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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08

cheeks 20 too. The muscles lack tone.
They become nervous, irritable, de-
sponderd, melancholy, the bra in flags
and the memory fails. Therefore i
you wish to preserve your youthful
vim, vigor and vitality, to ripe old
age, you must supply the deiicicndy of
PhoSphateS lacking in your food by
using ArgO-Phosphate, the form of
most easily aSSimIlatcd.
NOTICE: Argo-Phosphate which is
recommended and prescribed by phys
icianS in all cncmIc cases, is not
secret or patent medicine, but one that
is sold and recommended by we'll
known druggists everywhere, and
physicians are daily subscribing the
constituents in it. Being entirly I'M
like many other PhosphateS, it is
eaily asSimulated and will be found
effective in the treatment of indigeS-
ton and stomach troubles, as well as
for care worn, nervous conditions.
The manufactures of Argo-
Phosphate will forfeit to any char
liable institution $4,000 if they cam
not treat any man or woman under 10
who lacks Phosphates, and increase
their strength and endurance from 100
per cent, TO 800 per cent. or more in
one months time, if they are free from
organic trouble. 1t is dispensed by
all reliable druggists.
If your druggist will not supply,
send $l.00 to the Argo Laboratories,
10 Forsyth ST., Atlanta, Ga, and they
will send you two weeks treatment by
return mail.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
CALLED HER FAMILY
TO HER BEDSIDE
Six Years Ago. Thinking She Might DE- Says Texas Lady, But Now
She Is Well. Strong Woman and Praises CardI For
Her Recovery.

the better. That was six years ago
and I am still here and am a we'll,
strong woman, and I owe my life to
Cardui. I had only taken half the
bottle when I began to feel better.
The misery in my side got less. I
continued right on taking the Cardui
until I had taken three bottles and
did not need any more for I was we'll
and never felt better in my life... 7
have never had any trouble from that
day to this"
Do you suffer from headache, back
ache, pains in sides, or ether discom-
forts, each month? Or do you feel
weak, nervous and fagged-out? If so,
give Cardui. the woman's tonic, a
trial. J. II
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
Copyright, 1915, by, the Mcclure Newspa'
per Syndicate)
LITTLE IMPORTANT THINGS.

The store was on fire. The fire de-
partment had left card in the Of
flee, locating the nearest alarm box;
but somebody had mislaid the card or
thrown it into the waste basket. No
body knew where the nearest ire
alarm box was, and fifteen minutes
of time was wasted hunting for it.
A telegram arrived at ten o'clock
requesting the head of the firm to De
in another city on the morrow. AT
1920 o'clock limited train left the
city. arriving at it's destination at two
o'clock the next afternoon. The next
train was not due to arrive until after
the close of business. The telephone
was out of order, and there wasn't
a time table in the office. When one
was procured, the 1890 limited had
departed.
There were half dozen rugs
upon the parlor floor, and no water
close by. The wife's dress caught
fire from a lighted match. Her hus-
band ran for water, instead of wrap
ming one of the rugs about her. She is
SCARED for life. The husband, like
hundreds of others, didn't know what
to do. 49,
One of the woman clerks in the
office fell in a faint. Her compan-
ions lifted her from the floor and
supported her head, instead of laying
her down with her feet slightly ele-
waited. It was some time before she
recovered consciousness. How few
people know what to do in similar en-
ergencies!
Johnnie had sore throat. Mother
thoughts it might be serious, but grand
mother differed from her. They hound
it in liniment and applied other home
remedies, instead of sending for the
doctor. 1t was diphtheria, but the doc
tor was not called in until few hours
before Johnnie died.
Thousands upon thousands of peo-
pie have neglected the symptoms and
invited the disease, instead Of placing
themselves in the hands Of a reputa-
! BILE physician.
When in doubt, call the doctor.
Don't take chances with yourself.
Miss Smith was stenographer. She
didn't know how to spell a certain
word, and she inquired Of dozen
fellow-clerks, none of whom could
spell it. The dictionary was within
half an arms length from her all
the time. About one-tenth Of l per
cent of us realize that the dictionary
will answer about nine-tenths of all
everyday questions, and we fail to
consult it.
If man treated his machine as ne
treats his stomach, the machine would
be out of order most of the time. He
enters a restaurant, orders a dish.
does not like the taste Of it, thinks
it ray not be fresh, but eats it, anc
ptomaine poisoning keeps him in bed
for a week or more. He would not
treat his engine that way, but then
an engine isn't human and must be
cared for.
How many of those who work are
thoughtful enough to have an extra
pair of stockings and shoes, or even
another suit of clothes, in the office
in case a sudden storm drenches
them?
If you haven't any common sense,
go cut and get some, even if you have
to pay for it. Common sense is worth
more than dollars, and double dis
counts money in any market.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa.
per Syndicate.)
WHEN 1T RAINS, LET 1T RAIN.

It was raining hard, and the wind
was driving sheets of water against
the window panes. The lecture room
was filled. At the appointed hour the
professor entered. Mounting the plat
form, he remarked dryly, Gentlemen
when it rains, let it rain" Whereupon
he Immediately left the room.
In these few words were both lee
ture and an object lesson, and the stu
dents never forgot the occurrence.
When it rains, let 1t rain. Why not?
If it wants to rain, it will rain, and
all the ingenuity Of man cannot pre-
vent the downfall. If it did not rain
part of the time, the world would tire
of sunshine. Contrasts are necessary
to progress.
The good would not be good If it
were not in competition with the bad.
Continuous enjoyment breeds stagna-
ton.
Suffering has it's place, ard so have
worry and Encouragement.
The great navigator, who, in the
glory Of his power, stands upon the
bridge Of the ocean. greyhound and
steers his ship through mountainous
waves and the wind Of the tornado,
would not be happy or satisfied pilot
ing a fiat boat on calm and placid
river.
If the Road of Life were smooth
and without handicaps, men would be
like animals, without ambition ana
without incentive to master both them
selves and the conditions in which
they found themselves.
When it rains, 4et it rain. Do not
be concerned in stopping the rain, but
be ever anxious to meet the downpour
and to devise means for protecting
yourself against it.
The brave man, the man who wins
in every kind of strife, does rot try
to get rid of trouble, but, rather, arms
himself to meet it. He acceTts the
night as we'll as the day; he loves the
storm as we'll as the calm; he uses
disaster, if it must come, as an eXpe-
ricrce Of extreme value in tie race
Of his life. He has no patience with
monotony. He is strenuous as well as
cautious, and when he conquers trou'
BILE he is proud of his ability to win.
No success worth while ever oc-
Cured o. smooth road. Men of
power reached their positions because
their paths were strewn with disaster
ard they had opportunity to use the
ability which Nature gave them and
which they developed in danger as
we'll as in safety.
When it rains, let it rain. Don't
think Of the wet Of the rain, but con-
Germ yourself with meeting it, pro-
tecting yourself against it. Do not al
low it to wet your ambition or to soak
your energy.
When it rains, let it rain. When
trouble cones, let it come. When dis
aster meets you, dc Lot turn your
back upon it, but face it like man. II
these things were not necessary Tor
the development Of the human race,
the all-wise Creator would not have
permitted them to exist.
Learn Iife's Alternatives by not
avoiding it's negatives. There would be
NO affirmative unless opposite it were
negative.
When it rains, let it rain. 1t will.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
Not the First Time.

They tell a good law court story in
Canada. A young lawyer, according to
the report, pleaded before Justice
Greenshields that case in which the
attorneys firm was interested should
be postponed because the partner was
busy in another court.
Proceed" said Justice Greenshields'
ave have the record, we have the judg'
ment. We will help you"
But" protested the young lawyer,
81 nave not studied the case"
1T matters not" came from the
bench. proceed We will help you.
"But, my lord" persisted the young
man, II know nothing about the case"
Proceed, proceed" was the inexor-
able command. SIT is not the first time
you have appeared before this court
in a case you knew nothing about
Christian Science Monitor.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08

Royse City, Tex.-Mrs. Mary Kill
man, of this place, says; "After the
birth of my little girl. my side COM
menced to hurt me. I had to go back
to bed. We called the doctor. He
treated me. but 1 got no better. 1
got worse and worse until the misery
was unbearable. Il was in bed for
three months and suffered such agony
that I was just drawn up in knot.
told my husband if he would get
me bottle of Cardui would try it,.
commenced taking it, however, that
evening I called my family about
me. for I knew I could not last
many days unless I had change for
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
When Novels Were Really Long.

Though William De Morgan wrote
some of the longest novels of recent
times, his efforts were conciseness it
self compared with the works of some
of the seventeenth century romances.
Mile. De Scudery's once famous story,
lie Grand Cyrus" for instance, fills
FIVE folio volumes of 500 pages each
in the English translation; and her
contemporary, La Calprenede, was
even more diffuse, his cleopatra" run
ming into % Volumes. The leisurely
methods of the early novelists is well
Illustrated in "Parthenissa," by Roger
Boyle, earl of Orrery, in which the
eight huntlredth page finds the tw'
chief characters still engaged in th
process of introducing Themselves =
each other, begun on page one.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
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, anu
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, 1917-06-08
AIexandria's Jetty.

The jetty at Alexandria, Egypt, with
q total length Of $50 feet, is made uE
CT five caissons, which were built UP
of REINFORCED concrete, and foated
into place. Each caisson is &C feet long
by &c 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, 1917-06-08
lumbauo,

Although it is seldom fatal, few dis
eases to which mankind is heir cause
more intense suffering thar lumbago.
1t is characterized by severe pains like
neuralgia or rheumatism in the small
of tie back. The trouble centers
around what are known as the lumbar
vertebrate.
The attacks come on ard disappear
suddenly and are often severe enough
to keep the patient in bed, hardly able
to move a muscle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
The EnrnnaSf.

1t is, in it's way, tribute to the ex-
cellence Of the arrangements at the
front; but there is a grim touch in a
soldiers story: 'You see, If num-
Der of army chaplains suddenly turn
up, we can always guess that some
thing good and hard is going to be
asked of us hortly."-London Obser.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
Should Have Known Better,

"Willie," said his mother, II 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, 1917-06-08
With a Fine Ouflnnk.

Il engaged the rooms for my holi-
day. he said, because the landlady
wrote me that they overlooked SUI
perb garden Of 200 acres, richly
adorned with statuary, where I was at
liberty to promenade"
"We1l?" Jones inquired.
1T was a cemetery he said, bit
terly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
Stopped the Buzzing.

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, 1917-06-08
Just Enouuh,

Mandy, who was q housemaid and
black, arrived late to begin her duties
one morning and her mistress inquired
as to the cause-of delay.
"rs sorry, Miss Clara; indeed l is!
stated Mandy. "But 1 jest, natchelly
couldn't got here no sooner'n whit l Is
got here. I been at the party give by
the Sistern Of the Mysterious Ten at
the Guild Odd Fellers' hall, right up
the street. They started in dancin'
and carryin' on last night and they's
still in full swing. You never seen so
many folks packed in one little hall in
all yore bawn days; and right now, e1
you'll poke yore haid outen yore side
winder you kin hear them folks whoop'
in and yaughin', and hear the orches'
ira playin'."
"Wasu't it rather tumultuous, Man
dy?" asked the lady Of the house,
"Oh, nome!" said Mandy. Hit
wuzn't bit too mulchous-jest about
mulchcus enough !"-Saturday Evening
Post.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
Imitation for Imitation.

excuse me-" said the waiter, but
this quarter you gave me for a tip is
pewter
"Well, you brought me a cold stor-
age egg and oleomargarine."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
F. TANNEH1LL J:F NCNULTY
staunton va. Monterey va
REAL ESTATE

We have buyers for timber
tracts and grazing landin Highland.
We have a large list offarms for sale
in Augusta, Rockbridge, AIbermarl
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, 1917-06-08
A Rare Bird.

Knicker-Don't you mind pulling
the bobsled uphill?
Bocker-No, it is comfort to see
something that has hard time ris-
Ing.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
Hcid-OVer.

"Wh-, Tommie, how dirty your
hands are for so early in the morn
ing! Have you been out before break
fast?
NO, papa, it's a kold,over;' | got
EN- dirty last night"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
NOTHING More.
Anything doing in Plunkville"

Anything doing in Plunkville?"
"Not a thing"
"But I see by the paper that many
public improvements are contemplate
ed"
contemplated is the word. Merely
municipal castles in the air."-Louis-
vile Courier-J ournal.
It's Big Event in History.
What do you consider the most i'm.
pcrtant event in the history of PARISH"
WELL" replied the tourist YEARLY,
who had grown weary of distributing
tips, $50 far as financial prosperity is
concerned, I should say the disccv-
cry of America was the making Of this
town.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Head of Public School system of "a
DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED:
College, Graduate, Law,
Medicine Engineering
Loan Funds Available to deserving stu.
dents. $lo covers all costs to virginia
students in the Academic Departments
send for catalogue.
Howard Winston, Registrar
University, va
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
Pale Faced Women Take Phospbates to Make Rosy
Cheeks and Beautiful Forms.
Men need Pno5phates to Make Strong, Healthy,
Vigorous BoI,S.

their strength and endurance 200 cent
more bv simply taking Argo Phosphate
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-07
Skunk All Right at a Distance.

The polecat, or skunk, is playful,
affectionate little creature, with beau.
tiful black and white fur, an inquisi.
tive disposition and superabundance
of animal spirits. Its hide is valued
for its fine fur; it's fat for kind Of
grease well known in rural districts,
and its two glands secrete what Is
known as civet Oil. Civet oil, in its
cultivated state. is used as "flxer"
for delicate perfumes. In it's natural
state civet oil is perfume that would
scarcely be called delicate. In fact,
it is about the most undelicate per.
fume imaginable, as anybody can tes.
tify who has encountered 1t unexpect.
edly at first hand.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-07
GERMAN INTRIGUE.
Germany Planned to Unite Japan and
Mexico Against This Country.

J The daily press has published letter
dated Berlin, January 10, In which
Germany states that the submarine
warfare would begin February l and
that an effort would be made to enlist
, Mexico and Japan against the United
States In the event war was declared
between the United States and Gel
many.
The Germans dangled before the eyes
of the Mexicans the hope of winning
back Texas. Arizona and New Mexico.
What they proposed to help Japan to
secure IS not stated IN the letter. but
the public mind in this country natur-
ally thinks the Philippine Islands
would be the japanese objective.
Of course the Japanese deny any
thought of accepting such scheme.
No one in Mexico processes TO know
anything of the scheme.
An effort was made to pass resolu =
tion in the United States senate asking
President Wilson for the letter and
from what source it was obtained.
The letter was promptly sent but that
part of the resolution asking for the
source of the letter was voted down
and the President did not volunteer
that information. 1t IS claimed IN the
news di patches that the letter came
through English hands. That natur-
ally leads some to think the letter Is
fraud and gotten up to influence this
country against Germany. How that
is, has not yet been learned and very
likely never will be known or If known
Will not be believed.
LATER-Since writing the above
Zimmerman has practically admit ID
the plot, but justified 1T on the ground
that 1T is nothing more than any ma
tion Is at liberty to do and be within
the bounds of international law.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-07
AFTER PISTOL "TOTERS."
Fine and imprisonment to Garry and a
Penitentiary 0fense to Draw One
Except in Self Defense.

A bill has passed the house of the
general assembly making it fine of
$50 to $10O and Imprisonment from
three months to eleven months and
twenty-nlne days tor carrying pistol.
The drawing of pistol, except in self
defense, is punished by Imprisonment
IN the pen'tentiary for not less than
three years.
The law IS good one and should
pass the senate without the restrictions
in anyway being modified. The fact
that the fine and Imprisonment is not
optional with the trial Judge, but is
mandatory, makes the law especially
good.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-07
THEM'S OUR VIEWS.
We Heartily Agree With Major StahI-
man and Chattanooga News.

When the plot against this govern
ment by Germany became known Ma
jor E. b. Stahlman was IN Washing
ton, ID. G., and sent the following tele-
gram to his paper, the Nashville Ban
ner:
"The Banner must stand firmly with
the country, despite my hot est belief
that the President by unneutral con-
duct has produced the trouble
The Banner adds:
"Maj Stahlman believes that the
government at Washington should have
made its protest against interference
with American commerce apply to the
restrictions imposed by Great Britain
as strongly as 1T does to the German
submarine blockade. tie considers
that d difference in conditions forced
Germany to drastic action. But he
Will stand, and the Banner will stand,
fer America against any other country
under all conditions.
The Chattanooga News has this to
say relative to the Stahlman telegram:
"Maj. Stahlman wires his Nashville
Banner to stand firmly with the coun-
try, even though he thinks our 'un-
neutral conduct has produced the
trouble. Shake, Major. We're stand
ing by firmly also, with some similar
misglvlngs.
1t must be clear to Chronicle readers
editor OF this paper are in full accord
with the sentiments expressed IN the
Stahlman telegram. 1t will be seen
by the clippings IN this issue, taken
from the Review of Reviews, that
there IS much ground for any person to
feel as does Major Stahlman.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-07
"BONE DRY" SIGNED.

Saturday President Wilson signed the
bill carrying the "bone dry proivi-
slons.
That means that no lntoxicants can
be shipped into any prohibition state
for personal use or otherwise. 1t can
not be owned by any individual for per-
sonal use. The same bill prohibits the
delivery through the mails into any
"dry state OF any publication bearing
ilouor advertisements. The provisions
of the bill become effective at once.
The bill effects about one-third of the
United States at this time and as other
states go "dry' they will come under
tie provisions of this law.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-07

the disc should be put over it befor
plowlng so that the sell may be fine a
deep as plowed, and If the sod Is at al
stiff it sho..ld be we'll cut up before
plowing.
Flowing should be as deep sas the
land has been plowed before or little
deeper running the pillow close--no,
cutting too much land.
! The land should generally be edged,
not turned entirely over and if plowec
early it might be left as plowed to
take in some of the spring rains. But
II plowed later. the preparation should
begin at once.
Preparation If we'll plowed-should
consist of alternate narrowing with
drag or spring tooth and the disc it on
new or rough land. Where the plow
ing is poor or shallow, cross plow and
disc.
Get fine, moderately firm seed bed
have 1t fine as deep as possible.
Open the burrows with a narrow
plow, running it as deep as possible to
loosen up under the row. There will
be no other chance to cultivate under
the row. The fertilizer can be spread
In the row and the same piow run
through again to mix 1T and loosen the
soil deeper.
CULTIVATE SOON AND OFTEN.
After covering the seed cultivate the
space between the rows at once. Some
growers try to cultivate three times
before the potaotes are up; use a
double shovel run deep.
Later. before the potatoes are up,
harrow over the whole, giving one or
two other deep civilizations just after
they are up; later cultivate shalIower.
TO RIDGE OR NOT TO RIDGE?
Many potato sections ridge high.
The writer favors slight ridge. Put
if hay crop is grown, the fidG'. must
be slight to harvest the hay. A ridge
Will make digging easier.
j. e. Converse.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-07
Not His Fault.

"Please, mister, will you give me a
job shoveIing the snow off your side.
walk so / can earn enough money to
get bite to eat?"
"You can see for yourself the snow
is all shoveled off. Why didn't you
come around yesterday"
II would have, mister, only there
was so much snow couldn't get
here"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-07
Truth Established.

Samuel Joyner, living near Sandis-
field village in the Berkshires, saw a
bear crossing a snow-covered swamp.
When he related the incident the vii
layers doubted him. Next morning he
drove to the swamp, cut out blocks
of snow bearing bruins footprints
and, driving back to the village,
placed the bears tracks on exhibition.