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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-25
Army Truck Remodeled by the Post
office Department for Rural Service
Pneumatic Tires Are Used.

sprung portion Chat portion supported
by the springs) $500 pounds. Tho
truck was equipped first with an old
solid tire that had been worn down
TO Al thickness Of / inch. Then, with
exactly the same load ON the truck,
q wheel was used fitted with a new
tire 2M inches in thickness. And fin
ally the truck was equipped with pneu.
matte tires ~ by 8 inches and blown
up TO q pressure of 1A2 pounds pei
square inch. The test demonstrated
very clearly the bad effects Tn
old tire is likely to have on a road
surface and the greatly lesSened i'm
pact produced by trucks when they
are equipped with pneumatic tires.
The tests show that as the vehicles
speed increased the impact from the
old hard rubber tire increased greatly.
The impact from the new hard rubber
tire was somewhat less.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-25
Eclipse, Soon to Go Into Service,
First American Ship Driven
by Such Power.
COST OF OPERATION is GUT
Reduced Consumption Of OH and
Number Of Crew SIashes Expense
In EaIf-AdmiraI Benson Strong
for Electric Drive.

Washington.-The first electrically
propelled cargo vessel to fly the
American flag will be placed in serv-
ice at this port within the next few
weeks by the United States Shipping
Board. The vessel will fly the house
flag Of the International Mercantile
Marine company and will be used by
that concern in transatlantic trade.
The Eclipse, as the ship has been
chriStened, will mark the Introduction
Of electricity as a motive power for
merchant ships, the use Of this power
In the past having been confined to
naval vessels.
The shipping board Is already so
confident of the success Of the Eclipse
that construction of several other
freighters similarly powered has been
started. Tie Eclipse is of 1900
lightweight tons, 440 feet long and
Sc feet beam. Her electrical prOpul-
sion machinery was built by the Cen
era Electric company at Schenectady.
and installed by the Vulcan Iron
Works of Jersey City.
Driving a ship by electricity means
revolving the propeller shaft from a
motor. To supply the power to turn
this OTTO a generator must be Oper-
ated somewhere else In the 'essel, just
as generators In power houses make
current for street railways. On board
ship these generators may he driven
by an economical steam turbine or by
q Diesel engine.
Cost Of Operation Cut In Hall.
The records Of the electrically driv-
en- New Mexico Of the United States
navy, show that oil consumption is
lowered about One-thlrd by the use Of
electricity as motive power and the
cost Of operation Is cut in half, prin-
cipally as a result of the reduced num-
Der Of men necessary In engine room
crews.
1t Is not only possible for an officer
to operate an electric ship" with
small levers from the bridge. but, II
need be, virtually the entire engine
room mechanism can be handled by
one man. Among the many advan-
tagps attached 10 electricity as sea-
power are the added hull space for
cargo and the greatly reduced fuel
consumption.
The first application of the electric
drive principle was made on a vessel
resembling closely the merchant ship.
although the first really successful
craft to use this power was the naval
collier Jupiter. launched In 1872. II
was this ship that proved c~onclusively
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-25
BUILDING PERMANENT ROADS
Eventually Highways Will Be Made
Suitable for Bearing Burdens Of
All Vehicles.

Only cardinal roads can be made
of expensive material at great cost In
NOR. and labor, yet every road
should, and will, eventually be made
suitable for bearing the burdens In
proportion to the number and weight
of the vehicles that use them.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-25
HELP APPEARANCE OF ROADS
Trees and Shrubbery Should BE
Planted at Various Places With
out O~bstructing Traffic.

Now is a good time to give some at
tentiOn to the appearance of public
highways In the community. There
should be trees and some paintings
of shrnbbery at places where they will
not interfere with traffic.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-25
A Veteran Leading a Novice.

Milton. Ky.-George Williamson.
aged ninety-six. reckons he has voted
Is times during the last seventy-fve
years. This election will he he
eighteenth In which he has voted for
a president. The experience. however.
will he brand new to Mrs. Lucinda
Williamson. aged seventy-six, his wife,
who Is casting her first vote.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-25
Brazilian "Varmint" CAUGHT.

Shelby, Ky.-A Brazilian m~arsupia,.
an animal the size of n rat but re-
sembling a 'pOssum. was found In a
bunch Of bananas here and is on ex.
hibitiOn.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-25
Obstacles In Road BUILDING.

The building Of improved roads to
meet the traffic requirements is fraught
with almost as many obstacles at the
present day as that of half a century
ago.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-25

Highways Are Favored.
Highways In place OF railways = /.
favored In Great Britain.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-25
Best to Improve Road.

II Is better to improve tn, ". ds
than to pay an indirect tax for nd
ones.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
TURNED FROM GRAVE TO GAY
Humorous Incidents That Have
Marked the Presentation of Some
of Shakespeare's Tragedies.

Shakespeares tragedies have at
times provided much mirth. A cannie
Scot went to see Romeo and Juliet"
in the Henry Irving classic days of
the Lyceum. 1t was all new to him.
When Romeo enters the tomb and
finds Juliet apparently dead Jock
cried out over the front of the gallery:
"She's only foxing, ma mamie. Gle
her a dig i the ribs. That'll wauken
her."
Another North Britisher went to see
"Othello." When Iago had treacher-
ously wounded Cassie from behind,
the latters EXPLANATIONS were drown
ed by an anguished voice from the
gallery: "He's stickit him Ma gosh
He's stickit him n the leg! He's the
vera dell ~
One evening Hamlet" was put on
the bill in a country theater as the
concluding feature of h lengthy roper
toire. Owing to the lateness of the
hour it was determined to reduce the
play to three acts. Even this conden-
sation found the graveyard scene only
half through when the town clock
struck twelve.
At that moment the manager stroll
ed on to the stage and remarked to
the first clown: "Come up DOT O. t.
grave, George. It's high time we were
al in bed wi DOR neetcaps onion
don Tjt-BitS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
LOPSIDEDNESS IS THE RULE
No Two Component Parts Of the HUI
man Body Will Be Found
Exactly Alike.

Everybody is lopsided! 1t may come
as a bit of a shock to pretty girl
to be told that her eyes are odd, that
one eyebrow is higher than the other.
Facts are stubborn things, however.
and she can find consolation in that
the rule is without exceptions.
The sight Of the two eyes in the
same head varies, as everybody knows,
but it will be news to many that the
ears are not mates. Our auricular or
gans are unequal in their power OF
hearing and they differ in size, con-
tour and elevation.
This lopsided rule applies to every
limb as well as every feature. For
instance, one of your legs is slightly
shorter than the other. The two sides
of the human body differ the one from
the other in every particular, being
governed by the two lobes OF the
brain.
Here again the rule of lopside holds
good, for, according to scientific ex-
perts, the right lobe rules the left side
of the body and the left the right.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
SUDAN GRASS PROVES
MOST VALUABLE CROP
Interesting Tests Made at Kan
sas State College.
Not Only Good as Other Pastures, But
Is Equal TO Silage, Grain and
Alfalfa Hay Raticn-Cows
Held Up Milk Yield.

Sudan grass, when used for pas
turing stock, is not only as good is
other pastures, bHt is equal to Il sill
age, grain and alfalfa hay ration, &C,
cording to an experiment carried on
by the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege during the past summer.
Six grade Hostein cows were put
on four acres of Sudan grass, July
1, and were not taken off until Octo-
Der 10. The cows used in this en-
pertinent were taken off of ration OF
silage, grain and alfalfa hay, when
they were placed on the Sudan grass.
After they we're on tie pasture they
were fed only a grain ration OF com,
bran, and linseed meal in proportion
to their milk production. These COWS
held up in their milk production
throughout the summer.
The greatest significance Of this
experiment is that Sudan grass Will
supply pasture during the hot sum
mer months when other pastures fail.
and that COWS on this pasture will
yield as well as those being fed a reg
ular ration of silage, grain, and alfal-
ia hay.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
Cultivate READING Habit.

Much has been said of the impor-
lance of forming the right physical
and moral habits early in life, but
the value of the early formation OF
reading habits has received little at
tention, according to Miss Dove of
the Agricultural college at Fort Col
Inns, Colorado. The practice of daily
reading should be begun while in
school and should not be discontinued
later on account of time. Thirty min
utes a day spent in reading will keep
one up with the current events and
thus widen ones horizon. Thoughts
may be- gathered that will relieve the
monotony and drudgery of the daily
task. Reading not only adds to ones
daily life but it paves the way for
greater enjoyment later. 1t is as one
grows older that the habit Of reading
becomes most valuable. Fortunate in
deed is the man who as he withdraws
from the more active side of life, finds
a world OF his own through the open
doorway Of good books.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
The Mistletoe Bird.

The Australian flower-pecker, or
MISREPRESENTATION furnishes an ex-
ample of the interesting partnership
between plants and birds. Although
partial to honey, fruits and insects,
the little swallow is an inveterate con-
sumer of mistletoe-seed. The mistle-
toe propagates only in the assures OF
bark and wood, and lodgment is ef-
fected literally through the pecker.
The missel-thrush or storm-cock per-
forms the same humble service for the
mistletoe in England. The flower
pecker is found in India, Malaysia and
all Australia, except Tasmania. where
the mistletoe does not grow. The bird
is gray, bright-eyed chap, glossy
blue-black above, scarlet on throat,
breast and under base of tell, white
with black central line on abdomen
and dusky on TANKS. His wife dresses
more soberly-dingy above, buff on
throat and breast; and pale scarlet
under base of TAIL The nest is beau
tiful little finely-felted structure, with
dome, usually suspended in clump OF
mistletoe.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
START OF "GREAT WHITE WAY"
First Attempt at Electric lllumina-
ton In New York Took Place in
December, 1880.

The first electric illumination of a
New York street was attempted De-
cember 20, 1880, when trial was
given to the new system of street
lighting. With the crude apparatus
then in use the result was far from
brilliant, and was but a dim forecast
of the wonders to be accomplished in
the future.
AS a result of this and other tests
1t was. predicted by many experts
that electricity could never take the
place of gas as al economical and
efficient method of lighting streets.
Poor as it was, however, the first
electric display of street illumination
in the American metropolis marked the
dim beginning of the "Great White
Way" and the transformation OF
Broedway by night into scene of dazI
cling splendor such as our grandpa
Tiers could never have dreamed of.
The first display of electric light
ing on large scale was at the Paris
exposition of 1878, when the wonders
of the Electric candle" of Paul Jab-
loenkoff, a Russian engineer, startled
the world. The Partisan display, how
ever, was dim and droll compared with
the marvels since accomplished.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
Marshal Foch's Cane.

From the first days Of the war
Marshal Foch always carried dap
per stick with him. There is an in
teresting story connected with the
cane that the head of the allied
armies regarded SO necessary. ut
was carved for him in the early days
of the war by one of his beloved
poius Of the trenches" says the
Home Sector. the eX-soldiers' weekly,
"since which time, if reports are true,
it has nver left his side. 1t has made
itself useful as well as ornamental on
occasions. and there is legend that
it was used to map out the great
strokes and counter-strokes Of the
summer and fall of 1918 by which the
war was ended"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
REQUIRES NO SPECIAL SOIL
Flower of Genius Blooms Alike in the
Cultivated Garden or by the
Dusty Roadside.

Beginning with the most exalted CIR
cles, genius has not ,conspicuously
manifested itself in palaces. One may
wonder why, with every opportunity to
study great events, to come in contact
with famous personages, TO say MOTH
ing Of the advantages of culture and
of educated ancestors, royalty has not
more frequently been inspired to write
books, or, when it has done so, why
the result has been rather sorry per-
Torrance. Yet, turning aside from
crowns and coronetS we know that
Milton sprang "from an ancient and
gentle STOCK" Bacon was of the aris-
tocrats, Byron was the spoiled darling
of fortune, Goethe was of well-to-do
parents, Mendelssohn was the son OF
an eminent banker. So while gentle
blood and affiuence do not kill genius,
they are by no means of vital conse-
quence to its growth, for kepler was
the son of an innkeeper, Herschel was
the child of an INDECENT musician, the
family Of Columbus knew the bitter
taste of poverty, the antecedents of
Franklin. Voltaire, Rousseau and Mo
liere were poor. Sir Isaac Newton was
not of opulent parents and his title
was given him by Queen Anne because
of his achievements in the world OF
science. There is nothing in the lowly
home of Shakespeare that says Here
lived the greatest poet that ever han
died pen" and we know that the
early life of Dickens was struggle
for the necessities.
Genius is q divine flower that vii.
bloom and flourish whether planted In
cultivated garden or by the dusty
roadside.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
Popular Alabama Statesman.

In very recent years Alabama was
represented in the senate by two Con-
federate generals, John I. Morgan and
Edmund w. Pettus. Morgan's great
reputation as an orator and statesman
had long cclipsed his reputation as
soldier. Pettus was one of the most
original and delightful patriarchs who
ever sat in the senate. He had fought
in the Mexican war as we'll as in the
Civil war, and didn't come to Wash
ington Until he was seventy-siX years
old. Pugh, his predecessor, had re-
fused to ndorse him for appointment
as a federal judge, on the ground that
he was "tCo old" "lf I'm too old to
be judge" said Pettus. I'm not too
old to be a senator" So he made
campaign for Pugh's seat and won it.
New York Tribune.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
Called Himself an American.


The blood in my veins is mingled,
English, Scotch and Irish. With
somewhat similar ancestry. some years
ago, Baron Speck Won Sternburg, who
was ambassador of Germany TO the
United States prior to the recent war.
boosted himself an American. was
present at a banquet, in Berlin one
night when, responding to personal
toast. he rose and said: MY father
was German, my mother was Scotch
and / was born in England; that
makes me an American"
The baron's conclusion was received
with more enthusiasm at that moment
than it would be today.-Melville +.
Stone in Golfers Weekly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
EYE NEEDS REGULAR BATHS
One on Rising and the Other on Re-
firing Is Recommended to Sc
cure Good Results.

For the daily care of the eyes there
should be two baths. The body must
have it's bath. The face must have it's
cleansing. Why not the eye? Espe-
cially as the eye, with its thick lid
and the fringe of eyelashes is dust
trap, and the slightest speck of dust
allowed to remain beneath the lid may
cause irritation of the lid and inflam-
nation Of the eye.
For the eyes daily bath l offer you
the choice of several lotions. My ia
vorite is: Ten ounces Of purest rose
water. Apply with an eye cup, turn
ing the eye cup upside down so that
the half-open eye is completely wash
ed by the contents of the cup. Hold
it thus for 80 seconds, or, if not I'M
comfortable, for a full minute.
Throw away this rosewater. Rinse
the glass and give the eye q second
bath.
If the eyes are unduly irritated the
bath can be repeated several times.
Ordinarily bath in the morning on
rising and another at night on retir-
ing are enough.
Some of my friends who have beau
tiful eyes prefer elderflower water to
rosewater. 1t is equally good and
should be applied in the same way.
Another excellent eye-bath is one
half an ounce of witch hazel; one
half an ounce of distilled water.
Shake well in bottle and apply with
an eye cup. One other bath | must
tell you about that is most excellent
for strengthening the eyes: Six drops
of boracic acid, one wine glass of dis
titled water.
A bath in bOraX water is highly
beneficial and has the advantage OF
being always convenient. Even while
travelling one may always carry box
of boraX. Moreover it is safe because
borax will only form per cent solu-
ton. that is. only per cent of it will
be absorbed by water. A borax bath
is very Strengthening. If the eyes be
NeilCdle VI Ille pSlSoh ~ ~
against experiments that she is not
willing 20 introduce this substance di-
rectly into the eyes, a silk handker-
chief or a soft cloth dipped into borax
water and pressed upon the eyelids is
both efficacious and soothing.
The old-fashioned remedy of cold
tea leaves pressed upon the lids has
value. not from the tea leaves intrinsi-
caIly, but from the cool, moist con-
tact. Cloths dipped in water are quite
as good.-New York American.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
FOR PRESERVATION OF GAME
Vast Tracts of Land in Various coun.
tries Have Been Laid Aside
Not Yet Crowded.

Naturalists have expressed fear
that, with the exploitation OF the waste
places of the earth, the bigger wild AMI
mails, especially If they are more
trouble than they are worth, like lions'
tigers, the rhinoceros and the hippo,
will be crowded off the map by all
encroaching man.
There is reason in this fear, and
however much the tiger or the Jaguar'
say, or even the great snakes, may De
lisliked, yet there is sentiment In
the world against rendering any spe-
cies extinct. This idea, with others,
has led to the establishment of great
national parks, which are really great
game preserves.
One of the largest of these is in Can
ada, and is called Jasper park. 1t is
a land of lake and river and mountain
between the Saskatchewan river and
the Yellowstone pass. 1t is nearly as
big as Wales, and is the haunt OF
bears and elks, Of beavers ana skunks
and foxes, and it's rivers TEEN with
fish.
There is room for them, and a few
more visitors as well.
Then there is the Yellowstone park,
in Wyoming. 1t is 1915 square miles
in area and includes q lake % miles
long.
New Zealand has two national
parks. Lake Wakatipu, 112 square
miles in extent, is the center of the
one in the southern island, and the
other in the north island includes the
famous lake district of the southern
hemisphere.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
A LIGHTED Pencil.

A clever little invention for report
ers or anyone who wishes to take
notes at a lecture or jot things down
where the light is poor is pencil
with an electrical torch attachment.
A tiny flashlight battery is attached to
it by length of thin wire and the bat
terry thus remains in the pocket when
The pencil is in use. The bulb is just
back of the lead and the switch is OPP
Grated by the movement Of the fore
finger while writing in an entirely nat
ural manner. Also the attachment
may be moved along the pencil to al
low for sharpening, or it can be
changed from one pencil to another,
and the tiny lights in the reflector
throw a strong enough glow for what
ever is written to be seen distinctly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
Prolific Family.

After the 1914 drought rabbits in the
northern areas of South Australia
were practically exterminated, but in
a few years they have increased so
alarmingly that the pastoralists are
anxious to see another drought They
reckon they can keep their livestock
going, and it will enable them to get
rid of the pest which is eating the
country bare. In the early part of
August q pair Of rabbits reopened a
burrow which had been filled for some
years. Tracks indicated there were
only two using these quarters. The
second week in October the burrow
was dug out, the old pair and three
filters of young, 81 in all, were Sc
cured, and the doe was due to in
crease the family with another litter
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
Now Is the y
Time to Do 1t

There never was a better time for
the erection of that monument for
your family lot than now. We have
never before had so large a line of
handsome Marble G. Granite Monum-
mcntes.
Mr.. H. F. Slaven represents us
and he will be pleased to take your
order or give you any information
you desire.
CLIFTON FORGE MARBLE
AND GRANITE WORKS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
AFTER GRIP
WINTER COLDS
EAD ri GOD

You are pale, thin, weak-With
little vitality. Your liver is slug
gish and the bad blood causes your
stomach muscles to lose their elias
ITCHY and become fiabby and weak
then indigestion.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, made from wild roots and
banks, and free from alcohol or
narcotics, is the great and powerful
blood purifier of to-day. lngredi-
ents printed on wrapper: This
tonic, in liquid or tablet form, is
just what you need to give you
vim, vigor and vitality.
Take the Discovery as directed
and it will search out impure and
poisonous matter throughout the
system and eliminate it through
the natural channels. .
You can procure a trial package
of the tablets by sending 10c. to
the Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
Bellepoint, W. Va.-tIt affords me
great pleasure to have the privilege to
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16

useful than before. He bent piece
of pipe to the shape shown fastened
the handle firmly with pin, drilled
another hole, sawed slot, and fast
ened the blade with a bolt and wing
nut. Blades were then made in va
rious shapes, any one of which could
be fastened in the same slot in The
piece of pipeh Thus one tool did The
work of three or four-Elmer o. Tetz-
laff, Cicero, H., in Popular Mechan-
les Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
SAVING the Wood.

"Our noble forests must be saved"
exclaimed the theoretical conserva-
zionist.
"They must" assented the man who
goes into small details; "even if manu-
facturers are required to produce
matches that will produce light with
oct using up half a box to each cigar
ette."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-16
Novel Bookbindings.

Among the exhibits at the Ruhleben
exhibition, Westminster, England,
were hundreds Of books which were
bound in the camp school at Ruhle-
ben. One is bound in an old leather
glove with the fingers stretched across
the front cover, one word Of the title
being on each finger point. Other
books are bound in portions of brown
boots, trouserings, velveteen, and cor
dur0y.