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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
The lest.

do you really believe college edu-
cation helps a young man in business
life?"
81 know it does. At college my boy
was the champion Splinter of his
class. and now he has job as bank
runner"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
The Way Il Goes.

Judging from the way that ma
talks, he must be fairly hard up.
you suppose he's hungry
"Oh, no. He's been keeping six M
tor cars and has had to dispose Of on
The man who's consoling him gets
salary of $4,000 a year"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Vigorous Reform.

There are sermons in stones
Possibly" replied Miss Cayensf
that accounts for the fact that scsl
of the sermons intended to reform Y
cities remind you Of a man thrown
rocks"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Same Power.

81 have tribute to my powers as |
actor. l can draw tears from N.
and women alike any time by workiI
on their feelings"
"Humph. | can do that, too"
"On the stage?"
mo, in my Office. I'm dentist
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
OF Course.

"How did you like the perfas
ance?"
1T was very tame"
you surprise me. thought II y
a lot of trained polar bears|
at was. but they had to be tan
didn't they?"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
IL Hammered In Boston.

1.-The new generation is too flippant
about serious things of life," averred
Mr. Baconstreet.
81 just heard young fellow call for
what he termed "a thousand on
plate Is that the way to order
beans?"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Some Farms Too LARGE.

While every man ought to own a
bit Of land there is such a thing as
having too much. Big farms are all
right for those who have money
enough to equip them properly, but
the man of moderate means is much
better of with little place conven-
lent to a good cash market.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
5UST ONE BONDS
PILL At BED TIME

VIII relieve that disagreeable Head
ache, Sour Stomach, Dizziness, Coat.
ed Tongue, due to an inactive Liver.
Don't take Calomel, Bonds Pills are
far better, and they will remove the
cause. You wake up well. 25c. All
Enthusiastically.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
DeterioratinQ.

is it true that sailors in the Unit
ed States navy are taught to crochet?'
asked the fair girl.
Not yet" answered the irate states
man, but we are developing among
our jackies some first-class timber
for glee clubs"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Desjre for Small EruIts.

Along with strawberries comes the
desire for other small fruits such as
blackberries. raspberries, currants.
etc. These can be had in straight
caned varieties that do not take much
room and are easily cared for.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Keen the Roots Moist

When the trees are brought to the
orchard use care that they do not dry
out. The good old method Of using
barrels containing water in which
the trees are kept until lifted to be
placed in the hole Is excellent.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Easily Explained.

THAT man seems to be making a
great deal of money"
Yet in the nature of his business,
he is always up against it."
How is that?"
HE is a wall decorator"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
The Soul OF Repartee.

Mrs. Givem-You are a loafer.
Weary Willie-Yes'm; a siIea
loafer.-New York Sun.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Svmpathy for Dumb Animals.

"The doctor says l ought to ride a
horse" said the large man..
HE may be a good DOCTOR" replied
the athletic person, 'but he Is no
member of the S. P. c. A."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Wasn't Soothed.

"Your friend sent me a very excited
letter yesterday"
That's odd. / thought he told me
he had composed it."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

The Episcopal church of this coun
try received 100000 in gifts last
year.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Shelter the Machinery.

The man who lets his plows stand
In the field during the winter should
remember that manufacturers have
not yet discovered iron and steel that
will not rust.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

Denver has sent to the Pacific coast
towns a special trainload of business
boosters.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

Sign Of Mismanasement.
II a sheep has snuffles 1t is sure
sign Of exposure or mismanagement
somewhere.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

The fickleness Of fortune is only ex
ceeded by the faithfulness of misfor
tune.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Really Reliable.

is your maid trustworthy"
Trustworthy? Why, / even give
her the key to the bread box!"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

And it is easier to marry q girl
her beauty than IL is to live win =
for the same reason.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

Smile, smile, beautiful clear white
clothes. Red Cross Ball Blue, American
made, therefore best. All grocers. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

Occasionally a workman is willing
to admit that his boss knows almost
as much as he does.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Out He Went.

John" announced his mother-in-
law, "the furnace has gone out"
II think I'll follow its example"
said he, as he reached for his hat.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

The first Brazilian vessel to enter
the port Of Boston was recently seen
there.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

Naturally, a butter-in is usually a
sorehead.-Albany Journal.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

The really conceited man is the
whole parade when walking alone.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
Not Standinu.

Bills he In the standing army?
Jill-No, he's In the cavalry.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

Have Hanford's Balsam on hand for
accidents. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20
The ApproprIata Ihina

The Appropriate Thing.
what did they do when that speak
easy caught fire?"
"Sent in q still alarm"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-20

important TO Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
Greatest Battle In History On.


The greatest battle of all time Is
taking place on the eastern front oil
the war.
Battle is following battle in one
continuous thunder of rifles, artillery
and hand-to-hand combat over a field
1890 miles long. From Tilsit, in the
northeast corner of East Prussia
where German reinforcements appar
emily are holding the Russians IN
check, through the marshes of south
ern East Prussia and Poland into the
passes and over the defles OF the
snow-ccvered Carpathians to Buko'
wilma and on the lofty Caucasus, the
armies of the czar, single-handed, are
fignting the Germans in their attempt
to break trough to Warsaw.
The latest available official reports
Of tie f2h.:2g show Russia's greatest
success to have been in the Carpatn'
ia,.;, where the Austro-German offen'
si,a has broken against the Russian
defense and the bitter weather en-
CO. 1tc-ed in the mountains.
\.hlIe the Teuton allies in the east
erl part of the range seem to have
bc,n strong enough to compel the
P-ssians to retire from Bukowina, the
Russians appear after the fierce bat
ties Of last Sunday to have almost
complete command of the middle and
western rortion of the mountains.
Il IS impossible so say yet whether
the next BIZ battle will take place in
this district or in East Prussia, as
Grand Duke Nicholas, with whom the
initiative remains, has not disclosed
his intentions. He may either strike
between Tilsit and Insterburg, in East
Prussia, or threaten to cut Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg's communlca'
tions with Thorn by a movement
along the lower Vistula.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
Mire Blow-Up Kills Twenty.

Twenty miners were killed and 16(
escaped death in an explosion in the
Carlisle mine Of the New River Goa
company at Fayetteville, w. Va.
That so many men escaped aftal
bang entombed was due to the fact
that tie cage and shaft were moi
damaged. While many were brough
cut by the cage, scme managed le
climb out through the air shafts.
Four men were rescued by search
ing parties, who penetrated the mine
soon after the explosion, which IS be
level to have been due to the ignition
OF a pocket Of gas from a miners
7aop, One of the rescued men, sutter
Jug from burns, was sent to hos
i,ital.
Six bodies, none OF which has bee'
identified, were found near where the
explosion occurred, by the first res
cue party to descend. Later a more
extended search OF the mine, follow
in gthe clearing away of debris, led
to the finding of fourteen more bodies
All hal been killed by after damp
while at work.
State mine inspectors, who tok
carge of the mine, learned that lS9
men had gone into the workings. All
the victims were of foreign birth or
NEGROES.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
AIR FLEET ATTACKS
GERMANS IN FORCE
54 British AaTOpIanes Bonn
bard Belgium Towns.

The British aerial division made all
attack in force on the German posi-
tions in Belgium.
There were thirty-four air craft in
the attack, and considerable damage
was inflicted by the bombs droppe
by the aviators on Middlekerke and
Ostend.
Claude Grahame-White, the flight
commander, fell from his machine OIL
Nieuport, but was rescued from the
ocean uninjured by a French war
ship.
The following account of the raid
was issued by the British official In
formation bureau:
"The secretary of the admiralty
makes the following announcement:
During the last twenty-four hours
combined aeroplane and seaplane op
erations have been carried ont by the
naval wing in the Bruges, ZeebrUgge
Blankenburghe and Ostend districts
with a view to preventing the deyel
opment of submarine bases and es
adjustments. Thirty-four naval aero
planes and seaplanes took part.
"Great damage is reported to have
been done to the Ostend railway sta
ton, which, according to present in
formation, has probably been burned
to the ground The railway station al
Blankenburghe was damaged and the
railway lines were torn up in many
places.
Bombs were dropped on gun posi-
tions at Middlekerke and also on the
power station and the German mine
sweeping vessels at Zeebrugge, bu'
the damage done is unknown.
During the attack the machines
encountered heavy banks Of snow. No
submarines were seen.
Flight Commander Grahame-White
fell into the sea off Nieuport and wa
rescued by a French war vessel, al
though exposed to heavy gun ti"e
from rifles, anti-aircraft guns, mach 1t
guns, etc.
Gall of the pilots are safe. Two ma
chimes were damaged"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19

From East Prussia to Caucasus, 1900
Mile Line Is Locked In a Great
Eattle.
Further explanation of the retire
ment Of the Russian forces IN Eas'
Fr.ssia is made in an official state
ment issued in Petrograd, which says:
"It is believed we are upon the eve
of a great operation which must solve
definitely the struggle in East Prus
sia."
Warning is given that because ol
the necessity for military secrecy lit
tie information may be expected re-
garding the operations which are
about to begin. The Russians are
seeking the shelter of their own for
tresses, the statement asserts, before
attempting to take more concentrat'
ed" locations from which to oppose
the heavily reinforced Germans.
The Russians claim the garrison OF
the fortress of Przemysl is exhausting
itself in fruitless sorties. A final re-
pulse of the Germans who temporarily
occupied the heights of Kozioucka,
after twenty-five assaults, is reported
The communication follows:
at has been established that recent
Iy there have appeared in East Prus
sia four new corps 100000 mem OF
the German army, consisting partly
of troops transported from the west
front, partly of new recruits and part
ly of reserve forces.
This radically changed. conditions
and involved the necessity OF our
troops retiring in order to facilltat'
recompositicn to locations more cor
centrated. This object, it was belie''
ed, could be better attained upon our
own territory in the shelter of our
fortresses.
"This circumstance renders 1t ne
cessery that few inquiries be made
cont erning future combats, taking &C
count OF the strict necessity for the
| observance Of military secrecy.
LITTER twenty-five frustrated at
! tempts the Germans succeeded in oc
cupying in great force, after a des
perate struggle, the heights of kc
ziouc!,a, but were dislodged after
violent bayonet attack, leaving 40
4 dead on the field"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
VARIED AGAINST
HARMiuC SHIPS
Germany and Britain Told Of
Blockade Danger.
INSIST ON SAFETY TO VESSELS
Washington Declares We Have Right
to Sail High Seas Unless Blockade
Is Declared.

The United States warned Great
Britain and Germany that general
use OF the American tag by British
vessels would be viewed with grave
concern here, and that the destruc
tion by Germany of any American yes
sci in the newly prescribed war zone
would lead to serious complications.
It became known that the text OF
the two notes sent to these two pow
ers expressed much more emphatl
cally than had been generally known,
the displeasure of the United States
at the use of neutral flags by British
merchantmen, and its solicitude over
the implication that neutral vessels
were liable to destruction by German
submarines in the waters around
Great Britain and, Ireland.
In the document which has been
transmitted to Ambassador Gerard, at
Berlin, for presentation to the Ger
man foreign office, there is friendly
but pointed statement that American
vessels should have free and unre'
stricted passage through the high seas
and unblockaded waters, and that de-
struction of an American vessel might
lead to a change in the hitherto
friendly relations which have existed
between the United States and Ger.
many.
While in the note to Great Britain
the representations made are not
based on the Lusitania incident, but
on the statement of the British for
eign office jIstifying the use OF neu'
trail flags by it's vessels, the United
States has stated unequivocally, 1t is
understood, that continuance OF the
practice would be highly dangerous tc
neutral vessels and would be viewed
with deep anxiety in Washington.
Among diplomatists the fact tina
the United States has taken a pro
rounced stand has created profoIn(
impression. -E.
No Joint representations with thu
United States on the same subjects
Lave been made by any OF the heu
trails, though the various foreign OF
fees, through their ministers in Wash aas!hH
ingtcn have consulted the Amer1easIl tasl
government as TO its attitude.
There is no question, according {
those who are familiar with th'
..merican position, that the issuant'
cf any orders from the British ad
,uiralty, as Germany alleges, author
:zing the use of the American flag
,7ould be Iisapproved. The Britis'
foreign office statement was taken b!
officials as tantamount to a suggestion
70 R9itish vessels that they coult
hoist neutral flag. 1t is such an OH
cial and general countenance to th
practice to which the United State
takes exception.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
Zerre!ia ?Iunces Into Sea.

The entire crew of a Zeppelin air
ship, which has been MISSING for four
days, was G-owpeI when the air*hlp
fell into the North sea off the coast oil
Denmark DUNG a storm, it IS report
Cd q Friadl:chsharen, Germany. De
tails of tie disaster have net been re-
ceiyed. The iIl-!ated airs.ip was one
of the newest Zeppelin type.
Il is said in Geneva taat one Zep2e
lin and two airships OF the ParseTal
tyne will accompany the German
troops detailed to take the fell
AGAINST Scrbia. The Parsevals, deaat
eli ard .caaed on special railroad
trucks, Passed through Munich Men
day on the way to Vienna
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR firm;
winter clear, $7@7.40; city mills, fam
RYE FLOUR firm, at s7G7.50 per
barrel.
WHEAT firm; No. red, $3.50
CORR quiet; No. yellow, 8OGS1c.
OATS s.~ady; No. . white, G50
65Iac.; lever grades, 63c.
POTATOES steady, at G3065c. per
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, $50
17c.: old roosters, 11012c.. Dressed
firm; choice fowls, 197ac.; old roost-
ers, lac.
BUTTER firm; fancy creamery, 36c.
EGGS steady; selected, 80 @ 34c.;
nearby, 30c. western, 30c.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
Gets s4.noo.ono War Order.

Orders for projectiles aggregating
s4.OOO.O00 are understood in Bridge
port. Conn, to have been placed VIII
a local munitions manufacturing COM
nanv for one of the warning nations.
While 1t was stated at the factory
that nothing was known of this par
ticular contract, it was admitted tnat
the plant, which has been unusually
busv has been working on foreign
orders.
It was said also that the company
Is working on orders for the Uniteo
| States government.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
GERMANS DROP
BOMBS ON vERDUN
100 Explosives Are Hurled on
French FOriifiCdiiOnS.
FIERCE FIGHT II ARGONHE
Kaiser's Forces Made Furious Attack
But Were RepuIsed by Infantry ana
Artillery.

German aviators have bombardeo
he great French Notifications at YER
Gun, on the Meuse, the Berlin war OIL
fee says. One hundred bombs were
dropped IN the forts there.
Tie battle in the ArgCnne region,
which rage with fury for a couple OF
days, appears to have abated for the
present, for reasons not set forth IN
the French official report.
This communication says the Ger
mans are bombarding Tracy-le-Mont,
on the west center of the battle line.
F.: Near La Boisselle, above the elbow
of the line on the west, the Germans
exploded a mine at the end of one OF
the French trenches, but the French
maintained their position. Artillery
duels are reported along the rest OF
the front.
TIE fighting in the Argonne, accord
ing to French accounts, was of des'
perate chara ter.
Six thousand German troops, ad-
vancing in massed formation four
ranks deep over a front of one-thlrd
of mile, made furious attack on
the Fren:h earthworks at Marie The
rese, near Bagatelle.
French infantry was sent out to
meet them and the result was one
Of the most violent battles that has
taken place in this region. The enemy
was obliged to retire wnen the French
gunners got the range and sent shell
after shell into the closely-packed
lines. A large number of German dead
were let on the field.
The fighting in the Bagatelle region
began Wednesday and continued all
night. The forces at first were not
large, but at nightfall the Germans
had more than a full brigade in ac-
ton and made desperate attempts to
make a breach in the French front.
In the early part of the engagement
the French losses were serious, but
wien the Germans had recourse to
their old tactics Of an attack en- masse
the French casualties became un1m-
portant by comparison.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19

Gottlieb Won Jagow, the German for.
eign secretary, who is paying shors
visit to Berlin during the absence OF
Emperor William on the eastern 'front.'
received a correspondent and explain
ed to him the nature of the recently
announced German naval measures to
he taken against hostile CONNER ial
shipping, over which, he said, there
SEEMED SEEMED to be some misapprehensiol
abroad owing to the delay in the t.a13-
n mission of the memorandum acc M
anying the proclamation. The ph a;e,
"submarine blockade as used IN tne
press discussion of the proclamation
abroad, the foreign secretary SAIL
perhaps also was responsloIe LOT lartra; traS;
Vessels to avoid the waters of Eng
land.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
WOMAN KILLED; SITER HURT
Horses Run Away and Throw Sleigh
OCCUPANTS AGAINST Pole.

Miss Emma Cunningham, forty-five
years old, of Penn township. is dead,
and her sister, Miss Eta Cunning
ham, is in the Blair hospital in Hunt
insdon, Pa, snrinusly injured, caused
by q runaway in South Huntingdon.
The sisters were driving to town in
q sleigh when their horses, becoming
frightened, ran against telegraph
pole. Miss Emma Cunningham was
hurled against the pole and sustained
a fractured skull. Her sister suffers
from shock, a broken right arm and
internal injuries.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19

years old on March "a of this year.
Fanny Crosby, in private life Mrs.
Frances Jane Van Alstyne, was born
in Southeast, N. Y. She became Blind
when six weeks old, due to hot poul'
tices applies to her eyes during an
illness, thus destroying the optic
nerve.
In 1853 she was married to A.e@al
der Van Alstyne, a blind teacher OF
the school in which she formerly was
a teacher. lie was brilliant 'h,,sjc.;2::
and a fine classical scholar.
Soon after the death 81 sor hus
land, in 1902, she wrote . rcL.; c:
hymns, inciuling "On.y Z Yep 10 Je
sus," Pass he Not, c Gc1t9 5av
iour." Jesus, Keep ,te Mar III,
Cross" "To tie Ncr.;," B.uz5o 40
sureace," a Am Tire, = 20 d.
"Oniy Heam of SUNSHINE "Re5cac
the Perishing," "Just Word 70. Je
sus" and Saved by Grace"
Some o. her best known songs are
There's Music in the Air "1c5as
the Water of Life Will Give" Hazel
DELL" "Tle Honeysuckle Glen" "Ro,
sale, the Prairie Flower" Her can
tatas of "The Flower Queen AMI the
Pilgrim Fathers" had a great deal OF
popularity in their day.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
Killed by BuzzsaW.

A terrible fate befell Alden hoch,
twenty-one years of age, an automo-
bile dealer of Allentown, Pa. Young
Koch decided to take day off to
visit his father, John Koch, a rich
farmer, several miles from town. The
father was preparing to operate his
saw mill, and while tuning up Alden
was caught by the fywheel and hurled
into the buZZsaw.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
Steel TONNAGE Increases.

The untitled orders of the onlteu
States Steel corporation on Jan. 3!
totalled 4,24S,571 tons, an in crease o- :
411.92s tons over Dec. 81. The pres.
ont tonnage is the highest since
March, 1914. In January Of last year
the untitled orders were placed at T..
613.eso. and in 1913 at 7,S27,36S tons.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19

Retired Business Man Killed by Fall.
Fred R. Paul, a retired business
man of Allentown, Pa, seventy-three
years of age, was seized with an al
tack of vertigo on the street and fell
into an underground allevway. He diel
on the way to the hospital.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-19
Bow Coaster Killed; Another Dying.

Lv;-. ting down a stCeD l"0E0"sH
fare in Ferndalc, near JohAsto"n'
Pa, Harry Goodwin and Air@a'o
Adair, Ferndalo Lads a5c-t t"eNs
years of age, dashed uaGeT 2 tre ley
car on the Windber line. Goo""i'
was instantly killed and AdaiF IS W
lieved to be fatally injured. Tie 0ouy
of the Goodwin boy was terr'2Iy nI@N
gled.