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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
SPORES SCATTERED BY WIND
Remarkable Reproduction of Species
of Fungus Is One of the Wonders
of Nature.

We often wonder at the amazingly
sudden upspringing of mushrooms and
toadStools. Today the green of the
lawn is unbroken. In the night gen.
tie rain falls, and we wake to see
crowded group of yeIlowisl-white
"inkycaps" spreading their parasols
In the very shadow Of our doorstep
Mr.. Burton o. Longyear in the Cutters
Book describes the marvellous repro
ductive powers of these fragile and
short-lived plants,
Each species of fungus produces
upon or within some part Of its fruit
body countless numbers Of minute re-
productive bodies called spores. So
small and light are they that they float
In the air as an invisible dust. Many
of them fall to the ground and are
washed into the soil by rains. Others
are waited away on every breeze, car
ried possibly for days, to be brought
down AT length by rain many leagues
from their starting point. In this
way they are carried to the ends or
the earth, busted into every crack and
Granny. lodged on every exposed sur
face of wood or soil and caught on
every dcw-moistened leaf or twig.
The amazing number of spores pro-
duced by single fungus can be real
lied only by knowing their relative
size. Thus in the case Of most puff
balls ut. least three thousand of the
globuIar spores. when laid side by side,
would be required to form line one
inch long. A compact mass of such
spores, the size of a parlor-match
head. would contain the incomprehen-
sible number of thirty millions of these
microscopic bodies. enough to cover
an acre OF ground with four spores
for every square inch of surface.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
Color Test Supreme.

: The Florida supreme court recently
affirmed the decision of lower court
that the color test leads the acid test
in citrus fruit in determining their
marketable condition. A large grower
undertook to ship grapefruit that
showed an average on the trees of
more than one-half colored, indicat-
ing ripeness, under the law. AN III
spector made an acid test and seized
the shipment as immature fruit. The
grower appealed to the courts. The
state authorities had held that the
color test was secondary and that the
fruit could not be shipped unless it
stood the acid test. The supreme
court holds that ripeness is sufficient
test for shipment, but if the ripening
is delayed, as it sometimes is, until
after the fruit is fit for consumption,
the grower may prove. by the acid test
that he may market the. fruit.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
ROMANCE BECKONS TO ALL
According to Theatrical Star, Men and
Women Never Really Forego
Their Childhood Dreams.

"We are all more or less only grown
up boys or girls" Mr.. Ditrlchsteir
said in an Interview given recently tt
a New York Evening Sun reporter
"The less grown up we are the more
we enjoy life and the thrill of living
II is this Joy Of human experience
which makes the stage possible and
which particularly aids the actor OF
melodrama.
"The life Of the rowing buccaneer of
adventure or the suave cavalier with
his romantic conquests is denied to
most of u.s." Mr.. Ditrichstein said al
most sadly, but there lives in us all
the desire to do the rash, impossible
and delightful things of our great he
roes of fiction. The wisened, colorless
little man you see on the commuters
train, who tolls by day over his prosaic
books and figures, possibly may be q
d,Artagnan or a Don Quixote within
the infinite realm of his nocturnal
imagination. The shop girl during
the daylight hours may be the rein
carnation of Cleopatra or Helen of
Troy over a library book during the
evening. She may practice before her
mirror the walk and manner of Eu-
ropean queen and, in extreme cases,
where the Imagination buOys hope TO
the highest point, even go so far rs
to think of herself as a queen of the
movies.
at Is not too much to say" Mr.. Dit
richStein said, with a sly twinkle of
his buccaneering eye, that even the
famous tired business man is occa-
sionally subject to hope that there
is something in life more romantic and
exciting than the cutting of coupons
and worry over the high cost of ste
nographers and other business COM
modities." s..
Disciples Of -"the good old days"
when men and wine ran free; when
dashing cavaliers plunged through the
guardian moat to the castle walls and
carried the lady of their hearts de-
sire away through the moonlit lanes
of the whispering forests and matched
their lances against the braveSt men
Of the enemy forces simply for the JOY
Of gallant fight or to avenge lady's
honor-of such, according to the mel
odramatic star, is the Kingdom Of the
orchestra and the gallery wherever
melodrama is produced.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
Plastic Dressing for Wounds.

Industrial plants are now using the
Ambrine treatment for burns, scalds,
and all surface wounds which proved
very successful for casualties incurred
In the world war.
The dressing is compound of wax
and resins, and is solid when cold. 1t
is heated to about loo degrees Fab
renheit and applied by means ola spe-
ial atomizer, or 1t can be generally
daubed on with a soft brush. A plas-
tic dressing. impervious to air. is thus
formed, which does not adhere to the
wound and which promotes the healing
process without appreciable contrac-
tion. Disagreement and scars are pre-
vented to greater extent than was
possible under the old methods.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
GO TO EXTREMES
Health Faddists Apt to Become a
Nuisance.
Hard to Deny That There Are Many
Like the Unfortunate Jiggins, Whd
Literally rDumb. Bell" Them
selves to Death.

The following editorial from the
Gary Times is printed by the Journal
of the American Medical Association
as lesson to health faddists:
| There is a great deal of truth in the
satirical story of Jiggins, who had the
health habit. Jiggins lived 90 years
ago, and health was q. disease with
him. The Dallas News says that Jig
gins took cold plunge every morning.
He said it opened the pores. After it
he took. hot sponge. He said 1t
closed the pores. He got so that he
could open and shut his pores at
will.
Jiggins used to stand and breathe
at an open window for half an hour
before dressing. He said 1t expanded
his lungs He might, of course, have
had it done in shoe shop with a
boot stretcher; but, after all it cost
him nothing this way. And what is
half an hour?
After he had got his vest on, Jig
gins used to hitch himself up like
dog in harness and do shadow ex-
ercises. He did them forward, back
ward and hindside up.
He could have got job as dog
anywhere. He spent all his time Mt,
this kind of thing. In his spare time
at the Office he used to lie on his
stomach on the floor and see if he
could lift himself up with his knuckles.
If he could, then he tried some other
way until he found one that he
couldn't do. Then he would spend the
rest of his lunch hour on his stom-
ach perfectly happy.
In the evenings, in his room, he used
to lift iron bars, cannon balls, heavy
dumb-bells and haul himself up to
the ceiling with his teeth. ~
He liked 1t.
He spent half the night singing him
self around his room. He said it made
his brain clear. Whenhe got his brain
perfectly clear he went to bed and
slept AS soon as he awoke he began
clearing 1t again.
Jiggins is dead. He was, Of course,
q pioneer; but the fact that he dumb
belled himself ITO death at an early
age does not prevent whole genera
ton of young men from following in
his path.
They are ridden by the health
mania.
They make themselves nuisance.
They get up at Impossible hours.
They go out in silly little suits and
run marathon heats before breakfast.
They chase around barefoot to get the
dew on their feet. They hunt for
ozone. They bother about pepsin.
They Won't eat mslt because 1t has
too much nitrogen. They won't eat
fruit because it hasn't got any. They
prefer albumin and starch to buckle
berry pie and doughnuts. They won't
drink water out of a tap. They won't
eat sardines out of a tin. They won't
nse oysters out of a pail They won't
drink milk out of glass. They are
afraid. Yes, sir, afraid. Cowards!
And after all their fuss they pres
emily incur some simple, old-fashioned
illness and die like anybody else.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
EIectrification of Seeds.

There appears to he much interest in
the electrification Of seeds and the APP
plicatiOn of electricity to growing
plants. A recent account of work along
these lines tells of new method of
aiding plant growth. The seeds, ten
or twenty sack, are placed in tanks
provided with iron electrodes at both
ends; the electrolyte is a solution of
sodium nitrate or some other fertiliz-
er. Particularly with cereals-wheat,
barley and oats-thc yields of both
grain and straw are said to be in
creased. Some five hundred farmers
have taken up the treatment of the
seeds, which Is followed by a very
careful drying in kiln. The treat
ment is applied about month or two
before sowing.-Scientific American.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
Lengthenins Life Of Silk Stocking.

"No economies are SMALL" says a
French proverb. and the professional
stocking mender's job is evidence Of
thrift AZ understood by the Parisienne.
Here" said one of the craft, "are> 80
pairs OF silk stockings which have
been through my hands more times
than can count, and look at them"
Tley were patched and darned It'll
there was little Of the original left,
but as Elise remarked, with boots
they still make an effect % Before the
war madame paid three half-penee per
pair to her mender and provided the
thread; now she gives fourpence or
fivepence and expects miracles Of en-
durance from the fragile web. Where
the mender formerly spent ten min
utes she now. must devote an hour to
some of these stockings. and 1t is diff
ficult to see how She gets living.
But madame's motto is, "Throw moth
Ing away and she lives uprto 1t.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
Bold Chinese Bandits.

Bands of kidnapers recentlyh have
caused much alarm in Tenehowfu,
Shantung, China. Operating insgroups
of from 80 to so they have carried
away and held for ransom wealthy Chi.
nese for. whom they have obtained as
much as $4,000 in some cases. Ten
citizens were Kidnapped In October.
Promises to pay ransoms have beenaex-
acted by torture. Troops have tried
to capture the bandits, but have
failed. It is believed the kidnapers
came from Dalny, crossing the. Gulf
of Pechili In boats in which they es-
capped with their captives.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
Executors Sale of Valuable
Mineral Spring aud Land

As executor of Elizabeth M. S.
Brown, decd, and pursuant to the
provisions of the will of the testa-
trix, shall, on the premises, one and
one-fourth miles north of Bolar,
Bath County, Virginia, on
Thursday, the 5rd day of June 1920,
at / p. m. offer for sale at public auc-
ton, that valuable mineral spring,
known as "Burnesia Bolar Springs" "
and 225 acres of land connected
thcrewith.
This section of land and valuable
mineral spring is part of the home
tract of which the testatrix died
seized and possessed, and is situated
in the lower end of the Big Valley
near Bath and Highland county line,
in Highland county, Virginia.
This is a very remarkable mineral
spring and possesses many healing
qualities.
Mr.. ]. H. Burns, of Bolar, Virginia,
who was for several years the pro-
fprietor, has in his possession now
testimonials from various persons,
who were cured of skin dieases, and
stomach and liver troubles during
the period of time, he had the man
Eagement of this spring. In addition
to these actual tests and cures of this
wonderful water, Mr.. Burns has OBJ
toined qualitative analysis of this
water, which was made by the late
DR.. ]. w. Mallett, professor of analy-
tical chemistry at the University of
Virginia, which almost demonstrates
the affect this water can have ON the
human system. The temperature is
10 degrees Far. and never varies, no
matter what condition of weather
prevails
Any person desiring copy of the
analysis can secure same by applying
to Mr.. Burns or the andcrsignea.
TERMS: This property will be
sold for cash.
BOYD STEPHENSON, Executor
of E. NJ. S. Brown, decd
Monterey, Va. \
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
Germs and Microbes.

Germs and microbes are terms. which
are applied to certain organisms too
small to be seen by the unaided eye.
Most of those which produce disease
eare known as bacteria. These are one
celled plants. They are not insects or
even animals, being much lower in the
scale OF life and much simpler in
structure than insects. Man always
has made use of. certain germss with
out, however, knowing just what he
was using, for instance, yeast used
in baking and other fermentation proc.
eSseS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
snanish Licorice Industry

The manufacture of licor:ce extract
and paste is an important Spanish In
dustry. This is comparatively new
industry, as formerly the root w"&
exported unmanufactured. Over O.
100000 pounds of the root were ex-
ported in 1918 and more than G00,OOO
pounds of extract and paste. i
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
HIGHLAND COUNTY DIRECTORY
County and District Officers:


,se-. ~
Henry w. Holt, Judge of Ci1cult
Court, Staunton, Va.
Terms Of Court-4th Tuesday in
April, I'd Tuesday July, I'd Tuesday
October.
Andrew L. Jones, Commonwealth At
torney, Monterey, Va.
W. H. Matheny, Clerk, Monterey, Va.
w. N. Bird, Sheriff, Monterey, Va.
H. M. Slaven, Treasurer, Monterey,
Va.
]. w. E. Lockridgc, Commissioner OF
Revenue, Monterey, Va. =
1. L. Beverage, Co. Surveyor, Monte
rey, Va.
Walter Mullenax Supt. of Poor. Crab
bottom, Va.
r. E. .Mauzy, Supt. of Schools, High
town, Va.
John M. Colaw, Commissioner of
accounts, Monterey, Va.
Blue Grass District
]. W. Hevener, Supervisor (Cbrm.)
Hightown, Va.
Lee ]. Winner, Overseer of Poor, Crab
bottom, Va. e
Ben H. Colaw, Constable. Crabbottom
Va.
D. o. Bird, Justice, Valley Center, Va.
e. D. Swecker, Justice, Monterey. Rt]
NJ. X. Simmons, Justice, Crabbottorl,
Monterey District.
L. j. Terry, Supervisor, Trirble. Va
Arthur Hevener, Overseer Of Poor
Monterey, Va. ~
J. H. Samples, Justice, Monterey, Va
l. D. Gu,shall, Justice, Vanderpooi.
Va.
J. II. Burns, Justice, Bolar, Va.
Stonewall District.
]. II. Armstrong. Supervisor, McDow-
ell, Va.
J. w. Simmons, Constable, Headwa-
ters, Va.
Lurty Armstrong, Overseer Of Poor,
Doe Hill, Va. ....-....
L. NJ. Pope, Justice, Doe Hill, Va.
G. A. Propst, Justice, Mcdowell.
Robert Shumate, Justice, Mcdow--
ell, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
BABIES HELP PAY FOR WAR
Even Talcum Powder Has Been Levied
Upon to Meet Expenditures Due
to Slaughter,

The postbellum 81. c. l.. has hit the
babies.
In the Home Sector William G. Shep.
herd says: about $3,0O0,OOO will go
into Uncle, Sans Golfers from the pock-
cts and purses of soda water drink
ers in 1920. Folks who like bowling
or billiards or pool will give about a
million and a half to Uncle Sam. PeO-
pie who play cards will give him two
and quarter millions. Automobiles
and motorcycles will bring him In so
cents head from the whole 10000
GtO of us. Well give him about $55..
100000 for going to theaters and NOV
les.
Every one of the 106,00O,0O0 of us.
indeed, will give Uncle Sam an aver
age of two cents day. directly, for
pleasure and conveniences. with baby
paying tribute for his talcum powder,
mother and sister paying tribute for
their perfumes, father paying tribute
for his cigarettes and athletic club
dues, all the kids paying tribute for
the movies and their trips to the cor
ner soda fountain.
"rhe war did it all, too. We're pay
ing just ten times more to Uncle Sam
in internal revenue this year than we
did in 1914. We paid so little then
one-tenGh Of 7h cents day-and We
paid 1t so indirectly that few of us
realized that there really was such a
person in the world as Uncle
Sam. At last the old party has
found us. Since then lot of us have
fought and died for him. And II he's
worth dying for he's worth support
ing"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
China's Tea Industry.

Indications are that the Chinese gov
ernment intends to make every effort
to encourage the tea industry. in that
country and to increase China's tea
trade with foreign countries, and the
Peking cabinet recently decided TO es-
tablisll tea bureau under the minis
try. of agriculture and commerce. 1t
is stated that. titp. ipdustry of China
s'J4feRerB@ xlsfss the yasrld's
incrSH 81, 4 81 81 y d
whilesG GttHrTfas 81 ~
the finer quail fas,
4aye, .Praetie&N fssitl5:a.e e.
.sropa china as to- edsij jtsu e5
items. u sSls I 4. 80. 80.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-07
ING and PRESSING any kind of
goods. Work guaranteed. Leave
your orders with me.
CHAS. DIGGS, Barber,

Agent for .Woodward's Cleaning /
Dyeing and Pressing Establlshment.a
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-05-15
Bearcats Take
Pacific Tossers
Into Camp 81

The Willamette Bearcats came back
with some real baseball Friday at For
est Grove, winning from the Pacific
university team s-i. Dimick pitched a
tight game for willamette. allowing
only one hit He showed great inn
provement in control also. as only
three men walked. The Bearcats
started scoring in the second. on hits
l,y Power and Irvine and DAVIS. and
an error BY Pacific. two runs coming
IN. A walk and two errors donated
two more in the fifth. and in the sixth
a two-base hit by Austin "A walk and
a three-bagger by Radspinger brought
the score up 10 six. Pacific's one run
was not earned. coming in the sixth on
a hit by Fisk and passed ball. Each
man on the willamette team except
MeKittrick got one hit.
Pacific-Fowler. catcher: Stanley
shortstop; Fisk. third base; p. Wolf,
first base; Hoar. second base; F. Won'
center field; Seller. left field; Shelley
pitcher; Romig. right field.
Willamette--Irvlne, shortstop; Da-
yies, second base: Page, third base
Dimick, pitcher; Brown, catcher; Me
kittrlck, first base; Austin, left field
Power, right field; Radspinner, cen
ter field
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-05-15
willamette Girls
Defeat O. A. c.
Goods In Debate

willamette university's women de-
baters won honors for themselves and
for the local college last night by win
ming both of the debates from o. A.
c.. taking the contest at Corvallis by
unanimous decision, and the debate
here to l. This makes practically a
clean sweep in Oregon for the william
cite women except that they have met
the U. Of o. debaters, who also won
from 0. A. C. Friday night. The Will
lamette debaters have also won from
Pacific university and McMinnville
college, breaking even with College of
Puget Sound.
Myrtle Mason and Lorlei Blatchford
the affirmative team which represent
cd willamette here last night, had the
better Of the argument and in delivery
far overreaehed their opponents. In
fact the actual decision of the judges
was unanimous for Willamette, but as
one OF the judges was found to be a
Willamette graduate, Forensic Mana
ger McCrew announced that the de-
cision should be counted to !, The
o. a. C. coach protested against this
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-05-15
Independence Man
Denies Story Of
Suicide AHem 0t

Independence, or. May 15--Gus
Speriing of Portland. who was in the
city yesterday visiting his mothtr, said,
when asked how the Oregonian came
to report his jumping from train with
suicidal intent. the statement Is abso-
solutely false and without foundation.
Mr.. Speriing has been subject to faint
ing spells for a number OF years and
has often times been known to sudden
ly fall over and remain unconscious
for several minutes Returning from
Astoria several days ago Mr.. Sperling
was seized by one OF these sinking
spells. and as he stepped to the plat
form to get fresh air he fell and rolled
off the moving train. Fortunately he
was not seriously injured. He stated
that he has never seen the time when
he desired to leave this earth and
probably never will. AS for being jilt-
ed by his affinity. as the Oregonian
stated, Mr.. Sperling said he had never
asked anyone to marry him and con-
sequently is not disappointed over a
love affair. Some reporter In Port
land undertook to make a big story
out of his misfortune.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-05-15
Roy Keene Elected
Student Body Head
At Aggie College

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
Wallis, Or, May 15.-Roy S. Keene Of
Salem was unanimously elected presi-
dent of the student body at a meeting
held Yesterday. Keene who is known
as "Speck' is captain of the baseball
team and is a well known athlete.
"speck" is also manager of the Junior
Weekend at the college this year
Junior Weekend is to be May 21, 22
23. During these three days old stu;
dents will come back to the college
and visit with old friends and high
school students will be guests and will
be given a chance to see the college
that they sometime plan to attend
The motto for the weekend is Enough
fun for everybody, fun enough for any
body"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-05-15
Coast Colleges
Vie For Track
HOnOrS Today

Stanford University. Cal, May s5.-
Six colleges and universities in Wash
ington. Oregon and California match
ed their swiftest and strongest ath-
letes here today In the second annual
Pacific coast conference track and
field meet.
New records fere in prospect and
the result was expected to be close.
The contests between Sprott Of Cali
fornia and Swan of Oregon Agricul-
tural college in the mile, half mile
and two mile events drew special In
terest
The teams Of these institutions. as
well as those OF Stanford. Washington
State college and the state uniyersi-
ties OF Washington and Oregon were
on edge for the days events which
were expected to indicate what mer
will enter in trials for the American
Olympic games team.