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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Maya Children Offered
as Sacrifices to Gods

"A beautiful carved head Of jade
found at the neck Of little child
buried In San Jose, in British Hon
duras, is regarded by psychologists
as evidence Of child sacrifice among
the Mayas many centuries ago.
The jade head, a treasure so rare
that not even Magyar chiefs Of San
Jose were adorned with anything Of
the sort, is a clue that the child was
no ordinary little Indian. The burial
was found by J. Eric Thompson,
archeologist Of the Field Museum of
Natural History, who has just re-
turned from British Honduras. He
conducted there joint expedition
with the Carnegie institution of
Washington.
The child decked in rare cere-
monial jewel is not the only sign
that the Mayas sacrificed children to
the gods, found by the expedition. A
large number Of child burials indi-
cate to the psychologists that the
Mayas, like the Aztecs and some OF
the Indians of the Andes, offered
children to the gods hoping to re.
ceive the favor Of abundant rain.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Possibility of Trip to
Moon by Rocket Route

The possibility Of a voyage in a
rocket conveyance propelled by radi.
um which would travel to the moon
in 48 hours, So seconds, has been set
forth In a calculation completed by
Prof. Isidore Bay, director Of the
Astronomical society Of Lyons, says
a Paris correspondent Of the New
York Times.
In order for a rocket projectile to
leave the sphere Of attraction Of the
earth, Professor Bay explains. 1t
would be necessary to attain speed
of 1900 meters a second. This could
be done by the use Of radium, he has
estimated, but it would be necessary
to Increase speed gradually In order
that passengers might not be killed
by shock.
If the rocket-projectile were COM
fortably built 1t would have to weigh
two tons, and sufficient radium would
be needed to develop 414,000 French
horse power. A similar voyage to
Venus would take 46 days 20 hours,
and to Mars SO days 10 hours.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
RECORDS OF AGE,
AS USUAL THING.
MERELY HEARSAv

A doctor, commenting unon tho
BOAST OF the late FARO Agha that he
had survived 100 winters, saws tbat
after man is past 20 II is hard -
tell how old he is. Those who ON
can vouch for him 60 their wav ono
by one; records Of bureaus Of v,toI
statistics have disappeared. The an.
GENTS memory counts for notb,nc
He gets to believing that he tool,
part In events because he wishes no
had, as George ~, In one of the do.
lusions Of his latter days. believed
that he had been with Wellington a.
Waterloo and had helped a lot IN the
defeat Of Napoleon.
This difficulty of getting at fho
facts applies, Of course, only 70 tbe
obscure, men like the late lamented
Turk. Celebrities are In anothor
class. Their lives are an open boolr
plentifully sprlnkled with dates ana
when they reach a great age there
Is no dispute about It. Perhaps Il "a
the rarity Of centenarlans among dis.
tinguished men and women that leads
physicians to doubt the claims OF
those in humber stations of whose
beginnings there Is no trustworthy
record. It is wise child that knows
Its own fathers age. He doesn't
even know his own. Both are q mat.
ter Of hearsay. If you ask for proofs
they are not Forthcoming. The count
Of candles on the birthday cake Ia
not accepted in q court Of law; it "a
valid only in the family circle. We
are as old as our parents have taught
US to think we are.
We don't attempt to explain the
extraordinary age reached by MANY
OF the patriarchs recorded In the twi.
light chronology Of Genesis, but Il Is
to be noted that from the day Of
Moses down, mans longevity has I'm.
dergone no marked change. Moses "a
said to have been one hundred and
twenty when he died; Joshua one
hundred and ten. But Moses him.
self, in that far-off time, recorded
the tradition that "the days Of our
years are three score years and ten"
at the same time observing that if q
man lived to be eighty, labor and sor.
row would be his portion.-Boston
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
EXPERT SUMS UP
FORMIDABLE LIST
OF EYE DEFECTS

Many q driver who sees clearly,
so. far as he is aware, and who pays
attention to the road still finds driV.
ing car hazardous business. Such
a man will be interested in what
DR.. Alvah r. Lauer, of Iowa State
college, says about the physical short
comings of apparently normal people.
Clarity of vision Is merely one Of
the qualities Of normal eyesight. A
secondary quality is width Of the
field Of vision. Normally, a person
looking straight ahead detects the
presence of a car when It pulls up
beside him, but some do not become
aware of It until 1t moves ahead. Ex-
treme sufferers from narrow vision
are said to possess tunnel vision, but
many persons have less than the nor
NAL field of 1S5 to 1876 degrees and
do not suspect the fact.
Depth Of vision also Is necessary
to safe driving. This means that the
man behind the wheel must not only
be able to see car in the road
but must be aware Of whether It Is
travelling with him, standing still, or
coming toward him, and approximately
how fast. Depth perception is linked
with another point, eye dominance.
Many people who get headaches
when they are tired do SO because
they are seeing out Of only one eye,
although they do not know It Two
eyes are needed for three-dimension
sight. $50
Color blindness Is a common and
widely recognized fault. Another
thing needed for safe driving is
strength In the hands for emergency
use; there must also be the ability
to Judge speed of movement, and the
right amount Of awareness to sudden
noise. All these and many other
abilities are part Of every persons
makeup In varying degrees. We rec
ognize them by saying a driver Is
alert, or capable, obseryant, quick,
cool, but seldom think to discover
which particular combinations Of
perception and nervous control pro-
duce these desirable qualities. 1t
goes without saying, however, that a
driver who recognizes his deficien-
cies can take steps to compensate for
them.-Detroit Free Press.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
HuekIeberrie. and Iron

Huckleberry patches will indirect
ly cause a strong corrosive action
on iron. This discovery comes as a
warning against laying pipe lines
through beds in which these succu-
lent berries grow, reports Science
Service. A case where the iron sup
ports Of an electrical power line
were badly corroded as result Of
the acid soil and the presence OF
carbon dioxide gas in places where
huckleberry bushes thrive is re-
ported In the technical publication
Metals and Alloys, says the writer.
Nearly everything In nature seems
to conspire to rust iron, but the
quality Of soil necessary to the
growth Of huckleberry bushes APP
parently is more apt to do damage
to iron than many other natural
conditions, 1t is pointed out.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Personal Side of Criticism
Effectiveness Lost When Allowed to Become Matter OF
Mere Fault Finding; Should Always Be
Constructive in Character.

There is one function, that of crit-
cism, which every one feels fully
privileged to exercise, both inside
the home and out. That this Is more
than a one-sided affair is too often
the case. Bias and prejudice are
not attributes Of the true critic. The
adverse side of criticism Is mistaken
by many to be the only one, whereas
q much more important side is the
constructive. A well-rounded view
IL necessary.
To criticize merely to pull to pieces
what some one else has built, or to
belittle its Importance, is the mark
of q smallminded person. Usually
such an individual considers there Is
something fine and superior about
this attitude Of disdain. BY level
ing others to his own trifiing stature
he imagines himself more exalted.
Too frequently this is the manner OF
present day biographers In our lit
erature. '
It happens to be true that, to a
certain extent, all OF us IN nome OF
office life are, to the limit OF our
powers, the personal biographers OF
those whom we know. By our &C
counts do those who know them less
Judge them. It is only necessary to
scan the list of ones acquaintances
to realize which are the worthy and
which the unworthy in exercising
this involuntary trust. In some we
see discrimination, coupled with
kindness, make for true estimate.
In others, prejudice and dislike give
as distorted a picture as an imPer-
perfect mirror. Since the only
aspect Is one of wholly false outline,
with nothing to be said In its favor,
if we ourselves are discriminating
critics, we begin to suspect the &C
curacy Of the reflection. =:
Appreciation, as much as the op-
posite, is an essential Of criticism.
And how 1t does increase our build
ing power for good, whether in home
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Discovery Of Cold in
Australia Kept Secret

Australia's progress was probably
retarded by nearly thirty years as
the result of q chain of events which
began in February, III years ago,
says the Melbourne Argus. New
South Wales was young colony.
Mr.. James McBrien, assistant gov
eminent surveyor, was exploring In
the region of Fish River, between
Bathurst and Rydal, New South
Wales, when, on February Is, 1923,
he discovered the first gold ever
found in Australia. It was alluvial.
He wrote in his field book, "Found
numerous particles of gold Ia the
sand on the hills convenient to the
river"
AS a good public servant, Mr.. Nc
Brien went on with the job in hand,
completed his survey, and made his
report. The passage which referred
to the discovery of gold was sup
pressed, because the governor feared
that a gold fever might spread and
destroy discipline. In 1889 Count
Strzlecki found gold beyond the
Blue mountains, and he, too. was
asked to keep his discovery secret.
1t was not until 1851 that the Sc
cret leaked out. Bathurst, Balla-
rat and Buninyong became instant
Iy famous overseas, for, In the last
five months Of that year, Victoria
alone produced more than $4,000, 600
worth of gold. Englishmen, Ger
mans, and Scandinavians filed
every available ship for Australia.
More ships were chartered.
Disappointed diggers from the
California goldfields came to try
their luck in the new Ell Dorado,
and before the end Of 1852 the popu-
lation Of Australia had trebled. In
the first ten years Of the rush there
was one of the most sensational out
pourings of wealth in the history of
the world. &><4~rs&S - .s-a
Official figures showed produc-
ton of $528, 1853, 900 worth Of gold,
from 1851 to 1860, but that was a
gross underestimate. The most sue
cessful diggers, who had made their
fortunes, went back to their home
countries, carrying large quantities
of undeclared gold.
That the discovery of gold was
the key to the economic development
of Australia is shown by the fact
that those states in which gold was
discovered early have maintained
their economic supremacy to this
day. Western Australia, the largest
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Spreading istianity

From Ceylon, ]. Vincent Mendis
reports two big synods of the Metho-
dist church, one the South Ceylon
district and the other the All Ceylon
synod. In both synods the Sunday
school was discussed and deep in
terest was evident in the work. The
Methodists In Ceylon have about $50
Sunday schools with $1,000 scholars
and 1000 teachers. Mr.. Mendis has
also visited four Sunday school CEN
tiers lending much inspiration and en-
enlargement. The Lesson Syllabus
committee has included some special
lessons to meet particular needs In
this years syllabus, and special
book Of prayers is being worked out
for use In children's services.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Bird Able to Foretell
s Good and Bad Seasons

Many wild creatures have I'M
canny ways Of forecasting the wealth
er, writes o. G. Pike, the naturalist,
in London Tit-Bits. They know to
a certainty when a violent change is
approaching, and those Of US who
can read the secrets Of the fields are
often able to predict coming gales
or storms with more certainty than
our meteorological Office.
One can understand a bird or man,
NAL having q presentiment Of gale
or storm which is likely to arrive
within a few hours, but what can
one think Of wild birds that are able
to arrange their domestic affairs ac-
cording to the kind of weather they
are going to live through months
ahead? 1T ..--
The spotted bower bird of western
Australia Is able to accomplish this.
Her usual clutch Of eggs is two, but
she varies the number according to
the amount Of food she will be able
to collect for her family when they
arrive. If a good season Is approach
ing she will lay three eggs, for In
stinct tells her that food will be
plentiful. If long drouth is on Its
way, she gives up domestic affairs
entirely for that season. If moder-
ate weather is expected, single egg
is laid. The mating season is about
six weeks ahead Of the actual hatch
ing, SO she has to work out her prob
lens well in advance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Old Prison Place of Horror
Remains Of Century Old Australian Penal Settlement
Bring Vividly to Mind the Long Story of
W.. Mans Inhumanity to Man.

Short of hanging, Punishment to
Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), was
the worst penalty inflicted on offend
ers a century ago. The six farm
laborers Of Tolpuddleu, sentenced for
combining In a trade union, whose
centenary was commemorated by the
trades union congress this August,
were sent there.
Mr.. Stanley Unwin, the publisher,
and Mr.. Severn Storr have visited
the remains of this dread penal set
Element at Port Arthur In Tasman's
peninsula. Near q peaceful beach,
shaded by gigantic gum trees, they
state in 'Two Young Men See the
World" they found the ruins of the
village and prison with it's exercise
yards, pitch-black silent cell" for
prisoners who raved, and long tri-
angular cages.
each man was let loose In q cage
to himself for an hour or so a day,
during which time he could neither
speak nor make signs to the man In
the next cage to him without earning
extra punishment. Here he clanked
up and down, up and down, In his
heavy irons that tore the skin from
his ankles and wrists, more unhappy,
poor wretch, than the widest Of wild
beastsl"
For one man, who had the strength
Of gorilla and doubled up ordinary
iron bars In his grip, special cell
had been built; for another, special
run and house, because the horrors
Of the chain gangs had driven him
mad and no one dared 60 near him.
It is recorded that sometimes, when
two prisoners were confined together,
they drew lots to decide who should
strangle the other and be hanged
for 1t. 1885, Z~r
Across the small bay was another
building, Point Puer, where juvenile
prisoners were housed. Adjacent was
a steep rock overhanging lagoon,
called Suicide Cliff" because here
the lads used to throw themselves to
death. Amid the ruins of Port Ar
thur are the ivy-clad walls Of once
beautiful church which one Of the
convicts designed, buying his free
dom for work that is superb even In
its ruined state. .~.--. 49,.
Many daring and CHASTITY attempts
at escape were made, but "once the
prisoners had contrived to elude
their would-be captors and gained
the mainland Of Tasmania, 1t meant
certain death from starvation in the
impenetrable bush, or murder and
cannibalism among their own ranks
If there were several in their party"
Only few months before the visit
of Mr.. Unwin and Mr.. Storr, a wood
man had made gruesome discovery
on the densely wooded slopes of
Mount Arthur human skeleton
with the broken iron letters still
clinging to arm-bone and leg-bone.
Beside 1t, In a straight row. lay the
buttons that had adorned the con-
vict's clothes in "those bygone days
of harsh tongue and cruel LASH" Evil
IDENTIFY. this man had escaped. con-
trived by almost superhuman efforts
to break his letters, and struggled
on until he collapsed and died.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Possible to See Brain
by Use of Candlelight

How to see ones own brain, writes
Ransome Sutton in the Los Angeles
Times, has apparently been discov-
cred by r. 8. Jacque Of the Jacque
institute. ="
The necessary apparatus, says Mr..
Jacque, is a piece Of black velvet
about 2 feet square, a dark room
and a candle. Take seat or stand
with the eyes on level with the
center Of the velvet, then hold the
candle SO that It's flame is from to 6
inches in front Of and slightly below
the tip of the nose. Now raise the
eyes to the upper edge Of the velvet
and move the candle back and forth
transversely across the face, keeping
it in such a position that the flicker
ing flames make a line parallel with
the eyes. ~.
"This movement" he says, "pro-
duces a counter-irritation Of the re-
tina; a rhythm of the optic nerve
follows, accompanied by reflex Of
the part of the brain. II Hence a fig
ure Of the part Of the brain, resting
against the skull In the back of the
head, Is pictured on the retina and
Is apparently seen on the black vel
vet. BY careful practice, all the
parts Of a living brain can thus be
viewed-by anyone who will take the
trouble to perform the experiment.
The period of observation should not
exceed 80 seconds at one time on &C
count Of the possibility Of straining
the optic nerve" 81 -.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Young Men Don't Often
Travel Far for Mates

Maybe distance lends enchant-
ment to the view Of the poet, but
the honest laborer is likely to seek
his enchantment nearer home, states
contributor to the Des Moines
Tribune.
That, at any rate, is the conclu-
sion Of a Lehigh university investi.
gator who has completed an inter-
esting survey Of the part played in
marriage by residential nearness.
His survey covered $40 wedding IL
censes issued in Pennsylvania city.
He found that the percentage Of mar.
riages contracted by sweethearts liv-
ing more than 20 miles apart in
creases steady as one goes up the
occupational ladder, from laborer to
executive.
The young unskilled laborer gen.
orally chose for his bride girl liv-
ing within a mile of his own home.
Advancing age, as well as growing
income, seemed In. the majority of
cases to be the signal for seeking a
helpmeet farther afield.
What great truth is to be drawn
from these interesting facts? Is 1t
that the youthful laborer won't walk
any farther for his bride than for
his favorite brand of cigarette? Or
is his trouble merely that he doesn't
have a car?
And what role does advancing age
play, to broaden the matrimonial
horizon as it seems to do? And what
becomes, then, Of the theory that old
men are most susceptible to youthful
feminine wiles? ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13

The penitentiary itself was a huge
building Of two floors where some Of
the convicts worked.
If convict rebelled, his irons were
made heavier, his meager diet was
reduced. his term Of solitary confine-
ment prolonged, or he would be put
to grind cayenne pepper-the worst
task Of all. Some convicts became
warders, and these proved the most
brutal Of all. ave look back in won
der" the two travellers remark, Eat
the callous inhumanity of those
days."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Housewives Idea Box

,.~ Selection of Shortening
Some care must be used In select
ing the proper shortening for frying
purposes. To fry properly, the short
ening must be raised to high
temperature. Some fats smoke be-
fore they reach this temperature.
These fats are not good. AS soon
as fat smokes 1t begins to change
chemically and quickly becomes
rancid.
THE HOUSEWIFE.
@Public Ledger, Inc.-WNU Service.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Peers Privilege

A hangman's wages is not one and
three-halfpence GO cents). It used
to be the sum paid at Tyburn, ex-
cept In the case of noblemen who
were beheaded. They were expected
to give the executioner as much 40
f7 $3.50 for chopping of their heads.
III a peer were to be hanged today
he could claim the privilege Of being
suspended by a silken cord.-London
Tit-Bits.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13

Of the states, where gold was not
discovered in quantity until 1887,
was unprogressive in spite Of every
effort Of government and private en-
terprise until that time.
Since McBrien's amazing discov-
cry, $500, 100000 worth of gold has
been produced in Australia, Of which
Victoria produced almost one-haf.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Wise Youth

Prospective Employer-Do you
think you know enough to be useful
in this office?
Boy-Know enough? Why, I left
my place because the boss said /
knew too much. s-s..-.-s. %. 1
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13

or business life, to be under the eye Of
an appreciative person. II this func-
ton Of criticism is exercised, togeth-
er with the adverse side which inev-
itably occurs, something good is
certain to result from the encounter.
O. Bell syndicate.-WNU servics.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Worth the Sacrifice

Every kiss, says medical author
ity, shortens mans life three min
utes. On the other hand, what could
be duller than a Methuselah with
nothing to boast about?-Detroit
News. ---1. =. ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13
Inference?

Poet-Why, my dear man, already
my poetry is being read by twice as
many as before. .~-
Friend-Oh, I didn't know you
were married.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-09-13

Right and Gone
''Doris thinks no man Is good
enough for her-she may be right"
"Uh-and she may be left"
La gaceta., 1934-02-01
NOTICIAS DE BASE BALL

Ell administrator del Brook
Ign, Bob Quinn, regreso aver a
New York y dijo haber leido
con sorpresa que Joe Strip y
Hack Wilson aun no han firma-
do sus contracts.
expllco perfectamente
que no los hayan firmado, por-
que todayia no Sc los hemos re-
mitido."
Tambien protest6 de que los
peri6dicos esten cambiando sus
jugadores todos los dias.
"Yo he recibido un par de
proposiciones, pero ESQ Sc deci-
dira en- la reunion de la Liga
Nacional, senalada para la Sc
mana pr6xima."
"AIgunos de los cambios SUI
geridos por la Prensa me han
sorprendido mas de 10 que pue-
den suponer los mismoV perio-
d1stas."
La gaceta., 1934-02-01

DO ciertos trabajos de rehablll-
taci0n, vocation y educacion, en-
la Gale West Ross 107,
Este trabajo es para serviclo
en- Tampa y su territorio, y ha
sido dirigido desde su inaugu-
raci6n, hace dos amos, por el
Sr. C. A. Conley, Director del
Colegio Brewster. Al presente
diez personals estan reciblendo
ell servicio en- los siguientes cur
sos: Commercial, Teneduria de
jLibros, Embellishments, Ra-
do, pintura, decoraciones IN
teriores, relojeria, lectura e i'm
prenta. Este serviciO, a pesar
de este, cubre todos los cursos
que Sc dan en- ell colegio. Aque-
Hos cursos que ell colegio no
pueda suministrar, seran dados
en- otros colegios reconocidos.
La nueva oficina Sc ha}}a
bajo la direction del Sr. J. P.
payne, Agente de Rehabilita-
ci6n del COndado.
La gaceta., 1934-02-01
ESTACION WDAE

A las SIS, George Hall, or
questa; Col, Aventuras; 6;35,
Tito GUITAR, tenor mejicano;
6:45, Harold Knight, orquesta +;
700, Myrt y Marge; 7:15,
Pete Woolery; Sol, Mildred
Bailey; 8:15, Jones Pup; $50,
Luis Russell, orQuesta; 900,
Stokowski, orquesta; 9:15, An
Dire Kostelanetz, orquesta; $3.50
Melodias de California; 1000,
Casa Iona, orQuesta; II 200,
Mark Warnow, orquesta; 11:15
Charles Garlic; 11;30, lsham
Jones, orquesta.