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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
IRON BACTERIA ARE FOUND
Were First Discovered in Pipes In
Rotterdam in 1887, But Are Little
Known in This Country.

Iron bacteria were first discovered
in iron pipes in Rotterdam in 1887.
Comparatively little is known about
them in this country. Bacteriolo-
gists claim that they are in reality a
higher form of life than the ordinary
varieties of bacteria.
They thrive in water which contains
iron, and authorities have concluded
that they are attached to that metal.
Iron bacteria are believed to have
the power of storing iron away in the
cells Of their bodies, after taking it
from the water. Some savants main
tain that the bacteria assisted very
materially in forming the rocks OF
prehistoric ages. The bacteria be-
come saturated with an iron oxide as
they develop and increase.
Myriads of them are found in
springs If an Individual is Of an in
vestigative turn Of mind he may be
curious enough to scrape some Of the
red deposit that floors a spring or
covers the rocks at the bottoms of
springs, and examine it through a mi
croscope. He will find that he Is
looking at an abundance of minute
pipes or tubes. These are relics Of
the iron bacteria, and give an idea Of
how industrious they must keep dur
ing their lives to build such compact
structures.
The pathologist has been unable to
prove that they are In any sense del
eterious to health, though the organ
isms are sometimes a menace to res
ervoirs. If conditions are advanta-
geous they increase at an alarming
and prodigious rate, causing water to
take on a decidedly reddish tinge. If
conditions are not relieved filters may
become badly clogged, resulting in
considerable trouble and expense.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Divorces in Canada.

Canada's divorce court is never en-
tered except by members Of the
wealthy class-and not frequently by
them. Only four to six divorces are
granted in Canada annually. There
is no record of a poor man ever get
ting a divorce in the Dominion, it is
said. The average cost of a divorce
in Canada is $4,000 and the decree is
granted for only one offense-marital
infidelity. The legislature at Ottawa
appoints a divorce committee each
session and all cases are settled by
this committee. There is no appeal to
a divorce action. Those living in the
western part of the Dominion have
to pay much more for decree than
those living in the east because Of the
heavier travelling expenses.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
He Had Qualified.

A stranger in an Indiana village
thought he might improve the time by
attending service in the local church
At the conclusion of a lengthy talk the
minister announced that he should
like to meet the board. The stranger,
in company with several other per,
sons, proceeded to walk to the front ot
the church. The pastor, thinking there
must be some misunderstanding, said
to him: II believe, sir, you are mis-.
taken. This is just to be meeting
of the board"
WELL" replied the visitor, 81 have
listened to you talk for more than an
hour, and if anyone has been more
bored than I have been I should like
to know who it is. "-Christian Herald.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
silk From SaWdust.

Making artificial silk from sawdust
and other lumber waste is the latest
experiment of the United States forest
products laboratory at Madison, Wis.
The use of artificial silk made direct
ly from wood is increasing by leaps
and bounds. Originally it's principal
use was in the manufacture Of braids
and trimmings, but recently the manu-
facture of hose from artificial silk has
become an industry Of vast impor-
lance. Other uses for artificial silk
are woven goods of all kinds, Innings,
tapestries, etc., neckties, ribbons,
sweater coats, etc. About 100000
pounds of artificial silk are used an
nually in the United States. There
are several methods Of manufacture,
but that from wood pulp is usually
made by treating the wood pulp with
caustic I've to form a viscose, which
is allowed to age for some time. 1t
is then forced through dies to form
threads, which are hardened by a
treatment with sulphuric acid, ammo
mum sulphate, and sodium borate, or
formic acid. After washing and dry
ing, the silk is ready for use. The
laboratory is investigating the arti-
fetal silk problem as a possibility for
utilizing wood waste, and has on hand
a variety of articles made from the
NATURALIZATION Transcript.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
STALE WORDS PLEASE SOME
Many Writers Seem to Take Great De.
light in Using Threadbare Phrases
at Every Opportunity.

There is a style of mind which can
not express itself except in stale and
threadbare, words and phrases, re-
marks writer in the Knickerbocker
Press. The more ancient and outworn
the language, the better it pleases
such folk. To them all brides are
olushing, all banknotes crisp, all citi-
zens prominent. To them the by-and-
oy is ever sweet; their tones are
musty, their decorations tasty and
every fire is conflagration if not a
holocaust. J. Pluvius makes rain for
them, their sun is Old Sol, their fu-
ture dim and distant and their tomb
silent. Bids fair" makes them chortle
in glee. They are best pleased, too,
when they can clap quotation marks
around word or phrase, to set it off
with the JUNCTION that makes born
gossip's infections torture to manly
ears.
Bromides was the name Gelett Bur
CESS gave to these unhappy fragments
of language, overworked until their
SAVIOR has gone from them. But Bur-
CESS clever notion has become itself
a bromide, since the bromide have
taken it up and made bromidiom
of it.
Barrie, in the days when his style
was forming, dreaded this failing. Ar
tistic sensibilities as keen as his
shrank from the trite. In his room
he kept only a few books. One of
them was Bartlett's "Quotations."
When, in his writing, a phrase or line
came tripping off his pen that seemed
to him to have been said or heard
before, he turned to Bartlett. If he
found it listed there, among the ia
miliar," out 1t went. He was a writer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
SUNLIGHT AS A GERMICIDE
Should Be Used as Part Of General
Processes of House Cleaning
Air Bedding Weekly.

Sunlight is a great germicide. Our
pioneer grandmothers did not know
much about germs, but they acted on
modern principles when they hung
their milk pals and strainers in the
sun ITO sweeten," as they said.
Sunlight, as we'll as fresh air, should
be used as a part Of the general pro-
cesses of house cleaning. The thrifty
habit of shutting out the sun in or,
der to keep carpets and draperies from
fading indicates a large degree of ig,
norance Of modern methods Of santa
tion.-
The airing and summing Of bedding
every week, all the year round, is a
most important part Of good house
keeping, but one which Is much neg
lected, especially by women who live
in flats, where science is very often
sacrificed to esthetics.
Therefore it becomes imperative
that at house-cleaning time the under,
side of rugs, carpets, mattresses and
cushions should be exposed to the sun
and air for as long a period as posi-
BILE.
Sunlight is free to all.
Plants will not thrive without 1t.
Animals love to bask in it.
Only man shuns it and by doing so
he incurs unnecessary danger from tu-
berculosis and other diseases.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Lived HARD lives
WOMEN OF EARLY WEST EARNED
THE BIG CROPS.
Few of Their Descendants Realize
How Much the Wives of Early Set
tiers Went Through When
Country Was Building Up.

When a little frail instructor from
the Kansas Agricultural college came
to our town and was able to tell me
the reason why my bread had been
souring all summer and how to pre-
vent it, and I got it through my head
that she knew what she was talking
about. I woke up to lot that had
missed. Elizabeth Sears writes in Har'
per's Magazine.
Our problems Of trying to do the
work of three with nothing to do 1t
with has filled many a sanltarlum.
The HOSPITALS are crowded with us.
And how full the cemeteries were OF
us in the old days-the price we PAID
for the big crops and the prosperity
of the state! And Kansas is not the
only state that is full of the unwritten
records of the women who paid for the
crops with their lives. They are still
paying for the wheat.
My mother died because she was too
tired to try to make an effort to live
any longer. Looking back on it now
cannot remember ever seeing my
mother sit with folded hands. They
said little of their hard lives, these
brave women who helped build up the
plains. They accepted it uncomplain.
ingly. When our country club met at
cur house last week, my aunt was
there as a guest. We have 80 members
in our club. Ten of them drove their
own automobiles. All but two live in
modern houses with heat and water.
We buy the latest thing in foot gear,
which is the one sure sign Of progress
in a farm woman. One Of the mem
bers was humorously relating the
trials of having a frozen water pipe
mended, and Aunt Kish told Of the
days when she had to carry water a
quarter of a mile from a creek. My
aunt is gay old lady, and all the
weight of her seventy years has not
smothered her resilient disposition
Ter husband died after their third big
wheat crop-drank himself to death
celebrating it in Kansas City-and she
had the first real time of her life ever
since.
When she came to Kansas in the
early 'fifties, she drove team herself
from st. Louis, with a ten-month-old
baby on the seat beside her. She and
her husband took up a claim 40 miles
from the settlement. Wandering In
dams were their only neighbors, and
terrified her daily by their company,
When they had been here less than a
year her husband returned to Illinois
and remained three months. She was
left alone to look after the crops,
shuck the corn, and take care of the
place. While he was gone her third
baby was born. Her only help was an
Indian squaw, who had CHANGED in
to beg a loaf of bread and remained to
help the young mother in her ex.
tremity.
1--WE didn't think anything of it,"
said my aunt. 1--WE were too busy
while it was happening to think
about it. We went through lot those
days; but, land of Goshen! we are
making up for it now, with our fur.
naces, and our gasoline engines for the
churns and washing machines, and our
automobiles"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
CARRIED THE HONEY BACK
Bees Proved They Had Something to
Say About the Disposition OF
Their Product.

A farmer possessed few swarms
of bees which he kept in what are
called box hives. Inside there were
small boxes, which would hold about
two or three pounds of honey each, an
exchange says. About eight of these
were placed on the top of the hive, and
as at least one side of each box was OF
glass, the keeper could easily look
into the hive and see when the boxes
were filled with honey.
The farmer usually chose to do this
early in the morning, before the bees
came out to begin the labors of the
day, or at night when they had fin
ished them. Bees do not like to have
their dwelling places mclested, and
usually try to sting the Intruder.
One day some friends were at the
farmers house and as they wanted
honey the farmer thought he would
venture to take it out in the after
noon. He knew that some Of the boxes
were quite full. The hives stood few
rods from the house, and on that side
Of the house were large doors lead
ing into the cellar. While the boxes
were partly Of glass, the bottom of
each was made of little Stats, so that
the bees could go in and out as they
liked.
The farmer took out several boxes,
carried them into the cellar, shut the
cellar doors nearly together, and hur-
ried away. He put the boxes into the
cellar in order to allow any bees
which might be in them to fly out and
return to the hive. But, in his haste
to avoid being stung, the farmer left
the doors open too much, so that the
cellar was quite light, whereas it
should have been dark.
The bees were so excited, and en-
ragged that they flew in all directions,
attacking everyone who came in their
way. When suppertime came there
were so many bees flying about the
cellar doors that no one cared to go
near them. Early the next morning
the farmer looked out Of the dining
room window and observed that the
air was still full Of bees.
At about ten o'clock he looked again
and not bee could be seen. He went
down and brought up the boxes. But,
instead of being heavy with honey, as
they were the day before when taken
from the hive, they were almost as
light as air, being filled only with
empty combs. The bees had worked
with a will and had carried all the
honey back to the hives.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Arab Foes.

The Arab who is fighting with the
Turks in Mesopotamia has some curl
Gus ways. He takes Off his shoes
when he enters a house, but keeps on
his hat. He reads and writes from
right to left. He eats scarcely any
thing for breakfast or dinner, but in
the evening he sits down to hot meal
swimming in oil. His sons eat with
him, but the ladies Of the household
wait till the males have finished.
The Arab rides donkey when trav-
cling, his wife walking behind, and he
laughs at the idea of giving up his
seat for a woman. The Arab has one
strong virtue, and that is, he is rarely
seen drunk. He is not very affection
ate, is very ignorant, and has so little
initiative that he rarely takes on any
thing worth doing, or attempts to
carry out any enterprise.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
sALUTEs ARE MUGS ALIKE
Those of Different Nations Really
Vary Little in the Sentiments
They Express.

The parting salutations of various
nations are strikingly alike. The vale
of the Latins corresponds with the
similar expression of the Greeks; and,
though piety is not expressed distinct
" in either, it was doubtless under
stood; for who can be kept in health
without, as the ancients would say, the
will of the gods?
The Greek word, perhaps, has a
higher significance than the Latin;
for it was not a mere complimentary
salutation. st. John forbids it to be
given to heretical teachers.
Tho French, on taking leave say,
"Adieu," thus distinctly recognizing
the providential power of the creator;
and the same meaning is indeed con-
veyed in our own word "good-by, "
which is a corruption of God be with
you"
The Irish, in their warmth of mail
ner and love Of words, often extend
the expression.
A well-known guide, upon one of our
friends leaving one Of the loveliest
spots in Wicklow, shook hands with
him heartily and said, in a voice some
what more tremulous through age
than it was when Tom Moore loved
to listen to it:
"God Almighty bless you, be with
you, and guide you safely to your jour
ney's end!"
This salutation, when used thought
fully and Alright, has not only a pleas,
ant sound, but deep meaning.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Passenger Service

will run a passenger car be
tween Monterey and Staunton from
now on. / have had three years
experience in running passenger
car, also familiar with both of the
above mentioned towns and roads.
Children put in my care will be
given careful attention. People
living at distance kindly write
me several days ahead. All pas
sengers given courteous treatment.
No booze hauled.
Ny car has been everhauled and
is in first class shape. Rates rea-
sonable. Phone or write me
F. M. TRIMBLE,
Monterey, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
BeWlxt and Between.

"The hesitating, Hamlet type of NAL
had best keep out of finance" saiG
Mr.. Lawson at a recent dinner, accord
ing to Everybody's Magazine. Il haG
boyhood friend CT the type mean =
fellow named Grimes. He was &
falterer, a doubter of the most exa g
gerated sort.
"Ore evening l stopped to call TN
him and found him in a deep study
bent over white waistcoat lying ar
a table.
"'Hello, Crimes l said. What's
the trouble?'
"'This waistcoat,' he replied, hold
ing the garment up to view. It's to;
dirty to wear and not dirty enough tt
send to the laundry. I don't know
what to do about it,"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Dressing Up to the Part.

The telephone bell in the office OF
the chief of detectives rang many
times Yesterday, but this was the best
thing that came over the wire:
"Ou- daughter is to be married to-
morrow and we want couple OF OIL
oars TO guard the presents"
eyes. madam" said the clerk, 'I'll
ao,d two of our best plain-clothes
men"
"Or goodness! that will never do
We want them to wear the handsomest
storms they've got. This is to be a
swell wedding. --
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Why She Objected.

'T hear that Florrie has broken Oh
her engagement with you, old chap,
said one man to another.
EYES," replied the second.
81 say, I'm awfully sorry to hear it.
Whatever did she do it for?"
"Just because I stole kiss" said
the disconsolate one, sadly.
Great Scott" exclaimed his friend.
Surely she must be crazy if she OBJ
jects to her fance stealing kiss from
her"
The abandoned one sighed deeply.
But that's just the trouble" he
said. 81 didn't steal it from her."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
The Antidote.

Hulda's mistress often boasts Of her
readiness of resource.
"She's the best nursemaid in the
world" is the enthusiastic commend
alton from her employer. Zone day
l returned from a motor trip through
the park to be met with the startling
news that the baby had swallowed a
button.
"And what did you dc, Hulda"
asked, in some anxiety, although
trusting that it had been the rigLs
thing.
"'Why,' sad Hulda, I made him
swallow a buttonhole right away
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
ObIigTng.

At a certain church in a Jersey
town it is the invariable custom of
the clergyman to kiss the bride aftet
the ceremony. A young woman, who
was about to be married in the church,
did not relish the prospect and in
structed her prospective husband to
tell the clergyman that she did nor
wish him to kiss her The bridegroom
obeyed the instructions given.
well, Harry" said the young
woman when he appeared, "did vol
tell the minister that I did not wish
him to kiss me?"
Eyes"
And what did he say?"
"He said that il that case he would
charge only half the usual fee."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Ideal Arrangement.

II suppose man has to have q re-
tentive memory to make a success in
the business world
"Oh, yes. But after he reaches the
point where the government investi-
gates his business his most valuable
asset is a memory that can be orer-
ated like a stopWatch.'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Welcoming the Lieutenant Colonel.

Welcoming the Lieutenant Colonel.
A few days ago in one of our first
line trenches at Berry-au-Bac, there
fell a stone that the Germans had
sent to US with the aid of sling. 1t
was inclosed in a paper upon which
was written this request:
Have the kindness to shower US
copiously tomorrow morning at ten
o'clock. A lieutenant colonel is COM
ing to inspect US. We hope that this
reception will remove from him any
idea of coming again!"
Our artillery was agreeable and rem
dered to Messieurs the Germans the
reuilired scrvica-x;e Cri de Paris.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Notice

ANY one desiring to sell any kind OF
property at public auction may receive
nv services on application. l will cry
any sales which may be trusted tc me al
reason able charges and guarantee that
will sell the property al as high a price a;
anyone else can obtain for it, respect
fully solicit the patronage of the people
of Highland.
CLYDE HEROLD
Mill Gap, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Ey Con,puISion.

"Do you think you will go away for
the summer"
yes" replied the meek-looking
man. Il expect to be perfectly miser-
able and s7end q great deal more
money than can afford to spend, but
7 happen to have two marriageaole
daughters and a strcng-rlinded wife,
col think will go ave. Tor the sum-
mer.'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
Matter Of Sentiment,

What makes you go in through the
Kitchen"
IT don't know our servants very
WELL" replied Mr.. Cumrox. Some
way, the frolt hall seems kind of for
NAL and distant. Around at the kitch'
en- steps they've got an old door mat
with Welcome OF it."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
0. j. Campbell
LOCAL DENTIST
MONTEREY, VA.
Office in Masonic Temple

By the administration of Som
noform, teeth are extracted abso
lutely without pains 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.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-18
.Ist Us Print YG)glE
Sale Bills

When i comes to neat
ard effective printing
of any Kind we will
guarantee to give you
satisfaction.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-14
BITS OF NEWS

Leaving a note containing a curse
for the English and American NUM-
ton makers, Clemen Biz, "A, 1855
Bisse1, Austrian, committed suicide.
Hanged self, then stabbed self in the
heart.
Trial of VIM. Lorimer, accused Of
wrecking bank, began today. Expect
ed to last at least 8 weeks,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-14

JUDGE SCULLY WANTS HELPING
HAND FOR BOYS
Scoring women who spend their
time in pursuit of pleasure while
boys are allowed to sleep in box cars
and under sidewalks, with no one to
care for them, and societies who
build clubhouses to entertain them
selves, but close their doors to home
less boys, Judge ThOs. F. Scully,
who was first judge of the boys
court, spoke on the boy Problem
at an open meeting Of the Holy Name
society of the Holy Angels Roman
Catholic church.
"All that many boys need is for
some one to say hello to them and
give them a job" he declared. What
is needed is not more ways to pun
ish crime, but more ways to prevent
crime. The pOOlrOOms are all bad.
We ought to have the schOOlrOOms,
parochial and public, open all the
time.
81 do not want to criticize the
knights of Columbus, am only tell
ing you what l told them. They
build magnificent clubhoUses in
which to entertain themselves, but
IL
boys.
"Our new archbishop intends to
do something for the boys who are
first offenders. Instead of building
a few more marble churches he is
going to do something for those who
need help the most and he has asked
the Knights of Columbus to assist.
1--WE need more women of ordinary
means who can help care for the
IL
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-14

Mae Busch, movie star, has been
vanquished by Cupid. She was woOed
and won by Francis James McDon-
aid, popular photoplay actor, in just
seven days. The activity of the
many friends of the couple nearly
made the ceremony a comedy in real
life. The groom got fiustered and
put the ring on the brides thumb.
She came to his aid and at last the
words were finally spoken that made
them man and wife. The newlyweds
have a bungalow at Hollywood, Cal