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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
Revising School Studies.

Let no one say that the schools
have fallen into a rut and are able to
see no possibility beyond their rou-
tine. There is a school in Oregon,
in a rural village, where credits are
given to the children for the chores"
they do at home, for milking the Cow,
feeding the chickens, chopping The
f1rewood and similar tasks, which a
few years ago all country children
used to have to perform. Similarly in
the Erasmus Hall high school in
Brooklyn there Is a teacher who Is
giving his pupils credits" for doing
the family marketing. OF course, we
suppose these Brooklyn children when
they grow up will do their marketing
by telephone or wireless, or not at all
If the kitchen, which IL now becoming
a kitchenette, disappears entirely. But
what vivid idea Of history it gives
them to re-enact 1t themselves, after
the manner Of their grandfathers and
grandmothers!-New York Tribune.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
MARRIAGE LAW IN ITALY
Ceremony Is Only Legal When Per
formed by Mayor of Place
Where Couple Reside.

In Italy marriage by law is civil
contract, only legal when performed
by the mayor Of the place in which the
couple who desire to be married re-
side, or his assessor, and 1t must be
performed in the city chamber.
Some hotels and not few pensions
in Rome are the constant resort or
needy adventures with titles real or
spurious to their names, Duke This
and Prince That, who are always on
the lookout for money, says the Chris
tian Herald. Aided 1t may be, by
some one in the hotel or pension, they
get acquainted with a rich American
family with manageable daughters.
To one Of these love is made and mar
riage is arranged.
Such have no difficulty in finding a
priest to perform their ceremony. 1t
Is done. Then the adventurer deserts
the girl, AMI she has no remedy. Some
few years. ago young girl was so
treated. Tier pseudo husband, having
secured her money, left her and mar
ried civilly and legally an Italian
woman with whom he was in love.
The victimized girl shot dead her be-
trayer and his wife. Recognizing the
provncation she had received, she was
left unpublished Another girl simil.
arly betrayed committed suicide.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
Lana WiIIie's Retort.

A Scotch caddie is almost certain
to be a shrewd observer of men and
things, and he is frequently gifted
with sharp tongue.
Lang Willie" was for many years
a well-known figure on the st. An
drews golf links. On the occasion Of
Louis Kossuths visit to st. Andrews,
a public dinner was given IN his hon
or, and Willie applied for ticket to
the bailie who was in charge Of the
arrangements. The worthy man curt
ly refused the application, saying to
Willie that it was mo place for the
likes of him to be at the dinner"
mo for the likes Of me" was Will
lies indignant rejoinder. "Tve been
in the company of gentlemen from II
to 4 o'clock maist days for the last
80 year, and that's mair than you can
say!"-Youth's Companion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
CANDY FOR INFANT BRIDES
MARRIAGES In One Caste In india Al
ways Occur Before the Age
of Twelve.

Four hundred weddings were cele.
bratad simultaneously on a recent
Saturday at Surat, India, among mem
hers of the Lewa Kunbi caste, accord
Ing to the London Mirror.
None of the brides was over Twelve
wears of age, the majority being from
one to six years old, while the Drioe-
prooms varied from three to nine.
Most of the contracting parties sat or
Law On the laps of their parents during
the ceremony, and were given Sweets
to keep them quiet.
The caste only celebrates weddings
every ten or twelve years. 1t is quiee
q common thing for the children OF
the caste to be married when they are
onlv four, five or six years of age, put
marriages at an earlier age than four
are exceptional.
These baby brides, of course, do not
join their husbands when they are
married. They wait until they reacn
the age of ten or eleven, when there
is a second marriage.
Should a baby brides husband Ole
before she reaches the age for the sec
ond marriage she becomes Wldo"
and has to remain so all her life.
In such cases the widow at ones
loses caste. Her ornaments are taken
off her and she becames sort OF OUT
cast, looked down upon and generally
made household drudge.
The husband, on the other hanc'
should his baby bride die before the
second marriage, may marry again
In fact, he is expected to do SO within
a few months of the death OF the
bride.
II he does not marry again within q
few months he loses caste. His fei
lows refuse to smoke or drink with
him.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
STRICT ENGLISH COURT RULE
Queen, Shocked at Laxity in Society,
Makes Erasures in Her Wis
ting Lists.

Queen Mary is making her inftu.
ence and her strong personality felt at
court in no uncertain manner, and
those who wish to be received and to
be held in good repute within it's
charmed circle must look we'll to their
manner Of going.
Never before have there been so
many erasures from submitted lists
and never has the line been SO sharp
ly drawn as to the proper qualiiica-
tons as at the present time, the New
York Herald's London corresp ondent
states. No lady who steps out Of her
sphere of true womanliness and cor
rect feminine modesty; no one who
has a breath of scandal against her
or him (for the male sex is also in
Guided in the ban), and, above all, no
Individual who has figured as prin-
cipal in the divorce court need seek
to find favor with Queen Mary, and
such a one applying for command
to the royal presence will surely meet
with a prompt refusal.
The queen-and the king Is said to
be in cordial agreements deter
mined that her court shall, as, far as
possible, be one Of absolute purity.
She has been much shocked at the
many causes celebres and their I'M
edifying details, as we'll as by the So
called recreations and amusements Of
a certain section of society. More
over, it is reported that the queen
views with great dislike any further
laxity in connection with tbs divorce
law. She regards the marriage tie
as sacred and binding, and while de-
ploring the lightness with which in
many cases the contracts are under
taken, she yet holds that once it has
been entered into it should be held in
violate.
1t is even whispered that Queen
Mary has brought her influence to
bear on the subject to very material
extent and that government inaction
with regard to the findings Of the re-
cent divorce commission is thus not
a little accounted for.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
QUEER WHlMs FOR FUNERALS
Enelishman's Coffin Made of 1900
atchboxes-Unusual Burial
at Sea.

An enormous crowd gathered at
Chester few months ago to witness
the funeral of an electrical engineer,
who was carried to the cemetery in
a coffin that had been laboriously con-
structed by himself out of 1000 match
boxes. These, with their tops visible
and advertising their respective max
ers, were vanished over and strength
ened inside with wood. On the coffin
was placed an electric battery says
London Tit-Bits.
Some years ago maiden lady died
at Calemis-sur-Lys, in France, who
was reported to have been a cham
pion snuff taker. She enjoyed singu-
larly good health, retained all her
mental faculties and died at ripe
old age. Her funeral was most ex-
traordinary. Her wish was that her
coffin should be filed with tobacco,
the floor Of the mortuary chamber
carpeted with it and the heir to the
property charged to scatter tobacco
before the hearse on the way to the
cemetery.
A lady who left Liverpool some time
ago by the Lucania crossed the At
lantic on a unique mission. A promi-
nent Now York business man, who
died recently, directed in his will that
his remains should be cremated and
the ashes scattered on the waters OF
the Atlantic from Cunard steamer
The Lucania, being the special favor,
tie of the deceased gentleman, was
selected, and the lady in question, at
a time fixed, SO that simultaneously
the family could attend a memorial
service in New York, cast the ashes
from an urn into the ocean. A GER
tificate was given by the captain OF
the Lucania stating the latitude and
longitude in which the ashes were
committed to the deep.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
EXPOSITION TO BE READY.
National Conservation Show To Make
New Record In This Respect.

The hundreds of thousands of visit
ors from all parts of the country, and
particularly from the Southern States,
to the National Conservation EXPOSE
ton can be assured of one fact even at
this early date: That no matter how
early they make their visit to the ex-
position after the gates are formally
thrown open they will see the displays
complete.
Work is so far advanced now that
everything will be ready on the open
ing day and the complete line of ex-
hibits in all of the many big, white
buildings, and in all of the various de-
partments of these buildings, will like
wise be ready.
Too many times in the history of ex-
positions in other parts of the country
it has happened that the first weeks
saw only a portion Of the exposition
complete. This will not be the case
at Knoxville.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
Do Not Fear Disarmament.

Worldwide disarmament would not
embarrass the great Krupp concern
in Germany. The technical director
of the corporation says: 1T will affect
us little. Persons generally believe
that the Krupps exist solely for the
manufacture Of war material, but this
is erroneous. They forget that we
produce about 1000 tons of steel daily
war material being almost side line.
If a worldwide disarmament was sud-
denly effected we would proceed much
the same as before"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
For Sale

One late style Is h. p. Prick
traction engine.
One Al Prick sawmill with all
the latest improvements such as
upper and lower dogs, lumber
gauge, foot lever, and quick reced-
ing attachments.
All of the above machinery is in
6rst-class running order.
For further particulars and price
apply to j. W: Simmons,
6 Is Pm. Wilma, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
To the Voters of the Counties
of Bath, Highland and
Rockbridge and the City
of Buena Vista:

l respectfully announce myself a
candidate for reelection to the
House of Delegates of Virginia for
the district composed of Bath,
Highland and Rockbridge counties
and the City of Buena Vista.
Subject to the Democratic pri-
mary. JOHN W. STEPHENSON
Warm Springs, Bath Co., Va:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
LOW RATES FOR EXPEDITION.
Railroads Have Made Concessions For
Big Knoxville Show.

Exceptionally low rates-the lowest
ever made for an exposition in the
South-have been made by the rail-
roads for the National Conservation
Exposition in Knoxville, Tenn, during
the months of September and October.
These reduced rates are in force from
start to finish of the exposition AMI
will afford thousands of persons living
within a radius of 800 miles oppor-
tunity to make the trip to Knoxville
at comparatively little cost.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
Her Help,

"The fact of the matter Is, never
amounted to anything before l was
married"
Then you give your wife credit for
awakening your ambition?"
mo; for making 1t necessary for
me to get out and hustle. Chicago
Record-Herald.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
Had Not Fair Chance In Life.

Had Not Fair Chance In Lire.
Recent statistics as to the life his
tory of the inmates Of the Elmira
IN. " reformatory, the prison to
which offenders under the age Of rs
are sent on their first conviction, show
that so per cent. of them were raised
In orphan asylums.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
Trespass Notice.

All trespassing of any kind what
soever is forbidden on our lands.
All violatels will be prosecuted to
the fullest extent of the law.
II. II. Terry,
C. A. Dickson.
Monterey Stock Farm.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
For Sale or Exchange

One good merry-go round seats
Sc passengers, will sell on easy
terms or exchange for good person
al property. Il. E. Shront,
Winterburn, W. Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
PREMIUM LIST Big
Live Stock Show Will Be Fea-
ture of National Conser-
walton Exposition
$4,000 IN Prizes OFFERED
Object of Manager of Live Stock De-
partment Is To Make Display Abso-
IuteIy Clean and Stimulate Breeding
of Better Class of Animals in South.

Some of the objects of the Live
Stock Show to be held in connection
with the National Conservation Ex-
position in Knoxville, as set forth by
the director of that department, John
A. Jones, are:
To show to the farmer and live
stock man how much mere economical,
how much better, it is for him TO
breed a good animal than scruf
animal.
To show that successful farming de-
ponds, not only on the man behind the
plow, but also on the weight of the
team in front of the plow.
To show that agriculture and live
stock breeding are closely related and
car not be separated.
To prove that great opportunities
ornortunities-a great as exist any
where-for the raising and breeding
Of live stock are being neglected and
are going to waste N the South.
To prove by actual demonstration
the advantages to be gained by the
breeding and raising of swine and
sheep in the South.
To make the show absolutely clean
and high class.
To do everything possible to foster
the breeding interests of the Southern
country.
Fine Displays at Show.
The Live Stock Show that will be
held at the big National Conservation
Exposition, in Knoxville, from Septem-
be- 1 to November 1, Of the present
I'LL ho tho reatast event of its
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
NO! FOR Knoxville
National Conservation Expo
sition To Be Big Event
of The Year
sOUTH'S GLORY ON DISPLAY
Exposition Will Be One of the "Differ-
ent" Kind and Will Be Greater In
All Ways Than Anything Ever Seen
In This Section of United States
Before.

The National Conservation EXPOSE
ton that will be held in the pictur-
esque city of Knoxville from Septem-
Der to November l, of the present
year, will be the one big event of the
year in the South.
No meeting, no gathering, no con-
ference, no exhibition of any kind will
overshadow in Importance the Nation
al Conservation Exposition. 1t will be
national in scope, national in charac-
ter.
The National Conservation EXPOSE
ton has been planned along broad
lines and is designed to teach the
great lesson of the necessity of con-
serving the resources that nature has
so hountifully bestowed on the coun-
try. More especially will the necessity
OF conserving the immense resources
of he South be brought out and en-
phasized at the Exposition.
Following are few facts that give
some idea of the magnitude and the
aims Of the National Conservation Ex-
position:
The exposition plant represents an
outlay OF over $2,000,000.
The site of the exposition is in the
most beautiful park in the South-a
park that nestles in the foothills of the
great Smoky mountains, picturesque.
rolling, green, highly improved.
Eleven Big Buildings.
The exposition grounds embrace
with lakes and drives over one hun
dred acres.
Never was a site for an exposition
with more natural advantages chosen,
never one better adapted to exposition
purposes.
Eleven large exposition buildings,
modern, stately, snowy white, as well
as number of smaller buildings, will
house this exposition.
Railroads realize the Importance Of
the exposition and are cooperating in
every way in the enterprise.
National leaders OF conservation
with Clifford Pinchot as chairman are
directing the exposition.
Sixteen Southern states have formed
boards for exposition work and these
boards are actively engaged in the col
lection of comprehensive exhibits and
in arranging state days for the expo
sition.
+ South a Treasure House.
The National Conservation EXPOSE
ton at Knoxville during September
and October will be different" The
displays in various lines will be the
largest, the most diversified, the most
interesting ever seen in any exposition
in the South; they will compare favor
ably with any exposition ever held in
the United States and they will all
teach graphically, eloquently and point
eddy the lesson of conservation, adj
mittedly one of the greatest questions
before the American people to-day.
And about all the South-the great
South, the South that is a treasure
house of the nation, the South busy
with the hum and the whirr of count
less manufacturing industries-will be
on display in Knoxville during the ex-
position. The South with its tremend-
GUS resources and great industrial pro-
gress will be strikingly typified.
There will be much for every citizen
of the country to see in Knoxville DUR
ing the exposition months, there will
be much for every one to learn.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
Surprising Cure of Stomach Trouble

Surprising Cure Of Stomach Trouble
When you have trouble with your
stomach or chronic constipation, don t
imagine that your case is beyond help
just because your doctor fails to give you
relief. Mrs. G. Stengle, Plainfield, Nd,
writes, "For over a month past have
been troubled with my stomach. Every
thing I ate upset it terribly. One OF
Chamberlain's advertising booklets came
to me. After reading a few of the let
tiers from people who had been cured by
Chamberlain Tablets, I decided to try
them. I have taken nearly three-fourths
of package of them and can now eat
almost everything I want" For sale by
all Observation-Disclosures.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION
JOHN DYE

will make the season at the MONTEREY STOCK
FARM. Just the horse to breed to, as he has
SIZE, STYLE, and CONFORMATION, and his
colts speak for themselves. These are the kind
that people North are calling for at fancy prices.
Write for pedigree. SERVICE FEE SIS to insure
Also have for sale registered double standard poed Here
ford BULLS and registered Hampshire and Oxford RAMS
MONTEREY STOCK I'm Trimble Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
BARBER SHOP
Open every day and every
thing strictly sanitary.

Also carry a nice line of hair
tonics, razors etc. Stock is fresh
and new.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11
Many Other Big Prizes.

There is a stake of $1,000 offered
for the best saddle horse to be shown
in the ring at the Night Horse Show.
There is an offer of an $500 award
for the best pair of heavy brood mares
to be shown. This offer, it is expected,
will result in better class of heavy
draft animals being raised in the
South.
There is also special prize of
s. 900 for the best exhibit of live stock
from any county in any Southern state.
This is the first time that such pre-
MUM has been offered for an event of
this kind. The total premium list in
connection with this one event alone
foots up to $4,000.
A commodious, well-ventilated build
IN; will house the live stock exhibits
at the Conservation Exposition. The
ring in which the animals will be
shown has been pronounced to be one
OF the best in the country. A Night
Horse Show will be held, and this will
be made much of. 1t is expected to
attract large crowds and also fine
line of exhibits.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-07-11

kind probably ever held in the South.
AS the object of the National EXPOSE
tion is to teach the lesson Of the neces
sity of conserving the natural re-
sources of the country, SO, too, will the
object of the Live Stock Show to teach
a lesson-the lesson of conservation.
BY displays and exhibits of finely.
bred animals horses, cattle, sheep
and swine-and also by comparisons
between these well-bred beasts with
scrubs will the lessons of the Live
Stock Show be taught Noted men of
the live stock world will deliver lee
lures from time to time. There will
be other features forming a part of the
show that will be new and novel and
OF character never seen at similar
show in the South before.
The premium list is large The total
amount offered in premiums in all de-
partments of the show is $4,000, and
these premiums are SO arranged that
G, cry owner of a well-bred animal will
have chance of being declared win
rer in some of the classes.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
Picking Up the Town.

Just before your daughter comes downstairs for the day she stops and picks up her room." She straightens the dresser scarf. She necks off a speck of dust. She draws a chair near the window and gives the place a honey look.
 She doesn't really stop to con- sider why she does it. She obeys some instinct. She doesn't know that if she could communicate that same spirit to the rest of the fam fly it would be a fine thing for the town.
 If she could communicate that spirit of tidiness, that respect for appearances, to the rest of the fam fly, what would happen? The boys would get out the hammer and saw and nails and fix that loose board the fence and bolster up that sag Ging and disconsOlate gate. You yourself would be there to boss the job.
 Then you would go down town and, under the prompting of that spirit of picking up,' you would notice that the paving on Main street needs repair. You would be- gin talking to your neighbors about the need for picking up the town.
 There is no telling where this picking up would end. You and your neighbors might notice that the factory building at the end of the street had been vacant a long time It might occur to you that carrying the picking up a little far ther, a little concerted action might start the wheels of industry turn ing again.
 Yes; great things might happen if the people of this town ever started to pick up!--American Lumberman
The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-20
THINK REVOLT FORMIDABLE.
Thought Mexican Government Is
 SuppreSSing Status of Uprising.

Mexico City, March l7.-There is a wide variance between official and unofficial reports received in the capital regarding the magnitude of MeXico's latest revolution. Infor- nation from sources heretofore re- liable makes it appear that Carran- gas revolt is far more formidable than the government reports would indicate. According to the gov ernment, the rebel governor of Goa huila holds no towns, commands not more than 400 men and is chiefly occupied in running away from the government troops.
 Private advices say he holds Lam pazos and Bustamente in the state of NueVo Leon and Cuidad pornrio Diaz, i'll the state of Coahuila. and that he has at least 1000 men. many of whom are state troops under his command. Furthermore. it is re- ported on the same authority that Carranza practically is in control of the Mexican International railway. and is operating portions of it aud has SO damaged the National rail road between Monterey and Laredo that to repair it will require a con siderable time, even when the man. agement IS given an opportunity to do so.