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as Attained Highest Place. Among the Peoples of America 1 & "People of Destiny^ m 'M < 4 America is at the threshold of her supreme defttiny in the world. By her action in the war, when for' the first time her strength was revealed as almighty nation, full grown and conscious of power, she has attained the highest place among the peoples, and her will shall prevail if it is based upon justice and liberty. 1 believe that America's destiny will be glorious for TO mkind, not because I think that the individual American is a better, nobler, more spiritual.being than the individual Englishman, Frenchman, or Russian, but because I see, or think I see, that this great country is inspired more than any other nation among the big powers by the united, organized qualities of simple, commonplace people with kindness 6f heart, independence of spirit, and sincerity of ideas, free from the old heritage of caste, snobbishness, militarism, and fetich-worship which still lingers among the junkers of Europe. They are a middle class empire, untainted by imperial ambitions or ancient traditions of overlordship. They are governed by middle class sentimept. They put all problems of' life to the test of that simplicity which is found in middle class homes, where neither anarchy is welcome nor aristocracy privileged. America is the empire of the wage earner, where even her plutocrats have but little power over the independence of her people. It i8 a nation of nobodies, great with the power of common man and the plain sense that governs his I if ft. Other nations are still ruled by their "somebodies," by their pomposities and high panjandrums. But it is the nobodies wjwsp-tttcp -if coming in history, and America is on their side. ^ .> : Testimony of tfersed.by Another m American Veteran. W'hat Is the aetret of usefulness above sixty? Let me quote my friend Chauncey Depew, who says: *'I look back over sixty years of continuous ef-1 fort and whea I try to differentiate the causes of my health and happiness I always come back to work. I never yet knew an idle man who was a happy man." It Is his reply to those who think the millennium will come when nobody will have to work more th^n two hours in twenty-four. On his •eventy-ninth birthday he said: "With each recurrence of these.anniversaries I am more Impressed with the permanence of friendship." That Is the impression of all wh® have moved into the later years. We may not see our friends daily but the knowledge that they are in the flesh and in the spirit is a wonderful help and ^satisfaction. In the currency of friendship giving Is getting. Here Is a young man of eighty-six who voted for John C. Fre mont, who dined with Gladstone, wh took part In every Republican presi dential convention and campaign since the party began, who believes every year that comes is the best, who has worked all his life, and who has found his happiness in work. The man's creed is this: "The Christian faith of my mother is good enough for me. What could be better?"--Geq. .F^lix Agnus. I n MSTUN NFTOafu UNtOMBLACK- BACKED JACKAL. "I suppose," said the Black-Backer Jackal, "that the first thing I ghoul do ia to explal pk pi*. .Or I>evelopment of Water Power Involve^ Westward Growth of Industries. By H. A. JENNINGS, Boise, Idaho. "A > 'A - I doubt if there has been in Washington a more important convention in years than the recent meeting of the Water Power League of America when representatives of the great consumers and producers of power took up with the federal commission rules and regulations for the development of the country's vast hydraulic power resources, recently opened by congress. Few realize the extent of this great national resource. It is a great mine of wealth, the surface of which has only been scratched. The United States geological survey estimates the possible development of water power at about 60,000,000 horsepower as compared to about 10,000,000 horsepower now in use. The use of power has increased fivefold in twenty years. There was only 2,000,000 horsepower • fcsrnessed in 1901. .< f In the past coal and oil for the production of power have been comparatively inexpensive. Now we are bound to see tremendous strides in the development of suitable substitutes, the most logical being water power. In fact, I believe that in it lies the solution of the fuel problem. With onr railroads and many of our big industries electrified, there would be plenty of coal and plenty of transportation facilities for small users. The development of all this power is going to cany many important changes into effect. It will involve a westward growth of industries. Three-fourths of the potential power in New England is already developed, and while the Atlantic and central states have put in use about a third of their possible power, the mountain states of the West have developed only 7 per cent, and Pacific states but 4 per cent. Has the Day of the Drive for Funds Gone Here to Return No More? The fire department of Agnes Scott college, Decatur, Ga., composed of college girls, under ttie leadership of Miss Ruth Virden as chief, Is ready for immediate action. A combination hose and chemical truck has been obtained, and the 12 members of the crew have not only learned how to wear their Iron helmets and slickers, but to handle a nozzle and extinguisher aa well. ;-v. ' i ' - -- • ---- ~n -- --- , . \ REPORTS GAME IN PROFUSION Plan? Airships 800 Feet Long V ' T ' i r „ ' Prediction is Made That Huge . Craft Will Be Used in Regular Transatlantic Trips. AIR LINER IS OH THE WAY Long-Distance Craft of the Future May •• Plane, but Experts at London ( Conference Predict Lighten Than-Air Type. By L. WILBUR MESSER, Y. M. C. A. The time is past when we can expect to ask a man for contributions «ad give him no information about where the money .goes. And that tla exactly what these blanket demands amount to. During wartime, when the fervor of (Organization and contribution was at its height, schemes of cqpcentrated appeals were devised and carried out with good success* if But the time is over, and the public should not and will not be befogged by indefinite appeals for funds with no clear objective, no stipu- 'Uted scheme of management, no frankly outlined policy. '• The failure of the interchurch movement is a striking example. The public flatly refused to be driven into another general scheme. People wanted to give as individuals, to' whatever end they wished, and they definitely rejected the scheme which refused them this privilege. General oontribution to a central fund will never work in these postwar days. • I contend tha$ any institution which is asking support from the publie should be able to present good grounds for its request. It should provide its public with a frank statement of policies and budgets and a record if satisfactory service. If it cannot do this, it is unworthy of support. The general public has a right to understand what its money is going for, and unless we provide satisfactory explanations we deserve no con tributors. I think every appeal we make should be on its own merits Hid should stand or fall on the record of achievement. Dr. Livingston Farrand, American Bed Cross--While the first call for Bed Cross services is at home, the greatest problem of the age is the 11,000,000 war orphans and 50,000,000 other destitute children of Europe, fit is a greater problem than any which came during the war. , These children are undernourished, unfed, untrained, and mentally, morally and physically destitute. Twenty years from now they will form the basis of civilization in Europe. If we are to preserve ourselves, preserve the foundations of society, we must! help those children who tomorrow will direct the destinies of Europe. • •. Ouster Seedorf, Tax Clerk, Chicago--What i« the biggest ambition of my life? To be a real father to my children. . And to care for my fam fly properly until my children are old enough to look after me. To look 'ftfter my duties and to do justice to my work and my emplojir. Myron U. Ream, Management Engineer--Two million dollars ia pasted every day in salaries paid to clerical workers in the United States. •This enormous waste is due to inefficient office management and poor office inethods. London.--In awarding prlze#*recently for new types of airplanes built by British* manufacturers, the government took occasion to deplore what it viewed as a retrogression In the field of aerial research. Manufacturers of aircraft, in answering the criticism, replied that one could not hope, in time* of peace, for as rapid developments as were possible when the exigencies of war made expense and human life comparatively of little importance. Nevertheless, some bold predictions have been made at the air conference • which met at the Guildhall. There were, of course, speeches which embodied the dreams ftf every reader of Jules Verne or H. G. Wells, and there were graphic pictures of the great air liners of the future. But there also were sober talks by distinguished scientists, who. paid more attention to such practical details as wing tips and automatic controls than to visions. The air liner is on the way, there is no doubt about that; but it is going to come as a result of tireless and patient research and experimenting; it Is going to embody a detail here and a suggestion there, and when it Is finally turned out on a profitable basis it will provide a mode of travel as safe as and Infinitely more swift than any land transport. Craft Eight Hundred Fact Long. The long distance aircraft of the future may be an airplane, but it is more likely that a llgh)ter-than-alr type will prevail. What are the requirements for a craft capable of carrying out a sustained flight, say, from England to Australia? According to the experts at the Guildhall, each craft would be about 800 feet long, with a gas capacity of at least 4,000,000 cubic feet. The "R" dirigibles already constructed In England hold more than 3,000,000 cubic feet, so that this seems by no means an impossible provision. An average speed of 60 miles an hour would be required--something already achieved. It Is estimated that a dirigible constructed on this basis would carry 100 passengers, for whom comfortable, properly heated and well ventilated living, dining and sleeping quarters would be provided. Inasmuch as the dirigible would fly in a direct line, it would be able to make the London-Cape Town journey i in five days, whereas the ocean trip nqw requires 18 days. India might be reached in four days, aa against 16 at present. Even though passenger-carrying at first might not prove practicable, It seems probable that before long malls for the fringes of the British empire may be carried by the air route. It is calculated that the whole weekly mall from Britain for Egypt, South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand could be transported In one dirigible for each route. Sir Trevor Dawson, vice-chairman of Vlckers, Limited, the great aeronautic firm, Is authority for the statement that the fire danger for a dirigible is really no greater than that of any ocean liner. One of the great drawbacks to the use of the dirigibles--the difficulty of housing them in storms--may be avoided by mooring them to great masts p.nd allowing theifi to float at the end of their cables. It Is said that a ssillful captain can, in still weather, bring a huge dirigible to her mooring with the aid of only half a dozen men, and that even In heavy wlAds nothing like the small army which now is necessary to place a dirigible In Its hangar will be needed safely to moor the greet airships. A great mast, to be fitted with lifts, petrol and water mains, and with powerful cables and hauling apparatus, is to be erected at Howden, Yorkshire, to test the practicability of this arrangement. It is obvious that English aircraft firms are much Interested in the German bid for air supremacy, and apparently a little worried by it. The rumor of an early service of super- Zcppellns from Berlin to New Tort:, Chicago and San Francisco, which has been bandied about for a month or so, was seriously treated at the Guildhall conference; in fact, It was made the basis for an appeal for prompt British embarkation upon a policy of the construction of similar or greater airships. Dirigible Floats Over London. The appeal finds the more response because London recently has witnessed the sight, unusual since the days of Zeppelin raids, of huge dirigibles floating far above It. On the occasion of the Prince of Wales' homecoming the R-32. manned by the. American crew which will take the 4-38 back *o America next spring, sailed gracefully above the procession made up by the prince's carriage and his escort. Later other large ships from the airdrome, fit Croydon were employed to give the delegates to the air conference a demonstration of their ability. It is computed that the cost of carrying passengers in one of the great dirigible airships of the future would be about 20 cents a passenger-mlle, or approximately twice the present average first-class steamship rate. The r&te for carrying mails would be from ten to sixteen cents an ounce for 8,000 miles. Interesting prophecies also were made at the Guildhall conference re» -r-- garding the future of the heavtor-thanair machine. The constantly increasing size of these aircraft is calling serious attention to the possibility that the ordinary gasoline engine may have eventually to be replace*! either by the Diesel type or by the steam turbine. It also is probable that In the multimotored machine to be built In the time to come, the pilot will not have to occupy his time with the care of the machinery or the actual steering of the plane, but will telegrapn his orders to the engine room, mitcn as the captain or a ship now communicates with the engineer from the bridge. A device which attracted ir u<?h attention from the experts was one designed to "flatten" out a machine automatically as It nears the ground. This appliance consists simply of a trailerarm which, touching the ground before the wheels of the undercarriage come in contact with It, automatically sets the controls for a landing. Planes to be controlled by wire* less, and to carry no^pilots, a«so were predicted. I The probletn of landing in fogs and at night came in for Its due share of attention. At present the energies of the investigators are directed toward seeking artificial means to dispel the fogs; while lights on the wlngtlps of the planes, both as signals and to light the space where the machine may be about to land, were advocated. * According to Englishman, East Africa . la a Paradise for the Hunteff of Wild Animals. That part of East Africa which is traversed by the Uganda railway has long been noted as a $Ig-game country, but few stay-at-home Britons realize how plentiful the wild animals are there. A government official, whose work has taken him Into one of the game preserves, writes as follows In the London Post from a camp pitched only four miles from the railway and within twenty miles of Nairobi": , , "As I sit writing In my tent I cau see through the door at least four thousand bead of game feeding on the plains. There is one group not four hundred yards away. They consist oi wildebeest, hartebeest,'Grant's gazelle, Thomson's gazelle, lmpals, ostriches, waterbuck, eland and hundreds of zebra. I have never seen anything like It In any other part of Africa, and, as you know, I know something ot the game districts of southern Rhodesia, the Belgian Congo, the Tanganyika territory and the Portuguese territory near the Royuma." . Ages of Man and Hit Bride-to-Be Total 136 New York.--The combined ages ef Chester Osterhauer of 49 Willow street. Brooklyn, and Lulu Alice Bobbins of 125 Fort Greene place, who appeared before the marriage license clerk in Brooklyn, is 136 years. Osterhauer, a retired farmer, formerly of Kingston, N. Y., said he was aged eighty-three, and this would be his fourth marriage. The bride-to-be gave her age as fiftythree. Smiling Face Meana Much. I often meet people on crowded streets whom I have never seen before and whom I may never see again, whose hopeful, smiling, cheerful faces are very helpful to me.--Thoreau. Church Given by Frank J. Gould Bvexett C. Brown, President National Live Stock Exchange--Annual ^posses on live stock--losses occurring after the animals leave the farms-- gn-obably exceed $25,000,000 and take away millions of pounds of meat from the nation's supply. The Gould Memorial church of tto speaking colony at M&lson Lafltte, a 4>bt American millionaire sportsman, was cot of England. Trinity, presented to the English , of Paris, by Frank J. Gould, the ated recently by Bishop Ormaby ; Senator William X. Harris of Georgia.--There is not an enemy of V Japan but would like to see differences arise between Japan and America, ^ |>ut differences must and will be avoided through frank intercourse. * ' Slepresentative John W. Rainey of Illinois--Onoe K was believed that any one could teach school, but that is not true in this year of 193QWAS PRISONER, BETS MEDAL •ergt Halyburton, Captured by Germans, Cited for 8ervlcee In Worl^ War. Washington.--Edgar N. Halyburton of Taylorsville, N. C., who, during the World war, was a sergeant in Company F, Sixteenth Infantry, enjoys the unique distinction ef having a Distinguished Service Medal awarded him for services petifeipgd while a prisoner In permen]^ <. 8ergt Halyburton's citation, made ptobllc by the War department, says that the sergeant, while a prisoner In the hands of the German government' from November, 1917, to November, 1918, voluntarily took command of the different camps in which he was located, and, under difficult conditions, established administrative and personal headquarters, organized the men into units, billeted them systematically, established distribution of supplies and established an Intelligence service to prevent our men from giving Infonxuu tion to the enemy and prevented the from introducing propaganda." ' . Like Mather, Like Sen. TJSttWtlle. Ky.--When Mrs. DOTS'M, Glbbe, age 06, a widow, told her son, William A. Glbbs, aged 25, that she was going to wed again he said "We'll make It a double wedding. The son's bride was Miss Ruth Robinson, aged 22, while the mother's second husband was William Wilson, aged B1 The party left on a double fewvey moon.^:; , • > .{;v Effective Trespass 8ign. There is one thing the week-end outers from a city are afraid of. That Is poison Ivy and poison oak. They may figure out a way to circumvent the bulldog which the sign tells one to "beware of," and they do not always heed threats of legal action mentioned on signs. But they have wholesome respect for poison vegetation. It means pain and loss of time from work or pleasures. When a rancher ol California came to the point of despair In regard to keeping trespassers from his thickets, and tired of removing Utter and repairing fences and trees he resorted to a plan that proved to be effective in almost a hundred per cent of cases. . He placed at the several points of entrance to his property signs that read: "Danger! Prison Oak! Keep Out!" This-dld the work better than threats or watch dogs; for the vacationers could not know just when they might stumble en to the souace of Irritating trouble. Y. W. C. A. Abroad. Fifteen more young women sailed for Europe during September and October under the direction of the Y. W. C. A. to carry on in several countries work that has grown out of the war activities of the association. Social work for girls and women Is enlarging constantly in many countries, and new leaders are being recruited to meet the demands. They fill positions as executives, cafeteria directors, physical training teachers, industrial girls' workers, club leaders and recreation leaders. The fifteen who have sailed most recently are going to the near East, Ronmanla, Italy, Belgium, France and Russia. Others have left for China, Japan and India. Monument Guards Dangerous Road. As Los Angeles boulevard comes to an end at the edge of a high embank ment over a park lake, Incautious motorists have gone over several times, but with fortunate results. To guard agslnst a repetition of such accidents a monument to the memory of Gen. Harrison G. Otis, distinguished as soldier and journalist, which will completely block the end of the road, has been erected, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. The group Is composed of a life-sized figure of Gen. Otis; at his left is the figure of a soldier, while at the right of the central figure is a newsboy crying his wares. • An After-War Bride. A returned soldier and hia sweetheart called on a judge to marry them, and, apparently satisfied with his work, he said to Vic: "Salute the bride." For an Instant the groom waa flustered. Then he took two steps to the rear, came to a distinct halt, clicked his heels together, and gave Mrs. Vic one of the "doughboys' finest." "Oh, well, I guess that will have to do," sighed the judge as he signed the license.--Argonaut. To Visit., and as far as I. my name, shouldn't Just sa thatl am a Blaci Backed Jackal. " I t Is t r u enough'that is m name, and when *uy I shoultln say it I don mean because ten't so, but b<* cause ft Isn't enough to say order to exglaic who and what am. "Yes, I am a Black - BacJixt . Jackal. Then is nq denying th;:t, know, no one wishes to deny that. It Is a fact and a wry pleasant fact. > But that In itself does net explain very well what sort of a creature I am. And I am a relative of the famous creature--the dog. "Yes, I am! "I am a dog, a wild dog, or an unusual dog, but still I am a dog. "I come from Africa and I am one of the most Interesting of the queer kinds of dogs here. "That is, only queer-kinAl of dog» are kept in a zoo. "And they say I'm the most Interesting of the lot. Perhaps I should not say that' they keep only queer dogs here, for that Isn't quite correct. 'I mean that they only keep dogs out of the ordinary, and by keeping dogs out of the ordinary I do not meaa that - they keep dogs out of a place called the ordinary, but that they keep dogs who do not look like ordinary dogs, and, in fact, are not ordinary dogs. "You find none of the usual dogs yoa see around houses and with people here In the zoo. They come with their masters or their mistresses to visit the zoo, but they don't come here and Uve as I do. Or they are not brought here to. live. ' Dogs such as the bulldogs and setters and terriers and spaniels and collies and alrdales and all the other kinds of dogs--they're never seen In the zoos, as we arec ~ "They never live in the soo--never, never. Only the dogs It's almost Im-^ possible to see In people's homes or| about the streets live here. * "I look like the Azara dog of South America, but I am darker in coloring. I get along better In the zoo Uian any of the other dogs, too. I find it agrees with my health and my dlspoiltion here. In fact I like my home and my keeper and am a most contented Black-Backed JackaL X. look like my name, too.' "My back Is black, as you would imagine. "Often I have puzzled children who have come to the zoo. They have not expected to find a queer sort of dog, or, rather, an Interesting sort of dog. "I keep calling myself queer and I'«a really not queer In the least. MI merely mean to call myself ua-f usual and I have heard that *ord queer, and keep using it It Is strange how a habit will grow on one! "A habit doesn't grow on one like a lot of "hair would, for example, but tt grows on one so sne cannot help obeying the habit. "Habits are like that--they're bossy things! They just make you follow them unless you up and say you won't and just struggle and struggle until you win. "That's a good thing to do if th« habit is a bad one, but if it is a good one just leave it alone. "Now you knew I shouldn't really be doing so much talking, but I don't know as I've been'listened to before-- ever--and it Is nice to feel that folks are going to know who I%m and thdr when children come to the zoo maBP of them will know that I'm the Blaci- - Backed Jackal and will call me by mr name when they see me. r "It is a great treat for me to te9 that I have been allowed to talk aid1 tell my story along with so many <f the other more Interesting creature- But I'm grateful and hope, too, th* you've liked heaVlng about me--&& my curious name, which has meaning than one would think at firlr the name of Black-Backed Jackal/ Puzzled Children. is i<-! • Soldiers' Marriages. The total number of American soldiers' marriages abroad is .computed at 5,000. Of the(brides abroad whose nationality was recorded 2,295 were French, 1,101 British, 79 Belgian, and only 31 German. Generous Definition. - ••Father," said the small bdy, *W!iai Is a profiteer?" "A profiteer, my son, is a man who has decided it is necessary to empidy underhand methods to meet overhead charges." Looking for doidi Tittle Willie's mother nearly f*H ed when she discovered WUlie indtltrlously smashing all the eggs in tj& house. "Why, Willie," she cried, aghsit. ^ "what do you mean by hreakli* iU f those eggs?" | Willie looked surprised at the ? remonstratlon In mother's tone.' | "I heard father saying that there was money in eggs these dayi," ^ told her. "and I'm trying to findlt.r * J Wle sndj is »f n®? • Qoea With Automobile. ft goes with the automobile stops with the • automobile, is K use to the car, yet the car cannot gsf on without It. Answer, v Quite 8o. j What Is the difference between monla and ammonia? Pneumonia comes In chests and s*| ononis In bottles.--Boys' Life. . Hsy Like a Moui*. Why is hay llke a mease! he cam eat It l / , . . m . n'i i ,< i.