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AMERICAN JOCKEY WITH
J. Todhunter Sloan, Former American Jockey.
Tod Sloan of Kokomo, Ind., has en
listed in the allied armies as a motor
ambulnnco driver, according to n dls
patch from Paris. Sloan, who was at
ono tlrao known as ono of tho beat
Jockeys living, applied for a place In
tho French army, hut was rojected bo
cause of his slight build. Itcsldes bo
lng a famous Jockey Sloan also Is an
expert chauffeur, so tho French gov
ernment ofllclals gavo him a place In
tho Red Cross service as a motor am
bulanco driver.
Sloan ought to make himself gen
erally useful to tho allies In moro ways
than ono In tho present catastrophe
across tho sea.
There Isn't anything In modem war
faro in which Tod wouldn't tako a
chance, no matter what tho hazard In
connection with tho performanco.
Operating a motor Ib only child's
play for him; ho has been a speed
demon In many of tho automobllo
marathons held on tho different
French courses.
For courlor duty thero Is no one
In tho combined armies of tho allies
who might distinguish himself with
moro utter abandon than tho versatile
cx-Jockoy, J. Todhunter Sloan.
No matter now fractious tho beast,
Tod would bo ublo to master his
mount In convincing style. During
his brilliant career on tho turf, In
Amorlca and abroad, It has been said
that thoro was nover a thoroughbrod
whi6h looked through a bridle nblo
GIBBONS TO TRY FOR TITLE
Clever Minnesota Pugilist, Well Known
as Welterweight, Is After Honors
In Heavier Class.
Mike GibboiiB Is out aftor the middle
Weight championship. Tho clcr St.
Paul boxer has long been recognized
as tho best of the welters and now
MIko Is anxious to nnnex honors In tho
heavier class. A year or so ago Gib
bons trlod out for tho middleweight
title, but his showing against Eddie
JTTTfT!
MIko Gibbons.
McGoorty was not anything startling.
Ka gavo up tho idea of becoming mid
dleweight champion for tho tlrne being.
Now ho la in tho field once' moro for
(be tltlo and stands ready to light an;
of tho stars lu thlB division.
This Umpire 8afe.
Baseball Is a fight tho world over,
At the San Qoentln State prison, out
In California, recently tho "league
season" was opened with Warden
Johnson throwing tho first ball. A big
black boy, playing second baso for
"Captain Randolph's team," becamo In
censed over what ho considered tho
weak work of tho umpire. "Ah'll knock
yo block off when Ah got outta here,"
paid tho negro. "You'll have to go
Mine," grimly anuwered tho uiiiplre.
"1 beat you through tho gate by three J
years and a half,"
Polo on Pacific Coaet.
Expert Eastern polo players bb well
sb teams from Hawaii and South
America aro expected to take part in
tbo championship events to be playod
on tho Paclflo coaBt, starting" January
1, 1915. Tho dates will form a cir
cuit in turn of tho oventB at River-
ilde, Pasadena. Coronado nnd 8an
Uatnn in lift fnllnurart liv tYia. nrinnlm.
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f tho Panama-Paclflo grounds on
March U, tor continuous games ua
Ml May 1.
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THE FRENCH ARMY
to rcBlst Sloan when ho was called
upon to tako tho mount. Horses with
ungovornablo tempers, absolutely In;
capablo of performing sanely in the
hands of other riders, were as tracta
ble and docile In Tod's delicate hands
aB a domesticated pony in tho hands
of a child.
In matters aeronautical Tod Sloan
would tako an many chances as the
most fearless of tho European bird
men. It wns In tho balloon business
that ho got his first real start In busi
ness In southern Illinois 25 years ago.
Orphaned at a tender ago, Tod ran
away from his fostor parents In Kan
kakco and engaged with a traveling
balloon man, nnd at many country
fairs in Illinois and Missouri Tod be
came as expert a performer in mak
ing parachuto drops as tho man he
was working for.
Ho was nu daring in thoso para
chuto falls as ho was in any other
lino of endeavor essayed by him. Ills
early cxporior-.co in ballooning served
to mnko him absolutely fearless In
trial monoplane and biplane perform
ances In Franco tho Inst fow years.
Working in a Zoppolln or in any ol
tho soveral air machines used in the
war nowadays In tho land o'f tho com
batants would havo no terrors for the
accomplished Sloan.
Therefore tuklng tho famous Jockey
r.t all of his working angles, ho is a
valuable adjunct to tho French war
machine.
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a Tho fanlous SheopsllondBay X
raeo courso has llnally been
.j. sold. It 1b said to havo broiight X
Y $2,500,000. Tho few horses
stnbled thero, owned by August X
T Belmont, havo been ordorcd to :
other quarters, Tho purchasers i
X purposo to erect a mammoth
v motordromo for motor car rac
X lng, with track two miles
around. There haB been no
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a thoroughbred racing at Shccps- X
Y, head Bay slnco 1910, when the v
& personal liability law caused X
Y tho shutting down of tho plant. 4
4 Sheopshcad Bay raco courso
was ono of tho most beautiful
a In tho country and many liorBe-
X mon will regret tho dollnlto an-
4. nouncemont of Its passing nwny. &
NAME CAUSES MUCH TROUBLE
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Yankee Boxer In London Is Detained
by English Officials, Accused
of Being German Spy.
Tho kalsor is now In protty bad
with Johnny Schlff, tho tow-hoaded
foathorwolBht, who is boxing in Lon
don. By reason of his German namo,
Johnny was accused of being a spy
and was detained by tho English of
ficials. Whereupon Johnny camo back
nt the British foreign offlco by proving
that IiIb real namo Is not Johnny Schlff
nt all, hut Portor Nowman. Ho was
roleased. Honcoforth, In England nt
least, ho boxes under tho namo of
Portor Nowmrtp..
Johnny got the namo of Schlff In a
peculiar way. Whllo Btlll a llttlo hoy, ho
wont out into tho world Booking nd
vonturo nnd achievement. Aftor going
to sea as a cabin boy, ho wound up in
a San Francisco cafo, Belling clgarB.
lis employcra were a firm nnmod
Schlff, and on his cap was embroidered
tho firm name. The customers did not
know his namo, go whon they wanted
him they hollered, "Hoy, thore, Schlff."
The name thereafter stuck.
"Stub" Barron Is Captain.
"Stub" Barron, Btar tackle of Iowa
varBlty olovon, haB been announced as
tho cholco of his teammatos as cap
tain, of tho Hawkoycs for 1915. Bar
ron is ono of tho inriHt rnnnlutnnt ..!,.,..
6rs on tho team and was chosen as all -
tumurenco ibckio uy ono export. Tho
new Iowa leader halls from Correc
tlonvlllo and was captain of tho fresh
man tenm during tho first year at the
univerBlty,
Finland Team at Frisco.
In tho event that tho toam Is able
to securo representation at tho ath
letic games at tho Panama-Paclflo ox
position, Finland will Bond over hnlt
a dozen wejght men whoso likelihood
of winning tholr oventB la bright in
deed. Weight men from Finland find
lifo attractive Just now in California.
Accepts Many Chances.
In 1892 Bob Allen of tho Philadel
phia Nationals accoptod 955 chances
at BllOrtStOn ill (l Klmrln nnnann l?n.
22 jgars that mark has stood uu-
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. i-tjuuit-u uutu mo present season, when
Rabbit Mnrnnvlllo of Boston succeeded
' in toppling it ovor Tho Btar Inlleldor
( of tho Braves accepted 980 chances.
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BASEBALL
Onrrv Hnhrmnnn. nrcflldcnt of tho
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uincinnau ciuii, hub nignuu jvuu -- r
Bon, inflcldcr, who played Inst year on
tho Cleveland American league tenm.
OlBon was secured by tho waiver
route.
Tho Indianapolis club stockholders
have re-elected President J. Edward
Krauso and all of tho other offlcors
for nnother year. Dill Phillips will
manngo tho team again next year.
Jimmy Sharp, who managed tho
Wilmington team in tho Trl-Stnto
loaguo during tho latter part of tho
Benson, is to bo given a tryout by
tlughey Jennings at Detroit.
Catcher Paddy Llvlngstono of tho
Indinnnpolls A. A. team will suroly bo
found with tho Indianapolis Federal
team If a truco is not declared in tho
near future.
They can't stay away. Goorgo
Stone, former Drown slugger, 1b will
ing to glvo up his Job ns prosldent of
a bank at Colorldgo, Neb., to becomo
an umpire.
An Illinois Judgo sent a man, to Jail
for ono day for telling a Ho; on that
basis calculato how long a baseball
magnate would have to servo.
Rumors of Internal troubles con
llnuo to como from Philadelphia con
coming Connie Mack'B action In clean
ing out his star pitchers.
MIko Kelly, well known In baseball
circles everywhere may tako over
Charley Somers' American association
club In Cleveland.
Carlisle Smith, who was out of tho
world's Berles, will bo back as good aa
over In tho spring, say tho bono
Bharps.
If next season Is as bad as this
year, tho major leagues will havo to
Bend several food ships to tho minors.
Doth Doston teams will train at tho
same placo; are they conspiring to
corner tho pennant market?
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Ralph Stroud, formerly of Detroit,
will bo McQraw's addition to tho
dingers' squad next season.
James Frank, head of tho Michigan
leaguo, says tho minors aro tired of
being baseball goats.
PUGILISM
It Is libelous to say puglllats cannot
earn a living If forced to work. Brad
jdock, tho English heavy, is cooking
spuds for tho British troops.
In fighting tho Germans Georges
Carpentlor Is accused of violating Tho
Haguo military rules by using tho kid
ney punch.
California cut out prizo fighting by
S' opulnr vote. Three world's cham
Ions once lived in tho samo block in
(Frisco. '
Tho mayor of Toledo hns appointed
?. commission of flvo tq handlo the box
ng gamo in that city.
Pittsburgh will havo a commission
to govern boxing.
HORSE RACING
William RuBBell Allen can put it
over on any of tho brecdorswhon it
comos to statistics. Horses bred at
tho Allen farm tool; part In 677 races
this year and won ?47,705.
Sis Blngen is ono of the likely year
lings. By Blngen, she is out of Sis
Dllectum, and recently alio trotted a
quarter in 0:31, a 2:0G clip, at Lex
ington. Peter Farron, tho throo-year-old
which Murphy will point for tho Cham
bor of Commerco and other stakes,,
fins been given a record of ":10.
Tho change in administration In
Now York state is apt to glvo book
to Harry 8. Nealley IiIb old Job of bosB
Ing tho races at Syracuse.
FOOTBALL
Folwell, conch of Wash and Jell,
who waB said to havo been offered
a position an successor to Gordon
Brooko at Bonn, states emphatically
that ho has received no such offer
and that ho will profor to retain his
present position.
The only ones who do not got ex
cited over tho discussion of tho rela
tive merits or enstorn and western
football players aro tho wostorn boyB
on eastern teams.
By tho way, what has becomo of the
old collogo spirit that scorned to ask
or take odds in wa'gerlng on its foot
ball tenm?
1 Brlckloy ought not complain about
! losing his appendix; It probably would
havo been a leg had ho played.
MISCELLANEOUS
Tho porformanco of Parker, tho
Frisco sprinter, In equaling tho 220,
yard record, recotvod Btrong Indorse
ment for official credit at tho A. A. U.
mooting.
Six-day blko racing, tabooed in Elk
hart, Ind. ; WaycrosB, Gn., and Kenno
bunk, Maine, is still regarded aB a
sport on tho IbIo of Mnuhattun.
It takos something moro thnn war,
cholera and the foot-and-mouth dis
ease to squelch wrestlers and six-day
blko rldors.
RoBton has the fastest cinder path
In the world It merely requires a
low ton-second nion to prove it
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(Copyright. 1514. by A. S. Gray)
CANCER AND THE RADIANT RAYS
It is exceedingly dlfllcult for most of
Us to grasp offhand a clear understand
ing of nnythlng wo cannot see with
our own eyes, hold in our hands, touch,
taste, smell or hear; but with a very
llttlo effort wo can achieve tho seem
ingly ImpoBslblo and securo an un
derstanding of phenomena beyond tho
reach of our personal senses. And
this is well worth whllo because a com
prehension of natural forces enables
ub to live sane, wholesomo nnd there
fore happy fives.
An emanation Is anything flowing or
radiating out from something. For
example, wo speak of light emanating
or radiating from tho sun. In the ovo
lutlon of our modern views of the con
stitution of matter the study of the
radiations has furnished some of the
moat significant clews in connection
with both tho undulatory or wave ra
diations of which light is tho charac
teristic example, and also of the cor
puscular radiations, which arc proved
beyond all question to consist of par
ticles of matter or electricity. These
particles aro proved to bo traveling at
speeds varying from one millimeter a
second to approximately tho velocity
of light, which Is ub wo all know, 180,
000 miles a second.
When ordinary bodies are heated to
about COO degrees Centigrade (932 de
grees Fahronholt) they begin to emit
vlslblo light, no matter what tho sub
stanco may be, and the radiations ap
pear to be duo to this dofinlto temper
ature and aro referred to ns tempera
turo radiations. But In certain cases
light )s found to bo emitted at a tem
perature far below that at which tern
poraturo radiations set in, and these
phonomena wo know as luminescence,
phosphorescence and tho like light
without heat, wo call it. But ono nnd
all are duo to tho interchange of some
form of energy and moBt of It is be
yond tho bordor lino of our ability to
percelv,o without external assistance to
our limited senBcs.
Light wavo radiations aro propa
gated exactly llko waves in water or
sound In nlr, without tho transfer of
any matter along tho path of propaga
tion, but corpuscular radiations con
sist of streams of flno particles pro
jected at various degrees of high ve
locities and may, perhaps, best bo Il
lustrated' by Imaging a stream of lino
gravel. Probably all are familiar wiCh
tho sand blast and how It will cut
away the hardest surface and not in
jure tho Boftest fabric. Thero is a
closo relationship between the two
typos of radiation, Just as theio 1b be
tween tho air and the sand, and the
principals involved are undoubtedly
thoso which wllPbo found to account
for tho many marvelous effects of
both tho direct and indirect sunlight
on hupian diseases nnd on life in gen
eral. '
Wo havo noted the effects of direct
sunlight In a general way and now
como to tho matter of Indirect sun
light, for wo should not for a minute
forgot that all forms of energy on this
earth are but converted sun energy.
Uut before considering tho subject of
radiations In general perhaps It would
bo best to survey very brleflylthe field
of their application to our needs It,
order to got tho connection and show
that tho matter Is worth considering.
Shortly after tho X-rays were dis
covered It was found that they exert
ed a destructive Influence on living
tissues, which becamo moro marked
the longer animal structures wore ex
posed to them, and immediately It was
suggosted that here we had tho long
hoped for remedy for tho destruction
ot cancer. But soon it was learned
that it was a very dangorous power,
In Germany a fow enreful, conscien
tious workers havo very rorslstently
developed tho technique and apparat
us, as all human experience proves
must bo done In every department, and
have slowly evolved a mothod that Is
showing most encouraging results lu
cancerous conditions and in some
forms of sepsis.
Kroenlg'a clinic at Frelburgls Is
equipped, with modern apparatus and
with some 1,700 milligrams ol nieso
thorium and radium. Mesothorlum is
some 300 times as concentrated as ra
dium, but gives similar results in
shorter time. At the clinic, where for
cancor only a slight operation is re
quired, the oporutlon Ib porformed and
then tho ray is used; whoro a severe
operation ordinarily would bo requlrod
tho ray ulono Is enployod.
rrincipies ol
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LAST HOURS FREE FROM PAIN'hmi warent,y ,n, tho m?st, ,nte,nf?
uum rHim ngonyi Th0 long nours of tbo night
u.i. Vtto fomllu ivVir ant
Testimony That Tends to Prove Sc.en-
tlflc Investigators Right In
Their Contentions.
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An EngllBh sclentlflc publication has .
recently given much spaco to a discus- j
lon of Uio old, but very absorbing,
question aB to whether tho process of i
dying Is accompanlod by conscious ,
physlcnl pain. j
Tho conclusion arrived nt is the
same to which tho scientific Invest!-'
gutor hus always adhorod, viz., that n
morclful Naturu so bonumbs the
Rouses us tho body la losing Its hold
upon ph steal llfo that tho dying per-
ion la entirely unconscious of pain.
Among Uio many Incidents which ,
apparently shod light upon tho mattor
one la montlonod which occurred only
tho other days. It la tho caso of a,
man In his eightieth year who was sud-
lonly prostrated by a ory aovero In-
luenza. '
Tho malady progrosaed until nil
hope ot his llfo was abandoned by the
physicians Ho lay gasping for breath
Results liml In thoao cnscB were con-
sldered not duo to nny bactericidal nc-
linn Hint Mm rntt .,,. itnnannn I....
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rather to a clinngo In tho blood Itself,
which makes It untonnblo to these
bacteria. It Is considered to bear out
tho vaccination theory of tho X ray,
this being that there Is a rapid manu
facture of tho antibodies. This theory
and theso results aro exceedingly sug
gestive In connection with tho results
wo havo recently considered from the
uso of tho direct rays of tho sun In
tho matter of surgical tuberculosis
cases and of hellothoraphy in general
THE X-RAY.
The discovery of tho X-ray burst
upon tho world without the slightest
warning nnd completely nBtounded
even tho most astute and learned
scientists of the time. But wo can
now geo that it was tho perfectly logi
cal sequence of a long Berles of dis
coveries, following numberless experi
ments by many Individuals with a
scientific toy known as tho Gelssler
tube. GolBsler had demonstrated the
peculiar behavior of electric dis
charges, through different gases con
fined In a sealed tube and under varl
ous degrees of, vncuum, whereby tho
spark becamo a moro or less steady
Btrcam.
Following GelsBlcr, Sir William
Crookes becamo tho chlof Investigator
along theso lines, and by means ot
mlniaturo wind-wheels and turbines in
his Improved tubes, now known as
Crookes tubes, demonstrated that tho
current of electricity flowing from tho
nogntivo polo and known ns the cath
ode stream could bo transformed into
kinetic energy. "Radiant matter" was
tho term used by CrookeB to describe
tho highly rarefied gas, or "ultra gase
ous matter," which ho found to pro
duco certain peculiar mechanical jind
luminous effects when a charge or nlgn
potential electricity was passed
through It.
As with all new thoughts, tho Idea
was fiercely attacked by many of tho
scientific men of the time, who strenu
ously argued against It and endeavored
to prbvo that both tho theory and the
demonstrations amounted to nothing.
But a fow cholco spirits pressed on.
Lenard demonstrated that tho cath
ode stream could be detected. outside
tho tube as well as within It and that
It could bo deflected or attracted by
a magnet. A professor of physics In
tho University of Wurzburg, In Ba
varia, W. K. Roentgen, notqd In 1895
that substances such as potassium
platlnocyanldo becamo luminous when
brought near to a tube exhausted to a
vacuum so that the glass was brightly
phosphorescent. About this time also
ho noticed that a large number of pho
tographic plates placed within range
of a Crookea tubo with which ho was
experimenting were fogged, although
they, were elmply protected from light
by the usual light-tight plate holders,
and ho be'gan to suspect a connection
between the two phenomena. A few
moro experiments and tho Idea crystal
lized ho viewed his own bones,
through tho flesh of his hand and
knowledge of the new ray was born
November 8, 1895.
Because tho ray which produced
fluorescence showed him tho bones In
tho living human body, affected photo
graphic plates whllo inclosed in light
tight box's and could not be reflect
ed, refracted nor deflected by a mag
not, Roentgen knew that ho had die
covered a new and unbroken ray and
he therefore called it the X-ray.
It may bo asked how it is possible
to distinguish between such radiations
of different wavo longlhs. This le
achieved through demonstrating by
moans of photography, or a fluorescent
screen, or the electroscope, tho "peno
tratlng power" or "hardnesa" of the
short wavo emnnatlona after travers
ing various thicknesses of a medium
which absorbs X-rays, auch as, for ex
ample, aluminum. Tho shorter tho
wavo length tho "harder" the ray,
and tho "harder" tho ray the greater
its penetrating power. Soddy has dem-'
onstrated the penetration of one-half
Inch steel. This discovery of tho com
plex character of tho X-ray tube ema
nations and those from radiant sub
stances In genoral created the need
of a system for designating tho differ
ent rays, and they have therefore beon
named nlpha, beta, gamma from tho
Greek alphabet corresponding with
our a, b nnd c.
Tho orlglnnl X-ray tubo shot the
rays from tho cathode directly against
the glass at tho opposlto end; subse
quently a motal target known as the
anti-cathode was introduced to re
ceive tho rays, but the bombardment
from tho stream of corpuscles or'elec
trono was so Intense that tho target
was soon raised to a whlto heat, and
It would become necessary to stop tho
action. For thoso and other reasons
which wo will discover later radium
with Us gamma rays seemed to offer
certain advantages over the X-ray
tube, but recently Deasauer of Frank-fort-on-Maln
has perfected a tube by
which he can produce rays practically
Identical with tho gamma ray from
radium or mesothorlum, tho ratio of
hardness being as 1 to 1.2, These
results wero obtained by employing a
special and highly e'fllclent water cool
lng dovico in tho autl-cnthode.
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to end at any moment.
As ho was a man of strong constltu-
Uon, he becamo bettor In tho morning,
finally returning to ontlro conscious-
noss, nnd upon being asked how ho
felt, doclarqd to the amnoment of nil
that ho had passed a most comfortable
night.
in citing this case, tho English idl-
tor acknowledges that It Ib really not
needed to strengthen tho scientific ns-
miruuce that dying is practically pain
leas, although tho problem is ot such
engrossing Intorest to oviry human
being that nny lucldont which serves
to Illuminate- it Is well worth pub-
Uolty.
Grateful Suburbanites,
Towne "Do jou mnko your cook
pay for what sho breaks?" Suburbs
(a nmnzemontl- "Make her pay? '
, should say not! Why. ovory month.
bosldes paying her salary, we reward
tier liberally for hat alio didn't
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OLONEL GOETHALS, us civil
governor of tho Canal Zone,
has adhered to tho policy ho
maintained during the engi
neering work in tho region,
that tho isthmus shall be a gamo
preserve, and tho zone is proving a
tich field for nnturallsts. Several
months ago H. E. Anthony accompa
nied an expedition to tho zone, and in
tho American Museum Journal ho
writes interestingly of what he found
thero.
It was expected, says Mr. Anthony,
that fnunal conditions In tho Canal
Zone "would be undergoing abrupt
changes because of the damming of
Gatun lnko nnd tho consequent ex
tensive lliglj water. From a basin
with no lako worthy of tho name,
with standing water confined largely
to marshy areas except during tho
height of tho rainy season, the Gatun
region has been transformed by tho
hugo dam at the locks Into a lake of
164 square miles In extent and a depth
of 70 to 80 feet In many places.
Animals 8eek New Homes.
This flooding of ground formerly
high and dry, It was anticipated,
would drive many animals to seek
now homes or might oven threaten
Bomo of the moro reBtricted, lowland
living animals with extermination. In
cidentally many of the Islands and
ridge crests left above water might
have a concentrated fauna driven
there from the adjacent flooded local
ities. Other phases of the question
dealing with the newly created lake,
were the wiping out of the lowland
fqrests by submergence, tho rlso of
now aquatic floVa Buch as tho water
hyacinth, and the probable lnhablta-
CiiliBiiiHMiHIi
Mcvur- Flooded 7tREST& ox the Rio Trinidad
Uon of the lake by water birds. Such
were some of the items in the purpose
of tho expedition and we wero
equipped to take advantage of thoso
a?w conditions If the foregoing as
flUfaptlons proved correct.
As Gatun lako waB the center of
Investigation, it was planned to work
from a houseboat as a baso camp with
a launch and small boats for side
trips. Late afternoon of March G saw
us leaving On tun with the houseboat
and by three o'clock tho next morning
we were tied up at the head of a wa
terway or trocha that branched off
from the Rio Trinidad. This was our
main camp and wo hoped to bo able
to work the undisturbed Jungle from
here.
"Black Howler" Monkeys.
It wns at this spot that we made
tho acquaintance of tho largest of the
Panamanian monkeyB, the "black
howlers." Frequently their queer
booming, roaring, howl echoed (.hrough
the Jungle, a call that carries for long
distances. They howl oftenest Just
beforo or during a rain storm and the
natlveB thus look upon them aa weath
er prophets. Upon ono occasion l
stood almost under somo trees through
which a troop wan passing, whllo the
first big preliminary drops of n sud
den shower pattered upon the leaves
about mo. Tho volume of sound that
issued from the black shaggy throats
was so great and so auggestive ot a
Carrier Pigeon in Warfare.
Germany, Franco and Belgium have
been breeding carrier pigeons for
years. Their value la well known to
all theao nations, yet on the other
hand It la no now thing. Even their
uso in war is not new. The Saracons
UBed them at the time of tho firat Cru
sade. Indeed, history tells ub that
Christian commanders employed fal
cons to Intercept pigeons and substi
tuted misleading messages.
British Crown Made for Victoria.
Tho present crown of the English
king was originally roado for Queen
Victoria, at her coronation, In 1838.
The principal Jewels were taken from
oldor crownB. The moBt noted Btono
Is the great ruby which was given to
tho Black Prince by Peter tho Cruel
after tho battlo of Navnretto, In 1307
It also was worn by Henry V In tho
crown encircling his helmet at tbo
battlo of Aglncourt In 1415.
The Fly's Feet.
It Is na plain as tho nose on your
luce All the germB and microbes
listen themselves on tho fly's feet He
large animal, a Hon for example, thnt
1 found It hard to reconcile myself to
tho actual facts.
Other Interesting mammals encoun
tered hore were tho pretty Bqulrrel
like marmoset, tho short-haired nnt
eater and several species of opossum,
whllo we were continually wondering,
at the variety of tho bird llfo and the
diversity of tho bird songs nnd call
notes. Tho noisy parrots that shouted1
In tho nornlng until tho Jungle rang
with their tumult, tho grotesque tou
cans which nt times vied with the
parrots, tho calling of tho parrnkeets
nnd the peculiar chorusllko calls ol
tho chachalaca, or "wild turkey," pro
duced an Impression that must ever
be associated with Jungle memories.
At night mysterious noises were heard
from unknown eources and one welrtf
laughing call in particular caused con
jecture to run rife. t
Desldes the work done on the Rio
Trinidad, several long trips by launch
wero made up the Rio Chagres, one as
far up tho river as the launch could
ascend and two others up tho Ilia
Chlllbrlllo to somo limestone cavea
for bats.
Jungle Almost Impenetrable.
Whenever one left tho waters of
Gatun lake tho dense, unaltered Jun
gle was at once encountered and' no
matter how much Its beauty wns to be
admired from tho boat, Its Impenetra
bility was no less to bo deplored. It
was useless to attempt to leave tho
trail without recourso to the machete,
the long brush knlfo of Latin America,,
and many wero the varieties ot briers
and thorns to bo avoided. Once into
the thick growth of the Jungle, tho
hunter found It necessary to stand
mtnutCB In ono spot. In order to look
Into all the arboreal nooks and cran
nies, bo many were the possibilities, bo
many tho great orchid-covered limbs
and wide branching trees, and so loath
to move the denizens of the Jungle.
Mosquitoes, tho former bane of ear
ly canal dayB, were found but spar
ingly. Even outside the district of
government patrol we wero boulered
but llttlo by them, although we wero
told that later, during tho rainy sea
son, they wero much worse. A fow
spots were encountered whero mos
quitoes were bothersome, thus arguing
a local distribution. Tho ticks and red
bugs however made up In diligence
for any slights wo might fool we had
suffered from not, being met by mos
quitoes. - The Jungle everywhere
seemed to hnrbor these pesta nnd they
did nil they could to make llfo miser
able for ua. Ante also were found in,
abundance nnd it wns fortunaVi In
deed that our camp was a floating one
and thus cut off from inroads of theso
nuisances.
Concentration of animal life had
taken place at the rising of Gatun lake,
and most of the Islands formed had
many Inhabitants at first. Tho Gatun
Hunt club however soon reduced tho
population of these Islands by hunting
them with hounds and ns tho qunrry
In most Instances could not leave the
I Island tho reault was a clean sweep of
I all the larger species.
brings them Into tho houso and wipes
them off his feet. Tho fly that you
see walking over the food you aro
about to eat la covered with filth.
Watch him as he stands on the lump
of sugar wiping his feet. Ho la wiping
off tho dlseaae germs, rubbing them
on the sugar you aro about to put
Into your coffee.
Developer of Character,
Wo are too apt to underrato tho mor
al quality of a man's regular voca
tion, bis dally task, his business, to
look Bomewhoro apart from this for
his opportunity for achieving char
ncter and doing good. But there is
nothing elso that la so determinative
of a man'B character, nothing else
that so furnishes hnnds for his bene
flcenco and feet to run his orrands of
good-will. John Whlto Chadwlck.
Back Number.
"I wouldn't dream ot marrying him.
Why, ho said ho would do everything
to mako mo happy" "What Ib wrong
about that?-' "Ho ought to know that
humans aro put en earth to fulfill mis
sions, not to bo happy,"
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