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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
MAKING House Entrance Attractive,

To one who must watch expenses
carefully, the solution of the entrance
to the grounds of the country house is
often q difficult task. When one can
afford to employ the services of q
landscape architect the problem is, of
course, simplified.
The guiding spirit here, as in the
structural features of the house itself,
should be to create an entrance, simple,
attractive, substantial and in harmony
with the surroundings.
Stones are generally easy to procure
in the country; therefore stone pillars
with a durable gate between make On
attractive entrance, within reach of
even the limited purse.
Growing vines and flowers will add
greatly to the general attractiveness
of this approach and furnish the con-
Meeting link between entrance and
grounds.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
PINKNEY'S PLACE IN HISTORY
His Fame as the Greatest Lawyer the
United States Has Produced
Is Secure.

Even that tritest of truisms, TIN
ephemerality of q lawyers fame, offers
no adequate explanation of the obscur-
ity in which sleeps the genius of Will
liam Pinkney. For Pinkney was not
merely a great lawyer. According to
testimony that leaves no room for
doubt or controversy, he was the very
greatest lawyer that this country has
ever produced.
Nor was this all. He served his coun.
try with distinction and success in the
labyrinths Of diplomacy, at the cabinet
table, in the halls of congress and even
on the field of battle. Above all, at
most critical point Of our history, when
the clamor of contending sections dis
turbed the tranquility of the Sage OF
Monticello, "like q fire bell ringing In
the night" to use Jefferson's own ex-
pressive phrase, it was Pinkney who
rose to the occasion and recalled sena'
tors to a sense Of their duty and pa
triotiSm.
OF him John Marshall said that he
was the greatest man he had ever seen
In a court of justice. Of him fancy
wrote in 1854: Il have heard almost
nil the great advocates Of the United
States, both Of the past and present
generation, but I have seen none equal
to him." Of him Story remarked !:
"His clear and forcible manner OF put
ting his cases. before the court, his
powerful and commanding eloquence,
occasionally illumined with sparkling
lights, but always logical and appro-
pirate and, above all, his accurate and
discriminating law knowledge, which
he pours out with wonderful precision
give him, in my opinion, a great SUI
periority over every man whom L nave
known"
When such a court unanimously con-
ours in rendering judgment, bold In
deed the man who claims an appeal
H. H. Hagan in Case and Comment
Mouth-FilIing Word.
That the European battle fronts
and the Mexican frontier have nothing
on the American Indian for names was
emphasized when the chamber OF COM
merce Of eastern Connecticut held
their summer outing as guests OF the
Webster-Dudley chamber of commerce
and Southbridge board Of trade at
Lake Chargogg-goggmanchaug-ag ow-
gamaug, historic spot and former
conference ground of the red men who
named it. The day was spent in at
tempting to masticate the name OF the
lake and q large amount of clam chow
der. clans, sea bass and lobster and
spring chicken.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
Dampness Causes Roup.
Roup often accompanies the damp
and dark poultry house.
SIMPLE WAY TO TEST CREAM
French Scientist Has Given to the
World a Discovery That Is OF
Distinct Value.

Professor Lindet of the French
Acronomic institute has given to the
Academy of Agriculture a very simple
process for calculating rapidly the
quantity of fatty matter in cream.
If is the fatty matter that gives cream
it's quality, the more Of this butter the
hotter the cream. This is the process:
A drop of cream is placed upon
sheet of paper and introduced at once
into an oven heated to 100 degrees
centicrade. The watery part OF the
cream evaporates and the fat, ap-
sorbed by the paper, forms a spot
when enlarges rapidly at first, then
more slowly as the edges of the spot
increase their distance from the point
at which the drop has been placed"
At the end of specified .3me the area
of the spot is measured and compared
with that of a spot formed by a drop
of pure grease of the same size ue-
posited at the same time and under
identical conditions.
Professor Lindet uses drops OF l-loO
of q cubic centimeter in size, ana
places his paper In wooden frames 10
prevent it from curling up in the
oven. He removes 1t before the SPOTS
have spread to more than three Or
four centimeters In diameter.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
Home l}7
1TOWNTr
IS HELPS
WOULD GUARD AGAINST FIRE
National Board of Underwriters
Urges Greater Care in the Con-
struction of Dwelling.

Realizing the large annual losses
sustained by thousands of home own
ers through construction which TENDS
to spread fires instead of retarding
them, the committee on construction
of buildings of the national board OF
fire underwriters has issued a book
let of 115 pages on methods of in
creasing the fire-resistive qualities Oh
dwellings, says Engineering Record.
Builders everywhere, especially in To-
calities outside the control OF bulld-
ing ordinances (and by far the ma
jority of ordinary dwellings are built
in such localities), will find valuable
information in this presentation OF
methods for making houses reasonably
safe from fire. Particularly import
ant, not only for builders, but for
owners and the general public, are
the sections devoted to floor and roof
construction chimneys, fiues, smoke
pipes and freplaces; fire stopping
and general precautions for fire pro-
lection.
Generally recognized dangers from
such old offenders as single roofs,
unlined chimneys, unprotected stair
ways and shafts are strikingly Illus
trated, and many simple and effective,
while relatively inexpensive, devices
In construction which retard the
spread of fire are clearly explained.
Every potential house owner will find
it profitable to become familiar with
these building precautions, which may
prevent loss Of life as well as of prop
erty. Engineers, through their posi-
tons in building departments and
their participation as plain citizens in
civic associations, chambers of COM
merce and similar organizations, can
let 1t be known that ordinary dwell
ings can readily be improved as to
their fire-resistive qualities, and can
direct interested parties to the proper
source of information.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
VedetabIe Ashes.

Do not throw away any vegetable
ash, for all ashes have decided gar
den value. Some seem to have the
impression that trashy material re-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
and two feet OF cover under surfacing
material will be more satisfactory.
ROAD BUILDERS ISSUE A MAP
Tentative Routes of 100000 Miles Of
ArticuIated Highways In United
States Are Shown.

The National Highways association,
that body of enthusiastic lockers into
the future, has prepared map show
ing the tentative routes of 100000
miles Of articulated highways which 1t
thinks should network the United
States in an orderly manner
This map is the expression of one
of the main ideas of the association,
namely, that trunk-line roads are the
first requisite-through routes leading
from somewhere to somewhere, and
that the feeder roads must naturally
follow the development and improve.
ment Of these main lines. The theory
is like that on which the great railroad
systems of the country were built.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22


turns ashes Of little worth, but the re.
verse Is often true. Ashes from cotton
bulls have shown as much as 80 per
cent of potash and sold for $40 ton
Some weeds would prove equally rich.
In addition there is always some phos-
phoric acid and heavy per cent of
lime. That most precious element, nj
trogen, however, was all burned out,
therefore these substances would
prove of greater value if allowed to
decompose in the soil rather than be
destroyed by combustion. Ashes of de-
ciduous trees, being nearly all hard
woods, are of more value than those
from evergreens, for the latter are
nearly all conifers-pines, expresses,
etc.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
ROAD :
Bull Din
MATERIALS FOR A CULVERT
If Good Building Stone Abounds in Lo-
cality 1t Would Be Advisable to
Use This Substance.

(By PAUL D. SARGENT. United States
Department Of Public Roads)
Available material in the locality
where the work is being carried on
will generally determine the material
of which culverts will be constructed.
For example, if we are in country
where good building stone abounds, 1t
would generally be advisable to use
this material for culverts.
If no stone is handy, but good gravel
may be secured, plain concrete, or re-
enforced concrete, may be found to be
the most economical material. In
some localities we shall have to resort
to the use of pipes. My experience
has been that while a good culVert
may be constructed by the use OF Wit
rified tile, it's use in most cases has
been a failure. This is due to lack OF
proper care in laying the pipe.
All culverts, of whatever material,
should be carried to a good foundation.
Generally speaking, l would recon-
mend that the waterways OF stone
culverts be paved, and that concrete
culverts be built with a concrete floor,
although this is not always necessary.
In any event the side walls should be
carried to a good, firm foundation, and
each end of the culvert should be pro-
vided with a cutoff wall carried below
the frost to prevent undermining by
the water.
Pipe culverts should be laid on a
good, firm foundation. If the natural
soil does not provide this, a founda-
ton should be excavated from twelve
to fifteen inches below the bottom of
the pipe and crushed stone or gravel
should be placed in the excavation
and the culvert we'll bedded on this
foundation. A head wall should be
provided at each end Of the pipe Gull
vert the same as for concrete or stone
culverts, to prevent the water from
getting under the culvert, or along the
side of it, and washing it out. Cast
iron water pipe and corrugated metal,
if of good, pure iron, will be found to
make satisfactory culverts where
small opening is necessary.
All culverts should be laid on a
grade and, above all things, they
should be provided with a good out
let to take the water away from them.
Sometimes this will necessitate the
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
INVITES AND PROTECTS BIRDS
Massachusetts, City Has Common
Sense Plan of Guarding the Trees
on Its Streets.

The town of Brookline, Mass, Is
teaching the country at large valu-
able lesson. First Of all, of course,
Brookline had to learn the lesson for
itself. The town priced its trees, and
sought by the usual means to guard
them against the attack of insect
pests. The campaign, however, was
not entirely successful. The leopard
moth invaded Brookline, and against
this tree enemy poisonous sprays avail
little. Birds alone can hold 1t in check.
SO Brookline, few years ago, went
seriously about the business of Undue
ing birds to come and stay. In 1910
it wanted woodpeckers, and 1t issued
its invitation, but only a few respond
ed. Three years later Brookline had
learned enough through experiment to
Justify the municipality in building
and placing 100 nesting boxes.
That was the beginning; year by
year since then the work has been ex-
banded. The nesting boxes increased
in number and variety, and during the
winter thousands of birds were fed
daily at 125 municipal feeding sta
tons, operated by the town author
tiles at the public's expense. And now,
says a report from Brookline, "the
plans for the securing Of bird help in
insect destruction will be carried on
during the coming season with greater
determination than ever"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
HIGHWAY Bond Issue,

About half the counties in the
United States have issued highway
bonds. The total amount of highway
bonds issued by the counties aggre
gates about $3OO,OOO,O0O, and the total
Of all highway bonds, including the
bonds voted by the states as we'll az
the counties, amounted on the first OF
the present year to not far from half
a billion dollars.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
The Commonwealth of a

To the Sheriff of Highland County,
Greeting:
We command you that you sum-
mon Highland Lumber Company,
Inc, a corporation, Lincoln Trust
Company "a corporation) Trustee;
Edwin B. Jones, special commission
er in the chancery cause of Emma
3. Hevener VS. George and Mary
Beverage; L. H. Shumate in his
own right and agent for VIM. $.
Shumate anu others; R. N IRVINE,
A, S. Graham, C. H. Graham, Fl.
V. Pullin, Charles M. Pullin, w. Fl.
Vance and H. T. Bradshaw to ap
pear at clerks Office of our circuit
court for Highland Co., at the
courthouse, on the 3rd Monday in
Sept. 1916, to answer bill in
chancery exhibited against them in
tt e said conrt by Union Lumber
Company, corporation and unless
they shall answer the said bill with
in the time prescribed by law, the
court will take same for confessed,
and decree accordingly; and this
they shall in no wise omit, under
the penalty Of 1901.
And have then and there this
writ.
Witness, w. H. Matheny, clerk
of our said court, at the courthouse,
the 22nd day of August 1916 in
the 141st year of the common
wealth.
W. H. Matheny, Clerk
E. B. Jones, p. q.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22

digging of a ditch from two to six or
seven hundred feet long, but the ditch
must be dug if necessary; the drain
Is a failure unless we provide the
outlet.
All culverts should be covered with
a cushion Of earth to prevent traffic
from coming directly on them. In the
case Of stone or concrete culVerts, six
or eight inches under the macadam
or gravel surfacing will be sufficient.
With pipe culverts there should not be
less than twelve Of eighteen inches,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
BUY PAINT WITH / REPUTATION

that made with Pure Lnseed Oil only Lnseed Oil
the giving peservave element PAINTS Many mixed paints
made with aduaed oil benzne and mixtures They
your of labor
Jno. W. Masury & Sons House Paints
using experiment made You have and
durability asused before start Color cards and prices for the
asking
WILSON BROS
Stanton, va,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22
THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA:

To the Sheriff of Highland Co greeting:
We command you that you summon
Highland Lumber Company, Inc a cor
poration, Lincoln Trust COMPANY Ia cor;
poration) Trustee, E. A. McNulty and
VIM NJ McNulty Agents, tc appear at
the clerks office of our circuit court for
Highland county, at the courthouse, on
the Ord Monday in Sept, 1916, 10 answer
a bill in chancery exhibited against them
in the said court by Union Lumber Co., a
corporation and unless they shall answer
the said bill within the time presc ribed
by law, the court will take same for con-
fessed. and decree accordingly; and this
they shall in no wise omit, under the
penalty of 1oo.l
And have then and there this writ.
Witness, w H Matheny, clerk of our
said court, at the court house, the END,
day of August, 1916, in the 14lst year OF
the commonwealth.
VIII Matheny, clerk
f B Jones, pq
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22

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 TO virginia
students in the Academic Departments
send for catalogue.
Howard Winston, Registrar
University, va
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-09-22

Let US have peace and good roads
and trust to God for the rest.-Pitts.
burg kansan.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-26
IF HAIR IS TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Don't Look Old! Try Grandmother's
Recipe to Darken and Beautify
Gray, Faded, Lifeless Hair.

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened, glossy and abundant
with brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Whenever her hair fell out or took on
that dull, faded or streaked appear
ance, this simple mixture was applied
with wonderful effect. BY asking at
any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy" you will get
laige bottle OF this old-time recipe,
ready to use, for about so cents. This
simple mixture can be depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty
to the hair and is splendid for dan
drun. dry, itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well-known druggist says every
body uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur,
because it darkens so naturally and
evenly that nobody can tell it has been
applied-it's so easy to use. too. You
simply dampen comb or soft brush
and draw it through your hair, taking
ore strand at time. By morning
the gray hair disappears; after an
other application or two, it is re-
stored TO its natural color and looks
glossy. soft and abundant.-Adv.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-26
Most Eminent Medical Authorities Endorse 1t
New Remedy for Kidney Bladder and sill Uric Acid Troubles

DIR. Eberle and DR.. Braithwaite as
well as DR.. Simon-all distinguished
Authors-agree that whatever may be
the disease, the urine seldom fails in
furnishing us with clue to the princi-
pier upon which it is to be treated.
and accurate knowledge concerning
the nature of disease can thus be OBJ
taiued. If backache. scalding urine or
frequent urination bother or distress
you. or il uric acid in the blood has
caused rheumatism, govt or sciatica
or you suspect kidney or bladder
trouble just write Dr. Pierce at the
Surgical Institute. Buffalo, N Y; send
a sample of urine and describe symp-
toms. You will receive free medical
advice after DR.. Pierce's chemist has
examined the urine-this will be care
fully done without charge, and you
vii! be under no obligation. DR.. Pierce
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-26
He Was Too Candid.

There is a Cleveland man whose
business often takes him to New York
He doesn't stay long-two days at the
most-but it seems long to his wife.
And the other day his wife kicked.
MY dear" she said the next time
you go to New York | want you to
take me along"
You wouldn't have good time"
he answered.
why wouldn't have n good time?"
Because you have such a jealous
disposition
The next time she's going If she has
to travel on a different car-Cleve-
land Plaindealer.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-26

tary Houston was big enough to have
the truth told about him also said that
the secretary is a volcano, seemingly
slumbering one, perhaps, but one
which has within it the potentialities
which one usually ascribes to Vesu-
vius and the other peaks of fire. Men
who know the secretary cannot under
stand why he is called cold The rea-
son is simply that he is cold to the
representation of things whose worth
cannot be proved.
There is another view of Secretary
Houston which is taken by some men
who do not get next to him. or per
haps better, into him. Generally
speaking, man who has no sense OF
humor is an impossible man. Some
persons think that the secretary of ag-
riculture lacks appreciation of real hu-
NOR. While Mr.. Houston is of Scotch
descent, Sydney Smiths joke about
the necessity Of surgical operation
before you can get joke into
Scotchmans skull has no application
to the case Of David F. Houston. He
is fonder of good stories and fonder
Of telling them than perhaps any other
man in the presidents cabinet 1t is
said Of him, however, that, true to his
temperament, he analyses story to
find out first whether it has humors
real ingredients before he will accept
it as one worth retelling In this way
the secretary avoids the fate of the
man who tells stories at which other
people laugh only because they feel
that they must do so in order to be
complimentary to the raconteur.
To Washington correspondent who
has been watching things fairly close
ly in the agricultural department. be-
cause of an innate liking for things
agricultural, the chief thing to stand
out prominently since Mr. Houston
laid hand on authority is the "tremen-
dous application" of works which
were in little more than suggestive
form when one administration of the
department was succeeded by another
Secretary Houston found lot of good
things in tentative form in the agri-
cultural department when he first en-
tered office. He submitted the tenta-
tive projects OF his predecessor to
his usual analysis and those which he
found good he adopted as soon as the
study OF them was complete.
The growth of the activities OF the
agricultural department of tn. United
States since Mr.. Houston has taken
hold is of the kind usually called phe-
nomenal. There is no attempt on the
part of the secretary or any OF his
subordinates to take away from pre-
ceding administrations the credit for
initiative. What was found to be good
has been accepted as good, and what
is more, has been put into operation
Beyond this the department has init.
ated and carried into action many
plans Of its own which at one time
were thought to be impossible of sue
cess. 1t is in taking the thing said to
be impossible, in testing it and in Ell
Their proving or disproving its worth,
that the present secretary exceis.
Is it said that one is praising David
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-26

An Italian scientist has developed
method of Identification of individuals
by means Of veins in their hands.
Peat compressed and formed into
sheets. is replacing cork in Germany
as an insulating material against heat
and cold
Sylvester Long-Lance. who was ap-
pointed to West Point. is the first full
blooded Cherokee Indian who has
been so honored.
Only SO Is per cent out Of every 100
men that apply for enlistment in the
United States navy are accepted.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-26

during many years of experimentation
has discovered a new remedy which
is thirty-seven times more powerful
than lithia in removing uric acid from
the system. II you are suffering from
backache or the pains Of rheumatism,
go to your best druggist and ask for
so cent box of 'Anurtc" put up by
Doctor Pierce, or send 10c for large
trial pck'g. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription for weak women and DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
for the blood have been favorably
known for the past forty years and
more. They are standard remedies
to-day-as well as Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets for the liver and
bowels. You can have a sample of any
one of these remedies by writing DR..
Pierce, and sending l0c for trial pack.
age.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-26
CONVERSATIONS

Fewer people 'oder twenty and
more people over forty-fve are now
employed in varifus industries than
was the case ter Years ago
Italian scienti-', recently recorded
temperature or .3S in the victim of
lung disease. the highest figure ever
known in human being
The first half pint Of milk at milk
ing contains only l.07 per cent Of
cream. while the last half pint con
tains 1880 per cent.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-26
POSTSCRlPTS

Japan has found valuable deposits
of coal on an island in Nagasaki har.
Dor and close to its Sasebo naval sta.
ton.
a fruit corer with a spiral blade has
been invented with which person
can remove as much Of the fruit as
desired
The germ of smallpox. discovered by
German scientist. is so small that il
passes through the most minute I'll.
tiers.