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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
LEGENDS OF THE ELEPHANT
Many and Wonderful Are the Tales
Told Concerning Its Virtues
and lts Wisdom.

Naturally we talked first about ele-
plants, Of which he was almost as
childishly fond as I. But In contrast
to my poor knowledge, he possessed
the rich lore Of man who had NOT
only observed hath for many years
with loving interest, but had also lis
tened to the tales Of mahout and shl-
kari from Siam to Ceylon. He poured
out a hundred gifts from an apparent
" inexhaustible store. He told OF
"round-ups" In Burma, when the Wlld
herds are driven into gigantic corrals
to be tanned for the service of puny
man. Then, turning to the names be-
slowed by doting mahouts on these
colossal darlings, he pointed out that
In this nomenclature of affection Lo-
tus, or Lily or Pearl was only COM
monplace, while even Silver Star ana
Golden Joy seemed inadequate. Folk
tales, too, he repeated among them
the narrative of the wise elephant
that used to be sent out from GER
tain city the morning after the kings
death to bring back in its bejeweled
howdah the man it had chosen as sue
cessor to the throne. Finally, just
as we were leaving the bank Of the
stream, he spoke Of the part played by
the elephant in the story of him who
became the Light Of Asia. Before the
birth Of Gautama, destined. to be the
savior Of mankind, his mother dream
ed that a six-rayed star from heaven
entered her right side, and of this
star the token was a white elephant
with six perfect tusks. Again, In the
prophetic vision of his father, the Sec
ond Fear was ten huge silver-tusked
elephants, signifying the ten great
gifts of wisdom, in strength whereof
the prince should shake the world. In
Buddha's middle years an enemy
sought to take his life by sending
against him a raging elephant, but
the animal recognized the good head
of the Venerable Omniscient One"
and stood in peaceful alteration before
the divine person.-Asia Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
GiNGHAM AND MUSLIN LINING
Materials for Inner Finish OF Coats
and capes Afford New and Ap-
proved Idea.

We hear of satin capes shown at the
Paris openings that were lined With
a soft pile fabric like duyetyn. These
must add materially to the warmth OF
the garment, notes a fashion writer.
And have you heard of Bingham lin
ings? This is new idea, but after
all, why would not gingham make as
good lining for summer cape or
coat as satin or peau de cygne or chit
fon?
Who would eveS have dared to use
rnbleached muslin for the lining Of
coats and capes? No one in the world
hut one of the smartest of Paris dress
makers. Apparently this Is merely a
hit of daring, and not done In an eff
fort toward economy, for the I'M
bleached fabric is used to line the
most gorgeous and luxurious OF gar
mentS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
WEALTH OF NATION
GROWING RAPIDLY

In Washington some Of those ex-
perts, who are masters Of figures and
who have mind attunsd to statistics,
frequently dig up queer things. One
of this type has figured out that the
total wealth OF the United States is
$500 900, 100000. Then he figures out
the new wealth produced annually,
which he terms met income" This
gets into dizzy figures, too. He esti
mates that last year the national
wealth increased $1s,eoo;0oO, 900, which
he admits is going faster than the
normal. Another Washington official
points out that one Of the best ways
to conserve this national income in
wealth is for individuals to buy War
Savings Stamps.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
SHOFAR IN HEBREW RITUAL
Wood Instrument Dates Back to the
Very Earliest Youth Of tho
World.

Hebrew historians, with q special
eye (or ear) to the racial history, are
very proud Of their shofar. They say
1t is the oldest form Of wood wind IN
strument in the world, that it was
used in the original Mosaic ritual.
It Is the one musical instrument, says
DR.. Cyrus Adler, which has been pre-
served unbrokenly in that ritual.
There Is even theory, voiced by
Professor Steinthal, that the shofar
antedates the people of Israel. He
says 1t probably goes back to prehis-
toric times. And another investiga-
tor points out that it obviously came
first from a folk solely dependent on
the growing Of sheep.
This ancient -ran's horn instrument
was perhaps earliest used for the sig
nails Of alarm which were so neces-
sarily common In primitive society.
The Israelites then adapted it to their
religious services, and with such fit
ting effect that 1t has persisted
uniquely since the beginning.
But the Talmud indicates that, even
among the Hebrews, the shofar was
also developed into horn for CIV
Ing alarms. Fundamentally these
alarms would be Incidental to war.
Afterward, though, the instrument was
blown In other seasons Of danger or
distress. 1t warned of famine or of
plague of locusts or of drought. And
1t was employed in the public serV-
Ice of accommodation.
The children of Israel had other
horns which were used for musical
and ritualistic purposes; but this Is
the only one which has survived.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
WHAT MIRO READ AT SCHOOL
YOUNGSTERS Initiation Into Culture
Was Made "AImost a Re-
Iiaious Mystery"

At school Miro was early impressed
with the vast dignity Of the literary
works and names he was compelled to
learn. Shakespeare and Goethe and
Dante lifted their plaster heads froWn-
ingly above the teachers as they perch
ed on shelves about the room. Much
was said of the greatness Of literature.
But the art Of phonetics and the COM
plications Of grammar swamped Miro's
early school years. 1t was not until he
reached the high school that literature
began really to assume that sacredness
which he had heretofore felt only for
holy Scripture, Randolph Bourne writes
In Yale Review. His initiation into
culture was made almost religious
mystery by the conscientious and
harassed teacher. AS the "Deadwood
Boys" and David Harum" slipped
away from Miro's soul In the presence
Of Milton's "Comus," and Burke ION
Cancellation" a cultural devoutness
was engendered In him that never
really died. At first 1t did not take
Miro beyond the stage where your
conscience is strong enough to make
you uncomfortable, but not strong
enough to make you do anything about
1t. Mira did not actually become an
omnivorous reader of great books. But
he was filled with rich grief that the
millions pursued cheap and vulgar fic-
ton instead of the best that has been
thought and said In the world. Miro
Unfortunately bought cheap editions
Of the English classics and read them
with certain patient Incompetence
ingness.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
PAYING OFF THAT
MORTGAGE

Theodore Roosevelt said: Thrift 10
merely the use of hard common sense
in the spending of money" Paying
off the mortgage on the installment
plan by buying War Savings Stamps
Is one of the uses Of this hard COM
mon sense.
Not only does this plan offer prac-
tical way of saving small amounts OF
money, but small amounts may be
earning interest as soon as they are
set aside toward the collecting OF
the larger sum. This interest in turn
materially helps to reduce the 6 per
cent interest rate commonly charged
on mortgages.
When the mortgage comes due 1t
may either be paid off in whole, or In
part and renewed, the method Of
saving through War Savings Stamps
being employed until the principal Ia
hauidated.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
HIGHLAND COUNTY DIRECTORY.
County and District Officers:

County and District Officers:
Henry w. Holt, Judge of Circuit
Court, Staunton, Va.
Terms of Court-4th Tuesday in
April, I'd Tuesday July, I'd Tuesday
October.
Edwin B. Jones, Commonwealth At
torney, Monterey, Va.
w. H. Matheny, Clerk, Monterey, Va.
Hubert Smith, Sheriff, Hightown, Va.
Willis Gibson, Treasurer, Vanderpool
Va.
]. H. Pruitt, Commissioner of
Revenue, Monterey, Va.
I. L. Beverage, Co. Surveyor, Monte
reg, Va.
Walter MullenaX, Supt. of Poor, Crab
bottom, Va.
r. E. Mauzy, Supt. of Schools, High
town, Va.
Blue Grass District
J. W. Hevener, Supervisor (Chrm.)
Hightown, Va.
]. C. Herold, Overseer of Poor, High
town, Va.
]. F. Cola-v, Constable, Crabbottom.
} Va.
D. O. Bird, Justice, Valley Center,Va.
E. D. Swecker, Justice, Monterey, Rt1
G. D. Dudley, Justice, Hightown, Va.
Monterey District.
A. J. Terry, Supervisor, Trimble, Va.
D. e. Samples, Constable, Monterey
! Arthur Hevener, Overseer of Poor,
Monterey, Va.
]. H. Samples, Justice, Monterey, Va.
l.. D. Gutshall, Justice, Vanderpooi,
Va.
, ]. H. Burns, Justice, Bolar, Va.
Stonewall District.
J. H. Armstrong, Supervisor, Mellow
ell, Va.
J. w. Simmons, Constable, Headwa-
tiers, Va.
Chap. Pitsenberger, Overseer of Poor
| Doe Hill, Va.
L. NJ. Pope, Justice, Doe Hill, Va.
G. A. Propst, Justice, Mcdowell.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
On CHASING Pleasure.

II don't believe in maxim much ex-
ertions after pleasure. 1 don't believe
In chasin' her up" Says /: "Let her
come of her own free will" Says
I. "You can't catch her by chasin' Of
her up, no more than you can fetch a
shower up in a drewth, by goin' out
doors, and runnin' after cloud up in
the heaven above you. Sit down, and
be patient, and when 1t gets ready the
refreshin' raindrops will begin to fall
without any of your help. And it's
Just. so with pleasure, Josiah Allen;
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
20 WORE RATS

or mice, after you use RAT-SNAP.
It's a sure rodent killer. Try Pkg.
and prove it. Rats killed with RAT
SNAP leave no smell. Cats or dogs
won't touch it. Guaranteed.
Csc size q cake) enough for pan
try, kitchen or cellar.
soc size e cakes) for chicken
house, coops, or small buildings.
$1.00 size 6 cakes) enough for
all farm and out-buildings, storage
buildings, or factory buildins.
Sold and guaranteed by McNulty
Bros, Mcdowell; I. w. Nicholas,
Crabbottom; Highland Mercantile
Co., Monterey.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
Chinese Fond of Fireworks.

China invented gunpowder and pop
ularized firecrackers. The cheapes,
kind of firecracker is made of gunpow
der rolled up in coarse bamboo paper
with a covering of red paper, red be
ing regarded by the Chinese as bring
Ing good luck. Alum Is used to neu
tralize the smoke. The Canton dis
trict Is the center Of this industry. TIL,
Chinese seem to use frecrackers upoE
every occasion-to speed parting
guest, in wedding celebrations, on fes
rivals and birthdays and to dispel evf
and bring good omens. China exports
shout 100000 worth year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08

you may chase her up and all over the
oceans and big mountains of the world,
but she'll keep ahead of you all the
time; but set down, and not fatigue
yourself a-thinkin' about her, and like
as not she will come right into your
house unbeknown to you."-FrOm 40
siah Aliens Wife,"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
ONE SAFE PLACE FOR LIB
ERTY BONDS-THE BANK
PUT YOURS THERE

The Cumberland (Md) Eve
ming Times prints the following,
which should BIO reminder to
all who are now keeping their
Liberty Bonds or War Savings
Stamps in boxes around the
house or in broken tea pots or
in mattresses:
Mrs. william B. Dover, wife
Of F1reman-Engineer Dever,
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, OF
RowlesburE, w. Va; threw ST.
$50 worth OF Liberty Bonds into
the Cheat river, back OF her
home, by mistake, with rubbish
she had cleaned from their
home. The valuable bonds have
not been recovered although q
diligent search OF the Cheat
river bottom In that vicinity has
been made.
w. B. Devers great loss of
bonds has a parallel. w. W.
Wood, Baltimore and Ohio rail-
} road engineer, lost $3.50 worth
Of Liberty Bonds from his pock-
ct. Thsy were 500 and $50
, issue. Engineer Wood intended
to deposit the bonds In local
bank. They have not been To-
Gated.
} A laborer unloading car OF
coal ut Paw Paw, Saturday.
found a 800 bend In the coal.
1t Ia thought TO have dropped
from the pocket Of car loader
at the mines. The laborer re-
ported the matter to the COM
} pany's station agent at Paw
Paw, 1t 10 said. with a view OF
returning It 70 is owner.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
"Why Put Up With Rats for Years
Writes N. Windsor. Farmer

Years ago I bought some rat poi
son. which nearly killed our fine
watch dog. 1t so scared us that we
suffered a long time with rats until
NV neighbor told me about RAT
SNAP. That's the sure rat killer and
q safe one" Three Sizes, 25c, So, 81.
Sold and guaranteed by McNulty
pros. Mcdowell; 1. w Nicholas, CRAB
bottom; Highland Mercantile Co..
Monterey.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Head of Public School System of Va.
DEPARTMENT REPRESENTED
College, Graduate, Law, Medicine,
Engineering
LOAN FUNDS AVAILABLE
to deserving students. 5000 covers
all costs to Virginia stTfents in the
Academic Department. Sind for cat
alogue.
HOWARD WINSTON, Registrar
URfysrsity, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08

May the vast future not have to
lament that you neglected it." Buy
Thrift Stamps and War Savings
Stamps.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08

organdie and English Prints.
Some of the newest French blouses
are Of organdie trimmed in English
prints, a cotton fabric printed In calico
designs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08

Is the glue on the back Of War sav.
ings Stamps favored with peppermint
or wintergreen? Buy one and nnd
0Et
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08
Battle for Prohibition.

Hard drinking in England came to
be regarded as a grave national dan
ger. In 1875 a London grand jury held
the traffic responsible for great
crime wave, and regulation Of the
liquor business by law was instituted.
Similar experiments were in the mean.
time being made in America.
The battle in this country against
use and abuse Of liquor began in a
mild way as protest in pulpits
against drunkenness. A New England
society went so far as to bind its mem.
bers not to get drunk except on the
Fourth Of July and general training
days.
Advocates Of moderation gave way
to those who felt that only total alb
stinence was the remedy. Then the
battle began.
The Wig in History.
The custom of wearing q wig, as
q recognized part of the costume,
dates from the early days Of the sew.
enteenth century. 1t started in France,
when Louis XIII, being greatly struck
with the "long, fair locks Of the Able
La Rivere, attained by the simple
means of a periwig, adopted the style
for himself, and so set the fashion.
BY the time Of Charles II the wearing
of the periwig, or peruke, or perruque,
had become general. Pepys records
the fact that he paid f3 for one; but
1t was not until the time Of Queen
Anne that perlwigs, or wigs for short,
really came into their own. Then did
they appear in the full glory of IN
ever changing though fast stabillzing
fashion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-08

Mention this paper in answering adv
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-05-08
THE HEART OF FRANCE.

Perh APPS one of the most beautiful trib-
utes paid the Yankee Division came from
a French cure, the Catholic priest of
Rupt- en- Woevre, who wrote to General
Edwards after the YD men had wrested
the little village from the Huns. Said the
cure:
"Sir-Your gallant Goth American Dr.
vision has just set US free. Since Sep
TENDER, 1914, the barbarans have held
the heights of the Mouse, have murdered
three hostages from Mouilly, have shelled
Rupt, and on July %, 1915, forced its in
habitants to scatter to the four corners of
France.
81, who remain at my little listening
post upon the advice of my bishop, feel
certain, sir, that do but speak for Mon
signeur Ginisty, Lord Bishop of Verdun,
my parishioners of Rupt, Mouilly and
Genicourt, and the people of this vicinity,
in conveying to you and your associates
the heartfelt and unforgettable gratitude
of all.
"Several of your comrades lie at rest
in our truly Christian and French soil.
Their ashes shall be cared for as if they
were our own. We shall cover their
graves with flowers and shall kneel by
them as their own families would do,
with prayer to God to reward with
eternal glory these heroes fallen on the
field of honor and to bless the 10th Divis-
ion and generous Americans.
"Be pleased, sir, to accept the express
sion of my profound respect.
(SigneO "a. LECLERC."
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-05-08
NIGHTS OF UNREST

No Sleep, No Rest, No Peace With a
Lame or Aching Back
Weary the lot of many kidney suf-
ferer.
Pain and distress from morn to night.
Get up with lame back,
TwingeS of backache bother you all
day,
Dull aching breaks your rest at night,
Urinary disorders add to your misery.
If you have kidney trouble,
Reach the cause.-the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kidneys
only
Have made an enviable reputation in
Belfast.
Mrs. o. H. Stiles, 7 Union ST., Belfast,
with kidney trouble. My feet and limbs
swelled and panied so | couldn't sleep at
night and my back panied both day and
night, and was dizzy at times. | couldn't
do much about the house and had to leave
most of my work go undone, was feeling
SO miserable. Doan's Kidney Pills had
been used in my family with good re-
suits, so | tried theIl. | got this medi-
cine from A. A. Howes & Co.'s Drug
Store, and after using it | got better |
have felt free from any of my former
troubles since"
Price SOC. at ali dealers. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills--the same that Mrs Stiles
had. Foster-Mlburn Company, Mfgrs.,
Buffalo, N Y.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-05-08
FULL OF PEP.

Dr. William e. Crockett of 435 Shaw
NUT avenue, Boston, former Rockland
man whose articles dealing with local
history, have frequently appeared in the
Gazette, wrote recently to that
paper as 70 lows:
Editor of The Courier Gazette:-
Today, April Is, was my 86th birthday.
| am about as usual. Sunday had Job
in the sub-cellar under the house-two
pipes burst, and no plumber The space
between the floor and the dirt is three
feet worked in the mud and wet for
more than FIVE hours. The next day |
walked down town and went to picture
show. A young man who sat behind me
was so stretched out that his feet were in
my way | gave him hint and he With
drew them three or four times, but con-
tinued the annoyance. | finally stood up
on his feet and ankles, and not in light
manner, | assure you He pulled them
back, when he could and gave me poke
in the back. | turued ard said:
'You have been wiping your feet on
my trousers, and if you poke me in the
back again pll punch your head"
And he took it. | have laughed at the
idea a number of times and wondered
how would have filled the contract. l
write this to show you am still on deck.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-05-08
Danger of Socialism
Is Voiced By Butler
Columbia President Makes Plea for the
Maintens ice of American Principles in
Industry.
BY SMELL SMITH.


Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Co.
lumbia University and formerly candi-
date for vice president of the United
States on the Republican ticket, declares
that the most pressing question that now
confronts the American people is whether
we shall 60 forward by preserving those
American principles and traditions that
have served us so well, or substitute for
them State built not upon the civil lib
erty of the individual but upon the plen-
airy power of organized government.
Socialism in the large, vague and gen.
eral sense of the term," he said, "means
simply social reform. In that sense every
forward stepping man or women is So
cialist. But in the strict and scientific
sense of the term it involves not social
reform, but political and social revolu-
ton. 1t is the name for definite public
policy which rests upon certain historical
and economic assumptions, all of which
have been proven to be false, and it pro-
ceeds to very drastic and far-reaching
conclusions, all of which are in flat con-
tradiction to American policy and faith.
The assumptions of socialism are these:
That all of mans efforts, both past
and present, are to be interpreted and ex-
planned in terms of his desire for wealth
and the processes which lead to the salts
faction of that desire. This assumption
would red ce all human history to the
product of blind gain seeking forces and
would exclude from it all moral effort and
purpose. Under such a theory no man
would make any sacrifice for liberty or
love, but only for gain. All human ex-
perience contradicts so cruel and heart
less IN assumption.
THAT in the struggle for wealth men
are divided into permanent classes-those
who employ and those who iabor-and
that between these classes there is and
should be class struggle or class war to
be carried on until those who labor con-
quer those who employ and exclude them
from any place in the community. This
is the savage teaching of Karl Marx,
Lenine and Trotsky.
THAT in the course of economic de-
velopment the rich are getting richer and
fewer and the poor are getting poorer and
more numerous This assumption is easily
disposed of by the facts which show that
as applied to America it is absolutely
false. Twenty million people have just
subscribed to liberty bonds, $4,000, 900
dwellings are occupied by q ZOO 900 fam
lies, 5000, 900 families own their homes
without incumbrance and 5000, 600 more
are partially paid for"
Socialism would take from those who
have and give to those who have not.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-05-08

Ardent defense of Gen. John j. PERISH
ing, who commanded the American
armies on the Western Front and led
them to continued victories, has been
voiced by Admiral Sims, hero and in
charge of our fleets in foreign waters
during the war. General Pershing is a
Republican, though born in Missouri, and
is lawyer as we'll as soldier
''Now just word about John PERISH
ing" said Admiral Sims. 'He has had
two millions of men over there No one
of these men has been able to see one
thousandth part of the operations. They
ran across great many disagreeable
things. They may have been charged
five cents too much in canteen, or
they may have run across a Britisher or
an Italian or Frenchman whom they
had row with They come back with
all sorts of small criticisms. For the
Lords sake don't pay any attention to
that and don't pay any attention to the
people in this country who are barking at
John PerShing'S heels"