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New Britain herald., 1916-08-22
HAVING E % % @ as oO AS DEPEND ON

highly pleased, for the Connecticut company is now said to be the object of much criticism, particularly on week ends, when the closed cars are used.
 The new trolley will prove a boon to <le farmers in the southern and western ends of the town. At present their greatest worry is the cost of transporting their products to a rail- road center. Many peach growers are anxious for the start of the line for then they will be able to get their crops to the depot in @ much quicker and cheaper manner. One prominent grower said this morning, that when the line is completed an effort will be made to have a spur t's cl1 laid from either UpsOn's Corner or the I<ilby House to the freight depot, where it can be easily shipped to New York, Boston and other wholesale centers. Needless to say, the hackers of the project will receive all sorts of en- couragement from the residents of the affected districts.
 Loses Thumb.
 While trying out a new bread-mixer at the P. J. Buckley company's plant yesterday afternoon, Lewis Buckley had the thumb of his right hand caught in the gears and suffered the loss of the top joint. The mixer was assem bled yesterday morning and at first seemed to fail to perform its func- tfons properly. MT. Buckley was look ing for the trouble when the accident occurred. He is undergoing treatment at the New Britain General hospital.
 Piedmont Carson.
 Miss Rose Carson and Angelo Pied mont of Pennington road will be mar ried tomorrow morning at St. Pauls church, Kensington. Rev. J e. Bren- man. the pastor, will perform the cer- emony.
 Find Man on Turnpike.
 Two motorcyclists journeying to last evening when they noticed the body of man lying on the roadside just south of the Beck1ey station. They stopped their machines and went to the mans assistance. He proved to be Harry R. Anderson of New Britain, and said he had fallen from an auto mo bile. The man seemed to be suf-
  consult physician. He was taken to New Britain and placed with rela- tives.
 Sill Preparing. Preparations still continue for the opening of the American Fiber plant at the old Peck, Stowe and Wilcox fac tory III East Berlin. Another consign- ment of machinery arrived yesterday and large corps of men is kept busy installing it.
 Briefs.
 John Thompson and Roy Hu1tgren of KenSington are enjoying a trip to Niagara Falls and Buffalo.
 Merton and Miss Florence Webster returned yesterday from an autono- bile trip though the Green Mountains and Montreal. Canada. The return trip included stop at Lake George
 The teachers of the East Berlin Methodist Sunday school will hold an ice cream and cake sale on the lawn tomorrow evening.
 Ambrose Barrett has returned from two weeks vacation in Maine.
 Sterling Woodward of East Berlin has severed his connection with Bunce's store in Middletown and has accepted 8 position with the Mildrum Jewel company,
 Mr. and Mrs. ID. Mullein have re- turned to their home in Thompson
 n<a> ~ A ~.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-22

vile after a visit with MT. and Mrs. J. c. Lincoln.
 MT. and Mrs. F. Bailey of Deep River have returned home after a visit with MT. and Mrs. William Wye of East Berlin
 Miss Pauline Riley has returned from the Berkshires
 Alvah Ventres, Niles and Arthur Anderson, Harold Woods and Louis Burdick have returned from sojourn at Indian Neck.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-22
TO BUILD UNDERSEA
 LINERS IN QUINCY
Electric Boat Company Has Designs for Fleet to Break British
 Blockade
Blockade.

Quincy, Mass, Aug. 22.-Undersea merchantmen to ply between America and the blockaded ports of Germany, Austria and their allies may soon be
New Britain herald., 1916-08-22

New York, Aug. 22.-Porf1rias Diaz, young Cuban student, who developed leprosy while in Massachusetts, $
New Britain herald., 1916-08-22
LEPER IN NEW YORK

Cuban Student Comes to This Coun- try and Contracts IncurabIe Disease Permitted to Return Home
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
MADE THE FIRST PERISCOPE
Preacher Is Credited With Invention
Which Has Given the Submarine
Its Dreaded Power.

The origin Of the periscope Is now
under discussion, and the following ex-
tract from the writings of the we'll
known inventor of Peppers Ghost"
gives the credit to the clerical profess
sion.
Pepper wrote soon after the Cri-
mean war: During the siege of Sc
bastopol numbers of our best artillery
men were continually picked off by
the enemy's rifles as we'll as by cannon
shot, and in order to put stop to
the foolhardiness and incautiousness of
the men very ingenious contrivance
was invented by Rev. William Taylor,
the coadjutor of Mr.. Denison in con-
structing the first Big Ben bell.
1T was called the rejecting spy
glass, and by it's simple construction
rendered the exposure of the sailors
and soldiers, who would look over the
parapets or other parts of the works
to observe the effect Of their shot,
perfectly unnecessary; while another
form was constructed for the purpose
Of allowing the gunner to lay or
aim his gun in safety.
THE instruments were shown to
Lord Panmure, who was SO convinced
Of the Importance of the invention
that he Immediately commissioned
Rev. William Taylor to have = num-
Der of these telescopes constructed"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
Marine

New York, n. Y, May 25:-
Faulty respiration and tachycardls
or rapid heart beat, due to exces'
sive cigarette smoking, caused fifty
per cent IF reflections at the United
States Marine Corps recruiting
station in this city, since the first
of May. according to Captain
Frank L. Evans, recruiting officer
Although many young men were
influenced bv by the preparedness
parade of last Saturday to seek
out The recruiting officers for the
Marine Corps, not single april
cant has been accepted OF those
who applied.
The Marine Corps standard is
very high, Captain Evans explains,
and of the last l49 applicants
examined, nearly half were found
upon examination to have rapid
pulse, shortness of breath, and
other symptoms easily recognized
in the applicant who smokes
cigarettes excessively, or inces'
sanity.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
AlasKa's Spring Gall

Many citizens of the United
States who had supposed that the
last frontier long ago had disap-
peared and that the fertile lands of
the nation had been removed from
the reach of settlers doubtless will
read with amazement and pleasure
the governments latest word as to
the agricultural possibilities of
Alaska. This information is
contained in a circular issued by
the Alaska experiment stations of
the Department of Agriculture.
The circular declares, unemotion
ally, that agricultural area of Alas
ka mainly in the interior valleys
is as large as the combined areas
of the States of PENNSYLVANIA,
Maryland, Delaware, New jersey,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Yer
mont and New Hampshire, and
that it should be capable of sup
porting a population equal to that
supported by the agricultural pro-
ducts of all those states.
The problems to be faced by the
settler in Alaska, it seems, are not
very different from those encount-
cred by the men and women Of
former generations who brought
the wooded portions of the United
States under subjudation. A
special report on the agricultural
possibilities of the Matanuska Val
ley, through which the government
railroad is now being constructed,
asserts that the great difficulty to
be met, as elsewhere in Alaska, Is
the clearing of the land, which
generally is heavily wooded. The
soil and the climate of this part of
Alsaka have been found favorable
general farming by the government
experts and the settlers who are
fIocking in Chicago News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
Photouraphinu Machinery.

One of the tasks which occasionally
fall to the lot of the amateur pho
tographer is to take some piece of
machinery as it stands in the works,
often with a back ground of other
machines, betting, etc., with which it
is easily confused. AS it is usual to
block out machines on the negative,
so that they print out on plain white
background, this does not matter
very much; but the blocking out is
made much easier if the machine is
given some kind of a background
against which it can be seen, so that
there is no doubt which is the ma
chine in question and which is not. A
few newspapers pinned together will be
found quite sufficient for this purpose,
and a few more spread on the floor
will be very helpful by rejecting light
up on to the undersurfaces of the diff
ferent parts, which otherwise would
be likely to come out much too dark,
Special From Gehenna.
The devils were holding council of
war to devise ways and means of in
tiicting extra special fortunes upon
poor human beings.
Il know a writer chap" said the
first devil, "who has a gift, pre-emi-
nent gift, for comedy. I will plague
him with the false notion that he was
born to scale the Hottest heights of
tragedy"
And l." said the second dewitt
know painter with true genius for
his art. l will put into his head while
he is asleep the notion that in his pre-
occupation with paint and canvas the
world is getting cheated of great
musician"
and l." said the third dewitt
mind me of a chap-a full-hlooded, not
too refined sort of fellew-that cannot
be happy without wine, woman, and
song to cheer his days. I'll poison his
life with moral scruples. I'll torture
him with the fixed idea that he ought
to have been a minister of the gospel
and an evangelist to the heathen."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
Passenger Service

I will run a passenger oar be-
tween Monterey and Stanton from
now on. | have had three years
experience in running a 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 a distance kindly write
me several days ahead. All pas
sengers given courteous treatment.
No booze hauled.
My car has been everhauled and
is in first class shape. Rates rea-
sonable. Phone or write me
F. NJ. TRIMBLE,
Monterey, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
Much In Little

Burma has 4,730,S oxen, 1877
$50 goats and ] $50 9S2 butfaloes
Caracas, capital of Venezuela, is
to have a huge new bull ring, but
Castro's hat-tossing days are past.
NIGERIA has been added to the
lads i'll which valuable deposits of
coal have been discovered in recent
years.
Silk fabrics heavily impregnated
with the salts of lead or tin are
being made in France for X ray
garments for physicians.
Water and freproof barrels will
be made in Hawaii from bagasse, a
sugar mill by product, for export
ing sugar and importing potash.
As a deer-hunting state Vermont
now rivals Maine, with 5000 deer
killed in 1915, compared with from
5000 to 10000 in the Maine wilder
ness.
That the human brain can with
stand the strain of persistent work
better than the muscles Of the body
mas heen proven by recent expert
ments.
Lord Abinger's daughter DR..
Ella 5carlett Synge, who has been
reporting on the condition of Eng
Iish prisoners in Germany, holds
eight academ degree.
Exploration has proved a long
maintained theory that Finnish
Lapland contains vast deposits of
the highest grade iron ore, equal :,
# not superior, to the best Swedish
About 2 100000 natives of Siam
are engaged in the cultivation of
rice, but the large increase in the
production of American rice is
having the effect of reducing the
Siam crop.
Minneapolis has new directory in
which the longest name is Schlm'
melpfennig and the shortest Elk.
In all 36O,357 persons are listed.
There are nearly 5000 of !ohnsons
Sun glasses have been invented
for baseball players, so hinged to a
cap that touch will drod them
into position for a man to see a ball
coming toward him while looking
directly at the sun.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26

NOTE: You've all undoubtedly heard
of the famous DR.. Pierce and his we'll
known medicines. Well, this prescrip-
ton is one that has been successfully
used for many years by the physicians
and specialists of DR.. Pierce's lnvalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo,
n. Y. for kidney complaints, and dis
eases arising from disorders of the
kidneys and bladder, such as backache,
weak back, rheumatism, dropsy, con-
eestion of the kidneys, inflammation
q the bladder, scalding urine, and
urinary troubles.
Up to this time, rAnuric" has not
been on sale to the public, but by the
persuasion of many patients and the
increased demand for this wonderful
healing Tablet, DR.. Pierce has finally
decided TO put it into the drug stores
OF this country within immediate reach
Of all sufferers,
I know of one or two leading drug
eists in town who have managed to
procure a supply of vAnuric" for their
anxious customers in and around this
locality. If not obtainable send one
dime by mail to DR.. Pierce for trial
package or so cents for full treatment.
EDITOR Please insert this letter in
some conspicuous place in your paper,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
A GENERAL SURVEY Of
THE WAR
SATURDAY,.

Desperate fighting in the Dou"u'
mont region, east OF the Meuse, las
been renewed. Strong German at
tacks, following a violent lombard
ment, were repulsed, Paris reports.
The British are fighting to regain the
trenches lost to the enemy il the
vicinity OF Lens, northern France.
The United States, according to au-
tLoritative statements at Washington,
will not make any move toward taking
IN the blockade issue with London TN
til time has tested the German assur-
ances regarding the future conduct Of
submarine warfare.
The resignation of Dr.. Clemens Del
brueck, German vice chancellor and
minister q the interior, is announced
from Berlin. Ill-health is given as the
reason for his withdrawal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
From Path

We have had some pretty wealth
er, but as the cold spells keep COM
ing nothing seems to be growing
much. There was frost Friday and
Saturday mornings.
J. P. Botkin is moving this wee
to the Keyser tiMber-land
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. E. Townson died the 9Th inst.
of convulsion, aged 5 months and 3
days.
Miss Edith McAlister is very i'll
of acute indigestion and other
troubles. DR.. C. NJ. Thomas is
attending her
Mrs. f. E. Townson and chill
dren spent Saturday night at G. A
McAlister's and attened church
sunday, her husband joining her
there and returning home Sunday
evening.
Mrs. E. B. Bowers and little
grandson, Jesse, visited her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Botkin, several days re-
Gently, going from here on visit tt
her son near Covington and return
ed to her home at Healing Springs
Sunday.
Eliot Lockhart and family, Of
Callagham, visited at A. w. kel-
ley's Sunday evening, coming II
his new automobile.
Hon. G A. Revercomb and sons
Horace and Edward, were up al
the farm Sunday evening
Miss Margaret Greaver is spend
ing some time in Covlngton.
Gala
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
MONDAY.

The fighting on the Flanders anc
Champagne fronts Of the western tAe",
ire OF war has become sharper tia
the present opc"a,;ors al Fe.dHn. Ber
lin reports British attacks near Hi
loch and ARTILLERY activity in the Cham
payne has been renewed.
Peace talk is reported as widespread
in Germany, with much interes- at
tached to discussing President Wilson
as q mediator.
A Russian army advancing fro"
Urumiah has occupied territory with
in niaety-seven miles Of Mosul, pos
session of which would cut the com,
munications CT the Turkish Bagla
army.
The preliminary hearing o. Sir
ROGER Easement, accused Of treason
was held in London. According TO {
statement, made by Ha;ley, an Irish
man, who accompanied Easement to
Ireland and was arraigned with him
the accused man visited German pris
on camps ana tried to raise bri-adl
from among Irish prisoners to FIRE
Ireland He promised that f1ll0wi' 2
German naval victory, the Germans
would land a large force il the island
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
Obituary

Miss SallIe Calhoun, youngest
| daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ausburn
Calhoun, died at her home on Sat
urday April %, 1916, at II p. moi
tuberculosis.
She was born May IA, 1893, at
New Hampden Va. where she lived
all her life. Although an invalid
| for about eight years she always
seemed happy and bore her suffer-
ings nobly.
Early in life she united with the
Southern Methodist church and
was faithful christian all her days
When the Master called her she
was ready to pass over the ri> er to
rest under the shade of the trees.
1t seems hard for the Almigu Y
to take her from us. she ST. y"r.ng
and so beautiful, but let Ii, tiu'l
comfort in the fact that she las
gone where there is no sickness or
sorrow, and let US hope to meet
her there.
Funeral services we're hell at the
| Central church on Easter Monday
at II a. m. conducted by her pas
tor, Rev. R. H. Evans, assisted by
Revs. Parker and hudson, six a:
her girl friends acting as pail
bearers. After the services she was
laid to rest in the Winner cemetery
in the presence of hundreds OF
friends and relatives. Beautiful
Easter flowers were streWn on the
casket and grave by friends to show
their love for her.
She leaves to mourn her loss,
father and mother, two sister,
Edna and Maggie, and three broth
ers, Glenn and Walter at home and
Don at Hopwell, Va. besides many
other relatives and friends
A Cousin
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26

VIRGINIA.: In the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of Highland county,
in vacation, the 1st day of May,
1916.
D. Y. Eliza
VS. Order of Publication
|. J. Mowrer. w |. Gum, L 7. Gum
and Ebert Pullin.
The object of the above styled suit is
to specifically enforce a contract between
the complainant and defendant, |. j
MOWER whereby said defendant put
complainant in possession of three tracts
of land in Highland county adjoining
one another on Little Back Creek ami
agreed to convey the same to complain
ant, said Mowrer owning the fee in said
land, to enforce contract whereby de
PENDANTS, w. l. Gum and L. L. Gum.
who hold vendors lien on the said
land, agreed tC release the same to com
plainant upon the execution of a bond
for 100000 of the purchase price thereof
by complainant to them which was also
agreed upon by said Mowrer and also to
enioin and restrain defendant, J Now
rer from proceeding in the Circuit O. urt
of Highland county with an action of
unlawful detainer now pending therein
seeking to dispossess complainant, and
also to enjoin and restrain all the de
PENDANTS and especially defendant, Ell
bert Pulin, who claims to have a con-
tract with said } Mowrer emitting him
TO the possession of The said land, from
proceeding to dispossess complainant of
the said land. And it appearing by aft
davit filed according to law that l. J.
Mowrer, w l Gum and Z r Gum, the
above named defendants, are not resi-
dents of this state, i is therefore order.
ed that said il Mowrer, w Gum and
7 Gum, do appear within fifteen days
after due publication of this order, in
the Clerks office of our said circuit court,
and do what is necessary to protect their
interests And it is further ordered that
this order be published once week for
four successive weeks in the Highland
Recorder, newspaper published in the
county of Highland in the State of Vir
ginia. W ii MatLeny, Cless;
andrew l. Jones, pa
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26

There il more Catarrh in this section q
the country ti!au all other diseases pa
together. and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For
great many years doctors PRONOUNCED it a
local disease and prescribed local rene
dies. and by constantly failing TO cure
with local treatment pronounced 1t incur
able. Science has proven Catarrh TO be
constitutional disease. and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment Hairs
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. ).
Cheney & Co, Toledo Ohio, is the only
Constitutional cure on the market II Is
taken Internally. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: f J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, ..
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
Flood vs.. Strobe

The newspapers the past week
have been saying that Senator Au-
brew Strobe, of Amherst, was con
sidering" opposing Mr., Flood for
Congress from the 10th district.
Mr.. Strobe ought to "consider"
this matter very carefully ;siit serl
ously before he decides TO toss his
chapeau in the ring. And we say
this in his interest, for a number "t
reasons. In the first place we &C
not believe that the voters ct tn"
10th district could be persuaded to
make a change in their congress
man at this time and under present
conditions. Because. in addition
to the fact that Mr.. Flood-has rep
resented the district now for near
ly twenty years in faithful, et1'l
ent and capable manner, as chair
man of what is at present the most
important committee of the house:
committee on foreign affairs, he
has done splendid service for the
coutry and has been Mr.. Wilson 5
right hand man in all of the impor-
tant and deliclte negotiations With
Germany, Mexico and other forei N
Countries. To exchange Mr.. Flood 5
long experiences at this critical
iuncture for those Of man totally
inexperienced in federal affairs and
even unacquainted with the ordl-
nary routine of congress would not
only be imprudent but the height
of foolishnCss.
Besides, Mr.. Flood was never
more popular with his constituents
than he is today. Many, who al
the ouset of his Congressional ser
vice, were opposed to him have
learned to know him, as a strong,
fearless, capable man and faithful,
efficient representative. The IoS-
leg Tirginian was one among that
number. But as far back as seven
or eight years ago we began to
know Mr.. Flood better and to APP
preciate him as his true worth and
value. And there are many hun
dreds of others in the district who
have had the same experience.
There are any number of reasons
WHY Mr.. Strobe stands to lose all
and gain nothing in this contest, at
this time, but we lack the space
and time to 90 further into the
matter. -Valley Virginian.
The "Virginian" has so aptly
''sized up the situation, it leaves
but little to be said as to why the
voters of the 10th. District should
support Mr.. Flood for re.nom!na
ton. Already they have demon
strated that they will have no 9th
err one to represent them. In every
county where meetings have been
held to send delegates to the State
Convention, whether by mass meet
ing or convention, resolutions
strongly endorsing Mr.. Flood and
demanding his denomination have
been passed without dissenting
voice. This spontaneous action OF
large majority Of the localities,
shows beyond doubt the senti-
ment of the people for their repre-
sentative. There is no room for
opposition; there is no demand for
it. If there should be, and we
trust that there will not be any. he
who "seeks the job" will hear the
voice of the people at the August
primary.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-05-26
SUNDAY.

Hill 304, which is considered the key
to the Verdun positions, continues to be
the scene or the heaviest fighting on the
western battle front. German posi-
tons in the vicinity Of the hill were
subjected 10 a French stack with
hand grenaaes, Berlin announces, but
the assailants were reFu,scd.
French positions on Dead Man Hill
are still under ii. fire Of German
Guns and were violently hombarle1
Saturday night Paris reports. There
were ~ infantry attacks, however
German thrust south of Bcye was re
pulsed.
Italian troops made an attack on
Austrian positions west o. SanIar
tino. but were beaten back, the Aus
TRAN war Office announced.