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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
Quito's Water Portera,

Around q fountain In one of the
principal squares Of Quito assemble
every morning the city's aquadores.
These water porters differ from tho
less energetic ones of some South
American cities in carrying their jars
upon their back instead of on the
backs of mules. Their earthen jars
are deep, have a wide mouth, and
hold about forty liters.
The porter carries It on his shoul-
der fastened with leather straps. He
never detaches himself from his jar
either to fill 1t or to transfer Its con-
tents to that of his customer.
He turns his back to the fountain
80 that the jar comes under one OF
the Jets of water, listens to the sound
Of the water in the jar, and his ear
Ia SO we'll trained that he always
walks away at the exact moment
when 1t Is filed to the brim.
Arriving at the house Of a Gus
toner, he goes to the household jar,
makes a deep bow, and disappears
behind q torrent Of water. Foreign
ers can never receive without laugh.
ing the visit of their aguador, the
respectful little man who bows to
one behind a cataract Of water.-Ex-
change.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
SHOWS GEOGRAPHY OF WORLD
Record of the Rocks Pointed to oy
Scientists to Prove Positions They
Have Taken.

At a recent meeting Of the Birming-
ham and Midland Institute Scientific
society, A. w. Knapp gave a lecture
on "The Earth's Record in the Rocks
The lecturer took each geological age
in turn and gave some idea Of the life
that existed at those times as shown
In fossilizsd remains. He also showed
how the geography of the world from
age to age could be defined from the
composition Of the rocks. The lime
stone, he said, proved that the greater
part of England was at one time under
the sea, and by collecting evidence
of this kind one was able to draw
map representing all the various
periods of the worlds development.
The lecturer went on to show how
the land rose and luxuriant vegeta-
ton grew, to be covered in turn by
other deposits, leading to the forma-
ton Of the coalhelds. The earliest
remains Of man were toward the end
of the ice age. Would, he asked, the
people of today leave any remains?
There would be the churchyards and
the great cities like London, while
ths deposits in the Black country.
which looked so much like volcanic
dust. might mislead the scientists OF
some future age.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
CHIVALRY NOT IN QUESTION
Harold HemmingweIeht Had His Own
Reason for Wishing to Resign
Seat In Street Car.

Out on the street not soul was TO-
be seen, not heel was to be heard,
but the car was crowded.
Mabel Iinterslide, who had an idea
that women are as good as men, If not
better, and just as much entitled to-
vote and to hang onto trolley straps,
erowned as the handsome young man
started to rise.
Keep your seat" she said. II am
capable of standing" And, reaching
forth q hand that could coax classic
put of e pianoferte and hurl a suffrage
stone through a window with equal
facility, she pushed Harold Hemming'
weight back into his seat again.
But Harold Hemmingweight, apDare
entity, was a gtickier for etiquette.
81 beg OF you" he said and rose
again, and once more Mabel Hinter-
slide pushed him forcibly but net un-
gracefully back into his seat. Il have
a right to stand, and I insist on IT,"
she cried.
-Four times did Harold Hemming-
weight endeavor to rise, and four times
did Mabel Hinterslide push him back
again into his seat.
1t wss not until the young man was
on the verge of tears that he could
make her understand he was five
blocks beyond his destination--Phil-
adelphia Telegraph.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
FARM ON SCIENTIFIC BASIS
Enormous Strides Have Been Taken
by Agricultural Industry In
the Last Century.

Despite tho assertions that farming
has not advanced and kept pace with
the improvements In other Lines OF
activity, the fact remains that In no
Industry have there been such revolu-
honary changes as In agriculture.
From a hit-or-miss, makeshift occu-
patton in which at best the farmer
made bare subsistence and hung on
until he could secure something bet
ter or else remained stolidly and In!
differently plodding along the road his
father travelled, farming has become
a highly organized and commercial
lied business. based on the applica-
ton of scientific principles.
It Is to the great farm sections Of
the northwest that we must look for
the best example of commercialized
farming. Farming in the Dakotas,
Montana and Idaho Is being conduct
ed on large commercial scale and 1T
Is not uncommon to see a farm Of
thousand acres being plowed and
planted In one season by modern,
scientific methods.
Great traction engines capable Of
blowing 40 acres a day are employed
to make commercial farming easy and
lucrative. Machinery does the seed
ing and the planting and machinery
reaps the harvest. Modern scientific
methods have smoothed the way Of
the pioneer without taking away from
him any Of the rewards that go with
the breaking and exploitation of
new country.
The development Of raw land into
orchards or grain fields or truck gar
dens is simply matter Of mathemati-
cal calculation and wise business in
vestment This has not been accom-
plished without a great deal Of work
on the part Of the men who have
for profit, it Is true-been laboring
for nearly a century to bring about
this highly scientific change in farm
methods.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
nSt. Sophia" a Misnomer.

Some may have wondered who was
the st. Sophia who gave her name to
the great church at Constantincple. 1t
is not named after a saint at all, its
correct designation, Agia Sophia,
meaning House of Divine Wisdom"
According to tradition an angel in
spired this name. Shortly after the
foundation Of the church had been
laid by Justinian, boy set to watch
the workmen's tools was visited by
celestial figure with wings reaching
to heaven. GO and tell the emperor"
commanded the angel, that this
church is to be named The House Of
Divine WISDOM" and on hearing the
boys story Justinian obeyed the an
gelic command.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
Traffic in Rare Books.

Rare books to the value Of nearly
s1,OOO,O00 changed hands during the
last year. Those in great demand
seem to be works printed by old
craftsmen. A new feature Of an Eng
lish periodical, however called "The
Bargain Column" is visible evidence
of interest in very different sort Of
article. 1t records the luck Of visi-
tor to Suffolk inn, who found that
glass on the washstand was q
Jacobite drinking glass, with q por-
trait Of the pretender engraved on 1t.
Such a glass has brought as much as
$500 And who will say that the mo-
tive of its collector Was In any degree
lower than that Of many seeker Of
rare editions New York Evening
Post.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
Farm WAGON Funeral.

The Essex squire who has been car
ried to his burial in farm wagon
drawn by farm wagon team perpet-
yates a custom which still exists in
other families and in other countries
and is Of very ancient origin.
1t typifies the intimate connection
that used to exist between the land
lord of the soil and its tenants. The
wagon is not usually made funereal
nor is the team put into mourning.
The wagner walks with a bit of
crepe on his whip and black armlet
to his smock: that is all.-Pan Mall
Gazette.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
He Wished for Her.

They were dining in restaurant,
and he had ordered whole roast
chicken.
"You see," he explained to her as hs
showed her the wishbone, "you take
hold here. Then we must both make
a wish and pull, and when it breaks
the one who has the biggest part OF
it will have his or her wish graft
fed"
But don't know what to wish for"
she protested. ..
ooh, you can think Of something"
he said.
mo, can't" she replied. II can't
think of anything I want very much"
well, I'll wish for you," he ex-
claimed.
"Will you really?" she asked.
eyes"
"Well, then, there's no use fooling
with the old wishbone," she interrupt
ed with glad smile, "you can have
mel"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
WILL RELIEVE G0MM0I ILLS,
Simple Home Remedies That May 5e
Means of Preventing Serious
Attack O? Sickness.

There is a happy medium betweeni
suffering in silence and haunting a
doctors Office The drug habit Is not
admirable, but equally foolish Is 1t to
let ills become illness.
Here are a few simple home rene;
dies, harmless, generally effective and
inexpensive.
A bad cold can often be broken II a
teaspoonful Of powdered ginger In a.
cup of hot milk is taken at the first
symptom.
Another quick cure is half tea
spoonful each Of bicarbonate of sooa
and aromatic spirits of ammonia Ia
ken in a half cupful Of hot water as
soon as you feel the cold.
A bad headache can often be cured
by drinking half glass Of cc2d water
in which has been squeezed tic tuica
of half a lemon and half teaspconi~t
of soda.
Bruises and cuts can have no better
treatment than to apply turpentine I'M
mediately 1t will sting, but it will
cure. Cloths wrung from turpentlne
and lot water can be frequently ap-
piled. For cold in the chest rubbing
with turpentine and lard is excellent.
For a burn there Is nothing better
than carrom oil, which is nothing more
than equal parts of linseed oil and
lime water.
To prevent infection in cut perox7
ide should be applied at once. Equal.
ly good is pure alcohol.-Boston Glore.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21

It has been known that the rubber
tree grows in Hawaii, but it has not
been cultivated commercially. A new
and valuable industry is likely to de-
velop from the reported discovery that
5000 acres Of native rubber forest ly-
ing on the Kona Kohala side of Mauna
Kea's slopes yield rubber Of good quail
ity. The forest, which lies at height
Of from 1000 to 5000 feet, and which
is somewhat inaccessible, being above
the lava flow Of 1901, Is on government
land, and the question has already
arisen whether the lessee for grazing
purposes has the right of tapping the
trees. II the opinion of experts as to
the quality of the rubber is confirmed
this will prove a valuable find, but a
somewhat extended test is needed, for
Mr.. Rock, territorial botanist Of the
College OF Hawaii. SAYS that this sDe-
cies is found nowhere else in the
world.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
NIGHT HAWKS REAL TROUBLE
Teamster Who Has Horse Fall While
Streets Are Deserted Surely De- !:
serving Of Sympathy.

"Any teamster VINO thinks he has a.
hard time getting horse on his feet
that has fallen in the daytime has no
right to complain" said the man who
boards. "The fellow who has a right
to do that Is the driver whose horse
falls In the dead of night. At o'clock
on a recent rainy morning I was
awakened by the fall Of a horse In.
front Of our house. I got up and
looked out. A dozen other people in
the neighborhood did the same thing,
The cabman saw us.
"'You folks don't do any good up
there!' he shouted. Come down and
belp!'
"He needed help. The horse could;
not get a foothold on the slippery
asphalt, and there was no one to help
bolster him up Ours is quiet block.
where nocturnal jewellers are rare.
and there was no one abroad to lend.
a hand. The horse paved and slipped.
the cabman tugged and pulled, but;
they made no Roadway. Finally an
ether man and myself dressed and
went to their assistance. It was all
the three OF us could do to get the.
horse up. And that gave me some.
thing new to think about. OF course,
horses do fall at night, but never
thought about 1t before, nor what
difficult matter 1t Is to get them up.
Boston Globe.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
NEW VERSION OF HA7TEiI~1
Rumor That "Higher Critic" F29 90
earthed a Revised Account ~
Solomon's Famous Deed.

History is becoming more unreliap'9
all the time. The other day "h!aA-
er critic" excavating in the Pelopcn-
nesus, unearthed the following revised
account of one of King Solomon's ia"
nous verdicts.
1t seems that there was child
which was claimed by two women,
and the case was brought before
Judge Solomon for decision. Accord
ing to the old version of the story
Judge Solomon. after careful consid-
Grafton, proposed that the child be
cut in two and half given to each wom'
an, whereupon the real mother pro-
tested.
1t now appears that this is not
what he did at all. He was still
shrewder Instead Of cutting the child
in two on the spot, he ordered that 1t
be capitalized. Thereupon a company.
was formed and the stock equally d.
vided between the two claimants. He
then put the child to work in a sweat
shop. Both women, satisfied, went
away and lived in ease and atfiuence
ever after on the proceeds.-Life.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
SNAPSHOTS AT RIGHT ANGLES
German Scientist Apparently LOOKS
Away From Subject While
Taking a Picture.

Herr DR.. Weissenberger Of Berlin,
who Is visiting with the German dec
tors, is somewhat Of an amateur de-
tective along scientific lines. Part or
his equipment consists of camera.
which is calculated to deceive even
the most wary subject. DR.. Weissen-
berger has photographed every mem
Der of the German physicians party
he wanted to, and none of them knew
a thing about 1t. He lifts what looEs
like a small telescope to his eye and
looks away from the very man he
wants to snapshot. His interest seems
to be centered at right angles from the
subject, but if the man who Is unwit-
tingly photographed chanced to be
swift enough he might catch the in
slant CLEAN of a powerful little lens
set in the side of the rounded barrel
OF the fake telescope. As the oper-
ator Of the camera looks apparently
out to sea, for instance, the image OF
things beside him are focused clear be-
fore him.
His finger Is on a hair spring and
O. pressure records what was on the
finder. Detectives in Berlin are being
equipped with the camera, which costs
about 500, so finely constructed are
they. The success met with in taking
suspects for comparison with existing
police photographs has proved the
value of the crafty little instrument.
So deceiving Is the apparatus that
the reporter who snapped DR.. Weis-
senberger using the camera did not
think until afterward when he was
told by the doctor that he would ex-
change pictures with him that he him
self had been snapshotted in re-
turn
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
ProJrSsS.

All our institutions, thoughts, sentt
ments and methods are slowly chang.
ing with the advancement Of civiliza'
ton. AS time passes, the progressive
individuals and nations l1y aside one
error and superstition after another.
Feudalism, chattcl slavery, divine right
CT kings, titles of nobility and militar-
ism have already become antiquated
relics of the past. Our science Is
daily growing more complete, religion
more liberal, inventions more perfect,
trade and industry more expansive
and unified, comforts and convent
ences more general, education more
popular and governments more demo
cratic.--Colorado Springs Gazette.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
Novel Reasons.

Some men write novels because
they have got into mess with a
woman and want to see how 1t looks
on paper, or to explain their real mo-
tives, or to find q way out. Other
novels are really intimate letters in.
tended for one reader only. Others
and these are largely those written
by women-create the kind Of life
which the writer would have lived
had she ever had the chance; exer'
cises in what may be called the Con.
ISOLATION School Of Fiction. But the
greater number are written because
some one else wrote better, and the
Initiative faculty is SO strong in US
London Lavender" by E. V. Lucas
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
Mhcn He Sfoppsd.

In a suit lately tried the plaintiff
had testified that his financial posi-
ton had always been good one. The
opposing counsel took him in hand for
cross-examination, and undertook to
break down his testimony upon this
point.
Have you ever been bankrupt"
asked the counsel.
"I have not"
Now, be careful" admonished the
lawyer, with raised finger. Did you
ever stop payment?'
Yes"
oh! I thought we should get at
the truth" observed the counsel, with
an unpleasant smile. when did this
suspension Of payment occur?'
"When I paid all l owed. ."-Phila'
:elphia Public Ledger.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
Woman!y Touch

Adam was showing Eve through
the cave.
"This Is the living room," he said.
'Tt is furnished as luxuriously as pos
sible in these prehistoric days; l
have spared no expense on 1t, and
yet 1t lacks something or other, some
final touch that I cannot name"
Eve took a swift look around. Then
she pulled the magazine table out a
little from the wall, gave the Morris
chair twist, laid book on the win
dow sill, and kicked the tiger-skin
rug back a foot from the door.
"Wonderful?" cried Adam, and
gazed open-mouthed at the magical
transformation.
The cave was more than a cave
now. 1t was a home.
There's no place like home.-New.
ark News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
Lister Methods,

A recent number of the London Lam.
Get gives an interesting account Of the
life of Lister, the great surgeon, who
discovered the aseptic precautions to
be taken after surgical operations.
Lister, much like Harvey, who proved
the theory Of the circulation Of the
blood, was a careful and conscien.
tious man who avoided print until he
had thoroughly proved the value OF
his discovery. The great objection in
his mind was that he felt that until
every surgeon was convinced Of the
necessity for asepsis and Of the value
of the methods he advocated and was
efficiently skilled in them, it would be
q serious matter to publish successful
results OF operations which 1t would
be practically criminal to perform un-
less complete asepsis was secured.
Lister was evidently that rare product,
even rare in the medical profession, a
modest man..
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
Bind NOW ALMOST: EXTINCT
Wild PIGEON, Once Counted In Mil
lions, So Rare ss to Be Account
ed a Curiosity.

The great reduction of bird life IN
America Is illustrated by a story
from Montreal of the capture OF a
bird now rare which formerly was
seen by the million. This unusual
ornithological specimen was sent
carefully packed in a pasteboard box
by parcel post from Odell Town,
Quebec, to the Montreal Witness.
The bird was taken to J. B. Innes,
secretary Of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, and
also secretary of the Quebec Fish and
Game club. He definitely identified
the bird as a wild pigeon or dove. q
species now almost extinct. Oh!cers
connected with tbs society entered
the office while Mr.. Innes was inspect
Ing the bird, and they each at once
recognized it as wild dove.
The sender Of the little feathered
creature was John Hough, Of Odell
Town. Quebec. He explained his rea-
son for mailing it was to have 1t
identified, as he had heard queries
had been made regarding wild
pigeons.
The wild, or passenger, pigeon, So
named from its habit Of passing from
one part of the country to another
was once a resident of southern Can
ada and the northern United States.
One naturalist computed that there
we're more than a billion OF these
birds in a continuous stream which
he saw on one occasion. Incessant
slaughter and the clearing away OF
the forests destroyed the pigeons, the
disappearance Of which was fastened
by series Of very cold winters be-
tween 1860 and 1870.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
Book Disinfectjon,

1t he's been charged against books
that while they disseminate informa-
ton and entertainment, they may at
the same time be carriers of disease,
and that public library books may
scatter scarlet fever. The Journal Of
the American Medical Association
gives as a practical method for gen.
eral book disinfection mlxture-of
course. this should be compounded by
q capable chemist or pharmacist-of
gas machine gasoline and two per
cent. of phenol crystals. The books
ore to be immersed in this mixture
for 20 minutes, removed and placed
before an electrician for two minutes
snd then set on end to dry for from
Cd to 48 hours.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
ReWritien History.

How these Turkish place names re-
veal history! The city Of Seres, just
occupied by the Bulgars, is, next to
Saloniki, the most important town In
liest European home Of the culture Of
silk worms and the manufacture Of
silk. Cloth of Seres." indeed, was the
earliest Greek and Latin name for this
fabric, and the name still remains en-
balned in the modern world, sericul-
ture. History is being written on the
fields of Macedonia, but much of 1t Is
merely a rewriting.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21
Powerful Sslye.

A man in Nebraska has invented a
new powerful double-acting salve
which shows powers never before ex-
hibited by salyes CT any kind.
The inventor accidentally cut OF
the tail OF a tame wolf, and, immedi-
ately applying some Of the salve to
the stump, new tail grew out.
Then picking up the old tail, he ap-
plies some Of the salIe to the raw
end If that, and a wolf grew out; but
he was g. wild wolf, and had to be
shot.--Cuicago Tribune.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21

Notice- I will be at Mcdowell
Feb, II, and will remain one week.
At Doe Hill 18th to remain a week.
O. J. Campbell, Dentist
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21

Piedmont Business College,
Lynchburg, is offering great induce
ment to the first young man or
lady enrolling from Highland Co.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21

Let the Recorder Job office print
YOUR stationary. Will do the work
as cheap as any other concern.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-02-21

Your hHsiHcsS nae,!s advertising
is the reason your sales are i;ght. 4.
Try an adv. Rates reasonable.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-24

Miss Alice Bruce, who i s
teaching at Coeburn, is spend
ing the holidays with home.
folks in the Gap.
Miss Alish, one of the teach
ers here, left for her home at
Greenville,where sine will spend
the holidays.
J. 5. johnson and son John.
of Dione, are spending few
days with homefolks.
Phone MS for anything in the
drug line, prompt delivery.
Mutual Drug Company. ADJ
Dan v Richmond spent sun
day at the Monte Vista in the
Gap
lessee Turney, of Paris, Ky.,
and Robert II. Winner. of Nj
Sterling, Ky, spent Sunday in
the Gap.
y. -. Allen, OF the Twin City
Mills, Bristol, spent several
days in the Gap last week on
business.
DR.. j. NJ Dougherty, o f
Nickelsville, Va, was a visitor
to the Gap one day last week.
Geo. w. Wright, of Marion,
state lecturer of the Masonic
Lodge, visited the lodge at this
place several days last week.
B. l.. Armstrong, of Knox
vile, was calling on the trade
in the Gap Saturday.
Myron Mash, of Washington,
and IL. n. jackson, of Phila-
delphia, were among the travel
ing men in the Gap last week.
W. p. Hunter, Of johnson
City, was among the business
men in town last week.
j. S. Webster, prominent
Knoxville travelling salesman,
was among the knights of the
grip IN town last week.
Misses Eura Sproles, BERTHE
Gilly, Elizabeth Hyder and
Kate Berry, all of East Stone
Gap, were shopping in town
Saturday.