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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
JAMES KNEW IT WAS COMING
So, Contrary to All Precedent, He
Pleaded With His Mother to Adj
minister the "Dose."

James. his mother called him, but
he preferred the name Of Jimmie, by
which the neighborhood knew him.
He also preferred rough-and-tumole
clothes to starchy clean apparel-the
movies to Sunday school-and almost
anything to grade school, although ne
had given it only a few weeks trial,
the Kansas City Star says.
While his father Is overseas with
government permit to hunt the Hum
the mother adds to the family income
by working in an Office close to home.
James had made it custom to meet
his mother at the closing hour and &C
company her home.
Early one morning James started for
school dressed in a clean new suit.
That evening an almost unrecogniza-
BILE six-year-old youngster awaited his
mother at the office. Immediately
upon her appearance he stepped forth
with the explanation, forestalling any
thing that might be said or done on
her part. 81 didn't go to. school. l
went riding with the coal man. l
'spect you're going to whip me-" Plac-
ing a smudgy hand upon his mothers
arm, he continued: "Come on, let's
hurry home and get it over WITH
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
BoiaheNiki Cap Ire Wilma.

Warsaw.-Yilna has fallen into the
hands of the Bolshevist army, several
thousand strong, which drove out-the
Polish militia.
The massacre occurred partly be-
cause the Poles had offered resistance
and had arrested or shot the members
of the local BOlsheyist committees.
The Polish troops, who had no cam
non and only a few cartridges to the
rifle and were under command Of Cen
eral Veitko, retreated to Lanovarova,
where they were disarmed by the Ger
mans and sent to Bialystok. There
they were robbed by the Germans and
were started off for Polish territory.
Lemberg, where the Poles are de-
Tending themselves against the Ru-
thenians, appears safe for the time be-
ing.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
DEFEAT OF REBEL
FORCES IN BERLIN
Bloody Fighting at the AnhaIt
Railway Station and Else
where in City.
MANY REVOLTERS KILLED.
Spartacans Being Driven Out of All
Public Buildings Seized in an
Attempt to Establish
Dictatorship.

London. = Government troops have
decisively defeated the Spartacus
group and have occupied all the pub
lie buildings in Berlin, according to
Copenhagen adyices.
After several days of sanguinary
street fighting, in which machine guns
swept Inter den Linden, the Wilhelm
stasse and the most famous places and
boulevardS Of Berlin, it is now reported
that quiet has been restored. Many
casualties have occurred among civil
ianS. .
While conditions in Berlin are said
TO be improving, the Spartacus move
ment has spread to interior cities. Sc
riouS. rloting is said to be in progress
in Dresden, Brunswick, Dusseldorf, Els
sen and Dortnund.
II. J. Greenwall. special correspond
ent Of the Herald in Berlin, sends
graphic story. of the battle at the Bran
denburg gate.
Amsterdam hears that a state Of
siege has been proclaimed in Berlin
following the use Of heavy artillery in
street battles. The Spartacans, it says,
lost 30 killed and Is wounded in an I'M
successful attempt to seize the chan
ceIlOr's palace.
Paris advices, however, say the
Ebert Scheidemann government has
been overturned, and Berne, Switzer-
land, reports the formation of a new
government under a Revolutionary
committee"
During the rioting reported in Mu-
mich mob Of several thousand per-
sons attempted to storm one of the
largest banks, hut was repulsed by ma
chine guns. according to a Munich dis
patch to the Pol.tik. The riots, the dis
patch states, We're promoted by the
Spartacans.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
PruSsians Really Huns.

The appellation of Huns, which Will
liam II coveted for and himself ap-
piled to Prussians, even to the extent
Of naming one of his sons for the in
famous Attila, the Hunnish "Scourge
Of Cod" seems really to belong to that
people in an chronological sense. Mr..
Levisee, in his "Studies in Prussian
History" tells us that the Prussians
are "a people belonging to the Litllu-
anian race mixed with Finnish ele-
ments; which would make then kin
dred with the Huns, Turks and Bull
CARS. They were Of old colonized,
ChristiGniZed and ousted from their old
domain by the famous Knights of the
Teutonic Order. The last grand mas
ter Of that order, Albert Of Branden-
burg, espoused the reformation, secu-
larized the domains Of the order, and
made himself hereditary duke of Prus-
sia-that is, Po-Russia or "Near Rus
sia." 1t is interesting to recall that
the first HohenZOllern duke Of Prus-
sia began his historical career as a
renegade, perjurer and traitor.
Truly the Hohenzollern line has been
what cattle breeders call constant to
the typel"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
HAS RIGHT IDEA OF ECONOMY
How European City Utilities Water
Power Which Otherwise Would Be
of No Value.

An electric-heating system which
utilizes power that would otherwise go
to waste has been installed in a school
in a southern European city. The ex-
listing hot-water pipes and radiators
are connected with well-insulated
water. tank Of 1,300-gallons' capacity.
In this reservoir electric resstances
are built, and at night are supplied
with current which raises the water
to well above the boiling point. The
cost Of the current Is low because the
water power used to produce it nor
mally would go to waste. During the
day the hot water is allowed to circu-
late through the radiators, its vol
ume being sufficient to warm the
rooms without using more current.
The desired temperature Is maintained
by thermostat,-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
Cement Industry Bio.

Statistics Of the cement industry IN
the United States In 1917, prepared by
the United States geological survey, in
dicates that the total shipments of
Portland cement from the mills
amounted to 9O,7O3,4 74 barrels valued
lib bulk at the mills at $122,745 0SS.
This represents decrease in quantity
,of Al per cent and an increase Ia
value Of 17.S per cent compared with
1915. The production Of Portland ce-
ment in 1917 was 92,S14,202 barrels,
compared with 91.521,19s barrels in
1915, an increase of Ia per cent. This
production holds the record, the next
highest output, 92,097,1 ISL barrels, hay-
Ing been In 1913.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
IMPROVING ON OLD MOTIONS
ones Accustomed Ways of Doins
Things Need Not Be Accepted az
Necessarily the Best.

The idea that a wooden leg or
false hand can be clapped onto
wounded man and the case dismissed
with a blessing is thing of the dis
tant past. A wooden hand is good for
very little except to look respectable
in the street. The thing for which
the doctors are striving is to give
back to the injured man not a hand
but the work of hand.
And this opens possibilities. The
work of hand may be done in an ex-
traordinary number of ways. Some
times it is managed by a steel rod
with tools clamped to it; sometimes
by a strong iron claw. Some OF the
most eager thinkers are asking:
"If we are to differ from Nature
at all why not differ altogether? Why
not replace one arm by two steel rods,
or even three, so long as they can be
usefulY
Men learn that the old motions by
which they have been accustomed to
get things done are not necessarily the
only ones. A farmer with one arm
can use a shovel; he simply has an
implement with a longer handle, which
goes through a strap at his waist
Then the one arm does nothing but
press down on the handle and the
shovelful of earth is lifted just as well
as by the old method.
If the man wants more power he
/ can use his knee. Large objects can
be moved by one arm and the hip. A
necktie can be tied by one hand and
the chin. The hand can be washed
by the foot.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
Material for Explosive.

AS to the source of the toluol need
ed for explosives, it is pointed out that
there has been recently a great in.
crease in the number Of by-product
coke ovens in this country. However,
says the Scientific American, if 20,000,-
900 tons Of coke are made in these
ovens during the present year we shall
get from this source only 100000
gallons of toluol, which is about one
fourth as much as the government es-
timated it would need for munitions.
Another promising measure recently
inaugurated is the stripping Of city
gas of this material, which can be
spared without any serious detriment
to the gas, and amounts to about .04
gallon for each 1000 feet of gas. 1t
is estimated that ten of the largest
city gas plants Of the country will
yield about 100000 gallons of
tOluOl.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
SIanu In the Pulpit.

A striking instance Of the force Of
American "slanguage" is afforded in
one of Americas leading preachers.
The speaker, a doctor Of divinity, was
addressing a Canadian audience on
Uncle Sans efforts. In Commute
talk there occurred, among others,
these gems" ewes are on this job to
the finish. We are prepared to fight
till hell itself freezes over, and if Ger
many isn't beat then We'll buy skates
and get after her on the ice." "This
kaiser is the biggest duplex, double
action, high-powered liar in history.
He told his people the Americans
could never get to France. Waal, he
and his people have got another
guess coming"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
Hereditary Hay Fever.

DR.. w. Scheppegrell, president Of
the American Hay Fever Prevention
association, has recently made an an
alysis Of 415 cases treated in the hay
fever clinic Of the Charity hospital at
New Orleans and elsewhere in that
city In order to determine the influ-
ence of heredity on this disease. He
finds that in more than one-thlrd Of
the cases the patients had a father,
mother, brother or sister who was a
victim of the disease. Probably the
influence Of heredity Is even greater
than indicated by these figures, as spe-
cific susceptibility may exist indeh-
nitely without developing hay fever, by
reason Of insufficient exposure to the
pollens that cause the malady. The
question of the development of a nat
ural immunity from continued expos
ure to the specific pollens is, says Doc
tor Scheppegrell, a difficult one to set
tie, on account Of the difficulty Of elm
mating the question of decreased ex-
posure.-Scientific American.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
CAPRI HAS WORLD WONDER
Marvellous Beauty of Blue Grotto
ELECTS Admiration From All Priv
LEGGED to Visit 1t.

The Blue Grotto is one Of a number
in the high cliffs on the isle of Capri,
Italy. There are several of these
grottoes. There is the Red Grotto
with rosy lights and gayly-tinted wa
tiers, and the Green Grotto with moss
agate-colored walls and lacy draperies
of green fern, but the Blue Grotto
with its silvery sands and waters and
the wonderful blue dome, and blue va
por seeming to envelop everything, Is
conceded by most visitors TO Oe the
most beautiful of all.
The single opening of the Blue Grot-
to is low arch, hardly three feet in
height The passenger lies fiat in the
bottom Of the boat and his guide
stoops low. Thus they wait until a
generous wave happens along and
sends the boat shooting through the
opening. Once into the cave, the Wis
itor is allowed to raise his head. The
boat he rides in seems SilVered and the
sands and waves beneath his boat are
like mercury. If the traveller dips his
hand over the edge of the boat into the
water it likewise turns to silver. The
guide, as well as the lights and domes
of the cave, assume cerulean tints and
the visitor wonders if he has become
permanently dyed with the color OF
this subterranean sky. The rocky walls
at the side are black and it is hard
to realize that this wonderful La
Grotto Azzurra" of the Italians is only
a trick of the gay southern sunshine.
In the days of ancient Rome there
were secret passages to the Blue Grot-
to from the villas on the cliffs, but
since those days either the sea has
risen or the island has sunk so that
for long period the Blue Grotto was
lost TO the ken of man. In 1926, it
has teen said German poet named
August Kopl.ch diyed through the
present. tiny opening and became the
first of modern men to find himself in
the azure "na silver enchantment OF
the Elue Grotto.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
n.a os the oriainaI Jokes.

A writer telling about the outing OF
he Authors guild at Florida, Mo-,
Mark Twain's birthplace, says that
The dumping frog" story was favor
tie anecdote among the stories told by
Twain's humorous uncle, John A.
ouarles, and that Quarles brought 1t
along with him from the backwoods
Of Tennessee. Some pundit dug the
same tale out of ancient Greek litera-
lure not many years ago. 1t Is no
doubt impossible, but 1t would be high
Iy. interesting to trace the lip-to-lip
Journey Of the story back through the
colonies and across the sea to the
learned clerk in Oxford or Cambridge
who first translated it from classic
Greek to homely English and told 1t
sver his cake and ale. Maybesit was
Ben Jonson and maybe Shakespeare
PASSED 1t on. -
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
How Banana Grows.

What most people regard as the top
Of a bunch of bananas is the bottom
In the stores the bananas hang bottom
side up, the way they grow. The
punches on each stalk are called hands
the hands grow alternately on the
stalk, the hands that number odd mum,
bers are on one side of the stalk and
those that number even numbers or
the opposite side, and on full stalk
the number of bananas to 4 hand can
be definitely computed, as the number
of bananas in a hand contains one
less than the previous hand, this be-
ing invariably true. A section Of a
banana divides naturally into three
pieces shaped like piece of pie. Ma
tives Of banana-growing countries al
ways scrape the mealy coating off the
banana before eating it.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
Ianan Laruer Than Germany.

In the Worlds Work there is chart
which shows comparison Of Germany
and the japanese empire. japan is
the greater of the. two both In territory
and population. Germany's area Eek
elusive of colonies) is 20S,7S0 square
miles, while that Of Japanese empire
Is 260,73S square miles. This includes
the peninsula Of Korea, which is a
part of the Japanese nation, but it
does not include Manchurian and 9TH
er Asiatic territory in which Japan
has secured ninety-nine-year leases of
ports and railroads as well as bust
ness advantages of all sorts and min
ing rights. Germany's population. at
the beginning Of the great war was
about 100000. There are now H.
100000 people living under the jap
anese flag, and there are also great
numbers Of them scattered over the
islands of the Pacific and in foreign
countries.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
French Live Stock on the Decline,

The United States food administra-
ton has called attention to the large
decrease in live stock in France since
the beginning of the war. In cattle
this decrease amounted to 2,599,000 up
to December, 1917; in sheep the de-
crease amounted to 6,23S,000 head; in
hogs to 2,S69,0O0 head In the period
since owing to the food shortage there
has been Il still further shrinkage. Fig
-ures like these indicate that there will
be a large and inSistent demand for
live stock from this country for the
foreign trade for many years after
peace is finally established.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
A Won1an's Beauty.

There was once q movie queen who
had ears that stuck out like door.
knobs. Likewise in moment of an
ger a jealous husband bit piece out
Of one of them. Did it leave her a
broken-hearted wreck on the shoals Of
beauty? 1t did not. She forthwith
did her hair up in cute way that COW
cred her ears completely from the
critical gaze of the public. Now every
woman in the world is wearing her
hair the same way. The boVines and
the Ratchet faces are all in the same
class. The girl whose greatest physical
charm was her little, pink, shel-like
ears now has them buried meath d
whirligig of hair The fashion makes
most women ugly, but they are. still
in fashion. Women are said to be
quite clever, bta Il lot Of them never
learn how to do up their own hair to
advantageous Angeles Times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
Good American Family.

Thirty years ago a girl came to this
country from Russia to marry Louis
Fleshner, an immigrant from the same
country. They settled in Springfield,
Mass. and when the United States en-
tered the war they had four sons, the
oldest %. All of them entered the
army and the eldest has distinguished
himself in battle. He is the young
Min who, having lost an arm and an
eye while carrying ammunition through
sh'Il fire, optimistically exclaimed:
'I'm the luckiest Jew in the army.
Any other man in my place would have
been killed."-American Israellte.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
SOCIETY HAD HIGH IDEALS
Order of Fools, Founded In 1881, Was
Not by Any Means What Its
Name Would Indicate.

On November II, 1881, the associ-
alton known as The Order Of Fools
was said to have been founded by
Adolphus, count of Cloves, under the
title, "D'Order Want Geeken- Gesells-
chap" Though bearing designation
savoring too strongly of contempt, the
members of this order were composed
Of noblemen and gentlemen Of the
highest rank and renown, who In this
way formed themselves into body for
humane and charitable purposes. They
were in no way connected with the
Feast of Fools and similar absurdi-
ties of medieval times. They were not
dissimilar to the Odd Fellows For
esters and other similar organizations
Of the present day, which include with
in their sphere Of operations, benevo-
lent and useful as well as convivial
and social objects.
The insignia borne by the knights
of this order consisted Of jester or
a fool, embroidered on the left side Of
their nantes and depicted dressed in
red and silver vest, with cap and
bells on his head, yellow stockings,
cup filled with fruits in his right hand,
and in his left, gold key, as symbol
of the affection which ought to exist
among the members of the society.
They met once year at Cleves on
the first Sunday after Michaelmas day
Est. Martins day), when a grand court
was held extending over seven days,
and all matters relating to the well
fare and conduct of the order were
discussed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
Cleaning.

England is delighted, and justly 80,
with her surprising success at wheat
culture, the present homegrown crop
Of which released many thousand
tons Of shipping for use elsewhere.
Incidentally, also, the home product
saved England many millions that
normally would have been sent beyond
the ocean to Argentina and the United
States for breadstuffs. 1t Is now pre-
dicted that never again will the island
kingdom" allow her-ancient agriculture
to fall into evil ways as during the
last half century. How well, indeed,
the world has learned during the. trials
and restrictions of war that Mother
Earth is a cherishing mother indeed,
and that in hours Of distress it is to
her that man must turn for comfort
and succor.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
PROOF THAT BEETLES REASON
Experiment Made by Scientist Shows
Insects Have More Than Small
Amount of Intelligence.

The psychological value Of NJ.
Fabre's work and testimony is great,
quite apart from its passing interest
for him who runs as he reads. Once
for all he must surely have exploded
the myth that instinct is reason in
little, or that reason grows out of
instinct. Quite obviously they are
plants Of y different species. He
quotes Lacordaire, in his Introduction
to Entomology" referring to The bury
ing beetles, as q glaring Instance of IN
advocate Of the reaS0n-eX-!nStinct
myth: 1.-THE following case he Chat
IS, Lacordaire) continues, recorded by
Gledditsch, has every indication Of the
intervention of reason. One of his
friends, wishing to lesiccate a freq,
placed it on the top Of stick thrust
into the ground, in order TO make sure
that the NecrophOri (burying bectie$)
should not come and carry it off. But
this precaution was Of no effect; the
insects, being unable to reach the frog,
dug under the stick, and, having
caused it to fall, buried it as well us
the body "-WeStminster Gazette.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
Talked Too Much,

Joe had been instructed that if he
did not stop running away he could not
go to the movies. Supposing the days
slate was clean, Joe's mother was TAXI
ing him to- "a show. As the two reach
ed the door Joe said: "Just running to
the bridge wasn't far, was it, mother?"
Joe was turned homeward, and put to
bed. Hearing the little fellow talking
to himself a few moments later, moth
er eaves-dropped: There's one time,
old man, you talked too much"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
UncompIimentary,

The audacity of a famous writer in
his book, sloan and Peter" is making
all who read it-including the victims
-chuckle. Nor does III. G" spare Mr..
Wells.
After calling himself a counter
jumper" he puts this description of
his personal appearance into the
mouth of one of his characters:
"a heavy hang Of hair assisted a
cascade mustache to veil a pasty face
that was broad rather than long, with
a sly, conceited expression
and rubbed together two large, clam
- white mIsshapen hands" -
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
REACH LIMIT IN ABSORPTION
Small Things Like the Turmoil of q
Great War Cannot Disturb
Chess Deyotees.

To its devotees chess is the most
absorbing of all mental activities, the
game that above all others brings
complete forgetfulness Of the world
to those who play and those who
watch the moves, observes a writer IN
the New York Herald.
A striking example Of this self-aD-
sorption has been shown recently IN
the rooms of local chess club when
distinguished experts struggled for su.
premacy in the mimic field needless OF
the stupendous four-year struggle that
was fast drawing to close on Eu-
ropes shell-torn, blood-soaked board.
What was the reckless slaughter OF
thousands Of German soldiers in COM
parison with the sacrifice of single
ivory pawn standing guard before its
queen? Which one OF those VINO
moved the pieces or of the greater
number who watched them with fur
rowed brows and fast-beatlng hearts
thought Of the kaiser's peace offer
while the queens gambit was passing
before their eyes? The pope may lift
his voice in words of solemn counsel,
but they heed him not. The only &C.
clesiastical power that they recognize
is that Of the mitred bishop sweeping
into the heart of the enemy's country
and shifting the rock as it stands.
To read the printed accounts of this
tournament is to recall the old PucE
picture of two chess players carried
In their chairs from burning build
ing with the board between them. MOI
do we wonder at the fact that it was
only while absorbed in his daily game
that the exiled Napoleon could forge
Sir Hudson Lowe