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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
PASS UP ELABORATE TOYS
Children Invariably Prefer Something
That Calls for Exercise OF
the Imagination.

When you have put into a child's
hands an extremely elaborate model
it cannot and does not satisfy his
imagination. He will play for whole
day with a train made Of chairs, be-
cause imagination enters the game;
the armchair is an engine, the sofa
is a sleeping car, another armchair
is the baggage car.
But if you give him a perfect thing
his imagination is left out in the cold;
there is no part for it to take In the
game, there is nothing to be done
with the mechanical model except to
break it open and see how it works.
Indeed, more summary methods are
quite naturally attractive. I have
seen little boy Of four years old, to
whom an elaborate working model OF
q motor car had been presented, after
watching it work for few minutes,
take it up in his hand and hurl 1t to
the ground with a smile of satisfac.
ton. 1t was the only thing he could
think of doing with it.
That is why the hoop or the train
Of chairs or the rough and grotesque
toy train will always give more real
pleasure than the most elaborate ma.
chinery that can be conceived; that is
why the rag doll or the woolly lamb
will always lie nearer the hearts af'
fections than the most wonderfully
equipped and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
French poupee.-Exchange
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
REALLY GOOD MUSICAL PUNS
If Such Play Upon Words Ever Is Per-
MISSILE, These Two May Be
Pardoned.

1t is said that a respectable trades
man of the name of G. Sharp was as
tonished one morning to find that
some musical wag had added to his
name the words is fat" which,
however correct in a musical sense,
was certainly far from. complimentary
to the worthy tradesman.
There is another instance in which
a capital musical PUN was perpetrated,
equally correct in a technical sense,
and equally uncomplimentary to the
person at whose expense it was made.
Two gentlemen were passing the shop
of a music seller III the southeast dis
trict of the metropolis, and the pro-
prietor was standing outside the door.
AS they did SO, one Of them pointed
in the direction of the shop, and re-
marked:
"'That liar Is always outside!"
The unoffending tradesman heard
the remark, and wonderful to relate,
seemed immensely tickled at the OBJ
seryation. The secret of it was that
he thought the remark had reference
to his sigma golden lyre-over the
shop-front.-London Tit-Bits.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
Decision on "RecaIW Law.

A suit to test the Washington law
for the recall of officers was heard by
the supreme court of the state IN
Pybus VS.. Smith, city clerk, in which
the plaintiff, councilman of the city
of Wenatchee, sought to have the city
clerk enjoined from calling special
election to submit the question OF his
recall to the voters. 1t appeared that
the charge against the plaintiff was
that he agreed to and did trade votes
with another councilman on matters
pending before the common council,
but the plaintiff contended that the
charge was not one for which he could
be recalled. The lower court dismissed
the plaintiffs suit and in affirming the
Judgment the supreme court said:
whether this appellant could be
convicted of a misdemeanor in our
state upon the charge here made may
be regarded as somewhat doubtful:
But we are, however, of the opinion
that the facts here charged against the
appellant, if true, do constitute NAL
feasance in office On his part, within
the meaning of that word as used In
our constitutional and statutory recall
provisions, and form sufficient legal
cause for submitting to the voters Of
the city the question of his recall and
discharge from public office"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
Fault in Education.

One regrettable fact about the ad'
vanced education of many young per
sons is that they have been alienated
from their homes and families and the
"old-fashined" ways Of the latter. The
tragedy Of this gulf which school and
college have created between students
and their parents is known only to the
mothers and fathers who have endured
it. Usually, also, the explanation is
that the children have not won to even
the beginnings Of wisdom, else they
would value the real worth Of the
parents whose greatness of loyalty anc
service and sacrifice is beyond the
power of the schools to bestow. Any
education which makes boy ashamed
of his mother and father is bad edu
cation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
HAD ENOUGH OF new YORK
Dressmaker From Indiana Formed
Mighty Poor Opinion of the
Great Metropolis.

She was a middle aged person from
the rural districts and evidenced
health in her appearance and perfect
digestion in her breakfast, which con.
sisted of ham and eggs with catchup
on them. The catchup made even the
waitress vince. Her trouble was en-
tirely of the mind, but it was acute.
"What want to know" she said to
the waitress, according to New York
correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
Star, sis how there's 80 many people
in New York when most of 'em, so fur
as see, could git away if they wanted
to. | come here to see tn fashions
actin on the advice Of friends, though
l run a dressmakin' establishment 2G
years in Vevay, Indianny, without
never comm to New York an amt
never comm again. If l ever LOOK
back tn fashions l seen here to VeVay,
I'd lose every customer I've got an
probably cit put out o the church.
New York amt nothin' but a regular
swindle anyway, from end to END an
from before breakfast to lockin' up
time. l was supposed to git quiet
room in a convenient neighborhood'
When I got there it was over shootin'
gallery, an tn things that neighbor.
hood was convenient fur amt nothin'
for you an me to speak Of. I moved
quick an they wouldn't give me back
the deposit | sent when l wrote to en-
gage tn room. But l amt gona under.
take to tell We about all tn little things
like that that happened to me. That's
New York. But I want to tell We one
thing: When 1 git back to Vevay-
and I'm a-goin' today-Im coma put a
sign right in my winder that people
that want New York fashions kin go
to New York an git 'em. Vevay's
good enough for me-"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
Gave Him Away.

"And what, my dear Harrison, do
you do with yourself in the eve
nings?" inquired his old college tutor,
who had come to visit him at his rural
retreat.
WELL" replied young Harrison,
evasively, still feeling little of the
old awe for his visitor, lone reads,
you know, works with the micro
scope, and occasionally has a game
Of chess with the vicar. But, by the
way, sir, know you are interested
in country dialects, and they tell me
one hears the cream of it at the
Golden Lion over there. Shall we in.
vestigate?"
The tutor consented willingly, and
they entered the cozy taproom. No
sooner, however, did the landlord
catch sight of them than, turning to
the youth sitting by the fire, he
CALCULATED:
Get out of Mr.. Harrison's chair,
you t!"-London Tit-Bits.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
NapoIeon's Pen-Wiper.

According to the biographers 81
Napoleon, his breeches were always
of white cashmere. 1t often happened
that two hours after leaving his cham
Der the breeches were spotted with ink
by reason of the Corsican's habit OF
wiping his pen On them and of shak'
ing ink all around him. 1t was a favor
lite trick of his to strike his pen
against the edge of a table and, OF
course, the breeches suffered.
Furthermore, it appears that, how.
ever the great man dressed in the
morning, that was his dress for the
whole day, since he would not change
his toilet until nightfal!. The inside
of his boots was lined with white fus-
tan
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
Japan's Paper UndercIothinq.

The japanese are now making I'M
derclothing of finely crisped or grained
paper, the New York Weekly states.
After the paper has been cut to a
pattern, the different parts are sewn
together and hemmed, and the places
where the buttonholes are to be
formed are strengthened with calico
or linen. The paper is very strong
and at the same time very flexible.
After a garment has been worn a few
hours it will interfere with the per-
spiration of the body no more than do
garments made of cotton fabric.
The paper is not sized, nor is 1t i'm.
permeable After becoming wet the
paper is difficult to tear. When an en-.
deavor is made to tear it by hand it
presents almost as much resistance
as the thick skin used for making
gloves.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
Shiftinu Scenes In Public Life.

BY the time that Congress has
been some months in session, the mem
bers form fast friendships, and the
impulse to have little fun now
and then will assert itself. The other
day one of the large paintings on the
stairway was being taken down, rope
and tackle were required to handle
the gigantic gilt frame, and the sena-
tors stopped while going to lunch to
discuss it.
One of the Democrats remarked
that IF we are going to make real
changes in this administration, let US
make some that the people will rec
ognize as they come and go. You'll
notice that Colonel Roosevelt's and
President Taft's portraits no longer
adorn the executive Office" he finished
exultantly. We must let the shift
ing pictures into the story In these
movie times "-"Afiairs at Washing.
ton," by Joe Mitchell Chapple, in Ma
tional Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
So He Didn't EARN.

"Once," says Albert Rabb, II got the
impression that toying with the soil
was the only life, not only for health,
but for wealth. A man wanted to sell
me 140 acres of land and put me wise
to the fact that $1,000 an acre could
be made off onions in that region. I
figured the thing out hastily and
turned dizzy to find, as I made it,
that the 140 would yield s14,000,000 a
year. That looked good, so 1 held
a family consultation about it.
Maybe there's some mistake-bet-
ter figure it again." suggested my
wife.
II did so, and found that I had left
out a decimal point, and that the year.
ly total was only $4,000, so I gave
1t up and stuck to law"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
Seeing Contemporaries as They Art

Seeing Contemporaries as They Are.
After all, the test of vacation is
the renewed zest with which we take
up our work on our return. The per-
son who lives among his contempor'
aries all the time has no idea what in
teresting people they are. They ap
pear even romantic when one returns
to them from short trip abroad
There is a moment before we begin
again to do things, when we have
leisure to see things.
OF course, we must take up our re
sponsibilities again. Our serious bust
ness with our contemporaries is to
improve their conditions, their morals
and their manners. We do not have
too much time for this work. But be
fore we begin again the attempt to
make them what they ought to be, we
may enjoy the moment when we have
enough freshness Of vision to see them
as they are.-Atlantic Monthly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
HATRED THAT WAR BREEDS
Remarkable Changes in Pleasant Re.
lations Caused by Hostilities Be-
tween Nations.

Hate and war must go hand in hand.
fou couldn't go cut and shoot your
neighbor to death unless you first
hated him. If circumstances should
force you to such thing you would
speedily, by sort of self-hypncsis,
work yourself into a state of mind
where you honestly believed that kill
ing was entirely too good for him.
This is just what the nations in Eu-
rope have done, writes Martin Mar
shall in Leslie's. We read now how
the Germans have despised the Eng
lish in the past and how the French
have for "A years longed for revenge
on the Germans; of how Belgium
hated the kaiser with the hatred of
fear, and of mutual antagonisms be-
tween Teuton and Serb. These senti-
ments were partly official and conven-
tional, but mostly imaginary. The
people got along pretty we'll together.
Frenchmen did business in Berlin and
Germans went holidaying to Paris
London's restaurants were largely
manned by German STATS and Russian
peasants helped to reap the harvests
in Prussia. Educated men in each of
these nations prided themselves on
their familiarity with the languages OF
the others, and enjoyed their litera'
ture, art and music.
Then came war, and all was
changed. Some millions of men were
going to slaughter each other, and
first they had to convince themselves
that they ought to do it. The prelim'
mary era was of window smashing,
street demonstrations, trade boycotts
and Imprisonment Of inoffensive ma
tionals of hostile nations. Then Wag'
ner's music was tabooed in Russia and
France; St. Petersburg must have its
name changed to cleanse it from the
loathsome Teutonic termination; Eng
lish table sauce disappeared from Ber
lin restaurants; Paris styles were an
athena in Vienna; London poured
Munich beer into the cutters; a Paris
magazine started popular prize con
test for the best substitute name for
Eau de Cologne-in short, Europe ran
the whole gamut of silly, sentimental
hysteria preliminary to shooting o!
suspected spies, the hombardment Of
peaceful villages, the killing of women
and children, the strict military
reprisals" that always occur in war
and always shock the victims and the
neutralS
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
Bic Pin Money.

Some of the large dress manufac
turers in New York, in whose factories
a considerable amount Of draping
must be done, find that their bills for
pins frequently run as high as $1,000
a year. Used only once, the pins are
removed and permitted to fall on the
floor, where they are swept away.
Even if gathered up at the days close
they would be too dirty for use again.
A company, just starting in business,
proposes to effect saving in the pin
item by taking all the used pins, and,
having cleaned and polished them, re-
turn them at half what they cost the
manufacturers originally. The expert
ments to produce clean, refinished
pin entailed over years work. 1t
was found that if the pins were gath
cred together by using a magnet they
made a mark on white fabrics, so this
method was discarded. A process has
been discovered, however, whereby the
satisfactory result was obtained.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
The Road to SuccessyiIIe.

"The road to success-I speak OF
financial SUGGESTS rarely long and
arduous," said George W. Perkins in
one of his brilliant Y. NJ. G. A. ad'
dresses in Cleveland. "It IS, as o
rule, short and easy.
"a man nodded toward handsome
young millionaire and said:
"'He began, I suppose, as an office
boy in the establishment, and worked
his way up, step by step, to his pres
ent management Of the whole vast
business?'
"'Not at ALL was the dry answer
Not at all. He began as Harvard
champion baseballer and married the
boss daughter
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
keeninu Fish.

The very best way to keep fish in
camp Tor anywhere without ice) is to
scale, clean and behead them; then
string them by cord through their
tails and hang them, downward, in a
dry, breezy, shady place. No fish
should be eaten that have been lying
in the sun or that have begun to
soften. 1t Is in neglected fish that
ptomaine poison forms.
Do not put fish on string to keep
in water until you start home. It is
slow and painful death to them. If
you have neither live-box nor net with
you, kill and bleed every fish as soon
as caught The flesh will be much
firmer and far more palatable. Fish
and meat should be hung high in the
open, for it is curious fact that blow
flies work close to the ground and sell
dom bother food hung over ten feet
from the ground, while it is claimed
that game or fish suspended at a
height of 20 feet will be immune from
blow-hies.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
FIERCE FIGHT WITH NATURE
,;~L.housa Builders Had to Face Dit.
ficulties That Seemed Almost
Insurmountable.

p,ebt down to the time OF John
eoeton who invented the stone
+ower lis hthouses were built OF WOOD.
II was Smeaton's success IN placing
STONE edifice on the dreaded Eddy
s+one rocks, in the eighteenth century,
which really gave an impetus to light
bouse building, and since then the
sea-builder has achieved many notaple
conuuests in all parts OF the gloDe.
The first erected was that built by
Mr. r. Stevenson on the Bell rock, on
the famous Inchcape reef, or the
coast of Scotland. The construction
of this lighthouse was one long, ter
rible battle with the angry sea. The
securing Of the foundations, naturally
the most hazardous part of the whole
undertaking, proved exceedingly diff
ficult.
1t is recorded that the men worked
with desperation. Only two could re-
main on the rock at time, but they
stuck there with the tenacity Of
leeches, the cold waters Of the North
sea bearing down every few minutes
and sweeping entirely over them.
When the first stone was at last
swung into position the men, ragged,
chilled and worn with the awful strug.
gle, clung to the iron rods which they
had erected upon the roof and cheered
msdly, like soldiers just over the ram
parts of an enemys forts. Again and
again they were absolutely driven
from the rock When the tower be-
gan to appear we'll above the sea. ter
rible storms arose and swamped the
works. On several occasions blocks
weighing as much as two tons were
ruthlessly torn out of their places and
swept into the sea, despite dove
tailed joints and Portland cement. In
the end the sea-builder proved vic
torious, as he always does; but 1t
cost four years labor and the expendi.
ture of 100000 before the lighthouse
stood comprehensive World Maya
zine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
S1OG Reward, $10G

The readers OF this paper VIII be
pleased 10 learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science mas oee ~
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires eonsttutiiontair TT treat at
ternallv. acting directly upon the blood
and i Mucous surfaces of the system; there
bv DESTROYING the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength ST. gsti by
building up the constitution ann ing
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that il. fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, ..
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
rake Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
is Of RARE BEAUTY
CANADA'S FAMOUS RAINBOW
STONE MUCH ADMIRED.
Mixture of Colors and Its Capacity
for High Polish Are the TWO Quail
tiles That Have Brought 1t
Into Prominence.

The gift to Sir Thomas Upton of a
model in serpentine stone of his new
racing yacht has revived interest i'll
this beautiful stone, which some years
ago was much in vogue.
serpentine i, often found in con-
junction with asbestos. Canada pro-
duces about nine-tenths of the worlds
production Of asbestos, which is large
" used for insulating purposes and
also for weaving into flreproof cloth.
In the province of Quebec are to be
found the largest asbestos mines III
Canada. The production is large, and
it is interesting to note that whereas
in 1909 the exports of crude asbestos
were valued at s1,75S,057, in 1913
the figures had increased to S2,486,-
769.
And il the same province are also
to be found some of the worlds most
beautiful deposits of serpentine.
1t was in 1876 that Queen Victoria
and the Prince Consort, when on a
visit to Cornwall, England, were shown
specimens of serocntine, which they
admired so much that several large
pedestals made of this stone were
ordered for Osborne house.
The patronage thus secured brought
serpentine into considerable fashion,
and among others who at that time
favored it were the duke of Westm1l-
ster, who ordered a pair of Luxon
obelisks IA feet in height; the Hon.
Pemberton Lee, who bought the first
and finest chimney-piece ever made
in this material; and the then duke OF
Devonshire, who had several large
pedestals and pilasters, unequaled for
beauty and color, made for his sculp-
ture gallery at Chatsworth.
During the rather short-lived boom
in serpentine which followed, man
ufactory on a large scale Of a great
variety of household and domestic or
naments, etc., was started at Pen
zance, which afterwards passed into
the hands of London company. Ser
pentine was exhibited at the exhibit
tions of 1851 and 1862, and was
awarded medals on both occasions.
Serpentine, it may be mentioned
gets it's name from the variety or the
colcrs which it presents. These colors
are Of the most beautiful and Varle-
gated description imaginable, black and
green, perhaps, predominating, with a
frequent mixture Of diallage; but the
choicest sorts are generally considered
to be those which show the greatest
number Of tints, and chromatic COM
binations are as various and many as
the figures in kaleidoscope.
Some when cut and polished shine
with a metallic green luster on a red
dish base. Then there is a rich jet
black, a purple, a brown, a red, Grim
son, and bronze, and cream-colored,
striped, dappled, CT variously inter
mixed and blended with one or other
tints. 1t we'll deserves the name OF
rainbow stone.
Several of the finest bank and other
buildings in Canada are beautified by
columns, pillars, panels, or f1oorings
of this beautiful and vari-colored
stone, which takes a perfectly exquls'
tie polish.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
Ianan In Korea.

Japan has undertaken to refores,
the bare hills of Korea, and in the last
few years has planted 12,400,000 trees
in that country.
This is piece of far-sighted common
sense which is bound to benefit the
Korean people, even though not de
signed for that purpose. No Ameri
can feels like approving the way il
which Japan overrode the rights of 6
weaker power and annexed Korea, but
every candid observer must admit that
the mikado's men have carried with
them better government and higher
eivilization.-Chi Journal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-27
KILLING TIME ON THE TRAIN
Ena!ishman Describes What One
Might Call the Game of "Trav-
cling ny Ear"

A new way of passing the time on
the railway train is described by a
writer in the Manchester Guardian
who modestly adds that he does not
think the game "as silly as putting
jig-saw puzzles together"
Ny fellow travellers think I am
asleep when I shut my eyes and lean
back on the cushions of the railway
compartment. But in reality am
amusing myself with little game OF
my own, which I call travelling by
ear" You can only do it satisfactor'
lily, of course, on familiar bit OF
line, although 1t is quite interesting
on a strange road. On the route
travel almost daily, I know my way
very we'll by tie sounds Of the track
I can tell to a yard when we are
running on an embankment, when we
slide into a cutting, when we run
through a station, and what station 1t
is (this mainly by the sound of the
adjacent bridge that we run under OF
over. The sound Of deep rock cut
ting is quite distinctive, and different
although there are points of resem
blance, too, from the dull roar of a
tunnel.
Tunnels in limestone, adds our cor
respondent, seem to me to have an in
dividual and rather unpleasant sharp
ness-piercingness-of roar. Upward
gradients slacken the pace Of train,
of course. and also alter what / can
only call Its "footfall' noise, and when
we come to the top of an incline, it
seems as If the train gave kick as
If to say: "There!" ere it's l.boring
changes into easy gliding and swifter
speed on the level. On my homeward
journey our driver generally sllckens
speed trifle as we run over a ring
ing girder viaduct; then after a few
yards of deep cutting, we run under
wide and shallow bridge just before
the home station is reached. I time
precisely my movements so as to open
my eyes, rise to my feet, get my par
GELS off the rack, and have the win
! dow dropped exactly as the train
stops.