The Clinton News Record, 1927-11-10, Page 61
anadi<an Interference 'Squad
Adds, Much to Listeners' Joy
fleet of 11 Cal Rune Down and E1i1niil.ttts Man -Made
Static—Listening'Tax Pays Upkeep
Eleven automobiles patrolling Car, -of the treca a faint: sizzling;:syas heard
acla from ti ancouvor to 'Halifaxbear � in the earphones.:Without: the aid'
an their -doors tills legend--Ilttorfer-' o@ radio°this ware also to be heard, (d-
onee Car' Radio; 13i•anch, Department though Very, faintly: On investigating'
or., -Marine` and Fisheries, Each car it 'was discovered- that hi a number
is specially bpilt..and furnished with of places throughout the town high;
'y,1ie most ‘sensitive radio receivers and 'voltage linos carrying' 220& Volts for
two radielectricians.. ,Those men tire` electrical' consumption of Qrillia
with- tileii•care constitute the ever_ .were touching the frees. in. various'
watchful,''2tadio -Interference Section: places.. AS" soon as the wires were
of the Radio Branch, Del)artment of separated from '.these branches..the
Marine and Fisheries—the only ex- trouble 'ceased.`• As a result, wherever
g nidation of its kind In the world, this condition wits oYatid branches
'Two years' ago,' after 'a number of were 'sawn off. To -day Q-rillia is still
o town'of trees, but radioreception
is excellent.
Each • automobile is equipped with
a superheterodyne receiver with "db
rection finding loop and volume con-
trol. Six and seven tube superhetero
dynes aro used, mounted in a special
portable cabinet, which is connected`
by means of a multiwir•o cable plug to
a second cabinet containing batteries
and accessories This'i•oceivor is suf
ficiently sensitive to record a noise
due to a- fauit.on a distributing 'sys-
tem many'miles away. In fact it was
was used recently to locate faults, on
power lines situated in one case 16
,miles away and in the other four
miles distant.'
The notable featilre in these re-
ceivers.lies inthe -fact that they may
be 'used while `the automobile is tra-
vellnh'h:t a moderate rate of speed.
The interference from the ignition
systetfl of the '' car produces usually
a sound in the receiver which is char-
acterlsticly different 'from that :pro-
duced'by the power line, so that this
type of interference. if not too great
is not objectionable.
In addition, a portable superhetero
dyne receiver is carried: and used in
special tests where the two receivers
are required. A. portable three -tube
regenerative receiver, complete with
batteries and especially designed to
be carried by one man, is also part of
the equipment of the car. The last
name& set is used with a loop or vari-
ous types of'exploring coils for spe-
cial investigations in power houses
and places inaccessible to a car.
The tubes usedin all these sets are
the tiny "peanut" tubes manufactured.
only in Canada. They stand but two
inches high and notwithstanding that
are most excellent tubes.
That this service is provided in the
Dominion may seem strange but the
listener in Canada 1s due soma help
in his' reception of radiocast music,
when interference' would- otherwise
spoil it for him. An annual license
is required -by every owner of a radio
receiver, the 'charge being $1. With
these dollars amounting to over $'126,-
000 during the AscaI year from April
1, 1925, to March 31, 1726, the radio
interference cars with their -trained
staffs of .twie radio: electricians are
paid, and'a number of other means ,of
improving radio reception tor the lis-
teners are made possible.
The work of, the interference sec-.
, Wires Touched Trees, tion is considered fo have amply jus -
Following this system, Mr. Ellis be- titled both its establishment and its
San hunting for inductive lnterfer- continuance on a 'more extensive.
once on reaching Orilfie. He did not scale in the future. — Christian'
have to go far. Coming Sender some Science, Monitor.
,.prdiubinary tests had proven success -
'fill, at staff of one engineer and three
electricians was''' appointed to deal
with radio -interference from,. power'
lin .s and electrical apparatus. An
automobile was 'equipped with -special
instruments and sent on tour in On-
"tario and Quebec; In three months
the two radio electricians with: this
car carried out investigations of in.
'•� terfer'ence: in 100 towns and villages.
Two hundred and three Gases of .in
toreferonc_e were handled, of which'
'724
were immediately 'eliminated `and
the majority of the others ceased to
annoy racliocast listeners as ;a r08111t
of follow up correspondencebetween
the listeners, theowners of the elec-
trical apparatus.. causing the-interfer
once and :rite radio branch:
Such bee been the 'succes of this
"section Of the radio''branch from the
very first that the following year five
ears, were tri continuous service
tluoughout eabtcrn Canada. With
headquarters at . Halifax, . Montreal,
Ottawa and Toronto, (these cars coy-
` erect their die -Wets thd;oughly, Throe
more cars have bean added .this year,
one for Vancouver, another for Win-
nipeg and 'a third' for London, On-
tario, `
• Typical of the cases submitted to
this interference squad is that` of the
little..tpwn of O lllia, at the head of
LakeSimcoe, 14 Ontario. .A com-
plaint' was recently sent -in to the
Toronto-; radio inspector that terrific
radio interference lyramaking radio
receptlgn- almost impossible. The,
radio interference car was quickly
prepared and Inspector S. J. Ellis
with his aasistaiit left for Orillia,
about 80 miles north of Toronto.
On coming within view of the town,
Mr. Bilis was -greatly impressed with
the vast number of trees in and about
the community. In fact he fervently
believes that there isn't another town
with sucha distinguished entry. The
trees proved to be more than that.
Usually inspection for this sort of
interference is done on foot; where
- a long road -has to be investigated the
car ie used: A receiver, loop aerial
and phones are carried by the hunt-
er, the reteiver being siuug over the
shoulder,,by means- of a strap and the
loop carried in the hand, Then as a
noise Is `Beard on the phones It le
tuned in and hunted till it is loudest.
This vicinity is then "thoroughly
searched and the source of trouble
Quickly found in this manner.
Painleve Forbids
Saint^Cyr Hazing
Serious Accident at French
Military 'School Ends
Picturesque Tradition
Saint•Cyr, Painleve; Minister
of War, will not tolerate hazing even
in the mild form in which it is prac-
ticed "at'1!rench military schools. A^
serious accident to a'pupil at Saint -
Cyr, which is France's'Royal Military
College, has:brought down the Minis-
terial thunder and 'ended forever a
picturesque tradition.
•It. has boon the custom as long as
anybody can.acemember for the seni-
ors to invade ,the dormitory of the
newest arrivals in the dead ofnight
and make them rise and pass in mock
renew., One of the new mien in get-
ting out of bed tailed to see a trap
door, which had been'left open so that
the seniors could make a hasty get-
away in case an officer appeared. The
Victim fell through the open door gad
fractured his' skull. His condition is
serious. -
M. PainleVe has circularized all the
schools, forbidding, under the penalty-
of dismissal, the continuance of such
practices. In addition General Collin,
Commandant -of Saint-Cyr;'sent.seveh•
teen students involved`in the hazing
to serve as cbremon privates in vari-
ous regiments.
Poet Laurette .is, 83
Dr. Bridges Observes Anniver-
'sary Quietly at His`Ox-
fiord Horne
London—Dr. Robert Bridges, for
the last fourteen year Poet, Laureate
of England, who is older than any of
his predecessors, save Colley C1bber
and Tennyson, celebrated his eighty-
'third birthday on October 24th at,his
home at Boar's Hill, Oxford. He
spent the day quietly, receiving many
•callers and opening scores of con-
gratulatory telegrams, and' letters -
When he was.80 Dr, Bridges visit-
tei1 America, having previously de
dined axi After of,the Chair of Poetry
at Michigan University The poet ie
noted for his disregard of public re -
"cognition. ` IIe would never write
• poetry ".to order." It is, reported
that when, after the war, his atten-
'-,tion was called to the fact that the
House of Commons,I eJil discussed the
mon-production of a peace ode, he re-
, plied
e,;plied that he didn't "give a damn."
rhei Convict: "Why are you mere?"
Second lConvict: "Because I lootin a
race. First Convict:. "Nonsense;
nobody comes' 10 prison because of
chat." Second Convict: "But the
winner was a policeman,"-Meggen-
fiorier,•I3iAlctter, Yranich.
LOUD -SPEAKER' SAN
The Town Clerk of Wort. Hain,
England, hon announced a by-law
passed by the West Ham Council
and directed against raucous loud-
speakers placed along the streets.
The by-law reads: "No person
shall in any street or public place
or• in any shop; "business premise,'
or place which adjoins any Street
or public place and' to which the
public are admitted, operate or
cause or stiffer to be operated any
wireless load -speakers or gramo-
phone in such manner as to cause
annoyance to or disturbance of.oc-
cupants,or inmates of such pre-
mises or passersby.
How AboutHead
Head
Tax?
Maine Is Threatened by Bears
From Canada; Trapper`
Says
Dover-Foxaroft, Maine: Maine is
threatened by an 'invasion of maraud-
ers from the Gaspe'Penmsula in Que.
bee, it the observations of a veteran
trapper of this region are correct.:
Bears whtcii he:has' examined this
Fall he says strongly resemble a
variety" peculiar 'to'the Gaspe Penin•
sura, where he has had many years'
experience in trapping. Their heads,
he explains, are- of' a different shape
from those of bears commonly'found
in :Maine,
Ile figures that the Gaspe bears are
migrating to'thia State, possibly on
account of extensive railroad building
operations in the district where they
have > previously thrived, " We , wonder
if Washington will institute the re-
cent quota ruling against these Boys.
Hot/Weather Hunch
"That fella I:hinks nothing of flirt-
ing with (loath," '
"Why, what' does he do?"
"Well, everybody he meets he asks;
"is it hot enough for you?"
Winning Poem on,
Lixndberg's ' Flight
avv1 Geis $500 Prize fol
of Lead" in igen-
nerl'y Contest
• Vor
Ancient enmity and mutualsuspicion will be -buried when A.manullah
Khan Amir o15 Af iia ithree :days"
g n clan, will be the guest of king George fort e
during early December. ,Afghanistan is now a friendly buffer -state between.
the Indira empire and Soviet Ru i
ss a. y
When the last.cry came, they would
,ru81 to the rail, waving their 3iands in
surrender. Then we would take them
aboard the Seeadier, commandeer any
supplies we needed, and send an-
other few thousand tone of the pre-
cious merchant marine of the = A111es enter it, "The Wings. of Lead" was
to the bottom."
•
HIs Early Adventures. thane, who had been busy on her sec -
The man who conceived and car- and novel, set to work and finished it.
eled out this bald marauding had been 'She explained what she meantby,
•
prepared by his earlier experience. Wings of Lead,"
As a youngster of 13 he relates, he "Wily, 'wings of ,lead' signify the
was backward 4n school and had rug impossible, she said. "You sec,
off to sea. . School had been to him Lindbergh -just. came in unknown, and
little better than a prison, because he said he would -do it, andevery one
was ot interested in his studies, and said 'ridiculous, impossible.' Then he
preferred
to d leof did it; 1te.did the impossible.",
Americamuch's Wild. West,reaparticularthetalys the : I?oem Klpling's Stale.
exploits of Buffalo Bill, '
Getting a start even as cabiu-boy
was. not easy, The haws prohibited
a ship's captain' from signing on ',a
youngster without proof of his par-
ents' permission. Assuming the name
"Phylax Luedecke" : he -finally per -
Sea Raider
r
A irn
$ Paelfist-
Ski er'of
FP Seeadler" is in
States to Lecture on
Peace.
Count Felix Von Luckner, better
known as the "Sea Devil," who be-
came a modern buccaneer as a Lieu-
tenant Commander in. the German
Navy during the war and with his
disguised windjammer ravaged allied
shipping, has turned peace crusader•.
He has come to the United States to
lecture, particularly at schools and
colleges, until -December. Feace'le
his theme, though he rams it home
withburlygestures and exclamations
delivered with all the fore of his
huge physique. -
The transformation from buccaneer
to advocate' of international,. accord
might have seemed unexplainable but -
4,000 MSS. SUBMITTED ,
Methalia ` Cirano,- the 14 ca: 1d
Broolrlyn school --girl whosoo Poem,
"The Janitor's Boy," arou1e! a Aon.'
ro'iersy a 'Year ago,. 0004 announced
recently as' the Winner of- tile:• 15100
prize offered by h15 tehell ifennerly for
the, )best poem on Lindbergh's flight'',
to l ails- , -Nathalie s ` sixty dines of..
swinging . Vel'e0, untitled "Wings of
Load," was adjudged the best from.
among 4,00& uranuscrljite oubmitlod
by 2,000 contestants from every State
in the Unlen, fl'onm'Canada, 'Pnglan0,
Prance, Ger'mnany, Italy and even
Monaco. .
Natllalia,now in her second: year at
the Brooklyn Heights Seminary, lied
no thought of winning a pried when
she`startod her poem on Lindbergh's
eight. last May on the day that he
landed in Paris, and it was not until
her composition was well alone to-.
Ward completion, she said, that she
learned of the competition,
Says -Filer Saw a Vision:
son the :night that Lindbergh was
flying through he darkness' some-
where- east of NeNwfoundland, as the.
gill lay awake thinking of the flier
and his audacity, she called out to her
mother:
i 7c
"He saw a vision- I 'accepted
a
challenge from the gods."
Mrs. Crane did not know what the
child was talking about, and Nathalia,
a bit surprised, -told her. The next
morning she told her parentsthat she
thought,she would :write a poem, about
the flight, and set. about developing
an outline. On June 12 Mr. Kennerly
announced- the competition and* Mr.
Farrar suggested to-Nathalia that she
then nearing completion, 'and Na
Nathalia's 'poem is in the Kipling
manner, a narrative of the flight, a
picture first of the gods looking down
on a dull world end deciding -to stimu-
late it to extraprdinare achievement.
To their challenge Lindbergh made
for his unusual career. On the race seeded' the master of a Russian sail- answer:
of it, his war record appears -almost ins craft to take him on as cabin boy
bloodthirsty. With a small crew and . _being warned".in.advanne that there And then one night landed on a
a mere three masted windjammer, the woutld be no pay, and that, as the ra- Mineola swale
drivener, in a day of Iasi, power- tions were supplied for only the re- A plane that looked like pewter, with
driven ocean greyhounds, he sailed 'gular crew of twenty -fool; he would a Carrier of mail.
through the British ships blockading have to eat tris scraps left by the te0., .
ox
Germany, undergoing careful inspec- Bailors. Me agreed to those condi• Its wings were tinged like
tion, and roved the sea at -will, cap tions and sailed with the'Russian to skins, each trues of shadow-
turing ship atter ship of the allied Australia. gray,
merchant marine and sending 68,000 In Australia he went to work In the Its cabin but an alcotire slung beneath
tone of ib to the bottom. He traveled' kitchen or a hotel, . 'Elis immediate a metal ray.
64 000 miles though hi f the 1 ambition, ho says, was to get to
r o e ou ships 0 e a-
lied navies were searching for him America, eines it was the land of sem
everywhere, and he sank 58,000 tons
of precious saltpetre the Allies want-
ed for ammunition.
Never Killed a 'Man.
Yet this strange buccaneer" makes
the proud boast that he never killed
a man. . He took every member of
every crew' he captured, he says, and
held all captives as guests,,aboard'bis
ship. Ae many as five mere were on
board at one time.
"The Steeadler, in Mot," said Count
von.Luckner, telling his, story, "was
not armed. She was a bluff,. She
had wicked -looking holes under her
rails, ;threatening 'her . enemies • with
deadly broadside. The only cannon
she had aboard was ,aa antique muz-
zle -loader, made in 1817, which was
made
to look extra dangerous by be-
ing covered with a painted barrel.
We attacked only merchant ships:
We sailed under a Norwegian flag,
and, posing as a lumber ship, we
wold run up close to the prey, bearing
signals• •telling the other Captain that
we had a message to deliver. When
our quarry came to a stop, ,theageead-
ler - would draw up alongside and
launch a small beatt.
"The small boat would have only
five men in her, but they were husky.
One had been a successful German
prizefighter, another an accomplished
wrestler, and the other three` wore
worthy' companions, As they arrived
on deck, supposedly to deliver their
message, the whole five would end
denly- throw off -their coats, showh g
themselves stripped to the waists,
ready for rough action.
"Two watchers ori the Seeadler 'of policy or diplomacy (things I never
were aloft, meanwhile, waiting to add learned anything about in niy sailing
the final touch. As the boarding Haase-. and to`try to rake people real-,
party threw oft their emits, ,these two ize the commoh°'Humanity of all,
lookouts would suddenly bpom out "These old ideas of 'fighting and in
through megaphones,'as if giving or- ternational rivalries aro all' wrong.
dors • .to' our crew: 'Clear for 'ter-. I can't write or make fine speeches,
pedoesl' \ but I .can tell ,my story and talk
"The effect 'would be instantaneous, straight to the heart. - By talking
The ..men of the merchant crews, it
literate for the most part. would be
taken by'surprise by the proceeding,
made men. Alec he waisted to see
his hero, Buffalo Bill. After wander-
ing through Australia, from place to
place, he arrived at Brisbane, Where
the master of the Golden Shore, an
American four -master, signed him on
fora trip' to San Francisco.
°That was a long step toward he Buf-
falo Bil'l's home, in Denver. From
San Friinoisoo= walked and begged He fisted in; as "Lindbergh" just one
rides .in engine nabs, determined to pace.beliind• the ranks;
reach Denver. When on arrival there ,HO
hada moon-stainedpaddle and
he found, to his great chagrin, that
hie idol was with a circus touring his
own Germany, he wandered on to
New York to do the next best thing
become a sell -made man,
To fulfill that ambition, he decided
to become .a Lieutenant in the Ger-
many navy, and arrive at the goal
through his ,own efforts. In 1900, he
sayd,, he went back to Germany and
enlisted' as a sailor, resuming his own
name. At length, in 1306, he re-
ceive his commission to a Lieuten-
ancy, Not until then did he return
to his home; he walked into his old
1>.onte in full uniform,
Count Luckner entered the World
War full el enthusiasm, intent on do-
ing his •duty; but the many contacts
he had with men ofother countries
Tho Spirit of St Louie was inscribed
upon tate lee;
It came from out a 'province that had
never Seen the oda.
The pilot entered for the course, the
quarter quadrant glide—
to fly the full Atlantic and the tag
ends of the tide. .
on"•his,voyages, he says, made hint
averse to killing, thein,
"I used to think how each gide was•
praying to God for help 11 fighting the
others," he said, "and how at wag al-
ways the sante God they were praying
to. As soon as the war Was over, I
made up my mind that I would go
out by myself, without t:onsideration
espeeieliy to young ' -people, t think 1
can make seine headway in develop-
ilrg , George; Shoots"
Vailisnn for Feast
Windsor, Eaglend---K1ng;George
himself shot the royul'15clt wlrtell
Wee' served 01115 yeenatthe 'annual
venison banquet tendered .by ilre
Windsor City Corporation,
The custom of the Icing provid-
iug�th'e deer for the toast is of
...ancient origin, but it is, rare that'
the King personally has done the
'1'' 0 Prince pf Wales, high stow,'..
mid of the royal;;: Borough.. of Wind-
sir, accepted xlie Mayor's .invite.
tion to the duper, which, was held
October 29.E /
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yc*y tI S'- Naval
6,a_,
<i lig cif hied -
�y Hn Wo Steed•.
By
"We Shall Not- Enter 'Into
Competition With You,"
Editor Tells America
New York.—The growing -need for-
international
or
international friendship and under
standing and the declaration that
Great Britain would not tolerate a
Wiley of naval rivalry with the
United States, was stressed'; by H.
Wickham Steed, publisher of the Re-
view of Reviews of London and form-
erly editor of The' Times of London,
at midinner given.in his honor in New
York,
A tenet of internatidnal:friendship
which, comparable to tate Monroe
Doctrine, would establish' the United'
States as determined to be a "peace,
loving" 'nation, .wasurged upon MIS.
country by Air. Steed. Ile declared
that the collapse of the Geneva arias
in no wa .re -
fleeted
conference sY
fleeted tiie rear British : attitude to-
ward America.
The British Cabinet failed to -con-
eider the
on-eider'the broader questions involved
in the Geneva conference. Mr. Steed
said. He placed the blamefor the
failure at the door to the British
Ministry, which permitted its de14h-
orations" to be conducted by an ad-
miralty rather than' a diplomatic
group..
Promotion of World Peace.
"The possibility of armed conflict
with the United States lies entirely
outside of the outlook of the British
people on the naval question," Mr.
Steed said..
"As far as we are concerned the
seas are free for you to put on them,
if you wish, the biggest navy the
world has ever seen. The only ques-
tion for us is that of determining the
minimum requirements of the safety
of our trade routes—which Svc never
expecta you to threaten—and how far
that minimum can stili further be re
-
Aimed by a sound and constructive
policy of world -,peace.
"You may take it that, however y_ou
solve your own naval question, what-
everthe nuniber and tonnage of the
cruisers and eventually of the battle-
ships you may decide to build, how -
weer largo the hums which you may
appropriate of the purpose, we shall
not enter into competition with yotr,"
His Majesty's
Plum Pudding
Ingredients Coin.e From The
Empire.. Combined •, Sym -
trollies Colonies and Do-
minions Goodwill
Tire Fugitive Aurora Bu:;ealla
Fares An XllterlatiO,lc<l
Quiz
A caXjlpA'i ll 1r;005 ishan ever" reso-
lute, is now under way to rob the,
aurora tboleal:u,<of its secrets, For
centuries thele sit snger.,phenoineruorl
has fired 1100 :imn tjnt'.;on of Scientists-.-
and of late years much valuable data ,
have beim organized, 1;4t 0 great
deal remains to bo learned. Tho o1
fort ,ho 11001
been made international.
in Senile. .A t it recent `Meeting of -the
International Geodetic `aro2 C'eogna,'
elite Union, held` in Prague, Czeohos-
lovalcia, it was decided : drat tie: eo
operation 'of a71 nations should bo
solicited iu the quest of i'uaming these
beeutifni, m751811otis and, in certain
respects these mischievous Not'thern...
Lights to theirylair.
Mieehiet%ous, yet. The present of-
fensive Waged. hj 5280181 -isle of many
lands is udt altogether a matter of
scientific cuplosity, for in this, age of
electrical expaalstou the Northern
Lights ropresent'frequently an Mimi -
car force of greater or less potency'-
principally less, of course, though
they can, on occasion, play very queer'
and sometimes rather disconcerting
pranks. Only the other day it was
reported that the aurora borealis had
been caugbt upsetting' tel
operations—charging the wires with
excess :'electricity and making it Im-
possible for a time, over 11 certain
area, to solid anymeseages.
According to. N. Ii, Fleck, who was
an American delegate to the meeting
In Prague. "Dr. Carl Staornoer, famous
scientist of Norway, reported inter-
esting experiments in photographing
'the aurora against stars:, Plane were
worked out or more effective use of
magnetic methode` in studying under-
ground formatioias
Sir Frederic Stupart of Canada was
elected a member for; North America
to serve on a newly formed interna-
tional -committee whoee`work it will
be to ',conduct special studies of the
aurora borealis, So the campaign is
well underway and results 'may re-
ward this new effort: It ie .not
tbouglrt likely, however, that oven
with international mass ormation and
the aid of all the resources of modern
science' this ancient wild spirit of tho
North can be brought to bay without
a prolonged'truggle.
rrhey Go Anyway_
Stowaways Are Not Deterred
By Prospect of Punish-
ment
A problem for many steamship cap-
tains is that of dealing with stow-
aways. On one vessel on a recent
trip from New York to 'San Francisco
and return thirteen stowaways were
unearthed. Bight were found on the''
way to San Francisco and five more
on the return voyage:
Formerly the stowaway was thrash-
ed and put in irons, This custom
has been done away with, although
the irons are still used on occasions.
Iii—most cases the stowaways know
this when discovered. they will be put
to work. •Ail stowaways, after dis-
covery, receive the same treatment.
They are taken to the bridge, where
they are searched. A record is
made of the discovery --time, date,
place and by whom. These facts are
e'htered In the chip's log. Some of the
mon are signed on as regular sea-
men; others work to pay their pas-
sage; very rarely :a stowaway is
found who hag sufficient money to
pay for his transportation.
London—King George will take One of the captain's first queries -.
some star gas in his tanks. is whether the stowaway has a friend
Christmas dinner with, his whole Elm-, in the crew. If so the seaman men -
A chemist 'from Olympus With a ladle
nicked the rays;
He said the ore was Purer' than it was
in Caesar's days.
Invislble,'lre passed tlfil word, the
barograph was sealed—
.A. plane with leaden wings went down
the Mineola field.
erre this year. IIis plum pudding is boned is brought to the bridge. It
he admits knowing that the stowaway
intended boarding the ehip and made
no move to prevent it be is nearly
always "logged" or fined.
It is not an especially 'dillicult task
to .,board a ship. Tho quartermaster
stoned South African raasfns, 135 on. duty et tho gangway does not
pounds of minced Canadian apples, 5 know tire entire, crow and after a
pounds of English bread crumbs,. 5 stowaway has `slipped aboard it is
pounds of New Zealand beef suet, 2 easy for him to find a place in which
pounds of South African cut. candled 'to hide. Leaving the ship presents
peel, We pounds of English flour, 2 s more of a problem. The stowaway
pounds of West Indian sugar, 20 Irish (presuming that. ho has been Wawa-
Free`State eggs, 2 ounces of ground coed in the. course of the voyage), is
Ceylon cinnamon, 1' ,,punces of Zan- now renown. 3n any event he cannot
Mbar ground cloves, 10 ounces of unceremoniously leave by the gang -
Straits Settlements ground nutmegs, way. Sometimes he tries to slip
one teaspoon of pudding spice from through a porthole; sometimes he
India, 1 gill of Cyprus brandy, 2 gills
of Jamaica rum and 2 quarts of oltl
,Bngiish beer,
It rose and fell and rose' again and.
then attained tobreath—
The raiment of the bubble when the
+` bubble goes to death.
And somewhere near to noontime as
the flshers:turned to scan,
They saw a pearl-gray monoplane
slide east of Grand Manan.
A single -motored miracle, a lead 'nine
on each flank;
Below a shadowswept and awed the
hundred -fathom bank.
Upon a billow rocked and cheered a
lanterned spindle, buoy,
The. off -shore bells} were chanting for
the Spirit of St. Louis;
'For o'er the darkened deep there flew
a carrier of mail,
IIis engine drunk with star gas and
berserk in the flails
IIe made the course the gods had set,
the quarter quadrant glide,.
He flew the,dullAtlantic and the tag
ends of the tide.
ing international friend,sbips.. I f
to be made entirely - of Ingredients
pioduced in the Bmplre andis to be
of heroic size and flavor. It will
contain the foiitwing
Five pounds each of Australian
currants and raisins,' 5 pounds of
"Last night r'landed Mardrid," said
the angler who had bought a wireless
set, "but you should have heard the
stations that got away."—lSutld-ing,
and Loan Thritlor.
A door -knocker is missing from
Windsor Castle. One theory is that
an American took it as a souvenir be-
comes the authorities refused to eel
him the building. --London Humorist.
"Cricket is adry game," says an
American visitor. He evidently hasn't
seen It played in Bngland this sum-
mer. London Opinion.
Days,i hat Are Gone Forever
qt -G; -;SORT Aj, ,NORT,11 WEST` AR'M1 HALIFAX,
hides in one of the huge rope nets
used to•'carry freight from ship to
pier, C
Walking Cana
' Where is my cane? Wherever I
stand it, when I look for, it, it's gone."
' Well, it's a walking cane, isn't it?"
NEW RADIO BEA CON
The first Canadian radio beacon
on the Great Lakes has been
established at the Southeast Shoal,
Lake Ontario, by the Canadian
Government. It "transmits on a
wave length of 1,000 meters during
thick or foggy weather every 160
seconds groups of 1 dot and 3
dashes -for 60 seconds "and silent
90 seconds.
A now radio beacon is soon to be
established et' Li,Point Light Sta-
tion, on the south side of Lake
Superior, by the U.S. Government
and will trenemlt every 180 sec-
onds groups of 4 dashes for 60
seconds,, event 120 Seconds,