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Keep Your Eye on •the Casrage -Man.
ENGLISH SyRNAMES.
Some Cognomen; That Cause a Smile
When Heard.
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, "If a party had a voice," to citote an
unkind rhyme, "what 'mortal would be
'Bugg by cheice?" And yet -the pioneer
Bugg was a man of substance, who
. &Veit in A inanor house; froin 'which •
_ he derived his name. The first Coward .
Bill's "Hit -and -Miss ▪ gnesitte." wwas lie; poltrOon, but a cow -herd, Who
Petting good work done on your -
While over at Bill Morgan's the tended his cattle; just as the first Ras -
ear is a problem. I have. been „up otherday something was said by Me cal was no knave, .but a man who
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against it at times when 1 have been e aeous .power farming- .. . probably bore some regemblance to a
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too busy to do anything on the•ma-
' "Talking about farm -power,'" said • lean t'a'g or rascal; and the original.
• chine myself, and I kno* what it -. is •
- -"Siw°k8 11411° fromSevenoaks, .whese
When it 'comes' to finding "Ardinary I '. • ' corritioted name _be lore;
--------- - -- - --- -- • -- - - -1 Bill engines-- - I II I've got one of the blamedest - • - - •-r
trouble..I.believe.1_am asyou everaa*. good as the i • • . s . c.it-Thit- ' . .. 'Hobson; a name at which some -affect
av,erageut %viler it cornes to -some.:
, . . 1 and -miss engine'-, , and the MISS, •IS SO • ,
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muct 'n Ah nt • ' 't that... I • - • to sentt. is aa venerable_ as it is.,.re-•
' part of the car which I have no tools'
1 t e 'ri Y y.t a".„ . gu'eSs. epeetable,fer we read of a LeWrie
to fit and cannot afford to get themIII hae o gea new one
'. ... - Ilobbesune.. a . Suffock landowner,- in
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• forwhat little- 'work . I have to dg; 1 ' •".How .tIctes ,it. act?" I. asked .; . . , ale ...days of Ildwurd the rOnfesSor;
•,•-•fint, ready -to take the job toa• garage 1.., "Well, I can start it pp all Tight," and the 9113tiggins and • Boges, if they
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man who.is properly equipped. !Bill replied,. "but, after it runs 'about did 'lilt come over...with thir C.4tiqueroi`,
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ALCOCK AND BROWtrvickers Vimy, Successful -Tratis
WAR AIR VETERANS Atlantic Airplane, Was Built For
!Bombing Berlin.,
BOTH HAVE HAD THRILLING EX-
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PERIENCES IN BATTLE. Both the Vickers-Vimy and the*
liandley:Page machtnes were' con.'
atructed- la' England during the Vat
Capt. Alcock Was First to Bomb Con-, with a single object in view, to rain
Stantinople-Lieut. Brown Fought . bombs upon Berlin with the frequency
and terrific destruction that the .Ger- tish airplane motor at. the p,resent
on Western Front. Mang had hoped to reach in their Zep- time. They spin the great four -bladed.
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The Arlekers-Vimy.trans-atlantie at - petite raids on the British capital. propellers at the rate of 1 08
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Their putstanftleg_. characteristics_ tions.,per mintite._ The. dlaineter of', The Yukon River is the one. big,.otit- .
temptwas'a surce-ss -because the---en-
gibes and the -strueture- of the plane as -bombing planes, g_reat cruising' the four bladed propellers is :ten .feet; standing' supplier ef food in Ala
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• Without it the Indians inhabitin the
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proved as reliable -durg the flight range, heavy vveight carrying capasity, he inches. .. -. , •
. the mea guiding the big bomber reliability ioid swift Speed,•made•thern The engine:tare built -wish. a -stye -ant, -velleyir-3tiong the lower .etretches,..of
asn theinselyes, in the past. almost ideal' machines th
- for the trans line -casing fithem ,o about theso that the riverwould•either have to moire to
haie show
Both men have war . record's- 'and. ten : atlantic'flight, toward which the eyes' they offer the least. posaible resist, .the "Ceatt,'Ige fur
ther Inland .toward.
tiered mucls valiant service before of BritisW flying men -turned when the ance to the great rush of ' the .plane the lheadquarters of the river Or 'die of
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, , necei-sitv for bombing 13erlin.was past. through the air. The radiators, just starstation. •
I- hav7e-round "-ways to get around ten Minutes it Will stoP and --1 can't fit4f lease. t_inie ovise with c -sone -ef tlso 13,414-13-7---4eg,.----br'Ca-;g4-1---(1.9i-wn' as- PliSvu''• ' The 'Alck-e-re-Vinty-- --Although over cbetrind-the propellers .a-re-octagettal. ' Le---.4444-4--g0Q,1,,,t-it*-•'-year at...bun:474ft;
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. 1. ers •during. aerial ekpluitS-alipost itts i • • ' ' • •
lia7ardoils77fis their inArVelibus • Itirj-sh- 'file great' bomber had iks 'trial flight ..the yukon. The suminer-tatch Of sat.
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Iiigh,prit'ed 40(1' .1.1_nrel•iable....zarAge". get.',..j"t started ,again.. ,for • about •. no raei-1.• " ' . - .. „, .. • . . .
workers. There are a good mar*. hunr. It used to be 'ail right aril. (14tolie.41 is iri mine to Smile at, ' el .turn • dwarfs , the 'little Sopwitn • lit in' NeWfoundland. on June 9. At that in is, tar he ino!st valuable, .1)11t the
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H4indley-Page,-
..„. _cfk.eiettLInen_ WhO . fi,c algVuOhiles: onik went to the !)ad recently, I ba I 1..c:i• it is a Y.tri•Int. of11('utlibert, which ' • ---• Y 1.' ''' 1 ' .1. ' • • • . '.
' 1 t. John Alcock, Ict'id-Pr of the"ex- • • ' ' -
r .11;Lli HairilHawikercs.et ont to .blaze time Capt. /k_leock said his plaire made winter ice fishing. is. mostpfcturesqUe , -
a dowed bY the _haze
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ancl.4here are a lot ..more N'brh6 -.work . Rusl Simpkin.i', who. works at Georg -e: means "4...al.-bright," and the first l' -4-'11-) • • • . the. North Atlantic trail.. 'lire Igckers- 1121, miles an hour, although this, of and giss the Indtans varietY from
neditiole is ozfe of 'the.comparatii,...ely . - • . .. -
. • r , few _Britons Who could fly before the with the. full koad with "what would otherwise be a- Steady diet •
bittbreak 'Of -the -.IN'at-..• HIS' -kito‘VI- 1 '
' Vintv wing.spread is 67 feet, while that course, was not
6 inches.- . • ich be.. h_eaded_eastwatti_.. .
--en y.d.tir• car teeput in .time -and charge Watson's, blacksmith 'shop, to 'come' (i(II.Obed '';',1.3 probabily •a warrior of -
. . . • . • .of dried ..salinen...., Eels ling wh.itefish,
.' yoo for it:- . ' • - c • ' I down -artid-look it o'..er.• and he said it lam-. lliggs i• a $31ionyin for • .
• . . -I - . Vallialile as an instructi*ir, when Jill-
- ' . land machine. •(7iipt. Alcock and The bretrking av:ay of the firopeller The metbocis of ice fish.ing yary in
of.. the :-.5epwith was 46 feet
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. pickerel and et -her •species. are. caught..
. • of aviation made him exceedinglv••.: e
li plane, like the Aiiirialean's.'1,4 a • Lost Wireless Apparatus A small garage started up in our, was spavined or windbroken, I forget "61.rength-; , anti . Wildgoose signities. • . .,
WWII about ten years ago which doe's which,. and that 1, would have .to buy i a. "resolute hostage." DeVil• is merely
Hain, unprepared. set out in 1914 to.- Lieut. --Brown took the same chance generating 01-rrent for the wireless -different localities:-Iint the more ins --
r.0 ailvi:rtiF,ing, and no •osse would a new engine." _., ...,-. ,,. : . ; .. . ... i De Ville; 'tit lionoralhe 14i -each. an( • •
, I- rio-..-; i!' -,-...r. i t 1- -'• r!„-:, 1-' 7 .:.- p ;--Tiy 11-47.1,1„3::,..72,ettv... ,.... - 4' ..,.-:...',1.4". "4.;.,,;Lga_!::•:"4,.''''''''''''''''''-'s t'",''s?iiI/1114;:!,--K -ftii: rei.atif.•1443404,e4.13e11-_-.1. . ,i..._ „,, _.„, , ,,,...., • ,.,.
.„...„.._ . _a,..,. -4-,.14..J.,_... ....a - '.1.f.h..-'...-.,'.',Y-LI _ - ' L.„:,-,-.„,, ,,,..,..„.....,‘„,..,:!.,',,,,i.t,; '-vt*,;,1101,r,.44aArke'r.,.-•., ,..W•itit,1.4lte,-_7exeeTit ion -acssoaratue ,eeeht. after . the start - -,pre.c=, -portant niethods filt„Iseribed my travel-
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11."'"'")!- . L. ,. . 1 .:- . ,,--•., ''')-- ---. itlanes. Vapt. Alcock. ;who -Was born - - • - • : - - •-•-
'":' 7-,iiiIIrtrigi'' Cirl61,17.t.P.it-ii,-41.7tWO,,eligine--F, v• -•:-..:.'t• thi'., ifi• .7; 7.. . ;'.7, 7 7: !,''. • - ,-• ! i;:,;;:' ' 7 - -•-•-- , --,:- -. -., ,... , •,...„- .- .. -.e.,..,,,„.1..,...,
tii. Tele ,ii.,:a -„, .,Ilt.frtilltr.ttr:Op"btfir‘ir .•41aN.f.7,..„....wiitli2the -slier e••• -, kN,Ireii it
:::a.,1-... I f:•,,.::-.,li.c.•:::t. :11ii-, and h7s•l. ,ri.,.;.a, it. ,1..,--- •-.4,11,,,,„ 1•'''' 4 ' .. •••• . ,,I. V•',.•-•-• .,..' -:,i' IVA S.,,a.:711;i.,:ier,,: of ! ' - - t''' - - ' - . ' ' • - - "-• • -
,,Ititit,PAN-4,_ _ I+ 01,:140,;`,.',••• T. 1"011 Die . • . ............:,...,,. .:.1.'444i1114-• Of, Z..e.47.pei.ing a•-,..,,..:1.)-ig,-.61,14miain, hi-......-
r •11,,cs . 'and If•TaiiiTilir- a (-odd .
.-41S213e, work done,and liked :t...„1 ha\ e i• inquire(1. __ „,,_,...., c_ I
in Alanchester. in r -i- • h d d On Lieut. 13r0,4n niotieed that the propel- ! hilt, the. ice is still tem holes ire
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, • first flyink license in 11112. • His prin- •
the other hand, the'Y' earried• no 'eQr ler had '.carried awaf•with It part of cut through it at the 'mouths of the
hig carriage and w lee s as e 1 .•
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„sent -othcr.i -there. -I am ,going there , ''(--;0e,s Off lihe a pot Limb," replietV ( -"'" ' IMI2, took (Art. Ills. •
within' a few dAys .for.: some , valve- 1.,-,14 1 i 'Ian -• -•• • . .. .. . • 7
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•grinling. Thi.. . man . says he gets e
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Looks as if the gas4line- fee.i.-pipel •-•"•'. . - - • cinal pre-war exploit -lats_the. wineilig- • - . • - • '• the- etav .wires,. but he did ndt tell tributaries. of t•Lie.1.-ulion and • nets are
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The Dector. •
. once -had a':ear ruill tight in the. trans- '•look atsit.u• ' . • • lapsible boat.
,,, i, might be cleggeilz,;7 r suggestel. "IJet's i -le entered; and the sunshine seemed tif second plaee in a great sporting .. . • • d -lieut 13rown •sat •Co...ptaiii Alcock until. after thee had set for the great whitefish - which
weighs from fifteen ' to • twenty -live
„mission. He worRed..nearl a day on:
. , t•lapt. AIcock an - . .
side bv side in the rounde.r1 nose' of 'landed at tlifden. 'Mien- . Alcock
I 'ristrurnent learned of. the accident, he said: '."\\-e 12(wriiIS-
en.otigh- to de Without advertisinrs, .1.
---A--gobial g•rit;Clotts-ness he brouklit.;•' event. the flight' from 1n 'an I.0 141•111-- .
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. • a. . .• ,•••• , , p i ' -- -- •-btiard (containing all the oil, gas'ulene: vsoula hate tamed baek had i•knovn."• Towa:rd tire -end of:-NooVeniber the
x the. machine,. with i an i
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We -went o'ul to -the ,=Ireftl. Where the .As-ir-the room,-frimi eyes that:beamed ;chester and • •re,' turn: -AvIr' I .
it. After twe days it tie4rten-d -u
wO1 ., L. an 'e rel. • ,:i it 'sac in• ii, 4 engine ttia,4_:. n_t_auntei 'slid_ -R 11 .start.eil ..,- _Benetol.ence. their ".vitraitla • II:11 i ',. 7, Oa- . - o- :. re lei isto-ifm. • -
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a,.ir•••-- and engine speed ; and - altitede • Wenther eeriditigne were very bad annual- erigration.qf . eels- -trp. -etream.. •
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that flyiek was a tacit and not a tneorv c
shop. „He fixed it again, and found .... , - •
it- van walla ten--;-rainutes and. then1 . - , • • -
When. war flamed 'oat (7apt. Alcoick.. ' • -
• , ''. gauges in front el them.' •The•cOe,kPit during the trip anti Lieut. Brotvn liTietaLek place. l'Ithing for thern i -s. one --
"Of the''picturesqfie' and
1)PlIillie an •instruct or ate the army fly- '
. • , wings. On' either - t)' climb -..from • his seat .cto clear •the *often -e.'xciting
ilia fatilt, and no ehO.iiii, of course. • .,A 101'!1-; 1 La ,Wing, a fretting screen .
and daring, in the ail' .tit!:)I1- W011 fOI"lliII1' is jlISI. in front of the
the • real trouble. I , asked- him.- 1•That • • , The Lift-, that 'ill! night lo 12 had been o
stopped, ''.-We disconnected_ the gas'.1 • - .
features of- atitunm life - !along t le .
Inc ( Pt -pipe an ma le an ex, mina- .,. . • sele ef it moutitel between the wings. ice a.wii2,- limn theAretrol• gauge. .
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I wa3. to be charged.. I-19 said it W:13 . . A .1 ,veriei breiith. be( :line as cool
mg _school at ..Etist,:h_tir(h. His skill , -.y - •
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`1.ni. ..qure •-e.,ough: it w•rs alm -..t. - 1 i •e tne two Mill': l'i4•-e en 'ire c witn. *. The 1..Wo -aelators • sald-thee --were great 'Direr..
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. - ( „rni le els- ,s -topped. up rear -the- tank -is- „ 1 ,thei.r 'Spinning, invisible,' four -bladed . only ' 'once. in. real danger. when the ., -A•s the- eels are .ahle to. -move but-.
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. Qb- ,. of shiele, above,a steeping po.4l. .L.t...i.L41101,4..." hopor____, .. _ _i_..
ULM.. .it Ale dal/ eroi S.__
own buildings, and do not bother with
• outlet.. We Washed it out thorough- .\r1rl. teni ler as a chit 1
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.• 1s)e0(§,ttiotilli.at,,o\ft..i.t.iiiti:ettf Ott; 1)0
eie ....s'sttu!iiiiiirt.':. 15-fo-petters-in -freintssofs• thesis -n.{44, ag- a"..--iT-4 ' • . . . pin owing t slowly upstream against the swift
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yoUr town. They usual7y own their , ...
• had not been So greatly developed, but '
• • . ifil.iiiill; t ra.t.tors, . . ,. • . en.ipatelohtinheeinwgausnall:Iloevtion.gk:n. ONNL" ilel0uAtV. ell.rsrseelcil I., ''friole:svillfagtre 61:tot Na7iPliagPrcjea..e.-li:',a1:119-1.! -
. , . - ' operation took 'about fiftcen.minute4. With sympathetic tenderne,„;: ,. ,.1 ttfl"leth.
the Indiana are ready and wait•ing for
, . • • .. Iv arid *then re.conneL•ted. it. The. whole 'He; :iilg
a',..1,,t, line ,a.e:,. ..tt, tai,e time Loin • . - • • • • . • • - ers; t.,ilich,:l i'cie burning 'sidle
, slid c,oiloil the seorchinglire Within. rt -was . realized neveitheless- -that".a ' •-.Equipped, as a bomber with a --crew . - - • -- - •
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a ree•alar gliro;i.‘ mite, ,ancl. does_noL . • . • . • '• • • . " ,, . . • ci3roWn noticing that tile compass'T
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them r hen ,t1,ev -approach.
*pay very 1.vell. . •• . . We again startel the ene‘me•.and ' . • noedle was SWinging:tiom side'to side
plot must know how to manoeuvre. Iiii of three ;nena. bomb_ load....•ef 1.146 ., . •
How Eelt Are Caught..
I telt that I could sleep; .and clo.sed • • ' . • ' • . • - • ' ' a
. waS ihe .nrst• indication that -.some...
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..Be,side thi..;_ thciels. •ariother .oP,, it ran on paSt the reguTar fen.mintite -. plane skillfully and intricately to con- ponnds, 4i0 gallons of gasolene aa
. i Gr..= ri y to tret fin:it-seise-4- work:-Aoste-perioti .-and-siidlnol-shaw_s•igns of stops . , mig, 4...este-issosee_aung•_eigh Alf. reet; • s a • • • • - • •I • .. • c • thing was. wroeg, managed. to -get Caps
. The eels Swim . justfimder the lee.
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-- use- LIS 4)p-piatent-o-n•an zie,rrisl •hattle.-Lr,.atlier_Anilitary.inlafterral such as ja tna- : . ,. • .
Ity •0 good man for less money -.-the ping. It We- ev'ilent . • • , •
. 4 . , theiefort, that :
' - - -- • ta-m-Altoek. to, smderstiind the dtfticuls ,
k 'large hole --'-ie-- -earl .through .the 4ce- •
1nd cilinlY. for a eminent dozed., .
. Ciipt: Alcock's riSky task was to teaeli chine gun, aminunitipn.. etc., the ma.7.,
infants at their mother's brea-st.- d ; uld ' ' 1,.and eo , • • • • • • . . tv. ' Th Ona liine traveled .at 'a rate ,an as le ee s wini cr ss i t
• - S ' ao•teoes
..nrivate chauffeur. lle often: hag time. we had 'hit 'the. trotible.- 2 71,he engine Like .
• The -motors are Rolls-Royce• pro-
ducts; as are those of all the other
-British contestants. They are of 350
horse -power each and are generally
believed to be the most reliable Bri-
FISHING IN THE
GREAT YUKON RIVER
CHIEF SUPPLIER OF FOOD IN1THE
ALASKAN REGIONS.
Traps For Ice Fishing Set in Holes
Dug by the Patient Indian in
Blocks Five Feet Thick.
on his hands. mid is an W
expert in ; OIl1id SIMply rue tillthe young eadets these aerial acrobat.chine weighed ? 5.00 pounds
. it used all the of 140 miles an hour at times, and the the fishermen jerk' them out of the
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most Cases. - Pefhlifis "Ii -e -ria -s rt-ii5in I atalifie* in 'the earbUreTerITid-then t IterP`shilig- steel). a breath's span' long,. ic.s, hazardous in: themselves. but pos- fly at 100 miles ap'hour. The weight
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. found .himself
s. ave. - -.
pilotonce
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or another car, and , usually the,: step because it could not get fuel . I had: and dreamed of sunny rills
sailthe means of chine gun fire of the enemy.
oiding thmaof the armament and bombs is now
milers do..notaabje.4.-ta•-hi:s- makj.ngTh
natenoughs. e -Pipe. was Ilat--ra
igt4y.tilat_rOnpectko.s:Jil
,incrait.eting smag,..;
little on the side so leng as it does; stopped, however, and enough gas .1 To-heathered in and brackened
not interfere., with their own driving' °line would seep through in an hour
. hills. •••• -
and care of car A. • : to again fill -.the carbureter bowldiving :.
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. water. But little fishin g gear 5 nec
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,;trai ht• toward the surface of the sary, The Indian makes a sort of
-rude hook. conSisting • of a -sleniler -stick
about Six feet long, at one end, of
which is tied at. right. angles another
ShOrt. • stick about „ tlye_inehess long,
making a sort of capital "L.': -
The fisherman Passes the arm of
_the `IA': under"-the-slopz_eel._
quie,kly with the haadle and the. eel
Is landed, flopping and wriggling upon
the ice. where it soon freezes. The
day's catch is thrown into sleds and
'taken to the village._ The. run 14sta .
Designed a .Fighting Plane. ' '
' neee4arv.. 'Both• the 'gunners' errekpit, - . . ,,
used for the great. gasolene Supply.
, he had to 'snatch the machine front
- cent He was so near the water that
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Later in the' war Capt. Alt.ock; .i.'as .hb:e1111,0indb.etelniel.we'vii7-:e.ciabnyd gtIrreealitotraniblk.sri:ick.-i. its dive go quickly that it almost loop-
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transferred to the Turkisli fropt, -.. 'Even 111111-.4e.enone out .6.foe-45,..fic.,.7.„__•.-,..the loop.. He saYs . the' Machine.
- where• he was the first man to bomb mission the.Vimy-Vickers coull "Iimir, would llaVe .-c -r,ii laded Iiiiiii.d.. R. touch-
c4p,.. ! ed the water at the,speed it was then
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(..:onStanfinoltle.• - Light scout planes along at seventy miles an hour. .
this front, so r apt. Alcock designed pressed . the opipion. that his, plane 1 . -
ock, beforetartiog;-firtnly7ex.- [ tra.Ye
• First Atlantic Postman.
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ilere -fttin+Ateti-e7--"aliat-ora en fain. Itle '
and built.a high speed- fighting plane. could •finish the flight even If one en- i • Capt. Alcock •exhibited a bunch of
This is said to.be the only plane built -gine. failed many miles fretm land._ In -rain-soaked letters which he had been
„ba_ilyer_.on active-. s_ertiee with the y event. he -could stay in the air long asked to Mail if the fliklit was success-
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British -forces during.ttie war. It was enough to t all.by Wireless for aid and fur, saying:- -I am the first trans at
harassing she .Teres from the ,.to -bunt for a ship near Which to '-land :lantic postman. and I think. that ...dvithonly one or two daysblit In that time
air that (apt. Adcock.estalrlished a re-, if motor trouble hit the plane midway in twelve months we'll base an aerilil an expert fisherman often catches one -
___. .• Cord for a long...tigtanm.bonibing raidin the journey :. • , • • ____:.. thousand pounds of eels. The flesh is •
The diving. bell is, as •is well known, and skill. The water beetle •is prob7 He reinained in the air seven hours Great strain Was taken off the pilot In landing in an Irish bog the py-
.trans7Atlanic service.- _ _. ,...., .,, ,.,-7...
• a cup ahapeil body ' --(kith_ open end ably the only otter one M their clalais„. Mone3 _
isn't everything." 'ass the and tlew 460 miles.-- . On one -of his i•n the . long journeY. by the fact •that ' •lons of the centre sectionas well as
doWn which is.let into the.water: The.. It builds a waterproof nest ainder .
sPendthrift as he scatters his Wages trips over. the Tarkish lines' in a heavi the machine is exceedingly stable. Its the main- spar of the 'ewer. planee;
ftir is caught in the bell and keeps the water but does not live in it. It mere- to the foarwinds. - • • . bomber Capt. Adcock's: engine failed inherent stabilit,v• 'is such,. it is.'saicl.. :were brokep, but the .ateel .censtruc-
ly lays -its eggs. lee' tlie:neet; sea4s 4t..ep Then he reaClies middr6 .iire. With and be- was compelled to glide dowaH that'being fitted with A. -compensating tton of the fuselage' sayed the machine
water- frchn rising beyond -a cetain
level at any • specified depth and of 1 and leaves. . _ .',. •old age in the foregroundvainly isll
course - allowing any: -one -inside--tThe Mason
at bee. as lts.naine_imPli• • '• 1 . , *- He Was taken priSpnee and was held mechanism , it can be -.•flown• upward,. from further damage , The two•engines
-- es, '
ing ftsr the return of the'inissPent•floin. until after the Signins of the arinis, -downWard cis• on the level- without A !. ran smoothly throughout the flight
ic.
te. He returned to England in the hand on the "stick." Ip other ww
ords, and when the • airpletie landed there
And •S:afltetilMeS -.C•TailIN.• from voi e - or
eyes.
An influence that seemed ta.sivathe
-0.soul-velth litspe;. sunaet. Bicies
-Whose golden „calins are creeds of
It wits claimed that the diving bell 1 from being washed . oft when they • en- , faith.
was titre -Red bY a spider:At ssre--Lt4r--:.stater•---and. so, the. air stieksLand kaow.. that.. aeon.. my song I'd- sing,
Of -joyous life. to sun and sky; .
And hear the litanies of Spring.
Which gladden as they 'glo-rify.
DIVING BELL INVENTED BY SPIDER
,
are certain that if it was --not actually
invented by him it was used by him
long before •our hydraulic engineers
made one for the same purpose .
-waver -cannot -approach.
(it1ltists are acquainted with many
other insect engineers hut with none
that approach naiads in intelligence
Money Isn't Everything. -
-good for the table. but,the eel is more
valuable for its oil, 'which is used for
feod'and for Illghting tiurposes.:.,
•The fish traps for ice fishing are not --
set until the, winter is more_advanced,.
hilt when the ice is frozen thick the
traps are set in favorable places along
the Yukon,aud in the smaller streams
which empty into it. These traps are
something like a wire rat trapiadivn-
struction. only much larger. The re
irom five to ten feet long and three- or
four feet high and't7ylindrical in shape.
The fish enters the trap. much like
a rat, through a funnel like mouth,' -a
e:
breathe and ac.:t as if _he were on dry isi.a buildr of structures ofstone and It !nay be -true .that money isn't
land, 'Ilm
e iinproveent of the diving, thertar.• The nest is attached to al- everything. but one.thing is absolutely middle -of December1918
'-s.. a huge ruo.st an solisl structure and actually . , . . . Lille. plane .will fly ltself, oilthough the were Still 290 gallons of petrolleftin
beLl known as the caisson i
pipe' which. ha.s compartments: into does consist cif.smill stones cemented. certain.. Old Man 'Money, if he 18 eti,1-. , His ex.perience with bombing ma pilot cannot. Of course; relax his men- 1 the tank. 'sufficient for a further flight.
tivatid. through life, will net de;e'rt chines -during the:sear ceveipceel him tal as well as his physical eaxertions. I of te.n hours.
together with. mortar. The house con- . c•
spider's bell is filled/more in. this num.._ sists of Many cells of oval 06pe,,and_ ,.twmithe .firieecnedryw4-hrlanh.,afsrit)04cultiirvaTe4dedi.toilidn._ that the two, engine type was capable -_,
of covering, trutch greater distances . • • - , • - - • - - • .
_
which air is pumped from above. The
ner than in the other. .--. • • ' by_ _afroane it4 .t. present ! British tines and descier.ded safely. al-
_
into each an egg is laid. 'The cell. is
lined with silken webs by the nr).ther, Man Money sticks. You can start him than they -had made on raids- .d '
, , . . . tiring the ocean
i though most of Lieut -Brown's clothes
- -The name. giren to these 'little srii.distincti, e job for an optimist. --
Off with five or ten cents a day in .ear- the Am. . , e expressct \ con it em e
-41 . • , - rest in avsation. , were burned off • and he himself suf-
'-4 Wilich--gUts -uu-t- 14 .1-111Y a 4`-ile- iii. aaoly---life. ancr keep. feeding him :that -that *the- -Vielters'N-tnrr---Ithrte', • .. wonitt 7-4"1"-L 4117".4.-s --i--11°' ' • - -------- - ; f.-e-eed (.:ens-ij_ , .... . _ -obs
of the •fainiry of Arachnida. A naiad top.. Before leaving; however., she erahri- '--th 'another', --e-f- , yard or to'o square. Whieh runs down
li es and in old age aks him at ross and fin14.11 the flight in it is said, was first from an engineer- to a point in the trap, leaving •just
amount all throughf • ' • • t • - • • '. •
'will bufhl:a little_hImse.of watespeqg oiermei.ivall!.. 7,231f!,. tip the. cell. ana
. you .velitchave--en -your. hande 41 .riele- g ' ing standpoint, when he was connect-
.. vation cruise •Lieut. Brewn's plane .enough space for the fish to get
..silk held fast" by •strands fixed to' . • Irelaad-- whir bath c '' .* '
ed with the British Westinghouse eolii- c brought down-. an -Albatross. !despite :.
through, -Once-ill the trap -there is Ma --
leaves the youngster to its tate. . . •
However. Snell; are 'the arrange: gentiena,n. albeit a pleasant and high- In appearance Capt. Alcock Is tvpi-
neiglibdring blades of gratt and•stones eini:' Whiell i.,4 Maw associated'Avith the fact tliat . it was eot officially -a
, several feet under the water. • He com- ments. of natureas soon as he gets'to If ' - • . •• cally Anglo -.Saxon. Ile is fair-haired. l• • • ' . fighting plane. , . , likelihood of the piscatorial prisoner
1 • a reeable on' .
feeling his oats and commines the Plod : yeti find the rigors. of the north-. ....C.: 1 1.•,11nd• ruddy face, and is sturdi- ' le en.: 4 This. ". _g
left him by his mother Ile finds:him- ern winter too Severe, you may simply Is built. He is seemingly perpetually , tish manufaccturing concern, the •avia-i ,..
Accident Led to trnprisonment. eNer escaping. •
'Traps Catch et) Pounds a Week.
pletee, the entffe structure before fl11-
self supplied. with tools hercl_and sharp
. tap Old Alan Money on the shoulder. theetful end gises abairetti nO SYMP.' '
1- , tion • department of which -built the '.
. •
ing it•with air -as it he knew that tfie•-_.- , In November, 1915, Lieut. Beown The trap is eet with the current and
air would tend to make it rise to the :big /bomber in, w tin i t le , an , get out •In a squadron on a. long dis- is made fast by tying -it to, stakes
,.
and he. hies you to Bermuda; if You tents. of teniverament that .,..i;-:YPtimes
fol.') -and thus hinder the attaching of enough to cat 'through . the walls til •• • ' .' ' ' - • ' - *•-• -Lo it;Licil ente'red lei' macnilie-1-111k Lon'
. • tance reonnaissance far behind. the driven into the ice. - It is taken up
freedom. • axe sick another tap on the shoulder haunt fliers as well as mama donnas. c
their hou.see,in•perhaps the most pe- .
But the method of getthrg air into
England makes its own brieks, select-
. ists the world affords. He's an agree- ' except as JaCk. for the formality of
• " . I don Daily Maiic contest, When . the
university an _ , . p a e a. q P - .g . • t ' • - . • '.
war began • Lieut. Brown joinrd the
. ; Gel:Mari linel. T..hf.'
, plane went wrong in the els fld the lowered into the streapr. _The waters
the anchors.• ' - 1 carbureter of the every week or two. eenptied and again '
A member of this family 'found in •
brings you the best nurses and special: He is never addressed by his frienos
ing brown clay for the 'purpose, which• ' t,,,ii •
able old .Man. never disputes orders , John does not fit his•joyful. easy.going ' d public school training l• ft vi• • r In died to lide to ei:e .;*tiFts ".'71"eu .!Ii. iit.?.1.4W-v 2i.:4,.';iipe •
•culiar and intereSting of all inatinc- • 1 ' V• •e'tdv for duty He• disPtAition. . corps. After some ftraining he e
"- - ground. 'brown was too busy destroy.' iish cannot see the t raps. 'I he catt`h : ..
tire atita of 1111111 tis Their abdomens it mixes with saliva, rolls into small. "...-• 1" ".- 8 ! 1 ' ' . • • !*- , ,.
' nitiortont militat5c,papers to brace t' v:tries :from_ tweli4y to tWO. b1,I,Itdred
13/11118. WhiCh. SOOM beedine hard 'and ' mak -
EN the proverbial busy bee and the ,
' Obierver in Royal Flying Corps.. came sttached to a Manchester regiIng i
- ,
_ .
• - -then cements them together: • These ; equally industriOus ant leok like . - I ment and Went into 'France .vdfli this
• hinisegf when the plane landed on! pounde a „week. Fifty pounds a week
are so made that a bubble cif air catt - • '
pelletS are as large as small peas and ..- '
pikera for he neter rests. Ile one '. Lieut. Arthur Whitten Brown.- w io
i outfit in 19.1 re Later he Was trtinsfer-
be caught underneath them. This. the • - - rough ground, and the crash landing • to A trap is a good. average.yield.
naiad does. and swims to his. house. /
one bee has ben known to prepare as ' •
. •-,eiz.e v.11ett you go to sleep and larger , fulfills the tri
1 . pie duty ot navigator. • red to lhe Royal Flying Corps, where jammed. him So tightly into a eorneri Traps' are Often set.under ice that -
with it and turns it--loose-in-the airy • 01 on- the he served as an observer. . i -r of the -reek -pit. that -he --had- =to . be euttitr-from fiatir to Inc feet thitsk.--:- The --
many as one hundred:and 'fifty in. a: • •
. when You wa-ke-u#-T-be-older-lt .
single day. • * ' i the stronger he becomes. ff you are Viekors- craft.:ts . almost the tillYsleal • Lieut. BrOwn. very!early hed an, op. 4 011t. His 4high and one 'leg were I work of'rlicking out the hole is done
structure. The process or repeated
, a .stratiger in a large city, witli no* opposite , of his companion. althottgh immunity to show..h.is nerve in the air. broken and he WaS badly cut . . • by means of a, rude instrument like a
tieveral, thnes until the little house
ls full of air. Of course the open end
•-Cotild Pro-bably- Ciro-- earthly friend Alt call upon, ow Man both are etiiek.thinking onil quicl aet--, \\ *Idle Making observations over the After treatment III Cerman, hospita1s. niirrow chipze1, fa;,tened to the end. of ----
ef this houae is dtiig•ii and this has to ;, ' . Alone); °Pens' til doOrs of the best ln.g.- lialti-iiielid nil'. or at Wait Cei-inan lines'. the plane in which he.
. he seems a timid, flowerlike gad." he was transferred to a Gernianprisciii '':.I SttiLliT*1/010.. „:Wilh..111113 the- Indian. '-
act also as the eatrance to It . In th,e _ S
- . s_heitels_ and sttifie.s_ 'OU_10.11.1e best the strengttrened,•• by their experience. in.4..was fl)ing was struck by a shell While .caiiip and eventually %%WS Sent to Swit- with die tempe,ratttre thtrty •degrees
"Wettr''' ., • .
•
Do you think her mother` would tel- town affords. thoewar.. Lieut. Brown. who vvas born at a height of S,606 feet, more a zerland. In 1917 tie reached England. or Mitre` 'below zero, 'patientry digs
little water , house the -spider -spends
h t g e „ out ,; But' money isn't. everything at 'that. in Glasgow .16, ig quiet. slimly mile. The ex,plosion Set tht.plane on
the ss Inter rears its young. The ' • •
For the rem of -the war ,he was throtigh the ic0low .
a chaperon?" built *and sharp of f* atures. iiis coin- flee without bringing it down. While occupied :in. techntcal 'work for the Bides wh•itetish and pickerel, the
the plane toward. the
'scan plexion is dark and his eyes gray. He the pilot shot mr mints,try. i • ling is one of the more important fish
-wee • I think . sh• Among all the women .of Euro
house also acts. as a lair from which
the . 'spider can jump on unsuspecting
01liallargisare.10101alm...IV - -
Another peculiar thing about nate& "ifflikrwitTon Franc77.17r7"115VITrillzrntr-ttirr-tTirreltrd""'"A"rilirtY
. .
ing the war." , . as Queen Mary of England, who has
visited every continent, with the ex -
Two asbestos mats togetherwill ception of South America, and almost
serve as- a good flatirea rest. every- country of any importance.
is that -they never get wet. They have
thousands of small hairs on their
bodies .whictt hold and keep the air
4e44w. Bvitintlto 434,0•411aemag...tatagla tiee 7:7 • I aught. ft -is- it large. snisseeti -skint
of a eheerfulc disposition.. ' Indeed. all fiameS in mitleir, battling to prevent. - - -- • .. . fi,•11. similar.itrappeararre to the cod,
the flyers who intend to dare the At- thelh front reaching afrommition. or A• field marshal reser retiree.; but • andlike the -cod; ViiS ail enortnotts
'Antic' may be described -as- constitia- gasolene or from burning the inflam- i•entains on the-uctire list and draws. ii,..„, „Thichis s•icsi in oii .
!tonally •optimistic, for the spanningof mable wings. The plane reached the full pay till the day of his deatl• i.• i , ' . .11=0••••••00.110-...,
. .. . _ "Pill -Boxes" as Cafes. ,
1
. A Belgian Farmer w ) hat) ..returnet1
to*his shell -shattered'. tie . near Poel.
eapelle has solved- his own .partieular
lii.;notng problem by. converting an. un.
' tilda6tiiiiieagreolt.b•i*:!:11$114-11;.11-4uftkitJliiailytentliairary
-110.-py4" ,was ii1says :in unfortun-
ate and misleading term for these con-
crete forts. Nearly all 'were rectiingul
lar and contaleed four er more 'argil
.p...iss.,Pertt61.
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n•Etqcptim.7. 1.,-, •,.;;;....• 1,-imme•••,, ilq.1) isTrii.,;.••
. able and. li!k'erlastingili(enes .g.tnir
• near Doesinghe are already being fit.r
1
• ed up na cafes, in anticipalion of the
tourist perties. which will .1 liron.f the _
hattletelds as 41/6.1.1
trava restifetront are reTase-T• ''''...•.. '.'
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I Pie thimne--
kt-le he had m
in ost
china sh(i)ps for s • few cents --will
• often save milk from , boiling over.
The chimney shouldbe pIaZ•ed -in -the •
centre' of the saucepan of milk.
-John Rusk la. •