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against the destructive power of the
thunderbolt.
Thor bore many points of resemblance
to Jupiter, the Roman thunder-god. He
was the proud possessor of the magic
hammer. Miolnir. the northern en-
blem OF the deadly thunderbolt and,
like Jupiter, used 1t freely when war
ring against his enemies, the giants. AS
this huge hammer was usually red hot.
the god had an iron gauntlet called
Iarn-greiper, which enabled him to
grasp 1t firmly and hurl 1t very far,
his strength, which was already remark
able, being always doubled when he
wore his magic belt called Megin-
giord. Thor's hammer was considered
so very sacred by the ancient northern
people that 10 them the sign of this
weapon had the same meaning as the
sign OF the cross later had to the
Christians. The sign of the hammer
was made over the newly born infant
when 1t was christened and given a
name.
The hammer was used to drive in
boundary stakes to hollow the thresh-
old OF new house, to solemnize a mar
rage and to consecrate the funeral
pyre upon which the bodies of heroes
were burned. together with their
weapons and steeds and, In some cases,
with their wives and children.
Thor Is often pictured In old Saxon
drawings as a man of middle age, with
glowing red hair and beard from which
IN moments Of anger. sparks fairly
new. Since red was his favorite color.
brides invariably wore red, which was
considered emblematic of love. For thu
same reason betrothal rings In the
north were set with red stones. while
gifts to the bride sometimes bore
touch Of red. In Sweden Thor was
supposed to have worn n broad-brim-
med hat. and hence the storm clouds
In that country are known as Thurs
hat, name given to one Of the prin-
cipal mQuntainS In NORWAY
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YELL, dll i kItOW 10 Juob Wllde
a 1 read in the papers. We
AN are mighty NANCY with
news here the last week.
There is an awful lot of
stuff of really Big League nature TAX
ing place. You see Mr.. Coolidge Will
be getting out in couple Of weeks and
he wants as much to happen as pos
sible under his Czarship. Course on
the other hand, there is lot of things
that he hopes don't happen till he is
out of sight of the White House.
Now take for instance those cruisers
that they voted, he wanted them voted
under his coaching, but he kinder wants
Congress to stall along and not vote
| the money till after Hoover is in. In
other words Calvin wants to buy some
thing for us, but he wants Hoover to
nay for 1t. He Is more SCI on going
| out of Office having his Budget balanced
than he is going out with any other one
thing.
Now about the Cruisers, lot of peo-
! pie were kinder against them, but /
tell you we pretty near got to have
EN-. You see we will be holding an
other disarmament Conference pretty
soon. and If we don't have something
to sink, we will be lost.
You see people kinder work this way,
that is their minds do. One year they
are warlike, they get to thinking, why
shouldn't we have the biggest Army
and the biggest Navy in the world, we
are the greatest Nation. Then along
come some taxes and bust EN- in the
| face and they seem all at once to get
the Peace fever.
England sees us building these Ships.
They will gradually start spreading a
little talk about what a shame it is to
build against each other, and the first
thing you know we have fell for it and
are just dying to get to Conference
and sink something. Then we go to
the other extreme, we sink everything
but the Delegates that went.
Why don't we either go on and build
a great Navy, or not have one hardly
at all. For running second don't get
you anywhere in anybody's war.
All our Preachers are doing our prin-
cipal Legislation for us now. We pick
up paper and its says, 1--WE cant get
this bill through, because Bishop So
and So is against it," and I'VE have
to pass this as the Federated Par
sons Of Ossawatomie are behind It."
Every cross road Minister is trying to
be Colonel House.
The Church is In Politics more than
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Peace Fever Is Aid to Budget

prompting EN- all the time, that keeps
EN- nervous, and besides they never do
learn their parts.
Now take the case of Senator Jasbo,
1t seems he got in wrong with lot of
his people down there, by being for
Smith, for his State came pretty near
going for Hoover. So that meant he
was all wet with nearly half of them.
So to get back in right with that bunch
again, he figures he should do some
thing that will show that he is dry
although he voted for Smith, why he
puts in bill voting "a million for pro-
hibition relief. Here is the Farmer
starving to death. The vets wetter
than they ever was, the Drys dryer
than tariff speech. Yet he wants to
give EN- "a million. Now what "a mil
lion would do, nobody has the least
idea. 1t might dry up the East side of
Pennsylvania Avenue, but 1t wouldn't
be enough to cross the Street. Well
now his lifes work is to bet "a million
dollars of our money that he can get
back into the good graces of the extreme
Drys that he lost out with last fall
Now suppose every Senator wanted
us to donate that much to his next
election. We would like to have EN-
around, but they just amt hardly
worth that much to us. We would
rather have a cheaper man that would
finance his own election Now Mr.
Coolidge don't want this "a million
taken out of his Kitty before he
hands it over and twenty -four million,
there is nothing that Mellon could buy
with only twenty-four million. So
we are going to have an extra session
OF Congress just to see what to do with
the "a. 1t must be great life II you
are bent on staying in there.
Well he has got over two more weeks
10 60. But bet you Calvin goes out
WIN the Books balanced. We may be
IN terrible lot Of scrapes but we won't
be IN the red.
tCopyright, 1929
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| Chambers voice, dumb beyond the
power to express his own thoughts.
With q smile, always with a smile,
Chandler found excuses and words to
flick the old fellow on the raw. Always
there was something he could find to
say, often before the young second
mate, many times in front of the men,
subtly to insult Tin Eye. Rarely, how
ever, did he go to lengths that must
force retort from the harassed mate.
The steamer had been at sea week
before the crisis arose that wrung from
old Murray bitter protest. Chand-
Ter came on deck one bright evening
and stood on the bridge beside young
Pitt and the helmsman. He sent for
Murray. presumably to talk about some
work for the morrow. When Tin Eye
stepped up the bridge ladder he found
a highly exhilarated skipper, with bril-.
liant, dilated eyes, and red spot OF
high color upon each cheek.
II hardly like to tell an old deep
water man about his work." Chandler
accosted him, suavely, but I require
my steamer to be kept clean. There
are no yards to haul, no sails to hand
here. 1t seems reasonable to expect
the decks and patchwork to be kept
decently clean, doesn't it, Mr.. Murray?"
1nGTe WAS d SILKY SIklOOGt11CSo III btlC
voice, but there was deep-lying in
suit in the words, for Tin Eye had
worked with the snail crew all after
noon on the patchwork, and he knew
that, when he knocked the men off,
there was no spot left.
THE steamer was clean when went
below, SIR" old Tin Eye replied respect
fully. He saw what Chandler was re-
ferring to. The smokestack had belched
out smuts, and they stuck on the damp
surface of newly washed white paint.
THE dirt comes from the fires. 1t
comes all the time"
"Mr. Murray, wish you could realize
that you are now in a steamship and
not in doddering old windbag,' Chand-
Ter said, and smiled at old Tin Eyes
fierce stare. Young Pitt was enjoying
it. The helmsman grinned into his
crooked arm and absorbed a fine yarn
to spin in the forecastle. Tin Eye stood
foursquare before his captain, breath
ing his indignation, his fierce old eye
swapping, yet restrained by the habit
of discipline from undutiful retort.
Chandler was plainly trying to provoke
some outburst. When it did not come,
he slowly worked himself up into
biting, seething offensiveness. The col
or fled from his cheeks.
you are not competent as a steam
er's mate, Mr.. Murray, whatever you
might have considered yourself as mas
ter of an obsolete windjamner. You
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have to expect dirt from burning coal.
Keeping my decks and paint clean Is
about all you have to do at sea- If you
can't do 1t, younger man can" As
Chandler proceeded, he quivered with
spite. He no longer cared to keep his
voice level and smooth.
you are useless! With all your ex-
perience, you can't hold down a mates
job in small steamer You, the man
who told me, after 10 years under you,
that I lacked experience to go mate
of your old barque. advise you to
learn your duties, old Tin Eye, for
you'll never be more than a mate in
this employ"
Capt. Chandler, I'd take it kindly,
If you would reprimand me about the
work in private" old Tin Eye said at
last. Chandler seemed to be gathering
force for another blast, but the mate
turned and left the bridge.
II X X X
A s the steamer pounded her way
across the ocean, old Tin Eyes
position grew no more enviable. He
nipped in the bud young Pitts single
attempt to trade on the shippers en-
nifty by showing less respect toward
lllS ScIl4OE lie ItcIiiiSNldll YARN, tuAA
| gleefully in the forecastle, lost all Of
its value when the mate quelled with
| a glance the first and only outbreak OF
slackness that followed the yarn. But
| Chandler, day by day, left nothing UNI
done or unsaid to keep Tin Eye in
mind of the change in their relative
! positions, and the grudge he bore the
old-fashioned seaman.
you'll get nowhere in this firm, and
you'll be lucky to get a second mates
berth in another steamer You lack
experience" Chandler found occasion
to say often, at table. on the bridge,
even while working up sights in the
chartroom. The mate noticed that
some insulting remark Chandler was
full of vivid brilliance and zest.
There was one gray morning, when
the steamer encountered the tail of a
storm, that Chandler came on deck in
his dressing gown before breakfast; and
he looked drawn, haggard and lifeless
Immediately after breakfast, the storm
having passed, he had regained his
normal color and, as usual, found some
way to sting old Tin Eye. The second
mate was there, handy, and was the
one to send on an errand; but it had
to be the mate who was sent to bring
up the captains sextant from his room
Tin Eye went, with never a thought
of protesting. He had resigned him.
self to life of humiliations as long as
he was with Chandler. He had tried to
find excuses for the young skipper. He
disliked to believe that man brought
UP In the clean life of a sailing ship
under him could nurse such petty
vengeance as Chandler seemed to hold
He tried hard to believe that bitter
words meant nothing; that, in the end
his application to duty would be rec
ognized and appreciated He entered
the captains room and looked around
J for the sextant. A brandy glass lay on
its side, in slop of liquor. The sex
tant case was stained and sticky. A
wall locker was open, the door swing
ing gently, and in it were bottles
: There were enough bottles to last even
} an active drinker all the passage to the
, West Indies. Not one bottle remained
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blast. One by one they had to withdraw
on fire or about to be; but every one
took rescued beings to the security OF
their ship. Soon only the motor
launches remained. RoWerS could nc
longer face the ordeal
Next time we come around, boSun
lower the boats" Tin Eye said. He had
seen the coxswains of the motor launche:
finch. If those boats gave up, there
were pitiful lot of people still float
ing on the dreadful sea. The bosun and
his men obeyed orders. A fiery vino
blew off shore, bearing blazing debris
When, at last, the boats were in the
water, the naval boats were backing
out of the circle of heat. But people
still shrilled helpless cries. Tin Eye
briefly babe young Pitt keep the steamer
slowly circling, and he led the two boats
himself, at the tiller of the port boat
And as soon as the boats we're cast of
he knew how hopeless it all was. Mer
dared not raise their heads. They could
not row.
Take the bailer and bucket, lads
and drench yourselves" he cried. He
faced the blaze until his eyelashes
shriveled. He glanced at the circline
steamer, and was ready to give up
Then a log drifted by, with two
children lashed to it, and he hauled
them in.
"Try, lads. Try once" he gaspee
There are many more"
I'VE can't face it. We would, il we
could" they muttered, and he knew
they spoke only truth. The other boat
in charge of the bosun, had given up
1t was crawling to meet the steamer
When Pitt brought her to stop, the
men swarmed up the falls, leaving the
boat to take care Of herself. Wher
Tin Eyes boat came alongside, his
crew did the same. Only the old mate
thought of the children. He sent then
up on line.
send down the mast and sail fol
this boat, Pitt" he cried, throwing
water over himself with the bailer
"And a couple of buckets. Get a move
on"
The two. children were being lifted
over the rail. Tin Eye looked up tx
urge Pitt to hurry; and there stooc
Chandler, haggard and CHASTITY in thu
ed. He was handling the children
| dumbly, as If they had come to him on
of a nightmare. Then he looked owe
| the rail, down at Tin Eye, alone II
| the boat, shouting for sails and things
1.-THE mans mad" he shouted. "Hov
| long do you think your sail vii
stand flre?" But there was no snee
| in the tone. 1t was rather wonder
ing tone. And the sail and mast anC
buckets were sent down. A strange
glitter came and went in Chandler.
eyes as he tried to face the town
Then Tin Eye was too busy stepping hi
sail and keeping it wet to notice much
Besides, sweat blinded him. But hi
did know that young Pitt suddenly
dropped into the boat and picked up .
bucket.
"I don't know how you expect to d.
anything, Mr. Murray, but I'd like Il
lend a hand" he said respectfully
1.-THE Old Mans taken charge" HI
added
Throw water over everything" Tir
Eye gritted and set his SAIL Pitt obeyed
1t was youth trying to justify itsel
before age now, instead of Haunting
itself. The steamer started circlins
again, her sides faxed and blistered
and Tin Eye tackled shoreward into the
teeth of the blasting wind. Whenever
he could. he took the other bucket anC
hurled water over himself and Pitt
The boat gradually filled with water
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Old Dog New Tricks and Old Ones

| was making little smut, and what there
was blew out directly abeam. Tin Eye
looked around the sky; and, just when
Chandler was about to open upon him,
he detected a dull fine haze not yet
sufficient to greatly mar the speckless
blue And the skipper, instead OF raking
him fore and aft with verbal fire, stood
Stock-still and sneezed.
Its like volcanic dust, sir" old Tin
Eye said.
volcanic dust it is" snapped Chand-
Ter. He was peering down toward the
source of the dust. He motioned to
the helmsman to shift his course and
stopped him when the ships head was
laid straight down the dust haze
Wonder if that can be old Pelee on
Martinique" he said, and stood there
gazing ahead as If fascinated by the
idea of seeing volcano in eruption.
AS the steamer sped toward it the
dust got thicker. 1t fell warm, and the
sea had film upon it. The sun went
down like a tawny copper shield, and
there were no stars. A long-running
swell hove the ship up and let her
down steeply. Instead of moon there
was a broad field of dull red. Soon the
red frightened. 1t was shot with stabs
of glare, black smoke writhed across it
like dragons in flight. And men began
to mutter, glancing at the bridge. The
air was hot and choking. The decks
were thick with hot dust. Engine room
ventilators were turned this way and
that for air, until the chief engineer
came up at last to see.
did you ever see an eruption, chief?"
| Chandler accosted him.
I'm nearer to one now than want
| to bel" the chief growled. Must you
60 this close?"
II want to see it. Turn on the water
in the deck pipes as you go below, will
you? And, Mr. Murray, have the bosun
rig the hose and wet the decks down."
Young Pitt believed the skipper q
little mad. Old Tin Eye feared the rum
had at last fuddled his brain. But
orders were to be obeyed. The hose
pipes were run along, spouting out
water sucked from underneath the
floating scum of pumice.
At midnight the sky was ablaze. A
fishing boat came sailing out from I'M
der the glare, her sails and gear
scorched, full to overlooking with fran
that town was buried. Chandler had
wrapped a wet cloth around his face,
but he looked less eager, now that the
cataclysm was in sight. He made fire.
quent visits to his room. Each time he
came back a bit more unsteady. And
just when Tin Eye looked to Chandler
for some definite order concerning their
course the skipper went for another
bracer of grog and did not return.
60 tell Capt. Chandler we're getting
too near" Tin Eye told young Pitt.
Pitt came back, looking frightened
HE says resume proper course and
don't bother him. His cabins like an
oven," he said. What shall we do?
He's drunk as pig.''
Tin Eye held his course.
More boats came out of the swirl
ing reek. Some were full to overlad-
ing. Some were empty of any save the
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unopened The dregs of all would not
fill one bottle. Tin Eyes face grew
dark.
$50 it's thatl" he muttered. Poor
| fellow"
Thereafter, no matter how far
Chandler went in his offensivenesS, Tin
Eye only felt sorry for him. He thought
once that Chandler had to fall back
upon the fictitious verve Of alcohol to
stiffen him against emergency. But he
had seen him bring his steamer
through that whipping tail of a storm
without it. He realized, since making
his discovery. that Chambers moods,
his haggardness or his brilliance, were
due to indulgence or abstinence. When
he had faced that storm in his dress
ing gown, he had lacked the stimula-
ton of brandy. So the only thing that
remained a certainty in the mates
mind was that his own lot was more
bitter the more brilliant Chandler be-
came. And he endured that with stolid
refusal to believe the worst of any man.
x* X X
CHANDLER had to let up on his mate
Owhen the ship got among the
islands. From port to port the ship
went, discharging small parcels of cargo
db each, tI16l w bllC 1OdIlA1lS-pOAS 4Ol
sugar, rum and molasSes. And in every
port Chandler was known. He was a
popular man. He spent no time at all
on board here, at least, he was willing
to concede old Tin Eyes efficiency. Or,
if he did not concede it, his own busi-
ness of having good time ashore was
pressing enough to allay any anxiety
on the score of a chief mate.
Tin Eye had occasion to go into the
shippers room again to look for some
papers concerning stowage and curl
osity impelled him to see If the little
wall locker were replenished. The bot
ties were full So Chandler did not
tipple on board in port But he drank
heavily ashore. That mattered little to
the mate. He preferred to think the
skipper drank socially, rather than
solidarity. So long as he stayed away
from the ship while loading. old Tin
Eye was happy, and contrived to get
the work done very much according 10
his own ideas. When Chandler rejoined
the ship, the day before sailing, even
he could find no fault with the loading
of her.
So away again to sea. Along the
chain Of islands, in the calm water of
a long lee, Chandler developed degree
of fiendish ingenuity in insult that al
most forced Tin Eye to make an issue
at once. But the old fellow saw that
Chandler was starting in again on his
bottle habits, and once more found ex-
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Thursday-Day of Thor

THE nth day Of the week was sacred
to the worship of Thor, the God
Of Thunder, and was known by the
Saxons as Thor's-Daeg or Thursday.
Thor was one of the most important
of ancient deities and was widely
worshiped in Northern Europe. He
was the god of civilization, with the
strongest and mightiest power at his
command-the lightning and the thun-
derbolt which brushes and splinters
whatever offers resistance, but which
al-o brings with 1t fruit-producing rain.
Although Thor was believed to be
the protector of the life and property
OF all the people, he was the special
friend OF the peasants. For this rea-
son temples were erected to him in the
rural districts as we'll as in the cities.
Most OF these rude temples were fash
Toned OF wood and the greater number
reign of King Olaf of Norway, who, ac-
cording to tradition, forcibly converted
his subjects and made a wholesale de-
struction of the pagan temples and
shrines.
The sincere belief in the divinity Of
Thor was evidenced In the life of the
people by the fact that tEey never
failed to invoke him before undertake
ing task. Thor's special favors were
sought at Yuletide, his principal festi-
VAL when 1t was customary to burn
a great log of oak, his sacred tree, as
an emblem of the warmth and light
of Summer which would soon come to
drive away the darkness and cold of
the Winter. Thor's day was also the
most important week day in all legal
questions; the courts were opened on
this day and Thursday is the most
common court day even now. The
weekly celebration in memory of the
naming of Thursday for Thor was one
of the most popular ancient rural festi-
walls. when all the people of the village
reverently paid tribute to the god whom
they worshiped as their protector
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Organ Tones.

The vox humane pipes in the organ,
those which give the tone resembling
the human voice. are in reality two
complete sets Of pipes, one a trifie over
pitch and one trifie under The vi
bration OF the two corresponding pipes
gives tone resembling the human
voice. The use of the trainolo increases
the resemblance. as 1t corresponds to
the quaver which is present to a more
or less degree In the human voice,
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scared wretches who took them first
There had been moment, an hour ago,
when a change of course was advisable.
Now change was absolutely essential
to the safety of the ship. But ahead
were people in the grip Of horror. The
red and black loom of the land was
near. Inferno grinned. A sailing ship
staggered out of a fiery cloud. her can
vas alight. A steamer foamed past
her siren booming, hoses squirting
Somebody on her bridge shouted that
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cuses for the man who was bounding
him.
In the fine weather there was paint
ing and securing to do, fore and aft.
Then one afternoon all the fresh red
lead, glossy white paint, bright yellow
masts and cargo-booms appeared coat
ed with fine gray dust. The mate came
on deck after supper to find Chandler
and the second mate going the rounds,
and he braced himself for the outburst
he knew must come. The smoke-stack
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WE'VE con no HAVE SOMETHING no SINK.

the Politician. II Congress met on
Sundays. why there would be no serv-
ices anywhere, all the Ministers would
have their eyes on Congress.
We got TO trust somebody TO run
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our Country, and when we elect EN-
why let's let EN- alone, and see how they
do, then II they don't do, why throw
EN- out when they come up for re-
election. But don't stand In the wings
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BY WILL ROGERS.

Wv YELL, all know is just what
1 read in the papers. We
AN are mighty NANCY with
news here the last week.
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THEY got on. Before the steamer
was off soundings old Tin Eye
wished he were deaf and dumb; deaf to