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A Ride on the Prairie How many miles I had run, or in what direction, I had no idea; and •round me the prairie was rolling in â- teep swells and pitches, without a cingle distinctive feature to guide me. I had ift little compass hung at my neck; and ignorant that the Platte 4t this point diverged considerably from its easterly course, I thought that by kioping to the northward I should certainly reach it. So I turned and rode about two hours in that direction. The prairie changed as I advanced, softening away into easier undula- tions, but nothing like the Platte ap- peared, nor any sign of a human be- irg; the same wild endless expanse lay around me still; and to all appear- a.-ce I was as far from my object as ever. ... It occurred to me that the buffalo might prove my best guides. I soon found one of the paths made ty them in' their passage to the river: it ran nearly at right angles to my course; but turning my horse's head in thi direction it indicated, his freer gait and erected ears assured me that I â- was right. 3ut in the meantime my ride had been by no means a solitary one. The face of the country was dotted far and wide wich countless hundreds ^>t tuffalo. They trooped along in files ard columns, bulls, cows and calves, en the green faces of the dccliv'ties in front. They scrambled away over the Lills to the right and left; and far off, the pale blu-; swells in the extreme di lance were dotted with innumerable specks. Sometimes I surprised shaggy old bulls grazing alone, or sleeping behind the ridges I ascended. . . . I was at leisure to cjserve minutely the objects aromi. me; and h â€" e, for the first time, I noticed insects wholly different from any of the varieties found farther to flie eastward. Gaudy butterflies fluttered about my horse'.< head; strangely formed beetles, glit- tering with metallic lustre, were crawling upon plants that I hac" never seen before; multitudes of lizards, too, w-re darting light lightning over the sand. I had run to a great distance from the river. It cost me a long ride on the buffalo path, before I saw, from the ridge of a sand-hill, the pale sur- face of the Platte glistening in the midst of its desert valley, and the faint outline of the hills beycnd wav- ing along the sky. â€" From "The Ore- gon Trail," by Francis Parkman. Britain's ^ew Air Marshal The Believer Speaks Many may not agree with the writer (who prefers to reman anonymous) when he lauds the rising generation in the following lines: I like the rising generation. I like the way It laughs, â€" witli head thrown back and wide mouth full of wolf-whte teeth. I like the way it's built. â€" slender and supple as a willow wand, to bend and not to break. I like the way it moves, â€" like a bird swooping, direct and certain, but grajeful withal. I like the way it talks, â€" slangily. suc- cintly, chary of words and prodigal with laughter. I like the way this rising generation works, â€" matter-of-factly, and with a proper pride. I like the way it plays, â€" wholehearted- ly gaily, with a nice appreciation of the fine points of every sport with a really sporting spirit and a liking for them all. I like the way this rising generation dresses, riding hatless in the easy comfort of jodphurs and open shirt, orswimming in bathing togs and soul of brevity â€" its street clothes trim as a clipper ship, â€" its evening dress formal to the last degree- of ele- gance. I like this rising generation, â€" its non- chalance that lifts x politely bored • eyebrow at reference to the "Golden Rule," the while it tucks a steadying hand beneath Old Age's elbow. I like this rising generation, â€" its wis- dom and the poise it gains there- with, and I like its delightful occa- sional descent into infantile ingenu- ousness. I like its canniness, â€" that leaves a picnic ground immaculate, but strews its small belongings from attic to front door, at home, for those whose best love shows itself in service to pick up. I like this rising geuferation, â€" I ad- mire its standards, its overwhelm- ing honesty, its clean, wise mind in a clean, fit body, its persistence, the sporting spirit in which it takes its knocks, â€" or, having attained a mea- sure of success, the wholehearted- ness with which it extends the help- ing hand to the next fellow. I like its perfect grooming,â€" from dense, brght hair to shining finger tips and well shod, high arched, eager feet. I like this rising generation,â€" I like its friendlinessâ€" and cool indifference. I like its level-headedness in danger, its efficiency in difflculties. I like it for Us derring-do, its super- ficial gloss, its basic strength and fineness. I like this rising generation â€" with its future held securely in both strong, slim hands, a smile on its lips and high hope In its young heart. I LIKE this rising generation. Advise Farmers on Lamb Feeding More revenue from lambs for North Dakota farmers and feeders Is the object of a series of twenty-four lamb grading and feeding l^monstra- tions which opened in Pembina County, N.D. The sessions were sched- uled by extension agents in six coun- ties and are designed to provide far- mers with information ou market grades and methods of feeding which will be of value to them in increas- ing the returns from lamb feeding. J. T. Dinwoodie, live stock feeding specialist of the North Dakota Agri- cultural College extension service, is assisting with the work, says a re- cent bulletin. Britain Credits Will Be Fully Paid Sept. 10th London. â€" With the repayment of 2.500,000,000 francs to France ou Sept. 10, the United Kingdom will have re- paid in full the entire amount of for- eign credits obtained by the treasury in the financial crisis of September, 11131. The credits totalled 1200,000,000 from the United States, and 5,000,000,- 000 francs from France, of which half was advanced by banks and the re- mainder subscribed by the French public in the form of bonds. Tha whole of the United States credit was repaid by the treasury in March and April, with the right to re- borrow ?50,000,000 at any time up to August 2S. This right not having been exercised will now finally lapse. Swamp Reclaimed By Italy Produces Plots For 100,000 Littoria, Italy.â€" By 1940 more than 100,000 Italians are expected to popu- late the reclaimed miles of swamp- land in the midst of which Littoria, city of Fascist creation, will rise. The "city" is now only a huge field, plotted with a plow in emulation of romulus method of digging the bound- aries of Rome. Soon, however, streets, squares and buildings will spring into being. They will appear as fast as human and machine labor can fashion them â€" schools, theatres, public offices, markets and -ven an air field. Premier Benito Mussolini has devoted much personal attention to the work, plan- ning to make the city a model center of a prosperous farming region. ' Half way between the sea and the Sermoneta Mountains, it will be vis- Sir John Salmond retires in .Vprii ami 'wv-i \\ l* .mj<: iiis brother. Sir Geoffrey Salmond, who will take over tha reigns ot Chief .\ir .Marshal of Grpat Britain. A capable family! ->- High Production Water-Power of Ottawa. â€" Water power Is the source Of about 90 per cent, ot the total out- put of central electric stations In Can- ada. Size of Pe&s Lead To Strike in London London. â€" The size of peas led to a strike in Coveut Garden. The prevalence ot small peas de- cided pea shellers to ask more than 2d. a quart tor shelling peas, on the ground it taken longer to shell a quart of small peas than a quart of large ones Between GO and 70 women were in- volved in the dislocation ot the pea traffic, which is headed by a family that has supplied shelled peas to res- taui-ants and caterers of London for more than 100 years. Microphone is Installed In St. Paul's Cathedral London. â€" When Sir Christopher Wren built St, Paul's Cathedral (16751 1710) he left a note giving the dis- tances at which speakers could be heard from the pulpit. His instructions have been render- ed obsolete by the installatou of a microphone in the pulpit, and a sys- tem ot loudspeakers concealed in the choir. Hitherto, it has been difllcult to hear a speaker owing to the reson- ance under the great doma How Dickens Found Names For Characters London, â€" One ol the problems which always have fascinated lovers of Charles Dickens' work is that of where he got tho names for his char- acters. It is slowly being solved by the verger of a London church. It was long thought that Dickens, out of his owu imagination, had coin- ed such surnames as Chaband. Tigs, Gupi>y, .Marley, Dorrit, Mold, Var- dcn, and Bofiln, but these very names have been found in the pari.sh reg- ister of St. .\ndri»w'3 Church, Hol- born. where the verger, A. Jones, has spotted them down tor n.any years in the course of his normal work. Jones thus far has listed 40 names ot people probably living in Holborn during Dickens' resid- ence there, A few other Dickens' names have been traced in Kent, where the nov- elist spnt his earliest years, and Pickwick, as is well known, is a name Dickens found in Bath and treasured up for later use. The or- igin of such names as "Micawber," â- â- Chnzzlewit," and "Copperfleld" re- main obscure. No methodical search of the parish files ever has been undertaken in Holborn, but now that it is revealed that Jones is so plainly on the right track, it is probable that such a search will be made. The novels which contain most of the Holborn names found so tar are "Pickwick Papers," "Black House,' "David Cop- perfleld," •Barnaby Rudge," "Little Dorrit," and "Our Mutual Friend." These are doubtless names which Dickens, in his meanderings. saw on shops, gates, and houses. Liverpool Reported City of Widows For every six women in Liverpool, England, married or single, over 19, there s one widow, and there are 37,- 698 ot them, outnumbering the wid- owers by three to one. Authorities cannot explain this abundance of widows, but they declare that there is no doubt that Liverpool has been a mecca for young widows, who have been thrown ou their own resources, and have started in busi- ness here in the belief that they would prosper in such a busy centre. An official ot the Mercantile Marine Service Association pointed out that demands on their funds from widows of seamen were so heavy that recently there were 4,000 applications fro help, to wliich they were unable to respuod. A large proportion of those 4000 widows live in Liverpool. Farmers Become Fishermen Owing to tho slump in the potato market many farmers in the Maritime Provinces are preparing to en.gage in lobster fishing, and consequently the catch is expected to create a reord. The season opened a few days ago and will last to Oct. 15, according to a recent bulletin. â€" 0- Only what we have wrought into character during life can we take away with us, â€" Humboldt. Visitor â€" "You say you enjoy book agents coming around here?" Farmer â€" "Yep," Visitor â€" "But you're not fond of reading." Farmerâ€" "No, But I have made several book agents pay 10 cents a glass tor condensed milk and party near solj one ot 'em a boss." Record Office Holders London â€" Having accepted an in- vitation to continue in ofllce as JIayor and Mayoress ot Paddington for 1932-33, Sir George and Lady Hand- over will extend a remarkai)lo record ot service, for it will be the tenth time that Sir George has "leon .layor, while Lady Handover will have been Mayoros,"; on 12 occasions. Sir George previously held ofllce from 1912 to 1920 and again in 1931- 32. Lady Handover has twice olllclat- ed as Mayoress In addition to acting in that capacity during her husband's Miayorr.lty. What a pity wisdom doesn't grow on a man like whiskers! Barnacles "Color Consecious" Ocean travelers, perhaps, might select their ships according to color it they knew that this would speed up their trip, writes the Berl!u cor- respondent of the Christian Science Monitor, The.v could, for instance, take a red or green boat when in a hurry or a white or blue one for a more leisurely trip. For the barna- cles and other crustaceans of the seven seas have their own notions about color. They appear to be at traded more by one shade ot brown or blue than by another. .A.s they cling to the hull in masses they na- turally affect the speed ot the ves- sel. Passengers may scarcely no- tice the difference but experts must bear all this in mind and select the color which is most suited to ward off the sea folk. For the examina- tion of these questions a special laboratory has just been established in Ciixhaveu on the North Sea where tha big liners stop hefore going up the River Elbe to Hamburg. Reed Instruments The reed instruments undoubtedly grew out of the original wind instru- ments, the Pandean pipes. The addi- tion of a reed to the mouthpiece, i.e., a thin strip ot cane, once it was thought ot, made a whole new world ot music possible. It created the oboe and the clarinet, the former ot which, like the cor .\uglais and the bassoon, has what are called double reeds. The roods ot these instruments are pinched between the lips and are set vil)raiing l)y the breath ot the player. A Party Puzzle If you have friends dropping in fre- quently, it is a good stunt to have a jig-saw puzzle on hand. Have it care- lessly spread out on a card table â€" when you know that guests are com- ing. The natural desire for everyone will be to put the pieces together. The evening will pass quickly and you will be saved the strain ot searching for conversational topics. . Inspector (severely i : "I under- stand that since you joined the force you have neither made a single ar- rest nor issued a single summons!" Policeman (complacently) : ".\nd now what do I get? A pair of white gloves, ain't it?" , ible to land and water travelers, ita' church spires towering 100 feet above the roof-tops. Connections with tha nain roads and railways will give it close contact with the rest of the country. Rome will be less than two h urs away by train and Naplt-a even nearer. The city was mapped out aftei years of labor, sponsored by the Na- tional War Veterans' Association, had converted a vast stretch of swamp into tillable soil. Veterans and their families will settlu on the land and come to Littoria for marketing, di- v.:rsion and study. Littoria will have a great central .square to be known as the Littoria Forum and 'o be twice the size of Rome's Piazza Colonna. Evolution of Blondes The first blonde to appear in a race of brunettes resulted from a process much like changing water into gas, it was revealed recently by a scientist's ne\.' picture of Low evolution works at Ithaca, New York. A new idea of what happens inside genes, the microscopic units of hered- ity that carry such traits as blonde hair, blue eyes or snub noses from mother to daughter, wore presented before the International Congress .if Utjnetics by Dr. N. Timofeef-Ressov- sky of Germany. He siid experimei.ts show a gene is . robably a large molecule, or bundle 01 atoms, a single physico-chemical unit like a molecule of water. The change, or "mutation," such as would be necessary to produce the first blonde in a race of brunettes, would be a reari'angement of the atom in the gene-molecule, just as atoms in a v ater molecule are re-arranged when the water changes to gas. Th:; new theory of Dr. TimofeefT- Ressovsky is contrary to the old id^a of many scientists that genes are partially or wholly destroyed in the process of mutation. Instead of being destroyed, he holds, their atoms are merely rearranged, thus producing some new characteristic in the next generation. Such a rearrangement of atoms, perhaps, gave early fish their first air-breatl.ing apparatus and helped turn flippers into legs for • alking on land. Use of X-rays to cause artificial mutations in fruit-flies is the basis of the German scientist's new theory. Genes causing certain characteristics, such as eye-color in the flies, "dis- appeared" under bombardment of X- rays, but also reappeared under the same kind of treatment. The muta- tions caused by X-rays worked in both directions. If the X-rays had destroy- ed the genes that "disappeared," the same genes could not have later re- appeared. Instead, ne believes, the different changes in the genes result^'d from streams of electrons of different speeds, caused by impact of the X- rays on the genes. What New York Is Wearing BY AiVNEBELLE WORTHINGTON Ilhistrated Dressmaing Lesson FuK: vished With Every Pattern "Vou seem to prefer the beach to the piazza." "Yes; I prefer to be burnt by the sun than roasted by the gossips." .J Health Hostels After the youth hostel the health hostelâ€" If Lord Dawson ot Penn, the King's physician, has his way. In a recent address Lord Dawson suggested that a new type ot institu- tion, distinct from the hospitals, was required to prevent disease. What he had in mind was a sort ot health hostel, where people would be taught wiser methods ot living, put on suitable diets, and enabled to regain the physical fitness and flexibility which so often disappear with middle- age. Much of the disease which is treated at hospitals is preventable, and health hostels of the type suggested would probably reduce the demands on the ho.spital ward very materially. A particularly striking model with jacket-like bodice gives the figure charming slimness through its wrap- ped diagonal closing. Buttons are its only adornment. The straight line of the skirt with low placed plaits proves extremely desireable for smart day wear. And it's simplicity itself to make It. The original as soft tweed-like â-  oolen in black and white and shiny finished Persian-red bone buttons. Another youthful scheme is vivid green diagonal woolen with brass but- tons and brown suede bolt. Style No. 2545 may be had in sizes 14, 16, 13, 20 years, 36 and 38 inches bust. Size 16 i-equires 2*s yards 54-ineh. HOW TO ORDER PATTEIRNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern The baby was being displayed to admiring callers. "Dear me!" ex- claimed one visitor, who seemed to lind it difficult to luiow what to say. "How like his father." "Oh, that's only Wb hot weather," replied the young mother, crossly. "As a rule he's quite cheerful-looking." ->- A clergyman discovered his three children in one ot their games stag- ing a wedding. The boy was taking the part ot the minister, the oldest girl was the bride, and the younger sister the bridesmaid. "Where la groom?" asked the father. "Oh," said the boy. "this is a very quiet wodding; there Isn't any groom." MUTT AND JEFF- By BUD FISHER He Might as Well Get Used to it. -HA Ou^injTOv.^ .^fMUdb^aiaa* t^'V*