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Show s THE A General Quiz aaAaa-™ The Questions eft « \ combs of 1. What are the cata Paris? each star in 9. Is it true that an individual our flag stands for ; state? ocean so 3. Why is the Arctic ? jail in 4, Where is the largest ; the world? ny orig5. How did the word colo inate? The Answers extending 1. Vast excavations subterunder the city, formerly furnished h ranean quarries whic city. building material for the ctively the stars colle 2. No, ‘represent the 48 states of the Union. k 3. ‘‘Arctic"' is from the Gree bearctos, a bear, the reference of constellation ing to the northern the Great Bear. Ward 4. The largest jail is in road, Shanghai, with accommodaprisontions for more than 7,000 ers. settlemade 5. The Romans the ments of men to cultivate colonia; soil, these being known as colword the of hence the origin (Released SEE SA a See a- = ees 3 ementsENDa SEINE IO a pene e AAR Na set Sa a ~ as HELLO, AMERICA! HOPE YOURE ENJOYING SLOW-BURNING CAMELS AS MUCH AS WE ARE HERE IN ANTARCTICA. CAMELS SURE GIVE THE ‘EXTRAS' IN CIGARETTE PLEASURE! ee WATSON SCOTT Newspaper by Western Union.) in the Re veood ld back n ‘"‘sood old days'' whe to play used you ‘‘quthors''? reIt was a card game, you kind call, but it wasn't the folk that some puritanical there frowned upon because ng atwas a taint of gambli your tached to it. Instead, rs enparents and your teache becouraged you ‘to play it ucause they considered it ‘"‘ed ized cational" - it familiar the you with the names of the great literary figures of and world and the novels poems and stories that they had written. Well, your Uncle Samuel recently decided that it might be a good thing to revive that old-fashioned game. At least, he decided that we Americans ought to become more familiar with some of the great literary figures in our own past so he's started a variation on the old game of a_ nation-wide on authors scale. You don't "‘play'' it with pasteboards. You ‘olay' Samuel OI pee your manufactures ae rie POE TO PISS ANAS Uncle which stamps, it with VERNON BOYD of the { "1AKE a tip from the men of the U. S. Antarctic expedition commanded by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd: When it came to cigarettes, the expedition took Camels. Camels burn slower...give you more pleasure per puff and more puffs per pack. which Americans" "Famous would be composed of peace-time military and heroes, instead of Annaval heroes, or statesmen. by ticipating possible criticism the sesome people in regard to women lection of the men and r whose portraits were to appea values, ent differ of s on the stamp the Mr. Farley pointed out that iselection of the various denom two, onea e includ which nations, for three, five and ten-cent stamp of the each of the seven stamps the by ned gover be to was series, s date of birth of the 35 famou . Americans in this new series In other words, the lowest denomination in each of the seven groups was assigned to that particular American notable whose all date of birth precedes that of uothers appearing in this partic lar group, with the notable of the most recent birth being awarded ‘This the highest denomination. Institute, April 7 - Tuskegee has order birth chronological Ala., Booker T. Washington, tennew the hout been followed throug cent, brown. series. Scientists. Thus, no one who believes that April 8-St. Francisville, La., Longfellow Wadsworth Henry John James Audubon, one-cent, was a greater poet than James green. Whitcomb Riley can object beDr. Ga., 8-Jefferson, April cause the face of the Hoosier bard higher of stamp Crawford W. Long, two-cent, red. appears on a Rosa, Calif., value than that bearing the porApril 17-Santa_ The trait of the New Englander. Luther Burbank, three-cent, purin born was llow fact that Longfe ple. 1807 and Riley in 1853 was the April 17-Washington, Dr. Waldetermining factor in placing the ter Reed, five-cent, blue. onethe on former picture of the AdJane 26-Chicago, April cent stamp and the fact of the dams, ten-cent, brown. latter on the 10-cent. Composers. Similarly those ‘who love the Ky., SteMay 3-Bardstown, songs of Stephen Collins Foster t, green. can't object because his picture is phen C. Foster, one-cen whereas stamp, a one-cent May 3-Washington, J ohn Philon ip Sousa, two-cent, red. those of Edward A. MacDowell whom of .Nevin, and Ethelbert May 13-New York, Victor Herthey may never have heard, are bert, three-cent, purple. on the five-cent and the 10-cent Of course, stamps, respectively. it may seem rather silly that Uncle Sam, as represented by his postmaster-general, has to be so very careful to avoid the slightest suspicion of partisanship in such a matter as this. But it's amazing what queer notions people have sometimes, and _ they've raised a veritable ‘‘tempest in a teapot'? over lesser matters than this. ‘ Having chosen his list of and sells you (at a very good profit to himself, incidentally). All of which is by way of calling your attention to a new series of ‘‘Famous Americans'"' stamps which the United States post office department is issuing this year. The first set in the series was issued the last part of January and the first part of February; a second set was issued in February; a third will be placed on sale this month and each month until November will see a new group of American notables being honored by having their faces appear on a new set of authors, poets, educators, scien- tists, composers, artists and inventors to appear on his new series of stamps, Uncle Sam next decided on the places for ‘‘first days,"' i. e., where each of these stamps. It so happens that the first of the seven groups which will be issued this year displayed the faces of five famous authors and the second the countenances of till five famous poets-hence the statement at the beginning of the article nace ST By ELMO U.S. Antarctic Expedition es "The Name that Uncle Sam was ask- | stamps were first to be sold. In every case the home town of the notable or some place closely associated chosen. with his career was Is Familiar girl." SunAnd so, on the following day, the widow of Georgetown placed in the collection plate of faded Christ church an old and the letter bearing two copies of of two-cent British Guiana stamp later The Reverend Josa 1850. for Luard C. E. a sold these to The a sum in excess of $1,000. s good work went on-the widow' greatfar ed mite had accomplish er good CAME i Hele po * Emerson stamp (three-cent, * it a € Pattern YOU F remember was one of was which the slavery dispute." COS Photographs the wedding, was' All : On GRY Eli October 7-New York, Samuel F. B. Morse, two-cent, red. October 14-Lexington, Va., Cyrus H. McCormick, ie tacs purple. October 14-Spencer, : M ass. Elias Howe, five-cent, blue. ie October 23-Boston, Alexander G. Bell, 10-cent, brown. abreast of the first of these, he noticed a few bits of paper scattered about the ground just near the edge of an adjoining field. Stooping, he picked up the first. It was a letter. Turning it over, he was amazed to see that it contained on its face a five-cent Baltimore stamp, worth about $1,000. Hardly believing his senses, he remained rooted to the spot, staring at the bit of paper in his hand. He hardly noticed that the lady of the house had been approaching and now stood before him. ‘Trying to hide his great excitement he asked if he might look through the old papers that lay scattered before them. ‘"‘Surely,'' said the lady, ‘‘they come from the old granary. We are clearing it out and are destroying the old papers of grandfather. They are no use to us now. In fact, half of them have been burned up already."' The net result of the ensuing search was a total of eight more five-cent Baltimore stamps and a number of other valuable specimens of lesser rarity, chiefly of the 1847 general United States issue, The house cleaning so fortunately interrupted had proceeded to such an extent that about half of the papers had already been destroyed. What did these contain? More five-cent Buchanans perhaps a few of the rare 10-cent stamps. Who can tell? as * x * o But in Macs ff clearly when ordering which you want, and how many." & Good Friends ri mt dange hk mo You may depend upon it] a!" An he is a good man whose intl me bis friends are all good, and} filowe enemies are characters bad.-Lavater. deci WOME = ey years" Are you getting moody, crank NERVOUS? Do you fear hot flash ening dizzy spells? Are pp jealous tions other women get? THEN LISH These symptoms often result from functional disorders. So start today famous Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta pound. For over 60 years: Pinkham's pound has helped hundreds of thou os women to go "smiling thru" ys. Pinkham's has helped calm nerves and lessen annoying female tional "‘irregularities.'' One of the mam tive "woman's" tonics. Try i! A band Virtuous virtuous wife by obeying ®.. Wife rules het him.-Pulll Syrus. : Leaf 40 Colt Six-Shooter OR HEN the Mexican war ended and Americans set about to conquer the last frontier, what hung at the hip of every horseman of the plains, whether Texas ranger, trooper in the United States army, cowboy, frontier marshall or outlaw? Not a gun, a pistol or a revolver- nor a "gat" or a "rod.'' It was a Colt six-shooter, the one word that was universal for revolver. Itwasn't named that because it was a smaller edition of the horse pistol carried by horsemen but because it was invented by Samuel Colt, born in Hartford, win Read This Important 52)? i the fre b before Do you dread those "trying JUST DASH in young ¢ did the bridegroom-when,®& looking at the back of one dine, proofs, he read: "Please sq dis . Conn., the the envelope. were confronted with studies two-months-old baby. The bride nearly collapsei those acts to *‘settle name in the American history books even though he didn't leave much of a mark on American history. s been of pictures of the bridal group the e Inventors. October 7-Savannah, Ga., Whitney, one-cent, green. a a A agog, opened eae Wawra Artists. September 5-Narragansett, R. I., Gilbert C. Stuart, one-cent, green. September 5-Lowell, Mass., J. A. M. Whistler, two-cent, red. September 16-New York, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, three-cent, purple. September 16 - Stockbridge, Mass., Daniel F. French, fivecent, blue. September 30-Canton, N. Y *? 10-cent, Frederic Remington, brown. had and the happy] were assured that proofs wot sent to them so that the bestm be chosen for delivery. and passed, days Some looked-for envelope arrived, } appropriatan amendment to a bill land from ing $2,000,000 to purchase ‘‘neither Mexico, it stipulated that servitude involuntary nor slavery ee shall ever exist in part of the any said territory." That CSSSEHSSHS ESSE S ESHEETS, Zealous Photographer Was Looking Ahead American Introduced and one | 1% Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept New $2 Eighth Ave. for Enclose 15 cents in coins tern NO. o-e-eere Name «ees Address l you history you learned in schoo Wilthe will recall, of course, that mot Proviso of congress of two pattern illustration alphabet; inch stitches; materials required, © Send order to: Proviso the cok this with accessories simplest | stitct in alphabet The initials are equally love) artig personal or household Pattern 2245 contains a trap the English channel sh admiralty to consult with the Briti he was I¢ is believed that in 1913. to prevent plans pushed off the boat submarines falling of the German into British hands. Wilmot 2245. to initial or monog easy [z= oo pur- ple) was first sold in Boston and the Louisa May Alcott stamp (five-cent, blue) in Concord Mass. On February 13 the memory of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain, to most Amering us to ‘‘play authors'' with him by buying these new stamps for icans) was again honored at Hanuse on our letters. As a matter nibal, Mo., with the first day sale of fact, he's going to honor other of a new 10-cent brown stamp. ‘Famous Americans,'' too-eduThus Uncle Sam started his cators, scientists, composers, artnew "‘game"' of authors and he ists and inventors. continued it during February by Last November Postmaster issuing the five stamps in the poet General Farley announced that group, as follows: February 16, there was to be a new series of the Henry W. Longfellow stamp hoped had she than Everyone was pleased, would. especially Mr. Luard, who subsewith his purchase parted y quentl This widat a handsome profit. ow's letter has an approximate asum $30,000, of on valuati present entire build to an sufficient church. Thus on January 29 the green one-cent stamp bearing the portrait of Washington Irving was placed on sale at Tarrytown, N. Y. On the same day the post office at Cooperstown, N. Y., began selling the red-two cent stamps bearing a likeness of the author of the ‘‘Leatherstocking Tales''-James Fenimore Cooper. On February 5 the Ralph Waldo EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR- In Easy Stitchey Treasure in a Cornfield. ‘"‘proviso'' part of the expression. In 1925 a stamp hunter was unabout what But working on a clue he had "Wilmot?'' the earthed concerning an old bank David Wilmot, whose records he believed to be elected to the Z in existence in the general vicinhouse as a Demo- "4 ity of Baltimore. crat in 1845, of/ After a painstaking search he fered the amendwas chagrined to learn that the of out been had It 2. ment in 1846. bank in question won in the house business over 50 years and its but failed in the senate; but it had records long since destroyed. He done its work. Eventually, the Unitlearned, however, that there was ed States won that land from Mexa family of the same name in a ico by conquest but no slavery ever country district not far distant. existed in it. So he went to the farm of the family believing there was small When the Republican party was in stamps old any find to chance formed, Wilmot joined it and was a a place so abandoned as the disdelegate to its conventions in 1856 trict appeared to be. and 1860, acting as temporary chairUpon reaching the general man of the latter. He lost the race vicinity of his destination he had for governor of his native state of the farm in question pointed out Pennsylvania in 1857 but continued to him. As he turned his steps to serve as president-judge of the without enthusiasm toward the Thirteenth Pennsylvania district unMay 13-Peterborough, N. H. old farm house he noticed that til 1861 when he was elected United Edward A. MacDowell, five-cent it was flanked by several small His term ended in States senator. outbuildings. When the path he blue. 1863 when he became judge of the following brought him June 10-Pittsburgh, Pa., Ethelwas United States court of claims. bert Nevin, 10-cent, brown. Wilrnot died in 1868, leaving his ae Z a Alphabet Coloriul eee stamps Americans' interest in stimulated by has been gre atly commemorative the number 0O f put out by the and special issues in recent post office department mulus-but for years. Another sti been furs -ha a different reason book, ‘Fabulous by &8 nished , BY Romance of the Th Stamps: " FELIX B. STREYCKMANS ," written by John W Hastings by d SCOTT WATSON ishe ELMO publ and Nicklin and Here are two House of New York. h whic lume eee stories from that vo for an inSSS -jndicate the reason stamps: Diesel Engine old in rest inte se crea has been T= Diesel engine that The Widow's Mite. replace the gaso threatening to was first sold 1896, Lord bustion our com of 1(one-cent, green) interna the year In ated John oper the and as line e, served ented at Portland, Main the Rev. F. P. L. Josa the Epis- engine for many ye ars ,was pat stamp (twoch, Greenleaf Whittier The man who pastor at Christ chur l, Mass.; almost 50 years ago. at Georgeed nam hip is it wors cent, red) at Haverhil whom copal house of es Russell invented it and for The parish February 20 the Jam purple) a German entown, British Guiana. at Rudolph Diesel, was furent, to ee-c s (thr fund Paris in Lowell was b orn in Walt was in dire need of gineer who Cambridge, Mass., and the Camat ) blue nt, 1858. Whitman (five-ce a between 24, the difference main The den, N. J.; February (10-cent, y Diesel engine and James Whitcomb Rile a gasoline engine Ind. brown) at Greenfield, is that the Diesel with the Beginning this month explodes the fuel stamps will the p grou s' ator educ compression by ws: be placed on sale as follo ) instead of a spark Educators. no requires and 14-Boston, Horace March carburetor sySgreen. ion , ‘tem no ignit Mann, one-cent, 14 - Williamstown, system and burns March two-cent, ins, Hopk oil instead Mark crude , S Mass. red. Ma of gasoline. The ., Mass , oil is made highMarch 28-Cambridge , purA ly explosive uns that Charles W. Eliot, three-cent ther certain charitable work in pressure be"der the of ple. were dear to the heart the cylinder and FranMarch 28-Evanston, Tl. loved cleric. off. it blue. sets the pressure ces E. Willard, five-cent, A certain widow, long a sup-a the heat of the Gerfelt The Diesel engine made effective porter of Christ church, le itab e far more char arin the man subm deep urge to assist war, increasJosa in the 1914-1918 World work in which the Reverend Normally range. unfortuing its cruising was engaged, but was ries, subs s operated by electric batte nately without financial resource ne also to repurhy used the Diesel engi to devote to this wort operate and the batteries "What else might I concharge pose. that time, alpossesthe submarines during tribute from my meager ‘"Those in away longer owing them to rema sions??? she wondered. That visi- from their bases. old letters, perhaps? had said although a tor from the old country But Rudvlph Diesel, of some for worked race, years ago that they were man by Ger as Especially that one letter and America value. England, France, ps stam lar ned He was drow bearing a pair of circu well as Germany. a. time in sing for cros in used they had from a boat but a after falling to obey a call Georgetown when I was AAAS: oa " MO AB, UTAH nce Sam, "Let's Play Aut hors," Says U ries of And He's Giving Us a New Se Do That! Postage Stamps fo Help Us tak Me Another @ » ENT, TIMES-INDEPEND A IN Vain never FEATHERS.. SPREAD ON RO Flower and Die glory may flower? bear seed.-Spani erb. . 1814. He invented the : revolver-the first small:arm to fire Samuel Colt more than one shot without reloading. His invention, patented in 1836 when he was only 22, shaped early American his- tory by taming the frontier. The Colt six-shooter became not only a synonym for a certain type of firearm and a common name, but it became a symbol of the reign of law in a lawless land. **Judge Colt" was judge, jury and executioner when a man's life depended upon the speed of his draw. Gunplay was no horseplay, thanks to a man named Colt. 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