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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
TIME FOR YOUTH TO LEAVE
Under the Circumstances 1t Surely
Appeared to Be Plainly the
Part of Wisdom.

They were talking about signs, to-
kens, intuition and things like that at
a social affair the other night, when
an appropriate incident was recalled
by Representative William G. Brown
of West Virginia.
One night an ardent lover called on
the darling Of his heart and SO en-
crossed was he in looking into her
beautiful brown eyes that he didn't see
that the happy hours were rapidly
fitting away. ~
Bessie" shouted a large, masterful
voice at the head of the stairs when
the clock struck II, you tell that pale.
haired, rail-faced, knock-kneed zap to
take his hat and beat 1t or I will fam
him so high that he will meet the air.
ships coming down."
percy, DEAR" said the fair girl
turning to the emaciated youth.
eyes, darling" responded Percy
dear, moving step nearer the idol OF
his fancy, What is it,"
Something seems to tell me, dear
est" answered the pretty one with a
sad sigh, that you had better CO."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
ONE MAY BEAT A DONKEY
at Is the VIII of Cod" Says an East
ern Legend, Reported by
Traveller.

In his article on his journeyto Baby
lon, in Harper's, William Warfield told
q legend prevailing among the natives
by which they justify beating Of don
keys but not horses.
1--WE stopped to change our mules.
In the roadway before the khan sat a
group of Arabs. A servant supplied
them with little cups Of tea from a
rude samovar. We saluted them, and,
taking our places in the circle, we
were served in turn. Someone in the
dark doorway was humping away on
a drum. A boy came out of the khan
beating a poor lame donkey covered
with f1y-infested sores. l turned to
one of my neighbors:
els it not cruel for that boy to beat
q lame ass in that way?
'Effendim, 1t is the will Of God!'
"'But you do not allow horses or
camels to be beaten thus
'Effendim, the donkey is not like
the horse, nor yet is he like the camel.
uS ISdSOu 10 lhiS. Opoh q SSi eoih e@'
the donkeys went before Allah and
complained that they were grievously
beaten by men, SO that life was a
greater burden than they could bear.
Then said Allah: Il cannot make men
cease from beating you. 1t is no sin,
neither does it cause them any great
loss. But l will help you. will give
you so thick hide that however much
you are beaten you shall not suffer"
$50 said my informant, 1T is of no
consequence If men beat an ass. So
thick skin did Allah give him that
after he dies men use it in the making
of drums, and the donkey continues to
be beaten after DEATH"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
Prisoners Save Money!,

An unusual plan was adopted and
tried with success in the Dayton CO.,
workhouse, which deserves the careful!
consideration of penal authorities
throughout the country, says the Nash
vile Tennesseean.
Through a board of parole, prison
ers are allowed certain liberties in ac-
cordance with their behavior and their
appreciation Of freedom allowances.
Regular work in factories is secured
for a number of prisoners, but they
are compelled to return to the work
house at night. They are required at
the end of the week to bring their
pay envelopes to the superintendent
Of the workhouse. The latter sum-
mons the prisoners family and opens
the pay envelope with them and the
prisoner present. He divides the
money as seems best. 1t is said that
under this unique system of parole
one prisoner, who is serving a term
for nonsupport, has placed more than
500 in a savings bank, in addition
to taking care of his family and pay
ing his creditors. He still has two
months to serve.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
Mcdowell

/. We are having some very cold
weather here now.
c. S. Peterson spent few DAYS
with his son, W. B. Peterson, in
Parnassus the first of last week
Little Mary Virginia Bradshaw
has been very sick the last few
days.
Ed. Rexrode, OF New York is
visiting friends and relatives here
He expects to return home next
week.
Miss Charlesie Peterson is spend
ing a few days with Miss Haiti:
Williams.
Gilbert Epperly has been work
ing on his car for several DAYS AMI
now has it in running condition
We are glad to see the people are
recovering from the grip.
Sam Rexrode, of Doe Hill, is
spending a few days with his sister,
Mrs. John S. IRVINE.
Rev. Wendell Allen preached a
sermon here Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Darby's school
closes in a few days.
American Beauty
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
a. Order Of Publication

To The Heirs of MIS-. Elizabeth NJ. Strick.
Ter. deceased, and To whom il NAV
concern
Notice is hereby given that on the
first day of The next tcrul of the Circut
Court Of Highland county, that being the
25th day of april, 1916. The UNDERSIGNED
school board of Bluegrass Magisterial
District Of Highland county, Virginia,
will apply to the said court for tie ap :.
poiptment of five free holders, any three
or more of whom may act, to 90 upon
a lot of land belonging to the heirs of
Mrs Elizabeth VI Strickler, decd, living
near Meadow Dale III said county cd.
Joining the public road leading from
Meadow Dale to Hightown ana the
lands of !. Wet. Sicg containing Is
acres selected by said school Board for
a school house lot, to ascertain what
will be just compensation to the own.
ers for the said land, or the interest or
estate therein proposed to be condemned
for the said school board, and to award
tie damages, if any, resulting to the ad-
jacept or other property of the owners,
or 10 the property of any other person,
beyond the peculiar benefits that will
accrue W suCh properties respectively
from the condemnation of said lot aud
the building and maintaining school
house thereon. Witness the signatures
of the said district school board this 18th
day Of February, 1915
School Board of Bluegrass { u . BIRD
NagiSterial District Of II II Slayen
Highland Co in the state Walter
Of Virginia Newman
Py Counsel
Andrew L. Jones
Counsel
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
THURSDAY.

Secretary of State Lansing, accept
ing Berlin's offered agreement In the
Lusitania controversy, served notice
that Germany, in the pursuit of its
policy to attack armed merchant
vessels, must comply with internation-
al law and refrain from sinking pas
senger vessels, even If armed, without
warning.
Official claim is made in Petrograd
that 100000 Turkish troops and more
than 1000 guns were captured by the
Russians in tie taking of Erzerum,
Turkish trans-Caucasia. The rest OF
the Turkish army is reported in flight.
Allied capitals regard the capture as
of the greatest Importance to their
interests in Mesopotamia and Persia,
and, indirectly, in the balkans.
Paris newspaper dezpatches say tHe
German crown prince has been placed
In command Of German forces In Al
sace and Lorraine, as we'll as IN the
Argonne, his former territory.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
EarIy AImanacs,

The almanacs-that is to say, the
first historical-were Of Arabian ORR
gin, and reflected the local genius Of
the people in very striking way.
They served as models in other coun-
tries for hundreds Of years. The old
est known copy of such a work is pre-
served in the British museum, and
dates back to the time of Rameses the
Great of Egypt, who lived 1000 years
before the birth of Christ 1t is writ
ten on papyrus, in red ink, and covers
a period of six years. The entries rel
ative TO religious ceremonies, to the
fates of children born on given days,
and to the regulation of business en-
terprises in accordance with planetary
influences. do nothing at all this
day." is one of the warnings. eff thou
seest anything at all this day it will be
Fortunate" is another entry. Look
not at rat this day" ''Wash not
with water this day." are some of the
additional cautions.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
Sad Death

Death has again visited our
munity, and on Feb. l6, 1916,
claimed for its victim Mrs. Eliza
c., wife of Allen Robertson, Of Big
Valley, near Boiar. Deceased was
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Carr gan of Jackson's River, her
father having preceded her to the
grave a short time ago and her
mother is now very i'll, neither one
being able to see the other during
her last illness.
Mrs. Robertson was about forty
years of age, a time in life when
one thinks they are about really to
live happily and have some
pleasur" in life, but God is 10
respector of PERSONS, so We should
be ready when lie calls, Jesus says
Come unto me all We that labor
and are heavy laden and | viii give
you rest"
She was a kind and lcgine moth
er, highly respected 10y ever one in
this community, as W II as else
where.
She will be greatly missed. n"s'
especially by the hvrd crts "a
home. The chl'd"su "fc p;p'.s il
my school, an: they are ";"difn
and study wrli She leaves h"hln.
kind husband and six children,
viz: Addio, CASTOR, Maize, Alfred.
Max, aud Janet, besides host OF
friends and relatives.
Short services were conducted by
Rev Chas. B. Gibbs, then she was
laid TO rest in Big Valley cemetery,
there to await the resurrection day.
Pail bearers, James Armstrong,
Nathan Bussard, Sheffie Bussnrd,
Terry Carpenter, Lester Gibbs and
Amos Hiner.
By friend
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
WEDNES DAY.

London reports that British forces
ere trying to recapture trenches which
were lost to the Germans near Ypres,
and Paris says certain trenches" IN
the Champagne region which were lost
in the German offensive of a few days
ago. have been retaken. Berlin says
both the British and French assaults
have been fruitless.
The capture Of Erzerum, the CHER
Caucasus stronghold, is announced by
the Russian war Office. The fate OF
the Turkish army, which has been re-
ported to be under the direction OF
the German field marshals, Won der
Goltz and Won Sanders, Is not reveal
ed.
The French foreign Office Announces
that ministers of France, Great Brit
ain and Russia have given to the Bel
gian foreign minister at Havre, for
NAL assurances that their governments
would not consent to peace until Bel
GUM had been restored and indemn1-
fed by Germany.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25

The Law and the Diplomat.

= Diplomats are immune from arrest
bv the authorities of the countries
TO which they are accredited, but their
own police can get after them. The
late Barren Won. Kiderlen-Waechter dis.
covered this to his cost. In 1892,
when on leave from Copenhagen,
where he had recently been appointed
German minister, the baron fought a
duel with a Berlin editor and wounded
bin, severely. For this offense he had
- stand his trial, and was sentenced
20 three months Imprisonment in the
military fortress of Ehrenbreitstein;
nhristian TX, with whom the jovial
- In was a great favorite, raised n"
Lction to the appointment of a
ree daffaires to watch over the
Iomatic interests CT Germany dur
the interval, and the prisoner on
% released from Ehrenbreitsteip
6rned to his duties.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
Mexico A Desolated Lana

A missionary who has just re,
turned to Mex co writes from Sal.
tlIlu:
"Mexico looks to me like large
plaut tnat has not had water for
some time. All the railroad stations
from Nuevo Laredo to Monterey,
inclusive, have been burned. We
must have seen the skeletons OF
hundreds of freight cars which
have been burned, also large rail
road water tanks that have been
dynamited. A large brewery was
still standing near the station, and
this brewery saved Monterey from
being in ruins, for am told the
soldiers were too drunk to carry on
the destruction of the city after
having been at the brewery for a
time.
The situation has changed for
the better since the Carranzistas
have been here Foodstuf1 is com
ing in from all sides, although the
prices are high. Church services
we'll attended. They not missed
holding at lest one service a week
since we have been away from
them"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
The Eternal Struggle.

Everywhere, on every side, one is
convinced Of the inadequacy of human
judgment concerning clothes. One
woman said the other day that she was
so struck with the failure of others
that she rushed into black, which was
the most unbecoming thing she could
possibly wear; finding this out, she
gave up in despair, and remained at
home in house gowns for two weeks.
She told this to friend who an
swered that she had anchored in Sc
rene waters at last, for. she had taken
to heart the remark of her negro nurse
who said, in extenuation of her mis-
tress' unmarried condition: cit amt
hard to be an old maid, if you just quit
a-strugglin'." She had ceased to strug-
gle with clothes and had taken up
more interesting things in life, regard
less of her temperance.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
Enforcing The Screen Law

Along with many other municipal
governing bodiys, the West Tampa
city council is determined to assist
the state board of health in enforc-
ing the state screen law during the
approaching warm season, and be,
fore the month of March passes ar
engagements for rigid enforcement
should be made in every NUM-
cipality, large and small, in Florida
The fact is recognized now by
even the most ignorant people that
the housefy is second to no agency
as a disease-spreader, and improved
health conditions always follow the
installation of screens and abate-
ment of the fly Nuisance. State
Health Officer Joseph Y. Porter
and co-workers deserve credit for
the campaign they have made IN
behalf of enforcement of this law,
as we'll as other steps they have
taken in behalf of community and
individual cleanliness.
Screens are now required for all
hotels, restaurants, meat markets:
fruit stands, outbuildings and other
places that come within the re-
cuirements of the law, and it IS
duty of private citizens as we'll
24c-ors Of The law to see that
the law is obeyed to the letter.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
TUESDAY,.

Declaration was made by King
George, when parliament was opened
by royal commission, that Great Brit:
ain will continue the war until the
nations "wronged by Germany and
Austria" have been restored and the
safety of Europe is assured.
Berlin officially announces the cap:
ture OF goo yards of British trenches
near Ypres. Most of the defenders
are said to have been killed. The
French war Office reports the recap
ture of trenches, which were lost to
the Germans Sunday.
Nineteen persons have been killed
by Austrian airmen in raids over nor
thern Italy during the last two days.
Six of these were slain at Schio. In.
cendiary bombs caused damage in sew:
eral towns.
Russian reports say one OF the
Turkish forts at Erzerum has fallen.
Allied aviators have dropped bombs
on CZernowitz, and German airmen
are reported active in attacks upon
Russian towns in Courland.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
BLCN1S FOND OF CHEESE
Al by Waitress Who Has Eeen
Observing.
Are you q cheese eater?

Are you q cheese eater!
Do you eat your monday wedge OF
mince or apple with or without?
If it is with" it is 10-to-1 bet that
you are a blond, for all blends eat
cheese, according to one of the Marie
Antoinette counter girls in a Boston
restaurant.
This counter girl besides being ali
expert manipulation of the hot and cold
coffee and master of the mazes and
electric order buttons is close OBJ
server and psychologist.
She says that after three years of
close comparison of those VINO pa
tronize her counter she has reached
the conclusion that cheese Is the pref
erence Of blends. A few dark
skinned and piratelike men may use
cheese, but the blends all partake,
and she suspects that a brunei who
asks for the with" when ordering
pie either has blond strain or fair
haired sweetheart.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
Marine

Kansas City, Feb. "a. Why
should a man without a left eye be
barred from the military service?
That is what Fred Kuemmling,
joplin, Mo-, wanted to know when
he was rejected today for enlist
ment in the United States Marine
Corps at its Kansas City recruiting
station.
Il don't see why YOU won't take
me-" said Kuemmling, Don't you
have TO squint or close the left one
when you shoot? | wouldn't have
to waste any motion doing that
because l haven't got any. You
need modern efficiency methods in
your service, | can see that"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25

SEATTLE's GUINEA PA FARM
Somewhat Remarkable institution
That Is Conceded to Be of
Very Great Value.

Among the various industries Seattle
has undertaken for the common good
that of guinea-pig farming would seem
to rank as the most curious. Seattle
is a guinea-pig farmer on a consider
able scale and at times the principal
worry of those in charge of the
ranch" is that the guinea-pig supply
will exceed the demand.
The municipal guinea-pig herd num-
bers 700. The guinea-pig farm is a
necessity, not ali idle experiment. In
their humble way these funny little
animals play an important part in the
daily work Of preserving the citys
health. They are the official goats"
for the chemists in the city's bacteria
logical laboratories and at the federal
plague laboratory, which the city helps
to maintain.
In fact, the little guinea pig is one
of the most unfortunate of all ami.
mails. Since doctors have learned that
he is subject to almost all the ills that
human flesh is heir to, life for him is
one long feast of germs.
Because the blood Of the little cavvy
Is so like human blood, he is ideal for
many archaeological tests. Give him
cold germ and he will promptly start
to sneezing and coughing; give him
too much red liquor and he will &C
quire ridiculous headache. So good
natured is the guinea pig that he will
accept the present of any sort OF
germs without protest and during the
course of his life at the city laboratory
he gets all sorts.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
Watch Runs Backward.

A jeweler has devised watch which
runs backward, the figures on the dial
being arranged in opposite direction to
the usual kind. The watch was in
vented at the suggestion of left-hand-
ed person who complained that it was
always hard for her to tell time on
the average clock, because she thought
'1eft-handed." With the new type OF
dial the process of reading the hands
was easier. Other left-handed per,
sons seeing the new watch agreed
that they could read it with more IA
cility than the other type,-Popular
Mechanics.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
SUNDAY.

Bulgaria is seeking peace with the
entente powers, according to the Ath-
ems correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph c"m~any. Sofia says her
cnir quarrel was with Serbia.
The French reD2rt says a German
attack w2s r"H"l2c;; near scissors and
five ceunt>- atta",;s in the Champagne
district r2re beaten back after Sc
we're fighting. Artillery duels contin-
re at F"o'c~ a?d the forest of Parroy.
The r;e.-ra report says mines were
exrioael il flanders effectively and
sraat damage vas dcne at Lille by i
British bcmrarGm ent, but no lives
were lest. !iTe.y artillery fTht;ng
7innce< in Lorraine and the Vosges.
The ne..rcgrad report claims Russian
gains CT three battle fronts and adj
nlits czar's troops are on the defen-
siye on DYinsk fr Mt.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
/ eEijEnAZ SURVEY Or
TIE war
SATURDAY.

Dispatches frcm Washington to Ber-
lin intimate that the United States
may te expected to warn its citizens
sgainst sailing on armed steamships
Iccause Of GcrmaGy's announced in
iention to treat them as vessels OF
war.
The German war Office admits that
the French, in new drive in the
Champagne region. has gained 200
yards OF thcnches. Paris asserts 800
yards of trenches were gained.
Rumania is understood to have pro-
tested against the crossing of her
boundary line by Bulgarian troops. A
possible severance of relations is ru-
mored.
Coincident with the arrival of the
car at the front, Russian troops have
begun an offensive in Bessarabia and
on the Dvinsk front.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25

benefited and l am GLAD TO recoHlInenu
it"-MRs. JOHNSON ANDERSON, School
St., Clarksburg, w. Va. =.
Health always brings wealth OF
beauty. A healthy state OF the sys-
TEN comes with Doctor Pierce's Fav-
orite Prescription. It's a medicine
prepared for woman's ailments 1T
cures those arrangements and weak
nesses which make a woman's lie
miserable.
It is prepared from natures roots
and herbs and does not contain
particle of alcohol or any narcotic.
it's not secret prescription for its
Ingredients are printed on the wrapper.
Women are earnestly advised to
take it for irregular or painful periods,
backache, headache, displacement. ca
tarrhal condition, hot flashes, salloW
complexion and nervousness.
If you are a sufferer, if your daugh-
ter, mother, sister need help, get Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription IN
liquid or tablet form from any medicine
dealer to-day.
Write DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y, for free book on Wot1l'
ans diseases. -.
The sluggish liver can be cured by
the use of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Biliousness, coated tongue, bad breath,
are all cleared up and banished by the
use Of these tiny sugar coated granules
purely vegetable and harmless--tney
do not cause habit,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
E;C.:DAY.

Berlin reports the capture by the
Germans Of 790 yards of French
trenches northwest of Tahure, in the
Champagne region, and of 400 yards
near Abersept, in the Vosges. Paris
announces the capture of German
trenches near Trise, in the Artois dis
trict.
The British cruiser Arethusa struck
a mine in the North sea and is report
ed to be total wreck. The French
cruiser Amiral Charner has been sunk
by a submarine off the coast Of Syria.
Only one survivor thus far has been
found.
Six persons were killed by an Aus
TRAN air raid over Milan, Italy, seven
ty miles from the Austrian border,
and fifteen were slain at Ravenna,
Saturday. The Milan raid is the long
est that the Austrians have attempted
in the Italian warfare.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25

are not here ia honor of any man,
but for jesus, and Jesus alone.
What remains for you to do now
is to pray as if the whole campaign
depended upon your prayers and
i then go out and work. If each one
# you 0,000 prays bis best and
works his best this campaign will
be he mighticst manifestation of
God in all human history"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25
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for long time. These are world
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