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FEATURES

YOUR PUZZLE CORNER

Visit to Vietnam:

Usc

VIETNAM REBUS

the words and pictures to full advantage to find Viet

n's two capitals, its location that its products and one of Puzzle Pete has hidden in his rebus on Vietnam:,

RICE

+

(SAVE GONE).

CROSSWORD

Curloonist Cal gives you a bit

THE CHINA MAIL, "SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15,- 1958.

FOR

MARS

FOR

"NOR MANY YEARS the red planet Mars has spurred mon's imaginations because of the slim chance. some kind of life exists on its surface.

A

Most astronomers,..how- ever, pooh-pooh the iden that this planet, which ap- of help with Puzzle Pete's cross-pcars blurry through word puzzle by lettering in the telescope, is inhabited by name VIETNAM:

creatures with intelligence. But it's likely some low form of plant life grows there.

ALL DAY

ACROSS

! Vermont (ab.) -

3 Depart

5 Ventilate

TOIL

TL

JUMBLED SENTENCE

Puzzle Pete's sentence abou! a bit confused, but Vietnam 18 maybe you can make sense of it. capital southern Hanoi af zune Balgon of cone is northern Viet- nam. Is the the of ab capital -

DIAMOND

VIETNAM

is the

Puzzle Pete's word

centre of diamond.

The second word is "twitching": third, "handle"; Afth, "furnished with rattan"; end sixth, "In- coin's sun's nickname," plete the diamond:

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VIETNAM

N

A

M

Com-

7 Spinning toy

# Observe

Dutch city

10 Dined

11 Turf

13 Born

10 Possessive pronoun

17 Girl's nickname

18 It runs above the street

1

Room (ah.)

DOWN

1 Anatomical duet

2 Cravat

3 Deity

4 Opra (poet.)

Peruses

M

7 Years between 12 and 20

11 Tronoun

12 Lubricant

14 You hear with this

15 Shade tree

MIRROR WORK

Try these backward (as in o mirror) if you run into trouble uncovering Puzzle Pete's three facts about Vietnam:

NOINU ESENIHC-ODNI AISA NRETSAEHTUOS

ANIHC-NIHCOC

(Solutions on Page 20)

W4000KSTWHOI

PLAINS AND

PRAIRIES

OF THE AMERICAN WEST STILL BEAR SCARS OF BUFFALO WALLOWS, FORMED WHEN

BISON

ROAMED THE

CONTINENT....

THE WALLOWS PROVIDED THE ANIMALS WITH DUST BATHS

IN DRY WEATHER AND MUD BATHS WHEN IT RAINED...

1 MUST

DICT

BIRD SIZES VARY FROM 300 POUNDS FOR THE OSTRICH TO LESS THEN ONE-TENTH OF AN OUNCE FOR THE TINY

HUMMINGBIRDS...

New

THE LIGHT PRODUCED BY FIREFLIES (S WITH- OUT ANY HEAT OR LOSS OF ENERGY, AN ACCOM - PLISHMENT MAN HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE.

DINKY TOYS No. 175 HILLMAN MINX SALOON

This wonderfully detailed model of the Hillman, Minx reproducei porfectly the sleek lines, of the original-aven to the transparant windscreen, side windows and weep around rase window, and choice of bright duo-tone falskes, Langthi 3””,

ĐNKI TOYS NA HÀ HUE ON HORNET SEDAN

From all lights to front bumpir tha magnificant styling of this big American car to reproduced in' perfect detail. All windows hea trudtparant and there's a choice of bright Hao-tone Bolshes. Length: 41"

Keep on collecting

DINKY TOYS

MADE INILAND BY HICCARD LT BONS AGACE LIVERPOOL S

BOYS

AND

GIRLS

☆

CANALS ARE QUESTIONABLE

One famous astranomer, Por- to time yellow-coloured clouds dival Lowell, mapped 400 canals are seen sweeping across these and almost 200 oases.. Fifty cardy prope canals, ho reported, were double. He believed these dark lines were a network of artin- clat waterways bullt by beings with intelligence for irrigation purposes.

four.

a

·

damp-

Its atmosphere contains about five per cent of the areant of water vapour found in the! Earth's atmosphere, and about 15 per cent of the Earth's oxygen content.

*

Because there is so little at-

Old Salts Tale

10

LD

1837

MUS

CAPTAIN

——।*

There is probably some type of vegetation on Mars because preus which there are largo

DECI the Fourth of July from turn green during the summer, then shrink and KTDW brown

FORTHRIDGE China ever since a clipper during the Mardan winter.

heard of antel- ship brought the first, as- These plants which may be mosphere to hold the heat sent had never Hchens or mosses change colour out by the sun, the air begins lites, spitniks, perigees or pigament in 1787. For cooling off as soon as the sun lunar probes. But back in many years almost every because of the shifting Lowell thought Mars was

kets. This means that at noon, dying planet whose inhabitants nose on the phinet's surface. were fighting for life by chan This moisture probably comes

about 120 years ship brought sonie along the temperature at the equator

real with its cargo of rice, aill Is like a balmy spring day, ago he fought a neling their meager water sup-from Mars' polar caps which

about 75 degrees above zero. At battle with rockets.

and tea. ply over the planet's arid stirs are inade up of thin ice or snow.

sunset, the temperature drops to

Small boys used to sit These grow during the winter,

At night t goes down to Other scientists think the then melt and shrink during zero.

about 90 degrees below zero. at his feet open-mouthed The idea that there is life on dark lines are either optical the summers

Mars, which is about one-half and listen to him spin the When the boxes were on Mars' DE- dark illusions caused by Толя

Mars han Mara began after

an almosphere,

the size of the Earth, has two yarn. Ifnes, called canals by their 'mosphere or some type of in- kolentiate tell un, but it is very

deck the men ripped them One, Phobos, is buby moons thim Dcapite this, they Bay,

"If there had been a open and the captain took, discoverer, were found to cover explained surface markings.

about 10 miles across, and the BOTIM Where planet's surface.

A great deal of Mars is cov- it could support life of

other, Delmos, is about

on this out some rockets and some half good stiff breeze these canala meet there are big ered with reddish-orange sand, kind, Occasionally, fors

that sizo.

particular day," the cap Roman candles. He set dark spots, which

some which probably resembles our haze ate detected by astrono-

WILLIAM J. WEISEStain would tell his ou them off pointing in the great Sahara Desert. From time times called oases,

dience, "there wouldn't be direction of the approach- any story."

ing canoes, One of the But there wasn't a breath pirates was hit and the of air stirring and the cap, canoes stopped.

American tain's brig, the Independence, was becalm- ed off Firabuda Point on the const of Sumatra.

the

bre

mers.

And

The Latest In Skin Diving

TO OF WATER SPORTS ARE GETTING GERIOUS' COMPETITION FROM UNDERWATER ACTIVITIES.

IT STARTED WITH SKIN DIVINO, USING SIMPLE SURFACE-BREATHING SNORKEL.

NOW

CALLED POWER DIVER" THIS RIG WILL TOW THE LAZY SKIN DIVER FOR AN HOUR AT THE 100- FOOT LEVEL.

THE AQUA LUNG, WITH A SUPPLY OF AIR PERMITS THE UNDERWATER STAYS OF OVER AN HOUR.

NEWEST GADGETS INCLUDE A TOWING DEVICE THAT MAKES THE DIVER A HUMAN SUBMARINE, AND AN ACTUAL BABY GUB FOR ONE OR TWO.

THE "MINISUB” MAY BE HAD WITH ELECTRIC MOTOR PRIVE OR WITH FOOT PEDALS.

LL AFTER

A Happy Home For Blind Ponies

A

ก

ped her and that was too

much for Mr Lingang.

HORSE TRADING fee which had gone blind give of 350 combined with a ing birth to her colt. The strong love of animals de pony had been used.in He had to pay the buyer veloped into a haven for large park in Michigan but of the mare $20 more than blind ponies at Salem, Ky, was of no further use to he had just sold her for. This unusual, Cedar Grove the park when he became Counting commission, Farm is owned by Mr and blind. The Lingangs didn't cost $50 to got the Mrs J. W. Lingang.

especially want a blind back. The Lingangs recently more but they traded for bought for $2,350 a 21- her. year-old Shetland mare from breeder W. P. Atkin- Bon Midwest City, Okla. This mare made a total of the

☆ ☆ ☆

Then Mr Lingang took to Morrilton,

mare

While all this was going on, a third canoe slipped up under the port quarter and the pirates began to climb aboard. Captain Decimus picked up one of the boxes the of fireworks. While Everyone on board was a bit uneasy because they crew was beating back the had already had several pirates with empty. guns encounters with the pirates and pikes, he threw the

thing into on this voyage. But they whole hadn't seen a sign of them canoe. all day and Captain, Deci- mus went off to bed.

the

The box blew up, scat tering stars, sparks, ser-

He had just got to sleep pents and showers of gold

about midnight when the watch woke hint. Two

and sliver rain. Some of

the serpents even colled

praus (Malay canoes), fill around the pirates' lege. ed with pirates, were np. proaching the ship.

The Independence had They all jumped into the some swivel guns and a few water and the other two muskets, aboard. But the prats were so busy rescu- ammunition had all been ing them that the Indepen- used up in former encoun- dence was able to pull away

in a light breeze that had - However, the captain had sprung up.

tera.

an idea. He ordered two. "And that," Captain De- of his crew to go down into cimue always ended his the hold and bring up A yarn, "was the first time gangs go out, the ponies couple of boxes of fireworks that a battle with pirates won with sky- nicker and gro to the that were stored there.

America s been im- rockets and a Fourth of fence for sugar, apples or

Lingangs porting. fireworks for July celebration.".. whatever the

have as a surprise.

it About the only time the mare blind ponies get confused is when there is a storm their colts- ate From then on, says Mr or when

al weaned and they thunder. Lingang, they have ways bought any blind about, hunting them. ponies they see or hear about, knowing that too. often the unfortunate ani- mals are mistreated.

was ever

Haunted Castle

Guards Ozark Cove

་

Mrs Lingang says, "We A a land

know

that people some-

on

The Lingangs provided a times play

MERICA isn't exactly preparing to move into the

of 'castles,

castic, bo was killed in an auto accident. This was in 1907, and

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11 blind mares, BOTIC re- Ark, and sold her at a pony gistered and some not, on sale there.

our sym-everyone knows.. But you he was one of the first people the Lingang farm. These The next day Mr Lingang live-acre field with a per-pathy but of all the ponies can find the burned-out to sacrifice his life to the auto- mares have seven colta, five saw the buyer of the mare manent pasture for

shell of a million-dollar mobile,

fillics and two horse colts, trying to load her into a herd. They have grain and joyment out of the blind Scottish castle buried deepThe castle

rich draperies were drawn over

The

the

we have, we get more en- all ones and their colts

always healthy and never blind:"

IVY COFFEY

Lingangs started truck. Naturally the pony hay before them at their blind more project was frightened and reared times.

The special pasture is about five years ago by up every time she touched accident when Mr. Lingang the truck. When she fell next to the Lingang home traded for a pony mare backwards the man whip and every time the Lin-

Reading About Animals

-Did Purr Purr Understand All Hanid Read?--

By MAX TRELL

"And," continued Hank. "there's a Porcupine that lives under water, too. It puffs Itself

KNARF, the Shadow Boy with up end has sharp needles

all

It

the Turned-About Name, over. Do you know why this came into the room, looked underwater Porcupine puffs around and saw that his sister, self up?"

sitting Honid, was

by the window. She was reading some- thing out of a large book to Purr Purr, the Kitten, who sat on her ask. lap.

what Fanid was reading to the Knart, went over to find set

Kitten.

4 was

Strango Horses

•

just reading about Aomo Very strange Horacs," Hanid sold to her brother. "Purt Pure is very interested. There ara lorgeA that live under water."

under

"HO:201 that live water?" Knaṛt exclaimed in grazement.

Purr Purr looked amazed,

"Why?" asked Knart. "Why?" Purr Purr seemed to

"So it can't be swallowed by makes itself big and prickly. It another fish." replied Hand, "It

would be like, rating

pin- Cushion."

"Ugh!" said Knari. "Meow!" said Purr Purt.

a

w

something, but all she 'did was to purr.

There are wonderful things in this Natural History Book," sad Hanid, "It says how long different kinds of Animals live.

"It says that Elephants live to be a hundred years old and Crocodiles live to be two bun dred years old. Horses live to bo about thirty years old and Doga live to be about fifteen. 'Gome Parrots ve for a hundred years. A Mouse Ilves for six years and a Cat can live for twenty. Duel and Geese can live to be afty years old,"

was closed. The in the Missouri .Ozarks.

the furniture the windows, are It is called Hahatonka. theeled in white. Soon the The name is Indian and the castle had that haunted look tragedy of this castle is part that unoccupied buildings ne- of the legend of the moun- quir

Then the government decided taina.

to dam up the mearby. Os Today the fire-ravaged Fiver to create a man-mado stone walls of Hahatonka, lake, The rising waters of the high on П

bluff above Elg Niangua engulfed Snyder's Counterfeiter's Cove, stare aid grist mill and water wheel. When the Lake of the Ozarka down on picturesque Lake rally filed, it had a thoreline of the Ozarks,

of 1,300 miles and the water

4-22

Suddenly Knart said: "I won- Hanid: What' Tilstory Book, Animal starta by Uving in the Haald wap reading to Pure Furr de if this is in your Naturel

water and ends by singing all

who sat on ker lap. night?"

Hanid looked puzzled. She thought for a minute, then sold chic didn't know.

The Frog Kurt Bald, and

"Then there'a another Fish that swing around with a an its head. It's called the Saw he laughed." fish," said Hand.

"It's a very dangerous Fisi"

"I should think FO," Knart.

A Silent Nöd

sald

Purr Purr nodded but didn't

*There Yes," odded Hanid. too. Her green eyes were circles say what she thought. bf surprise.

"They're Fish," said Hanid, are ait kinds of strange Fish. Do Wying Fish? They're called Sea Horses be- you know about CRUSC hey have heads that look. The reason, they fly out of the water is to escape their enemies like the heads of Horses. But such as the Parpolse. Just on the they have no feet. They have Porpoise is about Just long curly talls that wind them, the Flying Fish spring out around slicks and stem. under of the walor and glide through the ocean."U ·

"Well," mild Knarf, how I the air to another place far Understand. I didn't know you meant, Sea Horses." He smiled"

Hard To Tell

Pure Pure looked

away****

snsp

at

Flying Fish are funny" wid "Knart. "It Fishes can fly, why

can't Drds swin?"

Birds can swim,” said Hanld. "What about the Duck?",

ags though" forgot about the Duck," she might bo, smiling,, too. Only mald Har

It is very hand to tell when a Purr Purr looked na ifs, nhưn Kriten da amiline.

"might be gétilng reddy... lo' my

Did Purr Pure laugh? Per- haps. But all she did was nestle down closer in Hanid's lap and PUTT,

Rupert and the Carved Stick-13

solemn-looking gentle. The two pats look, at the odd.... here'?**. stting of figures on the Bandle. man infacing them among the fallen stones. Oh, please, we're "What can 7120914 sneari 2 "*. muttera Edward "If yest, on a pienie and we're exploring this so it can't be somebody's age," old castle."aya Rupert,

wa're just found this strange walking stick with carvinga-on lir 14 le yours? **

As they move along, a atairi voice Intrerupts their thoughts. Well,

and what may, you two be 'doing

ALL BIONTA RÉIRRVID

Today only the walls of Mabatonka atand, deep in, the

Ozarks.

מ

The beauty of the region to come to the foot of the clif day remains the same as it was just below the castle. a halt oentury úgo when File Bill was unkind to the wealthy Englishman, Hebert M. castle. A forest fire raged up Snyder, first saw the spot. Ho the mountin one spring ting was intrigued with it and male and the castle was afted, : All ate: the plans at once to build a castle that remain today high up on the bluft that looked bleak stone walis, staring lolo

Osori down on the Dig Nhungua River, the cobalt blue of the

Stonemasons wore brought in sky.

from Scotland und work started The folks who live doep in on the castle. It was mate of the ooves Stiles that it is kimund❤ native Missouri stone,. hnd 100 ed. · They ‚my: the castle talks, room, 20 replaces and gor- telling its isle of war, sold Acous reception halls.

That miKhi bo rotching the. Nearby, Snyder built massivo imagination 4 bit too for, but. mables for his horses, and, the wind does whistle oorly lookout tower that commanded through the huch, grunt walls, a wide view, of his beloved as if lamasting a man whose mountains. Pown below the dream of Old-World grandeur Cova was platuresque old died with him that day 30 years kgo when he stepped. In front 'grist milk, and a water wheel.

Flul tragedy, stalked the Eng- of an autorile, fleman. Just as his family wan

-GRÖVER BRINKMAN