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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-04-21

brought me here" was the even-toned
response.
Then what was it?'
ct was love for my daughter!"
The pugnacity went out of the grim
face bent over the desk top.
What do you know about-about
your daughter?" he demanded, not
meeting her gaze.
81 know that she is in danger, in
terrible danger"
THAT means you know where she
is, where she could be found?" was
Golden's quick inquiry.
THAT is the one thing that made
me brave enough, or cowardly enough.
to come to you. / do not know where
she is. But l know that she can be
found
$50 you have suspicion where she
is?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-04-21
Injured Man Directed surgeon.

Chicago.-Pinioned beneath car
load of coal, his left arm and leg
crushed, Henry r. Knudsen, switch
nan employed In Chicago, directed
urgeon as to the best way to ampu-
tie his arm and leg. Knudsen re-
laired conscious throughout the OPP
ration.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03
LITTLE ESSAY ON "CULTURE"
From Writer'S Observations Ii Would
Seem He Is Net Favcrably I'M
pressed With 1t.

Culture is that which makes some
men wear their hair long. The Ger
mans spell it with tx" The hotbed
of culture is college hall. 1t may be
discovered lurking in almost all of
the halls there. Red neckties and vel
vet coats are always associated with
culture. Being properly endowed
with the aforesaid culture, one is able
to have horrible desire to make
America over, with the sleeves rolled
UP and the arm barred. If you have
culture, it gives you license to come
into class late and to wear tortoise
shell glasses. Incidentally, it might
be said that the acquiring of the T. S.
specs is the first step in the process
Of culture. 1t has been limited that
culture is found in the library, but cul-
tured ones claim that is not the real
variety but rather the canned va
riety. We have seen and heard some
of the cultured ones about our CORR
doris ard have come to the conclusion
that if what we have seen is real cul.
ture, we will take Pennsylvania
Punch Bowl.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03

Remarkable Species of Wood That
Has Been Given to the World
by Porto Rico.

A wood so light that it is only half
as heavy as cork is Porto Rico's con-
tribution to the commercial world. 1t
is known as balsa wood, the Porto
Rican name being goano, which is
lockwood" when translated, while in
Martinique the term applied to it is
floating wood.
Coated with paraffin to render it i'm
pervious to water, balsa wood is now
taking the place OF cork in the manu-.
facture of life preservers, and modern
life RATS constructed entirely of the
Porto Rican product are being made.
Being extremely porous, balsa wood
acts as a natural insulator against
both heat and cold. Fireless cookers
made of it are found to require no ad-
ditional insulation, and piece OF ice
placed in a box made Of goano with
stood the heat of an intensely hot day
for five or six hours recently. The
United States government used it for
the construction of buoys used in the
coast service.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03
CHEMISTRY TO RUIZ WORLD
Men of Learning Must Equip Them
selves for the Future, Asserts
Writer on the Subject.

The nineteenth century has been de-
scribed as the age Of physics and en-
cheering, since it witnessed such tri-
umphs as the development of steam
and gas engines, and the utilization of
electricity as a source OF light, heat
and power, and as a means OF COM
munication. The twentieth century
will quite certainly be an age OF chem
istry Germany realized This some
years ago. If we would net be left
far behind in the race, we must pursue
similar course, and that al once. We
have yet to convince many Of the ma.
tions of the earth that tho form Of
government in which we believe, and
to establish which our ancestors died,
is the best not only for the freedom
and happiness Of the individual, and
the development OF the nCblest intel
lectual and moral standards, but ALSO
for the growth OF the country in phys
ical strength and resourcefulness and
that in the hour Of need it will not be
lOulIu CtlIlllSo III LliO flIStA LiS%ILS4 VI
industrial efficiency and solidarity
which is the corner stone of all mill
tary power.
The law of the survival Of the fittest
will be found as unacceptable, i'm
mutable and memorable in the case Of
the nation as it is with individuals. 1t
listens to no explanations, accepts no
excuses, and knows absolutely no pity.
Our own country is beginning to awak-
en- to the fact that civilization I'M
armed by science is at terrible disad-
vantage in the event of struggle for
existence, and that this arming cannot
be done at short notice. The result
is loud and urgent call upon the uni
versities, colleges and technical
schools of the land for help.-Prof. M.
T. Bogert in Science.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03
WAYS OF PICKING HUSBANDS
Maidens Have Various Methods, Some
of Which Would Seem to Border
on the Ludicrous.

To ninety-nine girls out Of a hun
dred the most important duty in life is
choosing a husband. Methods OF
choice vary good deal, of course,
chiefly perhaps as between town and
country-bred maidens.
To the town or suburban girl i
mans clothes count almost for every
thing. The bride is to the best dressed.
The cut of coat or the color of a
cravat weighs more. with Clara than
character.
Her country cousin, on the other
hand. knows better than to pin her
faith to a tailor's dummy. She is
guided in her choice by more than oc-
cult signs. By agitating with her
hand the water in bucket she can
see the image of her future spouse.
If she desires confirmation she has
only to throw broken eggs over a
friends head and the same image will
appear.
The peasant girls Of Russia arrive
at a similar result by seating them
selves in front of small looking glass
in a semidark room, when vision OF
their future lord and master will be
certain to present itself.
Once a year an exceptional oppor-
tunity occurs. At twelve o'clock. on
Christmas eve every girl who can
contrives to steal out in order to ask
the first man she meets his name.
Whatever he gives is that Of the
bridegroom-to-be.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03
KINGSLEY Il HARD WORKER
Famous Author Often Broke Down ano
Had to OUTFITS Impressive
Sermons.

Kingsley's life was series Of ups
and downs. He would work with such
fury, writing letters, preaching, visit
ing the sick, teaching, smoking al
day, and at night after the rest of the
house were all in bed, sitting up till
the small hours writing at one OF his
novels, that, after several months of
this kind of thing, he would have a
breakdown and be ordered to quit.
At first he thought what he needed
was physical exercise, and off he would
go on long tramp or fishing trip.
But soon he learned that what he
must have was absolute quiet, says
Hildegarde Hawthorne in st. Nicholas,
and then he would sit for hours in the
sun, soaking in some lovely scene be-
fore him and waiting till his energy
returned, as peacefully as he might.
Every now and then he was subject
to intense fits of depression, such as
men of his temper are apt to suffer,
but his buoyant spirit soon came sing
ing home again, and the boy in him
walked with a shout, ready for play
and for work.
Kingsley made tremendous impress
sion in his lifetime, not SO much from
anything he actually did, but because
of all he hoped and wanted to do, and
tried to make people see was worth
doing. His sermons were listened to
breathlessly; and though the conven-
tional churchmen did not approve Of
him, his congregations loved him. Once
he was preaching to throng CT work
ingmen, and, when he had finished, the
incumbent, one OF the dignitaries of
the church, rose and said that he did
not believe in most of what Mr.. King
sley had said and had expected very
different sermon. Kingsley made no
reply, simply bowling his head. But as
he walked back through the aisle the
men in the seats near him stretched
out their hands to touch him as he
passed and murmured blessings on
him.
He loved the poor, the weak, the un.
happy, and he gave himself to them
with a fervor 1t is hard to realize.
He loved gay and gallant doings, clean
and bright, as you can see in his books.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03

his pursuers. 1zc heard family the
crack of revolvers behind him, but the
bullets did not reach him. He was
distancing them. At the bend Of the
road, five miles from the prison, he
saw only tiny, distant flashes of light,
indicating the presence Of the pursu-
ing machines.
He slowed down until he saw their
lights swiftly approaching, and, with a
roar and a rattle of his engine, started
again.
Yells of triumph pursued him. The
bullets Glove the air about him. He
put on speed. The distance remained
about the same. Then slowly he be.
gan to draw ahead of them.
He led them a dance that night that
was never forgotten. Mile after mile
was reeled off, until the gasoline be-
gan to fail. Three counties were
crossed. Still the sheriff sped on, and
the pursuers, trailing off, began to lose
hope. Then the sheriff would slow
down and wait for them.
They caught him at dawn. Only
one car had followed him, but in it
were-the leader of the lynching party
and three of the most determined. By
the faint light they saw the sheriff and
their victim.
Surrender" they yelled, and Sheriff
Artemus held up his hands.
A rope was brought out and, looped,
flung round the throat Of the grotesque
figure in the car. One end was fas'
tened to limb of a water oak. Amid
a chorus of yells the figure, jerked
from it's place at the sheriff's side,
swung swiftly aloft. The revolvers
were emptied into it.
Sheriff Artemus suddenly pulled a
revolver with either hand and covered
the little group Of four.
The leader turned to him with puz-
zled look.
"Say, what's the game, sheriff" he
asked. "It's over now"
Get into your car and drive slowly
ahead" answered Artemus. Il can
OUTRAGE you, and I'll shoot every man
who doesn't sit quiet. You're going to
drive to the Jail at Ransome First,
look at that tree again"
They looked, and, in the gathering
light, saw the grotesque figure of
Dorothy's rag doll with the negro face
swinging sardonically from the limb.
IT dropped Jim Sanford twenty
miles back" announced the sheriff
softly. Hop in, gentlemen, if you
want to get to Ransome alive
Copyright, 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03
Pyiama Transformation.

MEMS dressing gowns and pyjamas
have been transformed into things
Of beauty. The --latest" takes a dam
ascened form. The jacket is cut ex-
tremely low with lapels of black silk.
Pyjamas, and always with a vt" Mr..
George Moore wrote Enthusiastically
about them in his lovers of Orelay,
but the reader will not find the pas
sage or the account of the quest OF
pyjamas in Memoirs Of My Dead
Life" as published in this country;
he must send to London for Mr.. Heine-
mann's edition, the original one. "Py-
jamas,' says Mr.. Moore, redeem US
from the shame of the nightshirt. "
Yet, there are some, and deep thinkers
are among them, who still prefer the
old-fashioned nightgown, the "nightie'
of their childhood. They say that the
pyjama cord hurts the waist; that
trousers bunch or slip down to thei!
discomfort.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03

I'm neutral" observed Mrs. Lucy
Moore to her brother, James Wilson,
"but-"
What are you getting at, Lucy
challenged Wilson, in his usual grun
way.
Il know" and Mrs. Moore bobbed
her head wisely. You can't fool me.
It's about the war-and treason.
And maybe I've made great discoV.
cry, and maybe not"
More likely not" growled Wilson.
"You and your chattering gossips are
always hunting up some mares nest. =
"J-um, That's your way Of taking
something that may be of Importance
considerable importance-to your
self personally"
rs that SOL" jeered Wilson sheer
ingly. Then don't be so mysterious.
and let US know what you are limiting
at"
Very We'll" replied Mrs Moore,
you know that young Stranger, Pro
fc5sor Dixon. as they call him, who
came here alyut month ago and
took rooms with old Mrs. Roderick?'
4 Ought to- fred up Wilson, with
g yvuomous CLEAN in his eyes.
He just caught the fancy Of the
girl YOU was alter, hey?' Uttered Mrs.
Moore maliciously. Not that / think
shed ever have had you, but the field
was a clear one. Well. James, think
/ have found out something about Pro-
fessor Dixon that will make o big
stir-up in this community
Wilson looked interested. Savage,
too! He shut his teeth and Kissed be-
tween them inadvertently. He might
never hope to win Edna Rolfe, for she
was not of his class, but there would
be a good deal of satisfaction in get
ting even" with the fellow who had
"cut him out"
Now, James," proceeded his Sis
ter, i know what fiery, impetuous
creature you are, and if l tell you a
secret, 1 want you to promise that
you won't blaze right up and make
& travesty of what may be big feath-
CT in your cap. AS one Of the honora-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03

to the last. Be sensible, men! If
bring your prisoner out to you"
"YQu can have five minutes, then,
retorted the leader, taking out his
watch.
In his cell the wretched negro, hear
ing the clamor and knowing what ii
portended, covered in terror. He
heard the cries cease and begin again
Then he heard footsteps, the door OF
his cell snapped open, and Artemus ap
peared.
Save mel" pleaded the wretched
man.
Come with me-" answered the
sheriff.
He rushed him along the passage
and through his house into the little
garage where his car was waiting. He
pushed the negro inside.
Crouch down, and not a sound" he
whispered.
He went back into the house, where
his little girl was still playing.
"It's time for you to go to bed,
Dorothy he said.
The little girl began to put her
dolls together.
Never mind. I'll do that tonight, a"
he said.
Outside the crowd was waiting.
Their leader, watch in hand, counted
the half-minutes. The time seemed to
pass with incredible slowness. At last
the five minutes were up. The mob
advanced.
Come along, sheriff." shouted their
leader again.
There was no answer. He ham
mered upon the door. Times up!"
he yelled.
And, as no reply came, he began bat
tering at the panels. The mob, sus-
picious of trickery, brought forward
the plank with which they had
smashed down the outer doors.
Watch the back" yelled their lead
er, as the sudden sound of cranking
engine reached their ears.
A concerted rush to the back doors
was made. But before the mob
reached them they swung wide open.
There was moments pause-and out
sped the sheriff's machine, in it the
sheriff and the grotesque form of the
panic-stricken negro.
So sudden was this maneuver that
the mob was taken aback. The rush
Of the automobile scattered them;
shots were fired, but in the darkness
they went wide. The machine, gath
ering momentum, sped down the road.
For moment or two Sheriff Arte-
mus breathed freely as he sped down
the road. Then the cries, which had
grown faint, began to become louder
again. Casting hurried look back
he saw the headlights of distant cars
pursuing him. So the mob had come
in automobiles! Everything seemed to
have been foreseen.
He let out his machine to the full.
He believed that he could outdistance
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03
Careful Kiss Defined.

Added to the 1,O57 varieties of kisses
that have emphatically punctuated-
Observation-Disclosures suits, we have a
new one. This is the careful kiss.
So important is the woman who in
vented it, that she made it the second
item of her ten commandments. Thou
shalt be careful kisser" is this gee
ond commandment In full. In expand
ing upon the merits of the careful
kiss, the lady says the careful means
just what it says. In other words,
when you come together, in catch-as'
catch-can, you are to use your magma
ton and powers of penetrative an
alysis. Thus you have the interpreta'
ton of just what careful kiss is.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03
Tonuue of Butterfly.

OF all the marvels in which the
world of insect life is so rich none is
more curious and remarkable than the
tongue Of the butterfly.
This is always Of great length,
When not in use it is coiled like a
watch spring in fiat spiral close to
the head. But when the butterfly Wis
it's the flow y on which it feeds the
tongue is uncoiled, the tip inserted
deep in the heart of the flower and
the juices sucked up.
The butterly's tongue really con-
sists of two tubes. Each of these has
a concave inner face, whose edges in
terlock enc with the other so as to
form a third central tube.
IN the butterflies we have the high
est development of the insect race so
far as beauty is concerned. In other
respects, however, they do not hold so
high a place. They are outranked in
intelligence by ants, bees and wasps,
in perfection Of external parts and
mechanical excellence of joints by
beetles.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03
The LYNCIIIHG BEE
BY H. s. WATSON.
Come out, sheriff! Give up your

Come out, sheriff! Give up your
prisoner!" yelled the mob.
John Artemus looked out Of the win
dow of his little home. The mob had
already battered down the fiimsy doors
at the entrance to the prison yard.
They stood without, an Infatuated
crowd, awed temporarily only by the
fear OF the unknown. John Artemus
was as much feared as he was re-
spected. He was the man to spring a
surprise on them They hesitated, but
they did not cease yelling.
It was six o'clock in the afternoon.
The militia, for which the sheriff had
telephoned upon receipt of news that
the mob was on it's way, could not ar.
rive till midnight. John Artemus
looked out. Two rooms away his little
daughter accustomed to the cries of
the prisoners, and knowing nothing
what this new outburst portended. was
playing with her dolls. A wonderful
collection Dorothy had, ranging from
lite size to the regular ten-cent doll,
but all were equally cherished by her
She was the heart of the sheriff's life,
and had been since her mother died in
giving birth to her.
Come Quit" the mob was bowling.
John Artemus unlocked the door and
stood upon the steps of his house,
| oo, tho rnnh h0161v
Boys he began, you want Jim
Sandford?'
Eyes. and we mean to have him!"
shouted their spokesman Beat up
old Mrs. Rogers and stole her ten dol
lars. Well fix him!"
There has never been a lynching
il Custer county," the sheriff began.
"N ell have one now" said the
! other.
/ The crowd had shrunk back at first,
thinking the sheriff was armed, but
now, concluding that he was not, they
began to press forward about him
They saw the look of indecision on his
tace. John Artemus was cowed. A
; yell arose again. The sheriff held W
his hand.
! I'll bring him out to you" he said.
mo tricks, mind! The jail's sur
rounded You'd better play fair, OF
we'll burn down the place"
"Give me five minutes"
"Weli come and get him."
| "Therell be no jail-breaking when
/ I'm in charge" retorted Artemus, his
face assuming that look which hao
! ccwed the mob before. 'I'll defend il
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03
SURELY VICTIM OF HARD LUCK
Incident of the Trenches That Reveals
the Rardships That Are Under
gone by the Soldier.

He was a Canadian and he wore a
corporaIs stripes. There he sat snug
" in a sheltered part Of his trench in
that little corner of Belgium and
played poker with a quartet of his
comrades Luck was against him. He
had lost about everything he had to
lose, when at the very height of the
game-just after the dealer had done
his best and worst-a shell came
through the roof of the shelter,
PASSED between the Canadians long,
lean legs luckily without hitting
him), and buried itself harmlessly in
the soft earth. The others Of the
party leaped UP in not inexcusabIe
haste and fed from the place, but the
Canadian did not move.
The disturbance brought the Com
pany commander on the run.
Whats up?" says he.
We'll, sir" says the Canadian,
that there shell drops in on US and
when it don't explode at once | judge
it is pretty safe-not to go off at all.
So just set where l am. The cursed
luck Of it is that I've been playin'
away here all mornin' DRAWN rotten
cards and losin' my shirt, and here
just as l holds the firss four Of kind
that's gladdened my two eyes since
Hector was a pup-and kings at that,
sir-at that identical moment there
comes this piffin' German turnip and
the other fellows beats it."-NeW
York Evening Post.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03

Telegraph the butterflies at Washing
ton? No, secret service men would
be sent and he would be robbed Of the
glory OF the capture Of real war spy
red-handed.
With the morning came clear coun-
sci. Wilson decided to make the
sheriff his ally. But that official was
cut of town and would not leturn I'M
til evening. All day Wilson hung
around, restless and excited. His
overstrained nerves found relief only
when he had captured the sheriff
when he arrived on the train: and tax
ing him aside, he revealed his great
discovery.
That functionary was quite AS
stirred up as himself. Together they
proceeded in the direction OF the
workshop. There was a light within
and Dixon was disceTnible at a work
bench.
Make a rush with me and burst in
the door, whispered the sheriff.
Just as they were getting ready for
their heroic onslaught, however, d
boy came running down the street.
Fire. FIRE." he yelled Justify.
THE Office building up at the big
works is all ablaze.'
The stirring announcement seemed
to reach the worker inside the shop.
He started made dash for the bas-
kct containing the bombs, unlocked
the door and rushed out.
Halt" ordered the sheriff.
1--WE arrest YOU" began Wilson.
But over in the mud he went, tol
Dixon had given him vigorous push.
lie evadcd the sheriff, who was bulky
and clumsy. Down the street dashed
Dixon, guided By a growing glow. He
turned a corner, to come in sight or
the big works., which belonged to the
father Of Edna Rolfe.
A crowd had already gathered. The
Office building was ablaze, and the
main structure had caught in two
places.
Stand aside!" ordered Dixon, and,
basket in hand, ran up close to the
cracking flames He selected a
bomb aimed, let it drive.
Crash! 1t struck a spot squirting
flames in the roof-the blaze subsidized
Again and again he fired his glass
globe ammunition. Whenever tie
brittle globes landed, they seemed to
smother the flames like wet salt.
BY the time the superannuated lire
apparatus of the town arrived, tie
blaze had been extinguished.
"Hurrah!" yelled the delighted
crowd.
What's this?" challenged the sher
| if, who had reached the scene and
stood glazing down at several globes
still remaining in the basket.
ION, only patent fire extinguishe1
I've been experimenting on explained
the young professor,
And he smiled quietly, for his inyen
ton had proven its own success; he
had saved the property of the girl he
loved, and he thought tenderly OF
Edna as he turned away from the dis
comfted sleuth, James Wilson.
Copyright, 1915. by w. c. Chapman)
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-03
PecIIIiarifY of Husbands.

Whoever said all men may not be
alike but all husband are, knew a good
deal about husbands. Horatio is a
husband. Mine. One of his peculiari'
ties is to ask me, if I do anything a
little unusual, what on earth did it
for, in a tone I have noticed in other
husbands; and when he uses that tone
| never tell him. A woman doesn't
always know why she does things,
does not always have time to think in
advance. She only knows she must
do them, and thinks afterward.-From
"Horatio" by Kate Langley Bosher in
Harper's Magazine.