THE CHINA MAIL,
FEATURES
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FOR
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1958.
BOYS
AND
GIRLS
THE MYSTERIES OF OUTER SPACE
SCIENCE'S Buccess In into
Sending manned
miles. An 4.003
TODO
orbit at a reported
1,058 height at bal-
rocket American loons, rockets, and now miles. The mysterious ocean of artificial moons into the true space lies beyond. carth's upper atmosphere raises an age-old question: What and where is space?
The phrase "outer space" 18 used in connection commonly with the edge of the earth's The protective blanket of air. National
Society Geographile says that's an error. In proper usage. outer space means the neredibly distant areas among stars and galaxies.
Geographically. opace 16 divided Into three regions interplanetary, the local space In our own solar system; inter- stellar that among stars; and countless intergalactic, the trillions of miles emung galaxies such as the earth's own Milky Way.
In populer fnhey, are is a cold and allent void. Inky black except for the steady white blaze of stars. Now and then
roars a huge meteor
through the eternal night, trailing n skirt of flame.
'Actually, scientists remind fans, spare is selence-Action
Being nothing, it is nothing. neither hoi nor cold. The mole- eulen in space are too rare to give it any temperature at all.
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Containing nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide,
traces
and
of other gases atmo. sphere is divkled into layers-tha troposphere where we live, the strutosphere, chemosphere, lono- sphere, and exosphere.
Sandwiched In the tropo- sphere and stratosphere is DO per cent of our air mesa. Vir- tually all life is concentrated in the former, which has an over- age height of about 10 miles at the Equator and five miles at the Poles. Above 14, extending to a celling of about 20 miles, le the serene stratosphere wher jet planes leave their vapour trails,
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The remainder of the earth's 30-mile-
nro myriad Just particles. Any meteorold that one mysterious radiations, and the air mass lies in the might meet in space would not bating charged particles colled deep chemosphere, where atoms changes; In Four ar fame. For space has eosmic rays. Like whirlpools, undergo chemicol
Ionosphere, the 200-mile no almosphere to carry sound strange gravitational Belds of the
of rarefied In-
eir where or make a moving object suns and planeta tug at matter belt
particles are lonised or electri- candescent. Only air can turn in space travelling.
and the exo- a speeding meteoroid-most are Distances are beyond belief. cally charged;
vaguely D smaller than a graty of sand- The nearest star visible to earth sphers.
where the jast dazzling is Alpha into a meteor
Centauri. It would borderland
of atmosphere take a jet plane going 700 miles vestiges
gases "shooting star."
out finally into pack standards, an hour almost a million years thin be Space, by earth's
14 noi a vacuum. But it
to reach it, Scientists
of The lower levels
The thickness of the gradual- emply,
believe It
carth's
ly brew the weather
thinning blanket of pir holds a very things made of atmosphere
In upper levels, ticles surge around may be a thousand miles scattered molecules.
back and forth with the power or less.
By DOROTHY ROMNEY of a millon atomic bombs.
Properly speaking, space be- gins at the limits of the earth's the Dir.
thickness of The gradually thinning blanket of air is not known. It may several thousand milca--or [ar is less
As yel, man has climbed only rome 20 miles from the ground. Rockets have
250 belched to miles. The second satellite shel
or
Trafile is somewhat heavy. Speeding through the expense
Your Puzzle Column
Let's Go to the Mountains:
MOUNTAIN REBUS
Puzzle
has Pete
hidden some mountains in his rebus.
BACKWARD SENTENCE
ANIMALS
ZOO
proper.
2.Mark 2 playing boards
this way.
FOR THE 1.Cut out 18 2inch
MON.
squares of light CARD-
TUE.
WED.
THUR.
zle Pete's sentence. try read- ing backward:
like this.
FRI.
racy yreve srotisly fo Kreb-
SAT.
If you have trouble with Puz- BOARD and mark them
You can find them by using the munisere sicarita sul kcal 5ELEM4urros 5 Lars
words and pictures correctly,
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NAMES NEED
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HIDDEN MOUNTAINS
A mountain Is hidden in each
uf Puzzle Pete's sentences. Can you loente their names?
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We had never seen a rainter day.
Caty kill some small rodents,
(Solutions on Page 19)
CAMELS ESCAPE
A Boy
CATOR
POUFLE LAST | ELEPHANTS
CHECY ESCAPE
HOW A SATELLITS CAN GATHER AND TRANSMIT FACTS ABOUT OUTER SPACE!
GOLAR CELL-CHANGES SUN'S (NERGY INTO ELECTRICAL IMPULSE WINCH RESEIS MEMORY UNIT AFTER DÁCH PERIOD OF PARKNESS,
"EROSION GAUGE-CHOUTER SKIN,TELLS HOW S
MUCH WEAR IS BRISE CAUSED BY METEOROUST, KROSION OPRISOÓN CAUSES PICSISTANCE CHANGS WHICH TO TRANGMITTED WITCOMING BASA sumy
MEMORY UNITS MAY BE TINY TACO RE- CORREAD THAT TAKE DATA PROVA INSTRU MENTS AND STORE IT FOR LATER RADIO TRANSMISSION.
NOTE: DRAWINGS NOT INTENDED TODE accuare refiicantes.
✔THERMISTORS - TINY THERMOMITERS WIDZE RESIST. ANCO VARIES WITH TEMPERATURE OMING TRANSMISJADE DATA ON WEATHER CHANGES IN OUTER SPACE.
·ULTRAVIOLET METER AN ION CHAMBER GET IN A PORT. CHECKS COSMIC RAYS, STORED DAJA IN MEMORY UNIT.
PRESSURE GAUGE - REGISTERS ANY DROP IN PRESSURE IF METLOR DREAKS OKIN. STORES INMEMORY UNIT.
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How The Lazy Were Punished
a wheelbar-
They hurried to the aircel JOHANN, Hans! Come
the and there they saw young Franx It was
Hoffman pushing voice of a German mother tow to which he was chained. of years ago in the city Nuernberg.
"Your inther told you to clear the weeds from the "They garden," she said. are still there, Why have they not been cleareil?"
"It was hot, mother, and we sat down under a tree and then forgot about it," suid Johann.
As they talked together there was the sound of a tinkling bell in the dis-
Over his head hung the bell they had heard, fastened by a frame to his wall. The streets were crowded with people to see his disgrace, his punishment for laziness,
"Strafe der Zwanparbelt" 11 was called-punishment by forced labour.
Johann and Hans watched for a moment-it was not a happy sight to them and then they dashed back to the garden. When their mother looked again, she saw them busily pulling the
In the museum at Nuernberg one can still see the wheelbar row and bell used so long ago for the punshment of Inzy boya.
tance, but coming closer. weeds.
"Come, boys," said their
I "come.
want mother, you to see another boy, now grown to manhood, who was lazy like you have been this afternoon. I want you Bee what has happened him."
to
Who knows but what we can irace to its use the faithful in- dustry of the boys who grew up to in Germany in the early
Loys?
ABOUT FROGS
TWO pairs of frogs were
PLAYER WITH MOSTÁKOVEY WAS! ■ brought from France several years BKO and placed in Descanso Gardens, Los Angeles, Calif. Inter died, and the
"Come,
$2
Bald Loys," what has happened to
their mother. "I want you to woo
LazyFrans Hoffman."
THE CAT'S WHISKERS
Anyplace Where They Fit, So Will the Cat
By MAX TRELL
TOW
there are
different
Teaches Himself To Writeulfrogs were very lonely. "N Wings," said Teddy,
URING the year 1857,
very busy man. In those lays supplies were carried to distant western points by wagon trains. The firm
to
Knart Chatod Ono
mouse
chased Teddy said he never the a mouse. Knarf, however, had The American frogs did not Stuffed Bear, his friend once seen
running seem to understand their Knart, the Shadow. Boy with across the cellar floor and had "There is a pledge you must Messenger"
calls,
the turned-about names, "that I chased it for a few feet. explaieci .Alexander Frederick Cody."
don't know anything about." Now and then he would use One man felt 80 Sorry Majors.
his penknife und cut out the for the poor frogs that
It read as follows:
words.
and
"William
Knart was nodding his head
the Teddy's when lte finally did learn to write. he took a tape recorder to in agreement of this remark of "We, the undersigned cin And he became famous as a the park, and got a record-walking in: ployees of the firm of Russell, Western scout und the world of Russell, Majors and Major & Wattdel, do hereby knew of him us "Buffalo ing of their calls.
we will not
swear, in become famous in real bla- of Waddell had just received a sign that
drink whisky, piny cards or be lory as well as in Betion. contract to bring supplies cruel to dumb beasts in any and beef cattle to the way, shape or form."
By J. CLAYTON troops.
As help with Puzzle Pete's crossword puzzle, Cartoonist Cal has lettered in the some mountains:
R
12.
C
K
ACROSS
1 Narrow Infet
4 Mountain---
7 Rocky crag
name
E
B Exist
Repeat appearances
11 Pestering
17 Possess
18 Beverage
10 Boy's nickname
20 Distress signal
DOWN
1 Route (ab.)
2 Charged atom
3 Circle part
4 Sailor
5 Mineral rock
6 Footlike part
10 Endorses
11 Child
12 Female sheep
13 Also
14 Porsesalve pronoun
10 Recent (comb. form)
10 Aeriform fuel
DIAMOND
"A woman and her son to see employee told you, str."
תם
The boy hesitated.
"Anything wrong, son?" asked Alexander Majors.
Alexander Mojors who at that don't know how
time was in Karisas.
"I can't write my name.
to write nt
I
all."
Sports
of
A handsome young boy cleven was applying for a job.
"My father is dead and I must
Alexander Majors wanted to
The employer printed the boy's name: William Frederick i X Cody.
initial but for "his mark."
THE
Cal came
"For instance," Teddy said, back this He sent
to pointing to the Cat who was at their home in France. It this moment crossing the room
don't know Was played, and female toward them, "I frogs began hopping near, why she has whiskers." answering. Two of them
Surprised Look were caught and carefully shipped to Los Angeles.
"What happened to the mouse?" asked the Cat.
"I think it went into its hole," said Knart.
The Cat stroked her whiskers
again,
"Now if either of you were Cats and I'm quite glad you think I don't aren't because you'd muko' very good Cats --- and you sow A mouse, you'd chase it right up to the hole in the wall."
The Cat gracefully stroked her whiskeER,
short JA The Cat stopped hearing her name. A surprised
"But it's dark in the cellar," kers would hit the sides of the They came by Scan- look showed in her eyes for 4
She waved the end old Teddy. "I wouldn't chase hole and the minute that hop- dinavian Airlines, which moment.
a mouse in a dark cellar. I'd pened, you' would instantly flies over the North Pole. of her tail, then she came up my head against something." stop."
to Knart and Teddy.
the Cof, "Pardon me," said
two "were you
Just talking about me?"
Piles Of Papor
"Why would you Instantly stop?" Knari asked the Cat.
"Because," said the Cat," "If "If you were a Cnt," said the
your whiskers hit the sides of the "I was talking about you," Cat, "and I'm more than ever
mouse's hole, you would said Teddy, "I was just saying clad you aren't for you would
know that you never could hit to Knarf hint I didn't know make the worst Cats In
Your head world you'd be able to see in into that hole. why you had whiskers,"
the dark. You wouldn't hit might get in but the rest of you stick cut as far as the whole giza tall around her hind You would chase that mouse
This was the first time frogs. THE TITLE of "Hard had gone over, But of And the X stood not for an Luck Champs" might courac they were not in- Support my family," he said.
The boy determined that he be claimed by this year's terested in that. What they turn down the request. All he would never sign "X" again. baseball team at St. Ber-wanted to hear, again, were had open was a job carrying He started to learn how to nard's School, New Jersey. those frogs who had called
In its first eight games, the to them from to the wagon trains write.
a tape re- team ran into seven no-hit cording. They safely addition the messenger would with the burnt edge write upon performances by opposing rived at the park and join-her
The CASCADE mountains provido a centre for Puzzle Pote's word diamond. The $30- and word is "a dance step''; third aticky material": Arth "a fixed look and sixth Dutch elty." Can you complete the diamond from these cluca?
C
CASCADE
#0
messages
that were out on the plains. In He would burn a stick
have to help herd the beer tents, wagon covers, cattle following the wagons. other places,
him
and
and
all
he
What did he write? Wam Cody." Billy," "By
"Little
overseas pitchers. The team's lead-ed the ing batter, after the eight colony. games, was a pitcher whose
The
Boy
The boy convinced could do a man's work and was hired.
ZOO'S WHO
AHAWK CAN DETECT A MOUSE
FROM HUNDREDS OF FEET IN THE AIR. ONCS SIGHTER THE RODENT HAS LITTLE CHANCE TO SURVIVE, FOR THIS FIERCE, FLESH-EATING
BIRD DESCENDS UPON ITS PREY WITH DEADLY SPEED AND ACCURACY
NOW WE'LL DO THE
AUSTRALIAN
CRAWLIS LA
THE ALASKAN FUR-SEAL,WHICH SPENDS MUCH OF
ITS LIFE IN THE WATER,DOBS NOT SWIM AT BIRTH AND MUST LEARN ASA FUR.
WAPORTED INTO THE US. FROM· ENGLAND AND CHINA," THERINGNECKED PHEASANT HAS BECOME “ THE MOST COMMON GAME
BIRD IN THE COUNTRY.
-
French
the
then the rest of the Cat will n in."
The Cut sat down and curled your head against anything. would stick. A Cat's whiskers quarters. She lifted a paw and past all the trunks and piles of of a Cat. If the whiskers at in
and jars of preserves gracefully stroked the whiskers papers that stuck out on elther side of end children's bleycles and the her face.
furnace. You would run faster
Having said this, the Cat got total number of hits added Canary Vs. Gorilla
and faster and suddenly the up and walked out of the room. Teddy repeated the question. mouse would dart into his hole,“ "Well," said Teddy, "now <I
Cats Who do you think would winkers?" he asked.
"Why have
got whis-
"That's what I mean," sald know why a Cat has whiskers," Knori.
"So do I," paid Knarf. "But "We need
the them," sald
here's where the why does a Dog have whiskers? Cat.
whiskers would come in use- He doesn't chase micel" ful," continued the Cat."This is
Small Places what would happen. You'd dash right up to the mouse's hole and suddenly your whis-
up to: one.
The
in a noise-making test? EXCEPT. FOR one little ittle conary or the big gorilla? detail, Paul Kravitz, might You'll never believe this, but
makes more noise "Why?" asked Knart. put in his claim as Hard- the canary
the gorillal Both voices
"Did yuu ever h1080 year. As a member of the and the canary scored 7? to the mouse?" sald the Cat.
Luck track performer of the than
were tested by a sound meter.
Columbus High School, N.Y.,
gorilla's score of only 13.
team, Kravitz travelled to
a special New Jersey track)
Colour Changes
meet. There, after winning
his heat, he learned that he Like to sing? Even singing had run 120 yards instead your loudest never
check
madic you
of the official 100, due to a change colour did it? The frog is different that way! Ho track error. In the next changes colour when he sings! heat, another
re-The green tree frog turns yel vealed that this time the low when he sings, the brown distance had been only 95 Peeper turns tan, and the green barking frog changes to brown. yards!
Aren't you glad you aren't a trach Imagine singing your A fow days later, Paul favourite tune and finding your- journoyed to another bigself turning a different colour, meet at Schenectady, During green for instancel
his first trial heat, a dog
to a
ran into him on the track,
City Slicker (pointing and the race had to be re-hegstack); What kind of a
hoise is their run:
Farmer That isn't 'houso, But nothing could stop that's a haystack. this lad. Paul was the final atay ducan't grow in a bunch C.S.: Say. you can't fool me, winner, at both meets,
like that.
"And
Rupert and the Lost List-16
36 mpita of his disappointmann - that is spunetimes thick god some Rupert is now inquisitiva. **Tha times quite thin. Just as he reaches king woga Pegan a call,” be weleng patch the sound ceases, but merman, "" anly it wasn't a call. right in front of him la the animal. What an i have bom ??!. He can. Ou ka brand see KOM KOONHOUN mil hour the presjurs moving sodą, borna, and it is quietly munching forgetting his anxiacy ag being, font,“ – nouaethology, in hun comod on the he Bollows the sound through mist
"He chases Cats," said Teddy. "And lots of times he chases them into very small places such as behind the stairs and between the railings in a broken fence. A Dog's whiskers tell a Dog whether he can ft in or whether he's going to get stuck."
Knart was silent for a minuto or so. Presently he said: "But why does my Grandfather have whiskers? He doesn't. chuse miec."
Teddy didn't' know the answer to that either.
That's one of the things I don't know anything about," he sold.
Knart said: There are lots of things I don't know anything about, Teddy I wonder if thard's, anybody who knows every= thing."
Teddy was allot. - Ho didn't even know about that alther.