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y The Automobile CAR IS PATIENT DRUDGE UNDER ILUTREATMENT. iVrhaps the most astonUhinK fact in the who'.e automotive industry is the tremendous amount of abuse an automobile will take from its owner and yet continue to give him service. The niodsrn motor car is a glutton for punishment. It stands for an endless amount of maltreatment be- fore it ballcs and refuses to go. Thinlc of the folks who leave their cars parked in the streets all day or at the suburban railroad station, where the rain, snow, fofr, dampness, wind, dust, sunshine and thoughtless boys con play about it. Think of the test this Eort of treatment is for the fine finish that comes with a new car. Think of the deterioration to tires. Perhaps there may be mud and water in the morning, sleet and snow in the afternoon and by night froazing, so that the tires are almost frozen fast. Think of the eflfect of such dampness on the delicate engine parts and other metal features. j A motorist may .run his car in all sorts of weather, which, of course, is what a car is for. No one could ob- ject to an owner using his machine on a rainy day. But when he finishee his journey and gets back into his garage again quite often he is not likely to do anything about the mud and water that cover the car except to leave it standing and dripping and dirty. W-VSIIINC OFTEN LEAVES M.«IK. Perhaps on a Saturday afternoon, after the mud has been caking on for a few days, the owner â- will get a streak of ambition and decide to wash his automcbile. The chance are, how- ever, that ho will go at thi.s job in such a fashion as to leave a lillion little diamond-pointed knife scratches on the body, such as come fronti washing it with an ordinary rag and a pail of water, instead of using a lar.y stream of clean, clear water and the gant'e application of a good sp-ongs. Some even use soap and water, which is al- most criminal treatment of highly polislisd f.urfac?s. Then there are the slara-banging of doors, the rough treatment of the hoods whan lifting them up and put- ting them down, ail of which t«nds to increase the cracking and peeling of paint. Baggags is frequently carried on the side, rear or front of a car with i-uj L'flfort to protect the fine finish from being scratched. Or the owner may have 8 habit of kicking liis feet against the part next to tho running board as he gete in or out. This rteat^ ment has bsen so general that tha manufacturer has found it necessary to develop some finish that will stand more abuse than paint and varnish. The owner's attitude toward the various machanical parts that are not in plain sight also is apt to be one of neglect. He forgets to keep well lu- bricated the numerous points that re- quire oil and are fully described in the manufacturer's instruction book. He often fails to keep sufficient water in the radiator. About the only thing he thinks a car actually needs is gasoline. The brakes may need adjusting, but be puts off this job, which would take only a few minutes if he were to ad- just them. Without this adjustment the driver may put himself and all his passengers in serious danger of accident. The battery needs water, but he fails to attend to the fatter, with the possibility of having to buy a new one as a result. FOLLY RESULTS IN TROUBLE. In starting the car he pulls out the choke and then forgets to return it to a leanar mixture and carbon fouls his machine. Then he wonders why dt does not run easier. Probably he places the blame en the manufacturer. He tinkers with the carburetor and other finely adjusted in-struments and then wonders why. the car does not give better service. These are only a few ways in which a motorist easily can fall into habits of abuse to his car. Of course, not all owners as as neglectful as others, but there is always the temptation and tendency to put off doing those little "but important acts that go with first cla.'ss care of a car. That automobiles stand as much neglect as many of theni are called upon to stand is a tri- bute to the skill of the manufacturers in producing a machine that is almost fool proof. CROSS-WORD PUZZLE /?: r\ N EMACIPATOR OF THOUGHT Liltle Lesson in Living. Almost one Is impelled to believe there must be a grain of truth in the fancy of the ancient sages that cer- tain times and seasons are more pro- pitious to the birth of great men than others ; that when planets congregate In certain sigua then leaders of the Jiegotten. But a Strang" coincidence, not so often noted. Is thaf-cn the very day of the very year which saw the birth of the Lincoln child in a leg cabin in Larue County, Ky., another infant, des- tined to be a great emancipator of humau thought, was uttering its first cry In its mother's arms In the town of Shrewsbury. England. On February 12, 1S09- -Lincoln's Natal day- Charles Darwin was born. Thus tlie two greatest men of the Nineteenth century â€" men who in their respective spUeres have never since been matched -began life together In time, though far apart iu space and station. Lincoln struggled against the handi- cap of poverty in order to get an edu- cation and fit himself for his great ser- vice to humanity. Darwin struggled kgainst the handicap of privilege that ha might free himself to follow the glsam of truth. While others tell â- gain the inspiring story of Lincoln, let us ou this page devote a few words to the story of Darwin. His father was a physician and the son of a physician; his mother the daughter of the famous Josiah Wedgwood, artist In pottery, a woman of culture. Charles was sent to the famous school of Dr. Samuel Johnson at Shrewsbury, where hs was the despair of his teachers. Diligently they sought to drive into bis hftad the narrowly academic tiir- rlcultim cC the day - Latin and Greek and classic literature. The Living World. Rebellioufily Charles turned from dead languages to the living world. i He fled the classroom for the field at ; every opportunity. He was a poor I student when it came to conjugating irregular verbs, but he knev.- more about thfi ways of insects and toads and snake.s than any one of his classi- cal masters. Education Is a strange thing. It must come from within. All the pre- ceptors and iustructors in the world cannot impart it if the inner urge be lacking; but. granted that urge, neith- er poverty nor privilege can prevent it. Class .standing was no index to what was going on in Darwin's mind. At j Cambridge he made the ocquaintance • of men of science. One was the geo- , legist Adam Sedgwick, who took a j great interest in him and carried him on a rock-hunting expedition in North â-  Wales. Another was Henslow. who ; urged him to apply tor the position of naturalist on the Beagle, a ahip start- ! ing on a tour of scientific survey. | â- Out of that journey tame his first . 1 great books, and the training in close I observation and rellection which later ; i bore 'such marvellou.i fruit. He was \ twenty-two when he sailed, twenty- , I seven when he returned. In July of . the following year. 1837. he began his first note book on the '"transmuta- tion of species." ; There followed twenty-two years of i untiring study, observation, notemak- j ing and hard, hard thinking. Then, j in 1S59, burst upon the world his re- j volutionary work on the "Origin of Species." j More than a decade later came "The , Descent of Man." These two books ' formed new channels for human thought and the currents which pour- ; j ed through them fnictlfled the whole realm of human understanding. j I Science, philosophy and religion j have all deepened, broadened and de- 1 ; veloped new vigor tmder the impulses of Darwin's researches and Iheoriz- ' iags. \ot all that he discovered and I advanced was new: not all has sur- OTMC IMTtDNATIONAL fyHSICATC. SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling In the words of which you (eel reasonably sure. Thes* wiU givi you \ clue to other words tfoasing them. and they La turn tc still others. A tetter belongs in each white â- pace, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontaUy or vertically or both. HORIZONTAL 1 â€" Flying mammal 4 â€" Impassive 9â€" A vehicle 12 â€" Work animals 14â€" An Ideal spot 15â€" Mislay 16 â€" To Indicate 17 â€" Part of â-  volcano 18â€" A girdle 121 â€" Garden vegetable 23 â€" Pronoun 24â€" For two performers 2frâ€" Appearance 27 â€" Point of compass (abbr.) 23â€" To steal 29â€" Endeavor SI â€" Collection of notable sayings 33 â€" Single 34 â€" To parch 35â€" The sewn edge 37 â€" To perform 39 â€" Brawl 40â€" To peruse 41 â€" ^Toward the top 42â€" Malicious look 44 â€" ^To be alive with 47 â€" Food for livestock 60^Blrdhouse 83 â€" Lying down 64 â€" To leave out 67 â€" A luminary E8 â€" To set free 69 â€" Affirmed 60 â€" Female sheep VERTICAL 1â€" Portend â- * â-  2 â€" An edged tool 3 â€" Sensitive 5 â€" Mark aimed at In quoits (pi.) 6 â€" A department of the army (abbr.) 7 â€" French article 8 â€" Unit of measurement 9 â€" Annoy 10â€" To employ 11 â€" A slave 13â€" Contradiction IS â€" Southern State (abbr.) 19 â€" The beard of grain 20 â€" Perceive 21 â€" Poignant 22 â€" Averted 24 â€" Refusal 25 â€" Stupor 29 â€" Preposition 30 â€" Pronoun 31 â€" In like manner 32 â€" In or nearby 36 â€" Repaired 37â€" Owing 38 â€" Unfasten (poet.) 39 â€" Return payment 43â€" Distant 44 â€" To move faster than â-  walk 45 â€" Comrade 46 â€" Funeral pile 48 â€" Japanese cash 49 â€" A degree (abbr.) 51â€" Exists 52 â€" Uncooked 65 â€" Mother (abbr.) 56 â€" Pronoun vived the criticism and constructive thinking of other minds. Blazed a Trail. But ho blazed a trail; he brought an unexplored world under the feet of many a successor. He made the term | "evolution" familiar to us; he made! its significance a key to mysteries pre- , vlously baffling. He loosened the ! shackles of tradition. What are .some of the lessons in liv- ing to be derived from Darwin's story? First, the value of open, see- ing eyes, which observe and note and compare; which see tho things that others overlook; secdtid, the value of an open, reflective mind, which carries no prejudices Into its world of won- ders, and meditates upon what it sees until it has found a clew to what It means; third, a love of truth which win not be turned aside by fables and fictions; fourth, a courage of convic- tion and adventure, which follows boldly ita path even though it must be the first to beat it down and make it passible for other feet. is AT Y R^C R U E. L.I OKDDB B B B QBBB Om BDB (0 SIIIB DB The Uttle Fir-Tree. 'lilt re are u ihoujjajvJ chi^lren ou the liil!. Slenler, gri*eu-Umbai]. in .strength and beanity growing; Tliey trtis their hettdtj aM<! t.iik, as clilldreB w:!l. Wiien the wind's hijirlag. j Their fathers died betcra tiieycame! to birth, .And nuiuy a night and day, Sl'depir;; auj cur!el :ind«jtill, tJje child- ren lay Within their n:other, the brown and spieu.iid earth. Ono says: "My father wa.s a gal'iant tree; He gave his life for Mau When the Great War iiegan. For tiien Lliey slew the fir-tree* one and all. Ar.d the whole air was thunderous with their fall. Krxi the hillside strewn with dead. Pit-props, they eaiil .... "Xow whf>n r:r. gi'ovra I hope that I may he i Mighty and brave as he; I hope that 1 may die as my father died, I Vallaat and full of prMe, j Offering breail; and bougti and body aitd limb ; To JIan. most willing!" . . . ." And. as ho sjoke. a man uprooted him To make a London child a Christmas Tree, '\ â€" Jan Struther la 'WestmilnBter Gazette. Natural Reaourcea BaBetin. The Watson Chair. Sir Roljert Falconer, President of the University of Toronto, leaves on ' March 26th for Eur<jpe, He has been invited by the Anglo-American Society' to be the incumbent in 19'25 of the Sir, Georife Watson Chair of American | History, Literature, and Institutions. The acceptance of this invitation; means that ha will deliver a series of six lectures at university centres in Great Britain. Sir Robert has chosen as his subject "Tho United States as a Neighbor," and will deli^'e^ the opening lecture at the Mansion House, London, on May 12th, when the Lord Mayor of London will preside. The Watson Chair was founded and endowed by Sir George 'Watson, Bt., on the occasion of the return of the Prince of Wales from his Ainerican tour at the end of 1919. Just before the war, when plans were under wavi for the cele'rtration of cur hundred; years of peace with America, it was! discovered that no university in Great i Britain had either a chair or a lec-; tureship in American history. With' his gift Sir George Watson undertook to remedy this defect. \ The Anglo-American Society has asked Sir Robert Falconer to show how Canada may act, and does act,! as an interpreter between the peoples â-  of Britain and the United States, and to show Britons and Americans that they have much to learn from each ether* and that they have many rea- sons for coming closer together. i The Natural Resources IntelUgenoa Service of the Department of the In- terior at Ottawa says: â€" Do you know what natural re- aourcoii are being developed in your own district? Do you know what ai .icles are being manufactured in your own town or village? This thought is suggested by recent reports of industrial development that evidence a lack of knowledge of what is taking place at home. One of these was whera a St. John, New Bruns- wick, manufacturer, who uses glue in his plant, did not know that lish glue was manufactured in that city. The product was marketed from Montreal and the place of manufacture wua unknown. When the Canadian explorer or sur- veyor prepares supplies for his trip into distant parts of the country, on« of the necessities is butter. This is put up in sealed cans and will keep fresh for long periods. Butter is put up in this form in Halifax, and it ia interesting to note that a wholesale grocer in that city was unaware of the fact. A recent development that tends to overcome this situation haa been the holding of exhibitions of local manu- facturers. Many curious situations have thus come to light. It has been found that buyers were sending con- siderable distances for articles manu- factured in their own towns or vil- lages, and that use was being made of materials of which little was known by almost the next door neighbor. Another advantag^e of these local exhibitions was that the waste from one industry could 't>e used for the raw material of another. This en- abled the first to convert his waste into a source of revenue, while it provided a cheaper source of supply for the Second. (Setting acquainted with the re- sources, both natural and created, of one's own home surroundings may bo of value to ail residents, and further, it tends to create a greater interest and pride in the horns town. Earthquakes Since A.D. 577. And underlying these the great fact which Darwin made clear tor us, that back of all life is an urge which re- fuses to be denied; an urge which bat- tles against environment and compels it to serve its higher ends; an urge which carries forward all that is worth while in living experience and employs it for new achievements; an urge which lifted the slimy denizen of the sea bottom and taught It to swim, which carried the lish ashore and taught it to creep anil leap; which gave the reptile wings, and developed from the ganglta of sensory nerves a brain that iu time, according to his theory, became man. who walks erect with hia eyes upon the stars. Back of that urge, sa.vs faith. Is God, who. in man, meets the life which • He set upon Its great adventure mil- lions of years ago. and helps it to And its full realization in His purpose of love. â€" S. J. Duncan-Clark in "Suc- cess. » Natural Cements. In Europe natural cemsnts are call- ed Roman cements and they were first manufactured by James Parker. Na- tural cements began to be manufac- tured in France about 1825; In the United State* natural cement rock was discovered while building the Erie canal in New York in 1818. Education Saved Polly. Possession of the human speeih saved the life of one of my educated parrots. This parrot had wandered from the grape arbor to take a dust bath. One of cur hens who had quite a family of small chickens, thinking i that Pclly was after her chicks, spread her wings and ran for the queer-look- ing bird. She was ready to spring up- I on Polly, when Polly turned facing her 'and holding up one foot rem irbe.-l: j "You quit, quit I tell you." The lieu j instantly stopped, tlieu Polly started , to make tier getaway, but the hen 'again followed her. Polly quickiy turned and said: "Now you quit. Shoo!" This was too much for Mrs. Hen, and she weal back to her ciick- ens. â€" Iveancra E. Tuttle. Her Grievance. Bertie had half a biscuit buttered, and a whole one unbutlered. He gave Grace the whole one and kept the but- tered one. A remark being made â- about his giving away the larger piece. jGracie said: I "Yos. he gave mo the bigest and kept the betterest!" Generally Different. A vill-Age with ver>- few children piqued the curiosity of i'rancls Wilson, the actor, and he said: "Not many children here." "No, sir, not many," was the answer. "How often are children born here?" asked Wll&on. "Onily once," wao the answer. -«- Americ:: Oldest Continent. America, altliough tho la.st to be dis- covered, is probably, from a geological standpoint, the oldest of all the con- tinents. Henco Tennyson in hii pcem. "Locksley Hall." calls It t'uo "new world wh4ch io old." Killed Year Constantinople 10.000 577 Catania 15.000 1137 Syria 20.000 1158 Ciiicia 60,000 1268 Naples - 40.000 1456 Lt&bon 30.000 1531 Naples 70.000 1626 Vesuvius 18.000 1631 Calabria 10,000 1638 Schamakl 80,000 1667 Sicily 100.000 1693 Yeddo 190.000 1703 .\lgier3 ISjOOO _^ r^^ Pekin 95,000 1731 Lima ajid Callao 18,000 1746 C.uro 40,000 1754 Ka.shue (Persia) 40.000 1755 Lisbon 50,000 1755 Syria 20,000 1759 Central America 40.000 1797 Aleppo 20,000 1822 Calabria 10,000 1857 Colombia 14.000 1875 Japan (Hondo) 10,000 1S91 Martinique 40.000 1902 Krakaton 38,000 1S83 San Francisco 452 1906 Jlossiua 164,000 1908 Co3t.a Rico 1,500 1910 Thrace-Asia r.Iinor 3,000 1912 Bulgaria 250 1913 Walcon and Hope Is's. 500 1913 Peru 250 1913 New Hebrides 500 1313 Sagura, Japan 250 1914 Hondo. Japan 360 .1914 Catania 200 1914 Centra! Italy 12.000 1914 X. W. Persian . 6.O<)0 to 20.000 1923 Japaa 103,000 1923 e An Ingeniuos "Alibi." The people who are most indolent physically are often quick enough nientali.v. Such wa^ tho case with the British workman of whom the Tatler tells. He was usually late In coming to work, and one day the foreman took him to task. "It's a funny thing, Jim." ho said, "you alius coming in a quarter of an hour behind the time and living next door 10 the works, while Teddy is alius on time, and lives three mlleu away!** "There's uowt funnv about it," re- toncd Jin!. "If he's u bit late in a morning, he can htirry a b.'t : but It I'm I;t!e. I'm here." MUTT AND JEFF JEFFS AS CRAZY AS A FOXâ€" By Bud Fisher. r Ntco GLASScs cF ex-nsAl jIMDceo; mistook AS fM GOtNC, to THe j>^^^CQUA|Nl7»M<:« • CO«J»jTRVi LAST JuMe X 1-^^?^ BCUMDCR <^Nt> I IXSW'T NO, NoT cy-AO^uy iriAV BUMBL^BCG FOR