Abandoned Fort Turned
Into National Monument
Fort Jefferson, Off Florida,
Has Glamorous History.
Washington. Fort Jefferson, an
abandoned fortress on one of the tiny
Dry Tortugas Isles' off Florida, recent'
ly turned over by the United States
navy to the National Park service, has
history that Is "at once glamorous,
tragic, and futile," says the National
Geographic society.
"The Dry Tortugas He me sixty
miles to (he west of Key West, like an
afterthought to the main Florida
Keys," continues the bulletin. "These
Isolated - Isles are nothing more than
seven low bars of wind-swept shell
and coral sand, sparsely covered with
mall bay cedars and palms, encircled
by dangerous reefs, and uninhabited
except for a few faithful lighthouse
keepers, and thousands upon thou
sands of nesting sooty aud noddy
terns.
"The fully bastloned brick and stone
walls of Fort Jefferson, on Garden
Key. once earned, for it the nickname
'Gibraltar, of America.' Long obsolete
s a means of defense, the hoary
stronghold now has become a nation
al monument by Presidential order.
Futile Military History.
"Despite its resounding nickname,
however, the dismantled and decaying
Fort Jefferson bas played a futile part
In military history. Built In 1846, it
was supposed to guard the ship lanes
between Cuba and Florida, but even
before It was completed the vast
ltadel was agreed to be a military
mistake. It was garrisoned, however,
early during the Civil war and held by
federal forces throughout the conflict,
serving as prison after 1863.
"No enemy gun ever poured shot
and shell into Its barracks. A Con
federate gunboat sailed cautiously with
In range In 1861, but It was frightened
away when the commander of the fort
trained upon the warship his full com
plement of guns--scarcely a dozen of
"wjilch were loaded!
"Although It never figured In a mili
tary action, the grim old stronghold
Is no stranger to horror and death.
Within Its moated walls yellow fever
suddenly appeared In August, 1867.
' "All officers, including the surgeon,
!Ied, and for a time direction of med
ical affairs rested with a prisoner.
This was the unfortunate Dr. Samuel
A. Mudd, who had been imprisoned at
the Island fort because, when awak
ened In the dead of night, at his Mary
land home below Washington, he had
set the broken leg of a stranger who
turned out to be John Wilkes Booth,
assassin of President Lincoln. Doctor
Mudd courageously tended the sick
and dylsg until he, too, was taken 111.
He recovered, and, because of his
heroic efforts, was granted a full par
don. Used In War With Spain.
"Fort Jefferson was Anally aban
doned Id 1873, although It was tem
porarily reoccupled by American
troops during the Spanish-American
war. Since 1900 It bas been a ward
of the Navy department As a nation
al monument it will be open to vis
itors. Already a force of relief work
ers has cleaned up part of the court
yard and Is Installing quarters for
those who come by boat or plane and
wish to remain overnight. Fort Jef
ferson Is one of the least-known bits
of American domain, because under
navy rule It was closed to all visitors,
and not even airplanes were permitted
to fly over It.
"The Dry Tortugas possess a great
many attractions for fishermen and
naturalists. More than 600 varieties
of fish abound In the clear waters off
Its enveloping reefs, and Bird Key has
long been- a national bird' and turtle
refuge.
"The Dry Tortugas owe the last part
of their name to Ponce de Leon, who
discovered the Islands -In ' June, 1513,
Tortuga is Spanish for turtle. The fa
mous .explorer captured 170 of the rep
tiles there to replenish the' larder of
bis ship, in 1565 that, sturdy -Elizabethan,
Capt. J. Hawkins, homeward
bound from a profitable voyage In for
bidden Spanish waters, visited the is
lands. He loaded his pinnace with birds
of species that still breed there by tnou-
Non-Freezing Lake f
.Gives Farmer Idea
Geneva. N. I. Farmer Dell 1iad
a great Idea.
The farmer's Inspiration came
from a peculiarity of Seneca lake,
one of the state's most famous
beauty spots.
The lake seldom freezes, despite
the fact that surrounding waters
are sheets of Ice. Only In the most
severe cold spells will the lake de
velop more than skim Ice.
Farmer Dell's Idea, as he later
admitted, was to fill the radiator
of his automobile with Lake Seneca
water, and save the cost of pur
chasing non-freezing agents.
To his surprise, the water which
would pot freeze In Lake Seneca
turned to Ice so quickly during a
zero ' cold wave that the radiator
burst In several places.
sands, took the flesh and eggs of great
sea turtles, and set down In his log
notes that read like a page from Rob
inson Crusoe."
Cupid' Assistant
Morrilton, Ark. Justice of Peace R.
A. Kaird likes to see young people get
married ,ahd will help Dan Cupid In
his matches this year. A notice In
local newspapers promised he would
perform all marriages free during 1939
and would answer calls at any time,
night or day.
Germany's Quota of Sugar for U. S.
sv if- ,t - ,
t i
Sidewalk Cafe
By LEONORA WOODWARD
) McClure Ntwsraier tiyndlcaie.
WNU Service.
Going, going, gone! -all the sugar Germany will be permitted to Import
into the United States In 1935, all 79.8 pounds of It ! C W. Cole, auctioneer, is
shown turning over the entire bag to B. F. Welch, after several minutes of
feverish bidding. The sugar was purchased by Lamborn and company, New
York brokers, at the Northern Sugar Refinery, Frellstedt, Germany, and brought
to Chicago for exhibit during, the convention of sugar refiners.
Plan to Explore Stratosphere by Rockets
Professor to Use Projectiles to
Go 150 Miles.
Roswell, N. M. Rockets equipped
with automatic recording devices will
be shot into the stratosphere to a dis
tance of from 40 to 150 miles from the
arth's surface from an especially con
structed 60-foot tower near here this
spring In science's latest attempt to
penetrflfe the secrets behind cosmic
rays, light rays and radio waves.
The experiments will be the culmi
nation of months of work on the part
of Dr. R. H. Goddard, head of the de
partment of physics at Clarke univer
sity, Worcester, Mass., who expects
they will yield data of great value to
science. One Immediate beneficiary
would be radio broadcasting.
The tower Is rising In a shallow val
ley 25 miles from Roswell. In the
STUDYING THE BRAIN
W7i
' student with electrodes connected
from Us head to the apparatus show
ing how Dr. Herbert H. Jasper, and
Dr. Leonard Csrmlcbaet, of ; Brown
university department of psychology,
take "action currents" front the brain.
One new apparatus is capable of pho
tographing amplified "action currents'
(Iran aff by the annua brala.
meantime Doctor Goddard is carrying
out preliminary experiments on a farm
four miles from here, aided by a staff
of assistants.
The Guggenheim foundation Is financ
ing the unique test. Roswell was se
lected for the site of the experiments
because of unique Atmospheric and cli
matic conditions.
The type of rocket to be used Is 12
feet long and approximately 2 feet in
diameter at its widest point. It Is
equipped with a parachute designed to
be released at the highest point of Its
flight
There Is no danger of the rocket
causing injury, Doctor Goddard be
lieves, as he calculated It will return
to the earth almost vertically, and Its
flight will be under control from the
tower at all times. The tower site Is
15 miles from the nearest settlement
Advantages of the rocket ascensions
over stratosphere balloon flight? lie in
the fact that balloons, to rise beyond
14 miles, must be of such great size
and at the same time such light weight
that construction dangerous to passen
gers results, according to Doctor God
dard. He pointed to the fatal outcome
of the 72,000 feet stratosphere as
cension of three Soviet Russians.
The date of the projected tests will
depend on the results of ground experi
ments now being conducted here
"There is a long period of testing
before any practical results are cer
tain," Doctor Goddard explained. "We
will probably spend several months in
the laboratory before any test will be
made."
time with the "homing" radio compass.
This device enables an airplane pilot
to tune In either on Department of
Commerce airways radio stations and
course beacons or on regular radio
broadcasting stations and fly directly
toward them from any point of the
compass.
Moon Looks Like Green
Cheese, Asserts Expert
Washington. Sweethearts may find
romance In the moon, but It's just an
other piece of green cheese to Dr.
Harry Burton, astronomer at the naval
observatory.
Doctor Burton views the moon
through a 20-Inch telescope. He said
the celestial body Is made of pumice
and volcanic ash.
Explaining why he thought the
moon looked like green cheese, the as
tronomer said Its upper quarter Is full
of holes, which are really extinct vol
cano craters. This part resembles
Swiss cheese.
Near the center and the lower half
of the orb, he said, the surface is
smoother and a darker green. This Is
caused by the setting sun and shad
ows cast by mountains. To Doctor
Burton it looks like green cheese mold.
775 U. S. Planes Are Now
Equipped With Radios
Washington. A recent survey by the
bureau of sir commerce, shows that
there are 775 radio-equipped airplanes
In commercial and private operation
throughout the United States, whereof
843 are owned by the scheduled air
lines, 248 Installed In private planes,
135 In ships used by Individual firms
for business purposes and 49 In craft
employed for air taxi and charter
flights. Government-owned aircraft,
such as that operated by the army,
nary and bureau of air commerce It
self, many of which carry radio equip
ment, was not Included In the survey.
A considerable increase In the em
ployment of airplane radio among pri
vate owners during the coming year Is
anticipated as a result of developments
I that have been under way for some
Find College Students'
Honesty Nearly Perfect
Delaware, Ohio. Ohio Wesleyan
university students are "almost per
fect" In the matter of honesty, believes
Charles Hamilton, Y. M. C. A. presi
dent
The "X" has been selling examina
tion books at a cost of one cent each.
The books are placed on a table and
students asked to drop their pennies
in a box nearby. Although several
thousand books have been sold, an av
erage of only one In 100 is unaccounted
for, Hamilton said.
npHK nilii swept suddenly down upon
Fifth ii venue and drove the diners
indoors. All but Consta nee who left
her youn man for a gap In the boxed
hedge ami ducked around the nearest
corner. Like a bedraggled chicken run
ning for cover, she thought a little hys
terically, nnd hnlled a passing cab.
"And that's that." murmured Con
stance srttlliif; herself as comfortably
as possible, meaning that she had writ
ten a rather clever ending to an eve
ning of adventure. Meaning that if a
girl has been so indiscreet as to pick
up a man, the better part of valor lies
In flight.
Once back In her hotel room, sur
veying her rnln-drenched self In thft
mirror, al! fear vanished and all sense
of shame as well. She was glad that
she had got dust In her eye and had to
have it removed by the best looking
man In New York !
It bad all happened because she bad
spent a two weeks' vacation In New
York alone and this had been her last
night And dining all by yourself In
one of those romantic sidewalk cafes
between Madison and Washington
squares wasn't so pleasant if you re
membered that very shortly you must
return to Mr. Berrlng and his type
writer back in Mldvale.
The best looking young man she had
ever seen was dining Just two tables
away quite alone.
A bit of Fifth avenue lodged In her
eye. It felt more like the Empire State
building, although It came out at the
first dab of Constance's handkerchief.
But Constance discarding all her aunt's
teachings, had continued to wipe her
eye and hod even moaned a little for
good measure. It had worked! The
tall blond young man had left his seat
to offer assistance. He had said : "You
see. I've had a great deal of experi
ence; my mother was always getting
things in her eye. So If you'll permit
me
Constance had submitted bravely to
having her ridiculously long lashes
rolled back on a match and to having
the corner of a very large, very clean
linen handkerchief Inserted In a per
fectly clear eye.
"There! the young man had an
nounced at last and gravely showed her
a fleck of dust on his handkerchief.
So the blond young man moved over
and they lingered over coffee and ciga
rettes. They exchanged names and
other unimportant information which
on Constance's part at least was
strictly misleading. She still preferred
to be a New Yorker down for her shop
. ping. His name was Bill Maynard.
He was the sort you called Bill at
once. He had lived In New York all
his life.
Bill was saying: "You're a real per
son, Constance. I mean real."
Constance had wanted to say that
she wasn't real, at least she wasn't
what he thought ber. She wanted to
tell him that she was just a stenog
rapher from the Middle West enjoying
a vacation In New York.
"I'd like you to meet my mother.
She's a darling. Taught me to scrub
behind my ears; that hard work never
hurt anyone; and not to tell lies."
"So many people do," murmured poor
Constance, "tell lies, I mean."
"You couldn't," BUI had said confi
dently. How could she tell him then?
improved:" '
uniform international
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By REV. r. B. PITZWATEH, D. O.
Member of Faculty, Moody Bible
Institute of ChtcaKo.)
O. Wentern Newspaper Union.
Lesson for March 3
LIFE'S IMPORTANT THINGS
My list of the four most preferable
things In lire Is : First, wisdom ; sec
and, domestic happiness; third, rec
ognition and encouragement; fourth,
welfare of one's country. Dean Inge,
PETER
UNMASKS FALSEHOOD
AND HYPOCRISY
LESSON TKXT-Acta 5:1-11, 8:18-14.
GOLDEN TKXT Wherefore putting
away lying, speak every man truth
with hla neighbor: for we are member
ne of another. Epheslans 4:25.
PRIMARY TOPIC Petera Friend
Helps People.
JUNIOR TOPIC Peter Standa for
Truth and Honesty.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP'
IC The Sin of Lylnsr.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP'
IC Modern Form of Hypocrisy.
and Sapphira (Acts
Fortune in Stamps Is
Revealed in Waste Paper
Burlington, Wis. An old receipt
bearing a canceled stamp blew against
the feet of Jay Land here and be
picked It up. Trying to trace its source,
be discovered that it came from a bale
of paper which a Junk man bad taken
from an old express office In a neigh
boring town.
Land bought the bale for 73 cents
It contained many more stamps of
the Civil war period. Be already' has
sold $190 worth to dealers and baa
made one rare find that may be worth
as much as all the others sold,
A few days later she was walking the
streets of her home town, jobless.
She knew she ought to be registering
at an employment agency but nothing
seemed to matter now. She had lost
ber job and Bill. She looked at a store
set back from the sidewalk and
thought, "What a grand place for a
sidewalk cafe."
Then said sternly to herself: "Look
her, Constance, this won't do, you
know. You've got to be nonchalant,"
and took out her compact to repair the
damages from not being nonchalant
After that she felt better. She could
even face the wind which was blowing
off Main street and then It happened
again! All the dirt from Main street
was In her eye and no amount of rub
bing did any good.
She turned blindly toward the near
est door. She'd have to sit down and
find her handkerchief; she'd have to
find some one to help her. Only there
wasn't any Bill now.
Some one Inside was taking her el
bow, leading her to a seat A profes
sional voice murmured, "It's rather
dusty, isn't It? Now if you'll Just hold
still a moment "
And then gentle, efficient fingers
were rolling back ber ridiculously long
lashes.
- "There, do you want to see what did
the damage!"
Constance opened her eyes. She
saw a glass case filled with eye glasses
above which was a sign "We Are Glsd
to Romovc Dust from Your Eyes Free
of Charge." She looked up and there
was
"Bill I"
"Constance!"
"But how, when, where" It sim
ply couldn't be true.
"Ton darling! did yon think I'd let
you get away so easily? In all that
nonsense yon told me, yon bad said yon
were stopping st the Treymore. And
when I found that yon were from Mid
vale, well, Mldvale wss as good a place
to hunt for a job as any, so"
"Ion found, a Job and I lost 000."
Too only need one Job In a family,'
said BUI confidently.
"I hadn't" and Constance smiled.
I. Ananias
5:1-11).
ine new community formed after
Pentecost is now for the first time
called the Church. Since the Chris
tians have now broken with Judaism
the success of the new community de
pends upon its gaining recognition.
The Church Is now superseding the
Mosaic economy. It was now to be
Ood's dwelling place, as hitherto It had
been In the Tabernacle and Temple.
Their sanctity was now being trans
ferred to the Church. This fact the
Church Itself must learn as well as
the Jewish people who surrounded It
L Their sin (vv. 1, 2). It was
hypocritical Imitation of the generous
act of Barnabas (4:36, 37). Because
of the particular distress of the early
Church following its open rupture with
Judaism, Its members for a time had
s "community of sroods." This was not
universal nor permanent Ananias
kept back a part of the proceeds from
the sale of his land, while pretending
to have brought It all. Bis wife was
a partner in It They wanted the
honor of generosity without paying
the price thereof.
2. Their Judgment (vv. 3-10),
Physical death was visited upon An
anias and Sapphira for their sin. They
lied to the Holy Ubost In keeping back
a part of the price of their laud. They
were not obliged to sell their land or,
having sold it to bring any of their
money and place it In the common
fund. People today are walking in the
way of Ananias and Sapphira when
they make a profession of Christianity
for temporal gain and pleasure.
Preaching the sermons of Moody,
Spurgeon, etc., without giving credit
Is another form of this evlL God Is
passing judgment upon many for their
sins of this kind (I Cor. 11:27-30).
3. The effect (vv. 11-16).
a. Great fear came upon the Church
and upon all who heard of these things
(v. 11). The Church should be re
garded as holy because of its being the
very dwelling place of the Most High
God. Irreverence Is an outstanding sin
of this age.
b. Multitudes of men and women
were added to the Lord (w. 14, IS).
The fame of Peter was spread far and
wide, so that the people were anxious
to come under bis shadow. The
proper recognition of the holiness of
the Church, the body of Christ will
bring many to Christ for salvation.
c Hypocrites did not dare to join
(v 13). The vindication of the holt
oess of the Church deterred none but
hypocrites from joining. No unre-
generare person and nothing unhal
lowed has any place In the Church.
II. Simon the Sorcerer ( Acts 8:18-
24).
1. His wicked request (vv. 18, 19).
When Simon saw that Peter's power
to work wonders exceeded bis own
and that this power was received
through the laying on of hands, he
offered money for the gift This act
revealed his hypocrisy. He professed
faith In Christ and was baptized, and
even followed the apostles for a selfish
end. Traffic In sacred things Is called
"Simony," from the name of this sor
cerer. Making merchandise of Chris
tianity Is committing the same sin.
Using the name of Christ for the pur
pose of gain Is to be guilty of this sin.
2. Peter's severe rebuke (vv.
20-22).
a. "Thy money perish with thee."
This Implies that Peter's judgment was
that Simon was unregenerate and that
be himself was In the way of perish
ing. b. "Thy heart Is not right In the
sight of God." One whose Inner Ufa
delights In God could not seek the
Spirit's power for selfish reasons.
C "Repent of thy wickedness and
pray to God for forgiveness." While
Peter recognized that this man was
unsaved, he did not regard him as be
yond the hope of salvation, but urged
him to turn from his sin and ask for
forgiveness.
d. "Thou art In the gall of bitter
ness and In the bond of Iniquity." The
one and only thing for this man to do
was to repent and sue for forgiveness.
Simon requested Peter's prayer to the
end that he might escape divine Judg
ment
A Law Every
Mother Should
Know and Observe
Never Give Your Child An
Unknown Remedy without
Asking Your Doctor First
According to
any doctor you
ask, the only
safe way is
never to give
your child a
remedy you don't know all
about, without asking him first.
When it. comes to "milk of
magnesia," that you know every
where, for over 60 years, doctors
have said "PHILLIPS' Milk of
Magnesia for your child."
So always say Phillips' when
you buy. And, for your own
peace of mind, see that your
child gets this; the finest men
know.
aak ftaV ssWssl EsaQfstev
You can assist others by refusing
to accept a substitute for the
genuine Phillips' Milk of Mas-
irml ug li 113 in in
interest of yourself MS
ana your cnuaren
and in the in
terest of the
public In general.
iSis
SfcteJ llll
Phillips'
Mere Atom
A man wrapped up In himself
makes a very small package.
FLOWERS
YOUR NEIGHBORS
WILL ENVY
Don't take a back seat
when it comes to grow
ing flowers. Plant
Ferry 's Purebred Flower
Seeds and your garden
will be the envy of
every one in. your neigh
borhood. They are pure
bred seeds the off
spring of generations of
perfect plants.
ft
lM
n si,i hi. i.'
i 1 (.m.v a1
Leads to Temptation
If one is very smart, that Is, "clev
er the temptation to be dishonest
may be greater.
Tout tlaw
it
2J
The Power of Joaas
Therefore doth my Father love me,
because I lay down my life, that I
might take It again. No man taketh
It from me, but I lay It down of my
self. I have power to lay It down, and
I have power to take It agala This
commandment have I received of my
rather. John 10:17-18.
Matt Be Testae
In most men there most be a traf
dy of the soul, and the "majesty ot
righteousness" mast be burned Into as.
1 "iSrft?-l
-n)ds more
than cosmetic
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roas wiajia.Wbea.co.'
acipelioa clogs cbe pores
widi intestinsl wastes,
CLEANS INTER
NAUY with GarfieM
Tea. Heine idine the
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"thought of that"