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By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright. 1915 by Star Company.
II you arc a father or a mother, sir. or
madam. what are you doing to make
\ yourself agreeable, and desirable. com
Apanions for your children later in life?
WON have no right to bring children
into the world. and TO rear them with an
idea of their duty toward you. unless you
appreciate your duty to them.
y That duty does not consist in merely
ysiving them care and opportunities for
education-It includes making yourself
companiohable In their maturing years.
and In your old age. That questionable
gift Of old age may be bestowed upon
YOU. and IL It 10, It will be the duty of
your children to care for you.
But are you thinking. acting and living
in a manner that II will be a painful
duty for your children 10 have you
about7
have seen the happiness Of a good
daughter, and a deeply conscientious
woman. shadowed for years by the un-
governed temper and the fault-finding ag-
gressive mental habits OF a mother whose
care it was her duty 10 assume. and
which she performed cheerfully. but with
T tears in her heart because of her moth
ePs attitude.
I have known a parent 10 enter the
home OF a married child, and by intoler-
ant creeds and continual harangues upon
beliefs which were not shared by the
household ruin it's comfort
No parent has a right to destroy the
peace or happiness OF a child simply be-
cause that child Is his or hers
No tie Of blood or law entities one
human being to mar the life of another.
The fact that you are responsible for
your childs existence makes II imperative
for you to take yourself in hand now,
today. and begin TO prepare yourself to
be a delight and q comfort in your de-
clining years.
over and over children are urged to
think about being comforts TO their
parents. but rarely is one word said to
parents about being comforts to their
children.
The obligation Is mutual. Patience. Sc
renity. charity. progressive IDEAS. toll
erance and adaptAbility are all neces-
sary virtues for those who are growing
old to cultivate. Keep up with the prog
ress OF the world.
Avoid growing queer. and look TO II
that you do not become a bore by talk
ing continually OF yourself, your IDEAS
your theories This Is the danger ground
for the mature IN their association with
the young. A very little Of the past
goes long way with the young. who
are looking forward, not backward.
Are you the mother OF one child9
Do you worship your offspring and find
Happiness only in its society. and IN its
pleasures DO your pleasures lie? How
about the future7 II your child Is
daughter remainder abe is growing into
YEkhg womAnhOod. no matter how you
Iestrive 70 keep her a child.
What are you going TO do with your
time and mind and life when she sets
forth upon that personal path In which
each soul must walk alone?
Perhaps II is your ideal 10 follow ever
at her side. and TO be her guardian ana
chapeTon and oomrade. But unless you
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-22
In-ShOots

Keep you mouth shut and you will
gain a reputation for wisdom and also
avoid grip germs.
It does not take but a little to turn
the friendship between two women TO
bitter hatred.
The minister has signed many a deo-
laration Of war when putting HIS name
20 a marriage certificate.
When asked to choose between style
and comfort man seldom displays any
more sense than woman.
The stationary blush Is never 50 at
tractive on the face OF a girl as the one
that occasionally fades.
The girl who distributes her photo
graphs too freely among the men cheap
ems herself.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Derivation of "Quarter."

The origin of this military term ap-
pears to be as follows: A recognized
meaning of the Old French word quar-
tier (Latin quartarius) was peace,
friendship" and hernandez quarter"
signified ito sue for peace" No doubt
quarter also implied in an earlier
stage of the language Gas, curiouslv
enough, it also does today in such 1ocu-
tons as headquarters and married
quarters") some sort of abode. Hence
refuge, shelter" from which the
transition to it's derivative sense is
easy and obvious. Figuratively it sig
nifies mercy in sparing the life of
fallen or captured enemy on the field
of battle, or it may imply clemency on
the part of the victor in allowing his
foe quarter" of a specified length of
time wherein to make peace with his
God before being put to death.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
MAKES A PLEA FOR FICTION
Writer Puts UP Argument for Reten-
ton of Popular Literature In the
Country's Libraries.

The dropping of fiction from the
public Libraries, as proposed by the
head of the bureau Of statistics and
investigation as means of economy,
would accomplish at stroke con-
summation long devoutly wished by
many. That is, 1t would materially
reduce the percentage Of novels read
as compared with that of other books.
Perhaps Mr.. Mcintyre has heard that
fiction was decreasing in popularity,
and thinks that he is merely aligning
himself with growing tendency. We
fear, however, that when he hears
from the people he will have to re-
wise his ideas. His proposal will be
met with a counter-proposal. Danish
fiction? Why not Danish all other
literature instead? Would the saw
ing not be as great? Nay would 1t
not be greater? AS for novels being
a form Of entertainment" luxury,
as our statistician holds, they are In
reality almost as much Of a neces-
sity as the newspapers. Millions go
through life comfortably without rub
bling elbows with even so human a
nonfctionist as John Stuart Mill, but
whoever lived until he had breathef
the wind that blows through the
pages of "Ivanhoe" and Vanity Fair?"
New York Evening Post.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
vi96ln{fs Hnf6fff1. Iiffi. AhsWEfHd

mo, It's nOtnlngJ Jim, answered.
Clarice. There, before her, lay her
own book. she opened 1t. 1t was
hers, word for word and she had writ.
ten it. Giddily she flew upstairs and
thrust it deep into drawer.
That evening she turned almost au-
tomatically to an inside page of the
city weekly. She had never read the
Authors Gossip" before. And there,
on the top of the page, in huge head
lines, was the question:
who Is the Author Of When We
Were Young'?"
1.-THE Publishers Statement"
Clarice devoured the long article
that followed. The publishers an
nounced that they had received the
manuscript, written in longhand, and
apparently the work of an amateur,
six months before. A cursory survey
had revealed novel of an uncommon
type. 1t had been read with an enthu-
siasm that even the most hardened
reader in the firm was not proof
against. It's setting of country life,
its truth, it's fidelity, its scorn OF the
picturesque had demanded instant pub
LEGATION. And the reading public had
endorsed it by purchasing ninety thou
sand copies Of it. But who was the
author? The publishers statement
that they did not know was believed
to be genuine It was no advertising
scheme. Somewhere in America
genius lay hidden, watching with
amusement the frantic efforts OF the
public to discover her identity-for
of course it was a woman!
Clarice let the paper fall. She had
not the dimmest idea of the value of
her book to her. How much was it
worth? A hundred dollars? Two hun
dred? Jim did not need that badly.
And to reveal the truth &. she saw
the slow estrangement that must fol-
low. Simple as she was, she almost
1ntuitively discerned the results of
publicity, her husbands inability to
live the new life that would open be-
fore her. her struggle between the old
and the new. And Jim was very dear
to her. And then . . she blushed
as she thought Of that other reason
that bound them together in bonds
that none might break.
"Clarice! Clarice, dear!"
She rose from her chair.
Jim dear" she answered.
And what was wretched old, stupid
novel in comparison with Jim?
Copyright, 1915, by w. G. Chapman)
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
WORST MONTH FOR CHILDREN
Assertion Made That September Is the
Most Trying Period That the
Teacher Has.

What is the stormiest month Of the
school year for teacher and pupils?
Some will say the month of May, be-
cause the children are so eager then
to get out of doors after their long
winter Imprisonment. Others will say
February is the hardest month be-
cause nature is so unkind at that time
that everyone feels irritable. But II
you will ask a thoughtful teacher this
question, she will say: "The month OF
September is the most difficult of all,
because then the pupils are restless,
uncontrolled and mischievous. It is
almost impossible to make them do
any good work during this month"
The best way to solve the problem
is to bring pupils slowly to the full
school day.within doors. None of them
ought to spend more than two hours
day in the schoolhouse during the
first week. They may add half-hour
to this each succeeding week until
the regulation program is attained.
The very young tots should spend not
more than an hour and half in school
each day of the first week, and they
should be brought more gradually
than older pupils to the full school day
within doors. Taking the school year
as whole, more work will be accom-.
plished by following this program than
if pupils are plunged the first day into
a complete schedule of studies.-Prof.
M. V. O'Shea in the Mothers Maya.
zine
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
II Struck the Wagon.

see a good deal of pleasure for hard
worker like myself. It's better to
wait, though" he added consolingly,
though with sigh.
Think that, eh?"
Tell you, uncle" explained Mark;
yesterday would have taken the ma
chine, for l could pay half for it and
I'm not afraid that there will be no
surplus when I get rid Of my two
crops this fall. You see, though, our
neighbor, Mr.. Warner, came to me
this morning. His wife is very Ill and
the doctor says that all that will save
her is an expensive operation In the
city. Poor Warner He's in debt, the
bank won't loan him and-well, I'm
going to let him have the money"
"Why, Mark" exclaimed his pru-
dent, far-seeing uncle, Warner is IN
a pretty risky fix. He's got his place
mortgaged and can hardly pay the in
terest."
Its life or death to him." answered
Mark. 'If he never pays me, shall
have the satisfaction of knowing /
tried to help an honest worthy man in
his darkest hour"
Good boy!" muttered the uncle, but
to himself, as Mark turned away.
BLESS me! if taters go up and l sell
that corner ten acres, if don't give
him lift on the automobile myself!
And if Mary Dove sets up any pouting
pipes, he's too good for her, that's
ALL"
But Mary did not. A sensible, truly
loving girl, she rewarded Mark with
a sweeter smile than ever when he
told her of his decision.
why Mark" she cried brightly, and
with a spice of mischief, I'VE can't sit
half as close together in one of those
big, sprawling machines as in the
cozy, comfortable farm wagon! And
l don't care one bit for whizzing
through the air, and getting my hair
out of order, and scared to death at
every narrow road. And you're to
help poor Mr.. Warner-you dear, good
fellow! 1t shows your noble, unselfish
heart, and I'm prouder of you than
ever!"
Mary, you are jewell" enthused
Mark. "No-more than that, an an
gel! I know you are hiding a disap-
pointment, for nearly all your girl
friends have auto rides innumerable,
but-we'A have our own machine
yet"
"Ours!" felicitated Mary, beaming
with happiness. How nice that
sounds!"
So Mrs. Warner went to the city
and returned with a new lease Of life
and Mark worked harder than ever.
He did not like it particularly when
Nat Brown rallied at him from his ele-
CANT roadster, because he did not join
1.-The real set" and take pleasure fly
ing. Mary, too, for moment was
glum as Nellie Blair flashed by, proud
and contemptuous, in dainty outing
gear that enhanced her youth and
beauty In fact, Mary and Mark were
in a measure ignored by former
friends because they did not keep up
with the procession
But all this wi =.
turning from some
ing town, they let
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
CHARACTER TOLD BY HAND
Expert Criminologlsts Have by Direct
Tests Proved Their Theories to
Be Correct,

A French savant contends that the
murderer has distinctive hand. His
face may not be hideous, but the hands
always, are, and self-condemnatory,
Evidence on the latter characteristic
is scanty, and rests upon the inyes'
legations of the French criminolo.
gists; but as to the former it is a
fact that some Of the most brutal muir
ders on record have been perpetrated
by men whose countenances habitu.
ally wore very mild expression.
Deeming was pleasant man to speak
to until crossed; but some of the
declare his broad thumb indicated the
born murderer The true ball-headed
thumb gives to the first phalange a
round, dubious appearance. 1t is
short, and the nail is so abbreviated
as to suggest that it has been gnawed.
1t Is embedded in the flesh, which
rises on either side and beyond it.
Dumollard, wholesale murderer, had
a hand remarkable for it's thickness
and length of palm in proportion to
the fingers. He had a significant
sign, common to most murderers--
namely, the almost entire absence Of
lines in the palm, save the three prin.:
cipal-the lines of life, head and
heart. These lines were very strong.
ly defined. The line of the head-the
center line extending across the palm
was violently cut by the line of life
running upward from the wrist. Chiro:
NANCY interprets this to foretell
a violent death. His fingers were
knotty and uneven at the nail pha-
langes. To sum up, the signs Of the
murderers hand are: Firstly, the
"pouce en- billie" Secondly, and only
less important, the thickness OF the
Mount of Mars at the edge Of the
hand, from which flows the blood di=
rect to the brain at the slightest mo-
ton, and causes the man to see red.'
Thirdly, the scaffold sign In the sew
erance of the Zine of the head"
Fourthly, the presence only In the
palm of the three principal lines &C.
casionally reduced to two, and al
most always of bright scarlet. Fifth
ly, crooked fingers with spatulate
tips, the nails small and uneven. Ac.
cording to the rules of art, therefore,
a murderer, If a murderer by DISPOSE
ton, and not las in most cases) by
accident, ought to have hand with
all, or nearly all, these Characters
tics.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
BUFFALO HERD Is GROWING
Animals on Government Preserve In
Oklahoma Continue to Show
Gratifying Increase.

The governments herd of buffalo on
the Wichita national forest in Okla
homa, which Is also a federal game
preserve, mas been increased by the
arrival OF ten calves, according to a
report received by the forest service
from the supervisor in charge. The
herd, which now comprises 81 speci-
mems of the almost extinct bison. is In
good condition, says the supervisor,
and promises to continue increasing at
a rapid rate. Eight of the calves are
females, bringing the number of heif-
ers and COWS up to 80. The bulls num-
Der 80 and have been placed by them
selves in a pasture which has just
been fenced in for them. Three years
ago the buffalo herd in the Wichita
forest was little more than halt as
large as 1t Is now. It Is said that the
other game animals in the preserve,
including the elk and antelope, also
are increasing, due to the protection
afforded, not only against hunters but
against wolves, wildcats and other
predatory animals, which committed
serious depredations from the estab-
lishment of the preserve in 1905 until
measures were taken to stop them.
In protecting the game from predatory
animals, the wardens and forest off,
GERS are also promoting the interests
Of local stockmen, who Craze several
thousand head Of cattle on certain al
lotted areas within the preserve.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Work of EarthWorms,

The soil in which plants take root
and grow is the product, not of inor-
ganic disintegration, but of continual
'tillage by innumerable minute organ
isms.
Attention was first called to the
work performed by earthworms in the
production of humus by Charles OAR
win in 1881. Darwin demonstrated that
earthworms regularly eat earth, as
simulate the digestible organic consti-
tuents and deposit the residue as excre-
ment in little heaps on the ground. In
this way they necessarily till the su-
perficial stratum of soil and carry
downward stones and other coarse
parts. All Of the soil passes through
their bodies every two years, and it is
thus loosened, fortified and prepared
for the growth of plants better than
can be done by human agency. Earth
worms improve the soil also by bury
ing leaves, which rot and are then
eaten by the worms.
m Hence eafthworms are among the
=. valuable Of animals and they
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
4 W0nAN'S Choice
sy MARY soYNToN CLARK.

Fearfully Miss Clarice bored hole
In the top left-hand corner of the pile
of manuscript. When the knife had
gone completely through the sheets
she inserted a piece of dainty blue
ribbon. She tied the ribbon in knot.
She rolled the manuscript in a wrap
per and wrote the address of famous
publishing house. She hurried rather
furtively into tn street, bought some
stamps at the post office, and affixed
them. She dropped the package into
the box. And she walked ,homeward
in a happy dream. She had sent her
first novel to the publishers.
She sang as she went about her
work that evening. Her mother was
surprised at the girls happy demean-
or.
49, 81 believe it's going to be Jim Thorn
after ALL" she said to her husband.
He's a good fellow" answered the
farmer slowly. Il guess he's a little
beneath the girl, though. More ike
me. Jim is. Clarice could get some
one better
But nobody that loved her more"
answered his wife.
Clarice, seated with Jim in the par
Ior. was bubbling over with the secret.
She was waiting to tell Jim, as soon
as he gave her an opening.
They were as good as engaged, and
everybody knew it. Jim had loved
Clarice for years. He had a substan-
tial farm on the outskirts of the town,
he had money in the bank; he was the
new type of prosperous, progressive
farmer.
"Clarice," he said, as they sat very
close together, when are you going
to let me ask you that question:"
Clarice looked up at her lover frank
ly. She was very fond of Jim. But
there was that intangible, elusive
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Pan-America's Vast Area.

The combined area Of Pan-America,
exclusive of Canada, is 12,000,OO0
square miles, of which the Latin
American countries occupy approx
mately 100000 and the United States
100000. This physical extent Of Pan
America is better realized when it is
compared with that Of Europe, which
has 3,750,O00 square miles; with At
RIGA, which has 11,50O,O00, and with
Asia, which has 100000, a writer
in the North American Review says.
Remembering that commerce is Of
ten described as "the life blood of ma
tions," the Pan-American family GER
tainly can be classed as lusty and full
blooded, for in the last normal year
before the Observation-Disclosures
foreign trade, including both imports
and exports, was valued at $7,000,O00,-
900, of which the share of the United
States was about $4,200,000,0O0 and
of the Latin-American countries ST.
SOO,0OO,00O.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Alaskan Timber,

In accordance with the recent act
of congress, the wood needed in build
ing the government railway in Alaska,
from Seward, on the Pacific, At miles
to Fairbanks, in the interior, will be
taken free of charge from the Chu-
zach national forest. The forest serv-
ice has issued a permit to the Alas
kan engineering commission to cut
100000 feet of timber in designated
areas along the right Of way of the
new railway, which will run for sew
eral miles through the Chugach ma
tional forest. Forest service en-
ployees are now marking the timber
to be cut-only mature trees, the re-
moval of which will improve the for
est. That will be the largest quantity
of timber ever felled in the Alaskan
forests as a part of one undertaking.
1t will be nearly twice as large as the
total quantity Of timber now cut in the
national forests and annually put to
local uses throughout Alaska, but only
a little more than one-tenth Of the es-
timated annual growth of the Alaskan
forests. The two national forests OF
Alaska contain about ,OO0,O0O,O0O
feet of merchantable timber, and the
forest service estimates that more
than s00,0O0,O00 feet could be cut eV-
eMnEear forever without lessening
groductiyity.-Youth's Compan.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Copyright, 1916, by w. G. Chapman)
six hundred dollars"

six hundred dollars"
mo"
Give hundred. It's my last offer
and it's the biggest bargain on the
market. Cost eleven hundred. And
say-you've got three hundred dollars
cash. Good, pay that down and the
rest on any kind of installments. See"
Mark Bartlett gazed admiringly and
longingly at the really handsome auto
mobile that professional salesman
had Just driven into the farmyard. 1t
had of course been especially burn
ished up for the occasion, but the
make was standard, and there was no
doubt that the price named was ex-
ceedingly low.
Nearly all the young farmer friends
of Mark had machines. Most of them
were counting, or engaged, just as
Mark was to pretty Mary DOVE. Mark
had felt for some time that it gave
distinction to a man to own one OF the
handsome flyers, and show his adored
one how fast it could run. In fact,
the agent had appeared because Mark
had been making inquiries about a
machine.
Not now" finally decided Mark
his lips setting resolutely as if 1t was
hard work to say it. Next season.
maybe, Come and see me then"
The agent got back into his ma
chine and returned townwards disap-
pointed. Marks uncle, sharpening o
scythe on bench near by, looked UP
and addressed his nephew.
Wanted it bad, didn't you, Mark"
he suggested.
81 did that-for Mary's sake,' re-
piled Mark, frankly, land because l