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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
HAPPY WITHOUT GIFTS
CYNTHIA MISSED NOTHING REAL
ON HER WEDDING DAY.
Episode That Makes Plain There Are
TWO Ways of Looking at Things,
but Sylvia Was Unable to
Understand 1t.

All the evening Dick had seen that
Cynthia had something on her mind;
at last she spoke:
~ went over to see Sylvia today,
Her dining room is beautiful. She
had nine berry bowls!"
Three weeks from now" said Dick,
you may have 90"
"And five gilt clocks-why, she
even has one in her kitchen"
"If you want gilt clock III buy
you one tomorrow" Dick promised.
But Cynthia was not ready to laugh.
Dick, l never quite realized it al
before. Sylvia and Bert had to buy
a cabinet to hold the cut glass, and
of course they felt that they must
buy one worthy of the glass. Then
they had to buy the rest of their fur
niture to match the cabinet, and so
they have nothing left for the library.
And then Sylvia said they had SO
much to pay back
20, Dick, think Of having a pay:
back feeling about your wedding!
Somehow it seemed as If Sylvia 8
gifts had been just things; you could
see that that was all they were to her.
It frightened me a little. II every:
thing wasn't planned and the girls
gowns made, I believe I'd give 1t all
up, and have just the few dearest
people that we know love us!"
OF course Dick had many things to
say, and when he left Cynthia was
AUTOMATICALLY only half; and
when, the next day, the first gift ar:
rived, and 1t was a berry bowl, she
felt like laughing and crying at the
same time.
Then, suddenly, everything was
changed. Mrs. Wilmot, her mother,
became seriously i'll, the invitations
were hurriedly recalled, and for many
weeks there was no time to think OF
anything except the invalid. When at
last she began to recover, few
friends gathered at the house one aft
ernoon and Cynthia and Dick were
quietly married.
"It is such a pity that you had to
miss your big wedding and your
presents and ALL" Sylvia Peabody
said, pityingly.
But I didn't miss anything" Gym.
thia replied, happily. 81 had the dear
est gifts! Old Mary hemmed me a
dozen dish-toWels."
20, that kind" said Sylvia. i
know, of course, that you had some
lovely things, but SO few. We had
over forty pieces of cut glass alone. y
II remember. You had beautiful
gifts" Cynthia said. gently.
Now what" Sylvia asked her hus'
band that night, do you suppose Gym
thia meant? 1t sounded as If she
were sorry for me. Cynthia Wilmot
always was queer, anyway!"-Youth's
Companion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
NOT TO BE BOTHERED AGAIN
Why Simon Mish Had the Chief Cause
OF His Trouble Taken Out OF
the House.

Simon Mish Gan extremely busy
mani was enjoying his first bath of the
year. He splashed luxuriously, enjoy
ing the unwonted sensation.
Suddenly the telephone bell rang.
Simon Mish was alone in the house
The telephone bell continued to
ring.
"Bother!" swore Simon Mish, and
got out of TIE tub and went and an
swered 1t. -
Hello" said a strange voice. docs
Selig Wiff1eshank live here?"
Simon Mish slammed down the re.
ceiver and went back to his bath
(He was alone in the house.) Five
minutes later the bell rang again.
Again Simon Mish left his bath to an
swer.
Hello" said second strange voice
"Is this the Mickentootle residence?
Simon Mish positively hurled down
the receiver and went back to his tub
A minute later Che was alone in the
house, it rang again.
For the third time Simon Mish de-
serted the tub and answered the tele'
phone, and third strange voice said:
Hello, may l speak to Rhudorf Wish
washer?"
That evening Simon Mish had the
thing taken out of the house.
No, gentle reader, not the tele-
phone; the bathtub.-Buffalo News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
EXPERIMENT IN GOOD ROADS
Road to Chevy Chase Text Book In
Concrete, Brick and Stone"-Ex-
perts Are Interested.

There is here a text book in con-
crete, brick and stone-the road to
Chevy Chase, built by the plans and
under the direction of the Office of
public roads of the United States and
for the sole purpose of informing the
public and the members of congress
interested in the improvement Of the
public highways upon the methods and
cost Of construction, types Of roads,
adaptability Of material and economy
of maintenance.
Thousands OF people travel over
this road, which is built in many Sec
lions of different types, every day, and
hundreds of practical road builders
from all parts of the country have in
spected it from time to time and have
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
CHARCOAL FOR FARM FLOCK
Keeps Digestive Apparatus of Fowls
in Good Condition-Good Ventila-
ton Is Necessary.

A dish of charcoal placed where the
flock can reach it at all times will do
considerable toward keeping the d.
gestive organs of the fowls in good
condition. The charcoal absorbs poi
sonous gases and juices and often
.>pHsFents serious trouble.
Fowls cannot be healthy unless they
can have plenty of pure air to breathe.
This calls for well-ventilated poul-
try house. There is no one best breed
mr. variety of fowls for any purpose.
The usefulness of any flock depends
almost as much on the way it is fed,
bred and cared for as upon the
variety.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
fRv MRS A. MOODY

Young turkeys are not any harder
to raise than chickens, if one is care
full never to inbreed and keep them
free from lice and mites.
set all the eggs under chicken
hens so as to keep my turkeys lay
ing. When the eggs pipped put them
in the incubator, which was set with
chicken eggs. Every egg that plpped
Matched and they did not harm the
other eggs in the least.
It wasn't an unusual thing to nave
every egg of a setting hatch, and
never more than one that didnt
hatch.
l never let the young turkeys run
with the turkey hen because she takes
them too far from home, and 1t IS
easier to keep them free from lice
when they are raised by hand.
do not feed the poults for "a
hours after Matching. Then | don
dave any trouble teaching them to eat.
ak bread in milk and squeeze it
Tor them for two or three days,
ta.1n feed fine cracked corn mixed
with clabber cheese.
never feed black pepper, as so
many do, nor very many hard-boiled
CTS: and l raise more turkeys than
those who DO, in this neighborhood.
Then let them have as much free
} dom as possible, for they like to pick
bugs and tender grass. If they are
kept at night in house that has
roosts, they will soon fly on them and
90 better than if left on the ground.
1t is necessary to keep these coops
or roosting places clean and disin-
fected, for lice and mites are sure
death to young turkeys.
Coarse sand should be provided for
them, also plenty of shade, and ashes
for their dust bath.
In preparing turkeys for market
they should not be fed too literally
during the first few days, but after
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14

marveled at the excellence of the
work.
Manufacturers who have supplied
bituminous materials for the treat
ment of the road have detached their
special experts for this service and
the traffic over the road has demon
strated under carefully observed con-
ditions the relative value OF the sew
eral types of road making up this great
highway.
The Chevy Chase road Is expert
mental. 1t consists Of different types
of Observation-Disclosures macadam
laid by the penetration method, sur
face treatments of waterbound ma
cadam, asphaltic surfaces on concrete
foundations, bituminous surfaced con.
crete, plain and oil cement concrete
and vitrified brick, all Of which are
under daily observation by expert
road builders to ascertain which Oh the
types is best suited to the traffic and
which is condemned by practical test
under the same conditions of climate,
soil, rainfall, heat and cold and like
traffic requirements. 1t would be just
the same to the Office Of public roads
which has written this open book in
concrete, brick and stone whether any
part of it or all parts of it should fail,
failure in materials used, in construc-
ton, in durability, in cost, in mainte.
nance-the test is the thing.
Road building is science now, and
efficiency is the only test of quality.
In the stones used in the construc-
ton Of the Chevy Chase road, their
specific gravity, their weight per cubic
foot, their water absorption, their per-
centage of wear, their hardness and
toughness are all determined by the
most careful scientific tests. Patrol
men are constantly employed on this
road to keep account of whatever de-
fects in materials and construction
may develop and exact data as to the
cost of maintenance.
The Chevy Chase road was fortu-
nately placed for the reason that all
of it's sections of types have been sub
jected to precisely the same sort of
traffic year in and year out and the
section or type that has not stood the
strain has been as important an object
lesson to road builders as the section
or type that has maintained itself un-
der like strain. The road, as a whole,
is great experiment conducted by the
most competent engineers to demon
strate the most practical things.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
GRIT AIDS HENS DIGESTION
Money Spent in Commercial Grit Is
Good Investment for Any Poul-
tryman to Make.

An ample supply of commercial grit
on farms where poultry has been kept
any length of time is money well
spent.
In fact, sack of commercial grit
costing IS cents at any of the country
stores is a good investment for the
poultryman to make.
Grit furnishes the biddies grinders
and if your means of masticating your
food supply were taken away, Mr..
Farmer, how soon would you be TAX
ing treatment from the physician for
indigestion?
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
Well Put,

A man who kept a roadhouse in
Rhode Island was called upon to tes.
tify in suit as to the number of cubic
yards handled in some rock removing
and filling in Of lots in the vicinity.
Naturally enough he showed very lit.
tie knowledge of the matter, his idea
of cubic yard being so indefinite that
1t was suspected he hardly compre-
hended the term. In order to facilitate
his understanding the judge said:
Listen, witness! Assume this ink
stand to be three feet across the top
this way and three feet that way and
three feet in height, what should you
call it?"
well, your honor" said the witness,
without hesitation, 81 should say it
was SOME inkstand."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
There is more Catarrh in this section OIL

There is more Catarrh in this section OIL
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed TO be incurable. For
great many years doctors pronounced it a
local disease and prescribed local rene
dies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment. pronounced 1t incur
able Science has proven Catarrh to be
constitutional disease, and therefore re-
uuires constitutional treatment Hairs
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio. is the only
Constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: F. ]. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
His Philanthropy.

Look here" said the benevolent
looking man, you have asked me fol-
work every time passed this corner
for the last three weeks"
Have F." was the surprised inquiry
eyes, you have, and l have given
you money once or twice. Now, what
would you do if 1 offered you work.
What would l do? I'd take your
name an address, guv'nor, an then, if
found anybody that wanted work,
I'd SEN i'm roun' ter yer. I'm philan.
thropist, an run free employment
agency. I don't get penny fur me
time-only jest what comes in acct.
dental like from folks like YOU"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
MATTE Strenuous Life.

. letter from Shelley, the poet, to
$500 which was recently sold at
zion at SASS in New York, gives
aucti ature Of Byron's strenuous life:
a p Rvron gets up at 2 p. m. l get
Loiu .we1ve After breakfast we sit
up d. III six. From six to eight we
tal Ihon through the pine forests. We
gallop 80. home and dine and sit up
then osain ing till six in the N! morning.
gosslpl nnnnose this will kill me in q
don fortnight, but l shall not
try it any longer ---
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
DREAD. VOLCANIC ia. 4 NC SEA WAVES
Most SklIlfuI Sailors Fear Disaster
From Which Human Skill Can
not Save Vessel.

Occasionally there appears great
wave sweeping across the calm sur
face of the ocean in the fairest wealth
er and when no wind Is blowing.
There are few perils of the sea to be
more dreaded than such wave. For
tunately these are very rare, yet more
than once ship has encountered one.
A vessel of British line not long ago
was met by wave of this kind, which
rolled upon her like wall of water,
and, breaking against her sides, swept
the deck with irresistible force, kill
ing one sailor and seriously injuring
others.
The cause of these singular waves is
believed to be some disturbance OF a
volcanic nature at the bottom OF the
sea. Volcanoes exist in the ocean as
we'll as on land; in fact, nearly all the
volcanoes known are on or near the
seacoast. 1t is easy to see that an up
heaval at the seabottom may start
billow at the surface Of the water,
when we remember that it has been
reported that huge waves have been
sent clear across the Pacific to our
coast by volcanic shakings Of the eartn
on the borders Of Asia.
The world under water is not only
three times as extensive as that which
Is covered only with air, but 1t pos
sesses many of the same great natural
phenomena on a scale that is perhaps
proportionately vast, but Of whose ex-
istence we are made aware only by
such indications as the volcanic oceah
waves that ships occasionally encoun-
ter.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
IMMEDIATE Roads,

We have the spectacle in most
states of pioneer roads for twentieth
century farmers whose equipment in
farming consists of modern machinery
and modes of travel. When, oh when,
will he put the up-to-date mode OF
travel on an up-to-date road!
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
Iowa Louise Powder.

A louise powder recommended by the
Iowa experiment station is made by
mixing three parts of gasoline and one
part of sulphur. To this is added one
part Of Portland cement or plaster Of
paris to take up the liquid. The mix
ture is then spread on a board for the
volatile portions to evaporate. The
powder remaining after evaporation
will put the lice to rout.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
Good Stretches Useless.

Local control in road building means
a good patch where the officials are
up to date, and poor stretch where
the local authorities arc slack in their
road work-and the poor stretches OF
road make the good stretches useless.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
Drau Improves Surface.

Is your road to town rough and
hard to travel over? A split-log or
iron drag drawn over the road after
each rain helps tc give : good sur
face and does not cost much.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
n,o+ Good Feed for Fowls.

There may be some excuse for feed
mo sloppy food to hogs but it will not
work out, except TO the disadvan-
tage of the birds and their owners in
no,,1trv practice.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
O, J. Campbell L
LOCAL DENTIST
MONTEREY, VA.
Office in Masonic Temple

By the administration of S. NJ
noforn., teeth are extracted ALSO
lutely without pain safer than
chloroform, ether or nitrous oxide
and its administration is not fol-
lowed by any of the accompany
ing disagreeable effects Of cocaine,
eucaine or any of the numerous
ocal anaesthetics.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Head of Public School system of Va
DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED:
ollege, Graduate, Law,
Medicine Engineering
Loan Funds Available to deserving stu
dents. $lO covers all COSTS 10 Virginia
students in the Academic departments.
send for catalogue.
Howard Winston, Registrar
University, Va
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
Notice

Any one desiring 10 sell any kind Of
property at public auction may receive
my services on application. will cry
any sales which may be trusted /, me at
reasonable charges and guarantee that
will sell The property al as high price as
anyone else can obtain for il, respect
fully solicit the patronage of Tie people.
of Highland.
CLYDE HEROLD A
Mill Gap, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
Cause of Soft Shells.

soft-shelled eggs are often caused
owls being confined, becoming
oyerfat, and from lack OF mineral mat
ter.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-14
Resent Confinement.

Remember that turkeys are of a
roaming disposition and must not be
kept in confinement.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-09
'DR. D CL|SFORD To
LECTURE ON FRIDAY
WILL TALK ON ORIGIN OF MA.
SONRY AT MASONIC TEMPLE
AT 1850 O'CLOCK.

DR.. N. F. De Clifford, who has
travelled to all parts of the earth max
ing Masonry his especial study, will
entertain the Masons of this vicinity
with very interesting discourse on
the Origin and Symbolism of Ma
sonry when he speaks Friday night at
1880 under the auspices Of Escambia
lodge No. 10 at Masonic temple.
He comes well endorsed by prorai-
nent Masons throughout the states
and Canada, who refer to his lectures
as being most interesting and instruc-
tive.
1t is expected that Masons through
out West Florida, as well as sojourn-
ing brethren, will avail themselves of
the opportunity to hear this talented
philosopher, and seating capacity has
been increased so as to accommodate
all.
On Sunday afternoon at o'clock
DR.. De Clifford will lecture to the
wives and daughters of Free Masons
in the same lodge room.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-09
MANY FIGHT FANS
SEE GOOD BOUTS

A large crowd of fight fans gath
cred last night at the navy yard to
witness the pugilistic bouts between
men of the fleet and station.
A scheduled bout between Dahl
berg Of the North Carolina, and Bald
win of the Columbia, and a bout be-
tween Huber of the North Carolina
and Davidson of the submarine ks
were called off on account Of dis
agreements in regard to the prize
money.
Corrigan Of the North Carolina, and
Wachowsli Of the Columbia, were
staged in a six-round bot, Waehowski
knocking out Corrigan in the third
round.
Dunn Of the North Carolina, and
Curry of the aero station, appeared
for six rounds, Curry getting the de-
cision.
Conley Of the Tallahassee, and Ty-
man of the Columbia, were staged in
four-round bout, lyman getting the
decision.
Vandermast of the North Carolina
got the decision over O'Donahue Of
the Tallahassee in six-round bout,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-09
SUSPICIOUS TRIO
FINED AND THEN
ALLOWED To LEAVE
STRANGERS, WHO WERE RECOG-
MED BY PINKERToNs AND
ARRESTED, WENT ON WAY TO
THE EAST COAST.

Three strangers, who were recog-
nized and arrested upon information
given the local police by 0. G. Tur-
rel, one of the Pinkertons who was
employed here for a couple of days,
were arraigned yesterday on charges
of being dangerous and suspicious
characters. With the understanding
that they would be liberated upon the
payment of fine, they pleaded guilty
to the charge, and each Of them paid
into the city's exchequer the sum Of
$40. On one of the trains which went
east yesterday, they left, but tele-
gram was sent to Jacksonville police
department apprizing the latter that
the trio was on the way to that part
of the state.
The three men gave their names as
R. Rose, known also as '"The Gorilla"
John Wilson and Leo Rose. At least
two have been pictured by the Pink
erton agency, according to Detectives
Turrell and Warner.
1t became known yesterday that
several alleged pickpockets of ma
tional notoriety had been here but
left upon discovering that they had
been recognized. A crowd of four,
one Of whom was married and ac-
companied by his wife, had a run
in Sunday night with the police near
the union depot, and quite scene
followed when it was known they had
been pointed out by the sleuths and
we're given the chance to leave the
city. One of these was known far
and wide to the police of many cities
as "Coal Oil Johnny" this one hay
ing his wife along with him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-09
BOOSTERS
HAVE BIC MEETING
DESIRED THAT LARGE ATTEND
ANCE BE ON HAND FRIDAY
NIGHT AT THE w. o. w.
BOOSTERS REGULAR SESSION.

A rousing meeting of the w. o. w.
Booster Club is desired for 8 o'clock
on Friday night of this week, as it
is the intention of those in charge of
the same to broaden the scope of the
organization, and probably open the
membership rolls TO scores who are
not members of the Woodmen of the
World. Those who are at present
members of the club are urged to be
on hand promptly at 8 o'clock, and
then it will be decided on just what
plans the clubs usefulness will be ex-
tended.
President r. Pope Reese will expect
TO see every member on hand at this
weeks meeting, and number Of
members who have been talking over
the matter, expect to introduce some
new matters for discussion, in dispo-
sition Of which all will be interested.
While the w. o. w. club has moth
ing to do with politics, there is moth
ing against the club as body, it is
claimed, in endorsing good men and
measures looking to the upbuilding
of the city and section, but this is
one phase of the meeting of Friday
night which will be discussed and
agreed upon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-09
CHILDREN To HEAR
GOOD ROAD TALKS
PUPILS OF SCHOOLS NOS. 10 AND
IS WILL BE ADDRESSED THIS
MORNING BY MEMBERS OF
OLD SPANISH TRAIL ASSN.

Pupils Of public schools Nos. 10
and 50, who have shown some inter
est in the Old Spanish Trail, will be
addressed this morning by Director
R. NJ. Cary, Scout Jas. A. Emmett and
Secretary VIM. Herrider. These three
will first go to school No. 70, where
the pupils of grade made such hit
IN the construction of miniature
trail, which they exhibited in the win
dow of the Reynalds Music Store.
Messrs. Cary, Herrider and En-
NETT will speak to the children Of
that school, commencing them for the
interest thus shown, and the entire
school viii be assembled to listen to
the talks, which will be shortened to
about half an hour. Miss Loftin is
principal Of the school, and grade 4,
where the miniature trail was made,
is taught by Miss Vera Green.
School No. So, for a long time, has
maintained map of the Old Spanish
Trail on blackboard in their school,
and for that displayed interest they
will also have the privilege Of listen
ing to addresses by each Of the three
officials of the Old Spanish Trail AS
ISOLATION, named above. The latter
will go direct to No. 35 from the
other school.
The miniature trail, the product Of
grade 4 Of No. 70, will likely be
photographed and exhibited at the
state good roads meetings, to take
place shortly at st. Augustine.