hale Center farming operations I'M.
yeaf ihe growing ~ 600 acres .s
flaf Several thousand acres of lana
near Hale Center 70 farmers from
near Madison Wisconsin. who xt,,
pot in crops ihla season The Hs,.
rrnirf ben Hlll continues Ia hs..
hHsf hnd flfIiani fases 0n local -.
sh'nHrnif h0 srr eraiss les,,, !.
nalH Center lhfi weeh while al,e.s.
'n.aff anf l0nrrf rafailng sssa,.s !.
frft % shipment ~ n least 70 49,.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-03

Piuohrrs' s. g. April o Many
LEADING golfers representing clnns in
nearly an sections of the country.
appeared on tho pinehurs' links to
dav FOR tho qualifying rounds IN the
twelfth annual United North and
South amateur championship tourna
mont Tho play will continue until
the end of the week. Prominent
.amonc the entries are Charles Evan
Jr.. the titleholder Walter Travis
former British and American cham
pion Allan Lard twice winner. Dr
u. " Gardner tho Rhode Island
champion e G Waldo, Jr. the Con
necticut champion. James y Stand.
ish Jr. % Detroit. Parker w. whit
iemorc ~ Rrookllue. and Irving 8
Robcfon ~ Rochester
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-03
1RlDtT FOR DEBATING
TEAMS vt GINNING

Special to Daily News
Ch1nninc. Tex. April The dis.
trict try-out. 10 determine what
school shall represent the Panhandle
in the state debating and defamation
Contest. will te held IN the Charming
public school auditorium Friday even.
ing. April
II IS expected that the Da,hart.
Hartley. Claiming. CANYON City and
Childress schools will be represented
in this contest.
Last year very little interest was
shown on the part OF our public
school Authorities toward this feature
of public instruction. only one school
entering We are clad 10 note a.
awakening IN this direction.
The question for debate = the INF.
tiall'e and referendum for Teshs. a
snhiec' ~ lively interest and cat.
culaied 10 Interest and inform our
youth about questions upon which
they ALL soon be- called a. aci as
voters and lawmakers