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Evening star., 1922-07-02

A SIDE from the songs that have
~ left lasting impression
~ upon those who grew up dur
ing the war and Immediately
following it, there are many which
have left less stirring appeal and
which will also live in the dark
memories of that would-be forgotten
period. Among these 1 refer to Lit
tie Gif1in Of Tennessee" written i'm
mediately after the war by Dr.. Frank
o. Ticknor of Columbus. Ga. Little
Giff1n went to the front when it was
aptly said that the demand for SOL
diers was robbing the cradle-went
before he was sixteen and was ter
ribly wounded. DR.. Ticknor took him
to his beautiful country home near
Columbus. Ga, for treatment, and as
soon as the boy was able to get
about he slipped away and rejoined
the army-this time to receive the
wound which proved fatal. DR.. Tick
nor tells the story in these spirited
lines:
Out Of the focal and foremost fire,
Out Of the hospital walls as dire.
Smitten Of grapeshot and gangrene
eighteenth battle and he sixteeno,
Specter. such as you seldom see.
Little Gifhn Of Tennessee.
Take him and welcome!' the surgeon said:
Little the doctor help the dead"
So We took him and brought him where
The balm was sweet in the summer air:
And we laid him down on a wholesome bed
Utter Lazarus, heel to head!
And we watched the war with abated breath,
Skeleton boy against skeleton death.
Months Of torture, how many such?
Weary weeks Of the stick and crutch;
And still a CLINT Of the steel-blue eye
Told of a spirit that wouldn't die.
Word Of gloom from the war one day:
Johnston pressed at the front. they say.
Little Gifin was up and away;
A tear-his frst-as he bade goodbye,
Dimmed the CLINT Of his steel-blue eye.
..Iu write If spared" There was news Of
the fight;
But none of Gifhn-he did not write.
I sometimes fancy that. were I king
OF the princeIy Knights Of the Golden Ring.
With the song Of the minstrel In mine ear.
And the tender legend that trembles here,
I'd give the best on his bended knee,
The whitest soul Of my chivalry,
For Little Gifnn OF Tennessee.
OF course. during the dark years
" while the civil war lasted many
beautiful and touching things were
written which will live as long as
our literature endures. Our beloved
Paul H. Hayne contributed his full
share to the literature Of that period,
and his close friend and cotempo-
rary, the immortal Timrod, likewise
left his rift to the cause which was
lost. Timrod's Carolina" has some
thing Of the military dignity ana
tread of "My Maryland" but the
poem Is too long to be quoted here.
However, one cannot resist giving a
part of that deathless "ode" he wrote
and which was sung on the occasion
of decorating the graves OF the Con-
federate dead at Magnolia cemetery,
Charleston. S. c., in 1867:
sleep sweetly in your humble graves.
Sleep, martyrs Of a fallen cause;
Though yet no marble column Graves
The pilgrim here to pause.
In seeds Of laurel in the earth
The blossom Of your fame is blown.
And somewhere, waiting for its birth,
The shaft Is in the stone!
Meanwhile, behalf the tardy years
which keep in trust your storied tonnbs,
Behold, your sistefA bring their teaft,
And thete mAnnriAl hoonA
Evening star., 1922-07-02

holds out was so like a fighting
six other dogs there L springs into po-
sition, 30 that when they let's go 1
can defend myself. But the master
smooths down my hair and whispers,
Hold ard. Kid. hold ard. This amt
a fight" says he. Look your pret-
test" he whispers. please. Kid.
look your prettiest," and he pulls my
leash tight.
There was millions of people a.
watching us from the railings. and
three of our kennel men. too. maxi
ing fun of Nolan and me. and Miss
Dorothy with her eyes SO big that l
thought she was a-going to cry.
The judge. he was a fierce-looking
man with specs on his nose, and red
beard.
The Judge looks at us careless like,
and then stops and elares through
his specs, and 1 knew 1t was all up
with me. He just waves his hand
toward the corner of the ring. Take
him away" he says to the master.
"Over there and keep him away" and
he turns and looks most solemn at
the six beautiful bull terriers. don't
know how I crawled to that corner.
The kennel men they slapped the rail
with their hands and laughed at the
master. But little Miss Dorothy she
presses her lips tight. and I see tears
rolling from her eyes. The master. he
hangs his head like he had been
whipped. felt most sorry for him
than all. II the Judge had ordered me
right out it wouldn't have disgraced
us SO, but it was keeping me there
while ne was judging the hieh-bred
doris that hurt 80 hard. And his doing
it 30 quick without ne doubt nor
questions. You can't fool the judges.
They see inSidss you.
lut he cevidn't make up his mind
Evening star., 1922-07-02

r NEVER see so beautiful a dog, 80
4 fine and clean and noble. Aside
Of him. we other dogs. even though
we had a blue ribbon apiece. seemed
like Jumps Of mud. He was a royal
gentleman. a king, he was. and no
one around the ring pointed at no
other dog but him.
"Oh, what q picture" cried Miss
Dorothy. who ID he?" says she,
looking IN her book. II don't keep
up with terriers
"Oh, you know him." says the gen
tIeman. He is the champion of
champions. Regent Royal"
The masters face went red.
sAnd this is Regent Royals son."
cries he, and he plants me on the
platform next my father.
I trembled so that I near fall.
But my father he never looked at
me. He only smiled, the same sleepy
smile. and he etill keep his eyes half
shut. like as no one, no. not even
his son, was worth his lookin at.
The Judge. he didn't let me stay
beside my father, but. one by one.
he placed the other dogs next TO
him and measured and felt and pulled
st them. And each one he put down,
but he never put my father down.
Evening star., 1922-07-02

THE master shakes His head, and
- motions me with his cap, and 1
crept out from behind the door. I'm
sorry, SIR" says the master. Then l
can't take the place. I can't get along
without the dog. sir"
"Mr wyndham. sir" looked at me
that fierce that I guessed he was go
ing to whip me. 80 / turned over on
my back and begged with my legs
and tail.
~why. you beat him!" says Mr.
Wyndham. sir" very stern
Evening star., 1922-07-02

THE trophy room was as wonderful
as any public house 1 ever see.
On the walls was pictures OF nothing
but beautiful st. Bernard dogs, and
rows and rows of blue and red and
yellow ribbons And there was many
shining cups on the shelves, which
Jimmy Jocks told me were prizes won
by the champions.
Now. sir. might I ask you, sir,
says /, "wct is a champion?"
At that he painted and breathed so
hard I thought he would bust hisself.
my dear young friend" says he.
wherever have you been educated?
A champion is IA champion" he
says. HE must win nine blue rib
bons In the open class. You follow
me-that is-against all comers. Then
he has the title before his name. and
they put his photograph in the sport
ing papers. You know. Of course.
that am a champion" says he. II
am Champion Woodstock wisard III.
and tho two other Woodstock
wizards. my father ana uncle. were
both chanraonAs
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29

sociation of Engineers viii entertain
with a formal dance at the Winter
Garden. This is an annual affair and
always offers much competition to
the "Aggies," their rivals.
The results of the poster contest
held during Farm and Home week
are: First prize. Ethel Halsinger Of
Flagstaff; second prize, Iva Jane
Easton Of Flagstaff third prize VIII
ma Gene Sellers of Tucson fourth
prize, Irene Busenbark of Flagstaff;
fifth prize, Hannah Mitchen of Flag
stagg X. H. Powers of Yuma won
the first prize in the essay contest
on MY Most Profitable Crop ana
took for his crop "Pecans." The
second prize was won by Lewis
Hamilton of Yuma, whose subject
was the Onion Seed G.. S. Shep-
herd Of San Simon won the third
prize. on Ducks" Judges for the
essays were A. Il. Vinson of the de-
partment OF agriculture. William
Thompson of the state farm bureau,
and A. j. McKelvey of the agriculture
committee of Arizona State Bankers
association.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29

D. L. Morgan who thus comments on
the organization activities:
Ever since its. inception in 1902,
the A. A. AS activities have accrued
to the benefit of every person who
owns or drives a motor car, but the
organization itself has never made
the intensified and concentrated drive
for the membership it deserves and
can unquestionably muster. The De-
troit meeting and the Jacksonville
gathering together with a general
survey of the national situation have
convinced US that motorists every
where can and would welcome estab-
lished A. A. A. divisions. Hence we
are going ahead, for the will of the
motorists is our guidance. The A. A.
A. is not a commercial enterprise
and piles UP no profits for any per-
son or persons. 1t Is cooperative
and its officers serve without salary.
They are just everyday motorists do
ing their part in program of mutual
help for motorists. All revenues are
expended for it's members, and the
more revenue the more the individual
member will receive"
During its New York City meeting,
the executive board arranged for a
representation of ten at the Ameri-
can Roads Congress held in Chicago
last week.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
Satisfaction Of Seryiice"

real PERSONAL LUelLtr0ined service, goes long JUay
toUards the fullest enjoyment of and the efficiency
Iaaauuaggmmwwma of any motor
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29

in behalf of roads building and pro-
viding map service are generally rec
ognized and praised by all who motor.
But this work has now reached a de-
gree OF success where attention can
be given to other needed activities
without losing ground, and the opin-
ion prevails among our executive
board members that more direct and
personal service to the individual
motorist should be taken up and car
ried along"
The New York city meeting was
held primarily to pass on the many
suggestions received at the recent
Detroit conference where there were
present several hundred delegates
representing practically every motor
ing and good roads organization in
the United States, and at which time
it was the consensus of opinion that
the good roads program in this coun-
try and the individual motorists in
the United States would benefit more
through one, large, influential or
ganization combining all roads and
motor interests rather than through
several smaller associations of nat
urally lesser strength and influence.
The meeting also followed the re-
cent rally of motorists at Jackson
vile, Florida, where q southeastern
division of the A. A. "A. was success
fully launched with membership in
cluding the bulk of the car owners
of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mis-
Sissippi, Tennessee and the Carolinas.
1t was at this meeting that William
Jennings Bryan addressed the as
.sembled motorists and urged organ
ization as the quickest and most ef-
fective means of bettering motoring
conditions generally.
So successful was the Jacksonville
gathering and so evident was the en-
thustasm for the A. A. A. that no
doubt was left in the minds of the
executive board as to what pro-
cedure should be followed in other
sections of the country
New England is the next territory
to be invaded by the A. A. A.. and
plans are now well under way for a
meeting in Boston to include all roads
and motoring interests In that section
when it is hoped to form a New Eng
land division which in its potentiali-
ties should equal If not surpass in
strength and character any other
division of the national organization.
The A. A. A. drive will be under
the direction OF Executive Chairman
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
WILL
STAGE DRIVE
FOR MEMBERS
Expects To Induce Every
Motorist In Country To
Join Association

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 2s.--
(SpeciaD The American Automobile
Association, the worlds greatest or
.ganization Of motor car owners, pro-
poses to reach out and bring into its
fold by means of Intensified and con-
centrated effort in each section or
the Unitde States every motorist in
the land, wherever he or she may be
located. This was the decision
reached by the A. A. A. executive
board at meeting held last week in
New York city.
Not only does the A. A. A. intend
to weld into one gigantic organiza-
tion all the car owners OF the United
States, but 1t proposes to set before
each individual motorist every con-
ceivabIe variety OF reasonable service
that such an association should rem
der to its members. That this should
be done was the unanimous Verdict
Of the executive board.
Feeling that it's years of efforts to
bring about a comprehensive road
building program have advanced to
point where almost complete success
may be boasted, the A. A. A. now in
tends to bring closer and make more
readily available to its members all
the lesser comforts and fconveniences
for which the touring motorist fire.
quently finds need.
Henceforth. according to the ex-
ecutive boards recent decision, the
A. A. A. shall bend its energies in
obtaining for its members uniform
traffic laws, national motoring reci-
procity reliable garage service, de-
pendable aid when accidents occur,
the establishment of more and better
regulated camp sites, and the giving
of better and broadened touring di-
rections as we'll as multitude Of
personal services that will make the
organization invaluable to all who
may be fortunate enough to hold a
membership card in the national
body or one OF it's affiliated clubs.
According to President George
Diehl. the A. A. A. does not intend
by any means to abandon any Of its
previous activities, but rather to add
to them. In a statement dwelling on
this point. President Diehl says: a e
The A. A. AS past achievements
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
TROUBLE IN cooLINe SYSTEM

When engines which normally keep
cool even in hot weather or heavy
climbing begin to heat up, suspect
the condition of the rubber hose
which connects the radiator with the
water jacket. There are two such
pieces of hose, but it is the top one
which usually "goes bad" because it
carries the hot water from the top
of the engine into the radiator. The
bottom hose carries the cooled water
either TO the pump, if there is a pump,
or directly back to the water jacket
If the engine uses the thermo- syphon
cooling system.
Cars which use pumps for water
circulation have smaller pipes and
consequently smaller rubber hose
connections than those which use
thermo-syph cooling systems. Hot
water gradually disintegrates the
rubber and cotton of the hose, and
when the inner lining of the hose
breaks down into a mush, it fre-
quently stops up the hose connec-
tions to an extent sufficient to pre-
vent proper water circulation. Re-
placing such a hose connection can
be done in few minutes by anyone
VINO can use a wrench or screw
driver. and is an operation which
does not need the skilled and eXpen-
sive services Of a repair man.
sometimes engines which cool
properly in winter heat up when the
first warm days come. If engines Of
the pump circulation type, this is
often caused by the hitherto unsus-
pected freezing of the pump, which
mas resulted in broken pump wheel
blades. Dismounting the pump and
taking 1T to pieces is the only way to
make sure of this trouble. The rem
edy Is new impeller in the pump.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
RAIN CAUSES SHORTS

When car stops in heavy rain
storm suspect the distributor. the
top of the coil or the plugs and wires
of being wet. Water is an excellent
conductor of electricity. A driving
rainstorm will enter through the ven-
tilation cuts in the hood and often
manage to produce a short circuit
which stops the car as effectually as
If it were robbed of it's spark plugs.
The only remedy is to wait for the
affected parts to dry, or to locate
them and dry them off with rags.
The best remedy is prevention. Srnah
covers of oil cloth made to fit over
the coil and distributor, similar in ef-
feet to the leather hood which usually
protects magnetos, will keep out the
fine water spray which does the dam
age, and prevent an annoying stop
under uncomfortable circumstances.
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In removing insulation from strand
ed wires, be careful not to cut any OF
the fine threads. These are so thin
that they are easily cut with the in
sulation. Each of these strands does
it's share in carrying the current to
the lanDS
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
PROGRESSIVE rleHTENINe

In tightening opposed nuts. such
as those holding the bearing caps in
place. one nut should be drawn up
little and then the opposite one
tightened little. II is wrong to
tighten one nut fully and then pro-
ceed with the other as this method
tends to spring the metal and cause
noor contact.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
Kobe Appointed
General Motors
Asst. Treasurer

NEW YORK, Jan. % (Special)-At
recent meeting of the finance COM
mittee of General Motors Corpora
tion, Frank f. Kobe. who for some
time has been in charge of the New
York office of the treasurer's depart
ment, was appointed an assistant
treasurer OF the corporation with
headquarters in New York City.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
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WINDSHIELD SUPPORTS

On many makes of cars the wind
shield is held in place by steel arms.
which protrude through the cowl and
are fastened on the under side by d
nut and lock nut. Sometimes these
nuts work loose from the vibration
present, with the result that the
shield is allowed to move slightly.
The first evidence Of this is seen in
cracked finish i'm the vicinity Of the
windshield supports In making the
necessary periodic inspection for
loose nuts and bolts these windshield
supports should not be forgotten.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
rsriNc wAEEIs

Every car owner ought to make a
practice to test the wheels for side
play at least three or four times a
year. Side play performs a doubly
vicious role, for it causes excessive
bearing wear and tire wear as well.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29

II the motorist will jack up each
wheel in turn and grasping il firmly
push and pun it, any side motion will
be readily apparent In many cars
wheel bearings are adjustable to care
for Just such trouble
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29

Every mechanic here is highly
skilled, courteous, painstaking
Nothing is too small to demand
close attention. The car owner is
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
BY MARTIN

when running idle. Then add just
little more gas to the mixture. Test
the adjustment on high speeds, quick
accelerations and hill climbing.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
ADJUSTING CARBlJREToR

TO adjust the carburetor for high
speed. cut down the mixture until 1t
is so lean that the motor viii miss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-19

flung back. Understand sir, allow
myself to do as I like. BY way or
proving that, I'll tell you something
very nice-I am going to marry New
Year. somebody who regards my
money as. an excrescence-he has so
much more of his own
His name is West" Bruce asserted
confidently. Anne Maria smiled
How nicely you say it, Yes-the
heir presumptive of Westrapd, and d
lot beside. So be easy in your mind
over my future-and remember there
are no strings of any sort on-any of
US three"
Bruce understood what she was too
finely wrought to say-that her for
giveness carried no sort of obligation
And in that glimpse of her soul he
understood that all he was gaining in
this release was less than he was
Z Copyright, 1922. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-19
Questions-AnstOers

Q. What is a flood anchor? A. w
A. This term is applied to the anchor by
winch SHIPS rides during the Hood tide
in the world? S. n. H
A. The famous copper Itun kept in the
celler Of Heidelberg Castle is said to have
been the largest wine cask in the world.
being SO feet in length, 26 feet in diameter
and capable of holding 10000 gallons.
Q. What was the Florentine Expert
A. The Fiorentine Experiments in
physics, was an experiment. made in 1861
to test whether or not water wasasens
pressible. Water was enclosed in q, globe
of thin gold, afterward Theoretically sealed.
In COMPRISING the globe the water, in
stead of yielding, forced its way thru the
pores of the gold and stood in drops on the
3 9: How much corr. can one man plant in
A. with hand corn planter one man
can plant 4.40 acres a day; with a one
horse one-row corn planter he can plant
$50 acres; with a two-horse twO-row
corn planter he can plant 1880 acres.
Q. What period is covered when interest
etc; is declared payable ''semi-annuaIly" :?
A. Semi-annuaI means every six months
not necessarily January and July. or
July and December, but any two periods
Q. To settle an argument. will a log
placed IN running water travel faster or
slower than the water? H S. S.
A. The photographic office says that
log placed IN a running stream will travel
neither faster nor slower than the water,
Q. Who composed "Silver Threads
Among the Cold and when? b. P. l..
A. "Sifyer Threads Among the Gold"
was by Eben ReKford- Hart Pease banks in
1874.
Q. How large is CzechosIovakia? t. s.
A. The Czechoslovak Republic has an
area of 10000 square kilometers. This
is about the size of England.
Q. When were steel springs for car
riages invented? J. L. c.
A. Steel springs for vehicles were not
introduced until about 100. The elliptic
spring vas invented in 1904 by Obadiah
Elliott, a coach maker of Lambeth, Eng
land.
Q. What is carron oil? C. A. d.
A CarrOn oil is mixture of equal
parts of linseed oil and limewater. 1t is
employed as dressing for burns and takes
its name from the CarrOn iron works in
Scotland, where it was generally used
CAny reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C This
offer applies strictly to Information. The
Bureau cannot give advice on legal. medical
and financial matters. 1t does not attempt
to settle domestic troubles, nor to under
take exhaustive research on any subject.
Write your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and enclose two
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TRADE BAROMETERS.

Nothing is so convincing OF pros
porous business conditions as activity
Of the iron and steel industry. And
conditions to the iron and steel indus
try not only because of the tonnage
represented but also because of the
peculiarly constructive character Of
such investments as the buying Of
equipment by the railroads. All big
years in the steel industry have been
marked by heavy total orders for rail-
road cars and locomotives.
The fact consequently. that better
than $1,000 freight cars were ordered
during the month of April according
to the compilations of The Iron Trade
Review, marking the heaviest buying
period OF this character in some
years, is both significant and reassur-
ing.
Furthermore the April addition in
creases the total number of cars
awarded this year to date to over
10000 or at the rate of 100000 an
nually. This last number it is point
ed out, is exactly that which students
of the matter have declared the rail-
roads must order for several years IN
order to catch up on their equipment
deficiencies.
The heavier railroad buying plus
the more active building situation is
causing the mills to fill up on ton
mage and fall back on deliveries.