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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1935)
Old Sol Cant Elude Patients of This Hospital THE most up-to-date hospital In France Is this huge revolving ward hullt by the Institute of Ac tlnology at Vallaurls-le-Cannet near Cannes. It keeps pace with the moving sun. thus enabling patients to benefit by Sol's health-giving rays as long as he stays In the sky. edtisne Story Thornton W Burgess Vd _ .. DANNY IS GLAD HIS TAIL IS SHORT MANY, many times, Danny Mead ow Mouse had envied his cous ins. Whitefoot the NVoodmouse, Nim ble Heels the Jumping Moose, and Kibbler the House Mouse, because of their long tails. It used to seem to him that Old Mother Nature had been very unfair tn giving him such a homely, short, stubby tall. If there was any one thing he would have had If he could, It would have been a long tall. The truth Is, Dnnny used to be ashamed of that short tail. But he Isn’t any more. No, sir, Danny Meadow Mouse wouldn't tr-tO “Never, Never Again," Thought Danny, “Will I Envy Anyone a Long Tall." Iiare that tail of his any different now If he could. He had learned one of life's great lessons, which Is thn* those things which sometimes seem the least to be desired are the great est blessings. He lenrned It that night when he played hide and seek ■with Buster Bear, deep In the Green Forest Buster Bear Is a very clever fel low. There are few who use their wits as Buster uses Ills. It didn’t take him long to realize that never In the world would he be able to catch Danny Meadow Mouse by simply chasing him round and round the trunk of that tree. As soon as be realized It he stopped to think. Now, while that tree was big, It wasn’t so big that Buster couldn't reach quite half way round It, for Buuster has a long reach. An idea came to him and his little eyes snapped and he grinned wickedly. “I’ll give that Mouse a surprise," thought he. So Buster stole softly close up to the tree on the other side of which poor little Danny Meadow Mouse crouched wondering what would happen next. Very softly and carefully Buster reached around the tree with one big paw and brought It down swiftly. And It came down right on the very tip end of Danny’s little short tail. Had that tall been an Inch longer, Danny would have been caught. As It was. Buster’s paw came down on the tip end only, and when Danny jumped, as of course he did, his tail slipped right out from under. With a pitiful little squeak of fear Danny darted over to another tree and whisked around behind that, liven then. In the midst of his fright, he was thankful to Old Moth er Nature for hnvlng given him that short tall. Its shortness was all that had saved his life und he knew It. ‘‘Never, never again,” thought Danny, “will I envy anyone a long tail. Cousin Whltefoot’s tall may be handsomer than mine, but If Cousin Whltefoot had been In my place ne would be right In Buster Bear’s stomach this very minute, and It would have been all because of his long tall.” Then Danny began to look about him hurriedly In the hope of Hiding a hiding place, for Buster Hour had seen where Dunny had gone and was coming to try that same trick over again. © T. W. Bur*pm.—WNU Survlo*. Flying Mayor With but 7 hours and itJ min utes Instruction, Mayor Charles I. Smith of Seattle made Ids tirst solo flight at the controls of an air plane. He was In the air ten min utes and then came down to a per fect three-point landing. The In spiration for the taking up of avia tion began with the discovery in t he closet of Ids home of n flyer’s helmet that he picked up in France during the World war. Reddle la Kind of Paint lteddle Is a variety of ocherous red Iron ore, used for marking, es pecially sheep. To reddle Is to mark or stain with red ocher or reddle. The Last Chore yoHO.'eooQ #YE.5EE\W when mhool COMMENCES -two SUMMERS AbO Wfc FORbCT TO HAVE THE paper sent out to the ANPWE M.SSEP IT SO WE OUST WERE 10ST fWPOPY WROTE AMO WE , Hadn't kno^ what was uAPPENlHb AT HOME. ,twas terrible. YOUR HOME TOWN PAPER W ■ 0> BLUE-RIBBON BABY By ANNE CAMPBELL Blue-ribbon baby, with stars In your eyes, You are reward enough I You are Life’s prize! Some have a cat with a high pedi gree; Others have dogs that are noble to see. The loveliest flowers gained awards at the fair, And even a pumpkin wore blue with an air! Blue-ribbon horses ran races and won I Cnttle and hogs gained a place In the sun. All we nre proud of In this gor geous state, We saw us we entered the fair’s, swinging gate. 1, who enjoyed it, looked forward to see The baby who stayed home and waited for me. Blue-ribbon baby, I never could win A greater reward than my days, which begin With a baby’s blue gaze, and the touch of small hands. And the thousand sweet nothings my heart understands. Blue-ribbon Baby, with stnrs In your eyes, You nre reward enough I You are Life’s prize! Copyright—WNU Service. Form Ocean Whirlpool The general circulatory system of the North Atlantic consists of a great whirl or vortex turning clock wise. The Gulf stream and the North Atlantic drift form the north western and northern portions of this vortex. “Piano” of 5,000 B. C. Archeologists recently found near Peiping, China, the remains of a piano like Instrument with 11 strings and a sounding board, possibly dat ing from as early as 8000 II. C. * MOTHER’S * COOK BOOK B PICNIC MEALS I’EN-AIli meals are In order now until tire snow Hies. These picnic meals may be of the simplest, but be sure that there Is plenty of whatever it Is, for there Is nothing that encourages appetite like a good long walk and a ride In the fresh air. The perfect picnic always sup poses a Ure, where things can be heated or cooked, and there are few Scouts or Camptlre Girls who can not prepare one In a short time. The building of a llreplace to roast the potatoes or corn and boll the water for the frankfurters Is an ac complishment thnt most of the youth of today take as a matter of course. If the tire is to be made on the beach, a trench is dug to make a tire-box. Then the true sportsman will see that every bit of debris and all embers are burned and burled before leaving the campfire. One may cook bacon on sticks, threading the slices on green twigs, or cook steak in a camp frying pan or on a piece of sheet iron. A few trips will give one a good Idea of the things needed and the collection will last for a long time with care. One may eat and digest very hearty foods when out of doors, fried potatoes, boi'ed welnerwurst or frankfurters cooked In boiling wa ter are so good in bread and but ter sandwiches with a slice of mild onion. Kggs scrambled make a nice dish. To roast sweet potatoes one must use the following direc tions carefully: Wash the potatoes carefully and wrap them In green leaves or wet brown paper, then bury them in hot ashes and cover with coals and burning wood. In 40 minutes try them with n sharp stick. As soon as they are soft remove from the wrapping und eat with plenty of butter while piping hot. This same method Is used for Irish potatoes. © Western Newspaper Unton. Familiar Sights for Old Timers MKMBKRS of the Battle Creek Three-Quarters of a Century club, each of whom Is over seventy-five years of age, revived familiar scenes of their youth when they made a pilgrimage to Henry Ford’s old-time Green field village. Such things as a tin-type shop, hansom cabs and other his toric sights carried the old folks bnck 60 years. These women were de lighted to find a replica of the old-time general store, and enjoyed a shop ping tour. ‘Through JEAN NEW TON A WOMAN S EYES WE’VE GROWN TOO MODERN FOR WIVES TO SELL HUSBANDS IF MY friends have any doubt that a new day for women has not only dawned but Is In full swing, let them hark to this tale from Soviet Russia, where a wife sold her hus band for a hundred rubles! The couple were textile workers. In their thirties, and had three small children. A friend of the wife in the lower social position of a teach er, asked her help In finding a hus band. She complained of not hav ing the more fortunate factory work er’s opportunities for meeting men, and offered the other woman a hun Question Box By ED WYNN The Perfect Fool Dear Mr. Wynn: 1 am a boy twelve years old, and am In the ninth grade In school. In my English lesson for next week I must write an essay In which 1 have to use three words, meaning the direct opposite to the following three words: “Misery,” “Sorrow,” and "Woe." I know the opposite to “misery” is "happiness," and 1 know the opposite to “sorrow” is “Joy," but the other word sticks me. Will you please tell me the oppo site to “woe”? Yours truly, DICK SHONARY. Answer: I am surprised a boy of your age doesn’t know that the opposite to “woe” Is “gld-dap.” Dear Mr. Wynn: Would you be kind enough to tell me the best way to remove paint? Yours truly, L STAINEASY. Answer: Sit on It. Dear Mr. Wynn: What Is meant by the expression, “He came down with flying colors"? Truly yours, U. It. SOHSMAItT. Answer: That expression Is used when a painter falls off of a high building with a pot of paint in his hand. Dear Mr. Wynn: Will you kindly settle a dispute for us? In our town there Is a strike on the trolley car line and the cars are being run by Incompe tent men, with the result there have several accidents. What we want to know Is this: “In case of an accident, what Is the first duty of the conductor and the motor man?" Yours truly, VIOLET RAYS. Answer: In case of an accident the first duty of the conductor and the nmtorman Is to blame It on each other. © Aasoriated Newspaper*. WNU Service. “An Ounce of Prevention,” Etc. “An ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure," Is an English translation of an old Latin proverb, the author of which Is unknown. dred rubles If she could get her a "kind hearted man with domestic tastes.” The wife needed a hundred rubles and her friend had never met her husband; so quite Ingenuously she conceived the Idea, not of selling him. but of renting him temporarily, so to speak. She arranged a satis factory meeting between the two, and divorced her husband to enable him to marry the other woman. Those are mere details in Russia today, and the plan was to have him return in a few weeks and re marry her. This Is authentic, mind you, the subject of a news dispatch from Moscow; not a fairy tale. The marriage went off smoothly nnd the money was paid. The only hitch in the plan came a few weeks later when the wife prepared to re marry her husband—and he would not go home! And the courts upheld him. The moral—cheating cheaters? Oh, no. The story is too luscious with other implications for one to be too serious about It. It turns my thoughts to past days when hus bands could sell or give their wives. If they wanted them back they had only to settle that with the buyer— the wife was never consulted. Now comes a day when a wife sells or rents her husband! And yet It seems not so easy. When she wants him she can’t get him back. And what defeats her utterly is that the courts support his claims of the right to stay with his current spouse. <0 Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Right for Travel Dark red and white polka dotted tie silk Is combined wdth natural linen crash in this smart ensemble for travel. The tunic length coat with intricately cut sleeves is lined with the same fabric that the dress is made of. From Jay-Thorpe. Bathtub* Once Banned About a century ago a nation wide fight was raging in the United States over bathtubs. Ohio, Penn sylvania and some other states had passed laws forbidding the installa tion of a bathtub in any home be cause they were considered a men ace to health. Physicians warned the people against the intemper ate habit of bathing once a week and exposing themselves to pneu monia. In spite of all this opposi tion, it was estimated 1,500 bath tubs were in use in the United States in 1830.—Capper's Weekly. Sleeping Sickness in Horses, Mules Animals Are Affected Dur ing Warm Weather; Serum Recommended. Supplied by *fce United States Department of Agriculture.—WNU Service. During warm weather, horse owners are advised to be on the lookout for encephalomyelitis, an Infectious disease affecting the brain and spinal cord of both horses and mules and sometimes called “sleep ing sickness” or “blind staggers.” It has caused serious losses in re cent years to farmers In Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey and several mid-western and west ern states, and may spread to new areas. Use of the commercially prepared antl-encephalomyelltis serum Is warranted where the disease ap pears. However, the Immunity which this produces Is of short duration and treatment must be re peated at Intervals. The serum should be administered by a com petent veterinarian. The first noticeable symptoms of encephalomyelitis are disturbance of the appetite, lack of spirit, and weakness. These are quickly fol lowed by sleepiness, grinding of the teeth, walking in a circle, or trying to push or plunge through any ob stacle with which the animal comes in contact. Later the animal may go down and although unable to rise may thrash violently with the feet and head. After reaching this stage the animal usually dies. The department recommends that affected animals be isolated and that stables and other equipment be thoroughly cleaned and disin fected with a formalin or lye solu tion. Evidence indicates that mos quitoes or other blood-sucking in sects carry the infection. Where the disease exists horses, when not In use, should be housed in clean stables and protected from insects. Investigations by the department and other agencies during recent out breaks have been aimed at the de velopment of an effective tissue vac cine. Some progress has been made and a vaccine developed will be tested further In areas where the disease occurred in 1934. The vac cination consists of an injection of a “dead” virus. Apparently many unlmals, but not all, may be pro tected by this vaccine. No Increase Foreseen in Bacterial Wilt of Corn Little If any Increase In bac terial wilt of sweet corn (Stewart’s Disease) for 1935 is foreseen by Dr. Nell Stevens of the United States Department of Agriculture. This Is purely an experimental forecast, based upon studies of win ter temperatures. Doctor Stevens’ believes that a mild winter, or sev eral mild winters are likely to be followed by outbreaks of the dis ease in the northeastern states. His conclusions are based upon and sup ported by winter temperatures and occurrence of the disease since 1900. He found that when the average of temperature for December, Janu ary, and February was 30 degrees pr below, the disease was not seri ous in the following growing sea son, but when the average was 34 degrees or more, heavy losses oc curred. The past winter was slightly warmer in the northeastern states and slightly colder In the north central states, than the previous winter, but temperature did not av erage above the danger mark, ex cept where resistant varieties al ready are grown for commercial use. Life of Alfalfa Stand The length of life of the alfalfa stand, if allowed to run Its full course, depends largely upon the subsoil, says a writer in the Rural New-Yorker. Roots that penetrate deeply and make large develop ment Insure vigor and long life. When the roots stop development the top stops also and the stand soon disappears. Heavy soils that are fertile may grow a few crops of excellent alfalfa, but the success Is short lived. Fertile soils are nec essary for success with alfalfa. Buckwheat for Honey Bees The tlowers of buckwheat fur nish an excellent source of honey for bees, observes a writer In the Montreal Herald. The bloom Is very abundant and blossoming ex tends over a month or more. It is estimated that an acre of buck wheat growing under good condi tions may supply enough nectar for as much as 150 pounds of honey in a season. It must be remembered, however, that buckwheat honey Is rather dark in color with a distinc tive flavor for which the public does not care. Alfalfa Seed Crop Alfalfa is not a sure seed crop, notes a writer In the Indiana Farm er’s Guide. For the production of seed, summers where rainfall Is comparatively light are necessary. Some seasons we have conditions that are favorable to seed produc tion, but generally one cannot count on It. Since for the best develop ment of the alfalfa seed crop, a hot, dry season is required, It Is customary to save that crop for seed which matures during the hot 1 test and driest part of the summer. BUSINESS GIRLS WILL LIKE THIS PATTERN 2230 cfkfl, The smart business girl has het own rules for chic—tailored femi nine simplicity. And here’s the frock that obeys the dictates of fashion and utility. There’s a world of youth ful charm In that simple collar and flattering curved yoke that cuts into a bodice with the very new “bosom and back’’ fulness. The paneled skirt breaks into pleats just in time tc give you lots of walking freedom. Wear the sleeve puffed or flared—let your “type” be your guide. Because every smart business girl will choose this pattern and run up several in the evenings, the frock pictured has been kept especially simple. Choose a cheery flower print silk on a dark ground—or a washable pastel. Pattern 2230 is available in sizes 14, 16, 18. 20, 32, 34. 36, 38, 40 and 42. Size 16 takes 3% yards 39-inch fab-, ric. Blustrated step-by-step sewing instructions included. Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this pattern. Write plainly name, address and style number. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address orders to Sewing Circle Pattern Department, 243 West Sev enteenth street, New York. JUST TO PROVE THAT— “Well, doctor?” “Twin boys; one weighs five pounds and the other six." “And I thought that all men were born equal.”—Detroit News. Wasted Effort Visitor—Won't it be nice when your little sister learns to talk in a few months? Little Bernard—Aw, why should she take the trouble to talk? She gets everything she wants already just by crying.—B’nal B’rith Maga zine. Had That Effect “Were you scared when you ran into that flock of geese when you w’ere doing 70 miles an hour?” asked the small boy. “Not a bit, my son,” replied the fa ther. “But I surely was covered with goose-flesh.”