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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
COMBINATION SURE TO WIN
With Ideas and Industry Ninety Men
Out of Every Hundred Will
Achieve Success.

Some self-conceited philosopher has
said that genius Is nothing but an in
finite capacity for untiring application.
1t would seem that this attempt to de-
fine genius would apply more appropri-
ately to talent. 1t is also an obvious
fact that many people, thoughtful 9TH
erwise, use language loosely. We
would think the remark quoted above
case in point, observes the Los An
geles Times.
There is no doubt that talent, to
make itself effective, requires untiring
effort and unlimited application. Civ
en- talent and application, success is
sure to follow in any mans career.
Many of US are very much inclined to
find fault with society and lay all our
failure to succeed at it's door. Society
is not concrete fact. 1t is simply an
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
Now a Theater Train.

The latest moving picture develop
ment is the well-equipped theater
train recently put into operation. in
western Illinois. This train has its
own electric light plant providing per-
feet lighting, even in small towns
where no local electricity is available.
Plenty of fans and complete ventilat-
ing system make the cars comfortable
even on hot, night. They will be
equally warm in the winter. An cleo
trically operated photograph supplies
music. 1t is intended that this train
carrying first-class plays shall pass
from one town to another and give a
better production than can be offered
by any permanent theater in small
place. The train win go to the prairie
states and make small towns for the
benefit of the farmers and their FAM
lilies.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
. What Sympathy Means,

Did you ever ask yourself what Is
the greatest tragedy of life? Did
you ever ask yourself what is the one
lasting and indestructible joy of life?
What sorrow is without reparation?
What joy is untainted by bitterness?
Let me tell you. The greatest, the ir-
reparable sorrow of life is isolation;
the only cup of joy that has no dregs
Is love and sympathy. This is true.
You may walk triumphantly through
poverty, deprivation, suffering and
helplessness, if only you march with
the love. and the sympathy and the
goodwill as lonely personal burden,
and you will be utterly defeated. The
weight of life upon you, borne alone,
will be insuppertable. Take life, full
of defeat and grief, of inevitable
losses and partings as it must be, with
all the love Of your fellow man to
brighten it, and life is success.-Delin-
Gator.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
ylcroRY FOR FUTuRIsT ART
Painter Found Himself Famous at Mo-
ment When He Feared That All
/ Was Lost.

Ro+bshane Hammock struggled
uoo,iIv nm the nineteen flights of
stairs to his draughty garrett studio.
No food had passed his lips that day
except twenty hard-boiled eggs and
six cans of spoiled sardines originally
! packed in lard.
81 was a brute to marry Emmallne
before was able to provide for her"
he thought bitterly. mo man ought
TO marry on less than an assured IN
come of four dollars and fifty a week.
7 wonder If the expressman has come
to take sskeehaw Bridge in a Drizzle'
TO the Futurist exhibition. If that, my
masterpiece, fails to win prize, l fear
we all must starve or eat sauerkraut
all winter"
, The first thing that met his eye-he
had but one left-when he entered the
studio was "Skeehaw Bridge in a
Drizzle."
"The expressman came and TOOK
awav the picture" his wife told him
with a giggle. Il hope gave him the
right one-the little square canvas one
the little square canvas in the cor
ner? These futurist things all look
so alike"
Hammock buried his SCARED fea-
lures in his unwashed hands.
"You gave them that old fawed can
vas I gave the baby to daub on!' he
moaned. "We are ruined! Ruined !"
But at that moment,a messenger boy
arrived with a telegram from the
judges. 1t read:
"First prize of 25 cents for your
canvas without title. We have taken
the liberty of naming it Opening Oys-
tiers in the Cleaning, as that was so
obviously your subject"
Hammock rushed out with glad
veil to buy a lemon.-Detroit Free
Press.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
How Aviator Can Learn.

tits not necessary for the amateur
aviator to have an aeroplane at his
disposal continually. A machine has
been invented which will enable him to
learn the principles Of aviation without
ascending six feet from terra firma.
The machine consists Of two long
steel arms which intersect each other
at right angles. They are mounted
upon a concrete pyramid at the inter
section, so that they balance when at
rest. The aviator's seat is over the
intersection and the machine moves
with the wind or by means of weights
that can be shifted, giving the driver
the same effort to maintain his equili-
brium as if he were high in the air.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
Sectional Avoirdupois.

The average weight of men south
of the Mason and Dixon line is from
four to six pounds lighter than the
average weight of men north of it
says United States marine recruiting
officers operating there, in a report
received at marine headquarters
These recruiting officers have asked
that the minimum weight for recruits
in the South be reduced from 124 tC
12O pounds, stripped.
''The. large raw-boned southerner'
is seldom seen, the recruiting officers
aver, and, while the men of the South
are as sound and fit as the men of any
other section, they are usually small.
boned and light in weight. The off
GERS point out in their recommends.
ton that some Of the best mixers
and fighters in the marine corps are
the lean, wiry men from the south
land.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
Movement of Population,

Emigration from the eastern states
to the middle West began in a small
way soon after the close Of the Revo-
lutionary war, but was not large till
after the admission of Ohio as state
in 1903. In 1900 the government
adopted the system of selling public
land in Ohio on credit and thus start.
ed a current of emigration to Ohio
which soon made it state and over
flowed into Indiana. Old letters writ
ten from towns in Massachusetts, New
York and Pennsylvania describe the
roads leading west as thronged with
large covered wagons filed with peo-
pie and household goods, moving to
"the Ohio" An Englishman who came
West in 1916 wrote: I'm passing
through the upper parts Of Virginia /
observed great number of farms that
had been abandoned, on many Of
which good houses had been erected,
and fine apple and peach orchards had
been planted. On inquiring the rea-
son, was always informed that the
owners had gone to the western coun-
try. From the New England states the
emigrations are still more numerous.
They mostly cross the Hudson river
between Albany and Newburg, and
must pass through Cayuga on their
way to Pittsburgh. I was informed
by an inhabitant of Cayuga in April,
1916, that more than $4,000 wagons
had passed over the bridge at that
place within the last is months, con-
tanning emigrants to the western coun-
try"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
HORSE WILL GET A PENSION
"Daisy" Has Been the Heroine of More
Than a Hundred Thrilling
ShipWrecks.

Daisy, the heroine of more than one
hundred thrilling shipwrecks in the
past 81 years, has been added to the
list of pensioned government en-
ployees. Daisy is the handsome dapple
gray mare-the pride Of the United
States coast guard station at Peaked
Hill Bars, Provincetown, on the tip
end of Cape Cod.
Since November Is, 1895, when
Daisy, as chubby, playful colt, en-
tered the service of Uncle Sam, she
has faithfully performed those duties
incumbent on her. According to the
seven men who comprise the crew at
the Peaked Hill Bars station, Daisy
has been the real thing in successfully
executing many brilliant rescues. Not
only has she furnished the motive
power in all kinds of storms over ice
bound shores of Cape Cod for the land
journey of the ifeboat, but she has
also aided the men in bringing safely
to shore hundreds of half-frozen sailors
in the breeches buoy.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
THOSE WHO SEEK THE BASS
Hard Work and Discomforts Merely
Matters of Course to the Sport
Loving Fisherman.

If bass-ishing were in the category
of day labor, the bass should worry.
Heartaches, boneaches, sunburn and
mosquito bites fall to the lot of the
bass fisher. Three days in advance
of the date set for your martyrdom you
begin to arrange for it. You first Sc
cure bait Five miles from home there
is a creek where minnows and TONES
are to be found. You must have crabs
and dobson, crickets and grasshoppers,
for when bass are dieting they are par
ticular about their bill of fare. Boats
may be had for 90 cents. They are
not, of course, such boats as one would
find ct the Thousand Islands or at
Central park, New York. They are
just boats, having two sides and a
bottom, and thus managing to float.
A tomato can is one of the chief re-
quisiteS in bass fishing. It is neces-
sary for bailing. Oars are q second
airy consideration. Anything with a
fiat face "a fence board preferred)
will answer the purpose, because
when fishing for bass one sits and
waits or smokes and swears. If a
man were obliged to occupy church
pew without back to rest his spine
against, what howl of protest he
would make! Yet he will sit in a
leaky boat seven days a week and
never grumble, and in spite Of every
thing will sleep every night like a
trOoper.-Zim, in Cartoons Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
Tough Luck.

Evan Cush is an extremely unlucky
chap"
"He isn't usually considered So"
IT know, but you ought to hear him
talk about his misfortunes. Six months
ago he decided that he had made all
the money he could possibly use, so
he bought a farm and retired. He
started to sink an artesian well in, or
der to insure supply of pure water.
And what did he do but strike oil?
Now he's got to get back In harness
again and make a whole lot Of money
that he doesn't need at all out of that
oil well. Don't you pity him from the
bottom of your hearth"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
SHE KEPT DRESS scaApaooK
Il Gave Young Woman Glimpse OF
the History of All Her
Frocks.

'It's one of my most cherished pos
sessions, and I love it for the memo
ries-some pleasant, some sad-that it
recalls"
A girl was showing one of her
friends a volume that bore the title,
"Laura's Dress History" Outwardly.
remarks a writer in the Youths Com.
panion, it appeared to be an ordinary
scrap album, but inside there were
none of the usual pictures; instead,
the leaves were decorated with squares
of cloth Of many different kinds and
cOlOrs.
81 began this when I was very
little girl" Laura explained. 81 re-
member that it was one day when
mother showed me a roll of pieces.
There were bits of my first colored
dresses. was pasting pictures in my
scrapbook, and the idea occurred to
me to use scraps of my dresses instead
of the pictures. Mother gave me
square of each piece and taught me
how to paste them in place.
GAS I grew older I thought of other
things that would add to the interest
of the book. So underneath each
lock I described how that particular
dress was made. Sometimes I drew
little pattern picture, sometimes I
wrote description. Then, too, I wrote
anything of interest connected with
the dress-when it was bought, made
and first worn, who gave it to me if
it CHANGED to be present, and other
incidents such as this"
Laura touched a pink gingham
square, beneath which was written:
'Uncle James gave this to me on my
ninth birthday. The first time I wore
it l tore the skirt"
'The Powered lawn says, Bought
July 1, made July 2, worn July 4
and dyed July s. You see, I wore
it to Fourth of July celebration
and ruined it with stains. But"
She laughed and pointed to the
rhyme:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
UP the LADDER OF SUCCESS
Whatever Job You Have, Consider
That Ii Is the Best Job
in the World.

'sIn climbing the ladder of success
what have you learned that you could
pass on as aid to other struggling
young menu" B. G. Forbes of Leslie's
Weekly asked FL. P. Dawson of J. +.
Morgan & Co. ''Did you conceive any
shining goal and bend everything to
getting there?"
"No," he replied emphatically.
whatever job had was to me always
the very best job in the world and l
tried to fill it. / made no elaborate
plans for the future. If had any
system in my labor it was first to do
my own work; second, to teach the
fellow below me how to take my place !;
third, to learn how, to fill the position
ahead of me.
"Boys and young men should not
imagine that their work is so unimpor-
tant that nobody takes note OF how
they do it. 1t does not take long to
find out whether a boy is on his toes
watching how he can best be OF help
in situation or whether he merely
sits down and waits to be told what to
do. The simple virtues of willingness,
readiness, alertness and courtesy will
carry boy further than mere smart
ness.
perhaps it will not be out Of place
for me to describe an incident which
may carry a lesson for the young men
you are anxious to help. One day when
1 was teller a customer offered me a
very fine gold pen. l went right into
the Office and asked if this man had
any loan from the bank. I explained
that he had asked me to accept the
gift. The bank promptly acted and it
was not long before the fellow was In
bankruptcy. The simple course l took
saved the bank good deal of money"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
Nerves McnucG Win Jelly.

DR.. l.. Edinger, famous nerve spe.
cialist of Frankfort, Germany, has
just devised a method of making
nerves that have been severed grow
together again. The Scientific Ameri-
can quotes an address recently deliv-
cred by him before the Deutsche Or
thopaedische Gesellschaft, in which he
described his success with this meth
cd, a success that no other has been
able to claim. Doctor Edinger fills ami
NAL arteries with special gelatin,
cuts away the SCARED part of the
nerve and inserts the upper and low
er ends of the severed nerve into the
artery filled with gelatin. The sep
arated ends Of the nerve grow togeth-
er with astonishing rapidity through
this gelatin.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
abstraction invented to represent hu.

abstraction invented to represent hu.
mainly In the aggregate. Nature has
been very niggardly In her gifts to
many of US, and where this is Sc no
amount of effort, no matter how con-
tinuously it is applied can lead to large
success.
Those who find fault with society as
the cause of their failure are wrong.
Given a fair amount of taIent-that is,
brains-and untiring application, and
success will be achieved, ninety-nine
times out of every hundred. This may
be proved by reference to any walk in
life to which human beings apply them
selves to reach success.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
When Half the Babies Die.

The danger of bottle-feeding for
very young babies is seen in some fig
ures presented by DR.. Godfrey R.
Pisek Of New York before the New
York Academy of Medicine. These
show that during the first eleven weeks
Of 1916, 80 per cent of the deaths oc-
Cured in the first month Of life; So
per cent of infantile deaths are among
those artificially ted.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
EIiuibIe.

"Say, old man, don't you want to
join the Wayback County association?
The dues are only ten dollars year,
and that goes to pay for banquet at
the Swelldorf." ...
"But I've never been in Wayback
county in my life" N
"That's all right. You've got ten
dollars, haven't your"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
Mother dyed it solid blue,
Then it looked as good as new

II have spent many happy hours
making my book" Laura said as she
closed the volume. "And now that l
am grown I enjoy more than ever sit
ting down and turning the pages-and
remembering"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-01
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Arizona republican., 1916-10-20
FINAL COUNTY WILL
 JUN [. ]. ?. RANKS
Special to The Republican,

FLORENCE, Ariz., Oct. l9,-That the political sentiment here is rapidly turning toward the republican cand- dates is manifest from a poll taken along the west side of the main street here in the business section where only one man admitted that he was going to vote against Tom Campbell for governor. The rest of the busi- nessmen all declared their loyalty 10 Yavapais favorite son.
 The business section here Is three blocks long and most of the important stores are on the west side of the street It Is here that Tom Campbell will receive the entire number, ex- cepting one.
 Florence. and in fact all Of Pinal county, is going republican this year declare men who are in close touch with the political situation here. It is predicted that Judge Otis J. Baughn of the superior court of Pinal county, who is a candidate for supreme jus tice. will carry the republican ticket 10 a substantial /victorv here. Judge Baughn is unquestionaoly the most popular man in Pinal county and he consented 10 make the race for the higher office only after he had con suited the voters of his own county both democratic and republican and found that they would give him their 1 undivided support
Arizona republican., 1916-10-20
1 lspeciaI to the RepuhIicnnl


 NEW YORK, Oct 19-Over a tholls and College Alumni who gave their usual affliaton as democratic, have enrolled as active members in the Hughes National College league, and have indicated their intention of vot- irg for governor Hughes. While this is only a small percentage of the leagues total enrolment, it shows great gain for Hughes among the men whose votes are hardest to change
 We are gratified. but not surprised said George BroSaw Compton, Ma tioual Campaign manager of the league" at the number of democrats who are going to work and vote for Hughes. we are advised that we have more democrats and independent vot- CTS in the Hughes league than the whole number of college men who have been willing Co enroll for Wilson.
 1T an eight-hour workdGy has the sanction of society as President Will son has declared, why is il not applied in the post office department where it also is sanctioned by law? That was tAe question asked today by Thomas F Flaherty. President of the National Federation of Post Office clerks who declared that at no time in the history Of the service have the postoffice em- r'oyes been subjected to the same harassinE and interference with their rights, as they have been under the present administration
 MT Flahcrty declared that not only are the provisions of the eight hour law being flagrantly violated in the post office department by requiring clerks Co work overtime. out he said that Daniel C. Roper, assistant post master general had attempted to de- prive clerks in the New York post office. of their regular weekly day of Test Mr. Roper is now one of the campaign managers at the democratic headquarters in New York.
 Tn it's treatment of the aged service workers the present administration has beer brltal' said Mr. F1aherty. in an effort % belttle the worth of the mall collectors who were fighting Tor 9 restoration of their salaries. First Assistant Postmaster General. Roper told the House Post Roads committee the work could ne performed by a blind man CT boy This is a gratu- itous insult to a class of men who are doing a responsible arduous work Mir Roper told an audience of postmasters Co dismiss employees when incapaclted through age. He declared this course would promote thrift and be an ex- ample 10 the other employees"
 MT Flaherty. whose organization is
Arizona republican., 1916-10-20

ferred the claims to the attorney gen. eral. There are some public duties that citizens are required to perform with out compensation, and l fail to find where members of a coroners jury re- ceive any compensation, just as fail to find in the militarv code any pro- vision for the payment of witnesses be- fore military court Mir. Conrad was called as a witness by Captain Gulley. l. personally, paid the men that l called as witnesses. The records of the aud itors office will show that no witnesses were paid by the state It is hardly possible for the governor to pay funds from the state treasury under any cir cumstances. Funds are' paid by the state treasurer after the claims are audited by the state auditor. l agree with Mir. Conrad that the refusal to pay funds from the state treasury when there is no law for the payment is a good example of democratic efficiency but regret his insnuation that MT. Campbell would, if elected governor, pursue any other course than that pre- scribed by law
 During a conversation Wednesday, Col. Harris stated thdf he had failed to get a compensation opinion from At torneN| General Jones. He reiterated that he had paid the witnesses he called. The reopening of the old Gulley ques- tion by Conrad, has caused consider able of a sensation, and will probably result in a ruling by MT. Jones. re- sulting in the speedy paying of the
 claims against the state.
Arizona republican., 1916-10-20
HARRIS MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT
 NON-PAYMENT IF WITNESS FEES

A communication appearing in The Republican Wednesday morning, over the signature of J. L. Conrad, to the effect that he had appeared as a wit ness at the court martial of Capt. c. V. Gulley. and had received no com pensation for his services, and that paid was cause for much discussion in democratic circles yesterday.
 In an interview Wednesday afternoon Col. Harris, adjutant general of the guard, who called the court martial to try Capt. Gulley gave out the follow ing statement.
 Tn your paper of the 18th instant appears a letter from MT. J. l.. Conrad, which contains so many untruths that l feel that it should be answered.
 There was never any question of the legality of the court-martial. The court was called under orders of the military department and was properly paid as such. When the claims for witness fees were presented to this of- flee for payment, they were approved in accordance with instructions from the attorney general and filed with the state auditor. The state auditor re- fused to pay the claims and returned them to this office, asking under what section of the statutes the payment was to be made. The claims were then referred again to the attorney general for this information, and to date have not received this information Had been able to find in the law authority for the payment, l would not have re