IX* ^HERMAN s y,wi*'" _ . rin-Mi |l - i, ! I l";? I ly .n tiie v :111s. .> a tilled .* .1 lliove v\ .1 \ to ' , ? , . : ? liar- | . n il :? -iiu! -. ?? - ? deserves a .??; h?' Who ? . ! ??? a ration of ? i?l l'resi !?: his other , ? ncuished. . : \ IX 174:1, f v ;j, ! i" Monticello n , :?";> ! a annlver "? Independ . .? ?|.sy next year ! - .-nvanial of the , .. v:;n;al of Jef . : c - ' 1st : secretary of :-m. 17P7-1S01 ; II.- '"Minded in 1S1!> v :i:a at Char red, *0 far a-!;i. on in which ,v. This task ?.-n j??intlv by the if--- M r..u Foundation z-~ Institute of Archi r_ > ???-remittee on the K ' L-vrs.- monuments t .>?* I'rof. Fixke in f the architects' & vi * i?n!y to restore is:: - ??> Thomas Jef v" :* Js.? (o retain to r* - r - ?> ? ii h of the fur ?' ? !.?::? >ii whs estab < 'If 'tii' hundred and i r\ ??!' Jefferson's 7 The following r> K- :n l.iti'-n. l?y making r i T , le^al title fir ? n i! mansion, the a'-res of land ** J-*T?-r:' visitors came 1- A s v;,j.| at the tltne r: I'nited State.s '"v" -?? ^"'n>-r or Inter found '' "> ?*x'raordlnary her H- ...::>.-lf wrote at one "an \ ,,niy u (jay or t'.-x j? : ad ti> prepare fifty '"?.'V II > visitors ate him * '"l> ?>' gradual dwln J !???>, mrr.-s. the prerevolu ?t ?f ij s estate he L ar.ii mil nearly half 5S* a;i? ?wpt away at one ^in, at New Orleans, one of the "Decisive Battles" of Amer ica and of the world. Rive warning of danger. Satan se duced both and subsequently they both shared his punishment. Accord ing to another authority, peacock feathers were usually used as funeral emblems, hence the belief thut they cause bad luck. Cheer Him Up First Mosquito. ? That's sure a Re jected-looking fat man. over there. Second Mosquito ? Yes, I think IT go over and give him a shot in tht arm. Nile overflowed each year and cre ated thereby the fertile ground or which the Egyptians yrew their crops. Predict Cure for "Ptu" British scientists are instigating a new serum or vaccin/, known as "toxin anti-toxin," whiefi, it is claimed, gives immunity froiy diphtheria, and will prove useful In preventing influ enza, measles, li^antile paralysis and whooping cotigj? Invisible virus germs are believed to be the 9* use of these disease*. MY FAVORITE STORIES By IRVIN S. COBB S^a9???Se?e@e@e???e@0@8g0 (Copyright.) Question: How Far Did George Go? The white man ? so the story runs ? was named Ferguson. He owned a string of two-room frame cottages and his tenants exclusively were colored. Very great was his chagrin when a negro man in a fit of pique cut a wom an's throat in one of his houses so that she bled fo death, heaving a large dark stain on the floor, because im mediately the word spread among the black population that the building was haunted and thereafter nobody would rent it. ever* at reduced rates. For months the cottage stood empty. Then the owner had a bright idea. He went one evening and hunted up a large dark individual named George Titus, upon whom by way of beginning, he conferred a drink out of a bottle of corn spirits. "George," said he, "these darkies tell me you know quite a lot about h'ants and ghosts and such things?" "Well, sub. Mist' Ferguson," replied George modestly, "I does know a right smart 'bout sicli." "That's good," said the wily white man. "I'm rather an authority myself on such matters. Now, then, speaking as one expert to another, I want to tell you that gun-barrel shack of mine out here on Clay street, where that woman was killed, is not haunted. She died in a state of grace and her spirit rests in peace. "But the trouble Is that these colored people around this town don't know it and they've given the place a bad name. What I want to do is to prove to them that it's not ha'nted. And here's the way we're going to do it ? you and me. I'm going to hire you to spend tonight in the room where the killing took place. Then, when you come out tomorrow morning and tell your people that nothing happened there during the night, I'll be able to rent the house again. I'm going to give you the rest of this bottle of li quor now and a fresh bottle besides. And tomorrow morning I'll hand you a ten-dollar bill. How about it?" That slug of corn whisky already was working. It made George valiant. Besides a white man had appealed to him for professional aid. He con sented?after another lusty pull at the flask. The crafty Ferguson took no chances. Straightway he escorted his newly enlisted aid to the house of tragedy, provided him with a pallet on the floor and left him there in the gathering darkness. But before depart ing he took the precaution of barring the two windows from the outside and securely locking the front and rear doors. Next morning bright and early he came to release his brother expert. The windows still were shuttered, the doors still fastened tight ; but the house was empty. Also Ir was In a damaged state. At one side the thin clapboards were burst through, as though a blunt projectile traveling at great speed had Rtruck them with terrific force from within. The shattered ends of plank ing stood forth encircling the jagged aperture In a sort of sunburst effect. Upon the splintered tip of one of the boards was a wisp of kinky wool. Up on a paling of the yard fence was a rag, evidently ripped from a shirt sleeve. Otherwise there were no signs of fJeorj?e Titus. He was utterly gone, with only that yawning orifice In the cottage wall to give a clue as to the manner of his departure. Mr. Ferguson waited all through the summer day for the missing one to turn up. George failed to return. On the sec ond day the white man gave the alarm. A search party was organized ? men on horseback with dogs. Bloodhounds I took the trail. They followed It from early morning until late that evening. Just before dusk, In a swamp thirty miles away the lead-dog bayed exul tantly. The pursuing posse, with Fer guson In the lead, spurred forward. Here came the missing George. His face was set toward home. It was a face streaked with dust and dried sweat, torn by briers, wet, drawn, gray with fatigue. His garments were In shreds; his hat was gone. His weary legs tottered under him as he dragged one sore foot after the other. He was a pitiable sight. Yet In the heart of Mr. Ferguson In dignation was stronger than compas sion. He rode up alongside the spent* and wavering pedestrian. "Well, by heck, you are certainly the most unreliable nigger In this state!" he said. "Here nlfht before last I make a contract with you for a cer tain Job. I leave you In one of my houses. I come there the next morn ing and not only are you gone with out leaving any word, but one Bide of my house Is busted out. And then I have to leave my business to come hunting for you. And after hunting all over the country I find you here, thirty miles from home, In a swamp. Where in thunder have you been since I last saw you, forty-eight hours ago V "Boss," suid George, "I've been coro ln' back " Going and Coming ' Two scholars, a Frenchman and an Italian, were having an argument Each insisted his own country had produced the most distinguished lit erary figure that lad ever lived. "Dante," laid Italian, "was the greatest of all nrltew. Dante went to hell." "Bah!" cried the Frenchman, "Baudelaire was a thousand times greater than Dante. Baudelaire came from hell." No Respecter of Dukes In Germany even nobility Is subject to the official mentality. A worthy policeman In Krefleld recently stopped j a susplclous-looklug motor car. The occupant announ ed himself as Duke Ernst August of Brunswick, but his Identification pajers were all In a | :losely packed suitcase in the baggage carried. That munt nothing to th? j public watchmar , who yanked the duke away to a police station and kept him until he had successfully proved wbo he w is. EXCURSIONS IN I CORRESPONDENCE By THOMAS V(lt)CLE CLARK Dean of Men* University of lUinoia. >''n~ ~I r f', ? r 't :, c ^ Women's Letters | \K7 OMEN speak more easily than I nipn ?nd with less self-conscious ness, and so they write letters more eagily, and In the case of social letters, at least, more often. Men write on I anything that is at hand or do not , write at all, while women in general are careful as to their stationery and ate more likely to know what is proper and what is not. Women are more prompt in answer j ing letters than men because, perhaps, they are naturally more conscientious, j A still further reason, and possibly a ; better one, is that women more often have the materials at hand in a desk, | or a tabl^ drawer, or in some conveni | ent place, where they can be easily gotten at, and so there is not so much fuss and litter. A man has no place to go when he wants to write a letter. Nature (or custom, is it?) has not pro : vided him with a lap, and the table ; Is generally cluttered up with some thing else when he makes up his mind to write. A woman will write on her lap or the window ledge. Because they are more fluent in speech than men, the letters of women are usually longer than those of men. They have less unity, are not so much to the point; they wander more. In a social or friendly letter there is no dis advantage in this fact. When gossip or neighborhood news are the topics of j discussion, we like detail. The bald, unamplified statement is dull and does not satisfy our curiosity. It takes a woman to give all the interest ing details. No matter if she does wan der round the whole block in doing so. ! When it comes to business the mat ter is different. Then we want to get at the point as quickly as possible; we want to know what It is all about without dragging in extraneous and unrelated matter. This is where the woman falls down. She is likely to tell It all from the creation to the end of time, and when she has finished you scratch your hea^ often and, like the Frenchman, yocf^lsk yourself, "What is it that it is?" I have a case at hand now. r rom what I can gather from the woman's j letter a young student has rented a room from her and agreed in writing to pay $20 a month for it ?nd keep it for a half-year. He now declines to stay, and she wishes my help in enforc ing the contract. She could tell it all In three or four lines, and a man usu ally would do so. As it is, she takes i eight closely written pages in which j she touches upon all the details of the Initial interview with her tenant; what he said, and what she said, and what ?he remarked at the time to her nelgh 1 bor, Mrs. Brown. She stresses her own need, her husband's business inactivity, j the fact that it is the first (and I trust the last) time she has ever had diffi culty of this sort, though she has rent- | ed rooms since Columbus discovered America. There Is much more inter esting but wholly unrelated fact pre sented. What she really wants is for me to, ask the boy to liquidate at once. I have tried to analyze the cause of this prollxness ta the correspondence of women, for It is pretty general in the women with whom I have business or social correspondence, no matter what the education of the women con cerned may be, and I believe it can be explained on the ground that she Is more emotional than men, more high strung. She feels Injustice, or Joy, or grief, or business responsibility more keenly than he does, and feeling it she gives free expression to it, and so too often misses the relative importance of what should go Into her letter, and in doing so writes an Ineffective letter. I One of my old teachers of composi tion used to say that when, in criticli lng the themes of his students, he could not think of any fitting comment to write upon the back of the paper, it j was always safe to say, "Omit the first j page." I have sometimes felt that the woman who writes the business letter might often with profit omit the first two pages. Women more often than men reveal their characters in their letters. Their feelings come to the surface; then ruling passions show ; their weaknesses are more evident. Two letters are be i fore me as I write. The one Is hastily, ' carelessly, sloppily done. The lines reel drunkenly across the page; there are blots scattered everywhere. It Is easy to see that the writer would be a poor housekeeper, untidy in her dress, and one who let things run at loose ends. The second letter Is beautifully done, careful, neat, well considered in all details. I can Imagine how she looks; and I know her house is well run. She's the girl for me ! (? l?J5. by Western Newspaper Union) ~~ Gentlemen Perhaps these are rarer personages than some of us think for. Which j of us can point out many such in this circle ? men whose alms are generous, whose truth Is constant, and not only constant In its kind but elevated In its | degree ; whose want of meanness I makes them simple; who can look the j world honestly in the face with an equal manly sympathy for the great and the small? We all know a hun dred whose coats are very well made, and a score who have excellent man I ners, and one or two happy beings who are what they call, In the inner circles, and have shot into the very center and bull's-eye of the fashion ; but of gen tlemen, how many? Let us take a lit tle scrap of paper and each make out his list.? Thackeray. Our "National Anthem " "The Star Spangled Banner" owes its popularity to tradition and to his torical association. It is a "national anthem" by popular consent only be cause congress has on more than one occasion refused to give it official rec ognition. Though the song may be open to criticism, the nation as a whole does not relish the attempts to "im prove" It. A move now in that direc tion will probably arouse no more en thusiasm than have similar efforts U> , tlx* past. KEEP RIGID WATCH FOR AUTO THIEVES i I Auto owner, did you know that 10,064 automobiles were reported stolen j in 1924? This report Is authentic, and shows that a more rigid watch should I b? made for the thieves. One method of the crooks Is to carry their own battery, in case your switch is locked. WEAR CAUSED BY SEVERE BRAKING Tests Show Tires, Wheels, Spokes, Gears and Joints Are Affected. Tires, wheels, spokes, differential gears and universal joints; these are the parts of an automobile which suf fer most from sudden and severe brake applications, according to tests Just completed. These tests revealed why It is pos sible for a car to skid on a perfectly dry pavement. It was found that locked wheels slide along asphalt on a Aim of soft rubber, melted from the tread of the tire by frictional heat. In such cases, it was found, the car will travel farther before stopping than When the brakes are so adjusted and applied by the operator that they cannot lock the wheels. Inspect Brakes Often. In tba Interest of greater safety, car ownerslshould see to it that their brakesare more frequently inspected; certainly no less than once a month, or, better, every 500 miles. A simple road test, moreover, can be made by determining within what distance a car can be stopped at various speeds. When this has been determined, with any particular car, a liberal margin of safety should be added for actual con ditions of service. It should be remembered that the ability to stop a car is greatly In fluenced by the condition of the road surface. When roads are very wet, as In heavy rainstorms, there is less tendency for a car to skid than when the roads are partially dried or in what Is known as a "greasy state." Should a car start to skid when ap plying the brakes, It Is usually due to the wheels locking. Stop Skidding. A dangerous skidding can usually be quickly stopped If a driver has presence of mind to release the brakes and apply them a second time with less force. This gives the wheels a chance to again grip the road. If the road is very slippery, as on an icy road with light snow on the surface, best results are obtained by slowing the car carefully with the engine and helping with the brake. Lightly loaded cars, as with the driver only, are more difficult to stop than loaded ones. With these points In mind a driver can quickly learn the "tricks," but, above all, do not have too much con fidence in your ability, as "it Is better to be safe than sorry." Care for Spring Clips Is of Much Importance A point not always observed by the new car owner is that It Is necessary to tighten the clips which hold the springs to their seats from time to time. ' Though the clips are tightened firmly when a new car leaves the fac tory the continual working np and down of the spring leaves will cause them to set gradually, thereby some what loosening the spring clips. These clips should be drawn up perfectly tight every once in awhile. It Is a common error to suppose that when a spring breaks upon a car plunging into a deep hole, the break age Is caused by the shock of the weight of the car coming down on the wheels. As a matter of fact, when a spring gives way under these circum stances, the breakage is usually caused not on the downward movement of the spring, but on the rebound. When the load plunges down, the load is borne by all leaves simultaneously, whereas the force of the rebound is taken by the leaves Individually, one after the other, and for that reason must be come m'ore emphasized when the spring clips are loosened. Spring breakage occurs more often with loose clips than with properly tightened ones. After the 'car has been run for a while and the springs have assumed their permanent set, the spring clips will need tightening only at very, long intervals. AUTOMOBILE HINTS There are about 12,000 auto dealers in Great Britain. " ? ? ? ? The automobile Industry gives em ployment to '2,7 50,000 workers. ? ? ? Underinflated tires, overheated en gines, Improper engine lubricant, bad ly adjusted spark plugs or dragging brakes will increase the cost of a motorist's gasoline anywhere from one c?nt per gallon up. Watch Universal Joints Universal Joints, due to their location under the floor of the car, are usually neglected and the owner seldom gives them any attention until they begin to give trouble. These units of the car should not be overlooked. If the Joints are of fabric type, see that every bolt Is tight, and cot ter pins are In place and that the fabric Is not worn at any point If mechanical Joints are used, lubricate them thoroughly, and If there Is any extra "play" In the Joint, drive It to a ser vice station Immediately. PUMP FOR FIRE USE ATTACHED TO WHEEL The Outfit Is Practical for Draining Wet Lands and Other Uses. A new pump has been Invented for fire use, and distributed by a New Jer sey factory, that Is an Innovation. The pump Is connected by belt drive to the rear tire of your auto to the pulley on the pump. The outfit Is practical for Be Your Own Fire Fighter. fire protection, but also can be nsed for draining wet land, flooded cellars, pile driving, cleaning out stuffed up water lines, etc. It has a lifting ca pacity of 24 feet through the IVi Inch suction hose. Difficult to Estimate Correct Speed of Cars From the results of experiments conducted by the psychological depart ment of an Iowa university It appears that the average person Is prone to overestimate the speed of a small, noisy motor car and underestimate that of a large, smooth-running one, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. About 100 students were recently assembled at a point past which ma chines of different sizes and condi tions were driven at known speeds. As a vehicle passed, each person re corded on paper his personal estimate of its mileage per hour. Twenty-three trips were made with the cars, and from a study of the sub sequent tabulations It was found that when a driver continually sounded his horn In passing the students consid ered the speed to be about five miles an hour greater than It really was. The discrepancy was double this when the rate of a rattling machine was considered. Of two cars traveling at equal pace, the smaller was Invariably estimated to travel faster than the other. It Is rather Interesting, too. that young men and women who had never drlVen a car, made, on the whole, as nearly accurate estimates as did those of greater experience. Close guesses of actual speeds were made when cars Jaunted along at ten or twelve miles an hour, but when raced at 50 or 60 miles the guesses were extremely wild. A painter's brush that Is thick and soft will be found better than waste for removing dost from the motor. There are so many small projections that waste is generally a cause of bad language and little else. ? ? ? .* To prevent the annoyance of receiv ing a shock when working about elec trical connections of a car, it is best to Insulate the handle of thj? pliers. This may be readily accomplished by placing a piece of heavy wall rubber ; tubing over each handle.