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* H.. f." To Preserve Its Part for tfe Future DETROIT.---The Rev. Frederick Hewitt, Detroit. Episcopal clergyman. has bought the old Walker tavern of Cambridge Junction, Mich., to preserve its precious past for the future. Doctor Hewitt, rector of the Clureh vt St. Philip and St. Stephen, Intends It tattore the tavern as fer as possible to it*' origfe&al condition and make it a sort of tree port of call, where the Chicago and Monroe pike Wads cross. He has been a collector «f antiques for years. I'nulrt Webster came there tn 1838 «n one of his western tours. In June, 1847, a "large, Okfeane and elegant gentleman, with wife and two daughters, ««K> eeftravta mad two Indian guides," Then a Journey of id James Fenimore hUStor tavern, hi* pwftjr occupied nearly south half of the MCOMI wcplortag «aarrived in Detroit. 68 miles overland i Cooper was at the He and the whole door. The author curslons as far as :ing material for "The Oak The old bee hunter, a picturesque acter in the story, was a faraker m Uttle Prairie road, near Cambridge Springs, and lived there pwy J«M» after he had been immortallMd i>y the pen that did "The Leather Stocking Tales." The murder room takes Its name from a traveler with eocslderable money, who disappeared from this room one night and nevw was heard of again. Some days later Ms starving horse was found Zn the "suicide" room a traveler, wearied of the trail, one night took his life. „ There being in the house no place for a grand ball, Sylvester WtfUfer, the original owner, erected a three-story brick house to the south of the tavern In 185* £ v --!--* ';3i' Woman Sheriff Ready to Do "Her WAUROU, IA--"I'm ready to do my duty!" The speaker far Gunda Martlngilale, a vemnn and a mother--and sheriff of Alamakee county. "Her duty" may be hanging a man--a man accused of slaying one of Mrs. Martlhgdale's best friends. " T If Earle 'Thorpe is convicted of the brutal slaying of his former sweetheart, Miss Inga -Magnuson, young schoolteacher, Mrs. Martingdale will have to spring the trap that will senv Thorpe to his doom. Thorpe is said to have confessed. Mrs. Martingdale is the widow of a ' sheriff. On her husband's death the board of supervisors appointed her to ffil his office. A woman could do It easily, they said--even a frail woman ftBce Mrs. Martingdale--for Alamakee %>unty was a law-abiding community. Then--Miss Magnuson's mutilated ftody was found in the basement of her tvral schoolhouse. The woman sheriff was informed. She telephoned for bloodhounds. She asked a neighbor woman to care f%f her children. She clad heradf fe rpajth clothing. She 'tnREVevwI OO MY omnrji started the hounds on the scent. Over country roads, ankle deep la mud, across frozen hills and fields all night the little woman followed the bloodhounds until-- The trail led Into the next county and Sheriff Martingdale placed Thorpe under arrest as he was about to board a train. She took her prisoner back to Waukon. An angry mob of farmers and townspeople gathered. 'There was talk of a lynching. * But Mrs. Martingdale stood off the crowd. Then--at last--she went home to sleep and to "catch up" with the bousework! ^ . "Wisest Girl in the World" a Bride TO A! Admittedly Laoktd elation ef Music. Lord Brlckenbead, lord high chancellor (better known In America some years ago as "Freddy" Smith), confessed at a public dinner recently that he recognised the tune of "God Save the King" e®ty because people stand up *£•* it was fcatag played. Some olMr fhmffas tMODte bad an equally poor ear for music--ope, the BalqjWiftK fcoge&le. Dr. Ethel Smyth, who fie' 80 years was a neighbor of the oppress during her English exile at Fajtaboro and was constantly in her company, says she was totally devoid of musical instinct. Once when a local band struck up "Partant pour la Syrie" in her honor the empress mistook St fer "God Save the King." Sir Walter Scott was equally impervious to wuaic, though many passages in his writings Imply that he intern and understood it "In music," be told Lord Melbourne, "I dent know high ttout low." Swtadrarae's lack of musical ear was a byword among bis acquaintances. Bdraund Qosse describe* a practical joke "played on Swinburne, which made me indignant at the time but which now seems innocent enough and not without interest. A lady, having taken the rest of the company into her confidence, told Swinburne that she would render on tbe piano a very ancient Florentine ritonurtlo just discovered. She then played Three Blind Mice' and Swinburne was enchanted. He found that it reflected to perfection all the cru<el beauty of the MedJcls--which .perhaps It doesA-- London Mall. TT OHTICIM MUMIt "Why d|d you give ttp that line chance to be a motion picture star In a wild west scenario?" "I don't want no advantages," answered Cactus lee. "I want to be a regular star or hdthin*. If any of the beys tat the audience don't happen to like n?1£ifc**«santftlni'* t v a chance to raw the foetttfMft; 'aie, aff havbt' the same opportunities for de» feadln' my art." tofeptf m Ml **T* r ADVICE WELL WORTH TAKING u NEW YORK.--Winifred Sackville Stoner, nineteen, known as "the wisest girl In the world," has Married. Her husband is Charles JPhilllppe de Bruche, globe-trotting isportsman. Winifred received a "natural education" under ' her , mother's ideas. At four she had her diploma In Esperanto. And she never spent a day In a schoolroom. : At five she was using a typewriter. '*A year later she had mastered several languages. At ten she had gone through college examinations. , At twelve she claimed a general knowledge of 12 languages, including Japanese ; had written considerable verse and ten books on travel and philosophy. She could converse colloquially in Latin, and French, Spanish, Polish and Russian were simplicity Itself to her. She was proficient with the piano, violin, guitar and mandolin, could swim, drive a motor, ride a horse and play baseball equally well. The young woman is a product of what her mother, Mrs. Winifred Sackville Stoner, daughter of Lord Sackville, former British ambassador to the United States, and wife of Dr. James B. Stoner of the Marine corps, calls "natural education." Whether Winifred got much normal pleasures out of her girlhood is open to discussion. Mrs. Stoner asserts that the girl grew up with a keener, healthier enjoyment of life than nine out of ten other girls, that she has always been wholesomely normal. On the other hand, a large part of Winifred's time was spent in exhibitions and demonstrations of her wisdom on the platform and In public. But the wifehood of Mrs. Stoner de Bruche will be watched with even greater Interest than %as her childhood. Getting Ready for the Big Chicago Zoo CHICAGO.--Organization of the forces that are to establish in Chicago an exceptionally fine zoological garden is now well under way. The zoo will be established on the land near Riverside that was given by Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick. John T. McCutcheon was elected president of the Chicago Zoological society, which will operate the gardens. John Borden and Noble B. Judali were elected vice presidents; Charles L. Hutchinson, treasurer. John R. Maglll, secretary, and the following were selected as the executive committee: President and vice president, ex-officio, Frank J. Wilson, Oscar G. Foreman, Francis E. Manierre, Judson F. Stone. The membership committee is made uj ef the following: Ezra J. Warner, Ed ward L. Glaser, Cyrus McCormick, Jr., Alfred B. Hamlll, Graham Aldlg, Charles J3. Wacker, Francis E. Manierre, John T. Plrie. -' "It is our Intention to make the zoological gardens as attractive and interesting as possible," said Mr. McCutcheon. "It will be my recommendation to miae our collection of American an lmals and birds as complete as possi ble. Both the birds and animals will be In surroundings that will reproduce as near as possible their natural environment. "There are numbers of animals and birds that were once plentiful in this region, but are now seen only rarely, We will have (hem placed sc that they can be watched in their natural surroundings. There are 300 acres in the site for the gardens, and this will enable us to have herds of buffalo, deer, etc., where they can have room." > in Colorado; Kintz in Michigan si MeGMPKI*' (KWKATon Ne Doubt Driver of Car Realised, Afterward That His ^arcasm Really Was Wasted. A big passenger car was a~ vtfetim of the sleet In Central avenue. The driver tried valiantly to keep it In the middle of tbe street, but one hind wheel slipped ova* a little, the driver tried , to stop the "boat," the rear wheel slid along the car track--well, auto drivers know the rest. When the car stopped sliding lta two rear wheels rested against the curb and Its two front ones were on 'the car track. Then ensued much jling up of the engine and much zzlng of rear whels, but no forward movemeut, "What's the matter; trying to get awaj from the eurj>?" a bystander asked. "Oh, no, Fm polishing the pavement so the kids can have some fun!" sarcastically exclaimed the driver of the car. Well, If you'll just cut ,that engine down and slip her out of high into low, I'll give you a little shove and youll walk right away from the curb," the interloper said. The advice was followed,the wheels ceased their mad whirl and the car, under the gentle urge of the bystander, moved away.--Indianapolis News. speed wluzz From Messenger to General. General Pellegrin, who has just been' appointed to the command of the thirteenth division of French infantry, with headquarters at Langres, is a living proof of the possibility of rising by unaided effort, which Napoleon crystallized Into the saying that every French soldier carried a marshal's baton in his haversack. General Pellegrin, whose parents were In very poor circumstances, began life as a telegraph messenger at Marseilles. He scraped and saved so as to be able to buy books, which he studied at night after his day's roft for the post office was finished. He took his baccalaureate, got into the military college at Saint-Cyr, obtained his commission with flying colors and passed the Ecole de Guerre, or staff college. He took part in the operations in Morocco in 1907, was badly wounded at the battle of the Marne, and afterwards returned to Morocco, where he became dne of Marshal Lyautey's most valued assistants. - The Seuree ef Supply. "1 wonder what's the matter with the poets?* remarked the editor of the Cblggertrllle Clarion. "I tnought they pestered the lift out of you by sending In contributions." "They do, hut rve run out of stamps and I have a dozen important letters to malL"--Birmingham Age-Herald. AND ROOST HIGH Willie: Pa, why do they oalletir geld eolns eagles? Pa: Because, son, when you get 4em, they Just fly. Ml aas Wasted Pity. V tt for the town-folk jltat they don't need the pit* 0f ah the silken-gown folk -v "Who dwell within a city. j W -svj*-:. Relief. "Thank die Lord that's over," said Jones, as he got up from his knees. "I appreciate your kindness. Miss Edith." "My kindness, in refuting you?" "Yeah. I either had to save board money by marrying you or theater money by getting the mitten."--J&iqhmond Times-Dlspat»*w An Actreee. "Aw, she ordered those flowers sent to herself." "But the love missive on top?" "Merely the bill."-- Louisville Courier-Journal. ^ i -J-- ' ; < "t. . The Thrifty 8ool», Bli--*1 wonder why a Scotsmxii ifc ways says "hae" for "have." Dix--Possibly its on account of his thrift---he saves a "v" every tlase he does It.--Boston Transcript A Touching Busineee. Kites--Has Short a mathematical turn of mind? Kross--Yes. He Is always figuring on who to borrow flrorn next--New Yerfc-Sai^;-/--, - ; gj'S;<:ii . > .• | Naturally, First Girl--Are you sure" ihat he loves you, and you aione? Second Girl--Oh, yes; more then than at any other time.--Edinburgh Scotsman. ' Umbrella Sign of Married Man* X You can tell a married man by the umbrella he checks, asserts the young capitalist who presides over the cloakroom of a family restaurant If he has two weather sticks, one a heavy, cheap affair, that was purchased with the Idea of being soon lost, and the other of finer material, it's a sure bet that he's married. According to this psychologist, married folks when they start out in the rain each carries his own umbrella so they can have the minimum of Inconvenience and retain a maximum of dryness. In the prenuptlal times the male of the species would never hear of the woman battling the winds alone. He would carry the umbrella over her and get wet himself. But they're married now, and that makes a difference. y£NVER.~-Why did Jack C.' Ben- Denver hotel man, Who died iving an estate of more than gees here under an asshmed jJSSWS Is one of the questions BUet J. Sackett, public adminto determine. Incl- , his Investigations, based upon of dews, have led to the of the past life of Benton. Kf cat himself off ties and started life Denver a few years ago, unname and with new amod- At the time of his death Benton was living at a rooming house which he formerly had Gv.T.e^, at 1835 Champn street. A cerebral hemorrhage, which seized him when he was apparently in the best of health, caused his death. He was seemingly without family ties. Those who knew him best were aware that he had been in railroad work before engaging in the hotel and rooming hous* business, but that was alL He was found to have a savings deposit of $6,505.89, a checking account ef $4.747Jb4, Liberty bonds In the' sum of $850 and War Savings stamps to the value of $300. From relatives Administrator Sackett obtained pictures Identifying the Jack Benton who died In Denver as J A. Kintz of Reed City, Mich. The last letter written by Kintz to his wife, in J916, in which he signed htmself "Your loving husband." and spoke of money which he was sending, also has been sent to the administrator. Why Kintz severed all ties with his family and changed his name can only Ne Plaoe for Tobacco Fiends. As a precaution against forest fires, stroking has been entirely prohibited in any part of the Olympic national forest in Washington. The area covered by the "no smoking" order mounts to about 540,000 a'cres. The period of tnis yruuiOinuu to n, bs determined by the district forester at Portland, Oregon. The urgent reason for this action is due to the fact that the area was largely swept by a cyclone during the last winter and the ground Is covered with broken trees and branches of trees so that if a fire were to get any headway at all, it would be difficult to check It tHE BLOOM OP YOUTH Haifcid Hugglnp: What young complexion your friend Katliryn has. Kittys Katte: Yea, K Is fresh and young. She makes It up fresh every day oo It'e never more than a few The Hopelees Pleb. ra like to live In castles grand And be a lord of all the land, Tet I'd be tempted to rebuke The man who tried to call me •-M a pper la Catftelfc The atteni organist to the Lloytf tion and the put* to Saw* used lor? prima #usic of it wi D. $fftfe.':the ral. waa diawn --Wwtd l4:i ' ' ' J. y fjr GEH. CL G. DAWES, Director of Budget Were both les. The J> One of the IPWtea. "1%i«e eld 'taiiegl hate been wonderfully preserved ,w Doctor Terry told a London Dally MWb reporter. "Many of them date frent tlM - pn^Refor matlon period. For esaturies they were not written dowa, httt they wece saved by the Welsh gsmlus for unaccompanied staging*. Thar were traded down frott one generation to another. "Many of thsia hav« been recovered and pahUShed to Welsh hysnaata, but unhappily in too many esses their harmonies and even their me&dies were wvisad lw accordance with the musical Ideals of the last century. "It is still possible, however, to hear them sung in all the beauty of their original form in remote Welsh villages, and intelligent Welsh musicians of today are realizing how very much more beautiful these old yerslons are. Dr. Walford Devles, a Welahmaa who is now professor of music at the University of Wales, may be trusted to see that good cate Is taken of them." COULD NOT ACCEPT REWARD But the Dnifgiet Must Have Had Hie Opinion of Value Woman Put Oft n»a V9TVISil» The druggist had stopped In tha middle of putting up a difficult pr& scriptlon and deftly removed from the woman's eye the cinder that had been causing her great pain. .- "Ah, thank you so much," '!&e gushed. "How much Is It?" "Nothing at all," he replied courteously. "O, but you should let me pay you something--you really should? I'm sure it would be only right to pay you for your time. It took all of five minutes-- or at least we will call it five minutes, though «of course it wasn't really so long--and if your time is worth $8 a day--and really I think druggists should make that much, though of course they do not work so hard as carpenters or painters--why that would come to---lA me see, why nearly 10 cents--or at least we wi|J call it 10 cents, though it would really be only about 8 cents, wouldn't it?" "No, madam," the druggist replied firmly. "We are glad to do these little Rervices for our customers, and I recall distinctly that you have bought most of your postage stamps here for a long while."--Pittsburgh Dispatch. Seek Foeeil Treasures, Graves unmolested for hundreds of thousands of years, according to scientists, were Jarred to daylight at Torrance, near Los Angeles, when a blast of 100 pounds of dynamite pushed into the air fossils of antediluvian beasts. It was a treasure blast, especially set for a group of California scientists who visited the lime pits which have given forth molars of the two-toed horse, the saber-toothed tiger, the giant sloth and other peculiar inhabitants of the jungles which assisted hereabouts a half a million years or more before Los Angeles was thought of. A whole mass of Interesting discoveries was made in the debris of the explosion. Something of the size of these prehistoric monsters may be gleaned from the fact that one tooth me%pures about 15 Inches across the top and Is from 18 to 24 inches long. Surely. ttm Flapper--Oh, mother, eaa I go to the masquerade tomorrow as a milkmaid? Mother--No, child, you are too small. T. F.--/Then can aa -a- condensed milkmaid? " No Chance of Failure There. Blghedde--I believe a man's S» this world depends upon his estimate of himself. jsasss> What a areat rH UB Sufficient "CaS you refer me to any doe fet whom you have worked before?" "Well, mum, I cooked for you a couple of days last winter." If It Only Coifld Be Dona, RuM>er--Why Is the Joke edit** having an X-ray machine installed in his office? Neck--He wants to look through the jokes he receives.--Science and Invention. As Good aa Any. I'S a girl," said the correspondence man, "who wants to know how to acquire a swan-like neck." "Tell her not to make a goose of herself," put in the sporting editor. Boston Transcript. » The Sense of Humor. "Have women a sense of humor?" "Of course, we have," replied Mlt Cayenne, "but we don't dare display It in the presence of gentlemen. The proper ambition of every woman is to persuade seam man to take seriously." Passible Reason. "Doctors now want fee know how tbe stork came to ha associated with brlngr ing ba^Nfc* "That's easy. On account of the New York's Parks Treeleee Soon. At the rate New York is losing trees In Its parks and open spaces there will be no natural shade for the next generation, according to Martin L. Davey, former congressman from Ohio, one of the leading tree experts of the country. Mr. Davey had just finished an extended tour of the parks. "I understand the city has about 175,000 trees," said Mr. Davey. "The limited funds of the park department allow It to employ wily 18 men for their care. That means that each man, if it were humanly possible, would have to personally attend to practically 10,000 trees. The result tft that 2,500 trees died In New York last year, most of which were splendid shade trees, close to 100 years old. The rate of loss is increasing rapidly. Bestow Pipe Arch Bridge Unique. An engineering curiosity, said to be unique in this country and to have only one parallel in Europte, is the pipe-arch bridge over the Sudbury river, which carries Boston's water supply. The span Is 80 feet, and the steel pipe, 7V4 feet in diameter, rises 5% feet above the horizontal at the center. The pressure cm the abutments when the pipe Is filled with water is very great and is resisted by a mass of concrete 40 feet thick behind each abutment. Across the curved top runs a hand-railed foot bridge. The steel of the pipe in the arched port ton Is % of an inch in thickness. Why Net? have changed,' 2 "Tinea changed," said the bachelor. "What now?" "Just called oa * married couple and saw a baby being put to sleep by a lullaby played on a graphophone." Quantity and Quality. "Your eoftstlftients are commenting on the fact ttiut your speeches are not as long as they used to be." "I hope," rejoined Senator Sorghum, "that they realize and appreciate the care and labor involved in going over them and trying to make them shorter." Not Theee Days. That must have been a mistake la the new» i««a -*wfckh said that a waftron who petticoats was Plight wtth the on her.--«ea*> istrataon, has to those of a pri of to its over it. presidents of tbe opi-po*** ran their severalbusiness pwtmant was an ooutact in the on and as if In all matter* of plaa, &e several tion without any of the aui of the ifick of any outlin absenot of"tietecnti?& pressure and supervi ssated ttftf! atamft entire la«k *4 cj-o The corjponllon was not for profit, and its principal for op9ra&ing «xpenses were obtalaael by a levy upon a£odtholdgra (an aj>~ peal to lati^ian for an appropriation, involving a collection through taxi* or imposts). * Nq balance sheet of the corporation as a whole was ever prepared. No complete inventories of its properties existed.' No statement of its cult rent assets, such as salable material and current supplies had ever beast made, nor was there any easy method existing of securing it. When cash wW placed by the stockholders at the disposal of the co*» poratkm for its purpoim, the custom was to notify the different departments that a certain amount of credit was available with the treasurer efl the corporation, to be drawn upon as might be necessary to meet any et* timated expenditure involved. ^ ^ As a result of all this, the corporation, & effect, seldom rtoonsiderp^ an unwise project entered into by any department. The administrative heads of the departments of the corporation selected, as a rule, with less reference to their business qualifications than to their qualifications as advisers to the president of the corporation along' other liiieg than rtatme business administration^ } ; - .College Students to Be Classified ^ According to Mental Alertness 9f PRESIDENT W. D. SCOTT, Northwestern Univarsfttf 5 The time will soon come when university students will be classified v |r according to their mental alertness. The brilliant students will be classed f" , r by themselves and forced to do more and harder work. The mediocre : students "will be required to do only What their mental capacity will f permit. ^ r -V We ace already separating some students according to their mentsl alertness. At the end of the first semester the students in certain classes | are graded and the more b r i l l i a n t placed in a s e c t i o n by t h e m s e l v e s . They u i ' - are required to do special work. ^ \ 1 , In the medical school we have gradually increased the requirements f | : until only the mentally alert are able to take the courses successfully 1 ^ Because of the surplus of applicants we have been considering making stf* 4 i*) * dents wishing to enter the school pass mental teats. Auctioneer Doing a Thriving Busip^ : v < . In England Just at Present » By PHILIP FENMOiiB WEBB, British VMtor. Ancient estates are being sold under the hammer because their owners cannot continue to pay the taxes upon them. The auctioneer is doing a thriving business in my country just at present. Of course, taxes s|f only partly responsible for this condition. The increased cost of upkeep an outgrowth of the high cost of labor of all kinds, is another big factor in driving many of the older families off land they have long held. One of the Twggest estates which will soon go in this way is that §|r the duke of Portland. The duke recently called all his tenants togethir and announced that hia. family finds it impossible to continue in possesion of his vast estate, Welbeck Abbey. In this instance the death duty (inheritance tax) will serve to dispossess the heirs. As Wei bed: Abbey is valued at more than $10,000,000, the tax thereon, when it passes from thp duke to his heirs, will be somewhere in the "neighborhood of 45 per cent. The duke of Bedford ia-another complainant. He recently made tfce statement that he is losing $25,000 a year by holding on to his properties. Under such circumstance* it ia not surprising to fee sold at auction. %•& Totiring by Automobile to Get a Rest From . '^i:£iFrav$l by Railroad Trskte. By STANLEY DAWSON, Veteran Circus Man. " #0- Kemember the story about the boy who had been rescued from a ship^. wreck after being in water nearly all day ? Whee he got home, his fatheiy in order to show him a good time, took him to Oon^y Island--swimming.. That just about fits what I'm doing. *'*. After spending nine months out of the year, for twenty-five years, cm * a sleeping car attached to a circus, I find the best reaction is in anothjiL * method of travel. I am touring in an automobile. It ia delightful. A; friend and I have lolled along in our car for nearly 6,000 miles, and tl*^ freedom has been wonderful; to say nothing of the air. No conductor^, no porters continually brushing us off, no last calls for dinner. Columbun ' mnk have felt like this after his great discovery. . ^ For years, while riding on trains, I've watched and envied fellow bi* * ings touring in autoe. To get a rest, I've reversed the situation. It is th» I ' sport of kings. In a day or so, we are going to pump up the tires, step on the gas, start oat fa* 6*000 aaore miiaa and give trads and aleepiqg ears the laugh. 1;.;\Brig. Geo. Amoa A. Fries, Chemical Warfare Section, W« lli A.-?i% ^Te liave isfveloped poison gas to a point now where it would <*use l(R) per cent efflroalties among unprotected people or troops. At least 10 per cea| would be killed instantly. To unprotected populations and in cities behind the lines, a modern gas attack would have withering effects. It if1 this terror of what might happen to the gryaj. titisg of thfl will react aa a preveation of future wars. , " V . Simator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts The aumt way i|"