davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
Love for the Worker.

Venerable to me is the hard hand;
crooked, coarse, wherein, notwith-
standing, lies cunning virtue, indie
feasibly royal, as Of the scepter Of this
planet. Venerable, too, is the rugged
face, all weather tanned, besoiled,
with it's rude intelligence; for it is
the face Of a man living manlike. o,
but the more venerable for thy rude
ness, and even because we must pity
as we'll as love thee! Hardly entreat-
ed brother! For US was thy back so
bent; for us were thy straight limbs
and fingers so deformed. Thou vert
our conscript, on whom the lot fell,
and fighting our battles vert so
married. For in thee, too, lay God
created form, but 1t was not to be I'M
folded; incrusted must 1t stand with
the thick adhesions and defacements
Of labor; and thy body, like thy soul,
was not to know freedom. Yet toll on,
toll on; thou art in thy duty, be out
Of it who may; thou toilest for the
altogether Indispensable - for daily
bread.-Carlyle in "Sartor Resartus."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
MASKING the Guns.

Against aircraft observation one OF
the first precautions taken is to splash
guns, limbers, and ammunition wag
ons with different neutral tints, so that
they will blend with the ground about
them. Ally earthworks, pits, etc., that
are erected or dug are strewn with
leaves and branches, and the earth dis.
turbed generally, so that from above
nothing unusual shall be spotted by
keen-eyed airmen.
A battery of guns is seldom placed
along the skyline, for there 1t is an
easy mark. Generally the guns are
concealed some distance down the in
cline in front of the skyline, unless the
guns are howitzers, in which case they
can be best served from behind the
ridge. The idea Of placing the guns
in front of the ridge is that the rising
ground behind them serves as an ef.
fective screen, as the guns themselves
are painted to represent earth and TO-
liage.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
.ENTRANcED BY GYPSY MUSIC
Traveller In the Balkans Tells of Won
derfui Strains That Affected
Both Man and Horse.

People will tell you in the Balkans
that gypsy camp is to be avoided;
yet l used to hail them with pleasure.
They added to the wildness and saw
agery Of the nature about US. One
day, several miles from Uskup, our
horses raised their heads and listened
to something we could not hear. At
first we thought they were smelling
human blood; but we came to the
conclusion that something different
caused their interest, since no tremors
of fear were passing through them.
Refining them in, we listened, but,
hearing nothing, started to ride on.
After a while a sound like a faint
moaning of torrent came to us. The
effect on our horses was very pecu.
liar; they seemed to have forgotten
their fatigue, and were siding along
in a way that made me nervous.
Finally we made out that it was
weird strains of music that reached US.
1--WE are nearing gypsy camp"
my brother said with relief. Some.
one is playing with more fire than
usual"
Within sight of the camp, the music
came to US in it's full beauty or its
full horror, I do not know which
Since then l have heard many great
masters play; but such music as that
I have never heard. 1t was heavenly;
it was hellish. Our horses were as
much affected as we; they pranced as
If they were steeds Of great mettle
instead Of poor, scrawny Balkan
ponies. AS for me, began to dream
Of things unheard, unknown, only
dreamable.
Sitting on wagon, a youth was
hanging over his violin, playing
playing like mad. Presently, with
out interrupting his music, he sprang
from the wagon and paced back and
forth, still playing torrentially. We
sat fascinated both by the player and
his playing, trying all the time to quiet
our horses.
At last the music seemed spent;
the boy let his violin fall to the
ground, where he, too, threw himself
and the music was succeeded by
heart-breaking sobbing. His weeping
like his music, was as torrential as a
storm. Like it, it ceased when it had
reached it's climax-Century Maga
zine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
When the Ace Of Dudes Passed.

In dress President Jefferson was
governed by comfort rather than by
elegance. pride costs more than
hunger, thirst and cold" he used to
say, and as he lived in an epoch that
witnessed a mighty revolution in
mems clothing as well as in mems
government, monarchy's queues and
velvets giving way to short hair and
the useful, ungainly pantaloon, only
the watchfulness of his body serval
saved him from unbelievable ana
chronisms Of costume. Indeed, In
later life, at Monticello, where this
democrat ruled absolute king, he
often wore the garments Of several
different periods together, like super
imposed geologic strata, or the his.
toric remains in the Roman FORUM
Century Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
WEDNESDAY,.

Apparently the Germans are making
a renewed effort to force the issue at
Verdun. Paris reported heavy attacks
east of the Meuse, in which the French
lines were temporarily penetrated II
some sectors. The French war office
admits the FrCnch line has been push
Cd little further back in the Vaux1!e'
Chapitre wood and at Chenois, north.
east of Verdun.
The French took strongly fortified
position between Hem wood and Mon
acu farm, close to the river Somme,
northwest of Peronne, according to the
Paris bulletin. London reports gains
by the British near Pozieres.
Petragrad claims the repulse of all
counter attacks on the Russian posi-.
tons west of the Stokhod.
A severe defeat Of the Austrians in
attacks on the Italian lines in the AS
tico valley is announced by the Italian
war office.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
MONDAY,

Teh war map of the eastern front
shows additional changes as the re-
suit of continued heavy pressure OF
the Russian armies. Advances toward
Kovel and Lemberg, the two vital
points of the Austro-German defence
along the southern section of the line,
are recorded in an official statement
from Petrograd Further south, in
Galicia, the latest reports have shown
General Letchitzky to be- actively en-
gagged in operations threatening the
whole Austrian line along the Stripa
The region OF Brody, which city
General Sakharoff captured last week,
also is witnessing additional Russian
successes, according to Petrograd.
Further advances for General Haigs
forces on the Somme front, in north
ern France, where combined attack
of the British and French gained
ground on a six-mile front, are report
ed by London. The new gains were
scored north of BaZentin-le-Petit.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
Much in Little
Insects dislike giolet rays.

Insects dislike giolet rays.
Doctors now call laziness asymp-
tom of disease.
Oil of cedar is one Of the anti
mosquito drugs.
Mexico has Is PSI miles of rail
way and 46,11 miles of telegraph
lines.
One hundred and fifty hosiery
and knit goods mills in Philadel
phia produce SIS, 900, 00o worth OF
material annually.
The worlds highest powered
motor ship has been built in Italy
for the Brazilian navy, its oil
developing 60. 400 horse power.
The Spanish government is plan
ming to build an electric railroad
from Madrid to the French frontier
to connect with French lines.
Scientists in both France and
Germany are seriously trying to
ascertain if there is any value in
the diving rod for locating unle :
round water and metals.
The male heart weighs from ten
to twelve, ounces. It's average size
is about five inches long, three and
one half inches wide and two inches
in greatest depth.
An Illinois poultry raiser has
found that it is possible to hatch in
an incubator eggs that have been
cracked, by pasting paper over the
cracks with gum arabic.
The energy used in our bodies
for the work of circulation, resplra
ton, digestion and keeping up the
temperature is equal one day to
raising $500 tons one foot high.
So magnetic are the mountains
Of Porto Rico that they attract
surveyors plumb lines, and it has
been found that some oil surveys
are incorrect by half a mile or more
The Geological Survey now has
available for distribution its an
nual statement on tale and soap,
stone in 1915. During the We r
1856 ,S91 short tons of tale and soap
stone, valued at 81 ,S9l ,5S2, were
sold in the United States, an in,
crease of s per cent, in quantity
and 1 per cent. in value oyer 1914.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
PARROT is VERSATILE BIRD e
ExceIs Other Representatives of Feath-
cred Tribe In Many Ways Besides
Initiating Human Voice.

It appears that it is not only In
Initiating human speech that the par
rot excels most of the birds. 1t Is
alone among birds in taking food in
it's claws. With these two character
istics it makes more or less use Of
that which distinguishes humanity
from the rest Of the animal kingdom
the hand and the larynx.
The monkey uses its hands and the
elephant its trunk in feeding. Various
animals have a habit Of paving their
food. Rodents have serviceable toes.
Still. the parrot is pre-eminent among
birds in this regard. The secretary
bird is said to attack reptiles with
its claws, and some observers have
said that owls make partial use or
their remarkably flexible perching-toe
somewhat more than does hen in
scratching for food. However, there
Is no other bird which, when present
ed with a piece of food, will accept 1t
in it's claws.
Parrots do not, OF course, Talk, as
the word is used, in their wild state,
and are not known to be initiative or
neighboring sounds, nor to possess
the repertory of the mockingbird. 1t
Is, therefore, a question whether or
not their use of the claws is largely
initiative also. The shape Of the par
rot's beak would indicate that some
assistance in eating has always been
a part of the birds characteristics.
Like man, the parrot makes it's ap-
pearance In the world naked and
ba1D1ocs
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
TUESDAY,.

The Russian drive on the Eastern
front is attaining such momentum
that it is threatening to wreck the
entire Teuton defence line, according
to unofficial reports. In Galicla, the
success of General Sakhariff in cap
turing Brody is declared to have been
followed up by Cossack raid which
destroyed railways behind Won Both
mer's army, threatening 1t with en-
velopment. The removal by the Ger
mans of their heavy guns and sup
plies from Kovel and the evacuation
of Vladimir-V olinski, thirty miles to
the southwest, are also rumored.
The Germans are violently counter
attacking in the Somme region OF
northern France, and, according to the
official report from Berlin, have driven
the British out of Foureaux wood,
northwest of Longueval. London re-
ports the situation along the Somme
front virtually unchanged since the
Anglo-French attack Of Sunday.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
MoIasses In War.

There seems no connection between
a piece Of gingerbread and 13-inch
shell, and yet there Is. The name Of
this affinity is "molasses." Just old
time "blackstrap," which is some
times seen in the lumber camps. The
demand for alcohol for use in making
explosives is so heavy that manufac-
turers have looked around for some
thing cheaper than corn. They found
it in Louisiana blackstrap, and that
sticky, slow-fowing commodity now
goes into the makeup of one Of the
most tremendous energies in the
world 1t has proved such a success
that its price is now about four times
what 1t was two years ago.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
THURSDAY.

The most violent fighting on the
west front has, for the tine being
shifted back to the Verdun sector
Several German counter attacks On
trenches taken by the French on the
right bank of the Mouse, Paris says,
were stopped by mfg try fire. The
French made substantial progress to
the south of F'leury. Since the first
of August the French have captured
100 Germans on this bank Of the
river.
Only artillery duels were reported
on the Somme by the British war Of
fee. The British are busy consolidat
ing their newly-gained ground.
The Russians are unoAicially report
ed within ten miles of Kosel. Rumors
of Teuton preparations to eyacuate
the town continue.
Italian airmen have shelled Durazzo,
and Austrian destroyers have shel.ed
Biscegile, a coast town near Bari.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
SUNDAY.

The Russians continue to advance
in the region OF Kovel and Brody, In
Volhynia, and also in the region to
the south of the Dneister river, in
Galicia, and are pushing back the
Austro-Germans, according to the Rus
sian official communication Russian
detachments are fortifying themselves
On the left bank of the river Stokhod.
The French in the Somme region
near Hardecourt have captured Ger
man trenches between Hardecourt and
Hill 139, on a depth varying from 300
to 800 meters, according to the Official
communication. Gains also were made
by the French near the village of Mau
repas and Hem, which were hell
against powerful German counter at
tacks.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11

! am we'll and strong again. took
only three bottles of Favorite Prescrip-
tion,' and used the Lotion Tablets I
have nothing but praise for DR.. Pierce's
wonderful medicines" MRS. LILA B,
HAWKINS, ZEUs, Va.
Doctor Pierce, OF the 1nvalids' Hotel
Buffalo, N. Y, has good news for every
suffering woman. Write him to-day and
tell him your troubles, and he will send
you just the right advice to restore you
to health and bring back the roses to
your cheeks, and without charge.
His vFayorite Prescription" has been
the rescue of thousands of suf.c ring
women. Many grateful patients have
taken DR.. Pierce's advice,
Mothers, if your daughters are weak
lack ambition, are troubled with head,
aches, lassitude and are pale and
sickly, DR.. Pierce's Favorite -rescr1P-
ton Is Just what they need to surely
bring the bloom of health to their
cheeks and make them strong and
healthy,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
SprlnkIer Has Wheels.

An ingenious professor In western
university has combined a lawn sprin.
kler with dismantled lawn mower in
such a way that one can move the
sprinkler about the lawn while 1t Is
running, without getting wet, says
Popular Mechanics. The long crqsshar
Of the sprinkler was clamped to the
bottom of the mower after the blades
had been removed. In place Of the or
binary handle long pole was at
tached to- the transformed mower,
which reached well outside the range
of the running water. This permits
one to move the device about the lawn
without the inconvenience Of turning
of the water.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There Is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. DEAFNESS 10
caused by an intiamed condition OF the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is intiamed you have rumbng
sound or imperfect hearing. and when IT Is
entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be DESTROYED forever; nine
casoa ont CT ten are caused by Catarrh.
which il nothing but an inflamed condition
of ;he uuonus surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness tcausrd by catarrh) that
cannot be cured ny Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars. free.
f 'ENcY & CO. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by =. ussists. Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
President Tyler Married In Office.

suppose the story Of President Ty'
ler's wedding-nearly seveHty-fiYe
years old--will have been resurreeted
by NOW.
The ceremony took the public bit
by surprise. The president was a
widower of about year and halls
duration, and he was much older than
bis bride, who was Miss Julia Gardi-
ner of New York. The wedding took
place in the Church Of the Ascension
on Fifth avenue, New York, and a
small reception followed at the home
of the brides family in Lafayette
place. 1t was June wedding and it
concluded with pageant; the presi-
dent and his bride made a tour Of the
harber, where many Of the war Yessels
were anchored.-Yogue.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
AN IMPORTANT LETTER
FROM A VIRGINIA WOMAN.

There is nothing that will bring COM
fort and renew hope to the invalid
so surely as good news. When the
vital forces are at low ebb and every.
thing seems useless, ray Of joy and
assurance will stimulate the weary
body to new effort and energy, a let
ter from a loved one has turned the
tide in many seige of sickness.
Zeus, Madison Co., Vain reply to
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
MomentouS Occasion.

"Dubson is a good-hearted fellow,
but he doesn't seem able to eoncen,
trate his mind on any particular sub.
ject."
That's where you are mistaken"
"Yes?"
II happened to be with Dubson
when he selected his Easter suit"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11

your letter WILL
say, I had been
falling in health
for two years -
most of the time
was not able to
attend to my
household duties.
Weakness peculiar
to women was my
trouble and I was
getting very bad
but, thanks to DR..
Pierce's medicines,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11

sui Percival Gassett, at Mala-
W. reports that the first
the projected railway
: pA to Algeciras and Cadiz
IN May 81 by the pas
bin from Malaga to
distance of 10 miles.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11
BRANDON INSTITUTE. Inc.

BASIC. VA.
4 school for girls and young
General and College preparatory Courses
Music Courses, Piano, Voice and Scientific
Expression Art, Domestic Science
Scenery, Sanitation, climate and water unsurpassed
In Shenandoah Valley, elevation 1900 two railroads
Excellent accommodation Packard piaIos
Rates from $3.50 GO to $3.50 90 per session
BRANDON
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-11


special school recia COURSES III coohlg
sewing. millinery, dressmakiug, physical culture,
Caog
A.. BURtUSS, President
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-11
ORE nuT0s aa
PEISts slaas?

The -aartsee of ~seei. cu1ss.r saa
aluminium N ihis eaaufy = aag -
cause ihe pr1cc of mSior css- 10 rise.
according 10 recent seEYsrfs.
The ala al over D.-fruif b. ahaf the
metOf car haz Reached rsek .,aftsn
prices They never ~s se ans
cheaper. Every faetsry l. gasag 10 rsn
snort II materials before sanan..sr 81 ~
var l. Ilat eud.sd before .ha uae
Y he present priee q malor cars y
moi based ou the coHing shortage sf
materials tiFut mgntn- sgo prsrtic-
ally every manafactufcr o. D.frmf
contracted for snoagh parts O. enabls
him D. produce = car a. she present
prices until nest sammer The sspply
- almost exhausted Steel. capaer.
wood aluminium aHd = per sest q the
materials used N the construction af a
mstor car b. what Ea7ope s ciamoring
for now. and pfiees are b8gnd 90 go
higher Prodacers are fot saving.
'pui ~ vour ,riiers HoW far spring do
livery, hut oder and bgF now If yoa
want 90 take advantage ~ the present
prizes
- here BE- nof o facfort m Uatroit
that Is uat fsr tebial vIrl .. ariar..
Motor car aal aarts ff. a-. sark-
ing aolaa aas ar -L t.av
ulanufsrt aas lHr..- .I ufa ssa-
tIansd af ta1 rars HutHe uB
the supply as zoun as DO I- uala flc-
tured. 30 oue ru r.f a-ar'a 20
on the price If steel .1 Hr.a usn. 81.
No one knows vhlt .Ha s.. wl
be IN three months Nafo- manufsc-
turers are moss paying hala.aa f.r rsrts
and materials.
''Dealers in the tsr-far a.e ORDER.
ing al the cans iHHy asu -.. iH ar... ts
have stock whra r orr ee..
There viii o. fsH #s".
this summer. according I5 tha tab 10
Detroit. Not one mar4fac 1rpr knows
how long be- is going o. Boz alie to sup
ply cars al the present prices.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-11
Wilson HOLDS Apparn Is Prize.

President Wilson is understood tC
hold the opinion that the British
steamship Appam, brought into
Hampton Roads by a German prize
crew, must be consi iered as a nrize
Of Germany under the Prussian
American treaty of 1S2s This se
cords with the view OF the state ae
parr-7eut. Some officials agree with
'he German contentiCa that unter
the Prussian treaty the prize crew
can keep the liner at New port News
until the end Of the war
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-11
MRS. McMR IS FRIED
Woman Acquitted Of Murder, but Ne.
sroes Found Guilty.


Mrs. Elizabeth h. Mohr was acquit-
ted by jury at Providence OF a
charge of having instigated the mur.
der of her husband DR. c. Franklin
Mohr G. Nictor Prown and Henry
NJ Spellman, negroes who we're &C.
cused of the actual killing. were found
guilty. Mrs. Mohr swooned while the
foreman was announcing the yer
diets.
Is there any other charge against
tae defendants2" iilquired Justice
Stearns
There is. your honor" replied At.
tprIey General Rise. "but Mrs. Mohr
Is on bail on tire other charge.
The defendants, Brown and Spell
man. are aommitled without bail. "
said the court, ''and Mrs Mohr is dis
charged from custody on this com
plant"
The other charges against Mrs. Mohr
and the two negroes is that they com
mit'ed an assault m Miss Emily Pur.
ger, with intent to NH. Miss Burger
Was shot while riding with DR.. Mohr
on the night he sas attacked. Brown
and Spellman are accused of firing
the shot at Miss Purger while Mrs
Mohr s charged with being an acees
sorry i-efore the fact of the crime.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-11
Try 70 Save Levee al Arkansas CITY.

Tae rapidly widening lake in sonth.
eastern Arkansas, formed by the
Hood waters of the Arkansas river
Touring through breaks in the levees
las engulfed a score of towns, lev
ing several thousand Iersons hon,e.
less taking a toll of sixteen lives a,a
dong damage estimated at thousands
CT collars. Still g.eater Damage l.
ioared ii the MississinPi continues 70
rise. Predicted stages at ArkaH sas
CRY threaten a break in ihs Mississin.
II levees which would r~ec'pitate the
greatest calamity. Seven hundred
rlcn are toiling IN an effort to save
the leVees
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-11

than ] ever was and recommend yogr
remedies 10 all my friensls. - Mrs. LENA
hYSN. 2sl2 T.. Q Street, Richmond. \ a.
While Change Of Life il q most crit
.Gsl period Of a woman 5 existence, the
annoying symptoms which accompany
1t may be controlled. and normal health
Restored b. the time'g use Il Lydia l..
finsnarn 5 Negetab.e Compound
such warning symptoms are q sense
of suiiOcatiar. hat Gazhcs. hea aches,
tackaches drea3 of uupen ing evil,
tinl' sounds cars. d. pItati8a
Of tf heart. aa Hfe tle eyes,
ifr .arftias. csaiztI lssli1n, saf-iabis APP
Ialie. weakness and Iuquietude, and
a;zz.ncss.
foI these abnormal conditions do not
faIi to take Lydia L. PlIAhaas Negts
table Compound.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-11
Now Feels Entirely Well

Those who have backache. suH and
swollen joints or other symptoms of kid
ney trouble will be- Interested in a state
ment from A II Francis. Zenith, Has =.
who writes. Il had severe pains in my
back and could hardly move. | tried
De ersl remeiies without results / took
two-thirds of soc box of Foley Kidney
Pills and feel entirely well. Middle
aged and older men and women Whose
kidneys have been " akeued. find these
safe pills give relief from sleep disturb
ing bladder ailments. Canaday's Drug
Store, DIR. Walker, Prop.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-11

L Is not enough to read the daily news re-
pu- IS our ability toC1mureige igeud conditions
and . 4 scuss them a-i1ua 81 d.ufuds on a
fue intefprei a ion az The meaning and the
Inlst bring order out 0f chaos aHa the
eview Of kevieVVs' viii do Il fof YOU.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-11

fc-czsr wee c-Sirr ssssd rniy O q srd -
~n pay ss.srri-sg e-,.-r-es Tse css.z-fftsl -
isf-.--r etsititsfi o-ii5 fas e.-1ts ss-e 20
4 seorg Of snis i1Sa-Ts,,ss hina-r change e.
10 rsscrss.s er ss.-e- & . casa n fan