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Evening star., 1915-04-04
Sustains Auto Law.

Judge AlcLane's opinion III the case
Of the state Of Maryland against T.
Scott ONutt vigorously sustains the
speed provisions OF the automobile
law I'D emphasizes strongly the dut!
imposed upon the motor operator TO eA-
ercise unusual care and caution in the
driving of the motor vehicle.
The automobile law provides that
no person shall operate motor We
hicle over any public highway of this
state recklessly or at a rate OF speed
greater than is reasonable and proper,
having regard to the width, traffic ana
use Of the highway The offepse under
this law consists Of driving retklessly
or at an unrea sonable or improper rate
of speed.
"As a test of what constitutes reck-
less driving or unreasonable speed, the
law has set up standard Of twelve
miles, an hour in the city, eighteen
miles an hour in the suburban section
and twenty-five miles an hour In the
country district. This means that speed
in excess of such rate is prima facie
evidence that the motor operator was
operating his machine reckless1y or at
an unreasonable or improper rate Of
speed and casts the burden of proof
upon him to show that under all the
circumstances of his particular case
the rate of speed was not greater than
what was reasonable or proper.
Evening star., 1915-04-04
Chevrolet Car Deliveries

During the past week Chevrolet cars
were delivered to the following: ]. D.
Harris. Mrs Ethel Arandez. Horatio An
derson. J. C. Goolsby, J. Roy Thompson,
Miss Marguerite Wainwright, L. L.
Green and r. c. Williams.
Evening star., 1915-04-04
Recent Hudson Deliveries.

Among the recent purchasers OF 1915
Hudson $40 touring cars are Walter
E. Coleman, Robert Z. Rose, f. II. Neu-
meyer, s. A. Reeves, A. J. May, H. W.
Budd and DIR. c. M. Gearhart, a roadster
of the same make
Evening star., 1915-04-04
New REQ Car Owners.

During the past week 1915 REQ tour
ing cars We're delivered to George
Pope, 4. A. Hartle. George F. Warren.
Judge r: NJ MontSomery. DR.. William
g.: j.. Ihomas F. A. Biddle and the
Allegheny Coal Company, and a coupe
to II. v. Lansdals.
Evening star., 1915-04-04
Takes Racine Tire Agency.

LIE Roy Livingston. in addition TO
representing the Hood tire in this sec
ton. has closed contract to handle the
Ra cine tire also. service department
has also been established in connection
with the two agencies.
Evening star., 1915-04-04
TROUBLE WITH BATTERY
ONE Of AUTO|STS' WOES
Methods Of Avoiding Difficulties Are
Revealed by Charles
Rubel.

with many motorists it is quite nat
ural that they give very little atten-
tion to their cars when they are laid
up for the winter. AS result. when
oyerhauling them for use in the spring.
they ind that. some OF the most i'm
portant parts have suffered from neg
lect." said Charles Rubel local rep
Iesentative of the Willard Storage Bat
terry Company, a few days ago.
"One Of the most important factors
in modern motor car construction is
the storage battery. Upon its condi-
ton depends, to great extent, the
performance of the electric starting and
lighting system. 1t is very provoking
and, sometimes expensive to find that
your storage battery is dead, when you
inspect it after winter storage.
Cause Of Dead Battery.
Probably the most frequent cause OF
a dead battery is failure to keep. it
dlled with pure water. This has
very bad effect upon the construction
of the battery, and if allowed TO go
too long VIII result n damage. which
necessitates expensive repairs and
sometimes the purchase of new bat
terry.
In examining battery that appears
to be dead. hydrometer syringe
should be used to determine the
test should be made before adding wa
ter. Should the battery. charge prove
to be lower than 1878 It Is necessary
10 recharge it This may be done. in
cases where the battery is not too
weak. by running the motor and al
lowing the generator to restore the
battery to its normal condition. In
conn ct{on with this. II IL yery i'm
portant that the generator be adjusted
properly, SO that -undercharging or
overcharging will not occur
Things That Are-Essential.
inspection Of wiring, to make sure
that there are no grounded wires from
insulation being worn off. no corroded
terminals and no poor connections
testing OF lamps and cleaning of gen.
orator brushes are all as essential to
efficient electrical performance as the
cleaning of carburetor and gasoline
line Is to motor efficiency.
The storage battery should be Sc
cure in Its position. and have no for
eign matter. such as waste. old rags.
etc, around It to absorb moisture and
inJure its exterior.
ter. which has not touched metal. Or
melted artificial Ice. should be used
for filing a storage battery. Never
put acid into your battery, because the
solution must not be strengthened ex-
cept by battery expert.
These instructions can be easily fol-
lowed out by the man who drives a
motor car. and 1t is surely worth his
while to know that by doing SO he will
be relieved Of storage battery trouble
and never be up against 1t as far as
electric starting and lighting are con-
cerned."
Evening star., 1915-04-04
Purchase. King Fights.

Among the recent purchasers OF 1918
King eight-cylinder touring cars are
the following: L. VI. Kratzer, II. $.
Myers. William q. Myers and W. L.
Baker
Evening star., 1915-04-04

Irwin I. Donohoe. Raymond II. Harper,
William p. Rose. Harry Ward, IL. T..
Ducllstein Howard :. Fisk, NJ. T. Pol
lock, H. T. Leary jr, David = Hem
dricll and Roy c. MacDowell.
Evening star., 1915-04-04
Will Sell Chandler Cars.

Martin Dempf has Joined the sales
staff Of the Warrington Motor Car
Company and will engage III the sale
of Chandler ears.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-26
WILL THEY CALL A TRUCE?

dispatch predicts that the beyond the will over at this distance though about the most tremendous fighting of the imminent m southeastern Europe.
 However the winter may the beigerents to agree for few months Should this come then It seems to us as though country should the converting of The Hague tribunal to formulate international code to include what future should be ground for and what should be permitted or inhibited in the event of war
 That might settle pending questions which, II left directly belgeren they would never be able to settle until one the other side should be utterly exhausted and unable to fight longer
 But prospect of truce most remote now The TeutOns making their drive down the Danube and the allies rryng unknown forces forward to meet them and if possible turn them back And when they meet the ecos of the Crusades and of Lepanto will be lost under the roar that will be awakened It will be by and land Tn the clouds and in the oceans depth and by the acts of those conendng forces will look though both Mercy and Jus chad fled back into their native seats and given over ths nlanet to anarchy and death
The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-26

Tinted States Senator Bois Penrose, of Philadelphia Will shortly formally his candidacy for the hepuoca ;+i for the presidency He has been member of inc Senate since 89 and recently reelected to another ixvear term by direct vote of the people of his state
The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-26
PREPAREDNESS FOR PEACE.

The cocaIled "Presidents Plan" for better prepared for the naon contempaes only armed foes from With out That is all right for nation needs an efficient pohce as much as does city But preparedness within nation is necessary than to build deenses agast pos sible foes without
 The war in Europe will finally itself out, and then what? Every nation will be prosate under almost un bearabe weight debt It's only of recuperang will through trade Some millions of workers skilled and W
 led will required to fill the places of those who have died but many will seek foreign lands These will leave to avoid the fearful taxaon of brave and enterprsng spirit who will have determined that with recuperaton ul der their forms of government another war will De precp ated but the great majority will be the abecy poor classes
 Most of these will gravate to shores, and will enter into direct competition with our own lowy workers.
 Are the President and Congress devising any plans o preparedness to these invaders to meet the compe on in trade which those at home will spring upon us
 they great enough to fairly consider the deectS ol the Underwood law and to revise 1t?
 Have they advanced to full appreciation of the absolute need of an American merchant marine to carry away what we have to sell and bring back what we buy9
 This last established would give quite three hundred thousand men employment in building and sailing the shps and supplying the coal and iron needed and Tn carrying them the points of reduction That would represent one million five hundred thousand people, Wlth shlps running Ill regular lines and with full assurance that they would continue to run on lines effect would be to draw numbers of who would be ured by the cheap lands ot
 The next census will show that population of two or three of our continent northern states has not much m creased the preceding census The same cheap o lure drew tens thousands of them across the lne to Oaao
 where sometimes stabbed domestic animals freeze to death in their stalls.
 With permanent steamship line established between New York and Para PernambucO Bahia, Ro, Santos ana Buenos Ayres and active land agents put In those fields
 woud be easy to draw thousands of who want homes that way Another duty waits on Congress- winch IS oI throttle Pinchosm in the north and west and give the earnest empire builders show to work.
 Again the Secretary of the Interior should get move on and see if the Alaska coal fields cannot De opened TOT honest tolers.
 We read last week that body of Irsmen had gone toI Engand to take passage the United States that the steam ship company refused to receive the mon boar ana the eo
 nalIod tham traitors for wanting to evade military service What has England done for Ireland to invoke the love of Irslmen? ~
 government that does not take every Possloe oOS'ce e + ,o+h of it's neonle cannot win and hold their love.
 United States Senator Bois Penrose of Philadelphia, wi shortly formally his candidacy for the
 ;.4on for the presidency He has been member of tho Senate since 189 and recently reelected to another
The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-26

The CaveIl case helps England nurse her grudge'
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
Outdoor Odors.

Lafcadio Hearn describes a smelling party in Japan, at which the guests undertake to name a large number ol scents by smelling the burning in. eense sticks. Here is an effort in the land of outdoor odors 70 develop the sense Of smell along with the seuai- tiyeness of the other faculties of sense. How important is the sense of smell when one walks amid lhe path ways and avenues Of the wide ePen! What an added delight if one is able to detaeh the more pregnant from the multifarious elements of incense of the flowers and trees and vegetation in general. This should be a bower commensurate with that of the trained musician to detect the quality Of in- strumentation of every player in an orchestra. It should, in fact, be mark of culture. But 1t is not so. Yet the absence of trained powers of smelling does not prevent enjoyment, even If it denies discrimination in the enjoyment of the odorous out-of- doors. The magnificent gardens of nature are regal in color but they are regal as well in perfume.
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
Q0EEREST COIN ON EARTH
Horeeshoe Shaped and Used by Ma. tives Of West Afriea-Vaiucd
 by Collectors.

Among the straugest coins in the world are those used i'll ceEtain out-of- the.way towns and villages in south west Nigeria. on the west coast of Africa, and called "mauillas In shape they resemble horseshoe with tl., two extremites fiattened out ike Il oamers tool Being made of soid copper. three-eIghths Of an Inch thick, they weigh over eight, ounces ach. In face value" seven Of these queer coins are equivalent to 20 cents, so that one dollars worth would be an ureoinlortably heavy load, iiIlp'
 Not only are these '..manillas" used among the natives. but white traders accept them as legal tender for goods sold at the various stores. At one time this strangely shaped money had quite a large circulation in certain parts of tho coast. bdt it's dse is now restnsted to few bush towns and one or two of the smaller seaboard places, including BonnN brass' and Aksass. "Muuiilas" are very difficult t0 obtain. and curio collectors value them not Eeteiy by reason of their se searclty, hpt because qf the poVel seftfette rings they make when silver pla9ais- Wide World Magazine.
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
PUBLIC LED BY CONVENTION
Fact Explains Why Reality in Any Form of Art Comes ss Some
 thing Of a Shock.

We are al such creatures Of eonven- tioH that tba first impression made by realfy in any form of art is sometimes a distinct shock and We close the win- tows Of our intelligence and draw the blinds. that the fresh air and the new light may not enter l. Just as no form Of art is go strange as life, so it may be the strangeness of reality in books. in pictures, and in music that makes OUT attitude one Of resistance rather than of welcome.
 Virgin snow often looks blue. but it took courage to pant it blue, because people judge not by eyesight but by convention and snow eonventionally is assuredly white. In reading books of fiction We have become so accustomed to conventions that we hardly notice how often they contradict reality. In many novels l have read 1 have been introduced to respectable women with scarlet lips, whereas in life 1 never saw a really good woman with such labial curiosities Conversations are eonyentionally unnatural. A triv- iaI illustration will suffice. Someone in a group makes a proposition. "Agreedls cried they all Did you ever hear anyone say "Agreed?3- From Essay on Books by William Lyon Phelps.
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
Why Are Fruits eelered7 2

The attractive and appetizlng out ward appearance Of most fruits is gen. erally explained by supposing that it's function Is to attract animals, which eat the neshy portion and carry the seed away from the parent plant. thus aiding the distribution of the species. The red cheeks Of peach are so on. ticing that this explanation probably finds acceptance. But why that bril-. liant red color where the flesh meets the kernel9 The bird that pecks at the flesh of tho fruit does not strike this colored layer until the work is practically accomplished.
 Certain trees that furnish the SO. called dye woods deposit pigment by the hundredWeight within their stems The woad or indigo plant and several others contain substance known as
 indiean." which Is normally color less. but is transformed by fermenta. ton and oxidation process Into deep blue indigo. This case is particularly puzsling, since the color of the dye stuf Is not even developed in the liv ing plant.
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
POSSESSED SENSE OF HUMOR  Proof That the Famous Duke of Wet llngton Could Unbend on
 Occasions.

Wellington is usually credited with inability 10 fun but he seems to have answered q fool according to his folly in this pleasant storY
 The htst organ upon which 1 tried to play stood under the north arch og the chaHeei CT st Stephen church. 8aa before t waB purchased for the church had been the property Of Lord Maraiugtgn. tbe professor of music in Dublin university and of the still more famous Arthur Wellealey. afterwards duke Of Wellington When q subscrip- ton was being raised in order to re- move the organ 10 the east end, one of the church wardens. by name Stephen Seed. an excellent man. gifted with a somewhat ludierously ornate style of epistOlary correspondence, be thought him Of addressing letter in his best English to the duke, in the hopes of getting a substantial con tributlon After reminding him that the organ had once belonged 10 his lament ed father he added that Your Grace's own famous fingers may not infrequent- ly have wandered over the keys The duke was not to be drawn. but an awered with his own hand, as he al WHY'S did. somewhat in these character isfteally laeonie terma: IF M. The duse of Wellington presents his com al heh q C aaF Seed and begs to say tb 4 U bae played upon the organ iu gaestan. itsmust have been when he Waa quite an infant
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
QUALITIES OF TRUE COURAGE
Subject Worthy Of More Consideration Than Is Generally Given It.
 Think It Over.

Is the bison on the railroad track waiting for the locomotive coura- ee8ua bison2 He thinks SO But he does not know what is going 10 hap paB. and therefore. he is more foolish thaa courageous
 What IS courage? asks the Los An- geles Herald
 To die tn battle, with the band playing excitement high, and when you probably could nos run away if you wanted to-is that eeurase2
 If it is courageous to save a drown ing child with a thousand looking on to admire you. how much more cour- ageous is t to do the same thing with nobody looking on2
 If hundred men should show their courage before a crowd, what percent age would show the same courage with no crowd?
 Which is the higher courage, risk ing your life to gain applause or do- ing what you believe to be right, al though you know everybody will de. spise you for doing it2
 Does il take more courage to enlist in the army and be killed for your country than it does to work six days every week for a small salary. brlng back all of the money and give I to your wife for the children on satur- day?
 What Is courage? Think it over
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
FROM TAE GATES OF DEATH Ageds Collector Threw of lufirnitios st Sight of Object HefDe sirea-
 to Bos6ess.

What the passiqn for collecting is no one except perhaps the born col- iector can svally kupw Sir Martin eonway, in ''gha Sport of cenectings' writes:
 T once knew an aged collector who was suffering all the Ills that nature laeeumulates on the last years Of some ln0nagenarians.
 His sight was feeble. he was deaf; lhe was often racked with pain. It iseemed evident that his end was at hand His days and nights had to be spent in an armchair and each gasp ing breath seefu,d likely to Dc his last
 ITO him entered n dealer Of his nc quaintanee with splendid Kaag Hsi Famiile yerte vase, which the old man had long wished 10 possess The sight Of 1t revived his forces, his breathing cleared. he sat erect in his chair and prasently, pn ahe exoltenent of tha AaigaiaingS wa& upon ais set sltdtas about the room
 ''The struggle and the victory TO. viyed him. and he lived on for several years before death finally Mou ahim ,,s and ,aSs,,, ,ss ,sg9 l'9'es 'i) 'eI'@f$i sp'a
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
WAS FIRST MISSOURI TOWN
French Settlers Founded pes Peres Thirty-Five Years Before
 Ste. CeHeVieVe.

Although Ste Geneyieve generally is held az the first white settlement in Missouri. ii is probable that French settlers lived within the present state limits 9 years before Ste. Geneyieye was founded
 The very first settlement, it is sup posed. was Des Peres. at the mouth of creek by that name about six miles 7outh of Ct Louis. It was founded by Jesuits. Austin. in t797 quizzed the oldest inhabitants at Kaskaskia, They had heard. from their parents. of Des peres Beck takes this view in his gazetteer of Missouri
 The settlers found Des Peres un- healthy and moved acrosa the river and 25 miles south Later they went to Kaskaskia Credit is given to the story by the fact that a Roman ooin found on Des Peres creek. was given to Governor Clark in early territorial days,
 Penicaut. carpenter on Le Sueur's expedition in HOO. notes Canadian settlement at the mouth of Saline creek in Missouri
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
Rellevlnu Monotonx on Train.

As q method of relieving the mo- notony Of a long journey the obser- yatiou of the distance post has a val ue Calculated in this way, the high est speed | have achieved in this country has been one mile in 46 sec. onds. or at the rate of IS miles per hour on the Midland railway eom- paHy' system between Chesterfield and StoekpoFt--a most exciting run on grade five miles length of track The train swung frightfully, but We survived. The next highest speed has been observed on the Lon- don and Northwestern railway com pany's system between Penrith and Carlisle; another down-grade run, when speed of 70 miles per hour can often be observed Speeds of be- tween 60 and 70 miles an hour are. however. quite commonly attained by many of the main line express trains in this country. and the amateur ob- server need not trouble to record any runs in which the quarter-mile takes over l5 seconds to eomplete.-London Mail.
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
All Women Nurses

Every woman. or al least almost every woman. wrote Florence Nighan. gale. has. at one time or another Of her life. charge of the personal health of somebody. whether child or invalid lin other words. every woman Is d nurse. Every day sanitary knowledge or the knowledge Of nursing. or. n other words, of how to put the con. stitution in such state as that it will have no disease or that 1t can recover from disease. takes higher place. It is recognized as the knowl edge which every one ought to have distinct from medical knowledge. which only profession can have
 If. then, every woman must at some time or other in her life become a nurse-namely, have charge of some. body's health-how immense and how valuable would be the product of her united experience if every woman would think how to nurse
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
How to Lessen TardIness.

In the Women's Home Companion number of contributors present a va riety of good Ideas for public schools. A teacher in Los Angeles. Cal, tells as follows how tardiness Is lessened in the schools of that city;
 "A winning method of dealing with tardiness is used in the grammar schools of Les Angeles. Cal. Iron sockets which securely hold a flagstar have been placed beside each school room door. and every morning after the tardy bell has rung every room free from tardlness places it's flag outside the door. so that all who run may read Bereft indeed do the small persons feel who can fly no flag.
 For the best weekly average a fur ther prestige is acquired by being al lowed the pleasure of possessing a beautiful piece of statuary so long time as the average can be main tained.'
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
Leonard Trans.

The followins is the usual method of making an Indian leopard trap: A live goat or kid is confined in the back of the trap, but protected on the in- side by strong bars. The heavy trap door is kept raised a couple of feet off the ground by a lever resting on a erossbar above. while the lower end of the lever is attached by a rope to a rod or stick stuck into leg or plank raised of the ground inside the trap. just in front of the grating protecting the deeoy, the hleating of which at tracts the leopard The latter in at tempting to get at its prey treads on the log or plank before mentioned, which in its fall releases the lever and lets the heavy door fall into po- sition. The captured leopard is then caged, shot or speared-Wide World Magazine
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
Powerful Stuff.

A young man noticed that the case of his watch seemed to be brass, and he hastened to the jeWeler from whom he had bought the watch to demand a new case. because he was protected by 20-year guaranty
 The jeweler looked at tie case. brushed 1t little, then replied:
 Are you taking any medicine con taining iron2 If you are, the iron probably has come out with perspira- tion and has tarnished the case.
 The young man remembered he was taking medicine containing iron With a few minutes work the watchcase was polished until it looked like new.
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-29
unused to That Voice.

A sweet little child is Frances. but but there are moments when her busy mother Ends her reiterated questions and repeated requests somewhat try- ing. One day. receiving rather i'm. patient reply to an innocent remark. Frances. who s8 out of range 0f her mothers connienance. qaainty eN- pressed her surprise and perpleSity ever that dear mother's unw0nted areSity and erispness vIs saur face smiling. mamma she naiFel5 ias eaired Your voice sean1s SWtnt ka.ang