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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
Find New Kind Of Animal.

Captain Philips, writing from Brit
ish Ruanda, in the Tanganyika terri
tory, states he has shot a specimen or
an hitherto unidentified species of
duiker. The animal is about the size
of a large goat, and is known as an
eppo or empuyi by the natives, to
whom it is in a way sacred as being
the totem-beast of Musinga, the now
reignins chief or mwami of the coun-
try Ct Ruanda, over the greater part
of which mandate was recently
given to Belgium by the peace con-
ference.
The eppo lives in the bamboo forests
of Mount Sabine and other mountain
forests. and seldom comes into open
country. 1t often takes refuge in the
low and broad forks of large trees.
The creature has a stumpy tail, oribi
horns, and marsh hooves; in color it
is q rufous black, and has bright
yellow stripe along about half of its
backbone In the case of the present
specimen, which was, apparently,
healthy, part of the back was nearly
bald of hair.-London Times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
DISCOVERY OF HOLY CROSS
s,cry Goes That the Empress Helena
Was Responsible for Its Recov-
cry From the Jews.

Through the zeal of the Empress
Helena, mother of Constantine the
Great, was discovered the cross on
which the Savior was crucified, ana
the date is given as May 3. The
story usually told is to the effect that
The empress went to Jerusalem ana
there compelled the Jews to bring the
cross from it's concealment and give lt
TO her. together with other crosses i'll
their possession. It's identity was es-
tabligked by miracle: The body OF
dead man was placed on each OF the
crosses, and when it touched the true
ere the dead man immediately came
TO life. Many pilgrims travelling to-
Jerusalem received pieces of the true
cross. and the question was raised as
to the possibility of supplying thou
Sa::G;; with those fragments without
entirely carrying away the cross. II
was therefore said that the true cross
had the power Of reproducing itself.
On the capture of Jerusalem in GA,
the cross we are told. was carried into
Persia, where it remained until re-
stored ny ITcrac1Ius, Which event is
co.amc.noratcd in September and is
usually called Hollywood day. The four
nails were distributed so that two
wcrn placed in the imperial crown.
one brought to France, and another
thrown i1to the Adriatic to quiet its
turbulence.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
ENJOYED TOBACCO IN SCHOOL
In the Seventeenth Century 1t Was
Common for the Children to
Use the Weed.

The latest diatribe against women
smokers-hy "a doctor to famous
life insurance company" according TO
the London paper which publishes it
classes the tobacco habit among
women as an evil of modern growth,
But when tobacco first reached Eng
land it was enjoyed in common by
both sexes. In the seventeenth CEN
fury, according to John Ashton, 1T
was not only usual for the women TO
Join the men in smoking, but in Wor-
cestershire the children were sent TO
school with pipes in their satcheis,
and the schoolmaster called a halt in
their studies while they all smoked
he teaching the necpllytc."
Scotch women used to enjoy pipe
the same way as they enjoyed pinch
of snuff. One of the compilers OF the
statistical Account of Scotland" pub
lished in 1871, records that THE chief
luXuries in the rural districts are
snuff, tobacco and whisky. Tea and
sugar are little used, but the use OF
whisky sas become very great. The
use Of tobacco may almost be said TO
:. .;.,e,---nssnnciallv among the
female sex. There is scarce young
woman by the time she has been
taught to spin but has also learned to
smoke. Smoking seems to have BEEN
introduced IS an antidote to rheuma-
tism and a%uc. The favorable altera-
ton with respect to these diseases has
only produced a greater avidity for
tobacco"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
why WRITE DULL LETTERS?
Correspondence May Be Made Interest.
Ing If Little Thought Is
Given to 1t. 4

Most people think before they speak.
but only a few think before they Write
have friend, says writer in Lon
don Answers, and she is girl who III
ways keeps her friends; partly, am
sure, because, however far away they
are, it is never too much trouble 10
write them long and interesting let
tiers. Thus. though miles may slfetch
between them, she can always keep
her friends very near to her in thought.
She does not dash off anything that
comes into her head; she, always con-
siders her friends point of view II
the particular friend she is writing 10
is fond of sport she writes of it; fohd
Of books, then the latest books are MS
cusSed; if music is a fayorite, then
music finds place in her letter. Ana
ALWAYS through them all there runs
little vein Of hurnor.
SO many people suffer from lack OF
tact. For instance, some time ago
when my mother was about TO under@o
| Il very SeIlVuS Ni'Si dtt'ii' u ~ =
necessary to censor her correspond
ence-for the simple reason that some
of it was too depressing for words.
One very well-aneaning old lady
wrote saying how sorry she was to near
of my mothers great misfortune ahe
how it often happened that very ac-
tive women ended their days rs bed
ridden invalids, And how she once
knew of a lady who caught cold after
II similar operation and contracted
some awful kind of incurable "itisE
One always considers people in con,
versation. Then why not in letter
writing? One does not talk religion
before an atheist. nor let the CONVEX
sation verge on the frivolous before a
curatc.
Letters require just as much thought
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
REWARD

I have in my possession certain
funds offered from private subscrip-
lions to be offered at my discretion,
as a reward for parties responsible
for forest fires; and cut of this fund
have $4,000 which is offered rs d
reward for the arrest and conviction
of the party, or parties, responsible
Ter the forest fire which occurred on
May 5th and 9Th on the East slope of
Back Geek mountain, close to the
Bath-Highland line.
I also have $4,000 to offer as re-
ward for the arrest and conviction of
the party, or parties, responsible for
the fire on Little Mountain just north
of Bolar Springs, May End.
I also have the sum of $4,000 to
offer as reward for the arrest and
conviction of the party, or parties, re
sponsible for the recent fire on top of
the Mountain Northwest of Mcdowell
Very drastic means are going to be
taken to put an end to the forest
fires which are destroying the res
sources Of our country, running our
land and destroying our bird and
game life, and know the food people
of Highland County are going to CO.
operate with us to the fullest. extent.
Your Board of Supervisors is doing
every thing in its power to cooperate
with us and we ask the cooperation
of every citizen of this County.
(Signed) T. M. Gatheright
Chief Federal Warden
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
Seen in PiccadiIIy,

A rough little pony in coster's cart
stood near "a mansion in Piccadilly
on chilly morning. A pile Of logs for
firewood was being unloaded and the
pony was enjoying the warmth of a
somewhat unusual loin-cloth flung over
his back. 1t consisted Of handsome
edging of fur attached to musquash
coat, which was seen to belong to a
woman who was shifting the wood.
who was coatless while she worked.
SO the little rough pony was sharing
what was known year ago as "mu-
milton veralls'-because these hand
some fur coats were the sign and
signature of the girl munition work
ers, whose sudden enormously in
creased incomes enabled them to real.
iZe the ambitions. of their life-a fur
coat as good as you please. And very
handsome they were, and very well
they became the owners-and very
contented the pony looked.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
Cuija Supolanted PIanchette.

The pllrchette was thin, heart
shaped uicce of wood supported on
two casters at the end Of the base, and
on AZ ordinary pencil at the apex.
popular about 1860 to 1880, before the
ou;ja board supplanted it. The pen
Gil could readily be made to trace
characters without conscious move
mcnt OF the part of the operator, if
the G;scrtips were placed upon this
device.
Like The ouija board, the planchette
was used by two classes of persons.
It was used by the believers in spirit
uuIism, who asked questions of spir-
itnal control, and believed that they
received answers from the intelli-
scnces on the spirit plane, and by
people WHO regarded the mechanism
as a game and amused themselves by
pushing it 20 write messages for the
benefit of others present.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
The Thrice -a-Week Edition of
The New York World
IN 1919 and 1920

Practically a daily at the price of
weekly. No other newspaper in the
world gives so much at so low price
The forces are already lining up
for The Presidential campaign of 1920.
The Thrice -a-Week World which is
the greatest example Of tabloid Jour-
nalisn in America will give you all
the nGmT Of it. 1t will keep you as
thoroughly informed as a daily at
Ave or six times the price. Besides,
.The news from Europe for a long
lime t. ccme will be Of overwhelm-
iEg 'ntn:;st, and we are deeply and
vitaiiy in it. The Thrice
a-Week World will furnish you an
accurate and comprehensive report of
everything that happens.
The Thrice-A-Week Worlds regu-
lar subscription price is only $1.00
per year. and this pays for 1876 pa
pers. We offer this unequalIed
and The HIGHLAND RE-
CORDER together for one year for
S235.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
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HOW CoBBLER FOOLED DEVIL
Good Story of the Discontinue Of the
Enemy of Mankind Told in
Old Chronicle.

The old story about The moated
mound in the parish of N'hltchurch,
England, called the Twmpath, is thus
related by. Capt. Harry Lewis in the
"Arclleologia Combrensis:
"Once upon time the devil quar-
relied with Tie people of the Rhondda,
and he determined to destroy them;
so, he dug up spa;leful of English
earth, and set out TO dam the River
Taft below Castell Coch. He walked
till he reached the foot of Rhubina
hill Which is about a mile from the
castle. near The old smithy of Heyen
st. Jeryis; and, feeling tired, and the
day being not he sat down to rest
Locking up, lie esped a cobbler COM
ing down the hill with a sack on his
hack. Tie cobbler had been, as was
then the custom, going round the
countryside collecting shoes TO be
mended, and the sack was full of old
shoes that needed soling. Coed day
said the devil; how far is it to Castell
Coch? The c0bblcr was no fool, and
recognizing at Cnce with whom lie had
TO deal guessed that the devil was
Ontemplating some mischief. So he
opened his bag, and, displaying the
old shoes with solos full Of holes, an
swered that he had worn them all out
walking fron CastelI Coch. The devil
was too tired to pursue What he I'M
agined must be a very long journey,
ard in disgust threw The spadeful of
earth over the hedge; and, as the old
man who told me the story said,
there is the mound to prove the truth
| of the story"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
Serbians Adopt English Words.

From an Oxonian in Belgrade, writ
ing to the London Spectator, we hear
of the excursions of English words into
Serbia. Some of them are slightly
Serbifed, but easily recognized. For
example, "aeroplan," budget" "klub,"
"miting," shtraik," "drednot." "Trans-
port" has made its way unamended.
Submarine" has come in from the
French in the form of "sumaren."
Tanks are "tankovi." No interpreta-
ton is necessary of the Serbian form
of world word, "fordovi" "What
region on the earth is not full of your
labor" These are war words, but
"djentlemanski" entered Belgrade be-
fore the war. So, as communications
between peoples increase, alien words
of many languages in many languages
are naturalzed.--New York Times
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
RETAIN Old RELIGIOUS RITE
ouapaw Indians stick to Form OF Wor-
ship of Which Feast Forms On
Important Part.

In the vicinity of Devils Hollow
several miles east OF Quapaw, l'Nia'
there is wigwam-shaped church
building located miles from any Wh''e
mans habitation, and a long distance
from the nearest Indian domlcile'
where the Quapaw full-blooded indians
congregate regularly TO worship the
Great Spirit in silence. They SIT aEout
q tiny fire that has been built on
stone base in tie middle of the DIRT
floor. from Saturday night mt shutdown
fill Sunday noon, fasting and praying,
but never speaking word.
A feature of their church meetings
IS the feast that follows the fast ana
religious rites. The meal is served
in a little mess house nearby. ana
when the services are over the sQ'iaWS'
who have slipped out few hours be-
fore the time to close, are ready WIN
the dinner and all sit down TO partake
of the food that is always part OF the
| program.
The church was built many years
ago, so that the residents might nave
a place to worship, Il custom still KEPT
UP, regardless of the fact that there IS
no preacher, no choir, nothing to call
them but the religious spirit of tie IN
dian. Chief Quapaw OWNS nearly l,ooo
acres of land in this region, but Wheh
he was offered $4,000 for n few acres
of it that lay in the city of QuapaW,
which was named after him, he re-
fused because, he said, he knew the
white man would try to get the money,
but could not get the land away from
| i'm
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
Administrators Notice

Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Harvey Ryder, decd,
all parties having claims against said
estate are hereby notified to present
the same to me for payment.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make prompt pay
ment to me. W. N. BIRD, S. H. c.
Administrator
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
KRYPTOK

The glass with far and near sight
ground in one piece, WINDOR, the
vogue in frames. They give you a
large field of vision, lenses duplicat-
ed, frames repaired
Why you should buy glasses here;
Examination FresS twenty-six years
experience, while lenses cost more
now, we are selling glasses COM
plete at the same price we did ten
years ago. All work guaranteed.
Then why not come to
H. ARTHUR HALL,
Optometrist
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25

I" This new summer hat is very
exclusive with it's crown Of sheen
full 1isere. The band of rose buds
at the base of the crown pleasing
ly conceals the origin of that
brim of tinted satin which casts
it's colorful gloW in reflected light
on milady's face. The short brim
on the left and back gives the
model a chic OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
inclined to rakishneSs. y
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25

When George Evans, cher clerk
IN the Interior Department, was
IA years old he was drum.
mer boy with the Union Army at
Gettysburg. President Abraham
Lincoln visited camp, became In
terested in Evans and took MIN
back to Washjngton-naking him
q messenger in the Interior De-
Dartment. He has worked 'aere
ever since-56 years.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
Passenger Rate

Flom Monterey to Barlow $3.50,
round trip $500. Car runs every
day. If several in a party kindly
make arrangement ahead if possible.
Of ED. FREEMAN,
Monterey, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25
Now Is the
Time to Do It

There never was a better time for
he erection of that monument for
7ouir family lot than now. We have
lever before had so large line of
handsome Marble & Granite Monum-
mcntes.
MIR. H. F. Slaven represents US
md he will be pleased to take your
order OF give you any information
you desire.
CLIFTON FORGE MARBLE
AND GRANITE WORKS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25

LAUNDRY, CLEANING and DYE
ING and PRESSING any kind of
goods. Work guaranteed. Leave
your orders with me.
CHAS. DIGGS, Barber,
Monterey, Va.
Agent for Woodward's Cleaning
Dyeing and Pressing Establishment.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25

Mention this paper in answering adv.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-06-25

Mention this paper in answering Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
THE MARION LISTENING Posi-.

my Office" said Senator haraing'
after a busy day with callers IN Marion,
'fhas become great llstenmg-post'
Thus early he recognizes the essential IN q
Hporch campaign" His formal addresses
TO hand-picked audiences will not begin
until July 81. Whispering or shouting
according to their wont and their erraha
there is time before them to listen 10
many voices in the cool, darkened rooms
behind the porch. -.
To ex-President Taft, who not ohiy
holds that peace should be made and the
League upheld, but thinks that the Chica-
90 convention "repudiated'' hiram john
son; and to Mr.. Johnson, who is sure that
IT rejected the League OF Nations ana
| to Senator Penrose, who has no use Tor
"amateurs and alleged ldeailsts, IN
treaty-making or anything else, MT. Hard
| ing must listen with his best Mckinney
expression, registering profound respect
Already he has proved very generally
sympathetic with the policies IN winch
/ General Wood is interested, including the
reform of Presidential primaries as To
which the General should be well inform
ed. But he cannot refuse politely at
| tentive ear to those who fear all wal
| heroes, even those with a grievance, a:
"miIitarists." Nor will all the labor lead
ers who are addressing him accept Genera
Woods policies unquestioned.-New fori
| World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
SENATOR HARDING'S ~ox

The action of the San Francisco con-
vention in selecting Governor james M,
Cox to head the Democratic ticket VIII
receive. we believe, the approval OF tiio
rank and file of the supporters OF the ao-
ministration.
The dominant influence early maniiesl-
ed in the convention WAS such tfiht tns
general thought was that the honor wouid
90 to Mr.. McAdoo, Attorney-1eheiai
Palmer or some other parsonage proin,-
nent in the party who was closely IN touen
with the administration ms t,ious
was intensified when the almost absoiu.e
control of the White House was ihaue
plain in the framing OF the piaeiofin'
Naturally the view was that the conVeh-
,ion, having followed in detail the Pia,-
form plan. and specifications as sponsofea'
would name one high in admnistrn'ion y, ]
favor TO make the race. Inc triouie
which the convention has paid To the
nominee il thus all the greater. 50,
While the general trend OF the poli.ical
views of Governor Cox Is away from tilose
held and advocated by this paper, we
none the less frankly recognize his apilisy
as demonstrated in business and pohtca
life alike. 49,
The Presidential candidates OF the t~e
dominant parties thus being determined
il is pleasing TO believe that the cainpsa'lel
will he conducted upon the elevated ii''''
which the high Office bespcaks, II ~
within the power of the nominees 10 con
| troll II Marion Star.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
PRESS COMMENTS.
AN ENGLISH CHARACTER"

Lord John Fisher, who has just died, IN
his eightieth year, was more than sailor,
moro than high naval authority. tic WAS
a striking personality. There was SAVIOR
Of originality about him from his earliest
days which he carried with him TO the
very end He had an immense g,isto IN
life. Some of the varying experiences
which he had were not pleasing but ne
went through them all with a kind Of buriy
vivacity. In his individual flavor he some-
how impressed observers as being always
an overgrown boy, full Of pranks,. de-
lighting in saying smart or savage things.
He WAS. in short, character"
Since the war his publications about the
Admiralty went far beyond the bounds Oh
discretion or discipline Probably they
would not have been tolerated IN announcer
But Lord Fisher was a chartered l,per-
tine. He could say or do what ne iikeu,
and the authorities could only grin or
rage. They could never think OF trying 10
suppress a man who had done VIVA, y.
had, and who took advantage oi ms h'en
reputation to denounce as lmbeciies, al
and sundry who differed with him. some
of the outbreaks in his recent reminis-
cences are truly amazing. Inc recoIos
which he gave from his old diaries irs-
quently reveal remarkable forecasts. ne
predicted that the war would come IN
1914. And letter which be wrote IN 1911
advised all his friends to bet on WOODROW
Wilson as the next President OF the United
States. Lord Fisher had probably met MI.
Wilson at Bermuda. At all events, ne
had gained high idea OF the futufe
Presidents abilities, and described nun as
"a Bismarck and Moltke rolled iii.o
one" Pretty strong, that, even ior tic
irhperious Fisher New York lincs'
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
A Sound American Way

The members of a Brooklyn congre-
cation undertook TO beat the hlgh cost
Of painting the church edifiee by doing
the lob themselves.
MANY hands made the task short
BEFORE sundown the job was done. IN
the evening. mothers, sisters and wives
spread dinner for the willing workers.
On Sunday the congregation noted
with approval the results OF their handi-
| work.
Somehow the feeling comes that the
improved appearance of the structure
was one of the least of the DEMENT'S from
the Saturday afternoon painting bee
staged by the Grace Reformed Church'
Unless the Grace Reformed Church
was vastly different from most city
churches the services were more OF less
formal affairs in which the congregation
participated in their Sunday best and
with Sunday manners. Perhaps the
nastor knew the names of most OF tne
reg,,lar attendants, but the congregation
d;d not know each other as well as was
desirable.
After a dav of amateur church decora-
t;on it is more than probable that neigh
bors in painting were calling each other
bv their first names and explaining ho"
that paint spot in Johns hair was the
result of Bills inaccuracy with a brush
Bill and John and Mrs. Bill and Mrs
John will never be able TO be "standotfsh
when either remembers that funny smeal
Of paint on Bills nose.
In pioneer America, "house-raislngs'
"church sociables," ''barn dances ane
the like were an important part OF tn
national life. And worth whiie ah'
democratic influence they proved TO DC
They helped weld America INTO a na'ioh
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
The Persistent Grape.

If the owners of American vineyards
were losing money by millions and the
nronrietors of American hotels were
appearing daily in the bankruptcy courts
nm account of prohibition, MIR. Bryan and
Mr. Anderson might be more important
if less popular persons than they are
Rr,t renorts from hotels are encouraging
and now the United States Department
of Agriculture announces that vineyard
proprietors are prosperous TOO.
There are 175,OOO acres OF wine vine-
wards in California alone. They are
still paving for themselves. AS yet
owners have not had to consider wha'
should be done with grapes not demanded
for table use. The market has been such
that any grape not an insult to the name
has been marketable in bunch form
The soft drink industry is apparently
only Hercules in the cradle, but 1T tooi
600 cars of fresh wine grapes last year
The popularity Of raisins has increased
Finally there is the possibility OF sub
stituting 100000 pounds OF American
currants for this amount OF foreign eur
rants imported yearly before the war
The grape has no longer the old devastat
inc possibilities with regard to the mind
of men, but it has an undiminished infiu
ence over their pockets.