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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-22

psalms Of praise or penitence, and
made fill and dale echo the refrain
of mirthful melody or nournfuI
elegy.
"7'he heather never sing. No star
of hope shines in Pagan skies. nc
song of peace cheers their night OF
stupid gloom. Only the true believ-
er3 in the true God have their hymns
of hope and songs for sorrows. The
harps that have made happy the sad
h ,arts of humanity were attained on
lions hill.
Isl Basil says: The Psalms con-
tain perfect theology Would you
learn what TO pray and how? Then
study The songs of David. All the
moods and lenses of the glad or sad
eauls q men find terms and tunes
/, in the Iible's many psalms Are YOU
in the y,le of tears? Hope thou in
God, s,ys the psalm.
+ Are you in temptations? He
makes plain paths for willing feet,
sings the trusting soul. Do foes as
sail VI H.? He delivers us out of all
our fears is your triumphant chant.
Do infidels sneer at your religion?
Tell them in words divine, THE fool
hath said in his heart, there is no
God.
would fou repent of sin, secret
and or.n? Then find in scriptural
psalmody the very words you want
and need.
Would you express thankful
pralsea Open this hymn-book of the
angels and Join the choir invisible.
"Other Rible-books furnish food for
faith end fact for actions, but the
psalms ewaken our best feelings and
answer our deepest emotions. Here
are the heart-springs of human ma
turo, and here the full, free foun-
tains IF divine peace and joy
What other scriptures command
us TO Go the psalms show us how
to do it. Some pious, charitable
souls think some psalms vindictive
and make us pray for the punish
ment oc the wicked. 1t is not so
Such Us alms breathe an undertone OF
forbearance and forgiveness. They
are uttered as q warning to the enc
my and intend his salvation. The
fear ~ the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom The wrath of God is evok-.
ed to the. end that the wicked may
be saved.
For every grief of the human soul
/ will find some psalm to heal I:
for It's every bruise some balm to
heal; for every trial some way TO
rest; for every temptation some re-
fuge; itr every experience of blissful
10Y or bitter grief some full and free
expression and satisfaction. Yea.
more. for mental quest we find an
answer in these songs of Zion, in
tellectual inquiries after God find
here their response in answers OF
hope, r,oral longings are richly re-
warded, national ambitions rise in
patriotic poeans of victory Every
phase OF personal, social, moral, spir'
itual l.fe we find in these many
minded, God-given psalms"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-22
RYE APPOINTS PARIS MAN
CHIEF OF C0MMISsARy

Nashville, April 21.--E. G. Browne,
of Paris, has been appointed by the
board of control to the position of
chief tf the commissary department
of the main prison here.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-22
Eused AIumlna.

"Alundum" is the name given to 9
fused form of alumina. 1t II exten-
sively used in the manufacture Of
crucibles and other vesseIs for which
q refractory material Is needed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-22

ALICE NIELSEN OF THE METROPOLITAN AND BOSTON OPERA
COMPANIES
Alice Nielsen
Companies 100 Red
celebrated
chain 1t
will
this
the
talent
artists
Nashville She beautiful southern
of
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-22

DR.. Fahrney's Teething Syrup Is
the only baby medicine that is always
safe. Teething made easy. No bad
nights.-Advt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-22
A Sluggish Liver Needs Attention

Let your Liver get torpid and you
are in for a spell of misery. Every
body gets an attack NV and then,
Thousands of people keep their Liv-
ers active and healthy by using DIR.
Kings New Life Pills. Fine for the
Stomach, too. Stop the Dizziness,
Constipation, Bilousness and Indiges-
tion. Clear the blood Only 25c at
your Druggist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-22

Fickle weather. DR.. Fafirney's
Teething Syrup is always dependable.
Doctors prescribe It. Write for free
sample.--Advt.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
FROM A DISORDERED MIND
Premonitions the Product of Lax Men,
tai DiscipIine-Sugaestion
Great Factor.

The belief in premonitions is based
upon superstition, suggestion, and
fear. Premonitions are indicative of
lax mental discipline, and serve to
show that the mind is permeated with
fear and dominated by dread.
People are more subject to premo'
nitions on dark and dismal days.
They are also common in the spring
and in the fall. This particular form
of dread is also greatly increased by
suggestion. I we'll recall case of a
suburban wreck a few years ago, IN
which the front coach was badly de-
molished, and l noticed that for
months and even years after this ac-
cident, that the passengers studiously
avoided that front coach. There was
an immediate decrease in the number
of people who would allow themselves
to ride in that car. The soil and the
seed for suggestion are both needed to
produce monitions.-Exchange
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
FeRNs NEED the SUNLIGHT
Idea That They Must Be Confined AL.
ways to Darkness Is a Mis-
taken One.

The prevalent idea that ferns must
have no sun is wrong one. Ferns
will live in the shade, and there are
some sorts, of course, that are
scorched by the sun. But most ferns
that are cultivated in the house like
good deal of sunlight, and never do
their best without it.
Window boxes where ferns are
growing should be sprinkled lavishly
twice a day. If the leaves are dry and
dusty they should be well shaken be-
fore sprinkling.
If possible, get the earth with which
to fill your boxes from an old hotbed-
rich loan and rotted manure about
half and half.
Failing that, take any which is
handy and enrich it with ammonia,
and bone meal, mixed thoroughly. A
heaping teaspoonful of manure is
enough for a siX-inch pot of earth.
Neither must be kept directly on the
roots Of the plants. Liquid fertilizer,
likewise, must be kept off the roots,
stem and leaves. Make hole at one
side Of a trench just inside the pot
rim, pour in the fertilizer and let 1t
sink, then put back the earth.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
Eorneo Pirates.

Brunei, Borneo, is one of the strang-
est cities in the world. Once the
headquarters of the Borneo pirates, 1t
is a kind of eastern Venice, being
built entirely over the water. This
remarkable city is the capital of the
state of Brunei, Borneo. All the
houses are built over the River Linn
bang, constructed on slender piles
made from the Nibong palm, a wood
that resists the action of water for
many years. The inhabitants OF
Brunei are Malays, Kadayans, Orang
Buskits, and a few Muruts. They
earn their living mostly by trading
with other tribes in the interior Of
Sarawak and British North Borneo
Some of them are very skillful brass
workers, and the Brunei women make
beautiful cloth, interviewer and EN-
broidered with gold thread. Sage is
grown in the valleys near by, and
small quantity of rice is also raised
In the early part of the nineteenth
century Brunei was the rendezvous o.
the dread Borneo pirates, and a mar
ket for the slave trade.-Wide Worlt
Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
HARD TO DEFINE BEAUTY
Subtle Quality Makes Its Appeal Only
to Those Gifted With the
Right Insight.

That which is beautiful is always
but mucn that the world in general
counts as pretty is anything but beau
tiful in the esthetic eye.
Prettiness is of the face and obvi-
Gus, but beauty is of the soul, and
therefore, more subtle. Some very
crudely colored calendars will appeal
to many as being beautiful, though
to the cultured eye they are far from
suggestive Of grace in either tone
or form.
There have been many attempts to
define beauty, yet it cannot be said
that any definition has thrown much
light upon the subject. 1t manlfests
itself in such an infinite variety Of
forms, though there is general agree
ment that it's highest expression is
in the female form divine. Even here
the diversity is so extensive that the
people of no two races, let alone ma
lions, have ever agreed upon the same
type. The Madonnas of the worlds
artists are striking instances OF the
different conceptions Of the utmost
spiritual grace.
This much is certain; mere pretti-
ness, whether in woman, painting,
sculpture, music, poetry or literature
is either a primal or artificial har-
mony in no wise pleasing to those
who have come to know the best. And
much of that best is not so very diff
cult to appreciate. 1t is largely a mat
ter of education and of habit Some
people perceive harmony with readi-
ness in certain forms and are yet OBJ
livious to it in others. There are col
or-blind musicians and tone-deaf sculp-
tors.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
KEEP FALL PIGS ADVANCING
More Care Is Necessary to Good
Growth of Animals Than Those
Farroweo in the Spring.

To keep fall pigs steadily advancing
a bit more care is necessary than IS
generally essential to the good growth
of spring-farrowed animals.
Letting fall pigs crowd is a serious
thing and always results in loss.
Warmth may be had without crowd
ing.
Feeding pigs at this season is no
serious task. Remember that large
and small should not be fed at the
same trough.
A good thick slop of shipstufr, some
soaked cracked corn and oats and we'll
cured alfalfa or clover hay we'll cut
and steamed will keep them thriving.
Every farmer does not have this, but
he should plan to get. it. Last fall
one of the heartiest punches of pigs
you ever saw were fed on cut alfalfa
(that had been cured green) and some
corn and oat chop. These three are a
fine combination.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
NECESSITIES FOR THE HOGS
Water Troughs Should Be Arranged
So That They Can Be Emptied
Quickly and Then Cleaned.
By r. G. WEATHERsToNE.)

(By X. u. WEAIHEEtSIONE .)
Hog troughs should be arranged so
that they can be quickly and thor
oughly cleaned and all feed left over
removed.
It is a good practice to have the
water troughs made so they can be
emptied as soon as the hogs have
drunk their fill, as this prevents
trcughs from becoming filthy by the
hogs walking and roofing in them.
Hogs need a moderate amount of
salt but il it is placed in large guam
titles where they can reach it at all
times occasionally they will eat more
than is good for them.
Never send a hog hungry to bed
any more than you would boy. A
heavy feed at night will help to keep
up the heat.
After experience with both perma-
nent hog houses, and small portable
shelters that can be readily moved
from place to place, the writer con-
siders the small colony house much
superior so far as maintaining the
health of the swine is concerned, and
they are also less expensive.
Whichever type of house is used, 1t
should have a good floor that can be
easily cleaned and disinfected. In
dry weather a dirt floor becomes
worked up into fine dust that is
injurious to pigs when inhaled; in wet
weather it is difficult to keep the bed
dry.
Bedding for swine should be scant,
but of good quality. Forest leaves or
corn husks make excellent bedding.
Straw soon becomes ground into a
dust that is irritating to the lungs and
makes the pigs cough. When infected
with germs it is liable to cause chronic
pneumonia.
All hog houses should be kept clean;
they should be thoroughly disinfected
every two or three months and a coat
of disinfecting whitewash applied.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
POULTRY
FATS
CARING FOR INDIAN RUNNERS
Green Feed Is Most Important Part OF
Ration Whenever Fowls Are Not
Free to Range.

By C. 8. VALENTINE, Poultryman.
Copyright, 1914)
The very special care of the Runner
younglings covers the first week, for
they must not be chilled, overfed or
left without water. They chill easily
at first and sometimes get cast on their
little fat backs and may be unable to
right themselves. Water Of blood tenn
perature should be the first supply,
then stale bread lightly moistened in
sweet milk. After week bran, mid
dIings and later cornmeal and meat
scraps are added to the ration. Sprout-
ed oats, chopped lettuce or cabbage or
any available palatable green feed is a
most important part Of the ration
whenever the ducks or ducklings are
not free to range. Nothing, however,
quite equals red or white clover or al
falfa, either grazed or supplied artifi-
cially. A new producer Of green feed
for yarded fowls is the Chinese cab
bage, which looks like two foot let
tuce and Is extremely tender.
Those who can should permit wide
range, with water privilege, after the
ducklings are seven or eight weeks old,
for this gives great muscular strength
and lessons feed bills, while with ma
ture ducks it is likely to increase the
hatchability of the eggs. In general,
bran, middlings, shorts and red dog
are the main reliance to produce frame
and muscular development. Maize,
oats and barley meal (the latter two
sieved while the ducklings are yet
smalD tend to add fat Meat helps
along both lines, and bonemedl helps
to make a good frame.
Shelter may be of the simplest, but
must provide comfort and equable con-
ditions. These, after ample feed and
water, being the key to success, and
those birds which, when well matured,
are thus provided and allowed to order
their own lives within these limits
usually become the largest producers.
The greatest success have known
has come through using barn base
ment for shelter, leaving food where
the birds always had access to 1t and
freedom to go and come at will. These
birds were handled by an elderly Won-
an, far past eighty, known as "a good
feeder" They produced for three years
under her systematic care an average
of practically S. eggs from each 100
ducks daily-more, Of course, in the
summer than in winter. The best
general average production of hens IN
any state in the Union Census report
is less than % eggs per 100 hens for
every day in the year, showing bal
ance In favor of the Indian Runner
duck Of Is eggs per year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09

through the fluff it reduces the fever
which is in their blood at this time.
If you have windows in the hen
house, keep them clean. as the hens
need all the sunlight they can get
these days.
Hens suffer from a damp hen house,
so it is we'll to keep the floor covered
with litter.
Be sure to keep plenty Of fresh wa
ter before the hens.
A great amount Of water Is used to
form an egg.
Put your thinking cap on and don't
let other work crowd out the chicks.
Let the poultry have a share OF the
sour milk.
II you have not had the nerve to use
the open front house during the win
ter you had better begin now by re-
moving the windows on the north and
use muslin.
Eggs from hens that have made. a
fair showing in laying this winter will
be more fertile than those that did
heavy laying.
Keep a flock of hens, a good cow or
two, prepare for good garden this
year. and you won't have to complain
of the high cost Of living.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
WORTHY 70 GoMMANn MEN
Reglmental Head Had Qualities That
- Won for Him the Respect of
His Troops.

General Franks, leader of many a
dashing charge in India, held a unique
position among his soldiers. They
loved him for his courage, but were
sometimes irritated by is strictness.
Yet in spite of this exacting severity
he was unexpectedly lenient when a
large occasion demanded it.
One day, when the regiment was
firing blank" a bullet whistled by
him. He did not stop the firing, but
when the number of rounds ordered
had been completed he rode up to the
line and said:
Boys, there's a bad shot in the
Tenth. He nearly shot my trumpeter,
and what should l have said to the
boys mother? I don't want to know
the blackguard's name. The officers
will not examine the mems pouches"
This was on the eve of campaign,
and before action the senior major
came to him and said: Don't put
yourself in front Of the regiment to-
morrow, sir. You know there are al
ways one or two bad men in regi-
ment."
Thank you, major" was the re-
ply. tits very kind Of you. 1 might
have given you a STEP"
When the Tenth was drawn up for
the final advance he put himself at
its head, and called:
Boys, I'm tould We name to shoot
me today. Take my advice and don't
shoot Tom Franks until the flghting's
done, for We won't find better man
to lade vel"
The regiment answered with a
cheer and carried the Sikh batteries
with the bayonet, rather than run the
risk of shooting the beloved old fire
eater at their head.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
Ccgcndah!e Stock.

Here is one that was told at social
function orc c"aning, when the CONVEX
sation turned to the ways of Wall
street:
Some time ago Smith dined with a
friend named Jones. Jones rallied
around Wall street and had to do with
stocks and bonds, and eventually the
talk between the two travelled in that
trend.
"By the wy, Jones'" remarked
Smith, Il picked up something dirt
cheap the ctEcr dcy. 1t stood at SO
when I bought it and by the time
got home it had touched 49,"
Gee whiz!" exclaimed Jones
That's like having a donation party
thrust on you What was it,"
"a new thermometer" was the
chuckling rejoinder of Smith.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
PROPER CARE OF THE HORSE
Idle Animals Often Are Injured or
Lost by overfeedns-Many Colds
May Be Prevented.

A Pennsylvania man had a fine
young horse die from nothing in the
world but overlooking when not in
work. If he had cut the ration down
to one-half while the animal was
standing in the stable idle, it would
not have had azoturia, a disease that
is almost always fatal.
When your horses take cold, few
drops of oil of Ear dropped into the
feed will do lot of good.
When you put the horse in the sta
BILE, wet from hard work or driving on
the road, rub down first with dry
straw. then put on a light blanket
later following with a heavier one.
A horse cared for that way will rare
ly take cold.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
LONG AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE
Evan p. Howell Man OF Whom HIS
Native State Might Well
Feel Proud.

Probably no Georgian was ever
more popular than was Evan Howell,
born at Warsaw, Ca, December 10,
1889. Several of his ancestors were
distinguished in the Revolution, and
Evan P. was prominent as an officer
in Georgia regiments in the Civil war,
one of his activities being the organ
ization of Howelps battery. Previous
to the war, in 1859, he had been grad
uated from the law school of the Uni
yersity of Georgia Emerging from
the war without a dollar he went to
work on the old and dismantled How
ell farm near Atlanta and with his
own hands built house in which he
lived for a year with his wife and
two children. In 1867 he took posi-
ton on the Atlanta Intelligencer as
city editor until he could begin his
law labors, at which he was quite sue
cessful. In 1876 he was attorney for
the Atlanta Constitution, which was
in financial trouble at the time. In
his examination Of the books he saw
that it was really good property,
bought a half interest, assumed
charge of the paper and the stock
soon scared until it was so valuable
that there was none on the market
Captain Howell had been warm
friend Of the brilliant Henry w.
Grady, gave him position on the
Constitution and sold him fourth
interest. Under such management the
paper became one of the most infu-
entail and profitable in the South.
Clark Howell, son of Captain Howell,
succeeded Mr.. Grady when the latter
died in 1889, and became sole mana
ger and editor when his father retired
in 1897. Captain Howelps home
was one of the most attractive in At
lanta.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
Discouraqinq Dishonesty.

Punishment for giving short weight
is far from new, and the Turks long
ago took drastic measures to check
this tendency on the part of trades
men. The Sultan Achmet II, walking
through the streets of STEAMBOAT, saw
at the door of a bakers shop the
owner, his hands tied behind him, with
one ear nailed to a post. Upon inquiry
he was told the cause of the poor fell
lows predicament. "Who is hep
asked the sultan. MAY it please your
highness," was the reply, 'he supplies
the bread for the imperial seraglio."
"Ah, my baker? Then set up another
post and nail his other ear to it. The
sultan's baker should have a double
reason for honesty"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09
FRESH AIR FIR SWINE
Too Little Attention Paid to Win
ter Quarters.
,brsf,s Are Prime Promoters OF Co'os'
which Develop Into Pneumonia
Provide Ample Ventilation
From Top Of House.
INV !. Al pENNINGTON.)

NJ, ,nany men who keep hogs pay
n, attention TO the ventilation OF thelr
winter quarters, or IL they attempt TO
ventilate at all, they do little more
th.n leave a few cracks around the
hottom through which the cold air can
get in but provide no way for IL 10
get out.
Experience has shown that drafts
are bad for swine. They are the prime
promoters of colds, which develop
into pneumonia, and what IS gehei-
ally known as swine fever.
It Is important that the pottom
boards of the hog house should pe
thoroughly we'll battened and the Ill
visions between the pens should De
treated in the same way.
Ample ventilation should be PROVO
ed from the top of the house and not
bv underneath drafts. Who has not
seen hogs piled upon each other IN
cold weather, shivering, fighting 10
get into a warm place!
Under such conditions it is impos-
sible for a hog to put on nesn' anu
there are nine chances to ten that ne
will take cold, which may develop
into serious lung trouble.
Overhead ventilation is easily Sc
cured by leaving an open space OIL,
say six inches, between the top OF the
outside wall and the roof. An Eng
fish farmer, who has had great sue
cess with hogs, builds his houses with
q section of the wall hung on sWlVef
pin in the middle, which can be swung
omen whenever sunlight and air are
needed. When the section is released
it swings back into an upright posi-
ton by gravitation.
In order to let the rays OF the sun
into every part of the building, the
houses have been laid out north and
south, so that by opening the wall
shutters on the east side, the morning
sun is let in, and by opening those on
the west side, the rays of the after
noon sun can penetrate to every part
of the house, keeping it sweet and
clean.
No less important than proper ven
tilation is drainage. A floor that Will
be absolutely impervious to dampness
can be made of four parts gravel to
one Of cement, making a floor of one
and one-half inch thickness and top
ping off with half an inch Of sand and
cement in the proportions of two parts
sand to one of cement.
This will give a two-inch floor, per-
fectly smooth and easy to sweep and
clean. 1t should have pretty sharp
fall, at least one-half inch per foot
from one end to the other, in order
that the liquid manure can be drained
into a proper receptacle for distribu-
ton to various parts of the farm.
The floors of the hog houses should
be thoroughly cleaned every day. The
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-09

corn In one and meat meal In tho
other, made the largest al | cheap,
est gains, reaching the weight of $50
pounds the quickest, and paid the big
gest profit on a bushel of corn. They
weighed $50 pounds at eight months
old, and were sent to market 26 days
before any of those from other fields
had reached the same weight.
One thing which this experiment in
Dictated was that hogs which are grow
ing and fattening on alfalfa pasture
and receiving a full feed of corn,
need a protein supplement in the IA
ton. 1t also showed that self-feeding
of corn and meat meal separately is
practical and economical with hogs
that are running on alfalfa.