Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1925, Page 74

k6 : THE . SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, MARCH 22, 1925—PART 5. D. C, Two Oil Prospectors Square Accounts With Riva w Mr. Moreno, a young oil pros- Pector and explorer -of Spanish- American descent, recounted last week how he and a native com- Ppanion were dropped in a canoe over an 18-foot cataract and left stranded without guns or gar- ments in the jungles of Nic: gua Through the Ingenuity and Indla ‘]u.m. the end of which could not be | lore of Felipe, they wer bled |far distant. Particul should this | to attack and solve the primeval | be so since we noticed that they had problem of providing themselves |traveled slowly, dragging their boat With food, shoes and clothes with | over the rapids instead of navigating which to make their way back to |them as we did. This circumstance, civilization | notwithstanding the several days’ In this article, the second of 'start which they had on us, made us three, Mr. Moreno reveals the in- pe at any moment to come into tensity and cven the ruthlessness [contact with them @tiihe competition wHIEh) sdines During the early afternoon of the times occurs between oil prospect- | fourth day of our journey, Felipe be- | ing parties In the wilderness. Tn | this case. although a large rival | This made us proceed with greater | party committed a fla alertness. Not long afterward an-| breach of the unwritten ju other £hot was heard, quite distinetly. | law. the problem of redressing the | We were now assured that the mo- | score was a formidable one for |ment for which we had striven so but two men to undertake. BY GEORGE MORENO. UR cache had becn destroyed A week before we I our ample stock of supplies, instruments, extra clothing| and the canee. Tan snugly| to it for temporary safety. I directed stored, high and dry, on the baik of | Felibe, who was full of concern for the river. We had ju urned, and| M escue our o which, by its e O e e ile "ou | 1ashings, hung' loosely between two the bottom of the shallow river glis-| 108S: e | tened the bright sides of all our cans.| , OUE dolnt efforts to swim and push | To our bitterer indlgnation, we|the entire mass beforc us to one o could see that in order to insure the | PAIKS proved hazardous to our "'l“ Ay ruin of their contents, the tins had| L lS¥ELY THOLON ”f. te loogeronw been cut open before they were|lt appeared to work itself more free Deen Joun ronon whal and to be in imminent danger of dropping to the botto: This eom- No starving traveler or thieving In- dian would have wasted such a rich prize. This without question had been & malicious act. It was obviously committed for the purpose of dis- couraging my prospecting trip. Our suspicions soon were confirmed. Felipe discovered shoe tracks, and then, stuck on the trunk of a nearby tree, a plece of cardboard. On this, in rather neat blue-crayon block-let- a left| | presence by gunshots, we suppl | mented our scant stock of provisions | by stoning iguanes to death, AS e advanced, the fresh marks of the prospector's pick, frequently | seen on the banks.of the river. cold | campfires, empty tins of food scraps, | ajl indicated that we were on a hot | {lieved he heard a distant gun-shot hard was about to arrive. With hopes raised high and with extreme caution, we were poling through a long, still pool. when our raft broke apart and tumbled us into the river. A very weak swimmer at best, T| struggled to one of the logs and'clung pelled us to adopt the system of un- tying the outfit, by pleces, which Felipe, a strong swimmer, carried to the shore by successive trips, while I continued to cling to the wreck and did my best to hold secure the re- mainder of our equipment. Thus the outfit was all saved, and I continued to cling to one of the logs while Felipe on the river bank w igating on Useless Raft, They Have Desperate Struggle With Attacking Alligator. | Party in Wil holster, characteristic in design which both Fellpe and I at once| recognized as belonging to myself. It | ! had been left and lost in our chase | This was the evidence we needed to| assure us that in fixing upon this| party the responsibility for the de- struction of our stores we were not committing an unjust error "THUS: silent and indignant, we con- tinued to watch. In time quiet| came to the camp. All lights were ex- | tinguished and slumbered. | Fxing our veils around our heads as | protection against the mosquitoes, Felipe and T remained at our post un- later to spend time and labor in re- with the hope that sclves be able to plck replace the craft which they stroyed. Close to the landing stage we found the mouth of a creek and signs which we might our up one and thus “HEARD THE TRAMPING OF LARGE PARTIES ALONG THE TRAIL IN SEARCH OF OURSELVES.” recovering his breath before coming|the other shed, evidently used as a arms laden with tins or jars, indi- ters, was written: “This climate is : : unhealthy for you—get out!” ;%0?‘!:"1’"‘{“"‘ ;" ‘“"'»‘h"r“i when, at|“bunkhouse” for the laborers, some|cated to us that that tent was used White men, then—men of my own| f Ut 10 ;" S ‘{"_“’"’ Was. rose (50 to 60 native peons awaited their|as a supply house. Xind—had broken that unwritten law | 'T W e r““l_fl of an alllgator. turn. The frequent trips made by a| The white men’'s dinner over, they | obéyed by all true bushmen, which "; my shriek of terror. Felipe|cook's helper from the “mess hall” to|vacated the “mess hall” which at| holds a cache as a sacred thing. It !‘llw fllhrwed up, and appraising the|the largest one of the tents, from|once was occupied by the peons. The | Ispever to be robbed or injured. But|Situation, grasped my prospector's|which he always emerged with hisiformer dispersed, singly and inl ) pick from the ground and dived into that same code, =0 just in its sim- plicity, glves to an injured bushman | the unquestioned right to obtain his| own justice. So Felipe and I decided at once to seek our unknown aggres- sors and mete out to them the punishe m they deserved. Our situation might have proved critical to men unfamiliar with the Jungle, but we had arms, ammunition, bedding, first-aid kit and some few | provisions sufficient to last about four | days. And more reassuring than all| the river. The struggle of an instant followed, and then he drove the pick crashing into the beast’s head. But Felipe's danger was not over, as the alligator in its death agony lashed its powerful tail about in every direc- tion, churning the bloody water into a red froth and menacing Felipe's life with each one of i ows. ne of its blows BY Felipe. knowing his perll, dived OLIVER P. NEWMAN. deep and to safety. When quiet HE Dawes pipe and the Cool- reigned, he assisted me to shore. We idge hobby horse bring pack made camp in order to dry and clean to the White House the shade of this was our past experience of be-| our equipment. of Gen. Andrew Jackson, who clear e ated x | most furious pipe-smoking President “live on the bush.” Consequently the the following morning. in the|ihe country ever knew:. fact that the nearest point of civili- belief that our quest was nearly | When Old Hickory entered the n was some two hundred miles|ended, we decided, for greater safety, | Executive Mansion in 1828 he brought did not chill our hearts or deter|to continue our journcy on foot|with him a large supply of long- us from seeking redress for the|through the bush. For half a day|stemmed clay pipes and some of .the wrong which had been done us we marched, our packs on our backs, | finest thoroughbreds of that sporty LT ;«; nm}eshhavlng to cut our way |age, X - through thick underbrush. Suddenly,| Jackson h o y IPE and T at onice began to|across the river, we saw a large camp;| Whensror he aem ko i e nih Por search for signs which might give | It was made up of eight tents and |lent rages and started roSting us a clew as to the whereabouts of | By the Eternal!” he would stride rapldly two long-thatched sheds. Quite evi- our enemies. Felipe waded down |dently, we had to do with a numerous | up and down his library and sgoner stream while I investigated up stream. | foe. This recommended that.we pro- | or later smash his-pipe on the hearth- My trip of three or four miles proved | ceed with the greatest caution. stone. Whereupon his faithful col- fruitless, but Felipe, on his return to| Continuing down the stream for a|ored slave George, would antituily the camp, had news in abundance, mile from the camp, We swam across|and silently hand him another. A Rock outcrops, on the banks of the |and then marched toward the jungle, | few years before, in Tenmesseo, he river, showed fresh signs of the work of a prospector's pick; and along the away from the river. Our | was very slow because, not wishing to progress | had owned and raced the finest horse of his time, the thoroughbred Trgx- wdy shore of one of the|leave behind too visible a trail, we | ton, which, had the senatation ¥ot rapids, plainly visible, were two trails | did not use our machetes for cutting | never having been beaten Bven left by the heavy dug-out canoe. This | through the tangle. Bodily We|after he became President Gen. Jack. had been dragged up an down stream, | Wormed our way, opening the bush | son entered his own horses in the in order to avold navigating the dan- | before us with our hands and arms. | races at the Washington track, where gerous waters. It was evident that| For the better part of an hour we|attendance was so heavy that Con- the down trip had been made later | wrestled thus with the jungle, and|gress frequently lacked & quorum for than the up trip, because, at the|then, bleeding from many scratches,| the transaction of business points where the two trails touched | with our clothes in shreds, and ha That same horse, Truxton, was the or crossed, the down trail was over | ing advanced but 200 or 300 yards,|cause of the fatal duel between Jack- the other. we came to a wide trail. It was|son and Charles Dickinson—one of Our own_canoe, irreparably dam-|fresh cut, and, Tunning parallel to|the 14 duels the old warrlor fought. aged by a heavy ax, had been found | the river, undoubtedly led to the|Although it occurred 20 years before by Felipe caught in a snag, some five | camp. ~Hastily backing away, we|he became President, it Ihfluenced hunrded yards away from our camp. |(retreated about 150 yards info the | Jackson's whole life and eventually Fellpe's discoveries, besides increas- | jungle. caused his death in 1845, at the age ing our rage, indicated that our un-| Finding a convenient tree, We|of 78. The circumstances of the duel known enemies were professional hoisted our outfit and ourselves to|were also Indicative of the character rivals. They were camped down|its branches. Here we made OUr|of the man and throw light on his stream from us—so in that direction |camp. Thus, our bedding slung ham- [ military and political career. 3 we started to look for them. Two “balsa” trees were felled. Thelr cork-like weight and buoyancy mock-like between branches, and in- closed in mosquito netting, and with the rest of our outfit lashed to adja- Jackson was the leading lawyer of | the new, thriving town of Nashville, makes them admirably suited for|cent branches, we rested and planned|and was challenged to a horse race building a raft. We trimmed them |our campalgn. | between Truxton and a horse thought and securely lashed them together| Shortly before sunset we descended | to be as good if not better. with vine from our mest, and, making our way | Was arranged and forfeits On this flimsy eraft, with our mea-|to the trail, cautiously followed it|up. The challenger was withdrawn =r outfit tightly bound to it, Filipe toward the camp on a reconnoitering | before the race, which was never run, and 1 commenced our:journey of|trip. We reached the outskirts of|but Jackson and Dickinson, a friend righteous vengeance, Fellpe poling|the camp at “mess” hour, so that|of the owner of the other horse, be- from the stearn, I from the bow. fts inmates, busily engaged, left us|came involved in an argument as to For three days we journey on the| quite free to carry out our plans. the character of the forfeit—a trivial, raft. At times we stood naked and A clearing of some flve or six|unimportant question to start with. covered with perspiration while we|acres had been made, and through|Those were the days of the code toiled through still waters, then|this we snaked our way close to the|duello, however, and friends of each again, kneeling on the raft, fending |tents. Wae were protected by the|man egged their champion on until rocks from right and left, we raced | dusky twilight and numerous tree|the two principals were writing let- through rapids. At night we camped | trunks ‘and stumps. Thus secure,|ters to the newspapers calling each on large boulders by the riverside—|and from short distance, we 'made|other liars. A challenge followed, hot and blistering from the day’s sun during the early hours of the even- g—wretchedly cold at night. Not knowing how far or near our enemies' camp might lie, and not caring to run the risk of warning them of our pistols were chosen and the duel ar- ranged, to be fought just over the line tn Kentucky. our observations. One of the long thatched sheds was being used as a “mess hall.” There we saw assembled between 20 and 30| Jackson and his second, Judge white men who, with all good humor, | Overton, with a surgeon and a cou- were going through their dinner. In|ple of servants, started for the ren- | | | | dezvous on horseback. It required | two days to get there, and every- | where along the route the Jackson | party was told of the shooting prow- ess of a man named Charles Dickin- son, who had passed through the day Lefore. At each farm, cross roads, village or store tales were related of the quickn and accuracy of Dick- inson with his pistols. No one knew why the exhibitions were given, but they were = remarkable that they were repeated eagerl to the next| party that came along, which m,,.| pened to be the Jackson party. Dick- | insen, of course, knew Jackson was a day behind He was really an ex- pert marksman and the fancy work en route was intended to get Jack- son’s goat—which it did * % ¥ ¥ UDGE OVERTON and Jackson were 80 deeply impressed by Dickinson's 1 s (and by his wide reputation as a crack shot) that they adopted a unique, though risky, pian of action They decided to let Dickinson shoot | first and take the chance that he would miss (which was exceedingly unlikely) or that he would not wound Jackson so severely but what the general could take his own shot with deltberation “I expect to be killed,” Jackson sald to Overton, “but I will live long enough to make my shot effective.” The stipulations covering the duel provided that the duelists should stand 25 paces apart, each with his toe to a peg, with his pistol loaded and cocked and his arm hanging down at his =ide. The referee was to count: “One, two. three—fire!" The duelists were privileged to shoot any time after the word “fire.” The seconds were authorized to shoot either man who violated the stipu- lations in any particular, and were provided with loaded, cocked pistols for that gruesome purpose. Jackson and Overton feared that if Jackson tried to get In his shot first he would miss because he would be affected by the knowledge of Dick- inson’s quickness. On the other hand, if Dickinson shot first and either missed or failed to kill Jackson, the general could take his time, aim deliberately and be certain to hit. These pleasant topics were discussed during the ride and the details ar- ranged accordingly, in spite of which Jackson ate heartily at the inn where the party spent the night before the duel, slept soundly and partook of a substantial early breakfast before setting out for the dueling grounds. Jackson was always thin to the point of emaciation, but on the trip to the duel he wore a large, heavy greatcoat, because of the raw damp late Winter weather. The garment was actually a little too large for him. It was a skirted coat and Jackson had tightened his_belt for the occasion, which caused the upper part of the coat to bulge out from his chest and give him the appear- ance of a right sizable man. Whether or not this was done with intent to deceive Dickinson is not known. The duelists took their places, the ) signals wero spoken, and. quick as a flash, Dickinson's arm came up and his pistol belched flame. Jackson stood straight as a ramrod and never budged nor raised his arm. Dickinson stared at him through the smoke. “My God!” he cried. "I missed him!” Involuntarily he recoiled.a step or | two, whereat Judge Overton leveled ! his pistol at him and thundered: “Stand to vour peg, sir.” White as paper, Dickinson stepped back into position. Jackson slowly lifted his arm, took careful aim and fired. Dickinson was standing side- | ways to present as nerrow a target ds possible, and .Jackson's ball struck bim in the side, just below the ribs, passed clear through his body: and came out on the other side, tearing a great ragged hole through the groin and intestines. Dickinson fell in a pool of blood. Jackson handed his pigtol to Overton, sent his surgeon to help bring Dickinson to the other inn in the town, where the Dickinson party ‘had spent the night, mounted his horse and set out with Overton at a fast trot. Ten minutes later Overton happened to glance at Jack- son’s boot and saw blood -running over the top of it. fy God, general, were you hit?" asked. “Yes, but it is not serious,” Jackson replied, his jaws set in grim determi- natfon. “Let us ride on. By the time they reached the inn Jackson was bleeding profusely. but he got off his horse unassisted and stopped outside the kitchen, where a servant was churning, to drink a Rlass of buttermilk. Once in his room he collapsed. Investigation revealed the fact that he had been shot in the breast, in the exact spot where hls heart would have been if his frail body had been as big as it seemed 1o be In the bulging coat.. His chest was badly torn, several ribs broken and his lung punctured. A little later he | Indian outrages if possible, but had been Dickinson was carried. into the village, and it was given out that Gen. Jack- groups. Some went Into ths tents, whila others, carrying lanterns evi- fonce we felt that our discovery was dently for fear of a chance meeting |inevitable. But fortune favored us, with snakes, strolled about smoking |and we remalned unseen. and chatting. A few of these stroll-| In the bright light of a lantern we ers brought us acute thrills @s we|were able to see that one of our close crouched in our hiding places, because | visitors carried on his belt a revolver they came 8o near that more than pain out of consideration | He | son would rex for the welfare of his antagonist ordered his surgeon to remain in at-| tendance on Dickingon, and early in the evening sent him a bottle of wine | with his compliments | Dickinson died that night, where- | on Jackson consented to proper | edical attention and to announce- | ment of the fact that he had been shot in the duel. Later he confided ) to Judge Overton that his reason for | secrecy at first was that want Dickinson to have the faction of knowing he had been hit o HATEVER may be day opinion of this performance. it demonstrated the sort of courage Jackson possessed, his grim determi- nation to go through with a pre- scribed course whatever the conse- quences, and his implacable hatred of any person he considered an enemy. | Only such a man could have made | the single-handed fight against the United States Bank, run by “Emperor” | Nick Biddle of Philadelphia, and smashed it when it fought back at ing” Jackson Nobody but a Presi- dent with his ceep conviction of the ice of his course 1d_have fought the batile against “nullifica- " and cruzhed both it and its| fant sponsor, John C. Calhc Always a sufferer from intestinal dis case that caueed intense pain, Jackson almost died from the wound inflicted by Dickinson. After recovering suffici to met about again he was still so il that he looked like a walking skelcton The lacerated lung never healed, but was a constant source of pain and slck- he did not | satis- | | the present- A JACKSONIAN RECEPTION. TIME, AS DEPICTED BY THE indicated that its water had been used | by the campers for drinking. Our fat the river L we retu | Entering ippl | ous selection of pro a gener isions was r Two large sq s of canvas were cut from the sides of the tent, and these our spoils were wrapped up in packs. Thus heavily Felipe and 1 noiselessly left p and took refuge in our jungle nes Approaching dawn and our anxiet to obtain possessfon, if possible, of one of the canoes did not give us time for rest, 80, having slung our packs from convenient trees, we proceeded to search along the shore of the river| for the which we had set adrift For two hours or so we carried on our search. Then, on the opposite side of the river, we saw a dugout caught by a snag. It was but short work for Felipe to swim the river, salvage the canoe and pole it across to our canoes ONE OF THE EVENTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN NGLISH ARTIST, CRUIKSHANK AMOUS til long after midnight, awaiting the early hours of the day, when men's sleep is deeper and less casily dis | turbed. Then we comenced our prowl | around in the clearing | At the edgs of the river we found a roughtly-built landing stage, 1o which | were tied some 25 canoes. These we nolselessly cast loose and pushed into the stream to be carried down by the current. This we did, not o for the purpose of causing our enemies the | trouble and annoyance for having covering the stranded canoes, but also | had de- | camp, side. Having lifted to the b, we carefu hid it from sight wit underbrust Well satisfisd with the first sulta obtained in our campaign and spent t in quiet lieved by the sound of the tramping of large parties along the trail—e dently in search of us £t shouting of those in the river, win were engaged in the recovery of t canoes. Kok ko UR first contact with the had resulted in acquiring a ca and a stock of provisions, w : only replaced been destroyed, shed the to prospect ng b= For six d o From the sl ¥ in ambus and fired {48 they pass ini their for you—get remind ther been left b | wrapped ar A few of 15 d to w In | paign t entire . ces, pad surg:ndered t me nder from Iron Will Carried Jackson to Victory in Every Contest OLD HICKORY'S ness as long as he lived. It produced requent hemorrhages, which were treated by the then popular remeds of “bleeding.” Jackson had been bled so many times that by the time he reached the White House he had ceased to call in a doctor to attend him. Wherever he | was he would roll back his eleeve, send for his servant, get out his pocket knife and have the negro hold a basin while he slit a vein in his arm himself. When a sufficient amount of blood had been drawns off to stop the hemorrhage of told mot to cross into Florida, which was then”a Sp ) colony. He chased the Indians to the border, and then, de- spite the fact that formal diplomatic channels between the United States and Spain ran from Washington to Madrid, he peremptorily demanded of the Span- ish governor, in writing, that he sur- render certain Indian bands. The gov- ernor wrote back, covering his refusil | with verbose language, and complained | because Jackson, in his had not emoloyed diplomatic phrase- | the lung he would tie up his arm and lie 5 3 £ Ll e down. Naturally, he would be o weak | OIOEY. | Jackson sent back = another for daya ifiatihe Gonld hardiy It His [PoCcanORNEL S SRRl Caand ng: Lo Tndians and saving, in reply to the gov- ernor’s complaint about the form of the | document : ““The next diplomatic language you will hear from me will come from my cannon’s mouth.” * ok ok ok HE governor temporized again, so head. When attacked eeverely by his chronic ailment he would gain relief in only one way. That was to stand astride of a straight chair and relax heavily over its back, his arms dangling almost to the floor and the chair back pressing hard into his stomach. In such position | he would remain for hours, and at the Jackson marched his army into same time dictate letters, give directions | Florida, took- the ‘capitol, Pensacola: and hold conference with his “kitchen | thrw the governor into jail, killed or cabinet.” But in the Indian War days, or in the heat of his many violent con- troversies as President, the trumpet call to action found him ready for the fight. For days at & time when he was clean- ing the Indians out of the new South- west or defending New Orleans he was 8o {ll he had to be lifted to his horse, but once there his jaw would set, his eye flash fire and his militant epirit com- municate itself to his troops and spur them to victory. In his entire career he captured the offending Indians, seized two British subjects, Arburthnot and Ambrister, who had been supplying arms to the Indians; hanged one and shot the other, and marched back into the United States, stopping the Indian depredations for all time and hastening the purchase of Florida by the United States. Being so ill he could hardly stand throughout this whole campaign, which covered several months, Jackson, when never lost a military or a political it was all over, wrote a complete re- battle. E port, dispatched it to Washington, dis- Congressional investigations seem to | banded his army and went back to the have been in order even in those early days of the Republic, but no one has dealt with them in recent years like the impetuous, fiers Jackson. He had previously been a member of both the House and Senate, which was probably an advantage, but his experience with one particular investigating committee probably gave him the knowledge which made it possible for him to cope with Congress successfully when he later be- came President. Jackson's conduct of the Seminole campaign caused some of the Senators grave apprehension. He had been sent into the South with an army to etop the Hermitage, where he went to bed to try to recuperate. A short time later word was brought by travelers that a Senate committee was investigating Jackson’s recent ac- tivities, to determine whether he had exceeded his authority. The fact that the whole country was ringing with ate committee all the more determined to find something to criticize. Jackson got out of bed, mounted a horse, galloped all the way to Washing- ton, using fresh horses whenever one wore out, reached the Capital in the shortest time ever required for the trip up to that date, established himself at CHINESE WORD PICTURES The jade terrace is white with snow. The snow-flowers are falling, How lovely and pure they are! Such purity is like the heart of my friend. It grows dark. T will draw down my long curtain. I will look within, where there is warmth and light. I will write of her; Until the red wax of my candle has melted away. I roll up my reed-blind. The round sun comes up. The snow-flowers have gone. The wind whistles in the bamboo grove ; From the hills comes the sound of a flute. But my heart is in the Spring-time, I think of the day of our meeting—the hours that must pass, before the plum trees are in blossom. —GRACE ADAMS HOW ARD. communication, | praise of him seemed to make the Sen- | | the Indian Queen, on lower Pennsyl- vania avenue, on the west bank of Creel and sent th following ator Epps, the chairma; Senate committee Epps that if he doesn't tigation I'll cut his ears off.” After eight turbulent rears Jackson turned the presidency to Marti 1 | | | A RARE PRINT OF ANDREW JACKSON, MADE AT THE TIME _ HE WAS PRESIDENT Van Buren, whom he had picked for the “succession.” Feeble and emaciated but still erect as a beanpole and bright of eye, Old Hickory took part in the Van Buren inauguration. The two rode to the Capitol in a coach made from wood of the frigate Constitution, pre- sented to Van Buren by the democracy of New York State. They reviewed a military parade together, and Jackson, rather than the new President, was the hero of the hour. Senator Benton of Missouri, who had almost killed Jackson in a shooting af- fray in Nashville years before, said: ““For once the rising is eclipsed-by the setting sun.” Jackson spent the night of March 4 at the White House as Van Buren's guest. The next day he spent with his old friend, Bditor Frank Blair, who lived across the street from the .~ White House. There im the afternoom stop this | inference. Washington, with B Senator Bent and Se White of Missouri, to who he pronc “1 regrets— to shoot Hen: Calhoun. He left the ne The Kitchen Cupboard. TIH‘. old fashic wishes that it were. In the | modern” kitchen availabls | of wall space is used as the ba | ground for some sort pboard ¢ | cabinet. Thus .space and steps s saved and convenience achieved. V¢ | this new system ris a cabinets the large kitchen is no longe A neces nor a desirability. 1 s possible nc to buy section kitchen cupboards. With these it is often possible to get just the rigl shaps and cuphoards t your space. There are nets to be placed above regu tier of shelves that even space near the ceiling may be used. This ispace would naturally be warm, but there are some food supplies that are not injured by heat, and surpl kitchen utensils and dishes not ofter eded might be stowed away | these high cupboards quite safely | Open shelves are not usually des able, but it is certainly not necessa {to have glass doors. They ara muc | more expensive n woode: To be sure, it is desirable t be able to see what a cupboard con tains before opening the door, but | housewife or cook soon learns the | contents of each cabinet and shelf her kitchen | Some of {and cabine jameled white fit i the finest kitchen shelve s are made of steel There are obvious a | vantages in this. However, wo shelves kept wtih ordinary care are perfectly sanitary. They shou be treated to a good coat of ename paint, it possible, and, of course, th | should be no paper placed on then | No Boiled Eggs on Mars. WING to the rare state of the a on the planet Mars, it has ber shown by a Government scientist water there will boil at & much lowe temperature than on the earth. 7 determine the degree of warmth o the distant sphere the experimente directs a ray of the planet's ligl upon two thin wires, thus setting t an electric current, which {8 meas ured by delicate instruments. The temperature of Mars, according to the scientist, is from 20 to 40 degrer that of the earth t impossible to bo Th cooler thar would make on the planet Egypt's Leather. JGYPT has in recent ~ lished quite a flourishing leathe manufacturing industry, due chicf | to the teaching of children in leathe working in trade schools scattered throughout the more pomileus parts *f the Nile country, years esta