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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10
OLD HOPEFUL
sy AGNES LEE MEsERVEY.
Read II again, child. "


Read 1t again, child"
"tAnd thus the pTincely Scottish
refugee watched the diligent spider
ascend its frail selfformed cable, only
to fall back unsuccessful, but undaunt'
ed. Finally, after many efforts, the
persevering toiler reached its goal
and strengthened its web staunchly,
and the lesson OF patience and victory
caused Robert Bruce to take new heart
of hope ,"
acknowledgement" enthused old
Abner Post. My dear, what a lesson
for poor impatient humanity! What
a model in hope and perseverance.
| declare. | feel quite encouraged.
Humble, simple hearted Abner
beamed on the young girl who was
his adopted daughter, the sole COM
panion OF his old age. Then with a
brisk step and head erect he left the
house. whistling cheerily. There had
been storm and the broken clouds
were still scudding across the sky.
dy ONCl III lilG 'Siol "stS wiz he,NAAAS
outline OF a rainbow.
And Robert Bruce took heart OF
hope" misQuoted the old man. Try,
try again.! Hope and faith-Ive got
them stronger than ever. They change
gloom into sunlight, bring health out
OF sickness, success out Of failure and
youth out of age. Well, let's see what
| can bring out OF that pile Of truck
over yOnder."
Abner walked over to the edge Of
the garden, capacious but straggiy, 10
where a heap OF queer objects lay piled
lii heap. They were formed OF
glass and stranger looking them ever
would have wondered what they were
made for. Two miles down the river
was a glass works. Abner had got
an idea. 1t was to create unique
molds from which he could have
Chinese gods, Hindu divinitics, dis
torted dwarfs, grotesque harlequins-
in fact wide range of odd objects
made. 1t had occurred to him that
these curiosities, sold cheap and to
be filled with spices, sugar, vinegar
and other products, would go like wild
fire for ornamentation and display in
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10
HELPING WoE:EM IN GH:,::N';
Practical Work That Is Eeins Done
by League of American Ladies
Working in the Orient.

To Ms. Lolita Carswell Hume, an
American, belongs the credit of or
ganizing and pushing to success the
Woman's Social Service league OF
Changsha, China. Changsha is the
only city in the Chinese empire in
which the commission sent out by the
China Medical Board OF the Rockefel-
Ter Foundation found hospital social
service actively developed.
The Woman's Social Service league
of Changsha was organized in 1919.
and since the beginning has been g
distinctly Chinese institution, for Mrs.
Hume, believing in native leadership.
has steadily refused to assume any Of
fetal position. Not only is the mem
bership made up exclusively of native
women, but all the funds except $l5n
used during the first year of it's work
were given by Chinese. The wife o
the governor of the province in which
Changsha is located is an active mem
Der of the league and besides her reg
ular membership fee gave $50 to the
work.
Soon after organization we discov
cred that the work had a double sig
nificance," said Mrs. Hume when tell
ing of efforts in establishing the
league and getting it going. "On the
one hand it offered practical relief tc
the poor while teaching them methods
of self-protection against disease am
by Offering facilities for relief fror
disease and unhygienic living. 1t ais:
furnished the well-to-dO, leisure cias
of Chinese women an opportunity TO
performing unselfish service for otf
ers. This is something they have sore
ly needed to save them from the deat
ening effect of life without outwar
expression. The enthusiastic respons,
of these women proved that definite
point of contact had at last been foun'
between the two classes Of women i
China"
Before going to China Mrs. Hum
studied nursing at Johns Hopkins Ut
versity under Adelaide Nutting. Tt
methods employed at Changsha al
American adapted to Chinese cond
lions. Even the book "Holts Care {
the Baby" was carefully adapted t
the use Of Chinese mothers before be
ing distributed as a circular supple
menting league lectures to mothers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10
Geological Deductions.

The methods used by biologists in
working out the distribution Of ground
waters are complex, but it is note
worthy that among the most signiti-
cant criteria used are the fossil re.
mains occurring in the different beds.
Each enc of the geologic horizons usu-
ally has its distinctive fossils, and by
Al accurate knowledge Of these YES
tiges OF organisms the geologist is aid
ed in rcccgnizil g particular geologic
formations. In this way he may be
able to determi he, by means of the
samples taken from the bore, the
depth of certain water horizon.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10
Granted TWO Days to Marry.

Burroughs from the front are liked
by the generalissimo at six complete
days, but the heads Of corps may give
two days extra to soldiers who have
been the object of citation emitting
them to wear the cross o. war and to
those who can produce a certificate
from a mayor stating that they are
about to get married.-European Edl-
ton New York Herald.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10
Tries TO Pin Up Heart.

Frank Gait, thirty-eight years old, Of
4O6 East Fiftieth street, tried to kill
himself in the erysipelas ward Of
Bellevue hospital by sticking a safety
pin through his heart. He was pre-
vented from carrying out his intcn-
ton by a nurse, but he grimly told
the doctors that he would succeed
next time. He is charged with at
tempted suicide.-New York Evening
Sun.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10
Reiin;ous Freedom in Japan.

In no country in the world is there
given a freer hard for the propaga-
ton of any religion. In a country
like Japan, where the state and peo-
pie are governed by spirit of ma
tionalism, the principles of Christian
ity are most suited. 1t is to be hoped
that missionaries will redouble their
zeal in promoting the welfare and hap
niuess of the Japanese.-Editorial in
Ja panese daily paper.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10

grocery store windows. 1t was one
of the many schemes" that had
marked his inventive experience.
So he had used up his last dollar
having the objects made, only to find
out that they were too clumsy, bulky
and nonartistic to suit his prospective
clients. The scheme fell fiat. His
entire stock lay heaped up on the ref
use heap in the corner of the garden
They represent capital invest
ment," soliloquized Abner, rubbing his
chin refectively. Something ought
to come of them
What are you thinking about,
dear?' chirred the gentle voice of
Nellie, who had stolen out after him,
and, carcssing one arm, stood look
ing longingly up into his face.
why, of you, Of counsel" cried the
old man cheerily. Who else? I've
been figuring what to do next to get
into some position of comfort out Of
the great dark swamp Of misery I've
pulled you into, along with myself"
Nellie kissed his Quivering lips to
silence.
why" she cried, where's the
misery? Because We have to cut and
trim pretty closely, is the air any
heavier or the golden sunlight less
bright? Does not the sweet, fresh
cornmeal taste better than ever be-
cause there isn't so much of it, and
the dear old house-it's our palace,
we love it,"
SAY" exclaimed old Abner, perk-
ing up magically, you're a house
hold angel, you are! How you stand
all my foolish speculations and the
hard life here I can't understand"
You naughty fibber!" chided Mel
lie fondly. Once there was poor
little orphan girl. The village had
no use for her. A dear old man
named Abner Post saved her from the
poorhouso by adopting her. He taught
her to read and write, he gave her
a happy, happy life. And as she stands
here today, she blesses him because
he has given her love! love! love!
Oh, never care for the dark days,
dear-so many are bright. And be-
sides-besides," she flushed and was
embarrassed. Il Think am sure
things are going to mend"
The artless old man did not notice
her confusion. Her cheering words
alone impressed him and his soul was
comforted.
Nellie had a fond cherished secret,
but she did not reveal It to her adopt
ed father. Had he been less self-cen-
tered he might have tried to find g
cause for her more han happy face,
her frequent lonely walks away from
the old homestead evenings.
1t was about two weeks later that
Abner came into the house in a great
state of excitement.
Nellie, child, look therei" he ex-
claimed, and held up SO queer an OBJ
ject that she was quite startled and
puzzled 1t was a squash, but such
a squash! 1t was perfect present
ment, only in vegetable form, of one
Of the glass forms that had cost the
old man his spare capital.
Just happened to notice that one
Of those thousand-and-one squash
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10
Australian Sheep Statistics.

The number of sheep estimated to
have been shorn last season in Aus
tralia and New Zealand was 100, 692,-
2G4 which produced seven pounds and
twelve ounces each head, including
lambs, as against seven pounds for
the previous season.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10

Be sure and get your home paper
and the Thrice a. week World
Both for S1.75 for whole year
home and war news of the latest
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10
f'Ctice

Any one desiring TO sell any kf%d of
property at public anclion may receive
my services nn application. | vii! c:y
any sales which may he trusted I, me at
reasonable charges and guarantee that |
will sell the property i as high rrice as
anyone else can obtain fori Ircapect-
fully solicit the patronage of Tie people
of Highland.
CLYDE HEROLD
Mill Gap, Va,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10

I'm a trench at NJ" says LIE Cri de
Paris, the artillery of the enemy bonn
barded the French position day and
night. The French were downhearted,
not because of this concert, to which
they had become accustomed, but be-
cause they lacked aluminium to make
souvenir rings. The shells which had
been bursting over them for several
days were all 1865, which did not con-
tain any of it, and they waited in vain
for 1905, which should give them the
desired metal. What were they to
do?
"'Thats quite simple, said one Of
the men. All that is necessary will
be to write to them and ask them for
some Thereuron the following let
ter was written:
Gentlemen, the Germans-Since
yesterday we have been without alum
mum. Instead of showering US with
1O5's, could you not send us a few
1905? Thanking you in advance.
1.-TWO men presented themselves to
20 Immediately and throw the letter
into the nearest German trench. They
were prevented from doing so, but in
some way the letter reached it's deB-
t,nation, and the Germans sent thu
1905 asked for
Hello, Willie!
A wounded English officer tells OF
an interesting little incident which
occurred on the battlefield after the
great advance. '~..
"I had picked my way among heaps
of German corpses, when / was ar
rested by voice which seemed rath-
er familiar. Looking few yards to
my right, I observed one Of our Red
Cross doctors dressing the wounds of
a German officer.
bad case, DOCTOR remarked COS
ually, and Immediately his patient
shouted, Hello, Willie I know that
voice I said to myself l approached
the wounded man, and to my aston
ishment l found he was a German
cousin OF mine. we lad q little chat
about old times, in the days when we
were friends and there was no war.
"a few days after my arrival in Lon
don I received a letter from him"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10

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O. j. CAM BEE- l.
LOCAL DENTIST
MONTEREY, VA.

Olnce Ill W aSoEic 1tlit iS
By the administration OF Son =
poforn., teeth are extracted ,absc-
lteIv without pain safer tnSQ
hlorolornn, ether or niuous AXzlde
and its administration is not fol-
owed by any of the accompany
ing disaereeable effects Of cocaine,
eucaine or any of the numerous
zeal anaesthetics.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Head Of Public School system of Va
DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED:
College, Graduate, Law,
Mrdicine Engineering
.nan Funds 'vail be TO deserving STU
tents $!o covers all costs 10 Virginia
students in the Academic departments.
send for catalogue.
Howard Winston, Registrar
University. Va
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-10

Prince Albert can be 6oushs
everywhere tobacco is Sold
in foppy red bags, SCI. tidy
red tins, Zoe; handsome
pound and half-pound tin
hunidors and in that CLASSY
pound crystGk-sidss hun1iaor
1ith sponge-noistener top
fhot keeps the tobacco IN
such fine condition!
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
TESLA Dream Of Hurting Bolts
of Electricity by Air Nearly True

this system, ideal conditions for the
maintenance of law and order will be
realized, for then the energy necessary
to the enforcement OF right and justice
will be normally productive, vet poten-
dal, and in any moment available, for
attack and defense. The power trans
mitted need not be necessarily destructive
for, II existence is made to depend on II,
its withdrawal or supply will bring about
the same results as those now accom-
plished by force Of arms.
But when unavoidable, the same
agent may be used to destroy property
and life. The art is already so far de-
veloped that great destructive effects can
be produced at any point on the globe,
determined beforehand and with great
accuracy. In view of this / have not
thought it hazardous to predict a few
years ago that the wars OF the future
will not be waged with explosives, but
with electrical means"
DR.. Tesla admitted IL would be possible
with his wireless mechanism to direct an
ordinary aeroplane, manless, to any point,
over ship or an army, and to discharge
explosives Of great strength from the base
Of operations
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

RENCH and British statisticians have
been figuring the waste in the print
ing bills Of the two countries through
the printing Of silent and useless letters
in words and through the use Of the
hyphen in to-day" tonight" and ito
morrow" as it is used in Great Britain.
By eliminating the silent letters from the
English and French languages, one Of
these genii for figures has calculated
sS8 200, 900 annually would be saved the
two countries. And another statistician
figures that enough energy is wasted daily
IN putting the hyphens in to-day" to
night" and tomorrow to draw a train
across Europe and that the value of the
paper and ink wasted would buy bread
for one day for everybody in Yorkshire
and Middlesex.
In the $500 periodicals published in
France, the foe of silent letters COM
puted 10s, 200, ,o00, 900 letters used year.
ly. He found 13 per cent of these letters
were useless, so that 14,20U, 900, 900 let
ters were wasted labor. He estimated the
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
FEARS Are ELIMINATED New Autos by EectoMa agnetic Transmso
Drivers Hands
Are NOT Taken
From Steering
WHEEL at All

THE combination Of gasoline and cleo
tricity as motive power has been
achieved In an automobile being
built by Cleveland concern. This new
form is to make its debut at the Cleve-
land Automobile Show, to be held Jan
uary to 15.
Engineers and manufacturers, as well
as the laymen of the automobile world,
are tremendously interested. The merged
Baker-R & L. Company is the father
of the new type, which is based on the
patents Of Justus Entz, Cleveland, and
combines gasoline with electricity in
manner which, it is said, links the yir-
tues of each with the limitations Of each
eliminated.
The Baker-R. L. Company, of Cleye.
land, manufacturers OF Baker and Rauch
& Lang Electrics, recently consolidated
with the R. NJ. Owen Company, of New
York, which concern manufactures the
Owen Magnetic, unquestionably the most
revolutionary car in automobile circles
today.
Nearly every driver OF gasoline car
at some time in his career has felt that
II he could drive his car without remov-
ing his hand from the steering wheel in
order to manipulate the change speed
gears 1t would become as nearly a per-
feet car as It is possible to build.
This thought impresses every driver and
Il is only natural with the presentation Of
q change speed leYerless car like the
Owen Magnetic that 1t should win instant
attention from every motor car driver.
Mechanically. the elimination of gears
Is a logical sequence to the many trials
and trtbulations which are a part of the
change of gears. This thought evidently
obsessed ]. B. Entz, whose name has
been identified with many remarkable ex-
peTiments in the electrical world, seven
teen years ago when he began building
an electric Transmission. Then years ago
the system was developed and placed in
q car which up to the present time has
nearly finished a 200 900 mile mark.
R. N. Owen, formerly of Cleveland,
one of the foremost figures in American
automobile history, saw In the system
great possibilities and began exhaustive
tests and experiments, which developed
in the past year into the appearance of
the Owen Magnetic.
While the Owen Magnetic system Of
visionary nor theoretical. The method
Of operation Is simple, because the work
done by the clutch, gears and speed
change levers Is cared for by a genera
tor and motor. What has previously
been done with the foregoing parts is
now simply and easily cared for through
q controller lever on the steering wheel
Of the car and magnetic current
II we take the magnet Of childhood
days and allow It to represent the gen.
orator fields attached to the crank shaft
Of the engine and the small steel bar,
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
Lead in Pencils
Really Graphite

kHosT persons are aware that lead
lF pencils are not made of lead, but
that the so-ealled black lead in
them is a full brother to coal and to the
aristocratic diamond, and that 1t is iden-
teal with many other substances In
common use, such as the blacking on the
kitchen range, are additional facts not
nearly so well known. A recently in
stalled exhibit in the National Museums
division Of mineral technology shows
the various forms of graphite including
natural and manufactured. as wen as the
various ingredients used in this industry.
Black lead and plhmbago are popular
terms for q form Of pure carbon whose
proper name, graphite-frotn the Greek
word meaning TO write-is more accurate
and more appropriate. As mineral
from the earth, II has been known and
used since about the middle OF The six
teenth century. Pencils made Of It were
In use as far back as 1865.
Meanwhile, In lieu Of any regular
name, various nicknames were assigned,
originating in superficial resemblances to
better known substances. Two OF these
nicknames. black lead and plumbago.
outgrowths of the fact that lead is soft
and when tarnished viii leave a black
streak on paper, have persisted.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

n ROJECTION Of electrical energy
- through the air at the rate Of 500
miles a second, long a dream Of
Nicola Tesla, is almost a reality, and the
inventor has fled patent applications on
the essential parts of the transmitter.
The immense power hurled through the
air can be sent straight to any given
point and used for purposes of construc-
ton or destruction, the electrical wizard
says. The endless possibilities Of this
terrific engine in war are rather depre-
Gated by Tesla, although he admits that
whole armies, fleets or groups OF fortress
could be destroyed by the touch OF a
button.
Ten miles or g thousand miles, 1t will
be all the same to the machine, the in
ventor says. Straight to the point, on
land or on sea, it will be able to 60 with
precision, delivering a blow that will
psrslyze or kill, as is desired. man
in tower on Long Island could shield
New York against ships or army by work
ing a lever, IL the inventors authorizations
become realizations.
"It is not the time" said DR.. Tesla
yesterday, ''to go into the details of this
thing. 1t is founded on a principle that
means great things in war. But repeat
this is no time to talk of such things
''It is perfectly practicable to transmit
electrical energy without wires and pro-
duce destructive effects at a distance.
have already constructed a wireless trans
mitter which makes this possible, and
have described II in my technical publ
cations, among which may refer to my
patent 1,119,732 recently granted. With
transmitters Of this kind we are enabled
to project electrical energy In any amount
to any distance and apply it for in
Vulnerable purposes, both in peace and
war.
Through the universal adoption Of
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

TXHAUSTIVE experiments with tuber-
culosis bacilli have proven con-
clusively that even the most viru-
lent mass of the germs will be killed by
exposure to strong sunlight. AS most
varieties of disease germs are more easily
destroyed by germicides than tubercle
bacilli. the potency of the sun as a germi-
eide seems to be established beyond dis
pute. The experiments described below
were carried out by federal investigators.
pasty, creamy mass Of tuberculous
material, which was proved to contain
uncountable numbers of virulent tubercle
bacilli, was obtained from tuberculous
COW and spread in thin smooth translu-
cent layers on sheets Of glass, pieces of
wood, and strips of muslin. Some OF the
sheets of glass, pieces of wood and strips
of muslin we're then placed outdoors on
a moderately warm, clear calm day where
the sun could shine on them, and an
equal number were placed in a dark
room.
After fifteen minutes exposure to the
sun. the tuberculous material on the
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

an inseparable part OF the magnet being
the armature fastened to the propeller
shaft, we can readily understand the
method of transmission.
As the generator fields are revolved
around the armature, there is a tendency
for the latter to want to follow the gen
orator fields. The armature being fast
ened to the propeller shaft, yielding to
this tendency propels the cars In addi-
ton to the generator armAture there is
armature, which, with the first named,
supplies power to propel the car. In the
generator the fields revolve; in the mo-
tor they are stationary.
As the generator fields try to drag
the armature around with 1t slppage
is created which is diverted through
means of collector rings into the motor
attached to the propeller shaft in order
to assist in driving the car.
The starting operation of the owen
Magnetic car Is brought about by plac-
ing the controller handle in starting po-
sition. As the first operation of the
Owen Magnetic is such that 1t Is its
own self-starter, current is taken from
the battery and switched into the gener-
ator, which has become motor and
turns over the engine. The con-
trolIer lever, as soon as the engine is
allowed to get up speed. Is placed In
first position. In this position the gener-
ator and motor are in series, with the
resistance shunted across the generator
field. The controller in turn is placed
into second position, in which the gen
orator and motor are in series without
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

THE combination Of gasoline and cleo
4 tricity as motive power has been
achieved In an automobile being