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BRUSH UP

WITS

YOUR

Little Wool

ACH of the seven members of

EACE

the Bird Fanciers' Club of the village of Little Wool is the namesake of the bird owned by one of the others. Three of them have birds which are darker than their owners' feathered name- sakes.

Mr. Crow's bird's human name sake is married; indeed, Mr. Dove and Mr. Canary are the only bachelors.

Teh raven's owner is Mr. Gull's wife's sister's husband

The crow is detested

master's fiancee.

bird's Mr. Raven's namesake is the owner

canary.

by his

human of the

The parrot's owner's feathered" namesake is owned by the human namesake of Mr. Crow's bird.

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*

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Who owns the starling?

Crossing The

Limpopo

ED a terrible time getting

"WE'D

here," writes Sir George. “I had with me the four natives, Sambo, Jumbo, Tembo, and Lim- bo. I could not leave Jumbo with either Sambo or Tembo, or Tembo with Limbo Our canoe only holds, two, and Sambo and I are the only ones who can handle it. Limbo, moreover, refused to be one of the first to cross.

"Imagine the time we had crossing the Limpopo, and the number of journeys we had to make **

How did Sir George get his party across?

Solutions to “Brush Up Your Wits"

1.-Little Wool

(1) The raven's owner's fea- thered namesake must be

light- coloured bird. Hence the raven owned by one of the follo Mr. Dove, Mr. Canary, Mr. Gull or Mr. Parrot. The first two of these are bachelors and the raven is owned by Mr. Gull's wife's sis -ter's husband Le, Mr. Parrot

owns the raven.

(2) Mr. Crow owns a light coloured bird, but Mr. Crow's bird's human namesake is mar- ried. Hence Mr. Crow owns either the parrot or the gull But Mr. Crow cannot own the parrot, for the parrot's owner's feather- ed namesake is owned by the human namesake of Mr. Crow's bird, and Mr. Parrot, we know, Owns the ray

Therefore Mr. Crow owns the gull. 26) Mr. Razen must own the parrot, the gulf, or the dove. But. Mr. Grow owns the gull, and if Mr. Raven owns the parrot two people would own the raven Whence Mr. Raven owns the dove and

owns the canATY.

THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY

UPPLE

The Whistles Bring

SEPTEMBE

Things Back NERVOUS STRAIN

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pocket. There were some oily rags in the tool box and I carried them and one of the seat cushions out on the salt. The sun was in the west and it burned through my clothes. I couldn't raise my eyes to look away be- cause of the glare on the white salt. I thought. He never could have walked out in this heat and glare with only, some whiskey. But he'll have to go to-night.

Sitting beside the car. I thought of the water in the radiator and even the thought nauseated me.

"I won't do that yet,” I said. "It may be poison."

I got out the bottle and took a little drink and it burned clear down in my stomach, but it braced me. When I heard the plane motor I ran out and lighted the oily rags. The seat cushion and the oil made a good smoke. But I knew it wouldn't mean anything to the people in the plane..

He woke up before the fire was out and stood shaking his head.

"You're crazy." he said "I don't suppose you know what that seat costs.”

I kept walking around the fire trying not to say anything. My throat was beginning to bother me and I thought of the water in the radiator again. He stood looking at the front of the car.

"I suppose we'll have to do it. he said.

*Do what?" I said. "Take some water out radiator."

He got the bottle of whiskey It was still a third full. He took the cork out.

"It don't do much good,...... said.

"Just leave it alone," I said. "That much might pull you through to-night.”

"Through what?" he said. “Walking”

"I might not have to walk. But the thing to do is put some radia- tor water in with the whiskey. Alcohol kills things."

I went over to him and took his arm and shook him. "Let's get organised," I said. "The sun's going down. You've got to get us out of here. Take the whiskey and keep going straight toward the blue mountain

He lifted up the hood and held the bottle under the little drain faucet, nearly filling it. I guess I began to scream, because he took me by both arms and held me rigid. I wasn't hysterical. I was only excited because I had thought about the oil in the en- gine. I couldn't tell how quickly enough. He kept saying, God."

the crow, whence

(6) Mr. Gull ow the stard ing, and

(7) Mr. Starling

seven

(By

Medical Corres

We found an empty soap cantorial things so that

rapid acquirement

in the tools, and he took a wrench and got under the car and `filled the can with oil It took some time with only the little can to carry enough oil out on the salt to make the letters. We made them twenty feet long. They shone clear and black on the white salt. SOS — WATER? “It was dusk when we had finished. No plane had gone over..

We got to talking about walk- ing again, and I was almost foolish enough to start out, just to see if I could get him to go. But he got out the bottle and said: "Forget it. That's death. Here, take a little"

sure

I drank until my throat was wet. On an empty stomach it was enough to make my head whirl. He drank more than I did and acted as if it hit him hard The stars were coming out. The two airlights were turning and winking again.

"Tve got to have another drink,” he said. I can hardly swallow."

I kept thinking about the radiator water being poison. The second drink had made him wobbly. He dropped down QD the runningboard.. I walked around the car and felt myself getting weak and then I heard him crying and suddenly he ran around to me and fell down on his knees and put his around my legs.

"Tll walk," he said. "But love you"

"Tell me that when we get home,” I said. My voice was al most gone. I pushed him away, but he got up and took hold of

me

"If I'm going to die. I want to die with you," he said.

I told him to

to shut up. "If you're going, go on,” I said, but it didn't seem to matter so much then whether he went or stayed.

*Not until you kiss me," he said, and kept repeating it.

"You're crazy," I said, and I gave him a shove and got in the car. But he tried to pull me out. The wrench was there and I swung it up and caught him above the eyes, and he staggered back and fell down. He lay there panting The exertion had made my own mouth hang open and my tongue was thick. I got out and found the bottle and drank as little as I could. It gagged me and burned my throat. I poured some in his mouth. Then I heard the plane.

I turned the car hights on the big black letters, and then I thought of the spotlight, and I faced it-upward and kept flash- ing it on and off. The plane went west. I flashed the light until 1

were luxuries have become

accepted necessities of the multi- tude, combined with the increased speed of modern existence, has imposed a great strain on the human nervous system. In other words, civilisation has outstrip- ped evolution. One of the results of this is that modern mankind feels the need of some drug to protect the nervous system or to dull the effects of this stram

The Effects Of Tea

Tea is the common stimulating and sedative drug of a large part of Asia and of Russia, England, and

er parts

of the Australia Empire. including- We drink more tea per head than any other nation, and any ill-effects due to it would be ap parent in this country. Tea con sists of theein, the active prin- ciple, tannin, and water, in addi- tion to flavouring substances and the added milk and sugar. Of these, theein is a definite stimul ant, and later a sedative to the nervous system/

In any but very excessive amounts it is beneficial, or at least harmless. The water is beneficial, and hot tea in summer and makes one opens the pores feel cooler. Tea as usually taken is a very efficient quencher thirst. The chief harm from tea →is the tannin. This can cause seri- ous indigestion in many people. The amount of tannin în a cup of tea depends upon the strength of the infusion and the time it has been allowed to stand. Tea should be taken relatively weak, and as freshly made as possible.

Nerve Sedative

Coffee is very similar in its ef- fects. Caffein and theein are al- most identical. Coffee is slightly-

and

more

ing. Stimulating

and causes

than tez, insomnia in a proportion of peo- ple. In many cases it is taken far stronger than is tea, and black coffee contains more of the drug than does more nourishing than tea because it contains so much milk.

Many people in Europe and America rely on coffee as their stimulating and nerve sedative, and they do very well on it. It is only taken in this country in rela tively small amounts and, on the whole, tea is a more suitable drink for general use in this ch mate.

Cocoa and chocolate contain the bromin, which is similar to thee- in and caffein. It is more nutri- tious than either tea or coffee, but is similar in other respects. The question of excessive drink- ing of cocoa does not arise in

couldn't hear the motor any more Australia, as its use is very limit-

When I went over to him

he was lying on his back, arms outspread. There was dark mark above his walked out to the down on the salt. I

see the sta but I kept Perhaps I dreamed the motor, because asleep or fainted. sat up I could se It was hard gett

car I turned

The men put a bla

didn't know the

fell

ed.

Any of the above beverages can be faken in excess with all-effects on the nerves and digestion, the individual cap

any of them is variable- whole, their use is benefic

absorb the

they must be taken fresh, and not in strong solution. If they cause tremors or in mnia the qua

should be

they

tame, and

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