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RECORDER X ?1.00 GETS THE | X RECORDER FOR X J i:WHOLE YEAR VOL XXIX. t MONTEEEyThIGHLAND COUNTt VA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 1907 NO. 47 dontweara truss that will sit uncomfortably, no matter what it costs; it Rill do you more harm than good A truss that won't stay in its place under all conditions you get your body into should -be thrown away at once. It can never be depended upon and ii sure to lail you at a critical moment. We sell a truss at $2.00 that we guaran? tee under all conditions lo positively retain the most complicated fora of rupture pain? lessly. This truss is neither clumsey nor un? comfortable about the body, and wears well. All our fitting is done by an expert and our stock is most complete in every surgical re? quisite Wilson Bros., Druggists, Next to Masonic Temple, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA Putnam's M usic Store YOU CAN NOW BUY ALL YOUR EDISON RECORDS AT HOME. We carrv in stock the full and complete line oP Records, regular and special as published in the Edison catalogue. The regular Edison records are sold ev.-rvwhero for Cii*h at the one price of THIRTY-FIVE (35) CENTS EACH. , If you ordt-r by mail or messenger send your cash with the ord<r. We also ciirrv a large stock of Victor Record*, nnd shall soon have the full list. EVERY THING IN THE TALKING MACHINE LINE. PIANOS, ORGANS AND MUSIC MERCHANDISE. L W. W. Putnam & Co. 103 West Main Street. Staunton. Virginia. Foutz's Certain Worm Powder?Efficient, Reliable And Beneficial It is guaranteed to eradicate worms from noises, swine and dog6. lt acts differently from ordinary worm powders and ia superior for the reason that it not only acts on the large intestines but also the small intestines and stomach lt contains no fcautonine, Calomel or other poisonous chemicals, and its effect is sliinulating'and tonice, not de bilitatating. Price 50c pei package. Foutz's Horse and Cattle Powder.V:5c per pkg. Foutz's Suj>erior Poultry Food.25c per pkg. Foutz't Certain Kolick Cure.50c per bottle. Foutz's Liniment.25c per bottle. Foutz's Healing Powder, lt r collar galla, etc.25c per pkg. "' Every article of our manufacturer i* guaranteed and bears United Statee 8erial No. 217. Sold by dealer* everywhere. At Monterey, Va.K. II. Trimble, M. D. TVINCHE5TEK "NUBLACK" Loaded Black Powder Shells Shoot Strong and Evenly, Are Sure Fire, Will Stand Reloading. They Alway* Get The Came. For Sale Everywhere. female Weakness "Last Fall," writes Mrs. S. G. Bailey, of Tun nelton, W. Va., "I was going down by inches, from female disease, with great pain. After tak? ing Cardui, Ohl My! Howl was benefited! I am not well yet, but am so much better that 1 will keep on taking Wine of Cardui till I am perfectly cured." Despite the envious attacks of jealous enemies and rivals, Cardui still holds supreme position today [as in the past 70 years] for the relief and cure of female diseases. It stops pain, tones up the organs, regulates the functions, and aids in the replacement of a misplaced organ. FREE ADVICE Write us a letter descrlWai all your symptoms, and we will tend you Free Advice, In plain sealed envelope. Address: Ladies'Advisory Department, The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta? nooga, Tenn. At Every Drug Store in $1.00 Bottles. WINE OF CARDUI DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. , r. Almost everybody who reads the news? papers is sure to know of the wonderful cures made by Dr. t Kilmer's Swamp-Root, j the great kidney, liver jl and bladder remedy. It is the great medi? cal triumph of the nine? teenth century; dis? covered after years of scientific research by Dr. Kilmer, the emi? nent kidney and blad? der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou? bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec? ommended for everything but if you have kid? ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to pur? chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to > Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing-1 hamton, N. Y. The regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Root, dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. Don't make anv mistake, but remem ber the name, Swamp-Root, Dr Kilmer'a Swamp Root, and the address, Bingham son N. Y., on every bottle. Watermans Th. i>*??ilh l06?Ll ;V" C11',"C*' Fouui^iriren Is the one article that will aid you most to accomplish neat work and pemU 6teady writing without dis? turbance of thought. You can always carry it without fear of loss. For girls? the leather belt pocket. For boys?the clip (lap. 1 carry reliable goods only in the Jewelry line, such as Wedding' Rings, Ladies and gents Watch Chains, Brooches, Scarf Pins, Lockets and Chains, Signet Rings, He, Watches, clocks, hand painted china and the best silver plated ware always kept on hand. I can SAVE YOU 35 PER CENT on Diamond Rings and will get you a selection package any time. Goods sold to reliable persons on the installment plan. H M SLAVEN, Jeweler, Monterey, Va, ssasjisaaasaaaaiiiiaiiMsisjssigw nm li I iii INSTRUCTIVE INTERESTING "Correct English How To Use lt." a monthly magazine devoted to the u8e of english. ; josephine tubck baker. editor. Partial Contents Course in grammam. flos? to increase ono's vocabulary. Hie Art of Conversation. Shall and will; should and would: how to use them. ''ronuueiations. (Century Diction? ary). Correct English in the home. Correct English in the school. What to say and what not to say. Course in letter writing and punct? uation. Twenty daily drills. Business English for the business man. ('('inpound words: how to write them. Studies in English Literature. AGENTS WANTSD. Correct English, Evansville, III $1 CO A YEAR. SEND 10 CENT8 FOK A 8AMPLE COPY, FOR AGENTS A SUCCESS THE OLD WORLD AND ITS WAYS ?BY? WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN 576 Imperial Octavo Pages. 251 Superb Engravings from photographs taken by Col. Bryan. Recounts his trip around the world and his visits to sdi nations Greatest bo >k of travel ever wril teu. Most successful book of this generation. 41,000 culled for in 4 liiOtttli?, Write us for sample re? ports of first 100 agents employed. The people huy it eagerly. The H^ttit's linrvest. Out fit Free?Send 50c to cover cost of mai lin t< and handling. Ad* dress The Thompson Pub. Co, < St. Louis, Aro. 4 ICEBERGS. They Are Uaeful aa Wall aa Grand and Menacing. When an Iceberg is launched upon Its long Journey Its bottom parts are barnacled with sand, bowlders and other detritus gathered from the land surface over which lt has made its tedious march to the sea. This burden ls gradually cast off as it melts while drifting down along our continental seaboard. As a result of the deposits thus mada through countless centuries, combined with the products of erosion carried seaward by the rivers, the sea bed for many miles off shore has been gradu? ally filled up, creating those vast sub? merged plateaus, known as "banks,'* which extend from Labrador to ths bay of Fundy and form the breeding grounds of innumerable shoals of cod, herring and other valuable food fishes. In this way the bergs have performed , an economic service of Incalculable , value, laying the foundation for one of j the world's most important productive i industries and affording a means of I livelihood to those hardy bands of "captains courageous" who each year reap the harvests of the sea. The bergs serve a further economic purpose in that to their tempering in? fluences are largely due the climatic conditions prevailing over a great part of the interior of North America.?Al? fred Sidney Johnson in the World To? day. ABSENTMINDED. A Story of Bunsen, the Great German 8cientiat. In the autobiography of Sir Henry Koscoe there is a capital example of the absentmindedness of Bunsen, the great German scientist. He had had his evening clothes put out that he might attend a card party to which he had been invited, but for? got all about lt until the next morning, when bis man pointed out that the evening clothes had not been worn. And then he remarked to himself, "I know what I'll do." That evening he put on his dress clothes, went to the lady's house at the appointed time and walked in as if lt were the day upon which he had been invited. The host? ess, much too polite to tell him that he had mistaken the evening and that the party had taken place on the previous night, sent to her friends asking them to come in to play a rubber again. They did so. In the course of the even? ing the conversation turned on absent? mindedness, and Bunsen began to tell them what had happened to him a long time ago?how that he had for? gotten an invitation and how he had made up his mind to go the next night ?and thus he told the party the whole story, forgetting altogether that he was giving them an account of what was happening at the very moment Brought to Terms. In the Drayton household it ls said that the father of tbe family has a way of presenting alternatives to his children that never fails to bring them Into line. "I wish you would speak to Bobby/* said Mrs, Drayton one night. "I've told him to take his medicine and then Jump into bed, and he won't do it He Just hops around and says be doesn't want to take the medicine and he doesn't want to go to bed." Mr. Drayton stepped to the door of Bobby's room and stood there, tall, grave and impressive. "Bobby," he said firmly, "if you don't take your medicine at once and then Jump Into bed you will be put to bed, do you hear me, put to bed, without having your medicine at all." Upon which Bobby, alarmed and con? fused, swallowed his allotted portion and meekly retired for the night Youth's Companion. "Scouring the Land." I have Just been examining an old book containing the accounts of ths charity estate of West Haddon, em? bracing the years 1773-1850. Under date Aug. 17, 1770, ls the following entry: "Paid Richard Worster seven days' work, cutting thorns and scowertng and stoping of gaps, 10s. fid." The term "scouring the ditch" is used on Jan. 8, 1781, and appears many times after this date, the last In? stance being on April 28, 1820.?Lon? don Notes and Queries. Justified. "You are charged with having knock? ed your wife down, blacking both of her eyes and loosening two of her teeth. Have you anything to say for yourself?' "She had it com in' to her, your hon? or." "What did she do or say that could *n any way Justify such treatment on 'our part?" "She said I didn't love her no moro." -Houston Post. Cut With the Rest Showman ?Look here, your paper Mid tbe biggest snake In my show was twenty feet long when lt's really thirty-one feet. Editor?Sorry, but we were pushed for space yesterday and had to cut everything down.?London Tit-Bits. Frenzied Arithmetic. Teacher?Now, Tommy, If your fa? ther had twenty dozen eggs in his store and found that eighteen of them were bad, how much would he lose? Tom? my?Nothln'. I guess you don't know pa.?School Board Journal. Careful Mr. Smith. Dr. Pill (meeting former patient)? Ah, good morning, Mr. Smith! How are you feeling this morning? Mr. Smith?Doctor, does it cost anything If I tell yon??Philadelphia Inquirer. DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel SaWe. Get DeWitt's. Sold br K H Trimble. OUR BRAINS ARE DOUBLE. But Only One of Them la Used to Think With. Man has a pair of brains Just as he has a pair of eyes and a pair of ears, declares Dr. William Hanna Thomson in Everybody's. But, asserts Dr. Thomson, ouly one of our two brains Is used to think with. He continues: "When we come into this world we have a pair of quite thoughtless brains and nothing more. To become Intelli? gent beings we must acquire a whole host of mental faculties and endow? ments, not one of which does a human being bring with him at birth. No one was ever born speaking English nor any other language. No newly born babe knows anything by sight nor by any other sense. Every kind of knowl? edge has to be gained by personal edu? cation. But only recently have we found that this education necessitates the creation of a local anatomical change In brain matter to make It the special seat for that 'accomplishment' Thns no one can become a skilled vio? lin player until by long fashioning he has at last made a violin playing place in his cerebrum. "But all this brain fashioning takes so much time and trouble that for mere economy of labor, as one hemi? sphere will do all that ls necessary, the individual spends his efforts on one of them only. As both hemi? spheres are equally good for this pur? pose, which of the two he will educate depends on which one he begins with. This ls settled for him when as a child he begins all his training by the hand that he then most easily uses; hence it is that all the speech centers and all the knowing and educated places are to be found only In the left hemisphere of the right handed and In the right hemisphere of the left hand? ed." ___ Not Good Twice. Lincoln's stories grew better and bet? ter as he grew older. One of the best was told to a visitor who congratu? lated bim on the almost certain pur? pose on the part of the people to re? elect him for another term of four years. Mr. Lincoln replied tbat be had been told this frequently before and that when it was first mentioned to him he was reminded of a farmer in Illinois who determined to try his own hand at blasting. After successfully boring and filling hi with powder he failed in his effort to make the powder go off, and after discussing the cause with a looker on and falling to detect anything wrong In the powder the farmer suddenly came to the conclu? sion that it would not go off because it had been shot before. A Point of View. The new steamer City of ? was laid up for repairs, and one of the rickety old timers of the line was sail? ing In her place. A passenger who was somewhat Irritated by the fact re? marked to another, an Irishman, by the way, "The City of-always gets In at 2 in the morning, and this old tub never gets In before 6." The Irishman thought for a moment and replied: "It's all right The dis? tance ls Just the same, and we get a longer sall for our money."?New York Press. Needed ? Cloudburst. Staying at an inn in Scotland, a shooting party found their sport much Interfered with by rain. Still, wet or fine, the old fashioned baremeter that hung in the hall persistently pointed to "set fair." At length one of the party drew the landlord's attention to the glass, saying, "Don't you think, now, Dugald, there's something the matter with your glass?" "No, slr," replied Dugald, with dignity, "she's a gude glass and a powerful glass, but she's no' moved wi' trifles." Such ls Fame. A learned correspondent writes: "I was examining a witness, an elderly woman, the other day. On my Inquir? ing her name she said It was Mrs. Bardell and that she came from Gravesend. I asked, 'Did you know Charles Dickens?* She replied, 'Do you mean the undertaker?* Such la fame."?London News. The Spanish Duohesa. A duchess enters a shop. Do you imagine she will be more courteous!; received than a little milliner? Not al all, for both are instantly made at home and treated to the hidalgo's fin est manner. But she will never be thc less a duchess because she and thc shopkeeper are on the best of terms Her unconsciousness of her rank lc everyday relations, which would stupe fy an English duchess, comes from thc fact that she belongs to a prouder race Had she a mind to sport her coronet in a shop the owner and his attendants would speedily make short work ot her decorative dignity. To them lt would simply mean an underbred anc foolish exhibition, for Impertinence and vulgar haughtiness are not defect the Spaniards will tolerate, ? Black wood's. FOR SALE:-Farin, orchard and general merchandise combined 03 acres, Albemarle Co., Va., mosl desired section of the State, lt acres Wine Sap Apples, paving well. Modern Dwelling, 9 rooms hot and cold water, beautiful lawn Good barn, room for 15 head o! stock. Two good tenant houses ice house, dairy, etc Wheelwright shop on property renting for $6( per annum. Sp'endid store build ing 48x50 ft., two stories, doing i cash business of $10,0U0 perannuu New High School building beinj erected within 400 yds. of Dwell ing. For health, profit and pleas ure this property rt ideal. | milt to station. PRICE $12,800. Wi! sell store and stock of goods foi $7,500. Send for free Catalogue of farms Il W HlJ.LEARY & CO., ? Charlottesyille, Va. A Weekly Letter From the Orient j Furnished by the Recorder'sSp3c ial Correspondent, Who Is Making a Tc ur of the East? ern Countries. (Special to Recorder.) Yokohama, Japan, Aug. 9.?I g"t my passport today, and it cer? tainly is a curiosity. In one of my previous letters I said something about foreigners not being allow 1 ed the same priveleges that Japa | nese demand in the United States, and this passport bears out what I I then said. It is a most important , document, and among other corn minis and instruments in a long list of what to do and what not to d ?, the "bearer is expect?d to be? have in au orderly and conciliatory manner toward the Japanese au? thorities and people;"' ''to produce ?nl exhibit his passport to any Japanese official who may demand to see it;1' he "must obey nil local laws when traveling," aud the bear? er is not "allowed to buy from, sell t', or exchange or make contracts with Japanese in any proyience;" he is "not allowed to permanently dwell in houses of the Japanese in the interior," or "shoot or hunt" beyond treaty limit*. These are but a few of the maur restrictions. A large number relate to behavior and seemingly are entirely unnec? essary to put on a gentleman's passport, but I found that the Jap? anese had much provocation to make them demand that strangers be civil. Foreigners have been in the hab? it of bawling out ''ohyo," (how are you) indisciiminately to everybody, frightening the woman, kicking and slapping the coolies, stamping over mats and polished floors with muddy boots, and acting like rude boors generallv. I noticed in one temple that the priests had been compelled to post the following notice: "Stranger, whosoever thou art, and whatsoever be thy creed when thou enierest this sanctuary remember thou treadest upon, ground IikIIov.cd bv the worship nf ages. Tl.is is the temple of Bud dha and the gate of the eternal, and should, therefore, be entered with reference." I must confess that the actions of some fellow Americans whom! saw in the streets, made me blush for them and feel that the Japa? nese were justified in thinking we are a nation of barbarians. FujiyaniM, the sacred mountain of Japan, is undoubtedly the mosr beautiful mountain in the world. I haye seen many beautiful p';tks, and have seen pictures of many others, but never has there appear? ed before my eYes such wcndrous beauty as that of this mountain rising fur tw?> miles directly up from the sea, with its green slopes gradually changing until they are capped by a point covered with snow. The sides are perfectly symetrical and the top appears to, be a sharp point pursing the sky. As I saw it for the first time this morning from the balcony of the hotel, its top reddened by the suu just rising, I no longer wondered that this semi-ciyilized people worshipped it as something super? natural. Fugiyama has a large crater at the top, but the last eruption was in 1708,nearly two centuries ago. It still ranks as a volcano, however, for steam jets from many crevices. There are 51 active volcanoes in Japan, and earthquakes are of dai? ly occurence. On many daYs, from 50 to 100 distinct shocks have been felt. Some of the shocks are severe, but the people have become so accustomed to them that they pay little attention to them. The more substantial building have beeu built with a view to with? stand the shocks. They are low and heavy, with extra strong cor? ners and door posts so that when a shock comes the people can staud in the doorways and be safe. While this flimsy sort of build? ings which mark." the residence portion of Japanese cities and towns is all right for earthquakes they make good food for fires, for they are constructed of bamboo and paper, and burn like tinder. Fortunately for the people they are inexpensive and easilv replaced. One of the most amusing sights I have seen so far was the Yokoha? ma fire department at work. A house caught fire and about 200 fireman rushed to the scene with meir nose, hooks and ladders. JCiiicn fireman carried a fan and when he gi>t too warm would stop work and tan himself. The fire was extin? guished and then all the firemen lat on th?-ir trucks and fanned ;heu,selves while the populace ihowered praises upon them for heir splendid work. It looked rery much like one of the comic iperas we see on the stage, but he Japanese saw nothing at all lumorous in it. Clarence E. Edwords. 3eople are Talking About it. Many people ars talking about low quickly Foley's Honey & Tar lures coughs, colds, bronchitis and til throat and lung troubles. Re nember the name FoleY's Honeir md Tar aud refuse to accept some inknown preparation of little or io merit which may contain some larmful drugs. The genuine con ains no harmful drugs and is safe ind sure. Swadley bros, Vauder >ool, Va. Sold by druggists, Mon erey. Gasoline Engines Because of the scarcity of labor trs, you are perhaps going to pur :hase a Gasoline or Kerosene en? gine,?the greatest of all labor lavers. But don't experiment, fcjuv the "Fairbanks-Morse.engine, md the "New Holland" feed mill. JTou know what they are. Write for Catalogues. A. J. HUFF, Vir? ginia Traveling Agent, Riilunond, Va. Local Selling Agent Wanted. NOTICE To the unknown heirs of James Jordon dec'd and the unknown heirs of Chas Gratton, dec'd: Take notice that on the 2nd day )f the April term, 1908, of the cir? cuit court of Highland county, we viii apply to said court for au or? ler directing a resurvey of our ands, lying on the waters of Jack ion river, in Highland county, for he purpose of obtaining a new j;rant therefor from the common? wealth of Virginia, in pursuance of lection 2357 and following of chap? ter 104 of the Code of Virginia. Respectfully, Llojd Sullenberger, Don Sullenberger. There is not bing better offered :he public tod sy for stomach trou? bles, dyspepsia, indigestion, etc., :han Kodol. This is a scientific ? reparation of natural digestunts combined with vegetable acids and t contains the same juices found n eveiy healthy stomach. Kodol il guaranteed to give relief, lt is pleasant to take; it will make you Feel fine bv digesting what vou eat. Sold by K ll Trimble. NOTICE The old account books of Paul Browu and E C Beverage, and kbit I artnership account books of the late firm of Paul Brown and E C. Beverage, are in the hands of 0. Wilson for settlement and collec? tion and all unsettled accounts in said book must be settled by pay? ment or bond by the loth of De? cember next, or legal proceedings will be resorted to for the settle? ment nnd payment of same. Persons owing accounts in said books, and having offsets against same, will present and get credit. Nov 8th, Beverage & Brown -?-??? Notice to Tax-Payers I will be at the following places in the couuty of Highland, at the times herein stated, prepared to re? ceive all Stale taxe.< and County and School levies for the year 1907: At Hightown Nov. 5 1907 At New Hampden " 7 u At Crabbottom " 8 " At Green Hill " 18 " At Valley Center " 19 " At Bolar * 21 u A Clover Creek " 19 ? At P H Hupman's " 20 * At Headwaters " 21 u At McDowell " 22 M At Doe Hill " 26 u At Monterey, Court week and 25, 27, 29, aud 30th November. On the first day of December, 1907, FIVE per centum penalty will be added to all unpaid taxes aud levies as required by law. J. A. Jones, Treasr, Oct. 30,1907 Highland Co. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills afford quick relief for all forms of kidney and bladder trou? ble. A week's treatment 25c. Sold by K H Trimble. N3tice Having sold my interest in the mercantile business, it becomes necessary for me to request settle? ment of all accounts and ? bonds by Jan. 1, 1908, at which time the business will be taken in hand by my successor. I desire to thank my friends for the liberal patronage and encour? agement given in a business whv, and assure them that it has been appreciated by me. Very truly, Ira Q. Simmons. Crabbottom, Va. # ;