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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
RAIN DROPS FROZEN IN All
How Hail Is Formed by Action OF Cor
flicting Currents.

Limiting the observations to such
compound hail-stones as are the most
destructive, and are produced during
tornado or violent thunderstorm, the
following theory has been advanced
as to how they are formed:
When the winds gyrate rapidly round
On axis, more or less inclined to the
earth, the space at and about the axis
is rarifed. When air charged with
vapor Is drawn into this rarifed space
it may be condensed into cloud or rain,
or, at greater elevation, into snow.
Now, supposing the rain formed In
the lower region to be drawn up by the
ascending current into the snowy re-
gion, and so held for short space,
the drops will be frozen, and then, If
propelled beyond the gyrations, will
fall to the ground as shower of ordi-
nary hail.
But if in the descent they are again
drawn in by the tnfowing current
they will be again carried up into the
cold region and so acquire another
coating of ice. In this way the globule
may make a number of ascents and
descents and acquire a fresh coating
each time.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
BERRY PATCH FROM BARREL
How One Man Had Garden Despite
His Small Back Yard.

A Los Angeles man whose back yard
was too small for growing strawber
ries conceived a clever idea, which Is
described in Popular Mechanics. He
made strawberry patch out Of o
barrel. Holes about IL inches apart
were bored in rows in its sides. Sew
eraI tin cans with perforated bottoms
were piled one on THE other in the
center of the barrel and enough dirt
was thrown about them to fill the re-
ceptacle up to the first row of holes
After the dirt had settled sufficient.
~ strawberry vines were planted In
the holes and allowed to hang outside
This process was repeated until the
barrel was full and vines had been set
in all the holes and on the top. AS
the soil was added, cans were piled up
through the center to provide an irri-
CATION passageway. A hole was bored
in the side near the bottom to allow
water to drain off.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
Much In Little
Administering the draft law cost
the United States So, $3.50; 480.

Administering the draft law cost
the United States 49, 60;4SO.
Australia failed to put consrip-
ton into effect, but it has ordered
a tax of 10 per cent. to be placed
on the taxable income of all unen-
listed men who are eligible for
service.
The most primitive mammals,
the monotremes, are confined to
Australia. There is the platypus
a strange beast which lays eggs
like turtle, has horny pads for
teeth and bill like the duck; its
front feet are webbed and both
back and front feet have claws.
A new trade and industrial devet-
opment of interest in the Canton
district has resulted from the grow
ing demand for wolframite ore, and
the recent discovery that this min
eral is to be found iii marketable
quantities in Kwangtung Province.
The demand comes chiefly from
America, aud as soon as the ore
was known to exist here American
merchants Immediately set about
exploitation. ~
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
Stop, Read and Think.
Are you a Rheumatic?


Do you know that you are eating
things every day that is wrecking your
nervous system and poisoning every
vital organ in your body? Are your
muscles sore and stiff? Are you lame
and stiff in your back ard joints? Are
you having all kinds of neuralgia
pains? Do you get up as tired IN the
morning as when you vert to bed?.
If so, you should not neglect to get
MACRo-SAL Rheumatism Remedy at
one and get rid of these serious symp-
toms. With each bottle there is a
special diet list for all rheumatic PEG.
pie, which is worth many hundreds OF
dollars to your. MAcRo-SAL is guar,
anteed to give results. If no benefit
received from the medicine after direc-
tions are strictly followed your money
will be cheerfully refunded.
Ask your dealer for Macro-Sal,
100 postpaid. Dealers supplied by
S. B. Wallace & Co., Marlinton, W..
Va.
For sale by Highland Mercantile
Co., Monterey, Va. adv
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
Commissioners Sale of Land

BY virtue of authority vested in Us
BY decree entered at the last term o.
the Circuit Court Of Highland County
in the cause therein pending OF w. L.
Hamilton ct ais VS. The Highland Lum-
Der Company ct ais, we will ca Satur-
day, the 18th. day of December, 1917,
offer for sale at public arct;on at the
front door of the court house in Mon
lcrey, Virginia, for cash; a tract OF
land on Bull Pasture river in said
county containing 64l.43 acres, more
or less, adjoining the lands Jof L. M:
McClung and others. About one third
of this land is cleared and is well
adapted to grazing and farming
purposes and has on it a dwelling
house and outbuildings and the
balance of the land has on it splendid
timber.
] certify that the bond required by
the above mentioned decree has been
executed.
w. Fl. Matheny, Clerk.
Andrew L. 4 Jones Commissioners
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
How to Learn to Do Everything Well

How to Learn to Do Everything Well.
When you make the most of every
day tasks it becomes second nature to
do things well. That's what puts class
to your work. You may imagine that
because the job is common it won't
make any difference whether 1t is done
well or i'll. That's how many fellows
look upon blowing. They are satisfied
If they can only turn the furrow. The
fact is there is more monetary value
in good blowing than most men think.
To be sure It's just turning the earth,
but the way you do 1t will have lot
to do with the size of the crops next
year. AM ordinary job carefully and
neatly done shows the touch of a mas
u ~
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
Harrisonburg Normal
INTENDED for last week.

Harrisonburg, Va, Nov. 10. :
E ,sh week the Recorder brings to
Highlands "quota' at the Normal
a glimpse of the events of home
la turn the quota" wishes to
give few happenings to those who
a.e interested in the Normal.
+ The enrolment of students for
this season has surpassed that OF
any former year, the number being
it NO hundred ninety-one. The
ilnior class in itself has an enroll
msnt of one hundred seventy-three,
practically all of whom are gradu-
ates of accredited high schools.
X may be Of interest to the
patrons, the alumnae, and the
former students to know that the
standard of entrance requirements
If this Normal has been raised
above that Of any other Normal in
in the state. The faculty and
students alike are congratulating
themselves and each other t. at the
Normal School Board, which met
here a month ago, decided that in
two more years this school shall be
open only to four J ear high school
graduate. The diminishing mum
brr of students who wish to enter
The present freshman and sopho-
more classes and the increasing
number entering the Junior class
have made this advance practic-
able.
Although work is considered up
permost in all the life here, yet
there is time for play. Numerous
entertainment, receptions, concerts,
picnics. and athletics furnish en-
joyment for the students. Oc-
casionally the members of the
faculty relax from their dignity
sufficiently to enjoy al old ashton
ed candy-pulling.
Certainly there is no pro German
spirit among the students; but in
stead they are doing their bit for
the soldiers. Inspire:i by a, very
enthusiastic talk by Miss Flenni-
ken, State Secretary of the 7 W
| &. A., on the fine work the Y. w
IS doing to better condi'i"n in the
prison and training cam IS, he
students and faculty pleuged APP
proximately $500 This sum will
20 to make up the ST 100000 War
Relief Fund which is to be a con-
tributioos by students all over the
United States. This amt unit
pledged is in most cases, if not in
all cases, very real sacrifice.
Other than this, the students are
contributing to the Christmas boxes
to be sent by the Red Cross Unit
OF Harrisonburg to the soldiers in
camp,
Dr.. Sanger, a member of the
faculty, attended the Teachers
Associon at Monterey apd reported
an enthusiastic spirit among the
teachers.
Mr.. Keister was the ruling
spirit" at Halloween party given
by the Harrisonburg High School
Club. He takes a great interts, in
the Highland students and wishes
there would be more to represent
his native county. NJ
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
BRITISH SKATER
HINDENBURG Line
Thrust Toward Cambria Proves
One Of Biggest Victories
Iof the War.
tanks PLUNGE FIVE MILES
Conquered Surrender In Large Batches
Whole Front Between Arras and
st. Quentin Broken-French
Make Severe Incursions.

London.-With the biggest surprise
this war has seen the British ripped
35 mile cash into the Teuton spinal
column in northern France between
Arras and st. Quentin.
Under the eyes of General Pershing
they leaped> "oVer the top" at dawn,
smashed ahead until dusk, rested
during the night, surged forward
again at dawn and still are going
strong.
Result: A dozen towns, villages
and hamlets, three formidably forti-
fed woods, ridge fortress and a
maze of trenches and dugouts cap
tured; also more than 5000 prison
ers.
The Hindenburg line is no more.
Within a few days, when it has
been consolidated and reconstructed
by it's captors, it will be known as
the "Byng line,".f the advance was
executed by the Third army under
General Sir Julian Byng.
In days fighting the British
wrested from the invaders 160 square
miles of French territory.
The Germans actually are fighting
on their last line of defense at one
point of the British attack. The Brit
ish are pushing on toward Cantaing,
three miles southwest Of Cambria.
Northwest Of Marcoing the high
ground known as Frenzy Chapelle
has been fought over, and the Ger
mans have been forced to withdraw.
Some of the points captured are
Benavis, Lameau Wood, La VAGUE
RE, the defenses known as Welsh
Ridge, Ribecourt village, the whole
German line west Of the Canal du
Nord to the Bapaume-Cambrai road,
the towns of Havrincourt, Marcoing,
Graincourt and Anneaux and Neuf
Wood
The tanks won this two days bat
tie. They tore the Hindenburg line
to tatters. They led the way to
within three miles of Cambria, whose
fall, now believed near, will mean
the ultimate fall of Lille and st.
Quentin and the subsequent clearing
of northern France of the invaders.
: Commander in Chief Haig's report
says:
"The first defensive system Of the
Hindenburg line was broken on the
whole front Of attack.
"Then our infantry and tanks, in
accordance with program, pressed
forward and captured the second sys-
tenn. more than a mile beyond the
first"
The Germans were so taken by
surprise, not having been warned by
artillery preparation on the part OF
the British, that at one point Ger
man division was in process of reliev-
ing another at the very moment OF
the attack.
The great attack led the British
over much of the ground where the
last stages of the Somme battle were
fought. 1t takes in the region to the
south of Arras. In the very scene OF
the battle the British see a happy
omen, for it was on the Somme that
the British and the French stopped
the crown Princes Verdun drive last
wear. This time the drive that al
ready has swallowed up most of the
line where last years Somme drive
stopped short, is inevitably linked
with the Teuton campaign in Italy.
There is a deep rooted confidence that
the British drive will do the same
service for the Italians that last
wears push here did for Verdun.
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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30

Add two tablespoonful soda to a
large pail of warm water. Wiring out
Of this large towel or other cloth.
Spread this over a step at time and
beat with small carpet or furniture
beaten. Change the cloth until all has
been used. Then rinse in the water
and proceed until eaci step Is done.
The damp cloth gathers every particle
of dust And is much easier than TAX
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
How Automatic Machines Benefit Man.

kind.
Automatic machines cut out the Ia
Dor of three men, say. These men are
permitted to go into a field where auto
matte machines, haven't appeared yet,
It is all good, declares Charles M.
Horton in Industrial Management. The
machine has let loose these men in
order to let them work elsewhere to-
ward keeping the big storehouse up
to demands. And SO on, forever, with.
out end. When all work is done by
machinery, all mankind will have
leisure to pursue arts and the like to
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30

As a result of suggestion from
the American consulate, based upon
sthe higher prices for maize in the
New York market than in Venezue
la, shipments of maize from Vene-
zuela to the United States have
been undertaken for the first time
ON record, and already so tons
have been sent If present New
York prices hold until the new
crop Of maize comes in there may
be large shipments, as the crop
nrospecfs are extraordinarily good.
1,nnent entered a kanas
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30

DO YOU want bargain counter
glasses2 Are you willing to wear
cheap, glasses because they are
cheap? Do you consent to hav-
ing your eyes tempered with at
the risk of their permanent in
jury? Then this message is not
for you. But if you value the
precious gift of sight; if you wish
to retain it; if you appreciate
skill hen it is for you, and you
are invited to come where abso-
lutte accuracy in correcting eye
defects is placed above every
other consideration.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
CHRISTMAS GOODS! CHRISTMAS COODSl
AT
c.. w. j. lyQn1nIble's

There will be or exhibition at my store
one of the most immense lines of Xmas
goods eyer shown on this market---all
kinds of Toys, Novelties and useful a1ti.
cles as we'll,
And besides our Stock of Staple goods
is the fullest and best and most complete
in every way we have been able to
show you.
We will buy all kinds of Country Pro-
duce and will pay the highest market
price either in cash or trade.
We especially want turkeys, chickens,
butter, eggs, pork, beans, corn, fur, hides,
rabbits, ETC.. will buy them in any
quantity
Come to see me whether you wet to do business
with Or not.
G. w. TF7EMBL-E
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30
STATEMENT OF TIE FINANCIAL
CONDITION OF

The Crabbottom Valley Bank, In
corporated located at Crabbottom in
the county ofHighland State of Vir-
ginia, at tic close OF business Nov 70
1917, made to the State Corporation
Commission.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-11-30

A Took agent entered q Kanas
.aleoI and after inducing the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16
What Will United States Do to Meet
Wartime tuberculosis Problem?
By DR.. GEORGE T. PALMER
President Illinois tuberculosis Association

One of the tragic conditions Europe at the present time the
unusual prevalence of tuberculosis the soldiers and the civil
ton and of the signal mistakes the the warning nations
that none of them foaw made preparations for this calamity
lit could have been prevented large by the exclusion of brc
s from the through careful examinations of recruits
aud by protecting with ubuous tendencies from the
dus physical and mental stress of modern warfare could have been
ameorated by the provision of hospital and natorm facilities the
development of extensive dspenary and Westinghouse service the
creation of farm colonies and keeping intact instead of sspang
the existing agencies for fighting this important modern disease
With these things neglected tuberculosis actually threatens
dmae France It's Belgium horrible Austria Hungary
Russia Italy and Germany feeling the acute sting of the white plague
and England although better prepared than all the rest finding tube
cuOsis wartime problem
France struggling under the burden of hafmion of her
people crippled by the wounds of battle and another hamon suffering
from active tuberculosis Of her soldiers 100000 have been returned
actively ubercur and France working franc hopes have
$4,000 beds by the end of the for these
lives Belgium has her actively tubercuous population increased
between 100 and 200 per cent in the past two years.
What will the United States with facilities for the of ubercu
lis hopessy inadequate in times of will the United States
do to meet her wartime tuberculosis problem?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16
Tree Disease Threatens Vast Loss to
Nations Timber Resources
By CHARLES LATI1ROP PACK
President Of the American Forestry Association

enemy Gemany-he white pine blister disease has
the United States occupied all Of New England and driven into
Canada has thrust forward the New York state line despite the
vigorous efforts check it. Columbia and Essex counties
virtually hands, remainder Of the state is threatened
discovered and defeated in New Jersey and Penns
has strong advance West and occupied territory
along the southern state line between Wisconsin and Minnesota Ohio
4has been invaded.
But this not all The progress of the disease has been astonis
% rapid wherever has been allowed to gain foothod The great
Northwest and the rich Pacific threatened while advance
southwark and westward toward the Mississippi almost certain
this foe? What this INVASION and what does to
the in the street?
The white pine blister disease wood canker which kills famous
white pine would doubtless also kill valuable sugar pines
and all fveaved to which might spread 1t sometimes called
e white pine rust from the rusty Of the bsters Eight
years the disease unknown this country 1t secretly
exactly when and worked secretly until
established Then spread In places it stamped out
others Roadway made against it. and has continued to spread
spread spread till in less than decade has become great national
menace
The white pine blister disease not only threatens to wipe out hum
ds of millions of dollars worth of valuable Trees it also threatens
1.-THE goosebey bushes of the where it has obtained
hold The disease which fungus growth cannot travel from
tree It from gocseberry bush
develops there and leaves the cuant bush to attack another which,
once infected with the disease faces death.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16
Amateurs VS.. Professionals.

The clamor for purer amateurs In
various branches of sport is continu.
Ing to be heard, but no matter how
much law-making there is, by the ma
tional and state bodies, the evil will
never be eradicated as long as repre-
sentatives Of clubs after having made
these laws close their eyes to the fact
that their club managers strain every
nerve to make certain games and com.
petitions paying" affairs, by Offering
inducements of one kind or another on
the quiet, to "stars" and thereby open
ly breaking the rules
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16
w. N. u, Minneapolis, No. s1--1s17.
Pride.

An oldish man with waiStline like
the equator paused on the street to
confer somewhat patronizing greet
ing on an oldish woman.
"Well, WE'LL was afraid you had
gone by the board How are you get
getting along?"
ooh, making money and taking on
fatp'
The only thing worth noticing about
the small interchange was that the
woman was positive bone, and she
sure didn't look as if she were making
money.
Which seems to show that the Spar
tan kid with the fox under his Jacket
isn't in a class by himself when it
comes to the pride that fibs and makes
no sign.-Washingt Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16
Present Hour Is the Greatest in History
For Women Of the World
By MRS RAYMOND ROBINS
President Of National Womens Trade Union League Of America

Wonderful this hour is for democracy and labor the greatest
hour In history for the of the world y
After of discrimination coming labor
festival of life equal Woman labor field
feeds the soldiers the firing line Woman labor factories and mills
feeds the the trenches Womans labor shops and
feeds the homes of Europe
Canada Russia America, and England will have enfran
sased womanhood when this S
Selling its church bells be melted into and
probably be calling Providence bless the guns
nth
contribute neither silver their counrys
ma alien enemies but they have feeling of being foreign
In land where everyone S called upon do his bit
dancing that the leading
waltz fox ard oneepexpt of course, politics.
he sdeep as usual will be the favorte
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16

and it has helped me in every way. I
am not nearly SO nervous, no headache
or pain. must say that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
best remedy any sick woman can take.
Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear 259
Worthen St., Lowell, Mass.
Other warning symptoms are a sense
Of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaches, dread of impending evil,
timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation
of the heart, sparkle before the eyes,
irregularities, constipation, variable
appetite, weakness, inquietude, and
dizziness
If you need special advice, write to
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confdentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16

In the last % years more than 80 pei
cent of the graduates from engineer
ing courses in Chilean colleges have
entered the government service.
The motion of waves is utilized by
California inventors device that
is intended to scrape barnacles and
other marine growths from piling.
In a new oil-transmission device for
automobiles in which there are no shift
gears all speeds from absolute discon-
nection to the point Of direct coupling
between motor and driving shaft are
possible.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16

Except for that little tiff with the
Spaniards in 1898, it has been, almost
fifty years since the American volun-
teer has found it necessary to strap his
knapsack on his back, kiss the wife
and Riddles goodbye and march out in
defense Of his country's rights and
principles. But here he goes-two mil
lion of him, if necessary-and the
prayers and good wishes Of the other
hundred and eight million will follow
him
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16
His Defenders.

Recruiting Officer-"How about join
ing the colors? Have you anyone de-
pendent on you?" Motorist-"Have /?
There are two garage owners, six me-
chanics, four tire dealers, and every
gasoline agent within radius Of one
hundred and twenty-five miles.
Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16
SOME PoSTSCRIPTs

Coal lost in former years by tne
washing process is being derdged
from Pennsylvania rivers at a rate OIL
about 100000 tons annually.
For reinking typewriter ribbons an
inventor has patented a rubber con-
tainer for ink which is distributed Dy
a roller as a ribbon is pressed over II.
AS an amusement park device a ng-
ure OF horse has been patented tnat
is made by machinery to go tnrougn
all the motions of a bucking broncno.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16
Relief From Burns.

Among the remedies that have
brought quick cure and absolute and
immediate relief from the pain from
burns and superficial gangrene is Am
berine, a mixture of wax, parafin and
resin, heated until liquef1ed before ap-
piled. 1t changes at once into pill
able, alright and waterproof coat
ing over the entire injured surface.
Under 1t the healing takes place quiet
~, quickly and painless1y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-16
Concrete BARGE Not New.

1t will be news to most people that
one concrete barge has been in use
on the Welland canal since 1910. 1t
is so feet long, weighs 80 tons and
draws two feet eight inches light and
five feet eight inches loaded. The
thickness of the bittom, walls and
deck is of uniform 21s inches. 1t
has been in use since 1910 without
leakage.