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By Richard Hill Wllkinsbn
The second week after they
reached the cabin on Wolf Creek,
Sid Condon; exploring a tributary
alone, found gold, He spent half
a day estimating the value of the
find, It was a pocket and would
probably .net a total take of be-
tweet $40,000 and $50,000. Sid ,fill*
ed his pipa .and sat down to med-
itate. The thingto do, of course,
was to get Duke Brandon, his part-
ner, clean out the placer, and hit
for Big Rock settlement before the
snow came.
Sid sucked. on his pipe, and his
eyes grew crafty. Into his mind
there carne a picture of thin-lipped
Duke Brandon, Why should he
share this find with Duke? A man
with $40,000 could retire and live
for the rest of his days in comfort.
A man with only half that amount
would have to scrimp.' Forty thou-
sand dollars!
Duke. Brandon was in a surly
mood that night, He had had no
luck. The food supply was getting
low. Snow would come soon. Why
not quit now while ,heir chances of
getting out were good?
"Wait a week," Sid urged.
"Might as well make sure we
ain't missin' anything." •
So Duke was prevailed upon. The
next morning they started out
again in opposite directions. Sid
went south, circled west and came
to his claim. Working feverishly
he panned a handful of gold and
carried it up stream a half mile,
cacheing in beneath a large moss -
covered rock.
The next day and tilt next and
the next it was the same. Duke be-
came more disgruntled.. He decided
to remain only one more day.
The next morning, Duke, headed
north, Toward noon he swung west
and south, At midafternoon he
came to a moss -covered rock lying
near the shore of what was to him
an explored tributary. He sat down
to smoke and rest, and as he sat
there the slanting rays of. the sun
fell upon a dull, yellow piece of
metal. Duke blinked, then leaned
With the speed of a snake his •
hand flashed to his hip where
hung the revolver.
forward. He picked up the piece
of .metal and saw beyond it a small
opening beneath the rock.'
He knelt and. reached into the
holre and took out a handful of gold.
Sid Condon had stood in the bed
of the stream when cacheing his
placer gold, so there were no foot-
prints nor other signs to indicate
his having been there.
There must be $30,000 worth of
metal in the cache. Half of that
was his, according to the unwrit-
ten law. The other, half•..—blit what
could a man do with a finers
$15,000?
Duke took a small sack from his
pocket and filled it hill with the
dull, yellow dust. His breathing
was heavy as he knelt there, His
eyes glowed feverishly. He knotted
the sack together and rose from his
knees—and stopped dead stilt.
Sill Condon was standing not 15
feet away. Sid's left hand contained
a sack similar to the one in Duke's,
It was not frill, but the bulge was
evidence enough as to its contents.
Icor split seconds the two men
stared at each other. Significance of
the meaning of the situation dawn-
ed slowly in their sluggish brains.
Sid Condon's lips flattened.
against his teeth. His eyes nar-
rowed to slits,
"Sol" he cried hoarsely, "So*
This is how it isl Partners, eh?"
"Partners," Duke Brandon echo.
ed. "Partners!" he repeated In ugly
scorn, "You. louse!"
Sid Condon laughed harshly. Ile
was bigger than the other mals, and
l e felt roll ident,
With the speed of a snake his
hand dashed to his hip where hung
the revolver. His linger contracted
on the trigger and flame belched
front its muzzle.
Sid Condon saw his parter's
body jerk convulsively, and he
knew he had scored a bit; knew it
only dimly though, for the -sound
of his own gun had come from a
great distance, and there was a
drumming acrd pounding in his
cars. Ile sank' to his knees, and
through the haze of Isis vision Ise
saw that Duke Brandon was also
on itis knees.
Then he knew that Duke had
equalled him in speed at the draw.
They lay, so close they could
alutost touch, each holding firmly
to a sack of gold; lay and cursed
andwere eventually silent while,
the silvery stream rippled on, and
night finally came.
Human Babies That
Animals Adopted
One morning in 1920 a native
missionary of Midnapore, India,
was asked by his neighbours to rid
them of a "flan -ghost" who in-
habited. a near -by ant -hill,
Although frankly sceptical of
their stories, he agreed to accom-
pany them on a party to• watch
over the ant -hill. At nightfall the
party saw three full-grown wolves
emerge from a tunnel into the hill,
closely followed by two strange -
looking creatures which looked very
much like human beings,
The following day the cave was
excavated, and huddled together
inside were two children, both girls.
The missionary took theta to his
home, where he and his wife tried
to restore them to the ways of civil-
ization, •
I(amala and Amala, as he chris-
tened them, slowly responded.. But
in some ways they retrained com-
pletely savage,
They would not eat vegetable
foods ,they were incapable of
standing erect, and they showed an
intense dislike of human company,
seeking instead the society of dogs.
and goats. They were both making
gradual progress when, eleven
months after comnig to the mis-
§ion, Amala died, and. her sister
showed her first sign of human
emotion by weeping.
Slowly Kamala learned to walk.
and developed a small vocabulary
of about forty words,
In the years that followed her
sister's death she appeared to be
developing into a lovable and obe-
dient child.
But she never completely recov-
ered from her loss, and at the age
of fourteen she, too, died.
The story of the wolf -girls prov-
ed beyond doubt that certain ani-
mals will adopt human children and.
rcai• then like their own offspring,
and many people began to review
previous stories of similar cases
that had been dismissed as fiction.
Tigers and leopards have both
been reputed to act as foster -par-
ents, but the best mothers in the
animal kingdom seem to be ba-
boons.
There are at least three cases of
human children being brought up
by these animals, and of these the
best authenticated is the story of
the baboon -boy discovered in a
wild region of South Africa.
He was found among a group of.
-apes by two officers of the Cape
Mounted Police, chattering and
jumping about on all fours.
They took him to the Mental
Hospital in Grahamstown, where
doctors said : he was harmless but
mischievous. He knew no human
speech, and refused all food except
raw corn and cactus.
Later he was adopted by a farm-
er, and turned out to be a useful
labourer. But although he lived to
be nearly fifty, he still had to be
called anew to each routine task.
All through life he retained cer-
tain mannerisms and a frightened
grin that spoke clearly of his early
association with the apes.
Freshen Up That
Old Wallpaper
Dingy Dust
There are many wallpaper clean-
ers on the market, but you have
one of the best in your own bread
box.
You can buy ah inexpensive
putty especially made for cleaning
wallpaper. Or you can work a fair-
sized mass of trustless bread in
your hands until it is warm and
pliable. Then rub the paper with
R from top to bottom, always in
the same direction.
Grease and Oil Spots
These spots, if fairly fresh, can
be removed by holding a piece' of
clean blotting paper against the
spot with a warm iron, "Rayon"
temperature is safest, but turn it
down if the paper is old, as heat
darkens such paper.
A stubborn spot responds to Ful-
ler's earth mixed with enough ben-
zine or carbon•tetachloride to forst
a thick paste. Apply h thin coat
over the spot, let dry overnight,
then brush off.
Clay Flower Pots Turn Decorative in Bright, Plastic Jackets
***.• kik*
Make Bright Color Accents for Every Room
BY EDNA AMEd
Ordinary Plain -Jane red clay flowerpots now''can be
turned into decorative spots of bright color in a fe' . conds.
All you have to do is to dress them up in some of lir' clever
new jackets of vinylite,plastie sheeting, made especially for
the purpose.
The jackets come in several shapes, some with two side
handles,like jugs, some in "teapot" shape, with handle and
simulated spout. Sonic are one-piece affairs into which you,
just slide the flowerpot and some wrap around the pot and
Close with decorative snap' buttons. They come in solid
,colors and patterns of yellow, red and blue, embossed in
three-dimensional textures,
The tear -resistant plastic is easy to clean and maintain
because all it needs is a few swabs with a damp sponge. The
material resists moisture from spilling while watering the
plants, chemical action from dissolved plaril foods and
abrasion by gritty soil particles. The one-piece jackets have
strong, heat -sealed seams. They come in sizes to aceommo-
•date 3. 3%, 4 and 41/1 -inch flowerpots.
This blue wrap-around Jacket
fastens with snap buttons.
One -oleos Sachet In oh.
simulates a decorative bowi.
Just a wipe of a damp sponge (left) deans the jackets. one
at right has a "teapot" shape.
Ink Spots
Ink eradicator is your only re-
sort for ink spots, but it will prob-
ably take off any pattern in your
wallpaper as well. If the spot is
small, it can be touched up with
water colors—if large, a patch may
be necessary.
Loose Seams, Bulges, and. Tears
Stick down loose seams with
dabs of library paSte at strategic
points. Use a clean blotter or wax-
ed paper to protect other areas.
Slit a bulge with a razor blade and
work paste behind it with a knife
tip or thin brush, Then stick down
carefully. Torn paper and damage
spots require patches.
Patching
Taking an extra piece of the
same paper, ,match the pattern.
Tlren tear out a piece, larger than
the damaged spot, tearing from
the back so as to leave thin feathery
edges. Do not cut with scissors
as straight edges will show. Apply
the pasted patch to the wall, care-
fully working it into pattern while
the paste keeps paper pliable. If
faded' paper is to be patched, let
patch first stand in strong sun-
light until it matches.
Protect. ,New Wallpaper
With a spray gun and the new
wallpaper wax or lacquer, you can
protest newly -papered walls from
city grime and children's artistic
efforts, When the instructions are
carefully followed, a rubdown with
a damp cloth is enough to keep
your walls bright.
It's only natural for a boy, and
especially a boy on a farm, to want
a gun of some sort, But owning
a firearm and knowing how to
handle it, are not one and the same
thing, as the almost -daily news-'
paper tale of accidents and fatalities
clearly testifies. So I don't have to
apologize for passing along some
sound advice on the subject from
a man who knows what he's' talk-
ing about.
* * *
"Almost every youngster has an
itch to handle firearms and to go
shooting," says K. N. Morris, exe-
cutive . dirr(ctor of the Canadian
Civilian Association of Marksmen,
'and sooner or later the chances
are that he will. When this happens,
• it is the responsibility of his par-
ents to make sure he knows enough
about guns to handle one safely.
* * *
"The only realistic safeguard
against hunting accidents is proper
training in the care and handling
of firearms. Records maintained
over 20 years by the Canadian Civil-
ian Association of Marksmen and
the National Rifle Association of
America show that none of their
members — currently more than
300,000 — has ever been responsible
for a fatal hunting accident.
* * *
"When choosing their son's first
gun, parents unfamiliar with fire -
110 a ARNETT
A PORTABLE °OFFICE" MAY EASILY BE
MADE BY DIVIDING A SUITCASE, INTO_
PIGEONHOLES W1114 CORRUGATED CARDOOARD
Olt *THIfl PL-YWOoe,
arms should talk the matter over
with someone who knows firearms
and shooting, and whose judgment
they respect, preferably a member
of an organized shooting club or
association. Shooters are a friendly
lot. In almost every Canadian com-
munity there are marksmen who
will gladly give a youngster sound
advice and guidance.
F * *.
"In return for understanding and
co-operation in providing a safe,
sensible outlet for a youngster's
natural interest in firearms, parents
will find their children gaining in
the development of such character
traits as self-reliance, carefulness,
good sportsmanship and co-opera-
tiveness. No other sport demands
these more."
While many of us are under the
impression that resistance by flies
to DDT is a new trait developed
by insects in the last, few years,
the fact is that 'resistance to pesti-
cides dates back more than half a
century.
* *
Strains resistant to certain insec-
ticides have been observed in 'natty
insect species in different parts of
the world since 1900, writes 3. A.
Oakley, prominent entomologist.
The San lose scale developed a
resistance to lime-sulphu.r The
California Red scale and Black
scale became immune to the lethal
powers of hydrogen cyanide,' the
codling moth to lead arsenate and
the Gladiolus thrips to tartar-
emetic.
+. * *
The first instance of house fly
resistance to DDT occurred in
Italy in 1946, two years after DDT
was first introduced, Mr. Oakley
states. Three years later the first
authentic evidence of DDT resist-
ant strains in Canada came as a
result of tests to certain areas of
Ontario and Quebec where control
of flies could not be obtained with
DDT.
Several e'xplanargns for this re-
sistance are given by various re-
search workers, One DDT resistant
fly strain was observed to have
thicker cuticle on the foot pad
which may have reduced the ab-
sorption of DDT. Another strain
of flies was found to be larger and
more vigorous than normal flies
due to a longer larval period. In
several strains, resistance was as-
sociated with the ability of the flies
to convert DDT into less toxic
substances. This explanation ap-
pears to be the most advanced and
a search is now underway to find
an additive which will prevent flies
from changing DDT.
* * *
Where DDT -resistant flies are
present, other insecticides may be
used. These include methoxychlor,
lindane, chlordane and other chlor-
inated hydrocarbons.
* * *
Though the modern refrigerator
drying electricity or other means of
energy, is replacing the ice -box in
many rural areasv ice can still be
used to advantage -when a source
of supply is'readitysavailable. And
it can be stored without providing
an elaborate ice -house.
* * *
Any unoccupied corner of a shed
will serve as a site for a rough -
board enclosure. An enclosure ten
feet square and eight feet high
will hold enough ice to provide 50
pounds a day for 130 days, after
allowing for a reasonable amount
of wastage. The smaller the amount
stored, the greater the proportion
of wastage.
* * *
The bottom of the enclosure,
should be covered with about one
foot of sawdust. If the soil beneath
is impervious clay it will be better
if there are a few inches of gravel
below the sawdust. In putting in
the ice the boards can be taken
away from one side and be re-
placed when the 'ice is in position.
A space of one foot should be left
between the stacked ice and the
side boards and this should be filled
with sawdust. The ice should also
be covered with sawdust.
a * *
It is the sawdust that keeps the
ice from melting, and the drier the
Ice the longer it will keep,
Warns Hospitals
About Gas Dangers
The United States Bureau of
Mines has a long history of ex-
perience with explosive gaseous
mixtures. Most mina disasters have
been traced to an accumulation of
methane underground and an
igniting electrical spark. Last week
the bureau reported on a four-
year study of hospital operating
rooms. The point of the report was
this, in the bur'eau's words:
"There probably is no combina-
tion of equipment and activity any-
where more likely to produce
dangerous charges:.of static electri-
city than that found: in the anesthe-
tizing areas of hospitals in the
nation.
"When conditions are favour-
able, the static sparks become in-
tense enough to ignite gases or
vapors escaping into the room air
—and anexplosion results. Many
of the mixtures used for anesthesia
are rich in oxygen and are easily
ignited by static sparks of low
energy."
Risk of Explosion
The study began he 1948 after a
series of explosions in Eastern
hospitals killed several patients.' In
an operating room the patient takes
most of the risk of explosion (as
he does the risk of the operation)
because his lungs may be buil of
the exploding mixture.
The bureau tested a total of sev-
enty'eight operating retsina, twea
ty-twp delivery rooms and sixteela
study. These units Were 'selected
as representative.
It was established that an aper
sting table can collect charge of
9,000 static visits 12 a sheet is re-
moved quickly from a rubber-cov
ered mattress. Nine thosand volt*.
would cause only a slight, sting,
but it could ignite au exptoslvs
mixture,the bareau reported.
One person with rubber shoes,
walking on a linoleum floor, Bevel-.
aped a potential of 1,500 volts—
again enough to set off .an canto -
Won,
Hazards in Fabrics
A doctor wearing a woolen suit
can create a dangerous charge by
rising from a stool covered with
artificial leather, Synthetic fabrics
(nylon or rayon), frequently used
in nurses' uniforms, have a strong
tendency to "manufacture" static
electricity, the bureau found,
The bureau suggested that floors,
shoes, covers and other materials
used be such that static charges
wilt be dissipated. Cotton gowns
and uniforms avoid the danger of
building up a charge, Simple ex-
pedients, such as spreading w e t
towels on the floor and touching
them to the bases of operating
tables and anesthesia _ machines,
were recommended to those work-
ing in old operating rooms.
NEW and
USEFUL Too
Outside' from Inside
Wood -framed window has three
panes opening out like awnings.
You can wash both inside and out-
side from the inside.
*. * *
Carpenter's Samaritan
A device for ,starting nails into
boards in difficult -to -reach places
fits on the side of any standard
,claw hammer. Slots take anything
from shingle -nails to spikes.
* * *
Knife Holder
Holder requires no hooks, slots
or holes, Is magnetized to hold
knives or small tools. Maker claims
blades and points stay sharp longer.
Available from 8 -in. lengths up.
* * *
Wise Vise
Thick, pliable rubber rings
mounted against knobs of new
vise -handle -ends act as shock -ab-
sorbers and protect against finger
pinching.
* * *
Kitchen Cut-up
Tempered -steel knife is swivel -
mounted to a sturdy cutting board
for shredding vegetables and fruits.
Knife can be reversed for using
blunt side to crack lobsters.
* * *
Short Permanent
New kit can be used with both
bobby pins and curlers, is said to
considerably shorten itme for home
permanents. Contains instruction
book.
1 * *
Magnetized Screw Driver
Screw driver has magnetized
shank, black tentite handle stores
three" alternate insert bits. "Pull"
of shank's magnet not only holds
inserted bit, but energizes it to
hold screws in position for driving,
the maker claims.
All My Sons—Paul Kolenda, 59, of Detroit, heads up what is perhaps America's largest family busi-
ness partnership. He is seen "falling out his platoon:' of 10 sons with the tools of their trade—hompt
sanitation. None of Kolenda's partners draws a salary, but each shares equally in the profits. Nine
of the sons and a daughter -In-law occupy the family home.
WEU. NeMarlydl MC A DOILY.., IT'S
A TRAINED CNIMPAOSE.. LOT's NAVE
A LOOK:
By Arthur Painter