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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Owl Not Really Wise Bird.

Since it has been recognized that
the owl is a beneficial bird, econom-
ically important as destroyer of
rats, mice and gophers, there is an
increasing tendency to restore it's
classic significance. Like many peo-
pie of deliberate manner and few
words, owls are not as wise as they
look. They are quite easily caught
in traps. In case the barn in which
the owls make their home catches fire
the owls usually burn to death. They
get along very well in captivity when
they are comfortably housed and fed
either mice or a variety of food, but
they cannot live on diet Of raw pork
or beef.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
LIVED TO HELP FELLOW MEN
Ruskin's Noble Words Show How the
Appeal of Humanity Stirred Him
to Self-Sacrifice.

John Ruskin began his life as an
art critic; as one who could see what
was truest and most full of the beau
ty that helps the soul; he counted it
his mission, his gift, to open the dull
eyes of his countrymen to see the
glory of the vision that had dazzled
his own. He flung the treasures Of
his mind before men in three great
books = "Modern Painters" "The
Stones of Venice" and "The Seven
Lamps Of Architecture" But mean
time there had been entering into his
mind some knowledge of the deafness
of the human soul, of the misery of
human lives, of the degradation and
brutality rampant everywhere in mod
ern society. He could not go on talk
Ing beautifully about pictures when
men were starving. Hence he felt the
necessity of leaving his gift before the
altar, or, at any rate, of harness1ng 1t
to other uses. He says: "For my own
part I feel the force of mechanism
and the fury Of avaricious commerce to
be at present so irresistible that l
have seeded from the study not only
of. architecture but nearly Of all art;
and have given myself, as I would in
a besieged city, to seek the. best modes
of getting bread and butter for Its
multitudes."
Again he says: 81 cannot paint, nor
read, nor look al minerals, nor do
anything else that like, and the very
light of the morning sun has become
hateful to me, because of the misery
that know of, and see signs of, where
I know it not, which no Imagination
can interpret too bitterly. Therefore
will endure it no longer quietly, but
henceforward, with any few or many
who will help, do my poor best to
abate this misery"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
He Wanted to Know.

The late Z. H. Hartman, says the
Wall Street Journal, was stickler for
facts. He cared little for an approx
mate statement. When he asked his
employees for information he wanted
it definite.
While travelling through the cheer
less deserts Of Nevada one day with a
number Of the officials of the Union
Pacific, the train passed a little sta
ton with much platform, bleak back
ground Of sagebrush and jumpers, and
no habitation within sight.
"What is that station there for!'
asked Mr.. Hartman Of one of the rail-
way officials with the party.
"They ship a few cattle and two or
three cars Of WOOL"
(Which is it, two or three?" snapped
Mr.. Hartman. (Which is it? There is
a difference of 33 1-3 per cent"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
PLoW IS MOST ANCIENT TOOL
Has Been Used by Man Since He First
Attempted to Make the Earth
His Servant.

Three very ancient implements have
been used in human industry-the
pillow, the sword and the pen. Of the
three, the oldest is the pillow. A his
tory of the development of this ag-
ricultural tool would take US back
through centuries to the time when
man began to subdue the earth and
make it his servant. Thousands OF
pillow models are now to be seen in the
patent office at Washington. These
tell US what has been done by invent
ors in recent years, but there is long
story back of these plows..
From his study of Babylon brick,
In the museum of the University OF
Pennsylvania, Doctor Clay concluded
that he had found true picture of
the first pillow, which was invented by
Abraham. For his proof that Abra-
ham was the inventor Of the pillow,
Doctor Clay refers us to the Book OF
Jubilees," which was published in the
second century B. G. This book says
that the Babylonians were punished
because they had yielded to satan,
and that the form of their punishment
was that the ravens came and ate up
the grain they had sowed in the fields.
Abraham devised an instrument that
should SOW the seed in q furroW, IN
order that it might be covered up so
that the birds of the air could not eat
it. The apparatus shown on the an
Gent brick is a sort of combination
pillow, planter and harrow. 1t required
three men to operate it. When the
people sowed according to Abraham's
commands, they feared neither the ra-
vens nor the birds. Whatever the
value of the story in the Book OF
Jubiiees," the brick, at least, gives a
picture Of perhaps the most ancient
tool used by man.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa.
per Syndicate.)
THE COMPLAlNER.

You are not altogether satisfied with
yourself, with others, with your en-
vironment, with conditions. Nobody is
satisfied. Neither you nor anybody
else will ever be completely satisfied
Full satisfaction leads to stagnation
The satisfied man is a fool, intoxicated
with his own satisfaction, never sober
enough to do more than stagger along
the road of life.
The complete optimist is no better
than the contented pig in the well-kept
sly.
Regulated dissatisfaction, dissatis
faction based upon fact, is a forerun
ner Of success.
There is, however, wide gulf be
tween legitimate dissatisfaction ant
that which consumes the chronic com
palmer, the disreputable knocker, ant
the everlasting kicker.
Life is made up of Alternatives anG
negatives. One without the other is
incomplete. The two properly blended
are part of the composition of success
The habitual complainer is an enemy
to himself, and he is despised by al
with whom he comes in contact. He is
a failure at the start, and will be &
failure as long as he INDUCES II
chronic dissatisfaction.
Conversely, the complete optimist is
dangerous to himself and menace tt
society, because he does not know
enough to get out of the ruts or tc
keep from stumbling into holes.
Dissatisfaction has a value only
when it spurs one on to better effort
When it deadens ones faculties, as il
often does, and takes the gimp out o.
him, so to speak, it is an evil Of the
most virulent form.
Nobody likes the constant complain
er. He has no friends. He does not
occupy any position of responsibility
and he never will. He cannot manage
himself or command others. He has
no respect for himself and nobody re
spects him. He is no better than q
dead log floating on the stream, accom-
plishing nothing and serving only as g
menace to navigation.
Everybody has troubles, and while
every decent man is willing to hell
others, he cannot afford to give more
than part of his time to listening to
complaints, and he should not give any
of his time to those which are not
legitimate ones and which he cannot
assist in remedying.
Keep your troubles to yourself OF
confine them to your immediate
friends. Ninety per cent of trouble
doesn't appear. 1t exists wholly in the
mind.
Don't make specially Of worrying,
There is real trouble to worry about,
and enough to keep you busy.
Kick when there is something real
to kick at. You will strain yourself
and sprain your leg if you kick at
nothing.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
The Comm onWealth of Va.
Monterey, va.

The Comm onwealth of Va.
To the heriff of Highland Coun.
ty, greeting:
We cammand you that you sum-
iron Highland Lumber Company,
Incorporated and Lincoln Trust
Co., Trustee. to appear at the
Clerks cfice of our Circuit Court
for Highland Co., at the courthouse
on the third Monday in June 1917,
to answer a bill in chancery exhib-
tied against them in the said court
by James W. Leach and unless
they shall answer the said bill with
in The time prescribed by law, the
court vii! take same for COZ fessed,
and decree accordingly; ard this
hey shall in no wise omit, under
the penalty of 1901
And have then and there this
writ.
Witness, W. H -Matheny, Clerk
# our said Court, at the court
rouse, 9Th day of May 1917 in the
4lst year of the Comm onwealth.
) l1.4t W. H Matheny, Clerk
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Make a List.

Do you lie awake Of nights thinking
Of what you are going to do tomor-
row, or of what you have forgot today?
Lots of women do, and it is sheer
waste of nervous energy. Don't bother
your head worrying about the little
details that arise in the course of your
days work. Try the method of max
ing list. Keep pad handy, whether
it is on your desk, in your sewing
basket or on the kitchen wall. Each
time a new task arises which you cam
not attend to Immediately write it on
the pad. Then in the course of the
day consult your pad, selecting the
most important thing to be done, the
thing that won't wait until tomorrow.
This saves lots of worry. 1t saves
also such complaints as Mother, you
never sewed that button on my coat"
or "Mary, did you pay that coal bill
that asked you to attend tot? or Il
thought you said you were going to
have waffles for supper tonight, moth
err" There is no use in cluttering the
memory with such details when pen
Gil and paper will do the work.
In making a dress the same method
IS to be recommended. Often in sew
ing half the nerve strain comes from
worrying over the details Of finishing,
which you are apt to forget. Just get
out pencil and paper and jot down
hook here and bit of trimming there,
etc., and get the annoyance off your
mind.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
DANGER IN HARMLESS THINGS
Americans Suffer Casualties From Ac-
cidents Every Year Equal to Those
of the Heaviest Battles.

1t is a bloody battle which inflicts
death or wounds upon one in every
seven soldiers. Casualties Of 100000
in an army of a million are away above
battle averages. Americans are so
wasteful of the most precious things
we have-human life-that they sut-
fer casualties from accidents during
every year equal to such heavy bat
tie, writes Gerard in Philadelphia
Ledger.
One man in seven is killed or in
jured. learn from an insurance COM
pany which has paid S10,500,000 in %
years for 12S,O00 accidents where and
how the accidental blow falls.
The wagon hurts more persons than
the automobile by % per cent.
Noisy as it is, the motorcycle is
fairly harmless, and the bicycle has
almost 10 times as ,any victims to it's
credit.
City folk think Of their elevators
falling, but they rarely do it, where
as we never reckon the horse among
beasts Of prey, and yet Mr.. Equine
kicks and bites nine times as many
persons as are injured in elevators.
More men fall through trapdOors
than are drowned, but it seems hard
to believe it. Almost as many are hurt
by falling from bed as get their fingers
caught in electric fans.
A gun is a deadly thing, and yet
it's army of victims is only One-sixth
as great as that Of the innocent-loob'
ing stairway.
The rolling stone gathers no moss,
but it accumulates a fine assortment
of accidents-six times as many as
the snorting motorboat. Your true
accident hobs up when least expected,
I once saw Samuel r. Kirkpatrick,
who is now broker, but was formerly
a newspaper man, return from 5000
mile journey. He had plastered him.
self with accident insurance, but moth
ing had happened until he stepped
upon a lead pencil in his own office
after his return, and then he was 10
drydock for a fortnight.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Minerals Bird.

The Greeks made the owl the en-
blem Of wisdom. Shakespeare makes
the witches add the wing of an owl to
their caldron Of deadly potion, and
sit was the owl that shrieked, the
fatal bellman." For centuries the owl
was accused Of such evil practices as
Turing hunters into dangerous swamps
and causing the bride to commit sui
eide just "a hours before the time set
for the wedding. Napoleon exhorted
his soldiers to sleepless vigilance with
the command: "Sleep with the owls
and get up with the larks."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
To Whom It May Concern.

G. A. Bradshaw and to whom it
may concern: Notice is here given
that G. A. Dickson, in accordance
with an act of the General Assem-
bly,, of Virginia, approved March
4th, 1912, entitled IAN Act to au-
thorize the ascertainment and desig-
nation of the boundary line of real
estate, has filed his petition. And
the said C A. Bradshaw being a
non: resident is notified to appear
mere on the first day of the July
term 1917, of Highland Circuit
Court to make such defense, to the
said petition as he may be advised.
Teste: W. H. Matheny
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Diabetic Troubles,

The dyspeptic has one great advan-
tage over the diabetic. The stomach
Immediately manifests its displeasure
at i'll treatment-as most dyspeptics
know. 1t sets up pains that call tenn
porary halt. But the overworked pam
creas suffers in silence. 1t does not in
simultaneously warn its possessor to
stop eating the things that signify de-
struction. Only in the temperance OF
sugar and acid, and then Of coma, does
it voice it's protest. Translated into
practical terms, this means that the
diabetic must exercise even greater
force of character than the dyspeptic.
Burton J. Hendrick, in Harper's
Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Commissioner Sale
of Valuable Land

By virtue of authority vested in
me as commissioner in the Chan
Gerry cause of Mary G. Swadley
Guardian VS. Helen Swadley ct ais,
by a decree entered therein by the
circuit court of Highland County
at the last April term thereof, l
will, on Saturday End. day of Jnne
1917, offer for sale at pubic auc-
ton at tt front door of the court
house of said County that valuable
tract of land at Vanderpool, Va !,
of " hich William T Swadley died
seized, consisting of IS acres, more
or less, on which there is a splen-
did brick dwelling house recently
built and all necessary outbuilding
in coed condition. This is beau.
tiful situation for a home, a very
short distance from church and
school and the farm is in fine state
OF cultivation and has plenty of
water and fire wood on it. In fact
this is one of the best homes in
this country.
Terms: Enough cash on day of
sale to pay the costs of suit and
sale and the balance in three equal
annual payments for which the
purchaser shall execute his three
bords dated ON the day of sale,
waving the homestead exemption,
bearing interest from date, with
personal security to be approved
by the commissioner and falling
due in one, two and three years
respectively from date and the
title to be retained as ultimate
security until all the purchase
price is paid and a CONVEYANCE
directed by the court.
Andrew L. Jones, Com'r.
l hereby certify that the bond
required by the above mentioned
decree has been executed.
W. Il. Matheny, Clerk.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Syriac LANGUAGE.

Syriac is one Of the three groups Of
languages into which the old Aramaic
of Assyria and Babylonia was devel-
oped, the other groups being the Chal-
daic and the Nabatean-Sabean.
The Syriac is emphatically Chris
tan literature language, the Bible was
translated into it as was a deal of
writing from the fourth to the tenth
century, and it, instead Of Latin, is the
liturgical language of the Roman Cath
olics of Lebanon in Syria today.
The Syro-Chaldaic is variant Of
the Syriac, combining features of both
the Syriac and Chaldaic groups. 1t is
found in use in Kurdistan and the Lake
Urmia districts.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Beware Nap After Dinner.

Cotton, French physician, has dis
covered that the desire of many people
to go quickly to sleep after eating is
likely to indicate indigestion and dys-
pepsia. He cites a number of cases
in which people have been seized by
an unconquerable desire to sleep even
after a light meal. Thin people are
much more likely to hunt sofa after
dinner than fat people, since their
thinness is likely to indicate improper
digestion, which also makes them
sleepy.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
--z-eT9-=<- Al
AIexandria's Jetty.

The jetty at Alexandria, Egypt, with
total length of $50 feet, is made VI
Of five caissons, which were built UP
of REINFORCED concrete, and foated
into place. Each csisson'i is &c feet long
by 26 feet wide and 20 to % feet deep
and after being launched into the wa
ter on a special slipway it was towed
to it's prepared undersea bed by one
or more tugs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
House Flies Short-Liyed.

The average life of 5000 Gagged house
flies has been found by R. H. Hutchin-
son and others to be slightly more than
ten days, the greatest age noted having
been seventy days. Egg laying usually
begins in four or five days after the
emergence of the adult fly, but some
time in two and one-half days. This
period is greatly influenced by temper.
allure, but also by humidity and the
kind and quality Of the food of both
larvae and adults.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL. APPLICATIONS as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease.
and in order to cure 1t you must take in
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally. and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surface Halls
Catarrh Cure is~not a quack medicine. 1t
was prescribed by one of the best ply
sicians in this country for years and Is
a regular prescription. 1t is composed OF
the best tonics known. combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces The perfect combina-
ton OF the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Stopped the BGzzing.

Alice with newspaper)-It says
here that yawning will remove that an
noying buzzing in ones ears.
Edith-That's true. Last night,
when Mr.. Staylate had been talking
to me for three hours steady, I yawned
twice, and he went home.-Boston
Transcript.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
lis Bic Event in History.

What DO you consider the most i'm
pcrtant event in the history of Paris ?"
WELL" replied the tourist YEARLY,
who had grown weary Of distributing
tips, $50 far as financial prosperity is
concerned, I should say the discov-
cry of America was the making of this
town.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Should Have Known Better,

willie" said his mother, 81 wish
you would run across the street and
see how old Mrs. Brown is this morn
ing"
A few minutes later Willie returned
and reported:
"Mrs. Brown says it's none of your
business how old she is"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Nothing More.

Anything doing in Plunkville?"
"Not thing"
"But I see by the paper that many
public improvements are contemplate
ed"
Contemplated is the word. Merely
municipal castles In the air.
vile Courier-J Journal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
Coniuual Foresight.

A famous physician, asked at the
New York Academy of Medicine why
he wore rubbers on a day when the
streets were perfectly dry, replied:
my wife runs down the street after
me with them when I don't. I wear
them to keep her from getting pneu-
mOnia."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
J F, TANNEHILL J. +. .MCNULTY
stanton va. Monterey va
REAL ESTATE

We have buyers for timber
tracts and grazing landin Highland.
We have a large list of farms for sale
in Augusta, Rockbridge, AIbcImarl
Orange, and adjoining Counties
Descriptions and information given
can be depended upon. For in
formation apply to
J F MCNULTY
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-01
a Rare Bird.

Knicker-Don't you mind pulling
the bobsled uphill?
Bocker-No, it is a comfort to see
something that has a hard time ris-
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-01-18

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The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-01-18
THO NIDETTlL
With the SAIL WINTER READING'' Club is cur
Biggest, Best Bargain.

Our PAPER contains ell
the Local. County and nm
portant State news. 1.-THE
Weekly Kansas City Star
has the world and general
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-01-18
Notice Of Commissioners Sale.

B,. virrlu of the authority vested
in me as Specinl Commissioner by
AN order of The Chancery Court,
reszlde ed OH the i4th day OF De
pcember. 1916, in the case of A ].
Cotton ct al. VS.. ! E. Mckinney
III al. in pursuance 81 said decrea
i will offer for sale and will sell
lat pubic auction 10 the highest
aidder. for cash, in front Of The
Court House Door in luka, fish
| nu,ingo County, Mississippi, dur
ling legal hours, on the
goth DAY OF ANUAEY, 1917,
the following described lands, "
ting ana being situated in the town
of Iuka, Tishoniugo County,
Mississippi. to vii Blocks Tween
! Nv, Fifty.one, Fifty-two, Filtg*
| nhree and Fiftyfour in Terry s
Survey, all in the town of Inkas
Miss. Also part of the Northeast
Fourth of Section Nineteen, Town
ship Three, Range Eleven, East
Itetc., particularly described as fol-
Flows Beginning at the right Of
way of the old Nj. & Z. Railroad,
kmow the Southern Railway, at the
L Northeast corner of the above said
Block Twenty, and running South
/ five degrees East along the East
ern boundary of said Blocks Twen-
/ nv, Fifty-three and Fifty Jour,
+ fUrty-two rods to the Southeast
corner of said Block fty-four ;
thence East. five degrees North ,
forty-rwo rods to the right-of- way
of said Southern Railway; thence
in a westerly direction along said
r2a ilroa right-of-wsy TO the point
of be.sin 1iug
| This January 4th, 1917. T
Z. A. PAYNE,
I1s-4t Special Commissioners
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-01-18
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER S
SALE.

By virtue OF the authority vest
ed in me as Special Commissioners,
bv a decree of the Chancery Court
of Tishoming0 County. Miss, rem
dered on the 18th day of Deem
Der, 1916, in the case q Enola
Jackson ct al, Complainanss, vs..
lula Kinds ct al, Defendants,
Cause No. OPT. and in pursuance
to the law and terms OF said de
cree, I will offer for sale and will
sell at public auctioa 10 The high
est bidder. for cash. IN front OF
the Court House door in TIM town
of Iuka, Tishoulingo County Mis-
sissippi within legal hours. % the
I3th Day Of January, 1917,
the following described lanes, to
wit Sev.ntv-seven c'qs. moro
or less. il the Northeas, Fourth 81
Section Twelve, Township fhree,
Range Min East, in Fisaominso
County, Mississippi, described as
follows BEGINNING atthe Sonih
east corner of said Noftheasl
Fourth Of said Section Twelve
thence running North one hun
dred and eight (t0s) rods 10
stake on Section line; ttence wes
across said quarter orc hundrce
and sixty (16o) rods to the Yves
boundary line of said quarter
thence South along said boundary
to the right cf-way Of the Sunth-
ern Railway Co, thence in a
Southeast direction along the
Northern boundary of said Rail
road right -of-way to the point Of
beginning.
Witness my signature. this the
10th day of December, 1915.
16-4t] E, A. PAYNE, Clerk.