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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
ENJOY SINGING IN CHORUS
Why Children Should Be Encouraged
to Take Part in Exercises OF
Juvenile GIee Clubs.

Anyone who has watched a class 9
schoolchildren singing their songs to-
sether, or the members Of q juvenile
glee club raising their voices In mel
ody, knows to how great an extent chill
dren enjoy expressing themselves mu'
sically. 1t is perhaps one of the re"
times when they begin to get an ap'
probation of what concerted action
means in creating strength and power
both for the individual as we'll as the
group. You seldom get child to stand
up and sing alone, but place him
among a large group of children anc
note the change in him-the change IL
his expression, his bearing and his
whole attitude.
It Is therefore q cause for much en-
couragement to hear the news that PEG,
pie are growing interested in commu
nifty choruses for children. The move
ment for grownups has become wide
spread and its good results have been
appreciated by all who have taken az
active part in it. The question natur
ally arises, then, why wait until a per
son is grown up before you let him
take part in that which undeniably Is
beneficial to him? Why not give the
child an opportunity to musically ex'
press himself before he has grown toe
self-conscious to do it freely?
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
Use an INGENIOUS Code,

Two persons having copy Of a die
tiOnary Of the same edition make up
the message which they send by the
number of the page and the number of
the words counted down the column Of
the page, for example, the word 'ship"
might be 30-17, thirty being the NUM-
Der Of the page and II the number Of
the line in which the word ship" ap-
pears in the book used as a cipher.
In the opening Of the war, when the
English were treating the captured
German officers as courteous enemies,
one Of these devices, it is said, was
made use of for getting information
out Of England, with respect to Eng
lish destroyers, their number and
equipment. An officer pretended to be
interested in the English game Of
golf. He endeavored TO learn it and
appeared to be exceedingly enthusi-
astic. The letters whichshe was per-
mitted to send out to his wife in Dres-
den were filled with details Of the
game, which permitted an abundance
of figures on strokes and distances.
Important information with respect 10
the English admiralty was conveyed to
the German staff through the medium
of the apparently harmless letters Ct
this convert to the English game. The
book used for the cipher Was a certain
English edition OF Shakespeare, CT
which there was copy in the Ores.
den public Hbrary.-Ever-body's.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30

Increase ........ SG,900,000 bushels
Of these cereals orr shipments OF
the prime breadstuirs in the fiscal year
| 1918 to Allied destinations were;
Wheat 131, 100000 bushels and of rye
| 100000 bushels, total OF li4,GOU
900 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1861 were:
Wheat 135,1O0,O00 bushels and rye
| 100000 bushels, q total Of 1877, 10000
bushels. In addition some l0.0D0O2
| bushels Of 1917 wheat are now in port
for Allied destinations or en- routG
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest Of
wheat will be therefore, about l4l,030-
900 bushels, or total of io4,JOO.0N
bushels of prime breadstuffs. In adj
dition to this we have shipped some
100000 bushels to neutras depend
ent upon US, and we have received
some imports from other quarters.
aThls accomplishment of our people
In this matter stands out even mors
clearly If we bear In mind that we h"":
available in the fiscal year 19l6-li
from net carry-over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
200 100000 bushels of wheat which VIC
were able to export that year without
trenching on our home loaf, MI
Hoover said "This last year, however,
owing to the large failure Of the ~!
wheat crop, we had available from net
carry-over and production and Imports
only just about our normal consump
ton. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent mp
proximately savings from our OWE
wheat bread.
"These figures, however, do not fu!|G
convey the volume of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past yeaT
by the whole American people. De-
spite the magnificent effort of our agri-
cultural population in planting much
increased acreage In 1917, not only was
there very large failure in wheat,
but also the corn failed to mature prop
eriy, and our corn Is our dominant crop
II am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote IL
concluding his report, "that all the
millions of our people, agricultural as
we'll as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel very
definite satisfaction that in year of
universal food shortages In the north.
ern hemisphere all of those people
joined together against Germany have
come through into sight Of the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained. but with
only temporary periods of hardship.
ut is difficult to distinguish between
various sections Of our people--the
homes, public eating places, food
trades, urban or agricultural popu!a-
tions-in assessing credit for these re-
suits, but no one will deny the domi-
nant part of the American women"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
Rescu;nu Fish.

The rescue of fish is one Of the &C
tivities of the bureau Of fisheries. Il
is an important work, but the nature
and Importance Of it are little under
stood by persons outside of the region'
in which it Is carried on. While the
bureau conserves fish, propagates ant
distributes fish and labors to educate
mankind on the subject Of fish, 1t also
rescues fish. In times of flood, when
streams and rivers swell beyond theil
banks and overflow wide stretches O.
land, myriads Of valuable food fish arr
carried along with the water. The
flood passes, the rivers subside into
their normal courses and the fish art
left inland to perish as the flood-wate'
evaporates or seeps into the land
Gangs of men under the guidance o.
the fisheries bureau gather the fist
from these overflow lakes, which art
often of great extent, and cast then
loose in the streams or rivers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
MOTHERS YIELD TO SCIENCE
Cradle and Grooming Song Both Things
of the Past-Raby Must No
Longer Be Rocked.

The cradle and the grooming song
have gone. Today science says that
no mother must rock her baby, either
in cradle or in rocking chair. True.
The mother may cuddle her cheruh
While sitting, ard the occupation
therefore. while still sedentary, Is
also stationary.
One ventures much when he takes
.,;s;lc with science. Nevertheless, there
ere cradles in those days when the
carth greH giants. The men Of Bunk
or Hill and III iirnndy"'ine all were
rocked to sleep in Infancy; so were
the men of Lundy'S Lane and CT New
Orleans, and likewise, the nen OF Cha
pultepec, Buena Vista, Gettysburg and
Pcachtree Creek. Sturdy soldiers the
made, and although In this day it per
APPS ought not to he said, there are
zone sturdier fighting anywhere, ever
fhOugh these latter-day warriors wer'
7ncradled and uncrooned.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
Yiddish.

Yiddish is a dialect spoken by thu
Jews of central Europe, consisting o.
corrupted Hebrew with large adrlix
ture of German. It has been carried
by immigrants to Great Britain anf
this continent, and is now of practical
ly worldwide use. The old Hebrew
Uncial, or Capital, letters are made to
give way to a cursive or script letter
In writing; and a regular written Ian
guage, and even literature has come
into being. But for religious usage the
ancient Hebraic form and words, en-
ployed in the written Torah or Law Is
strictly adhered to, and, 1t will be
found as a rule that even those wh'
use Yiddish commonly, have also 0
familiarity with the ancient language
Of their race.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
!a all::.s R.4aD 70 EHA0icaTE
erroneous Geographical Notions That
Have a Firm Hold on the MINDS
of Most People.

II is curious to note with what per-
sistency people will adhere to current
ideas without ever thinking that these
ideas do not, under all circumstances,
denote one and the same thing. AS q
matter of fact, the~maximum heat Is
"between" North and South-viz, along
the equator, and it is as cold at the
South Pole as at the North Pole. Also
the words North and South are as rela
tive terms as East and West, and dc
not, to everyone, convey the same
idea.
To make this clear, let US suppose
that A stands at the North Pole and
turning in the direction OF the countr.
from which he came, feels the VIII
blowing in his face. He would,
course, claim that this wind was sou
erly, and nobody would dare contrad'
him, for does not the wind come fro
Norway, which is south from the POI,
His companion, B, however, who stand
Il little distance further off, let US Sill.
50 stems beyond the Pole, on tn
hemisphere on which America is stu
at4d, will just as emphatically asser
that this wind is northern, as it blow;
from the North Pole, and the snow
flakes it carries after having passet
the polar point no longer are directed
toward the North, but the South. There
is no use disputing; both are right ant
although separated by a few step.
only, that which to A is north Is to /
| south.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
Somewhat Expensive Error.

A large steamer was once wreckeC
because one Of the sailors was named
West.
The vessel was outward bound from
Rotterdam, and the sailor was on deck
polishing some brasswork. Suddenly
the captain called him, and told him
to 20 below. The second officer on the
bridge heard the captain call out the
mans name, and thought 1t was an
order to change the course Of the YES
sci to the west. He did so, and the
result was that the vessel ran onto a
dangerous shoal. That name cost the
owners of the vessel the sum of $780,
900.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30

That the car delivered to him was not
the one shown him by the salesman
He sued to recover the money he had
paid and the jury in the case, after
being out one minute, returned a
judgment in full for the amount
claimed. The firm which had sold the
car appealed for q new trial solely
upon the ground that the judge had
left the bench for a few minutes while
the lawyers were summing up. After
the usual delay, the court OF appeals
passed on the appeal and granted a
new trial. Meanwhile, the witnesses
necessary for the proof of the plain
tiGf's case had disappeared, the NEST
important having gone into the army.
For years it had been the custom OS
New York judges to go out into their
private office to smoke during the
summing up Of unimpOrtant civil cases.
No one had thought of making that a
ground for an appeal until about two
months before the trial Of the auto
mobile case, at which time an appeal
had been based on that ground and
had been granted. The judge in the
automobile case hadn't read about
this other case in the newspapers and
no one had happened to mention il TO
him. Therefore, he went out to smoke
as usual.
The business man now proposes to
sue the county of New York for dam
ages sustained through the incOmre-
tence and carelesSness Of one Of its
servants-the judge.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
Must Use No More Than Two Pounds
{ Per Person a TIoz2th If the Present
Meagre Allied Sugar Ration
Is Maintained.
Stocks VIII Be Short Until Beginning of New,
Year-Raticn May Be Enlarged TAeza'
Is Maintained.

Tive pounds Of sugar month-haI'
O pound a week-that is the sugar re-
ton the u. S. Food Administration
has asked every American to observe
until January l, 1919, in order TO make
sure there shall be enough for our
Army and Navy, for the Allied armies
and for the civilians Of those nations.
By New Years the world sugar Sit
nation will be relieved somewhat By
the new crop. Cuban sugar of this
years crop will be arriving in this
country.
Every available sugar Source Viii lie
drawn On by the Food Administration
during the next winter months TO main
tsin sufficient stocks here to keep Ii?
our national sugar supply. During DC
tober the first American beet sugar
will arrive in the markets. BY the
middle of November some Of our Lou
isiana cane crop will be available. All
Of this sugar and more may be needed
to keep this n'::iOn supplied on re-
duced ration ard to safeguard the Al
lied sugar ration from still furtEcS
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30

ny that tie people OF Jerusalem coulG
not hear each other speak. Therefore
Solomon directed them to cease theil
work and inquired whether the metals
and stones could not be shaped and Gu,
without noise. The reply was thai
this could be done With the stone OF
Schamir. Now 1t was Sachr's Gus
tom to pay a monthly visit to the land
of Hidjr and drink a certain fountain
empty. So Solomon sent a winged
DjInn, who drew the water from the
fountain and filled 1t with wine. Sachr
drank, became drunk and was bound
IN chains. The captive was promised
his liberty on condition that he would
reveal the place where the stone that
would cut and shape the hardest met
als could be found. Sachr told the
king to take the eggs out of a ravens
nest, place crystal cover upon them
and see how the raven would break 1t.
Solomon did so. The raven, finding
it's eggs covered, flew away and re-
turned with q stone in its beak, which
it dropped on the crystal and cut 1t
asunder. The raven was asked by Sol
ONION where the stone came from, and
was told that it came from a mountain
in the far west. The mountain was
found, a number Of similar stones
were obtained, and with them the
Dinns hewed the stones for the Tenn
pie in the distant quarries and
brought them to Jerusalem, where
they were laid noiselessly in thelr
proper places.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
reduction. In Europe the present "a
ton is already reduced to minimum.
Our Situation.

reduction. In Europe the present "a
ton is already reduced to q minimum.
Our Situation.
The situation which the United
States faces in its efforts to maintain
a fair distribution Of sugar to the Al
lied world is as follows:
Sugar supplies throughout the coun-
try, In homes, stores, factories and
bakeries are at a low ebb. We must
rake increased sugar shipments to the
allies,
Production OF American beet and
Louisiana cane crops have been disap-
pointing.
Porto Rico crops have been cur
tailed.
lr?rrsnse sugar stocks in Java can
not be reached on account OF the SHIP
p;n5 shortage; ships are needed for
trocn movements ard munitions.
Array and Navy sugar requirements
have increased as we'll as those from
the Allies.
Most industries using sugar have had
their allotment reduced by one-han
some will receive no sugar.
Households should make every eff
! fort to preserve the fruit crop without
| sugar, or with small amounts Of sugar.
| Later when the sugar supply is larg-
er, the canned fruit may be sweetened
rs It is used
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
ell BECAUSE JUDGE SA0KEi
County of New York IS Threatened
With Action Which Nay Cost
the People Money.

Three lawyers have declined to bring
suit. for a prominent New York biaj
ness man upon the ground that i;
would be "unethical," yet each admits
that the injury in the case cannot h&
disputed and that there ought TO b.
some way In which the business man
could secure just relief. Should q
lawyer be found willing to bring the
silt, some extraordinary precedent
rulings may be expected.
Recently, says the New York CORE,
spondent of the Cincinnati Times
Star, the business man bought ere
built" motorcar. He found, first, that
It wouldn't run; second, that 1t diff
fcrcd, mechanically, from a specific
promise in the bill Of sale, and, third.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
HGround in Hamburq.H

One of the curious news outcrop-
pings of the war comes from Shelf
field, the home of English cutlery. A
hollow-ground razor blade was ex-
hibited, and stamped on the shoulder
was the mark "Ground In Hamburg"
The explanation was that the Brit
ish public believed the Germans did
better work and demanded the Ger
man product, so the altruistic British
workman gave the Germans the benefit
of his own unriya ed skill, apparently
unruf1led by the attitude Of his own
countrymen.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
OUR Saved FOOD
FED The ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes PFesIo
dent America Conserved 49,.
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO N0&EN.
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased BY
eA,6oo,ooo Pounds.

Conservation measures applied ey
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas ILL.,
100000 bushels of wheat and 64l'0oo'-
900 pounds of meat during the past
year, valued In all at $1,400,OOO,t0o'
This was accomplished in the face OF a
serious food shortage In this country
bespeaking the wholeheartednesS anu
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrator ii"over III let
ter to President Wilson, explains he"
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administrator enabled The ping
I'D of the millions of bushels Of wheat
during 1917-1S and the shipment OF
meat during 1918.
The total value Of all food SNIP
ments to Allied destinations ainounteG
to S1,4O0O00,000, oil this food hefnF
bought through or in collaboration
with the Food Administration. The7%
figures are oil based on official reports
and represent food exports for The
harvest year that closed june 90 1915,
The shipments Of meats md ?a's
uncluding meat products. dairy I:''""
ucts, vegetable oils, etc., to AIlnd des
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 1861. .2,166,5O $50 Ia
Fiscal year 1917-t8. BOIL, 100000 Lbs
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
Powerful Engines.

Mai. E. A. Bishop, az English flyer,
says in London Answers: '"The mod
ern fighting SCOTLAND to my mind
the single-seater is the only real air
nlane for offensive work--may have
fhe power of 200 horses throbbing in
IFS wonderful engine. Some OF the
machines are very slender of waist
and almost transparent of wing. Air
nIanes do not thrust their warli1e ma
rure upon the casual observer. one
has 10 look twice before definitely 10
eating the gun or guns attached so
unobstructively to the framework ana
synchronlzed, where necessary, to
shoot through the whHring propeller
In front" y
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
MYTHICAL STONE OF SCHAMli
Legend Says 1t Was Employed by Solo
mon In Building Famous Temple
at Jerusalem.

Schamir Is a mythical stone whose
speciality was that Of extreme hard
ness, insomuch that there was no sub
stance that it would not cut. King
Solomon used it in noiseless!y cutting
and shaping the metals and stones fol
the Temple. Solomon was reputeC
to have dominion over Djinns, and h
employed these men in building the
Temple. Unfortunately, they made sc
much noise with hammers, saws anc
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30

France must import sugar today,
most of 1t from this side of the ocean,
because the largest portion Of French
sugar beet land Is In German hands.
sAs result the French people have
5sbeen placed on q sugar ration Of about
IS pounds a year for domestic use
s pound and q half month. This
photograph :hows how the German
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
Not Matched.

Visitor-Has your little baby sister
got any teeth?
Tommy-Oh, yes! guess she's got
them, but she Amt Matched 'em out
yet"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30

A hoarder Is q man who Is more In.
terested In getting his bite than In Civ
Ing his bit
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30
Increase ,. s4t,G20.0O0 lbs

Increase s.s. Sft,bIo'poo 'o@-
Our slaughterable animals at The be
ginning of the last fiscal year were 70
appreciably larger than tie year he.
fore and particularly In hogs; 'hri
were probably less. The Increase III
shipments is due to conservation Gnd
the extra weight Of animals added bJ
our farmers.
The full effect Of these efforts began
tn bear their best results III the last
half of the fiscal year, when the eX"
ports to the Allies were 2. l33, 100000
pounds, as against l.266.5OO,OO0 pounds
In the same period Of the year before.
This compares with an average Of
s01, 100000 pounds OF total exports for
the same half years in the three-year
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re-
auced to terms Of cereal huShels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1916-17. .253,900,co9 bushelz
Fiscal year 1917-1S. .340, 100000 bushels
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-30

troops destroyed French sugar mills
Thanks to the French rationing sys-
tenn the annual consumption has been
cut to 100000 tons, according to re-
ports reaching the United States Food
Administration. Before the war France
had IN average sugar crop OF about
100000 tons of sugar and had some
left over for export.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-09-21

entertained by foreigners. but therein
they fail to Understand the fabric of
the Japanesea nation. Japans quail
tiles OF assimilation have aided her
progress many times and they will
stand her IN good stead in the intro
duction of the principles Of demo-
cracy. The establishment of a mod
ern democracy in Japan, with reten-
tion Of the monarchy on constitutional
lines, viii come gradually, process
OF evolution IN the overthrowal Of
the Shogunate, The old feudal govern
ment, in 1868, and restoration Of the
power Of the Mikado Japan under
went violent national upheaval and
emerged all the stronger There is
no reason to believe she is not equal
to the present situation
Franchise Changes Sure
"What of a wider suffrage in
Japan?'
Extension of the franchise" re-
piled Markuis Okuma, lis a. step.
which will and must come naturally
as result Of the new democratic
tendencies. AT a time when, for ex-
ample President Wilson has declared
in favor of woman suffrage
in the United Staes, it is to be ex-
pected that the male population of
Japan should demand a greater voice
in the nations affairs, based upon
more intelligence than upon a proper
ty qualification But this develop
ment, like many others relating to
democratic progress in Japan and the
whole world, depends to a large ex-
tent upon the decision of that vital
issue which we all face today-the
war between thealied powers and
Germany
This war is a struggle against
If kaiserism is crushed,
democracy in Japan, as in other parts
Of the world, will receive an impetus
which will speed the day of popular
government That is one reason |
wait an allied victory. And as my
confidence in that victory is SUI
1reme so is my faith in the coming
IF democracy to Japan. But it will
lot come overnight, with violence.
t will come as a gradual course of /