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Another reason they wanted 10
carry their exploration further
was that, without doubt, this part
of the territory had been inhabit'
ed or at least frequented by ma
tives. The causeWay across the
crew, the hut which disclosed
the presence of man at some
date, were proofs which had to
be completed before finding a
new location for the winter. Per
haps they would find other traces
of natives or of castaWay. The
only question was whether they
should 60 north or south. But
since going south would bring
them closer to the Slough, they
resolved to follow that direction
About $50 the four started
across the grassy sand dunes
which undulated the plain, linn:
tied in the west by masses OF
foliage. Phann. hunting on the
way, brought up flocks Of water.
fowl. The boys saw all sorts OF
whortleberries, red and Whlte'
and wild celery plants, which
would be good to eat. Following
the lake shore, the young eXplor-
ers covered about ten miles.
They found no trace Of natives.
No smoke showed above the trees,
no foot prints on the sand. The
apparently limitless lake was de-
serted. Neither a sail showed IL
self on the horizon, nor a canoe on
it's surface. If this territory had
been inhabited, it was not so at
present.
The boys saw no wild animals.
Several times some birds appeared
at the border of the forest. but al
though it was not possible to ap'
proach them, Service cried OUT:
"Those are ostriches." :,
'"They are small for ostriches, "
answered Doniphan.
IF they are ostriches," said Brl-
ant, land if we are on a contl'
nent.
do you still doubt it?" asked
Doniphan Sarcastically.
''It must be the American contl-
nent, where many Of these animals
are said to live" answered Brlant.
That's all wanted to say!"
About 7 o'clock in the evening
a halt was made. The next day
the boys hoped to regain Slough
Bay. the name which they had
given the coast on which the
schooner had been wrecked.
It would have been impossible to
continue on south that night. At
this point was stream which they
would have to swim. Dusk would
not permit them to see where they
were going.
Briant, Doniphan, Wilcox and
Service thought only of rest, and,
after supper. spread their blankets
under the skies. The night was
beautiful, stars twinkling brightly
in the heavens, and a crescent
moon slowly riding towards the
west of the Pacific.
All was quiet on the lake and the
beach.
Game Aplenty
Nestled between their blankets
beneath an enormous beech tree,
the boys slept so soundly that they
did not notice Phann barking,
a sound that was echoed, close by,
by the barking of a jackal. Neither
did they hear more distant, weird
noises which must have been the
bowling Of. wild animals.
The night passed without Incl
dent, until about 4 o'clock in the
morning. Before the dawn had
begun to whiten the horizon,
Phann became agitated, growing
and smelling the soil as if he were
anxious to be on the go. Even
this did no disturb the boys, and
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F.. B.
1907.

Briant and Doniphan, Wilcox
and Service would have stayed
there long, dumb and motionless,
in front of this inscription, if
Phann had not disappeared
Come here Phann, come here!"
called Briant.
The dog did not return, but his
sharp barking was heard.
Attention, all of us!" cried
Briant. Don't separate and let's
be on guard!"
Ito Be COntinued)
Translation from the original 'Deux
Ans de Vacances." copyright, 1885. by
Celesta HamerJackson; distributed by
King Features Syndicate. Inc.
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And yet on that bay necessarily beaten by yhe
Winds the situation bad 1t would be necessary to leave
the schooner before the end of the month and was needu
to learn they could establish themselves under better cond
ons by side of the lake. This exploration urgent
if it retarded the Slough for day two With
out doubt would worry Gordon but Briant and Donphan
did not hesitate Their provisions would last another S hours
and nothing indicated change of weather It therefore
decided go south by following the shore OF the lake.
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it was nearly Z o'clock when Briant
woke and called his companions.
While Service was eating, the
three others went out to look at the
country beyond the stream.
Its a good thing we didn't try
to get across this river last night, "
cried Wilcox. I'VE would have
fallen in the middle of swamp!"
That's So" answered Briant.
THE swamp stretches towards the
south and we can't even see its
end"
Look at the ducks and snipe
which fly over it," cried Doniphan.
If we could camp here for the
winter, we'd never lack some kind
of camel"
AS for the river, the right bank
was about 20 feet wide along the
base of the neighboring heights.
It's left bank, very low, was hardly
distinguishable from the notches,
water holes, and quagmires of
that marshy plain which stretched
towards the south as far as the
eye could see. To find the direc-
tion of the stream, it would be
necessary to get to the top Of the
nearby cliff.
In the first place, it was neces-
Sary to examine the river where
the lake ran into its bed. It was
only about 40 feet wide there, but
probably gained in width and
depth as it got closer to the mouth,
especially if other streams fell
into it.
"Just look at this" cried Viii.
cox as he pointed to a mass of
stones forming dam, arranged
like those which they had seen in
the forest.
mo doubt this time!" said
Briant.
"None!" agreed Doniphan,
pointing to some rotten pieces of
wood at the extremity of the dam.
They were certainly the remains
of the hull of a boat. One was a
piece Of half decayed wood covered
with moss, the curve Of which indi.
Gated a piece Of stem to which a
rusteaten iron ring was still at
tached.
"A ring! A ring!" cried Service.
And the boys, silent and motion
less, looked around them as if the
man who had used this canoe,
who had built this dam, was on
the point of appearing.
Many years had passed since
this boat had been left here.
Either the man who had lived in
this place had gone back to his
fellow creatures, or his miserable
existence had ended on this land
before he was able to leave it.
1t is easy to understand, there
fore, the emotion of these young
boys standing before those testi.
monies of human h a bit a tion
which it was no longer possible
to dispute. It was then that they
noticed the singular attitude of
Phann, who certainly had a scent.
His ears straight up, his tail
violently agitated, and his nose
shifting the soil. he pushed him.
self under the tall grass.
"Just look at Phann!" exclaimed
Service.
He smells something" re-
marked Doniphan.
CHAPTER XIII
Phann had stopped, one paw
lifted, his mouth open. Suddenly,
he sprang towards a bunch of
trees, grouped at the foot of the
cliff on the side of the lake. The
boys followed him. A few mo-
ments later they halted in front
of an old beech tree, on the bark
of which were engraved two letters
and a date:
F.. B,
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,ys.' Great Adventure Tale by Jules Verne
Long Lost Masterpiece
OF Boys ShipWrecked
! On Primitive Island
WHAT HAS HAPPENED--

Fifteen from to H. about to start on
their yacht the Slou0h is ystertouy
adri night they boWn out
stormy DeekS that tooy they tossed and DRIFT
for thousands of miles the south Pacific Ocean,
Fndly seemingly uninhdbted shore
The boys busy exploring the land using their
grounded quarters They wonder they
South American continent Brtant goes
of lDhich he hopes to settle
doubt Through telescope he 1ter all Sides -Four
bousS Seto to island
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part of the Versailles treaty which
no great nation could have tolerated
forever.
''To attain this aim by agree
ment, der fuehrer and chancellor
made his offer to the world, but the
world, still blind and wrapped up
in the mentality which is generally
known today as the spirit of Yer
sailles, did not respond.
"But der fuehrer sees now, as
before, in the possession of col
onies desired for supply of raw ma
terials only, on one side, and in
world trade on the other, two most
essential means of raising the
standard of life of his people from,
the present subsistence level.
"a reasonable solution to the
colonial question, therefore, is most
desirable and to my mind to the
interest of all in the long rum"
1T WAS announced in London that
! Great Britain and Italy had al
most agreed on the terms for mu-
tual declaration of interests in the
Mediterranean. At the same time
Foreign Secretary Eden told the
house of commons that on Septem-
Der IL the British government
warned Mussolini that he must keep
his hands off the Spanish Balearic
islands. He said there was now
reason to believe Italy would not
enter into negotiations with Gen.
eral Franco, the Spanish Fascist
leader, for a change in the Medi-
terranean status quo. Eden acded
that Great Britain had not recog-
nized Italy's annexation of Ethiopia
and did not intend to do so.
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ITO MOST persons there comes
Il sometime in their lives the
opportunity for a choice between
independence and loneliness or ties
and affection. The wise mature
person thinks long before choosing
the former above the latter. There
are many young people, however,
who feel so sure of themselves
and their ability to "get along
all right" that they are irked by
the least restraint. They throw it
off, only to discover later in life
that affection is worth the curtail-
ing restraint and dependence en-
tailed. Companionship has been
their portion up to the time OF
their decision that dependence is
what they must have, at any cost.
They have no idea of what lone
liness means.
Separation.
The adult who is separated from
his family because of distance,
domestic estrangement, or who
has outlived the other members,
realizes to the full what it means
to be alone. It is when estrange-
ment causes the separation that
there are times when the alone
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Making a Choice
independence and Loneliness or
Dependence With Ties of Affection

ness is bearable or agreeable, but
these times are interrupted by
hours when the feeling of loneli-
ness creeps over him Cor herr,
and companionship, though with
but small degree of affection, Is
craved. s ., .s
individuality.
Human nature is so constituted
that people cannot live in the same
atmosphere and always see eye to
eye. There is wisdom in this plan.
Individuality would be quelled IL
what any person thought (how-
ever beloved) could always be
accepted without dissent by those
around him Cor herr. Nor can &C
tions of even those dear to us, in
variably meet with our approval,
whether expressed or unex-
pressed.
It is when we learn to permit
personal differences without CEN
sure that companionship, in the
home or out of it, develops best.
Even when children are young,
they must be allowed modicum
of such freedom or when older
they will long to break away, and
ii they do then there is loneliness
in store for the youth, and sadness
left in the home.
Divorce.
Married couples, when they con-
template divorce, have the choice
between independence plus lone
liness, or dependence, each on
the other with affection restored,
or remaining less than could be
desired. It may be there is incom-
patability, but it should be re-
membered that no two persons,
married or single, can live to-
gether under the same roof and
always be congenial. However,
this does not signify that at heart
affection is gone. Separation
means loneliness for one or both
of them.
Families.
Within a family there is sure to
be some dissension at times
young folk may quarrel and adults
dispute. But when these times are
over, the ties Of affection, the as
sociations that intertwine, and the
| fabric of their lives so closely
woven together, should prove a
firm foundation for continued COM
partnership. The door to loneliness
should remain barred.
/ q Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
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social security program and the in
dependent Office of education to
the children's bureau now in the
Department of Labor.
There has been talk that the new
department might be given to Miss
Perkins, who is slated to retire from
the labor secretaryship, but general
opinion is that Hopkins, favorite
money dispenser of the admins
tration, will get the job.
nv ITH five men and two women
w aboard, a big liner of the
Western Air Express disappeared
in fog and storm south of Salt Lake
City and it was believed it had
crashed and that all seven persons
were killed either in its fall CT by
exposure. Searching parties found
possible traces of the accident in
a broken tree and cracks" in the
snow, but the weather was so
severe and the region so isolated
that the hunt was badly hampered.
Those aboard the plane which start
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MNJnhNM q
g Question:

Place bacon, fried fish or fried
potatoes on brown paper before
placing on the serving platter to
avoid that greasy appearance. The
paper will soak up the grease.
Wilted and shabby black silk
ribbons can be restored by spong-
ing with vinegar and ironing on
wrong side.
If a tablespoon of flour is mixed
with the sugar put in custards, the
latter will not curdle so readily.
If you will fold your tablecloths
lengthwise as you iron them, and
in thirds rather than in halves,
you will have a smooth section
in the center which will help you
in setting an attractive table and
in arranging your table decora-
tons.
Place mirrors in a position
where the sun will not shine on
them. Heat causes the quicksilver
on the back of a mirror to crum-
BILE.
-
Glasses which are used for milk
or any milky substances should
always be washed in cold water
in preference to hot. The latter
is apt to leave a cloudy appear
ance and necessitates a great
deal more labor in the washing.
The same rule applies to perfectly
new glasses which have not been
used.
g Associated Newspapers-wNU Service.
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d RESIDENT MIGUEL GOMEZ Of

ID RESIDENT MIGUEL GOMEZ of
Cuba and his administration, in
Guiding a large part of the con-
gress, are at outs with Col. Full
gencio Batista, chief of staff and
the "strong man" of the island re-
public. Batista has been insisting
on a bill for a 9 cents a bag sugar
tax designed to produce 100000
revenue annually for rural schools
to be operated by army sergeants.
Gomez and his crowd have opposed
this legislation, fearing it means
the rise of fascism; but it is warmly
supported by the farmers, tobacco
raisers and canefield workers, thou
sands of whom marched to Havana
to demand the passage of the bill.
These people call Batista "de-
fender of the common people" and
Savior of Cuba"
Several months ago Batista was
quoted as saying he would not be
afraid to head dictatorship ''if it
were necessary for the good of the
country" He may soon be called
on to assume that position.
WAR clouds again gathered over
w the Far East when Generals
simo Chang Kai-shek, dictator OF
of China, was KIDNAPPED at Sianfu,
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Germany intends to
scrap "the discrimi-
mating part of the
Versailles treaty"
and that Adolf Hit
Ter is determined to
regain colonies for
his country.
"One thing is GER
tain," he said, land
this I cannot help
stating: Germany
has made up h e r
mind to get rid of
that discriminating
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Harry L. Hopkins,
WPA administrator.
The creation of this
department h a s
been under consid-
Grafton for some
time and becomes
probable with the
plans for consolida-
ton of several gov
ornamental agencies
and activities per-
tanning to public
welfare, from the
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ShenSl province, by
troops commanded
by Marshal Chang
Hsueh-liang, former
war lord of Man.
churia. The mutt
nous marshal de-
manded immediate
declaration of war
against Japan; a
pledge from t h e
N a n k in 6 govern
ment to recover all
10 st territory, in
4I,Is~nr
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mass of work that
had accumulated on
his desk. There
were numerous re-
p o r t S on govern
ment activities to be
read, plans for the
inaugural on Janu-
airy 20 to be made,
outlining of his inau-
gural address, and
consultation with
the full cabinet con-
corning til e pro-
gram for his second
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that i've, LABOR,
die and are ex-
plotted. The Chi
nese Generalissi--
mo Chang Kai-
Shek, attached to
the ancient Chi
nese belief that
right is so power
full that it does
not require to be
supported or en-
+ o r C e d by
might" is arrest
ed by his mutt
nous troops de-
manding "an i'm
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proval of many members Of both
houses of congress.
Leaders of this plan are Senator
George w. Norris, Independent, of
Nebraska, and Representative Clar-
ence Lea, Democrat, of California,
both of whom have previously adj
vocated constitutional amendment
making the change, substituting a
system whereby state electoral
votes would be divided among pres
idential candidates on the basis of
their relative popular vote strength
in the state.
Under the present system Presi-
dent Roosevelt. polling approx
mately 1850, 900 votes, received 523
electoral votes. Governor Landon.
polling approximately 1880, 900
votes received votes. Each Roose-
welt electoral vote represents the
desires of $4,000 voters. Each Lam
don vote represents the wishes of
2,085,000 voters.
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and reorganization of the Chinese
Nationalist party, the Kuomintang,
so that Chinese communists might
be admitted to membership.
The Marking government prompt
ly declared war on Chang and his
army and large body of troops was
sent toward Sianfu to besiege the
city. But it was reported in Shanghai
that Chang Kai-shek, clinging to his
ideal of a united China, sent word
to Marking by Gen. Chang Ting
wen forbidding hostilities. Mean
while agents of Chang and the kid
mapped generalissimo were passing
to and fro trying to open negotia-
tons for the release of Chang Kai-
shek.
Japan professed to believe that
Changes action was promoted by
Russia, and officials in Tokyo said
forceful steps by Japan might be
necessary.
The soviet news agency Tass in
Moscow issued an official denial of
reports that Russia had conspired
in the Chinese crisis, but diplomats
in the Far East were of opinion
that Moscow would intervene if war
should break out between China and
Japan. Japanese action would be
based on the reported setting up Of
an independent government at ST.
anfu by Marshal Chang with the
support of soviet Russia.
p REPRESENTATIVES of the 81
Al American republics gathered in
the conference at Buenos Aires all
signed two measures designed to
maintain peace, security and nom
intervention in the Western world.
These projects are:
A plan for maintenance of peace
and security which provides for con-
sultation in the event of war within
the American continents or war
abroad which menaces American
peace.
A reiteration of the resolution of
the 1888 Pan-American conference,
for nonintervention by one nation in
dIlOlIlGI Cdll4C dlSO d
Mexican amendment for consulta-
ton if Intervention appears neces-
sary.
REAT BRITAIN again defaults
~ on its war debt to the United
States, but intimates it would like
to reopen negotiations for reduc-
ton of the debt. This time the
British government does not state
it has found no new reason to war
rant resumption of payments. All
the other debtor nations also de-
faulted except Finland, which as
usual proudly paid the installment
due. ...+.
MEMBERS of the electoral coll
AvA lege met in the capitals of
their respective states and went
through the empty formality of cast
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ing their votes for
Presidential candi-
dates 523 for
Franklin D. Roose-
welt and 8 for ALI
M. Landon. About
the same time it
was announced in
Washington that a
move to abolish the
antiquated electoral
college system had
been started and
would have the an
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r ETURNING to Washington in
N fine health and spirits after his
trip to Buenos Aires, President
Roosevelt plunged into a great
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
President Back in Washington Preparing for Inauguration
Hopkins May Get New Cabinet Post-Walace
Urges Permanent Crop Control.
By EDWARD w. PICKARD
q Western Newspaper Union.

ed from Los Angeles were Mr.. and
Mrs. John Wolfe of Chicago, just
married; Henry w. Edwards of Min
neapolis; Carl Christopher of
Dwight, ILL.,; Stewardess Gladys
Witt, and Pilots S. ]. Samson and
William Began.
r EXTENSION of the glass workers
- strike to plants in Toledo,
Charleston, w. Va, and Shreveport,
La, brought the fiat glass industry
almost to a standstill. The clos
ing of these factories is directed
against the automobile industry, but
the Ford company is equipped to
produce its own glass and the other
automobile makers are said to
have enough glass in stock for
month. 1t was estimated that A.
300 men were idle at the plants of
the Libby Owens and Pittsburgh
Plate Glass companies.
The new strikes were called after
leaders of the Federation of Flat
Glass Workers failed to reach an
agreement with Representatives of
the two companies concerning
strikes already in progress. Libbey-
Owens also was negotiating for a
new union contract, their old one
having expired.
Employers said the impasse was
reached as a result of the union
determined demands for a closed
shop, a checkoff system of union
dues, and wage increases.
Glen w. McCabe, president of the
Glass Workers federation, denied
the union was demanding a closed
shop or that the checkoff system
had to be granted.
CECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
O:WALLACE in his annual report
to the President, recommends that,
instead of emergency crop adjust
ments," the government establish
a permanent production control. In
this Mr.. Wallace ignores the opin-
ion of the Supreme court in the
Hoosac Mills case holding that
congress has no power to regulate
agriculture. The secretary said that
shortage caused by drouth could
only be temporary and that the
natural reaction will be production
that will glut the market and pile
up SURPRISES. Soil conservation
alone, he said, is not a sufficient
preventive of overproduction.
In another section of his report,
Wallace cited figures showing that
imports of agricultural products ex-
ceeded exports by Alb million dol
lars in the fiscal year 1896. He
blamed this, however, on the
drouth, rather than the scarcity pol
icies of the old AAA and the admin
istration's trade agreements.
The report asserted that a per-
manent agricultural policy should
achieve "soil conservation, consum-
er protection, and crop control al
together" but outlined no specific
plan for attaining all those objec-
tives.
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BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
From Old China
She Wore Boys Clothes
The Long Farewell

] Dangerous Cold, in Russia ]
"A roar comes from the great
Chinese dragon, the 40O,0OO,O 900