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HIGH LAN
VOL. XXXI
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909
NO. 5
DONT WEAR A TRUSS
that will sit uncomfortably, no matter what
it costs; it will do you more harm than pood
A truss that wont stay in its place under
all conditions you get your body into should
l>e thrown away at once. It can never be
depended upon and is sure to fail you at a
critical moment.
We sell a truss at $2.00 that we guaran?
tee under all conditions to positively retain
the most complicated form 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
PIAHOS AHD
PLAYER PiailOS
A very largo line, prices from fjfl 75 upward*
ORGANS
The Putnam, 75 styles from which to select.
* Edison and Victor Talking Machines
We carry the full line of Edison Records 35c each
Victor Records 35c each for 8 inch.
" " 60c each for io "
" " $1.00 each for 12 "
Orders by mail accompanied by cash re?
ceive prompt attention.
Price low and Terms very easy.
Everything- in the Music Line.
W. W. Putnam & Co.
103 West Mail) Street, Staunton. Virginia.
The ISeverlv Book Co.,
begs to announce that on and after Friday. November 29.
we will have on display our annual gathering of holiday
goods, including
Books, Pictures, Leather Goods, Art
Goods, Brass And Japanese Goods,
and raanvother things that will interest Christmas shop?
pers. We will be pleased to show you through our stock
and are confident that you will find many things of inter?
est
BEVERLY BOOK CO.
uLTiulerye town clock" - Staunton Va
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
is an unpleasant task for many. They see nothing
but hardships. Why?
Because they have not the ability NOW to com?
mand a salary sufficient to permit of putting some?
thing away for the evening of life.
It is to-day that preparation for future comfort
should be inaugurated.
Have you a future? Have you ambition? The
business world is full of opportunities for the man
?aho has the proper training.
We will prepare vou.
Staantal Talley Business College, Inc.
J. S. Atkinson, Mgr.,
Harrisonburg, - - Virginia
"My Young Sister"
writes Mrs. Mary Hudson, of Eastman, Miss., "took
my advice, which was, to take Cardui. She was
staying with me and was in terrible misery, but Car?
dui helped her at once.
It Will Help You
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"Last spring," Mrs. Hudson continues, "1 was
in a rack of pain. The doctor did no good, so I began
to take Cardui. The first dose helped me. Now I
am in better health than in three years."
Every girl and woman needs Cardui, to cure
irregularity, falling feelings, headache, backache and I
simSar female troubles. Cardui is safe, reliable, ?
scientific. Try Cardui.
AT'ALL DRUG STORES
Heart
Troubles
The heart may be weak
just tile same as the eyes,
stomach or other organs.
It often happens that a
person is born with a weak
heart. Then again dis?
ease, fevers, over-exertion,
anxiety, nervousness,
rheumatism, etc. weaken
the heart. The result is
shortness of breath, pal?
pitation, pain in the heart,
or in some of the nerves
of the chest or abdomen.
The heart should be
strengthened with a tonie,
and for this nothing equals
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure.
"1 had LaOrippe last fall as I
thought In a mild form. I was weak,
tired feeling, and short of breath:
could hardly go about, and a good
<ieal of the time sort of an asthmatic
breathing and extremely nervous. I
began taking Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
and Nervine and now I feel so much
better in every way. I am so thank?
ful that I began taking this medicine,
and shall not hesitate to tell others
how much good it has done mc"
MRS. P. J. NORTON,
Treeville, New York.
Your druggist sells Dr. Miles' Heart
Cure, and we authorize him to return
price of first bottle (only) If it falls
to benefit vou.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
HEAD STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
LETTERS, SCIENCES, LAW,
MEDICINE, ENCINERINCJ
$10 CO VE KS ALL COSTS'
of FirgiUa students of fees and tuition
in either of the academic department
lowest charges in the South. Next ses?
sion begins September 10. Send forcat
logue. "University Summer School opens
July 18th.
HOWARD WINSTON. Registrar,
017 07 1vr Charlottesville. Va.
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--If You Need a?
Monument,
Headstone or Marker,
get my pric s. I will save you money. If J
you need an Iron Fence, I furnish tho;
bout for the money. Yours to serve,
II. P. Si,avf.h,
Monterey, Va
Agent, for The Clifton Forge
Marble Works.
Contractor and Builder
Permanently Loch ted
We are prepared to do all classes
of wood work, such as building
HOUSES, BARNS,
HTAIU.ES. SHEDS, ETC.
j Let us have Your oiders for Doors
and Sashes, we can save You money.
We do all kinds of shop work.
A big shop, improved niathinerv
and dry kiln, in fact evervthii g
that goes to make an up-to-date atid
ir el I equipped plant.
* Dealer in in all kinds of Lumber.
Dressed Lumber a specialty.
All orders receive prompt atten?
tion.
I. 15. Bussard,
Monterev, Va.
The Monterey
Barber Shop,
OPEN
Every Day of
The Week.
Hair cutting, shaving, shampooing
and massaging.
Guarantee to please.
thus Diggs, Barber.
Sour
Stomach
No appetite, loss of strength, nervous*
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath,
general debility, sour risings, and catarrh
of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol relieves indigestion. This new discov?
ery represents the natural Juices of diges?
tion as they exist in a healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol for
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr. S. S. Ball, of Ravenswood. W. Va., says:?
" I was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
Kodol cured mo and we are now using it in milk
for baby,"
Kodol Digests What You Eat
Bottles only. Relieves indigestion, sour stomach.
belching ef gai, etc.
P^pmr*4 by 6. O- D.WITT * 00., CHICAGO.
A THRILLING ADVENTURE
OF THE CIVIL WAR.
On Jan. 7th, 1865, the command
of Gen. Thoa. Ti. Rosser, consisting
of the the 7th, 11th and 12th Va.
cavalry and White's Battalion,
moved ont from Swope's Depot.
where the men had been camping
for several weeks.
On the preceding day, heavy
rains had fallen and the streams
were swollen.
That splendid Brigade, which
had followed Ashy until he fell in
hattie at Cross-Keys, and vvhich had
gone forth in the campaign of ISO 1
with matchless fortitude, under its
present gallant leader, now, how?
ever, depleted by stern service and
impoverished resources.
The destination was Beverly,
where two regiments. 8th and 34th
Ohio, were in winter quarters. .
The Brigade reached McDowell
the first day. and remained until
Monday, January Oth.
On Sunday we were on dress pa?
rade and inspection, swhen (Jen.
Rosser delivered an address to his
men, the substance of which the
writer remembers to this day. He
alluded to the devastated condi?
tion of the country, and the inabil?
ity to secure supplies, and that he
was surprised that so many had
been able to report for service, He
also referred to their courage in the
past, and the readiness of his sol?
diers to respond to the present
emergency, and "that his remnant
of brave men was the cream of the
richest skimming;" he further
said: "We will turn our backs up?
on our desolated country and worth?
less quaiter-masters and seek sup?
plies from our enemies."
The morning of Jan. 9th dawned,
and leaving the historic town of
McDowell by 10 o'clock, we were
in the line of march through thc
town of Monterey. The writer will
ever remember the weird appear?
ance, rendered more impressive by
the deep snow which clung to the
trees, houses and fences, and the
desolation which had followed the
occupancy of the invading armies,
adding to this the fact that thc
day was exceedingly gloomy, you
may have a faint conception of the
scene presented Jan. 9th, 1805.
The writer little dreamed that in
j after life some of thc sweetest re
: membrances would cluster around
[ the noble people of your mountain
j town.
We ate our lunch and fed our
horses at High town, then camped
for the night on the slope of the
Alleghany mountain. The snow
was deep, and a cold rain continu?
ed all night. Pine tops and cedar
brush, on which we spread our
scanty bedding, were pressed into
service, using our old blankets as a
protection from the rain. We laid
down, if not to pleasant dreams,
at least, meditating as to what the
issue of the following day would be.
The line of march until our ar?
rival at Beverly afforded an im?
pressive lesson to the soldier boy,
which have grown more vivid as
the years have come and gone.
The route led us across the
Oreenbrier river, while to our left
could be seen old forts and winter
quarters where part of the army
had wintered during earlier days of
the struggle.
Owing to the depth of the snow,
there were times when we followed
in single file. For a time the
clouds parted, the sun shone bright?
ly, revealing the jewel-decked can?
opy of the heavens above us, but
again they are folded together and
we have thunder, rain and hail.
A halt is made twelve miles from
Beverly, near a residence of a Mr.
Hutton, I believe. Just a little
farther on was the Tygart River
and Huttonsville, which had been
burnt by the Union army in 1801.
Here we remained until 9 o'clock,
Soldier Balks Death Plot.
It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civil
war veteran, of Kemp, Tex., that
a plot existed between a desperate
lung trouble and the grave to cause
his death. "I contracted a stub?
born cold." he writes, "that de?
veloped a cough that stuck to me,
in spite of all remedies, for years.
My weight ran down to 130 pounds.
Then I began to use Dr. King's
New Discovery, which restored my
health completely. I now weigh
178 pounds." For severe Colds,
obstinate Coughs, Hemorrhages,
Asthma, and to prevent Pneumon?
ia it's unrivaled. 50c. and $1.00.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
K. H.Trimble.
I
with orders to kindle no fire. Leav?
ing the valley road and river to the
left, we took a rather secluded I
route, halting occasionally for the
report of scouts. 1 presume. The j
night was exceedingly cold, and j
during these stops we would keep
from freeling hy running and jump?
ing. With the town on our left
and near two or three high mounds
we left our horses in care of a de
j tail of men. and charged the place]
where the men were quartered.
The surprise was complete, and be?
fore the gray light had dawned,
ro93 prisoners had been taken. A
'few fell in the conflict one, by the
1 natue of Gregg, from Frederick Co.,
Maryland and of Company G., 7th
Va. Cay, while others fled across
the liver and kept up an occassion
al firing during the day and night.
The Brigade and prisoners halted
two miles up the river and remain?
ed until the next morning, when the
line of march was resumed. Dur?
ing the night, by a false alarm,
the available men were culled out
in line of battle. The next night
was spent on Elk river near the
d,veiling of a Mr. Gibson.
While walking my beat, guard?
ing prisoners chilled by (he cold.
north-west wind and overcome by
the loss of sleep, I would find my?
self involuntarily sinking down,
when I would wake to the realiza?
tion of my responsibility.
During the afternoon of Jan. 14,
we passed through the town of
Hunters ville.' Thc next day's
march lead us within four miles of
Warm Springs, in Bath county,
which had furnished the 11th Va.
Calvary two of its most gallant
companies.
Taking up our line of march by
way of Deerfield, we arrived at
our old camping-ground on Jan. 18.
Thus in 12 days was performed,
considering the number of men who
participated, one of the most dar?
ing adventures of the Civil War.
Few events manifested greater pat?
riotism, devotion, sacrifice and pa?
tient endurance. While the suffer?
ing of the prisoners is almost be?
yond description, many of them
had been run out of the quarters
barefooted and without coats, caps,
shoes, etc., while men were detailed
to gather up the clothing, yet there
were many misfits and destitution.
Some had their feet so badly frozen
that they had to be parolled. Oft?
en a warm attacthment would
spring up between captor and cap?
tive. The writer became very
mueh attached to a Mr. Sims and
a comrade of his, and would carry
them behind him over the streams.
By reference to my din ry. this
article has been written.
There has been no intention of re?
flecting on the brave men who fol?
lowed Grant. The asperities of the
conflict, the heart-rending scenes in
which brother was often arrayed
against brother, separation of
friends with all unhallowed memo?
ries, we gladly consign to oblivion.
He who intentionally stirs up
the animosities incident to that un?
natural period in our National life,
is as much an enemy of God as of
man. But the deeds of sacrifice,
patriotic devotion, privations, pa?
tient endurance and suffering we
will ever cherish, talk of them
around the family circle and teach
them to our children.
The North and South stood side
by side in the struggle for independ?
ence in 1770, and it should be the
desire of every true patriot that, as
the 12th day of February is the
centennial anniversary of Mr. Lin?
coln's birth, the two sections may
be more firmly united than they
have been since 1801.
Leslie H. Davis.
Revolts At Cold Steel.
''Your only hope," said three
doctors to Mrs. M. E. Fisher, De?
troit. Mich., suffering from severe
rectal trouble, lies in an operation,"
"then I used Dr. King's New Life
I Pills." she writes, "'till wholly
'cured." They prevent Appendi
'citis, cure Constipation, Headache.
125c. at K. H. Trimble's.
Easy Trick.
Marshall P. Wilder once showed
Alexander Herrmanu a new trick at
cards. "Alex," said the humorist, "J
will tell you the name of a card that
rou will select In your mind." After
a pause oe asked, "Now, what Is lt,'
Alex?" "The queen of diamonds,"
answered the magician. "Yes," said
Wilder, "that is right." Herrmann
stood puzzled for a moment, then
smiled and admitted that the laugh
was on hlra. J
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[RIP TO THE ORIENT
Clarence E. Edwords Touring the
Eastern Countries.
HE IS OUR SPtCIAL CORRESPONDENT.
Interestingly Written in Week?
ly Letters, Which Will Ap.
tear in The Recorder.
Noumea, New Caledonia, Aug.21
?What a pity that the French
have made a prison of this beauti?
ful island. I visited the prison
the "City and Camp of Tears," as
it might better be called, but 1 be?
lieve that a description of what I
-?aw enroute will be of as much,
if not of more interest than the de?
scription of the prison itself, for it
will give an insight into the native,
life, Passing amid tropical verdure
we stop for a while to rest beside a
shady stream, and far below r.s see
Bourailj the great penal town of
th enorthern part of the island. We
passed between coffee gardens of
many acres and reach a river, which
has been a veritable Styx to many
a poor devil who has come here to
serve out a life-time of penance for
a few minutes of crime.
An Algerian Aral), in flowing,
dirty white robes, and turban, acts
as Charon, and we wonder what
crime caused him to be transport?
ed so far from hifl native land. Al
we approach the prison we come
first to the great buildings of the
Gendarmerie, and just beyond
the mare the women's prison and the
hospital, all enclosed by great ugly
walls of concrete. We reach the
hotel and after being cared for by
the polite host and hostess we take
a walk out in town preliminary to
interviewing the commandante of
the prison for we must have a pass
co get inside.
A band of native Caledonians
comes trooping into town from
some distant camp, and thinking it
a good opportunity to make an
ethnological study 1 engage one of
them in conversation He says his
name is Percrouse, so called be?
cause he wears a red head-dress
and there is a bird with a rod head
that is named the pererouse. He
is a stalwart fellow, naked with the
exception of a Buhl wound around
his loins and hanging down almost
to his knee. His head is bound
with a piece of turkey red cloth,
but the ciown is unprotected except
for the mat of woolv hair, which it
of itself ample protection against the
rays of the sun. His eyes are dark
brown, skin a copper color, almost
bronze in hue, nose flat and well de?
veloped and lips chick. The fea?
tures are distinctly African. To
complete his distinguished appear?
ance he has dark, crispy whiskers
and a large hole in his right ear,
regarded as a special mark of dis?
tinction.
While talking to him a lot of na?
tive women, or poppinees, came
jogging down the road. In the dis?
tance they look like a file of ostri?
ches, for at livery step, bent over
as they are with heavy bundles of
bark, palm leaf baskets and fruit
which they carry for their lords and
masters, their comical waistbands
of flax, old rags, or banana leaves
delicately fringed and split by the
wind, jolt upward and jostle pertly
like the tail of the ostrich when
that bird starts to run. One of the
women had an alpaca umbrella,
while another carried an entire
palm leaf with which she was fan?
ning herself, and a third carried a
jews harp slung around her neck?
an instrument of music which they
greatly appreciate.
One of the women had an especi?
ally bright colored sulu around her
One Better.
Englishman (In British museum)?
This book, slr, was once owned by Cic?
ero. American Tourist?Pshaw, that's
nothing. Why, in one of our American
museums we have the lead pencil with
which Noah used to check off the ani?
mals as they came out of the ark.
Where They Khow How to tconomize
At the request of a woman in search
ai a servant the malinger of un em
ployment agency asked each of th<
L,irls lined up against the wall if she
had ever been employed in a minister's
family. None of them had been.
"May I ask why you are particulai
ly anxious to know if these girls have
had an engagement of that kind?'
asked the manager.
"Because we are very hard up just
now," the woman replied, "and I mus*
have a girl whojs economical. I have
found that of all servants those who
have worked in ministers' families
know best how to economize."?New
York Sun.
loins and when I offered to buy it
she had no hesitancy in accepting
the offer, but to my surprise she
;stepped behind a bush, took it off,
put on another and came forth
smiling with the one I dersired in
her hand. She evidently had plen?
ty of girdles in reserve for just such
emergencies. These women have
great love for personal adornment
and tattoo themselves in curious
designs. Devices are tattooed down
their legs and across their cheeks,
youie would have been good look?
ing if they ha 1 not disfigured them?
selves with a surplus of tattoo
marks. In their bundles they car?
ried all sorts of odds and ends such
as is usually found in one of our
school boys' pockets.
All these nat ives are governed by
a little chief who acdnowledges
obedience to the great Nibrerero,
king of the tribe of Ni, to which
they all belong. The total number
of natives in Xew Caledonia is
about thirty thousand, and mental?
ly and physically they are about
half way between the natives of
the island of Tahiti and the Au?
stralian blacks.
I had spent much time in watch?
ing these natives but finally .vach
ed the house of the Commandante
of the prison and secured a permit,
and within an hour I had passed
from the free men and free open
into the dismal corridors of the
prison, interviewing life-men and
handling their heavy chains, which
I shall tell about in my next letter.
Clarence E. Edwords. ?
The Secret of Long Life.
A French scientist has discovered
one secret of long life. His meth?
od deals with the blood. But long
ago millions of Americans had
proved Electric Bitters prolongs life
and makes it worth living. It pur?
ifies, enriches and vitalizes the
blood, rebuilds wasted nerve cells,
imparts life and tone to the entire
system, lt's a godsend to weak,
sick and debilitated people. "Kid?
ney trouble had blighted my life
for months,'' writes W. M. Sher?
man, of dishing, Me., "but Elec?
tric Bitters cured me entirely."
Only ooc. at K. II. Trimble's.
Attention
Read and consider for a minute
and see if you are not disobliging
yourself of a life time comfort
when you fail to secure for yourself
a set of the Armlock Folding Bed
Spring which contain 63 first-class
springs to the set, made of the best
spring steel wire, galvanized with
copper Springs are warranted not
to break or swag down in the
middle, which is the great trouble
of hundreds of woven wire springs.
The Arm-Lock Folding Bed Spring
has now proved to be the best sat?
isfaction for the past sixteen years,
and where they are in use they
need no advertising but speak for
themselves. Now don't keep put?
ting this off but simply drop me a
card when you want your springs
and I will deliver them to your
house, fit on your bed and guaran?
tee a good first-class spring.
One set for $3.50
Two sets for $0.75
Three sets for $10.00, and will
deliver same any wherein Highland
or Pocahontas county.
Can fit any size or any kind of
bed. Less than a full size bed is
less in price according to size.
I wish to thank my patrons and
the public generally for former bus?
iness and kindly solicit your future
ordors. Address all orders to
.John P. Ilise.
Hightown. Va.
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Washington Once Gave Up
to three doctors; was kept in bed
for five weeks. Blood poison from
a spider's bite caused large, deep
sores to cover his leg. The doctors
failed, then "Bucklen's Arnica Salve
completely cured me." writes John
Washinton, of Bosquevill, Tex.
For eczema, boils, burns and piles
it's supreme. 25c. at K. H. Trim?
ble's.
Limber anted?Black walnut
and sycamore lumber sawed strong
inch. Best Black walnut butt logs
to be sawed 1 1-2 inch. Liberal
prices paid.
W.W.Putnam d' Co.,
Organ Manufacturers.
Staunton, Va.
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NOTICE TO TEACHERS
Teacher will please not fail to
make reports promptly at the close
of each calendar month according
to forms furnished. The report for
the county is due, and is expected,
at the Department of Public In?
struction in Richmond hythe 10th
of each month for the preceding
month. Please report fully, too.
under eyery head every month.
Otherwise it will be necessary to
return reports for correction.
Jared L. Jones,
Division Supt,