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SUCH IS LIFE? No Future There ? . . .. .... ? Caissons Used in Valley of River Nile 3,900 Years Ago ?? . ? ? ? Expedition Finds Pyramid Builders Employed Them. New York. ? The presence of a mas ter nilrul among the engineers who built the pyramids at Llsht, near Cairo, ?with evidence of his Ingenuity In the ?use of the caisson to sink the shafts for the burial of noble dead, has been revealed by the Egyptian expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, through excavations last year In tho tNlle valley. According to Ambrose Lansing, head of the expedition, the application of the caisson principle by the Egyptian tomb builders thirty-nine centuries ngo Is the earliest yet dis covered. Two separate caissons, remotest types known of tho device which has made possible many of the huge erec tions of the present day, were uncov ered by the expedition. One, a stone and brick aftalr, remained almost per fectly Intact; the other, made of wood, could be identified only by traces of Its rotted beams. The appliances were among the most striking of several in teresting discoveries which were made relating to the methods of pyramid building In Egypt and to the life of the time, according to the museum report Findings Made Near Cairo. The finds were made at the site of Stunning Spring Suit In navy sheer wool over a sunburst ntrlpped frock In navy and white. The coat buttons tip the side and on around the neck to form a collar. the pyramid of Se'n-Worset I, at Llsht, forty miles south of Cairo, where the museum expedition resumed operations a year ago after an absence of six years at Thebes. Se'n-Worset, the sec ond kins of the early Twelfth dynasty, personally directed the building of the tomb and It was during the search for the burial places of the ladles of the royal family that the archeologists found the caisson pits. Work was begun in the outer court at the west side of the huge mound. "Although we failed at first to find any pits," writes MY. Lansing, "It Is fortunate that we did not gltfe up clearing this part of the court. Had we done so we might have missed what was, from an arclieological point of view at least, the most interesting dis covery of the season." Describing the method used by some ancient Egyp tian genius in penetrating beyond a treacherous substratum of loose sand, which had handicapped the digging of the tombs, Mr. Lansing says: "They cut through the hard upper stratum to the sand level, making the cutting sufficiently large to allow for a brick lining to the pit A block of limestone was then cut to the same dimensions as the pit. This was hol lowed out to the size of the Intended shaft and then lowered Into the pit until It rested on the sand. On the rim of the caisson was built a brick wall. When this wall had been con structed to the level of the ground the digging of the pit was recommenced. As euch basketful of sand was re moved, the stone caisson, and with it the brick wall which rested on It, set tled slightly. Gradually the stone sank through the sand, and as It sank courses of brickwork were added to the wall above." Work Described In Inscription. Discovery of Inscriptions on huge stones used for the sub-casing of the giant pyramid brought forth other not able facts which enabled the archeolo glsis r.o piece together a vivid picture of the manner In which the stone was brought from the quarries at Tura, on the opposite bank of the Nile some twenty miles distant from Llsht,. and deposited at the foot of the pyramid under construction. The transportation of these heavy stones, says Mr. Lansing, was chiefly a matter of man power. The problem was to keep the masons supplied with material to prevent any Interruption of their labors. This was, accom plished by taking advantage of the flooding of the Nile, which reduced the distance the blocks of stone had to be dragged. Mr. Lansing gives. a picture of the assembling of the stones on the east bank for the arrival of the flood, followed by a massed concentration on the task of loading the barges, towing them to Llsht and unloading them there. Students Find Fossils Pittsburgh. ? Within the limits of Pittsburgh, high school students un earthed excellent specimens of 2,000, UOO-year-old fossils on a recent ex ploration trip. The fossils, which In cluded corals, were found In Crlnoldal limestone in a cliff. ODD THINGS AND NEW? By Lame Bode Tree apes All apes are treb DWELLERS, EKC.ERT GORILLAS.' Plying TROLLEYS Streamlined TftOLlCY CARE BfilNd DEVELOPED ARB DESIGNED "TO 00 IOO MILES WR HOUR. Chinese repeaters/ (n -me CniNEsft ' lanouaac there ARB 69 WORM PR O Ndu*ct6-I*AND59 WlTlTTmfcWN&'jMCt PERSISTENCE .By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Late Dean of Men, University of Illinois. I htH not seen Plank for a dozen years or so until he ran into me at tlie Congress hotel iu January. I re membered him ut once as rather slow In the head when he was In college. Qnlculus was not wholly an open book to him In his sophomore year, and physics and fchemlstry proved equally hard sled ding for him. lils grades were pretty low, and, contrary to the belief and doctrine of the lonfer, low grades In college usually mean poor or Indiffer ent performance In business after wards. But slow as he was, Wank had a quality which bade fair to offset his slowness of brain. lie never gave a thing up. If the problem was hard, he kept at It until It was solved. If he failed today, he came back tomor row for a second trial. lie hung on like a bull dog, when he once got his teeth Into a thing. "How are you doing?" I asked him after we had exchanged greetings. "Very much better than I Imagine you thought I would do," he replied. Named for Old Job Sumner Welles of Macyland, who has been nomlnnted by President Roosevelt as assistant secretary of state, to succeed Harvey Bundy, re signed. Mr. Welles held this same po sition during the Wilson administra tion. "I was a poor student, as I am sure you well remember. I didn't got through in four yenrs." "Rut you did get through," I sug gested. "Yes," lie said, "I'm not easily downed, and I do work hard. I've made money ? much more than I had expected ? I'm carrying heavy respon sibilities, and I think I'm a good citi zen." "Work will overcome n great many handicaps," I had to admit. "Persist ence Is almost as effective as genius, and whatever other virtues or talents you may have lacked, you had persist ence. I'm nut surprised that yon suc ceeded." Of course, if It were possible, I'd rather be a genius, but since this is Impossible I'm glad I'm persistent. ?. 193S, W?st?rn Nnwwpapor Union. Blue I.kwi RnpRftlnd Madison, Wis. ? Wisconsin repealed its eighty-four-year old blue laws. The statutes had prohibited Sunday work or play except for "necessity or char ity." Ten-Year Tour of World Is Completed Rome. ? A lelmirely ton yonr trip around the world, during which ho vlMted virtually every large city In America, baa Just been completed by Antonio Zetto with hln return to Italy. Zetto who walked most of the wny around said he spent Christ mas eye of 1921 In New York and wrs so fond of the city he tnrrled n while doing odd Jobs before pro ceding with his trip. lie has seen all of the continents oow, but In not content to nettle down. The Household By LYDIA LE BARON WALKER So long as the government does not provide means of sending trifling sums of money through the mall with as sured protection, those who Inclose dimes, nickels and quarters In letters, have to safeguard themselves careful ly. There was a time many years ago when paper money In these low denom inations was In common circulation. Then there was a much more reason oble assurance of the money passing undetected through the post than when the amounts wore In nickel or silver. But these "s h I n plasters," as this paper money was derisively termed, have been out of circulation a long time. Even with ihem, there was no government guar antee of security. There was, how ever, the flatness of paper, and the small size which made It dlfllcult to detect when placed In letters. Today many ways are used for pro tection In sending small coins through the mall. It Is Im perative to observe three things, one Is flatness. Another Is close senllng of en velopes so that no crevices anywhere remain through which a coin could work its way out. The third Is to se cure the coins so that they are not loose and can slip about. The Inge- j nulty which various people use when sending coins is worthy of mention. Let me tell you of some of them. First of all I shall speak of the method the postak.authorltles cqll the safest, which, please remember, they I do not stand back of, although recom mending it as perhaps the sufest way of the sender's assuming the risk. J This is the use of coin cards in which there are circular holes Into which to fit the coins of different denominations under fifty cents. Across the back of each card a paper Is pasted, and there Is a flap over the front of the card to be pastel down after the coin is in serted and is to be mailed. In this way the coin cannot slip out or work Its way through an envelope or be detected as a wee lump In the sealed envelope. Homemade Coin Cards. Any person can make these circular perforated cards if on pasteboard they mark around a coin and cut out the space Inside the circle. They should also remember to have the card ap proximately the size of the envelope and have paper pasted across front and finally across the back of the card. This la one of the secure ways persons have sent coins to no?i. Another good way, and oiif which causes but slight unevenness of con White Sox Hope Paul llregory, pitcher with thl White Sox team, is the son of a min ister, and a college graduate, lie hag been in professional baseball slneo 1030, and the Sox are expecting much from him this season. tents of an envelope Is to paste nar row surgeon's plaster i In two dlree- j tlons over the coin and to the letter j paper, thus fastening It down firmly. | Transparent mending paper Is Just as \ good as surgeon's plaster for tills pur pose, or any narrow strips of strong j paper pasted firmly over the coin and | to the stationery. This Is a favorite method of readers. Another way Is to put the coin In an enclosed envel velope. The llup Is folded over the envelope carefully, but not stuck down, i of course. The folded envelope Is en- | closed In the letter In Its outer en- I velope. Still another way to prevent a xiolu slipping about In letters Is to cut two silts In cardboard and run the coin under them. If the coin (Its tightly It wiU not work Its way out, otherwise It will. About Use of Needles. Suiting the needle to the thread and the thread to the material is Important If a woman would sew easily and com petently. Whether the needle be long, short, or medium length. Is a matter chiefly of personal preference. There are certain times, however, when a long needle best meets requirements as in darning. The needle may be coarse or line, with lengths varying ac | cordlngly, but It Is always longer than the regulation .needle. Milliners* nee dles are somewhat longer than ordi nary sewing needles. In each In stance the needlo Is Intended to carry the thread a distance exceeding that of an ordinary stitch. In darning it would be across an open space. In milliner's work not only are stitches frequently long, but also the needle Is often run under folds of silk or trim ming so that the thread Is concealed. In order to do this the needle must be long, but not awkwardly long as are upholsterers' needles, mattress needles, and many others used In special work. ?. 1933. nell Syndicate. ? WNU Servlco. Animal Puxzle Solved Caribou, Mo. ? A letter addressed to Moose, Me., recently was delivered to a resident hero. As there is no town In this state by that name, postal authorities first had tried Moose Tl!v or, Moosehead and Moose Island. Keeps Watch Over Little "Bills" mil, an A)natlan, on a farm near Herta, England, in a harndosH old chap and haa no objection to the chick* making their home In hla kennel. WMTOY CHOICE OF CHICKS IMPORTANT FACTOR High Producing Stock Best Guess for Success. By Prof. V. E. 8cott of the Nevada Agri cultural Extension Service. ? WNU Sorvlce. Farmers who bought healthy chicks from high producing stock have takeu the initial ?tep toward making money In the poultry business this year. IT your flock hug produced well with a comparatively low death rate, take h lot of credit yourself for having done a good job at feeding, 'cleaning houses and yards, and keeping up the health of flock ; but also give a lot of credit to the hatchery which supplied you with chicks', and put in a repeat order. This should be a fair year for poul trymen who know how to keep down expenses and at the same time to keep np good production, and the selection 4 of the right kind of chicks Is an in/? portant part of the problem. In addition, keeping of chicks healthy by means of clean brooders, being sure to never overheat or chill them, and not cheapening the quality of the feed ore Important, About 110 chicks for every IOC) hens ? now on hand are needed by the poul tryman to provide for normal produc tion next fall. 'I here Is no good reason for not buying the usual number of chicks; more money wi'l be made with houses filled to their normal capacity. W itli storage stocks below average, there should be a brisk storage this spring, which should prevent a seri ous slump in prices. Tells of Green Crops Best for the Turkeys Forage crops are essential to tho steady health and development of tur keys. Enormous quantities of green feed are consumed by them. Several of the green crops that are suitable as forage crops are alfalfa, sudan grass, rape, bluegrass, rod clover, oats or barley, rye or wheat, and wild letture. advises a correspondent In Successful Farming. Alfalfa Is considered the front rank forage cr<ip on which to run turkeys. Tt Is perhaps the most widely used. Sudan grass Is a good dry weather l crop and Is suitable for areas whored dry summers are frequently experi enced. Tender shoots are constantly forming and this provides the growing turkeys with ample green feed when It is usually scarce otherwise. Rape Is sometimes used as a supple ment green feed when turkeys have tho run of a cornfield. It Is sowed In the field. The chief objection to It Is Its tendency to become coarse too soon, r.luegrass Is good but It does not contain as much forage per acre as does alfalfa. A good bluegrass pas ture. however, will solve the green feed problem. Clovers are also de sirable, except sweet clover which be comes tough and fibrous too quickly. The four grain crops ? oats, barley, rye, and wheat ? are good as early forage crops. They ripen soon, how ever, and thus become useless as a source for green feed. These crops are spring-sowed. Wild lettuce Is ex cellent where enough of a crop can be raised to amply supply the birds their wants. New York Fanner Gets Mass Egg Production Ta A. Hazard, a farmer living near North Evans, N. Y., claims to have ^ found the secret of Intensive egg pro- 1 ductlon. He says that he frequently gets two eggs a day from a hen and that he has reduced the cost of oper ating his plant to nbout S cents a doz en eggs. Ills method Is to confine each hen by Itself In a small cage, about 10 Inches deep by 12 Inches wide! The hen Is provld* J \.lth ample food and water, but Is never released. All the energy wulch the fowl gen erates Is devoted to egg-laying. The hen Is kept from exposure to any of the numerous contagious diseases of fowls and from the fatnl quarrels com mon to hen yards. As no exercise In permitted, the fowl never toughens Its muscles, and even as an oil hen still provides ten ler meat for the pot when It no longer Is profitable as a layer of eggs,? New York Times. Feed for Laying Hens g Feeding tin? laying hens green feod^ tends to keep them In good health and to promote egg production. Oreon foods are one of the host sources of vitamin.^- for poultry. Mangels and turnips provide komio succulence, but very little green feed. When cabbages are available at reasonable cost, some may he fed. hut good (piallty alfalfa also should bo supplied. Alfalfa Ir valuable, not ho much because of Its protein content, as formerly holloved. Alfalfa Is rich In minerals and vitamins. Developing Capons Capons are docile and can ho kept together. Their flesh remains soft in texture and they fatten easily. Rhode Island Hods, Plymouth Hooks and Brahmns are among the most popular breeds to caponlfce. They should he operated on when eight to ton weeks of age, at which time they will weigh one and a quarter to one and a half pounds. A common mistake Is to wait until the birds are much larger. March hatched capons enn he finished for tho Thanksgiving and Christmas market*.