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Show Things the Pilot Must Watch III J Here Is view of the Instrument board of the latest type of airmail planes now being used to carry the nation's mall Th special arrangement of the Instruments Is made for night flying. Flight Instruments ar grouped In th center of tb panel because they are used most often by the pilot On the right side ar located the engine gauges snd at the left the electrical control equipment Puzzle Presented to English Legal Mind A barrister contribute to the Times, In s letter, an Ingenious and appar-ently Insoluble puzzle, which may be summarized thus: A says to B, I will teach 70a to be barrister; half fee now. and the other balf if you win your first ease. B wss taught, and called to the bar. but failed to do any-thin- e at all for two years. A then ssid to himself: If I sua him for th Installment of my fee, and win th rase, h will bar to pay m: If I lose, then b baa won bis Brst com, snd will therefor hare to pay me. That seems unanswerable until we get B's rlew: If A wins, then I have tost my first esse and need not pay him; and If be loses, then by the Judgment of th court I need oof pZ blm. So thst Is that; and there I no, evident eolation. Weekly Scotsman, Desolation in Wake of Gigantic Gold Dredges Automobile tourists through th northern part of California are liable to hare their attention attracted to mountains of cobblestones frequently seen. 8ometIme these piles sre SO or GO feet high and several hundred feet long. Tbey are never beautiful and they add nothing to the landscape. In fact, tbey are eyesores, but ther is little prospect of their removal These pile are the sccumulatlon of th gold dredges, gigantic constructions which eat their way through th land and leave a trail of desolation. Farm lands and orchards are brought op by tb operators and left In ruin, for the land la useless for any purpose whatever after the passu g of the dredger. These machines cost about a quarter of a million dollar, but the cost of operation la very small. A large quan-tity of the earth must b treated to recover a email quantity of th yellow metal, but at thut the business Is very profitable. The stones taken from th soil r oseful only to grind up for cement, but th pile standing today will offer crushed ston sufficient for th demands of th ntlr country for many years. Washington 8tar. Old Treasure Chamber in Westminster Abbey Few who exploit Westminster abbey are aware that there ar many of its most ancient and Interesting parts of which they have never bad a glimpse. For instance, in the eastern cloisters there Is a door so guarded against Intrusion that It can only be opened by seven keys, which ar in tb jealous custody of as many gov-ernment officials. Flv of the key-bol-of this wonderful door, which, by the way, la covered with human skins, are concealed from view by a stout Iron bar which traverses it This door gives access to vaulted chamber, known as th "Chapel of th Pyx," th walls of which wer standing as they stand todsy before even th Nor-man conqueror landed In Sussex. This chamber was once tb treasury of England, to which were brought "the most cherished possessions of the state." PITHY PICKUPS An "open mind" can easily b vacuum. . A leurned fool la more foolish than an Ignorant fooL Mollere. Sometimes th price of liberty Is the fee of smart lawyer. He must have a long spoon who eats with tb devil. Marlowe. Contentment Is what comes when there Isn't much to strive for. Severity, Is allowable where gentle-ness has no effect. Cornell le. . As some men see it, our uatlonsl gam is any kind of skin game. It's awfully hard for a man to get any fun out of being a model citizen. Harrying for money is as easy way not to get it as to gamble for it. Do the right thing quickly, before something or somebody prevents you. True blessedness conslstetb in good life and happy death. Solon. Many a politician ha been short- - circuited while engaged In wire-pullin- It sometimes happens that a man doesn't get in bad because be is a cowurd. Nature has Its "headaches next day" as well as man. A storm is its headache. To receive the key to the city, on has to make a speech. Nothing in th world is free. If thou art a ninn, admlr those who attempt great things, even though they fall. Seneca. He who glvea up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power. Jean Paul Klchter. TOO MUCH INQUIRY INTO PERSON'S AGE? The demand of public officials that the citizen declare bis sg on every pretext Is plec of obnoxious bu-reaucracy. You do not need to tell your exact age In order to vote. The women saw to that In short order. But you must tell It In order to obtain motor veblcl license. Two million persons In the next few months will need to writ down their ages for the perusal of license bureau clerks or any traffic officer. The plea that this Is necessary for police pur poses Is ridiculous. Identification can be made by other means in emergen-cies. A crook who was trying to "beat" Identification would not be greatly distressed by this requirement Dr. Charles E. Jefferson of th Broadway Tabernacle church, spoke out two years ago against sg require-ments on passports, licenses and the like, if more Would speak out, a change to a proper basis would be speedy. Person might be required to state It they ar "of age." But that Is suff-icientNew York American. On the Msna Th portly gentleman who bad been engaged to sing In tb musical pro-gram following a dinner at iarg restsnrant was loklng very enraged. CI B was scanning th list of musical Items, snd, to his consternation, his nam had been omitted! Approaching on of th organizer he brandished th program furiously, and demanded the reason of th omis-sion. Th young fellow whom h ap-proached glanced down at the card, then laughed nervously. "Aren't you Slgnor Jelly, the slngerr he asked. "Yes." was the reply. "Well er your name being 'Jelly,' snld the yonng chap. "It appears to have been put on the menu by mis-- : take." Montreal Star. Coed Idea Barringby was trying bard to listen to tb speaker's eloquence st a poli-tics) meeting, but th squalling of an Infant directly in front of him gave him little chance. At length he leaned forward, touched th mother on th shoulder, and asked: "lias your baby been christened yetr "No. sir. Why do you askT" "Merely because 1 was shout to suggest that If he had not been chlrstened yon might name him 'Good Idea.' " "And why 'Good IdeaT ssked the woman. "Because." replied flarrlngby, "It should be carried out !" Vancouver Province. Indians' Poisoned' Arrows The burean of ethnology says thst the arrow poison used by the Indians was of vegetal and animal origin. Among the vegetal poisons there wer the snp of the yucrs angustlfolla. a preparation of aconite, and a plant called mago, the milk of which was poison. Some tribes, such as the Sho-sho-and Bannock Indiana, secured a deer snd caused It to be bitten by a rattlesnake. The deer was then killed and allowed to putrefy. Tben the ar-rows wer dipped into the putrid mat-ter. French Superstitions To considerable extent, th Frem--h peasants still attach credence to th evil eye, to witches, to wer-wolv- snd to other weird medieval superstitions. In spit of years of persistent effort to eradicate these primitive beliefs. In many remote villages of Normandy and Brittany belief In heathen deities also survives. Sacred trees ar th object of midnight worship, when young girls gather to dance In th moonlight as In th days of Druidtcst heathenism. Healer and medicine men abound In the rural districts snd certain animals still ar treated with reverential awe. Case Involving su-perstition ar constantly coming to tb attention of th French courts. I Alaska Priest Visits ' J $ Parishes in Airplane t Anchorage, Alaska. One Alas-- J kfl missionary lias qualified as f X a sky pilot Bev. George II. T Woodley, Jesuit priest, does not 1 J propose to trek long days with T dog teams over snow or glaciers 1 nor paddle a canoe to isolated f 1 mission posts of four parishes In I his charge. II bus obtained T Z two Falrchlld cabin planes with X J skit and pontoon and will be j X able to land under varying con- - X T dltlons of weather. Rev. Mr. T X Woodley will carry supplies, X J books and medicines to distant 2 X villages and will use the planes J 2 for emergency ambulances. X Liberty Cap In early Roman times, only freemen were permitted to wear caps. When a slave was manumitted, a small cap. usually of red felt was placed on his bead, and his name was registered In th city tribes Several Roman com-manders hoisted such caps on spears to Indicate that all slaves who Joined them should be free: snd when Caesar was murdered, the conspirators marched forth In s body, with a cap elevated on a spear, in token of lib-erty. In the- French revolution, the lib-erty cap was adopted by the revolu-tfonlst- s ss a badge of their freedom. Pac!6 Mystery Easter Island is called th "Unsolved Mystery of th Pacific' because of tb scattered presence of hundreds of Im-mense heads carved out of stone which ar to be seen, som standing erect wblle other ar down upon th ground. Their meaning is only con-jectural and no on has ever offered any explanation which Is generally accepted. Apparently Easter Island was chosen as the graveyard for the chiefs of a large island archipelago which suddenly disappeared. The thou-sands of slavea who were kept at work carving out these Images wer left without food and fell npon each other until only a few remained. The story of all these events was never recorded and can be read only by inference. What a "Soft Answer" Bell Which did you consider the best of my poses, honey? Nell Th on where yon had your arm acros your face, dear. Jackson-vill- a Times-Unio- Plat and "Window Glut" Class Is made In two ways. Ons by blowing, th other by rolling. The blown glass, known as "window glass," Is not always uniform In section, may contain Imperfections, bubbles, sand marks, streaks, warped surfaces snd Is graded accordingly. Plate glass is free from the Imper-fection of warpace, objects seen through It are not distorted. It Is more costly. Slns!e-strenct- h window glass may be used for smnll panes and storm sash. Mcht-welgh- t plnte glass thick Is recommended for small window. CRITICAL YEAR FOR AVIATION IS SEEN Postmaster General Brown for Revised Rates. Cleveland. As an aftermath of rap-id development, commercial aviation In this country I now facing on of th most critical 12 months In its young life, according to an opinion ex-pressed by Postmaster General Walter P. Brown. Th picture he paints reveals that nearly all passenger lines suffered se-ver losses last year. Air mall oper-ators, although faring better. In many cases were compelled to use the proflrs from mall operations to offset the losses occurred In carrying passengers. Coast-to-coa- flying facilities were provided before sny considerable num-ber of people had even made sight-seeing flights over their own home towns. Brown said in depicting tb growth of large-scal- e aviation busi-ness. Disparity In Rates. A condition also exists In the air mall service which cannot be corrected until mall rate undergo thorough re-vision, according to the postmaster general "In our Judgment, the method of de-termining the compensation of air mail contractors must be revolutionized. The system of paying by the pound, regardless of distance traveled, is manifestly unsound," be said. Brown cited examples of the dis-parity between the compensation paid various contractors. The rates from Boston to New York, be said, Is $3 per pound; New York to Chicago, 88 cents per pound ; Chicago to Salt Lake City, $1.85 per pound; Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, S3, and from Cleve-land to Pittsburgh, $3 per pound. Contractors on prosperous routes have naturally prospered, Brown said, while those on routes where mall flows In a small volume have suffered heavy losses. Want Fixed Rats. An amendment already has been drawn up by the Post Office depart went to correct these discrepancies in rates. A vote on the measure is ex-pected In th next congress. Th amendment, in brief, authorize th postmaster general to contract for lr mall between cities at fixed rate per mil for definite weight spaces, rather than paying by the pound re-gardless of distance traveled. . These changes, In Brown's oplulon, would render a double service give Immediate aid to th lines in distress, and greatly Increase the air mall serv-ice to the public by permitting dis-patch by mall on regularly scheduled passenger flights. Fearsome Croature Maud Rex Allen says: "As 'mown In Japan, the conception of the dragon I nndoubtedly derived from th prod-ucts ' of th Imagination of th early Chinese, who were especially fond of evolving supernatural forms by com- - blning parts of various animals. It is essentially a serpent, with horns of a deer, the head of a horse, eyes ilk that of a red worm, scales like those of a carp, ears like cow, paws Ilk tiger snd claws Ilk an eagle. It has flamelike appendages on shoulders and hips. On either foot are three, four or fire claws the Imperial dragon of China has Ave; that of Japan three." Trees like human beings, should be allowed to have a vacation occasional-ly, accodlng to Geoge P. Weldon, noted nomologist. Southern California's cli-mate Is too good for a number of va- - ' rletles of peaches, apricots and apples, and If something happens to prevent the trees bearing fruit for one season they show renewed life and greater production the next season, according to Professor Weldon. This "vacation" for the tree may be occasioned by a severe winter, which would cause the tree to lie dormant MANEUVERS FOR AIR FIGHTERS PLANNED National Concentration in California in April. Mltchel Field, U I. The nation's aerial fighters stationed at this base and at other stations throughout the country for the national concentration of military aircraft forces at the Air Corps field exercises to be held In California next month. During th aerial maneuvers, which will be held from April 1 to April 24, several new tactical theories in air operation are to be tested. The coming exercises will mark the first time that there has been a na-tional concentration of military planes on the Pacific coast More than 130 ships will participate In the maneu-vers, which are to be conducted under the command of Brig. Gen. William G. Gllmore, assistant to the chief of the air corps In charge of training and operation a. While the major portion of the flight problem will be worked out at Mather field, near Sacramento, some of the principal operations will he conducted near San Francisco, and this will be the first time that planes have been used on a large scale in simulated coast defense operations. It Is be-lieved that In this phase of the serial exercises the question of the battle-ship versus th airplane will be re-opened. The first week of the military air-craft exercises will be devoted to the training of th elements within th varloua groups to be represented In the concentration and which will be drawn from all parts of tb United States, This will Involve training In airdrome discipline, Including traffic problems, such as prompt take-off- s snd landings with a view to perfecting co-ordination of combined units on con-gested arena. The second week will be devoted to elementary tactical problems Involv-ing each type of aircraft and Including practical tests of new and untried tactics which have been evolved from previous exercises. Helpful Saggestioa An employer who believed In sup-porting all efforts to Introduce a new spirit Into Industry, had called his men together to place before them his plans for bettering working condition. "Now whenever I enter the work-shop," he said, "I want to see every man cheerfully performing hi task, and therefor 1 Invite you to plac in this box any suggestions as to how that can be brought about" A few day later he opened th box and took out a slip of paper on which was written: "Take th rubber heels off your shoes." Richard E. Enrlght, former police commissioner of New York, said In a discussion of the prison system: "Reformatories, too, leave much to be desired. I was once talking to a penologist about a celebrated reforma-tory. The penologist said solemnly : "'A very queer thing happened to an Inmate of that reformatory back In 1008.' "'What happened to blm? said L "'He reformed,' said the penolo-gist." Man is a pretty worthy biped. He must be, to Inspire such whole-hearte- d affection In the dog. An exclusive literary diet of detec-tive stories doesn't teach you anything about human nature. It Is unfortunate that a youth has to sow wild oats before he can learn how worthless the crop is. Perhaps "At a first night the gullery-tte- s go to see the celebrities In the stalls, and the stallltes go to see each other," says a critic. There Is probably some reason or other for the presence of the actors, as welt Montreal Star, Airplane Brought Fate to Polish Murderer The airplane in the role of an avenging angel Is tbe center of a murder story recently reported from Warsaw to the Frankfurter Zel- - tung. It appears that one any a tele-gram received In PInsk told of the burning of the cabin of a forester living In an almost untnhabted sec-tion of the "swamps" about eighty kilometers away and of the death of his wife and child In the flames. Such an occurrence was nothing un-usual In that section and ordinarily would have called for a merely per-functory Investigation. But this time the Plnsk Judge in chsrge of such work was struck by the fact that the Are had occurred at six o'clock In the evening, when nobody should have been asleep, and that, consequently, there was no good reason why the woman and child should have lost their lives. Instead of proceeding by automobile over almost Impassable roads, the energetic Judge appealed to the commandant of Plnsk for a' couple of military planes and within half an hour the official and bis as-sistant swooped down upon the scene of the "accident" There they found the body of the woman, with a gag In her mouth. The forester had murdered her and their child so as to be able to live with her rival undisturbed. Overcome by the dra.natlc arrival of the agents of Justice, the guilty man fired a bul-let through his head and lived Just long enough to confess his crime. piiiiiiiini!iiiiiwiisiiiiiiiii linn,,niimiiiw imiiiidiiw n nun uwmi. wm mm mm mm wmnmun in .1 iw i t umi . ,.,. lX1WIJMI'SVSV&S'u ET-'- ""- iMtin-- si- n itm i 1. M, .riiWumiT i..., n mminm mmr ir MmimMm'im,mV& .rh,W.r1iWr THE WEATHER MAN SAYS 3 " IT'S SPRING, TRA LA! I .... h ' ; . , h- , ' p. - - :.) That means it is time to think about Electric Service in city or rural homes. ri Thinking about it suggests that you drop in our nearest store and see the array of home ap- - pliances that are real servants and will drive drudgery from your home. li Men in business and industry equip their plants and stores with modern electric servants to I get more work done, to get it done better and to save money on production. P Women, and men too, when they stop to think of it, admit it, are entitled to the same working If conditions. They afford them a staff of dependable servants, particularly in farming commun- - 1 ities when extra "hands" are taken on and the boarding of the hired folks begins; when the I need for hot water increases; more cooking to be done; greater need for dependable refrig- - eration, often far from other sources for keeping wholesome foods. 4s ' ALL I THESE i NECESSARY 1 SERVANTS I ARE ELECTRICAL i ASK I : , ABOUT , 1 f OUR 1 I COMBINATION I DOMESTIC 1 ! - RATES. 1 ."- - n i Again we invite you to consult our representatives about these Electric Servants for the $ I . home and for the farm. They drive drudgery from the home and make farming a pleasant v pursuit. You will be glad to show your neighbors and friends your place when it is mod n ernized and electrified. Our sales plan makes it easy to buy and operate this equipment. Start now to V live in comfort and enjoyment don't wait until the shadows of life lengthen. I 1 OTiH FdWEE frUGHT EFFICIENT PUBLIC SERVICB I Plane "Blown" From Ice by Another Craft Chicago. When a party of Canadi-an explorers and prospectors, flying In a heavily loaded plane, landed on a frozen lake recently they were un-able to take off. The wind, which bad been blowing at about 40 miles an hour when they landed a few hours before, had dropped to a dead calm. In vain they tried to give the plane a flying start by placing snow before the skids, but all the big craft would do was to leap into the air and sink heavily to the ice again. As they were about to give np In despair, a second plane landed. There was some talk about transferring part of the first plane's load to the new-comer. Tbe pilot of the latter craft, however, declined to take any extra load. "I ll tell you what I'll do," he said. "I'll give you a blow." As no one had heard of a "blow" it was explained. The second plane taxied out to the middle of the lake, followed by the first Faster and faster they went. The second plane rose easily, gracefully, but the pilot held It close to the ice. A little fur ther along the skids of the Prst plane left the Ice. really blown aloft Mears Now a Colonel John Henry Mears, who was one of the first pilots to circle tbe globe by plane and steamer, and who plans an-other flight in June of this year In an attempt to break the record set by the Graf Zeppelin, has been elected to the air commerce reserve with the rank of major. Pacific Flight Abandoned The Imperial Aviation society of Japan has abandoned its plans for an trans-Pacifi- c airplane flight The society has been working on plans for the flight since 1928. but f Its engineers have become convinced that it is at present Impossible to make an airplane In Japan capable of covering the 4,500 miles to the Amer-ican coast The peninsula of V'ucatan Is so hol-low that In many places the surface of the soil resounds to blows, like a great drum. 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