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THE SPACE AGE

By WILLIAM J. WEISER, Jr..

LMOST overnight, you

earth have been pushed Into an exeifing new era the Space Age.

ALMOST overnight, you

FEATURES

EARTH

176 miles a seced in a circus lur puth near the fringe of a

on tar custor called galaxy or the Milky Way.

a,

The Milky Way, shape! like M pinwheel and containing Hillens of stars, is moving in u definite direction througli the dark, trackless universe.

It's a time when man-

But buvause the Earth's jou nude satellites are being is so smooth and constant, Shut to outer spnee where it's hard to realise we are soar they chele. the earth like for through baby moons at 18,000 miles hakotik speed, an hour or faster,

And within your life- Times experts say. rocket born, scientista ships will be flying.

But you need not

to wait Bullrosket chip biste of before becoming a spacs travel- er. You're riding a huge space taxl right now—the Earth.

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WHEN THE EARTI

was say, is KOSCH Tre no ho that nothing could bave lived on its surface, Story ly the gases cooled, first beemi ing liquid and then solle. As the Earth's outer crust cooled and hardened, rocks and mountalus were formed.

Some of the hover gase. turned into liquids, becoming oceans, runs, lakes and rivers, while other gases became the air we breathe.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1958,

FOR BOYS

AND

GIRLS

IS LIKE A BIG SPACE SHIP

The bulging is caused by the Earth's turning on its axis. This rotating motion has gradually shifted the Erb's cur, Nai- tening it out at the poles and

thi pushtur it outward, near

quarter.

From your space station the Hurlb would look bluish be- chure of its atmosphere huzy. ClGIN! Through the fing burks the which cover three-fourth

pecans aniel L,

of

our planet, would appear al- mori black.

The continents would look Ura Irregularly shaped browne ish-green patches, spatted hete and there with yellow dezert. The North and South Poles would appear a small while kull enge on the top and bus- tom of our Earth.

Our Earth Iravels en invisible highway year after year that is About 83 million miles wwwy Sometimes we're from the sun.

aror or farther than however.

this,

ASTRONOMERS SAY - our Earth should continue its jou- rey around the sun for billious of years more. But, they eat- tion, astronomical veeleenita ne- cur sometimes,

A LONG TIME AGO (must pelontists think about three bil- lion years ago) our planet was cronted out- of hot, Reming

The ride of our Earth can Kasea and spun into mate di o terrific." speed.

bet be compared to a golf ball, Las never

which ha a core, indle stopped moving,

wrapping and on outside rty. First of all, the earth spins ering. The centre, or core, some on its axls (an imaginary line 3,000 miles aerors; le made of Um cuts through the earth molten

iron, metals, moly

The from the North to the South held under great plessure.

rocky poles) Uke a glant top. It makes faldale layer is a thick. te completo turn every 24 thell more rigid than steel, hours. This means that the peo- ple who live near the equa or fa line around the Earth's mid- dle) travol 26,000 mites a day.

'The butalde hayer alsi is made of rock, but held together more loosely. At the surface, Jost of the rock has been The Earth niso is whizzing changed into soll by the action Ground the sun at a tremendous of air and water and decompos-

pred-60,000 miles Lif hour. ing plant and animal life. The Earth, traveling in a huge, lightly Bultenre eircle around

the sun, takes one year in com- plete its journey.

IF YOU COULD CLIMB inte above While this is happening, the auer station hovering Earth's family, called the Solar Earth, you would discover the The Bystem-made up of the sun, Earth bulges sightly t eight other planets, comets and equator. It is 27 miles fat er countless molcars and esterids around its equate than it is

at from the North to South Poler. Is sowing through space

Don't worry about it however, there necidents went happen. for billions of years, Here are two things they say migh! De- cur in this distant future:

Our sun, a young star, may thrink when it gets to be very

the

Sun's rays

HOW AN OIL WELL

IN

THIS IS

WILY

ALL THAT

THE DRILL BIT DOES THE WORK

STEEL

RIGGING

IS

NEEDED

AS HOLE GETS

AROTARY TABLE AT TOP OF SHAFT KEEPS IT TURNING.

#

DEEPER, SEC-

TIONS MUST BE ADDED TO DRILL- PIPE STRING

·COULAR

IS DRILLED

SECTIONS ARE SO LONG THEY MUST BE KOISTED HIGH IN THE AIR TO BE "| JOINTED ON OR REMOVED.

HOSTING

· TACKLE·

COLLAR GOES HERE

A FUID CALLED"MUD" DOES LOTS OF THE WORK, TOO.

PUMPED DOWN THE DRILL PIPE, IT HELPS IN DRILLING AND CARRIES THE DEBRIS AWAY FROM THE BIT, BACK TO THE SURFACE.

BILL ARTER

Birth Of Potato Chips Explained

IN 1865 when Verdi wita composing Il Trovatore

old and become what astron in Rome and Charles Dice

1fkens

Was writing emory call a "white dwarf."

his this occurs, youll become so weak that or famous stories in London, and something of quite a dif- oceans would freeze

ixeone ferent

mature was taking eur atmosphere would

place in Saratoga Springs, liquid air.

Or, they say, our sun might U.S.

thnes suddenly" puit up many

prevent size and lurn into nova-lyne star. Then it woul: coach out so much heat that nothing on Earth could live.

The Shadows' Horses

-Knart And Hanid Go For a Wonderful Ride-

By MAX TRELL

Sure

enough the horses-or

the grasshoppers--were stamp- Ing their feet in their pleasure the at seeing their master and mis-

INARF เคล Innid, Kshadows with the Turned- tes

About Names, made themselves small-Shadows Can make Il cmselves any size they please and went across the garden Math,

They stopped, at last. In front all wooden box which

Jedd a Hoje Uke a house. At cade of the tiny box, there

Knart opened it,

f.

W

1 hop all the borees are at 164," Hanid remarked.

Kem! Modded his head and

de the box,

Jawort Day Ernkl

Like A Huge Born

fei

They Nibbled Joyfully

Knarf and land went from sin to stall with handfuls of dandelion stems. The grasshop- pers nibbled juyfully and made squeaky, happy noises.

"Let's go for a ride." Kaart Suggested.

1

take Springy," said

anki, as she started putting a addle made out of a leather lave on the back one of the grasshoppers.

11 take Jumpy," sald Knarf, 11. ut a saddle made out ve a bit of alber glove pa

ather grasshopper's back.

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enld put a saddle on Springy and mounted him,

"Spring" cried Hand to her grosshopper, and Springy

spng.

They went saling over the

Ore in de the hos, Khari dies made out of silk thread one fence into the corn field.

bud Band felt as though they

were

PL

ina hata barn. You must forget

that Khari RDA lang than

Jani re for pines

Along one thief the boray work "holde of drie) grass dondelion soms reaching Tot tip de a tool 'On other skt w fve ог wool.m Malls. In wach stall, there was a grasshopper,

AN Keart and Hanid put

Sortugy and Jumpy, they led Bem out of the barn.

Springing And Jumping

Europe. She was ostentatiously owned and she spoke affectedly

a Joud voler while trying to

impress everyone.

'After several courses of de- elous food had been enjoyed, the main courte, was served, ac- companied be French fried po taloes.

At night of the potatoes, the woman anceringly pushed It occurred in one of the older them aside and sald loudly, "In

cut much palatial hotels called Moon's France. they are Lake House which had a famous thinner." chef of Indian extraction named George Crumb. Ile had pre- pared meals for countless pro- minent guests there such on Chester Arthur, Grover Cleve- innd and others, He was very proud of his reputation.

One night a forge buniquet was given at that popular hotel to which came a haughty woman who had recently nequired a fortune,

The walker reported this to the chef whose face turned a deep crimson at this Insult. He doggedly silced

more some potatoes "much thinner" for the difficult guest,

A CHIB OFF

THE OLD BLOCK

potatoes woman.

and the amusing

The furlous chef, upon hear- ing about this second insult, de- termined more than ever not to be outdeau by the French ebels. He got his razor, and to the rhythm of thinner, thinner, thinner," he sliced some potatoes water this, cooked them in deep fal and served them to all the guests.

Upon tasting them, everyono exclaimed. "DELICIOUS?""

The troublesome guest reluct- aily admitted that they were delectable and sent congratula- tons to the triumphant and hap, chef.

These potatoes became so popular, they were served at aside with the comment, "Not most of the parties of that era When they were placed before thin enough,"

inter the name of Saratoga She wanted everyone to know her, she srusped her shoulders By this time everyone's at- Chips which We now -call that she had just returned from and once more pushed them tention was

focused on the POTATO CHIPSI

IN JAPAN, CRICKETS ACT AS WATCHDOGS

VERYONE knows how

EV

important it is to own

a good watchdog. Watch- dogs can match any home- guardian anywhere for

daring, courage,

intelli- gence, resourcefulness and devotion, but he cannot zing.

In some countries in the For

East, majority of the watch- dogs sing.

SILENCE

[Bew

OF

member of proaches.

chirplug

the The

famliy cricket

ap. It is not unusual for more at-

to keeps funt familles

employ a cricket expert who does noth- ing but care for the master's If the Intrusion Is during the pels. eight, usually every member of It is highly improbable that the household wakes immediate cricket watchdogs could ever be ly. Why? Because their watch- successful in the United King- dog's song cannot be heard and dam. It is very doubtful their they are so accustomed to hear warnings would be effective in ing It, silence acts like an alarm. the world of noise existing in su In many Oriental countries, much of that country. Most have the chirp of the cricket is great-grown so accustomed to sleeping, ly admired.

worlding, and playing in a con- inuous hubbub, they no longer consciously notice sound or its absence.

In China, the males (females The coly sounda most recognise In Japan, for exemple, a pur-

do not sing). aro captured and are the clatter of the alarm clock cular species of cricket noted

placed in bamboo cricket cages or the warning bark of the It was like riding in a forest for its vocal talents is highly

or in gourds grown especially "houndog." But, to the mem- The little cricket hangs in his for the purpose, and given a bers of many Oriental homes. rigante trees. The corn stalks prized as the household watch-

good home for as long as they over their

like dog. The members of any house baraboo ease at the end of hends mighty trunks. And the

by one of the little bamboo rod

And tries to live. leaves guarded were so big that they blotted singing watchdogs are aware the "shrink” out, al sigist. I wann Many homes have one or more out the sky,

moment a stranger sets foot on is rone. It ocased with the rooms set apart for the care the first step leading up to their sound of the first girange_foot and protection of the house- troot or back porch.

step. This is not true when a hold's cricket collection.

RUSC

As soon as they had led their at Tues into the garden, Kharf Kunrt galloped down one row The at Banld mounted them. Then and Hanid galloped down the six way they went, springing and other.

jumping over the tall grass and the flowers.

"You see all the horses are

They came to a stone fence.

fine Knurt exclaimed. "Look "Jump" cried Knarf to, his

at how glad they are to see us, grasshopper, and Jumpy jump Hanid

ed,

ZOO'S WHO

HIPPOS RARELY ATTACK, PEOPLE BUT ENRAGED BULLS HAVE BEEN “KNOWN TO LIFT BOATS

OUT OF WATER AND SLASH HOLES IN THE

HULLS..

F THE FIBRGE LOOKING I

ARMADILLO 19 HARM-~. THERE ARE ABOUT 300 LESS AND ITS CHIEF DE- SPECIES OF STINGLESS PENSE IS RAPIDLY BUR- BEOS...THE STINGLESS ROWING UNDERGROUND FEES ARE MUCH SMALL ACCORDING TO THE ENCY- ER THAN THE HONË Y-

CLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.....

BEEG

They raced to the end of the TOWs of corn,

Then they came to an even higher stone wall.

Qver it they went again fail- ing through the air like birds.

Like A Jungle

And now they trolled through a grassy meadow. You can't im- agine how much like n Jungle

it was. In and out among the blades of grass rode Knarf and Kanid.

Once Jumpy almest stumbled over a fallen daisy.

They stopped at a bullercup to let their;- "horses" take a drink, for the buttercup was All- ed with dew,

Kharf and Hauld returned to the stable, late in the morning.]

They returned Springy and Jumpy to their stalls, hung up their saddles and bridles and went, away after first carefully shutting the door.

). "Tomorrow," they said, "we'll ride Skippy and Hoppy. And the next day we'll ride Leapy and Speedy."

"I hope wo left them enough to est," sald Hanid to Knart.

"I gave them each a thimble- ful of clover seed," repliest Knart.

erpecially those in the country- singing cricketą serve faithfully, everlastingly-s long as they Ilve. Liite wonder a good one uften sells for fifty or a hundred dollars.

Our World-How Smart Are Apes?

EVEN BEFORE COLO, monkey and ape cages in cical of entertainment to the first gorilla born in that and every other zoo in people, probably because captivity, became # per the country usually attract- they have so many human- manent resident at the ed the most visitors. Apes like qualities. They have Columbus, Ohio, zou, the have always given a great almost human hands, 32

Rupert

and Floppity-1

teeth, the same as a' grown person, and a brain like that, of a man, but a bit smaller. Which may bring up the question: Are mon- keys as amart or smarter than people?

can

really

how much Colo learn, At one time she ren way: ahead of human babies her nge

bo can

Pet chimpanzees taught to do many things: ent in physical and mental growth, with a fork and knife, wear She may prove a goldmine of information is the study of bow clothes, perhaps work with tools as well as a four-year-old chlid. children Icar

Puzzle

Pete's

COLUMNI

Match with with Puzzle Pete:

CROSSWORD

12

13

1 Chium

ACROSЯ

4 Compass point

5 Folding bed

Unit of weight 10 Preposition #1 Behold!

12 Honey maker

14 Make more

- 15 Boy's nickname

17 Chart

DOWN

I Favourite

2 While

3 Permit

5 Corn comes on this

First number

6 Aged

9 Winken, Blinken and 13 Shade tree

14 Snake

10 Each (ub.)

"SICK" WORDS

wards

Each of Puzzle Pete's ends in ILL. Can you solve

them from the definitions given? .

LL (9latement)

ILL (can be a pickle) JLL (opposite of "to

empty")

(measure OT a-fish part)

-ILL (small mountain) -------ILL (went with Jack)

LL (slay)

-ILL (steel plant)

--ILL (doctora give, this)

-ILL little stream) -ILL (window frame) -ILL (cash register) ~~~ILL (legy paper)

WORDS

How many things beginning. with the letter "37 cun you find In Cartoonist Col's sketch?

י

MATCH THEM

Match the first word with the correct second word in each of these lines:

Columbia- -Satellite City Holl-Star Explorer Planet Polaris River MarsBuliding

TRIANGLE

A PIRATE · Puzzle. Pete's word.triangle bung, from him.

second word is angry

third "proportion"; fourth "con- med", and fifth an abbrævla, for total expenses." "Com ate the triangles

They can understand and obey However, Colo. Is. much too about 250 words and phrases, popular to be taken out of the No ape: though, has been ablo Columbus, Ohio, zoo in order to Mrs Bear has been very busy the common. I'll start t-otice" to speak-ut least as for us we be studied continually by potention spring cleaning, and has not

know. Same African nalives bo-' ilais. says Rupert. And off he runs. Át

Her delighted audiences enough lime to do the family the highest part of the common

lieve the gorillas do have a lan- would not want to part with shopping- Our Nutwood shop he glances to one side.. An shimat

guage, but are careful to keep her. does not keep all the things i as big as a large dog is silently fhla talent: a secret' lest they, bol want." she says so you, Rupert, crossing the bank with its head dowit Next, monent it has disappeared. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

must go to the next village,” "Hooray, my best way in scris

put to woric on the plantationat." "Apes, no for an science can If gorllins are supposed to bo tell," are not quilo da, amort, 08 more intelligent than chimpan- people, but some apos stem, tó zees, It will be interesting to seo be catching up fail!

PIRATE;

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