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HAD QUIET YEARS fe> ? ? 11,1, Chief Executives Who Lived Long After Retirement. Of Them All, the First John Adam* Hold* the Record, Twenty.Flva Year*?Wilton - the Oldeet 8lnce Buchanan. President WHsttfi;. who whs sixty* three year* <?U| December 2H, I* the oldest i)9iiit to occupy the While IIoiihh alnre Rucluinun. who entered It ui alxtyslx hihI retired at seventy. Anyone who run.* over tile history of the. presidency will he struck hy the rise sad full of the age at which prea identM huve entered nod retired from oflice. and the varying length of time hy which they have outlived retire ment, remarks the Philadelphia I tec* nrd. Of the llrst eight presidents, all |>ut (wo of whoiu served two terms each. six retired when past sixiy-ttvc, voe of them, Jackson, ? /ithfri 11 duya of his seventieth birthday. The tirst Adams retired at sixty-two, Van Hur* en at fifty-nine, Of theso eight, four lived to he pant eighty. One passed seventy-eight and another passed sev enty-nine. Washington alone of thein fa I in I to reach seventy. The tirst Adams outlived retirement by twenty* flve years and Jefferson, -tfho died on ttke same day with Adatus, July 4, 1820, the fiftieth anniversary of In dependence, outlived retirement sev enteen years, Monroe, who retired at sixty-seven, died July 4, 18.'U. Since Jackson, no president except Wilson, Buchanan. Taylor and the first Harrison has sat III the White i IIoumi when sixty-due years old. Of all who have served in that l.l?Yie, ten retired or died in office before reach* inn IIfly seven, and only two outlived retirei/ieni twenty years. Not one j SSved to in- eighty, and onl.v liv*. ?Vi^sed seventy. I'oik outlived retire- j aa--nt less than six months. and died ? M titty-tour, younger than an> other j l'X-|a*esident. presidents In the! l$-i| flft,\ years have lived to see three ; Of thefr sit i-t'xsorx. and sex era! have \ not seen two. tliouuh I'ieree -saw four. Although the average length of hu man life in the Cnilejl States is t greater than It was w hen- the repub lic was young. distinguished public . men have hardly shared In the Immiij of ienutheneii da\N. The presidency. , indt e^ while never exactly what everyday folk call a soft snap. was ; a far le**- exacting ojllce In early ! times than it Is toila.v. The Napoleon- i lc war nave Washington, the first ; Adonis, Jefferson and Madison a goo<" many trying hours, but they ail had their periods of respite. Washington, wherever he happened to be as chief magistrate, managed to escape now j and again to the spacious and dig- ! nlfled quiet of Mount Vernon. John j Adorns, the tirst president to occu py the White House at Washington, ' the domestic arrangements of which < appeared "impossible" to his thrifty j and orderly Now England wife, often 1 returned tn the quiet of his home at Qulncy. Jefferson found repose nt Monticello. and Jackson made the long Journey to the Hermitage, where rest awaited his coming. All of the early presidents were ( safe from Intrusive messages hy tel- j egrapli or telephone, and they re- I eel veil mall in no masses as now daily ? pursue a president on vacation. Even 1 l'olk could not have been much ills- j turhed by the stammering words of j Morse's new-fangled messenger, for ; it was publicly used for the tirst time In reporting to congress the result of the Democratic national convention at Haiti more in 1844. Women Selling TJveir Jewels. It scorns to ho tub fashion Just now for women with, plenty of inonoy and honvlly stocked with Jewel cases to yell nny rich and rare *? tones that thoy may possess, not because they need fche money hnt simply because thoy like the excitement of getting a big flprure for articles that they probably seldom wear and certainly do not act tin lly miss. It Is reported that the woman who Is now Mm. Jark (.'.llliatt and was pre viously tin* widow of tlie eccentric tnarquis of Anglesey. recently went through her Jewel < bests and collected quantities of old-fashioned, quaintly set gems which slu> s<*it off to be sold by auction. The result was a very .satisfactory sum of money that ran well fnto flvs figures, with which she purchased a beautiful little estate, where she Is In dulging In her pet fuel of chicken tann ing. And He Deserved Aftt-r a ruthless process of rejection there were five applicants for the tost of errand hoy left for the head of the firm himself to Interview. It <> as one of his flippant mornings, and he sought to amuse himself by n*k ng the eager hoys puzzling and quite irrelevant questions t'? test their general knowledge. "H<>\\ far away from the earth Is the North Star?" was the question he fired at the third shiny-faced younu'stPr. "I'm sorry I ninnof five you the ex act figure on hand, sir. wa* the reply, "but on a rough estimate I should say that It Is far enough away no' lo Interfere with me running er rands." He got the post. Japan's Ships. Ob August 1. Japan had h total of 724 Ta?els of ntor> than 1,000 groaa tons fa eoa?t nn<l oc*an trade. WOMAN EARNjU? HER LIBERTY Unlooked For Suffering Endured by ltow4way Who Wa? Making Hor Way to Froodom. Gone woo the Bosporus und in Its place we ww the I6|<]||) wuters of the Black sea. From the porthole of Josef's cabin .we could distinguish many fall?# west of u* the coust llu%> of the country in which White hud spent three yen?. according to Copt. Alan Bolt's "Stowuwoys, Inc.," in Aslu. Feeder soon left us, for he hud to bring other stowaways to the light of day. From every concealed cranny of the vessel men aud women, almost as light-hearted aw ourselves at deliver ance from the Turks, were coining Iuto the open. ~~ One of the stowaways. a pa**lH>rt? less woman whom the aged captain wan taking with him to Odessa, did not rejoice for some time. As hiding place for her the old tnau had chosen a deep locker In Ida chartrooui ou the bridge, There ahe had remained for the laat two Uaya. Now, Kosa, the kitchen wench, knew nothing of the cuptulu's lady. Tliat morning, not Wishing to send her own .particular stowawuy?a Turkish deserter with coal-blackened face, untrimmed beard and decidedly odorous clothes?buck to the bunkers, where he had spent the previous day, she thought of tho locker as a teidjnirary home. Dump ing hliu Inalde the locker, ahe faa tenet! the lid aud ran back to the kitchen. The Turkish, deserter landed with some violence on tho captain's lady and both received a bud fright aa they clutched at each other in the darkness. Yet the lid could not be're moved from t,he Inside and the wom an's screams were unheard outside the little room. The air In the unveutl* lated locker grew more and more stuffy, Finally the woman fulnted. The Turk, tired after a long spell of cramped wakefulness In the bunkers and the kitchen, composed himself philosophically and went to sleep. AGED MAN CLAIMS RECORP New Hampshire Nonogenarlan Still Able to Swing Ax Both Lustily and Expertly. Friends of Frank Mozrall, ninety, of Franklin, N. II.. claim that he Is the champion woodehopper of his ajje In tlTe New England states. Despite his near approach to the century mark he Is able to swing an ax with the best ol' the choppers of the New Hampshire woods, those who know him best say. Mr. Moarall was formerly a hotel man. Since his retirement a favorite pastime of his has been to walk a dis tance of live miles from the home of his niece to a wood lot and there chop wood. It is claimed that he cut almost' Hve cords of wood in a week, which Is considered a record for a man any where near Mr. Mo/,rail's age. Mr. Mozrall helped to build the first bridle path from the Profile to the summit of Mount Lafayette, and was one of the best-known guides In the mountains years ago. lie has guided some of the best-known people of the country in their explorations of the White mountains. It Is only recently that he has come into fame as a wood chopper. \ Mr. Mozrall's tncfcnory. is most excel lent and his general health Is excep tionally good for a man of his ad vanced yours.?Boston I'ost. * Synthetic Vinegar and Acetic Acid. Acetic acid Is now used in great quantities in making acetate of cel lulose for airships. Before the war this was obtained by distilling wood, but Tt no longer suffices. A synthetic way of making acetic acid was dis covered and now the price is much lower than it used to be. The process Is simple; It calls for the production of acetic aldehyde by a re action of water with acetylene, and the oxidation of the aldehyde gives acetic acid. Three French companies are now using this process and La Nature says they bid fair to drive the distillers of wood out of the field, even planning to produce a synthetic vinegar thrtt shall be much cheaper than the natural ar ticle. Strong Ptea. The local scout executive had vis- ; ited the school for the purpose of or ganizing a troop. Ha talked to the hoys for a time and then taught them 1 several yells, some for their school and .some for the principal, all of which made a decided hit with them. A few days later they unked their I teacher to invite him hack, but she refused, pleading that their time was needed for their regular school work. | Another few days and their request wns repeated, only to meet with the. same refusal and the same excuse. I; \v;ts almost a week before the subject was again mentioned, and j then the genius of the class tfld It. "Say, Miss W he began, "don't yon feel like yon would like to be veiled for again?" Remarkable! An amorous young man met a math ematical maid at the Christmas dance. *lle was as keen on flirtations as she was on problems, and he asked her. In the conservatory, to tell him her age. "How old am I?" replied the girl "Well, when I am as old ns my sister was when she was as old as I will be when she Is twice as old as I then wat I will be twice as old as 1 now am." The young man, easer to please Idokei ?v her In polite astonishment and exclaimed ; "Never I* STUCK TO HIS CAR /? ? ?| mi |? ? " ? ? *' \* Yankee Kent Long Vigil in Deep; Baltic Snow. ?eldier Abandoned by British Officer When Auto Fulled to Buck j Drift Par's.? Klrhiml Kelly of !!l Paso, Tex., one of the American dou^h'-nya recently recalled from duty In iliu BfilflC country, now. Ik In a hospital In Paris nursing frost hltes and restor ing lost tissue as the mailt of a lone vigil with his car In n Baltic snow drift. Purlng his tour of duty In the Baltic. Kelty wjts assigned to drive for a Hrltlsh officer one of the hlg yellow American cars. which. It Is sup posed. can go anywhere. One of the laat ihiii;:-. his superiors told Kelly was "?tick to your car whatever hap pens." #v What happened, was that during the drive In the rural districts near lUga, Kelly's machine, officer and all, became stalled, In a anowdrlft. No horsepower or Ingenuity was able to budge It. The Hrltlsh officer with his adjutant fought their way to the neareat town for aid, leaving Kelly alone to buck the snowdrift. For some reasoq the officer failed to return.. Though Kelly might have surren dered and sought shelter, he remem bered his Instructions and gamely stuck. Night fell; so did more snow. No one came along the road and no twinkling light told of the neameaa of human beings. Kelly, hungry and forlorn, curled himself up In the car and slept. While awake he solaced himself \Vith cigarettes. 1 He spent a second day In the same drift, determined to stick. That day a peasant came along in a sledge and towed Kelly to a nearby village and there he left the car, returning to his base by train, later passing through Berlin to Paris. Now he is spending his off hours looking for that "blamed" British officer. SAVES MUCH HARD WORK It is a well known- fact that water will not run uphill and thq owner of this North Carolina home found that tolling up a steep slope of several hun dred feet with buckets of water sev eral times a day was a hack breaking Job. So he turne'd nn Inventive mind to work and stretched a cable from the spring to a windlass built against a tree near his home. A pulley ar rangement permits the bucket to trav el down the cable to the spring, where It fills Itself and then Is drawn uphill to the house by tbe windlass. "VIRGIN" WAS ONLY SHADOW Priest Solved a Mystery Which Caused^ Exc tement Among French Villagers. i Metz.?Excitement among the peo ple of Noveant, a small vlllifge near here, over the supposed appearance of the Virgin near a church yard, has been calmed by an Investigation l conducted by religions authorities. It was said tbe apparition nppeared at a certain time each day, seeming to stand on the steps of a little villa. Father Bentz posted himself one evening at a point where others said they bad seen the Virgin, and at once solved the mystery. He found two trees some distance awny which. Just at sunset, cast a shadow presenting a clear outline of a statue of the Ma donna. the resemblance being striking. Bishop Rueh of Metz, commenting - on?the case.?sa+d?when tt was ex I plained to him : "We must not expect too many nlr ' acles. We have Just witnessed < ne ; of the greatest miracles of all times ?tbe return of Lorraine to France I ?and we can afford to wait a little ' while for another." Strike Over Price of Blood. New York.?Men who sell their blood for transfusion In operations struck for more money at the Flower j hospital They demanded for a ? pint of blood. more than they re i reived two weeks ago, since which ) time the price has increased to $40. , Student nurses responded as strlke ' breakers. Ten minutes after the strike sturted one nurse was o.i the i operating tuble as h surgeon performed ' a transfusion operation and tlie hos I pltal received a pint cf bl?x?d fr?e j Two hours Inter the nurse was attend Ing ?. < ''.ifc. Th?- *1rlfce wn* broken. i'rnfeHsiiiiiiil 5jI?mm1 donors were on to* Job next iIh) it the old wage. ^4 new Elegance of Line Seen in this Chalmers rMS a car very easy to look at; and there'sa wealth of com' fort in those new type seat cushion^ of this Chalmers. Besides, this new elegance ha** in no way penalized roominess. At the radiator the lines are high. At the rear they arc low. From the cowl back the top line of the coach is low, but as you sit in the car you have a feeling this line is high. Once in motion this position becomes even more alluring ^s you cling to the seat, note the absence of sidesway, and feel that the car is hugging the road closely. Particularly is your enthusiasm stirred when you observe the ease of the. engine's effort, its intense silence, the quick response when you turn loose the power stream. You tacitly pay a co'n\p!i'i?^nt to Hot Spot and Ram's horn, for they have Fletcherizeu the raw gas, utilized the last drop of power that nature stored away. ? - And you admire a Chalmers the more for it, for in addition to its beauty of action, it is arrayed in new garments that are refreshing to a degree.' Ouaiity Firgl George T. Little Camden, S. C. - The mechanics in our sh p who will adjust or repair your Ford car, or Ford truck, are men who understand tve Ford mechanism and who know Ford way of making repairs and replac ements. They are experienced 5^(4 mechanics and because of their familiarity with Ford cars call do your work more intelligently and more quickly th?n can other skilled mechanics who lack Ford experience. _j! The work on your car will be done in a completely equipped shop timesaving Ford tools and equipment. Whether ybur car needs an adjustfflCw. nr a thorough overhauling, ,wp nrp prepared to give you careful and prolPPj service. And nothing but the Genuine Ford-made parts and replacements Wj be used. When the work is finished, the charge will b6 the reasonable, 8tw^ dard Ford prices. m.F'1 - Our stock of Ford parts is alw ays complete. And our Ford garage * Ford mechanics are at your service at any time. We are authorized Wra Dealers and not only repair Fords buf also sell them. Drive in or PW*J Be fair to your car and pocketbook. Kershaw Motor Go. Phone 140 Camden,' 'Mr,