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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
FF.N.LOwRY

I feel it duty owe to the meritor-
ious efficacy of Bolar Spring and
suffering humanity Especially those
afflicted as | waS), to make known to
the public the great benefit / derived
from the use of this famous Spring.
Having suffered from kidney trouble
for number of years and after trying
various so called cures and remedies
without relief. | was induced by Mr..
A. G. McGuitin who was then proprie-
tor of the spring to try the water which
l did, with the following results: With
in a month felt relieved and felt sat
isfed that it was doing me good. In
justice to the water will explain that
did not go to the springs where l
could have used it fresh from the foun-
tain head but carried the water to my
home about three and u half miles
from the spring. | would come to the
spring as often as | was able to
be brought, once or twice week.
When [ began using the water my
kidneys were just as bad as ones kid
neyS could be and live: suffering the
most excruciating pain. | was COM
PEELED to use two canes when walking
about, a common rail fence five rails
high, was complete barrier in my way
being impossible for me to get over it.
After using the water for two months,
in the way stated, | could walk with
the use of one cane: at the expiration
of six NOR this | could 60 any where 1
wished without the use of cane.
Before using the water | was drawn
down; could not stand erect. Ever
since cured | have been able to walk
as erect as in my boyhood days.
| am now seventy-two years of age
and feel no trace what ever of the old
trouble, and havn't since I quit the
use of the water about seven years
ago. I drank the water about eight
teen months.
Sincerely,
f. n, LOWRY
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Reward Not Always to the Great

a London booksellers catalogue an
nounces a copy of Browning's first
book for $4,000. Yet, when 1t was
printed, in 1888, through the assist
ance Of the poets aunt, Mrs. Silver
thorne, the poet would have been glad
to have sold copy in its little drab
boards for few shillings. The reason
1t Is worth so much money now Is that
few of them have survived, and this
particular copy Is described as i'm.
maculate. There may not be money in
poetry for the poets, but If the poet
only Is thoughtful enough to become
great his early trlfles may bring
food of gold to some happy possessor.,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Sappho.

Sappho's fragments are redolent o.
flowers; her woven verse, @ "rich-rec
chlamys" in the sunshine, has silver
sheen in the moonlight. We hear the
full-throated song of the "herald o1
the spring, the nightingale" the breeze
moves the apple boughs, the VINO
shakes the oak trees. Her illusions to
the "hyacinths, darkening the ground
when trampled under foot of shep-
herds;" the fine, soft bloom OF grass,
troddcn by the tender feet Of Cretan
women as they dance;" or the golden
pulse growing on the shore"-all these
seem inevitable to one who has seen
the acres of bright flowers that carpet
the islands Of the nearby littoral of the
Asian coast. In her Lesbian
orchards the sweet quince-apple IS still
left hanging SOLITARY on the topmost
Dough upon it's very end" and there
is heard "cool murmuring through ap-
pie boughs while slumber ioateth
down from quivering leaves."-Francls
G. Atkinson and Anna G. E. Atkinson.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Matter of 1.-TWO Evils"

A Londoner whose business 1s
coaching stage aspirants tells this
one:
Zone day my work was interrupted
by a weak-featured but rather pretty
girl of about eighteen. She was taste.
fully dressed, but had obviously been
crying. She said she was wishful to
adopt the profession of the stage. HAD
she ever played in amateur produc'
tons? No. Were her parents pre-
pared to pay the fees? She had neither
father nor mother. "Well, what are
your" he inquired. Then she sobbed.
She was q housemaid in the service Of
q crochety old lady. When the pro-
fessor advised her to return to her
mistress, she exclaimed: II can't bear
Ter! I'd sooner go on the stage than
stand her any longer"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
POINTS OUT WRONG NOTIONS
Harvard Professor corrects impress
sions Of the Peoples of Historic
Lands of the East.

"To speak of the pure old Egyptian
type Is as incorrect as to assert that
the old type of the Pharaohs is ex-
tinct today" said Prof. w. Max Null
Ter of Harvard in an address on "The
Origin of the Ancient Egyptians" In
the University Of Pennsylvania Arch
Biological museum. "The admixture
of negro blood, due to intermarriage
with slaves, was as popular In Bible
times as now"
The speaker corrected many popular
misconceptions about the historic
lands. "You apply the term Hamitic
to all blacks" he continued. Sons
of Ham to the discriminating scholar
of African conditions means white
people, not black. African residents
do not begin to call man black I'M
til he is chocolate or copper colored.
"The degrees range all the way
down to dull coal black. All shades
lighter than copper, such as the tan
of the American mulatto, are called
white. The yellow girl is the compli-
mentary way to address or to paint
lady over on the Nile.
"The handsomest people in the
world are the Abyssinians, slender,
hlgh-browed, copper-hued-these =peo'
pie who have reduced stealing to a sci
ence and begging to fine art. The
color Of the healthy man is black
and greenish bronze hue, Of a shade
often seen In statues, but generally
believed not to be found in real life
"These men, by the way, have the
must luxuriant hair in the world, and
yet they never can grow more than
the scantiest, scrawniest boards"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
REALLY NO SECRET
Power to Charm Lies in Forget
fuIness of Self.
Women Who Fascinate Have Simply
Developed the Art or Power OF
Putting Others ION Good
Terms With Themselves"

A vivacious woman writer seeking
the secret of feminine fascination,
finds it in the art or power some Wom-
en- have of charming others by putting
them, as bluff Britisher phrased IL,
son ripping good terms with them
selves" Is not this characteristic
of almost all those persons, men ana
women, whom we like the best and en-
10y the most? Do they not either by
artifice or by instinct, endeavor TO
make the people they meet feel that
they amount to something, know some
thing, have some excellence, attrac-
tiveness or interesting qualities, ana
thus put them on pleasant terms with
themselves. The persons who are
least adept ut this or least inclined 10
try it are the self-centered, self-impdr-
tant people completely absorbed in
their own affairs and not wise or we'll
bred in little worlds Of which they are
the centers, and may be said In Ger
t,ir sense to revolve about them
selves.
This is q characteristic brought mp
from lower forms of life from when
- we are ancestrally derived and only In
! part outgrown. For most animals the
! only concerns of the least importance
! are those which directly affect them
selves. They are egocentric. Inc
things that touch them make up their
! world and they have no interests OUT
side Of that. More than any other AMI
nal The dog can sink his personality
ca To sneak. subordinate himself anG
make his masters interests his own
! Only infrequent individuals OF other
species can or will do this. Hence dog;
rs q rule are more companionable for
man than any other living creatures
| below him in the evolutionary scale.
But to return to human beings, Jo'
sephine was the most beloved and
charming woman in France because
| she took q genuine and kindly Interest
| in The affairs of all with whom she
| came in touch. She was outgoing, in
elusive in her sympathies and thus
| counteracted antagonism. created D!
| Napoleon, who was self-centered TO NJ
extraordinary degree. Not to multlp'!
examples, does not experience teacf
all observant people that In selfteSS
ness lies the secret of charm? Are moi
the lovable people those whose love
goes out spontaneously, or appears to-
Is not egocentricity, entire absorption
in themselves, q characteristic held II
common by most Of the people WI;
get on ones nerves? Kind hearts arr
more than coronets, said Tennyson.
More attractive, therefore, thai
beauty or the brilliancy and glitter o.
intellectually Is the drawing power O
kindly consideration for others. Fas
cination is born Of the heart, not of th'
mind; and whether instructive or &C
CURED, would seem to be the arr O
entering into the lives Of others ant
putting them, as the.+Englishman said
! on good terms with DEMONSTRATION
ester Post-EXpress.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Vast Sum Eluded Morgan,

In the mountains behind a Cuban
city, we are told, is still buried great
amount of treasure, hidden there 35'
years ago, when news came of an i'm
pending attack by Sir Henry Morgan!
the pirate honored by an English king
for his onslaughts upon the Spaniards
Most of the defenders were killed, and
the spoils were never found. Morgan
was outwitted again at Panama, and nj
the bottom of the harbor there lies
today, some have estimated, $3O,OoO,'
900 worth of gold and silver.
When he attacked Panama the treas
ure was hidden under the planllings Of
the ships at the wharves. The city
was captured before the vessels could
make their escape, but long searc,.
failed to unearth the spoils, so all the
craft were sunk in revenge by the
pirate and his men.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
BUILT ON CORAL FOUNDATION
Keeling Island Group, in Indian Ocean,
a Mass of Varying Colors Attrac-
tive to the Eye.

An oasis in the blue expanse of the
Indian ocean is the Keeling island
group, built inch upon inch of coral.
From far out at sea the ragged outline
of the Islands coconut palms can be
seen. now In forestlike thickness. and
again one tall, solitary palm silhou-
cited on the sky.
Many times this is all that the ships
passengers see Of the islands, for only
when the winds are low can ship put
in ut the harbor. Ordinarily, heavy
winds send the waves crashing against
reef and beach and make the Islands a
danger zone instead Of O haven for
mariners.
Parts of the islands are thick with
matted underground, but below it all IS
the coral foundation in the form OF
sand and reefs of wonderful spreading
formations. The shapes Of the coral
growth are fascinating in their variety.
Little imagination Is needed to see IN
them toadstools, oak trees, leaves ana
snow crystals. Some are SOLID rock
while others are as delicate as the out
shoots of bursting fireworks. The col
ors, too, are like fading fireworks that
leave only a suggestion OF yellow
green and rose.
In contrast to the paleness OF the
coral reefs, the inhabitants OF the
pools and sea dazzle the onlooker with
their scales Of vivid red and green
flashing through the clear water
Swordfish and sharks make fishing ano
swimming hazardous.
The air is famed by great fiocks o.
birds of the eastern tropics who migh'
easily claim ownership of the ISLANDS
by reason Of discovery by their ances
tors. The birds long ago found the
islands ideal for nesting and time ha
enlarged the colony, for there are rev
human beings to disturb the featheret
owners.-Chicago Daily News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Lonesome,

A soldier was on duty as night SEN
try for the first time, and his post was
at q lonely place in the camp. He saw
a figure advancing and asked, "Who
goes there?"
The answer came, 1.-THE officer Of the
day."
The sentry, forgetting the proper
military reply in his relief at hearing
q human voice, called out, Goodnight.
Pm glad to see you"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
IVY POISON Sc

Several year ago was badly poi
soned by poison oak, or ivy poison,
which refused to yield to the TREATING nj
If skilled physician. After my mouth
and throat had become badly affected,
so bad | could not take any kind OF
,ood except some liquid food, | began
Using Bolar Spring water and in
five days | was completely cured. /
ieel that | owe my lie to kind Prov
idence and Bolar spring water.
A few years later | had bad case OF
eczema which was benefited by the
use of this water.
C. A. DICKSON
Trimble, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

The Department Of Agriculture has
recently set up Department of Farm
Implements Control, under the man.
agement OF Junius F. Cook, Assistant
to the Secretary, Department of Agri-
culture. This department will have
In charge the regulation of profits, the
procuring Of implements, and the gen
eral dissemination Of knowledge re-
garding the supplying of farm machin-
cry. All inquiries as TO the supply Of
tractors and farm implements should
be referred to them.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Commander a "Good Fellow"

One Of the home-guard boys had on
a uniform that was too large for him.
While waiting on the station platform
for the train to come the commander
noticed this boy and coming up to him
turned him around and around, look
ing him over Oh every side. Finally
he said: young man, that suit does
not fit you"
The boy, not realizing to whom he
was talking, promptly retorted: 3Well,
that is no reason why should be
made windmill Of, is IT'D"
Luck favored him and the comman-
der laughed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Healing Springs, Va,

Healing Springs, Va,
Aug. 3, 1918
Mr.. 7. s, Gibson
Monterey, Va.
cur letter was received. am glad
to furnish you with a testimonial, III
regard to what Bolar Springs did for
me. This is grand place and grand
water and should be improved.
l had very serious case of poison
oak followed byinfection. used RENE
dies from three physicians, also all
remedies suggested by others. was
finally advised by friends, who knew
the value of this water, to give it a
trial. The third application gave ne
mucn relief. Its qualities are wonder
full. 1t is with great pleasure l can
recommend Bolar Spring water. This
water cured me in three days time. If
you getpoison oak go to Bolar, Va.
1t can't be beat.
H. T. HERMAN,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Grand CANYON an lnspiratfors.

An interesting example Of the way
tho Grand canyon "gets" those who
live while with it is found In the
technical, and to most Of US the in
comprehensive, reports of the govern
ment topographers and biologists who
studied it for years. Apparently, in
spite of themselves, these men to
whom rocks and canyons are the grim
business of life often interrupt their
dry, technical pages by brief bursts
Of enthusiasm, not inspired in the least
by science, but by the pure emotion OF
sublimity.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Testimonials
Marlinton, w. Va.

Marlinton, w. Va.
August 6, 1911
About eleven years ago was af1lict-
ed with blood poison. / was on my
back for six months. My foot had
been lanced IL times. Finally after
getting on my feet again my sores
would not heal, l was advised to go
to Bolar Springs, which | did. After
ten days treatment at the Springs, to
my surprise, found my wounds were
healing and was gaining in flesh. |
left in five weeks Il sound man and had
gained 30 pounds in flesh. | can't say
too much for the good healing quail
ties of the Bolar water.
Signed
JACK LAU CLAN
Marlinton, w. Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

Hugh B. Sproul. Federal Food AID
ninistrator for Virginia. has moved
The State headquarters 10 Stanton.
Convenient and conlmodious Offices
have been provided in the Elks Club
Building, where all communications
Intended for the State Food Admin
!stration should now be addressed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

The quantity Of -four deliverable to
any individual cG9sumer residing in a
town or city Is limited to twenty-five
pounds, II residing In rural or farm
communities to fifty pounds.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

Only one grade Of pure wheat flour
may be made; that Is, 100 per cent.
-four, by which Is meant the percen-
tage Of -four extraction given In the
above table.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Charlottesville, Va,
July 10. 1915
Manager of Bolar Springs, Va.

Dear Sir:
I spent three weeks at your place
lbout Is years ago, and was very
much benefited, so much so that | am
thinking of bringing my vile and a
single and married uaug liter and little
Grand son three years old) OF there
md spend ten days, or two weeks, but
,efore coming, l would like to know
omething of your rates. What would
it cost me for four adults and the little
child per week at tile hoGcl ana what
Tor the use CT the baths?
Can | reach your place via Monterey,
n an automobile?
Awaiting your early answer, beg to
ccmain.
Yours very truly,
J. w. LOVEGROVE,
If we decide to come it will be about
me 10th of August.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Perfectly Innocent Fun.

"Willie, are you and Roy in any mis-
chief out there"
'Oh, no, ma" came the reply. "We're
just playing with some eggs the grocer
left, to see how many times we can
catch them before they break. "-Bos-
ton Transcript
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

The weights given refer to "clean"
wheat. construed to mean wheat after
It has passed over the receiving and
first milling separators.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

The rule requiring the use Of wheat
-four substitutes upon a fifty fifty basis
with wheat flour remains unchanged,
as also the list of permitted substt
tutes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

Graham -four Is the whole grain Of
the wheat, including the germ, with
out extracting, without the addition
or substitution of any part of the
grain.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

Under the new milling regulations,
effective July 22nd. the wheat miller
Is governed by the following schedule
n making a barrel of 1875 pounds Of
flour:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
For Use of Water

Individually 25c Baths week.
Baths from AN to9pm
Good Springs
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

What Is known as whole wheat
-four" is -four containing 20 per cent.
or more OF bran, shorts. or middlings.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
August 8, 1912
The Bo lar Spr ings Cor
Monterey, Va.

Gentlemen:
applicable and
Alga
this applied and from the effects of
on
Respectfully,
FROE4LING & ROBERTSON,
richmond Testing Laboratory
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
ANALYSIS
No. 56036

Complete Analysis of Mineral Water,
collected by ourselves from Bolar
Springs, made for the Bolar Springs
Corporation
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
No. 65O36

Complete Analysis of Mineral Water,
cole cted by ourselves from Spring
Hypothetical form of combination of Mineral In
gredients
This is Calcic-Magnesic Bicarbonated Alkaline
Water
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-16
The Letters You Write

The following letter should be read
in every home from which a soldier
or sailor has gone, either overseas or
to cantonment in this country. We
have frequently urged that cheerful,
common sense, brave letters be sent
from home to the boys. We are glad
to reinforce our own argument with
the words of the Rev. Anderson, well
known in Augusta:
AS a field worker in connection
with my chaplaincy under the Red
Cross, there is one thing that has
been most forcibly impressed upon
my mind, and that is, the amount of
harm that our people at home can do
by destroying the morale of the army
through letters which they write to
relatives over here. 1t is almost in
conceivable that people should write
letters such as I have seen, the OBJ
ject Of which has been presumably
to show sympathy and affection. A
man simply cannot go on with his
trying work on the field, if he has to
snend his spare moments comforting
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-16

thoae at home, who write to him ex-
messing all their fears and anxieties
II isn't fair to the man. He ought to
receive letters which are cheerful and
helpful, God knows that there is little
enough comfort for him except the
knowledge that he is doing his duty
towards mankind, for his work is
even broader than that of serving his
country in this war.
Everything possible is being done
for the men, the government regards
money as nothing where the welfare
of the men is at stake. l never was
more proud of my country.
If any of the people in Augusta
have difficulties regarding aliotments
or allowances, or distressed at the
failure to hear from immediate rela-
tives upon whom they have claim and
who are serving in the ranks here.
will be glad to receive any such in
formation and will place it in the
hands of the proper department for
prompt investigation. Except in
cases Of extreme distress. the cables
cannot be used, so considerable time
must be allowed. Please write
frankly and freely, (the letters will be
retained by US only transcript will
be sent to the department on blanks
provided for the purpose) give every
possible detail, every name and ad-
dress in full, there are many men in
service with exactly the same full
name.
shall be glad to serve any of the
people in Augusta in this way. only
don't trouble the men who cannot do
these things from the field. Make
your letters to them cheerful, how
ever much you have to bear. They
also serve who stand and wait"
Remember us all in your prayers
Faithfully yours,
V. o. ANDERSON.
(Rev.) V. o. Anderson,
4 Avenue Gabriel,
American Red Cross,
Paris, France.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-16
THE MAKING OF
A FAMOUS
MEDICINE
How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Is Prepared For
WOman's Use.

A visit to the laboratory where this
successful remedy is made impresses
even the casual looker-on with the
reliability, accuracy, skill and clean
illness which attends the making Of
this great medicine for woman's ills
over 100000 pounds of various herbs
are used annually and all have to be
gathered at the season Of the year
when their natural juices and medi-
cinal substances are at their best.
The most successful solvents are
used to extract the medicinal proper
ties from these herbs.
Every utensil and tank that comes
in contact with the medicine is ster-
ilized and as final precaution in
cleanliness the medicine is pasteur-
lied and sealed in sterile bottles.
1t is the wonderful combination of
roots and herbs, together with the
skill and care used in it's preparation
which has made this famous medi-
cine SO successful in the treatment Of
female ills.
The letters from women who have
been restored to health by the use Of
Lydia r. Pink,larl's Vegetable Com
pound which we are continually pub
nsnins attest to its virtue.-Adv.