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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-07
Citrus Crop Saved.

POMONA, CAL, Jan. 1.-Two hun
dred thousand smudge fires built last
night are believed to have saved the
greater portion of the citrus crop. The
temperature is 20 degrees above. 1t
is estimated the loss will total $2,O00,-
00U
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-07
Got Knockout Drops.

TACOMA, Jan. Chemical anal
ysis of the contents of a mysterious
whisky bottle nearly costing the lives
of four men New Years eve, has dis
closed the fact that it contained mix
ture of knockout drops 1t is stated
the bottle was sent from druggists
establishment in Alaska four years
ago.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-07

i mander at Adrianople is considering
surrendering to the allies. Athens re-
ports that the Greeks have driven the
Turks from the fortress Ell Janina-
Neither report is confirmed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-07
Oranges DESTROYED.

REDLANDS, Cal. Jan. THE
orange growers here face absolute
ruin Of their crops More than 80
per cent of the years yield has been de-
stroyed. A loss of $5,OOO,OOO is esti-
mated.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-07
ARREST MAN WHO
WANTS AN OFFICE

MEXICO CITY, Jan. Charged
with plotting against the Mexican fed
eral government, General Francisco
Vasques Gomez, the rebel candidate
for provisional president, was arrested
today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-07
Water Supply Shut on.

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 7.-All
streams supplying city water are
frozen solid and water famine Is
Threatened. The school and public
buildings have been forced to close.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-07
Lemon Crop Ruined.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Jan. 1.-THE
cold weather continues, The lemon
crop is ruined. The damage will total
$200, 600.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-07
Heavy Damage at Riverside.

RIVERSIDE, Cal, Jan. Tit Is re-
ported thNt 100000 damage has been
done to oranges in this district. Many
small ranchers are ruined.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-07
Cold in Colorado.

DENVER, Jan. 7.-The thermometer
registered 49 below zere at Frazer,
Col, at daylight this morning. Twen-
ty-feur below was recorded and Beck
ridge reports A below gere,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
NEW USE FOR BOSTON DISH
Californian Makes Serious Declare.
ton That It's Use as Hair Tonic
VIII Prove Beneficial.

1t has always been understood that,
as diet, pork and beans was fill
iny," but it remained for California
inventor, Thomas H. Bartlett, to find
out a few years ago that it had the
property of filling" the hair into the
head and to cause that already in
place to "stick to" it's support. Mr..
Bartlett describes his hair tonic as
consisting of pork fat. bean oil and
other specified ingredients, and de.
scribes with great particularly the
cooking of very nice edible dish of
baked beans preparatory to complet.
ing the tonic. Thus in the descrip-
ton forming part of his patent he
says: 81 take three cups of common
white beans and three pounds of salt
pork. The beans are parboiled, and
then boiled with the pork for eight
hours, and then covered tight and
baked for twelve hours" With brown
bread that would make pretty good
Saturday night tea in Boston.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
MENTAL PROCESS OF WOMEN
Mistake to Assume That Because 1t
Seems So, the Majority OF Sex
Thinks Specifically.

Take. for instance, the assumption
that most women think specifically
and with less logic than men, which
is probably a fact. Ward (Lester F.)
saws they reach conclusions by intui-
ton. a sort of shortcut method eVolV-
ed by the emergencies Of their lives.
Yet any woman knows from her child
hood that men prefer to do her think
ing for her. and will disapprove OF
her if she sets up an opinion against
theirs. In primitive ages not only was
thinking unnecessary for a woman, be-
yond the narrow range OF her traol-
tional duties, but it was an actual I'M
propriety.
Now, only a genius, a reformer, OF,
a mad person does what will be dlsap1
proved of. Until the last half century
marriage was the only career open to
women-a thinking woman was not
attractive to men-therefore the as
tute young woman either stopped rea-
soning as far as possible when she
came to years of discretion, or con-
cealed her mental operations. Many a
woman who attains her ends by
coquetry and hysteria is, like the par
rot who couldn't talk, "keepin' up a
devil of a thinkin' all the while;" and
will confide to another woman, who
is in the secret, a keen analysis of the
issue involved.-Mary Roberts Coo,
lidge.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
FOUND IN RUINS OF LYSTRA
Beautifully ScuIptured Stone and Re-
mains of Early Christian Church
Reward Travellers Visit.

On the great sloping hillside where
the chief buildings Of Lystra Stood
and the level plain at its foot, the only
semblance of buildings we saw, says
a writer in the Christian Herald, were
some rough stone sheepfolds where
the shepherds shelter their timid
1ocks by night or in stormy weather.
Built into one of these rude sheep
folds we found a beautifully sculp-
tured stone with inscriptions that
would rejoice the heart of an archeol.
ogist.
In another part of the plain we saw
the scanty ruins of small Christian
church. Near it fountain gushes
forth. This fountain is called Ayasma,
and its very name shows that it was
considered sacred by the Christians.
The most interesting site in all
Lystra is that of the temple where
Paul and Barnabas were hailed as
gods. At least there is every proba-
bility that it's location has been dis
covered, for on the level plain. just
before the land begins to rise to the
hill on which the chief buildings were
situated, on it's southeast side stands
pedestal on which is an inscription
showing that it was dedicated to the
Emperor Augustus, whose worship
was connected with the chief temple
Here undoubtedly was the temple
of "Zeus-before-the-City," and wonder
full discoveries and confirmation Of
Scripture doubtless await the excava
tors spade.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
RENTING CUT TIE MOBILITY
Queer Business q. Wh!ch English So.
cicty Women Are Said 20 Make
Much Money.

Most men are too busy 10 go 10 ait
ernoon tea parties, even If they have
the inclination. But men are In de-
mand for these functions and the de-
mand CT Gates a supply
A lady has been explaining to the
London Daily Mirror how women OF
good social standing earn lucrative
fees by providing male guests for
these afternoon functions. These la
dies make better business of 1t than
the regular agents who occasionally
supply "a fourteenth" to a hostess
who does not wish her guests to SIT
down thirteen at dinner, or from time
to time fill up house party in some
out-of-the-way part of the country
when a guest has suddenly fallen out
In these cases the hired guests re-
ceive a good fee. But the London aft
ernoon tea guests get no pay and do
not know that they are being hired.
AS a rule. 1t is said, they are impe-
cunious young continen Il men who
would rather look for an heiress than
for work.
These young men are faultlessly
dressed and their manners are exqui-
site. A lady bearing one Of the Oldest
titles in the country, perhaps, invites
them to her house. pretends to be
greatly taken with them aid offers
to launch them in London society
Then she cheerfully takes them to all
the select afternoon tea parties she
attends and they find themselves over
whelmed with invitations to similar
functions. Little do the men suspect
that every time they go to party
their woman friend receives certain
sum of money from the hostess.
Here is the scale of charges for
guests actually issued by countess:
One marquis, $3.50; one baron, S5.25:
one duke. $40; one duchess. sis.
Just a few days ago Russian no.
blewoman visiting London was giving
a reception in the afternoon, and you
can imagine how terribly shocked and
annoyed she was when an English
uchess wrote to her offering to sup
Jly ten young men and the same num-
.er Of women, all bearing titles. as
guests for the sum Of so guineas.
Young Englishmen. the younger
sons of lords and the like, have been
imposed upon as we'll as foreigners by
these guest providers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
ROYAL HEADS NOT ALL WEAK
Some Able Men Among Those VINO
Are at Present the Occupants OF
European Thrones.

Though the kings and princes OF
Europe include some sadly deterlor'
ated physical specimens, it would be
a mistake to suppose that they have
not some able men among them. Prob
ably they average as high in mental
ability as kinds did in the middle ages
when they not only reigned, but gov
erned. The German emperor is a
s1rong ruler, and Francis Joseph OF
Austria has sailed his crafty built en-
pire on a very even keel for many
years.
Victor Emmanuel of Italy is a very
prudent and clever man, who can
think and act on his own Responsible
ity, and Alfonso of Spain is man OF
great spirit and an able politician
Ferdinand of Bulgaria is cutting a
wide swath just at present, and Is
credited with brains.
George V. of England is common
place, but prudent. Accounts of the
character and ability of the Russian
Car differ widely. Some who have
seen him credit him with great abil
ity, but the course of events in Russia
does not seem to justify this estimate
King Haakon Of Norway is undoubted
ly a clever man, and King George OF
Greece has been an excellent diplo
matte agent for the Hellenic kingdom
as well as a shrewd moderator of the
personal ambitions of Greek states
men.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
Sun Power in Euypt.

At Meadi, suburb of Carlo, is &
sun-power plant of unusual interest
1t consists of five refectors, each 204
feet long, whose cross section is in
the form of a parabola, with the gen
orator units at the-.focus. The last
named are of zinc, built of rectangular
sections IA inches wide.
To render them efficient they are
painted with a black paint of high heat
absorbing capacity. The water is in
troduced at the lower end and the gen
orator at it's upper end is provided
with silvered glass mirrors. The
plant works best at pressure slight
ly below the MISUNDERSTANDING
American.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
His Mash Note,

In her suite in New York hotel
Sarah Bernhard was narrating remi-
niscences of the stage to a group Of
dramatic critics.
"'Mash notes. you call them, nest
ce pas?" she said laughing. well, /
received very funny mash note once
in a small town of your far west.
"'You are adorable my mash note
ran, and I'd have preferred to send
you orchids; but in this one-horse
town l am reduced to peanut molasses
candy, of which I am forwarding a
two-pound bag. Will you take supper
with me tonight in private room at
the tavern? If you consent, blow your
nose on the stage and 1 will under
stand"
Nine. Bernhard laughed again.
"And the worst of it was" she said,
ct had a bad cold at the time and was
afraid to blow my nose all the even.
ing"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
Katherine's Kindness,

Katherine is two and a half years
old. Her father came home one after,
noon, after working three days and
three nights at high pressure, with al,
most no sleep. He lay down with the
feeling that he did not want to wake
up for week. Half an hour later
from the depths Of bis dreams, he
heard small, clear voice: Father!
The sleeper stirred and turned hi
head on the pillow.
Father! Father!"
He stirred and moaned
Father! Father!"
He struggled and resisted and f1oun.
dered, and finally raised his eyelids
like a man lifting heavy weights. He
saw Katherine smiling divinely beside
his couch.
Father! Father!"
What is it, daughter?"
Father, are you having nice
nap?"-Youth's Companion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
Man as Bad as 1000 Years Ago.

Man has showed no Improvement
either in Intellectually or morals from
the days Of the earliest Egyptians and
Syrians, 1000 years ago, to the keel
laying of the latest dreadnought," &C
cording to a survey which DR.. Alfred
Russell Wallace, known as the grand
old man of SCIENCE" completed on the
eve of his ninetieth birthday.
There has been, of course, great
accumulation of human knowledge, ="
he adds, "but for all that we are no
cleverer than the ancients.
There is still more abominable
vice going on; every kind Of cruelty
to the poor and children; adulteration
in every commodity, and lies every
where.
THE average Of mankind will re
main the same until natural selection
steps in to raise it. The outlook is
hopeful"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
So What's the User

At a downtown restaurant the othe
Gay four men, who did not know each
other, were seated at the same tabls
and each in turn ordered water with
out ice. The first to want water IN
cooled suggested that they compar
reasons.
For my part" he said, 81 think les
cold water retards digestion"
Frankly, I fear the ice may come
from ponds and dams full Of decayed
vegetable matter and may have
germs CT malaria or typhoid" ex
planned the second.
81 dislike the chemical taste of ar
tifcial ice" said the third.
Its just habit with me-" spoke u
the fourth. I'm an Englishman, ard
was brought up to take water un
iced"
But the man who didn't want to re
tard his digestion drank stein of ic'
cold beer. The one who feared germs
ordered raw oysters! the one who
disliked the chemical taste dranh
Tom gin, and the Englishman ordered
sauerkraut.-NewY York Mail.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
Healthy Old Age Is What
DR.. Hartman Advocates

| that have kept me well and strong.
You could be just as well and strong
as I am If you would do as I do.
You may ask, do I never get sick,
have never had occasion to take med
icine at all? Yes, I have got sick.
Sometimes I feel a little touch Of cli-
matte trouble, like cold, malaria, slight
catarrhal symptoms, but my only med
icine Is Peruna. I always keep bottle
Of Peruna in the house, keep bot
tie of Peruna on my desk In my office.
Once in a while take some. I dc not
take it habitually. Take it only when
I feel little out Of sorts. One swallow
will perhaps be all that will be neces-
sary, but it is always handy by.
1t is. a sorry sight to see the young
men Of to-day begin to peter out
physically when they ought to be IN the
glory Of their manhood and the height
Of their vigor. Eat plain food. Live
frugally. Give up all weakening
habits. Live as God intended you to
live. Take Peruna when you do not
feel as well as usual.
If you want me to I will send you
book which will tell you a great many
more things about yourself and about
matters that may be Of great value TO
you. Enclose a two-cent stamp Tor
postage and the book will be sent In
plain wrapper and you will not be
troubled with any follow-up letters or
advertisements. P E r u N A is FOR
SALE AT ALL DRUG STORES.
SPECIAL NOTICE Many persons
are making inquiries for the old
time Peruna, To such would say,
this formula is now put out under the
name of KA-TAR-NO manufactured
Ohio. Write them and they will be
] pleased to send you a free booklet.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
SPLENDID TRIBE OF INDIANS
Inhabitants of Tiburon Island, Accord
Ing to Consul, Closely Approach
Physical Perfection.

United States Consul Long at No
gales, Mexico, tells of a peculiar peo-
pie known as the Seris Indians, who
occupy Tiburon island, in the Gulf Of
California. He says that the island Of
Tiburon is one of the largest and most
and is peopled by a most remarkable
tribe of Indians, who are noted for
their large size and extraordinary ath-
letics on land and water. Those who
have witnessed their aquatic sports at
a respectful distance declare that
many Of them can actually walk, or
rather run, upon the water with no
other assistance than. broad rawhide
shoes. The consul states that they are
expert fishermen and huntsmen, hav-
ing rigid ideas as to the maintenance
Of game preserves on their island and
limiting the killing of game under Sc
we're penalties. They destroy all chill
dren in infancy that are uniformed or
apparently lacking in intelligence. In
this way the standard of physical and
mental conditions in both sexes Is kept
very high.
The natives have no school, but
each home has a system of physical
training. No man is allowed to pene-
trate the island, even if he should
make landing. The natives guard
the shores day and night. 1t is said
that no epidemics have ever prevailed
on the island, and disease is scarcely
known among this extraordinary peo-
pie. so that the men and women are
magnificent in physical endowment.
No man or woman is allowed to live
beyond the age of 70, no matter how
we'll preserved in body and mind. BY
careful selection, large percentage
of the women have a transparent,
peachy complexion and deep auburn
hair.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
SoIicftude Not Appreciated.

Darling" said the young wife, "a
gentleman is waiting to see you in the
next ROOM" ~
What kind of a gentleman?" grunt-
ed the young husband.
ooh, dearest-forgive me If this wor-
ries you-but-ohi know | am wrong
to be so fussy! But remember. 1t is
only a loving womau's anxiety"
Eyes, love. What is it?"
1--WE noticed that little cough OF
yours-now don't interrupt. l know
you think it's nothing and that | am
foolish-but you take so little care Of
yourself. If you knew how 1t kept
me awake at night--how-"
why, little girl! l didn't know my
little cough had worried you. No, !
won't be angry, but"
"Oh, suppose should lose you?"
Nov. now! So you have sent for
the doctor"
mo, dearest-for the insurance
man. Now"
(The rest is mere, sordid bickering-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
Family Bulletin Board.

Get a prettily mounted scratch pad
and hang in the hall, close to where
you lay off your wraps. Hang pencil
to the tablet. When a mother leaves
the house before the children are
home from school she should write
on it where she has gone and when
she expects to return, and also remind
them of any duties she wishes them
to perform in her absence. In their
turn, if the. go out, they should write
a message for her, so that she will
know where they are and when they
will return. If any one calls on any
member of the family during his or
her absence, it should be promptly
recorded, together with any message
that may have been left. Telephone
messages should also BIO written down
as soon as received. Each member OF
the family should look at the bulletin
board Immediately upon entering the
house, and thus no one will ever be
bothered by messages being forgotten.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
Dou Turns Grindstone,

Philadelphia has a one-legged knife
grinder who is particularly proud of
his dog, and no wonder, for the intel.
ligent animal aids him greatly in his
daily toll. It was formerly the mans
custom-his crippled condition pre-
venting him from working the pedal
to pay stray youngsters to turn the
wheel for him.
This. of course, greatly curtailed
his profits; so he set about training
a Newfoundland dog to do the duty
The canine pupil was apt, and is now
installed as the grinders regular as
sistant.
The grindstone is very small one
and, by standing on box, the dog is
able to reach the handle and turn il
fast or slow, as his master desires.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
COMPLICATIONS In Answer.

Johnny, DEAR said the visitor.
John McTurk turned around while
the family cat rescued her tail from
his grubby fist.
Nov that you are going to school.
continued the visitor, Il want tc ask
you a little question. How many mar
bles would you get If gave you TWEEN,
ty to be divided between you a1d An
drew Macdonald"
Johnny thoughtfully rubbed the
point of his nose where the cat had
scratched him.
II dinna ken, "he said.
Come, come" said the elder
"Hows that?"
We'll, man." said Johnny, we
see it's a according. If We gle me
them when we're both here, we'd hae
ten apiece. If Andrew was here and
/ wasna, I'd only haze about five. But
IL l were to get them when Andrew
wasna here l dinna ken whether he'd
haze ony at a."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
Rubber From Sea Fish.

A scientist Of Amsterdam has re-
Gently perfected method by which
he secures a very excellent substi.
tute for ri bier from sea fish. 1t is
claimed that the product has all the
qualities of rubber at one-sixth the
cost. Another new source of rubber
substitute is the "triucall" tree of
Natal. This plant has been hereto
fore regarded as commercially use
less, but recently about one~ton per
week has been shipped to London,
where it is used as insulation for
electric wires.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25


men Of to-day have just such symp-
toms as you describe. What does it
mean?
Look at me. am eighty-two years
old. Sound as nut. Tough as hick-
DRY. Do not know what it is to be
tired. While cannot do as much
physical work as I used to when a
young man, can do great deal.
Probably twice as much as the average
young man Of to-day.
What has kept me SO strong and
well? I will tell you. do not use
tobacco. I do not use alcoholic slim
ulants. do not use tea or coffee
habitually. I go to bed early. I get up
early. am always doing something;
something that occupies my body and
mind. I love to work l take a
cold water towel bath every morning,
winter and summer. It Is these things
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
BOOKS HAVE A PERSONALITY
It Makes Their Influence, According
TO One Authority, Greater Than
That of Man.

The real population Of the world
is not composed of its human bodies
but Of its books Men come and go;
books remain. Life is merely feeder
of literature.
Things, which Johnson said are the
sons of heaven, pass away, while
words, which he called the daughters
Of earth, remain.
There is the Bible; the men who
believed it and the men who disbe-
lieved it have fallen like autumn
leaves, and the book itself is ever
green.
Here is Dante's poem, still standing
like a cathedral, while the author who
built it and the thousands who have
walked in it lie buried in the church
yard
Here is Shakespeare's book; the
men and women in it are more alive
today than were the queen who pat
ronized and the crowd that gaped at
his plays.
The characters Of Dickens have
more reality tnan DlckenS uiuiseii,
the mobiles and millionaires he looked
up to are already forgotten, while
Uriah Heep and David Copperheld are
intimate realities to each succeeding
generation.
A book has a personality of its own,
quite apart from its author, just as
a child cannot be accounted for by
his mother and father. A book leads
it's own life. 1t extends its mastery
over men independently Of their strug
giles against it, or it dies despite their
most meticnlous incubation. 1t wres-
ties not with flesh and blood, but with
other books.
What is a man, any man, compared
to a book? In real value what has
any conqueror done to influence the
lives of men, compared with what
books have done? What are the. ex-
PLOTS of Timour, Alexander and Char.
lemagne to the results of THE Pill,
grirls Progress, "Das Kapital.' IL
Contrat Social" and Progress and
Poverty" New York Independent
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-25
IL Rrinns Them Down.

CORTLAND Field Bishop. who is a!
expert in airmanship in all it:
branches. smiled at dinner in Leno,
= over Grahame Whites contemplate,
transatlantic flight by ~hydro-aero
plane.
The mere discussion of such &
flight" he said, makes the young
lady's joke about lying seem true anc
serious.
IL can't understand the attraction
of flying an elderly man said to this
young lady.
she answered. smiling demurely:
Don't you think It must be the
attraction of gravitation?