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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
No Cure for Grippe.

There is no use worrying about the
weather about the war. about unpleas-
ant neighbors, about pressing necessi-
ties and about everything, but one.
Go out and get the grippe. When you
get that all your other troubles will
be trivial. The doctors tell of many
ways to prevent the grippe but not
one has discovered cure. Put sui
phur in your shoes, advises one ply.
stefan, as a preventive. Another says
tie some asafetida around your neck,
that will keep the grippe germs away
and your friends also. A third sug-
gests eating Saline crackers and 60
ing to bed, while another says soap
is a hereditary enemy Of la grippe.
Lather yourself with it and then go to
bed. A Brooklyn physician advises
grippe patients TO waltz into some hos
pital and have that sinister thyroid
gland cut away from its lair. Then
you will be immune. Don't smoke.
don't drink, don indulge in kissing,
and above all taboo eating as much
as possible" says the health depart
ment, then you escape the ka-choo.
The foregoing are only few ways
tc prevent grippe. If you carefully
follow all these instructions wha! is
left of you will not have the grippe.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Children Interest kinq.

The king of Spain has become inter,
osted in juvenile courts and has in
structed the minister of justice to
Craw up and submit to parliament a
bill creating children's courts in vari-
ous parts CT Spain. The plan is to
have a presiding judge, who will have
Jurisdiction over children under fif-
teen years old. 1t will have authority
IN cases of vagrancy and delinquency
and where the parents are shown to
be irresponsible they may be deprived
of their guardianship.
The courts, according to the kings
intention, will be modelled on similar
institutions in England. During his
visits to London, and before the war
Alfonso and his queen went to London
at least once year, the king fire.
uuently visited the various courts and
took an especial interest IN the juve.
nile one.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Substitute Medicines.

The archaeological institute OF
Vienna is striving to find substitutes
for some of the drugs and medicines
Of which there is now serious short
age in Germany and Austria. 1t an
nounces a few Of these in the Wiener
Klinische Wochenschrift. Among
these are: a synthetic form of NOR
phia, called papaverin; phenolophtha'
lein and cascara, to take the place OF
castor oil, aloes, SIENNA and Jalap;
bromine, to take the place of iodine
as a skin disinfectant. Professor Unna
says also that there is likely to be q
shortage of glycerine and suggests
that it's properties can be initiated by
simple strip or by four per cent cal
cium chloride or mixture OF the two.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
DEAD" MAN WRITES HOME
His Sister Had Taken Spiritua'isf
Mediums Assurance OF
Tragedy.

A letter received in Baltimore from
the British trenches in France put the
nose of one spiritualist medium in that
city out of joint. The letter was from
a man who, the medium declared sew
eral months ago, was dead.
The medium disclosed the sad news
to Mrs. Emma Berman, who sought in
formation of her brother. Mrs. Der
man accepted the mediums word and
went into mourning.
The letter was received by Police
Captain Henry from Sergeant Han
man, No. 257S4, master cook, Com
pany A, Seventeenth battery, R. NJ. NJ.
British expeditionary force, France,
asking for information OF his brother
who is a patrolman. Sergeant Har'
man is the brother of Mrs. Berman
who has been mourning him as dead.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
French Press Troubles.

The English and the German Ian
guages alike give the French newspa-
pers quite as much trouble as papers
on this side the water find in French
and German names. Recently a
Partisan paper revealed at some length
the wonderful activity OF General
Headquarters, a British commander
in Mesopotamia! Some days before,
another general, unknown, an Aus
trian this time, made his appearance
in the translation of a Fiennese bulle-
tin, published in a number Of Swiss
French papers. This was General
k-u-k," who was named as command
ing the right wing Of the army operat-
ing against the Montenegrins. In some
OF the Partisan journals military critics
gravely discussed General k-u-k and
the composition Of his forces. Some
what later a note appeared in the
Swiss papers acknowledging that al
error had been made at Geneva in
transmission and that the initials
k-u-k, Of three words, had been mis-
taken for the name Of general, the
abbreviation being intended for the
German terms, ''Kaiserlich und koe-
niglich" Imperial and royal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Metals and Munitions.

Some remarkable facts about the
metal required to fill the orders for
shrapnel and other shells that Europe
has placed in the United States were
given recently by the Mining and En-
cheering World. A British 3.3-inch
shrapnel shell requires 6 pounds l5A
ounces of steel, and 5 pounds 97s
ounces of brass that contains from C6
to 20 per cent of copper, or about 3A
pounds: and rouna the shell is small
copper band that weighs Az ounces.
A she'll of that size requires 1.o7
pounds Of spelter. It's contents con-
sist of 1872 pounds of bullets, COM
posed of seven parts of lead and one
part of anthony. Now, Europe has
ordered not less than 25,O00,0O0 shells
Ct all kinds. To make them will use
up 101,000.O0O pounds of copper, 49,
100000 pounds of spelter and 17S,2oO,-
900 pounds of lead.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Serbians Gnawed Bark Off Trees.

The English Red Cross unit at
tached to the Serbian army had to
abandon $4,000 worth of tents, sever
al motor cars and valuable sets OF op-
Grating instruments, besides leaving
the wounded behind in the hands of
the advancing Bulgarians.
Two Of these nurses have reached
Sal5niki with nothing but the clothes
they had on. Everything else was
lost. The two young women had
tramped for seven days, making "a
miles in one day.
Roads were covered with mud and
the women had to spend the night in
barns and earthen novels. Some OF
the refugees and prisoners were so
hungry, said the nurses, they they ate
the bark of trees. They declared the
patience and endurance of the Ser
bians was marvellous and there was
10 complaining.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Liberty Bell of Coal.

Senator C. A. Snyder has had repli-
cas- Of the Liberty Bell made from an
thracite and will send to friends these
unique souvenirs of the bells trip to
San Francisco.
The bells have been carved out Of
solid coal by James Cunningham or
Summit Hill, writes a Pottsville cor
respondent of the Philadelphia North
American, and upon the top is the inl-
tial letter of the surname Of the re-
eipient, set in sulphur gems, from the
mines, which have the beautiful mel
low color of old gold.
Nothing has been omitted to make
the souvenir a perfect copy Of the bell.
the famous crack being reproduced
with fidelity.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
LARGEST SkatinQ Rink,

The largest skating rink in Europe,
measuring about $4,000 square yards,
is at Davos, in the canton Of the Girl
sons, Switzerland, where all the great
international skating competitions
take place. 1t is generally open from
the third week in November until the
middle of March, and the climatic con-
ditions prevailing at that altitude Of
5000 feet are 50 excellent that it is
indeed all exception when the rink has
lever to be closed during this period.
A considerable staff of men is en-
'ployed to maintain the rink in order
The ice is flooded every night, and is
scraped and polished il the morning
with almost the same care that glass
workers bestow upon pate glass.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Witnessed Stirring Sights.

The last of the women who went to
the Crimea with the Highland regi-
ments died recently in Dundee, Scot
land. Her husband was a sergeant
She possessed a remarkable memory,
and could give vivid description OF
her experiences. She kept the hut il
which Sir Colin Campbell resided.
From a distance she witnessed the
storming of the heights of Alma on
10Th Of September, 1854, and was pres
ent at Balaklava with two other worl-
en- belonging to the regiment. They
were little behind the spot occupied
by Sir Colin Campbell and his staff,
and III front of them was the famous
thin red line" She could recall
the pleasure with which the soldiers
regarded the coming of Miss Florence
Nightingale and her nurses, and was
herself fer a time engaged IN tending
the wounded.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
His Curiosity Satisfied.

81 just want to see what this will do
to me-" said Louis Annesser, twenty
seven years old, of Wapakoneta, while
in a drug store He took a drink out
of bottle which stood on the coun-
ter.
Clerks, knowing the danger Of the
poison, rushed to him and gave
emetics, and ten minutes later he was
writhing in pain in local hospital.
Before he lapsed into Inconsistencies
he said: well, 1 guess saw all
right"
Physicians in attendance say the
man cannot recover. Annesser denied
that he had suicidal intentions.-Lima
CO., dispatch Cincinnati Enquirer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
now the wheat empire. He aid nos

now the wheat empire, He cid noe
think much of II as country for set
tiers; but time has quickly shown how
much he was mistaken, just as it
showed in few years de Tocqueville's
great error when he predicted that
our western advance would break
aulay's miscalculation when he assert
&c that we would cease to grow much
as soon as all our good free land was
taken up.
There are many impressive chapters
IN the story Of the continent, but there
is none more picturesque than the one
which is being made in our day by a
grain of wheat.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
His Farm Is Tramps' Haven.

Henry Heft, good-natured farmer
CT near AdamstowG, gave lodging to
sos tramps during the past year. Ev-
cry hobo calling at his country place
is given a comfortable place to sleep
and meals. In return the guests al
ways dc chores about the farm. In all
his experience, Heft has never had
any trouble with those whom he shell
tered. His record shows the January
guests numbered 81; February, 81;
March, SO; April, SO; May, Ga; June.
II; July, 81; August, 70; September.
80; October, 18; November, SO; and
December, 33.-Reading (Pa.) Dis
patch Philadelphia Record.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
British Savings Are Larre.

In a written answer to parliament
tary question, Pike Pease says that the
amount of deposits in the post Office
savings banks in England and Wales,
according to the last return, dated De-
cember 81, 1914, was $S4,773,0O0. The
total for the whole of the United King
dom was $952,e6G,00O.
1t is estimated that the total at
the present time is a1out ten million
less than this figure.
Deposits have exceeded Withdrawals
during many months of the current
year, but some twenty million have
been diverted to the war loan.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Cuts Third Teeth at ga.

Jonathan Fisher, 2inety-four years
old, came from Vincentown, Burling-
ton county, to spend the holidays with
his daughter, Mrs. L. L. Wallace of this
city. Despite his extreme age, he
made the trip unaccompanied and
stood the journey well.
Mr.. Fisher is cutting his third set Of
teeth. He has had his second sight,
but now is compelled to wear glasses
when reading.-New York dispatch
Philadelphia Record.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
"sWAT RABBIT" NEW SLOGAN
They're Vermin, Not Game, English
Timber Owners Are Now Be-
ing Told.

To encourage the growing of more
timber in England by organizing all
resources of labor committee has
been appointed by the government un'
der the Craftsmanship of Francis Ac'
land, the London Chronicle states.
Lord Selborne, minister for agricul.
ture, drew attention to this step at an
exhibition of English timber organ
lied by the English Forestry associa'
ton at the Surveyors institution
Westchester.
He said that the committee was ap-
pealing to land owners and land
agents to let them see their woods
and make proposals for the purchase
of timber. The committee appealed
to the owners to give what help they
possibly could in the telling, CONVEX
sion and hauling of the timber.
If an English landowner would con-
slider that rabbits are not game but
vermin, as they certainly are, and go
in for the cultivation of timber, it
would be to his great benefit, the COM
mittee said.
The war has created a big demand
for timber boards and scantling, espe-
cially the kind used in the erection of
huts. During the last twelve months
more pit wood has found it's way to
the English coal field than has been
the case for the last twenty years.
Some of the men present said that
while they would do all that was pos
sible to give aid to the government in
this direction, they were disinclined
to feather the nests of the timber deal
ers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
LEkVENED BREAD A MENACE
italian Hygienist Recommends the
Substitution of Whole Wheat With
Minimum Amount of Yeast.

Leavened bread has been declared
a menace to health as we'll as ma
tional economic loss by Prof. A. Ro-
mano, a distinguished Italian hygien-
list. Professor Romano's statement
came as a result Of the study of Italian
scientists and medical men Of the
bread and wheat situation to forestall
the threatened shortage of wheat and
consequently bread. The professor
urges in substitution Of the leavened
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Attention, Republican

The Presidential Election will {
held on Nov. 7, 1916, and You
cannot vote unless all your back
PolI Tax is paid AID May 5. 1916
Is the last chance you will have
BE sure TO look after it and urge
your neighbor. DON'T FORGET.
Fl. NJ. SIaven,
Chrm. Rep. Com.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Now All Shut Up,

Wife-Have You shut up everything
for the night?
Husband (meekly)-I'm sorry to
say, dear, that haven't-New York
Sun.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
NobHdy Home.

Cholly-Do you know, sometimes |
think my mind is going.
Miss Remarkably! Why, didn't
know it had come-Boston Evening
Transcript
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Locking Ahead.

81 don't see how in the world Edith
can marry that old Mr.. Rocksley."
Il do. IT'S the only possible way
she can become his widow
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Notice

ANY one desiring 10 sell any birG of
'roperly al public auction may receive
ny services on application. will cry
my sales which may he trusted l. me at
,asorabe charges and guarantee that |
yill sell the properly - as high price as
,nynne else can obtain for il. respect
-nIv solicit the patronage of Ike people
IT Highland.
CLNDE UEROLD
Mill Cap. Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Qualified.

Munitions Manufacturers you
think you could make shells, eh?
Applicant-Well, sir, | used to de-
sign hobble skirts-Judge.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
LOCAL DENTlS1
MONTEREY, VA.
Office in Masonic Temple

Office in Masonic Temple
By the administration of SOM
noforn. teeth are extracted abso-
lutelv without pain-safer than
chloroform, ether or nitrous Oxide
and its administration is not toll
lowed by any of the accompany
ing disagreeable effects Of cocaine,
eucaine or any of the numerous
ocal anaesthe1ics.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGIN "A
Head of Public School system Of IA
DEPAt TMhNTS REPRESENTED:
College, Graduate, law,
Mrdicine Engineering
Loan Funds Available 10 deserving stu
dents $40 covers all costs Ia virginia
students in The Academic Depart ments.
-rni for catalogue.
Howard Winston. Registrar
University. Va
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Her Punishment.

de-Does your father object to my
staying so late?
She-No! He says it serves me
right for being in when you call.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
The Price of Efficiency.

Mrs. Outlatc-Why are you so late?
Outlate-My dear, wash all ready to
come home at twelve, but couldn't
think of an excushe till three.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
His Lena Suit,

Mr.. Swiggs-AnyWay, you can't &C.
cuse me OF contracting bad habits.
Mrs. Swiggs-No, indeed. You in.
yariably expand them.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14

1t pays to advertise try the
Recorder.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-04-14
Ban kerS,
THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS

We invite your inquiries.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-05-26

road in eight hours that none of the
train crew, the engineer, fireman,
conductor, or brakeman, could pos
sibly give the same amount Of SER
vice in an eight-hour day as during
ten-hour day. The output in road
service consists in getting loaded
cars over divisions and not simply
in making train miles regardless of
the number Of cars.
With any existing set Of facilities
there is only one way Of increasing
the speed Of trains, and that is by
reducing the number Of cars per
train. This means an absolute re-
duction Of output on the part Of the
employees and there is practically
no possibility Of train employees
rendering the same amount OF ser
vice in s hours as they do in 10
hours. On the contrary, on a single
track road, the larger number Of
trains run the more chances there
are Of delays, and crews are paid
just as much for standing idly on
sidings as for running their trains.
Each additional train run means
that many more meeting points for
every train in the opposite direc-
ton. Every time, a train, therefore,
fails to make its meeting point on
time, it delays onv or possibly more
opposing trains with the prospect Of
running all these trains into over
time and requiring the payment Of
time and a half to crews while wait
in on sidings and rendering abso-
lutely no productive service ~
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-05-26
From The Executive Committee Of tho
Southern Railways.


Washington, D. c., May 10TH
Shortening the hours Of train en-
ployes in freight service will inevi-
tably increase the cost Of transpor-
%tation," declared the Executive Com.
mittee Of the Southeastern Railways
in a statement given out today.
"Spokesmentor the train service
employees who are demanding the
eight-hour basic day and time and
a half for overtime, have repeatedly
and rather glibly stated that the
railways can make these changes
without additional cost by simply
cutting out overtime and instances
are cited where it is claimed reduc-
ton in hours Of service has not re-
duced the output.
While this may be perfectly true
in some lines Of industry, the COM
parison has not the slightest validi-
ty when applied to train service,
where the output depends SO largely
on the power and speed Of the loco
motive.
Thus, take a run Of 100 miles
and assume that a locomotive can
haul a given number Of cars over
this division in ten hours. The only
way in which the run could be
made in s hours would be to reduce
the number Of cars which, of course
would mean the running Of more
trains with additional crews. The
roads would, therefore, merely have
the option Of whether to pay over
time for two hours to crews already
in service on the road, or pay an
equally or possibly greater amount
TO entirely new crews for running
the additional trains necessary to
the cars dropped out Of the
first train in order to secure the
higher speed.
1t is quite obvious if an engine,
loaded to its capacity, required 10
hours to 90 100 miles and a certain
number Of cars have to be dropped
out Of the train in order to enable
the engine to get the train over the
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-05-26
4 LExlasTOS INTERVIEW.
MIs. Marlin Tells I|si Experience.

#HNt EA.+N
The following brief account Of an
interview with ] Lexington woman
years ago, and its sequel, will be
read with keen interest by every
citizen.
Mrs. ]. F. Martin, Perryville St,
Lexington, says: I suffered from
pains in the small of my back for
five years and | believe the trouble
was caused by over-work. My back
ached intensely at night and was
lame in the morning. | tired easily
felt languid and nervous and had
headaches and dizzy spells. The
kidney secretions passed too often.
Three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me"
Statement given March 21st,
19OS.)
Over six years later, Mrs. Martin
said: Sometimes a cold settles on
my kidneys and causes a slight re-
turn Of kidney trouble, but a few
doses Of Doan's Kidney Pills soon
have me feeling all right again"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Martin had. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Prop, Buffalo, N. T..
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-05-26

The Chattanooga News, an excel
lent paper, one which generally
stands on the moral and sensible
side Of questions, takes up with the
foolish statement that the free pass
es issued by railroads during certain
sessions of the legislature, were
worth so much money. The News
had just as well have named Tom
Walsh when it said: 1T was recent
ly brought out in the L. & N, in
vestigation that a member Of the
legislature, subsequently a candi-
date for railroad commissioner, Sc
cured over $1,000 worth of passes
at the last session Of the legislature.
1t is quite well he wasn't nominal
ed"
There is no logic in the reference
Of the News to Mr.. Walsh unless
that gentlemen had been favored in
his candidacy by the railroads
which was not a fact. The truth Of
the business is that the railroads set
no such value on the passes issued
scraps Of paper which
cost next to nothing, signed by an
employee who was on regular salary
regardless of the Legislature and
free passes. Were the option put
up to them, we do not believe the
railroads would put a cash value Of
anything like $4,000 on all the pass
es issued by them during the most
notorious session Of the General
Assembly ever held-which sum-,
we imagine is much less than that
put up many a time by the Louis
vile & Nashville alone, in the good
old days. to finance the election Of
the Democratic ticket in Tennessee.
This paper, by the way, stood for
the nomination Of Mr.. Enloe for rail-
road commissioner, believing him to
be fair in his official actions toward
both the railroads and the people
and had Mr.. Enloe been a member
Of the Legislature. we have no rea-
son to believe that he would not
have secured for his constituents a
fair quota Of the much-abused free
passes.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-05-26
MECkLENDURG.

The celebration in Charlotte, N.
C., on last Saturday, says the Chat
tanooga News, was worthy of the
presence of the president Of the ma
ton. 1t commemorated the ami.
versary Of the Mecklenburg declara-
ton Of independence. On May 20,
IT'S, at Charlotte, capital Of Neck
lenbury county, a public meeting
was held. 1t followed a note taken
in the British parliament February
8, IT'S, which action, in Massachu-
sets, in the American colonies, was
denounced as rebellion. A second
series of twenty resolutions for i'm
mediate purposes Of peace and safe
ty were adopted by the Macklen-
burg meeting. The first series are
credited to the pen Of Dr.. Ephraim
Brevard, and the second series was
the result Of action taken by Col.
Thomas Polk, commander Of the
county militia. There has been a
discussion Of nearly a century over
the Mecklenburg declaration. AT
any rate, some meeting was held
and resolutions Of a revolutionary
nature adopted.