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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1936)
BEDTIME STORY By THORNTON W. BURGESS BILLY MINK HAS SOME GOOD HUNTING BILLY MINK loves to hunt. He is one of the best hunters among the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows. Not even Reddy Fox is a better hunter than Billy Mink. In the first place, Billy has a wonderful nose. He can fol low the scent of a mous: quite as well as can Reddy Fox. Then, too, Billy possesses sharp ears. The instant Billy caught the scent of Robber the Rat at the edge of How They Had Known of His Com ing Billy Didn't Know. the hole in the floor of that barn he forgot all about the hens over in the henhouse. He popped up through the hole on to the barn floor, and his nose found the scent of Robber the Rat strongei than ever. Billy began to follow it just as Bowser the Hound follows the scent of Reddy *Tox It led straight over to a grain bin. Just as Billy reached one end of the grain bin e big gray rat with two others at his heels scrambled out of the other end of the grain bin, and with scueaks of fright scampered away. How they had known of his coming, B'lly didn’t know. Probably they had smelled him, for Billy has quite a strong scent of his own. Anyway, they had discovered his presence. With a bound Billy was after them. Almost at once the three rats separateu. Billy didn’t hesitate. He followed the largest one. He followed him with his nose. That * was all he needed to guide him. Now that rat knew every nook and corner and every hiding place in that big barn. Also he knew that there was no place big enough for him to get into which Billy Mink could not get into, and fear gave Dining Ensemble This ensemble for dining is of black and white. The high-waisted dress has a lower section on black crepe, topped with a semi-tailored bodice of white satin with a draped diagonal treatment. The tunic coat stresses the pre-war period. The pointed turban, gloves and pumps are of black suede. speed to his legs. Behind and under boxes, over grain bins, squeezing through narrow places, and racing across open spaces, the rat ran with Billy behind him. At last re was cornered. Instantly that rat changed com pletely. Hhe whirled about and faced Billy Mink, showing savage teeth. He was big and strong, and he intended to fight. For just an instant Billy Mink stopped. Now a rat is quick, but Billy Mink is quicker. That rat was no coward. He fought, and he iought hard, but he fought in vain. He could not get those wicked-looking teeth of his in to Billy. In less time than it takes to tell it, the fight was over, and Billy Mink has his dinner. Now Billy knew all about Robber tht Rat and his relatives. He knew that they were outcasts among all the little people of the Green Mea dows and the Green Forest. He knew that not a single thing could be said in their favor. He knew that the Great World would be a better place for everybody if there were no brown rats in it. “There is good hunting here,” muttered Billy, as he turned to go back to his new home under the woodpile. “As long as there is such good hunting here in this barn. I’ll keep away from the henhouse.” Then he went home and curled up for a nap. ©T. W. Burgess —WNU Service. * MOTHER’S * COOK BOOK WHEN ENTERTAINING FOR the hostess who must pre pare and serve everything, such dishes as may be prepared the day before will save her strength, good looks and enjoyment of her guests. Every hostess enjoys serving something a little out of the ordi nary, and by observing the dainty things in homes and shops she may make her entertainments very much worth while. There can be nothing more gratifying to a hostess than to give pleasure to her friends. One can do marvelous things with just a pickle. Cut into the thinnest 0- slices, spread in the form of a fan on a tasty sandwich it not only gar nishes it but adds an appetizer as well. Slice inch-sized pickles into very thin slices, place on open-faced sandwiches that have been spread with dream cheese. Put one slice in the center of rounds, on the tiny slice place a spot of whipped cream or cheese mixed with cream and dust with cayenne or paprika. If finger-length sandwiches are used, place the round of pickle at the end and at the other end a spot the size of a quarter of finely shredded carrot. A Man’s Salad. Prepare a half dozen hard cooked eggs by cutting into halves and re moving the yolks, mash the yolks with butter, add mustard, salt and cayenne and refill the halves of egg white. Arrange on lettuce and cover with a sour cream dressing or a mayonnaise with plenty of sour cream added. If liked shredded onion may be sprinkled over the lettuce before placing the eggs. Here is another that the men like: Take one head of lettuce, three or four green onions or a slice of ber muda onion finely minced, three or four slices of sweet or sour pickle and one hard cooked egg. Use the lettuce in nests on the salad plate, shred the coarser part and mix with onions, pickles, and finely chopped egg. Serve with french dressing. © Western Newspaper Union. ' G^PUGAGnS^ “Many a golfer lias been credited with a perfect lie,” says slicing Sue, “but we can’t say as much for the fisherman.” © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Love, Honor and Obey now TO STACT A SWBLL AC60MENT with vJife-1 BeoPbE1 AQe sou e>bTTlNS pe-adn? SOU HAVEN'T P0C60T ten sou \NE-CE- TO TAke-ME to THet movies TDni6UT? ALL PfADV Pop Bed Train Coaches Used as a High School In October, 1935, an earthquake wrecked the high school at Helena, Mont., and the 1,000 pupils are now going to classes held in 18 passenger coaches which were loaned by the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railways. The cars were set on a siding, and boardwalks built to connect them. They are heated by a central plant. In most of them the students sit on the familiar plush seats, although in science and some other classes the seats have been replaced by tables. I IP A IP A KNOWS “ Pop, what is haughty?” ‘‘Stiff neck.” © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. THE LANGUAGE OE YOUR HAND By Leicester K. Davis @ Public Lodger, Inc. IMENTAL TYPE NE may successfully veil the ^ true man or woman from the eyes of the world in many ways, but the identity which the hand reveals cannot be concealed. Closely ob serve the hands you see. Impress upon your mind the characteristics which disclose their owners’ traits and personalities. The Mental Type of Hand. In the systems of palmistry prac ticed by the ancient Greeks, this type was also called the hand of the philosopher, and with good reason. You will recognize it by its long and markedly angular appearance. The Mental Type of hand is invariably thin, with fingers long and inclined to boniness, with prominent knuckles which give the fingers a knotty look. The nail joints of the Mental Type are often of unusual length, slightly tapered, with broad nails. The thumb of this type is always of great length, this being most no ticeable within the space between the second and the nail joint. The palm and undersides of the fingers are quite flat. Possessors of the Mental Type of hand are invariably great readers and of a scholarly turn of mind. They are nearly always conserva tive and deeply analytical in ap proaching any problem, refraining from an expression of positive opin ion until painstaking research and deduction have produced incontro vertible evidence. In the hand of this type with MEASUREMENT By DOUGLAS MALLOCH PROUD science prates of depths of seas, As though it were the depth of these That be sounded—with delight Measures a mountain crested white. Its most remotest mysteries. And calls its poor dimension height. But these the measures men must know: How deep another mortal’s woe, That men may lift him up again. Though science will be silent then, Men must quit measuring the snow, The ocean floor, and measure men. Yes, surely mortals might employ Themselves with life, and not some toy: Might better measure heights of bliss. The heights that otherwise they miss, Might find the world’s God-given joy. And of the world that follows this. We waste our time too much on things, While thought is all that loves and sings— Though down within the depths it went, Regains the heights most excel lent, And to the poorest mortal brings The joys beyond all measure ment. © Douglas Malloch.—WNU Service. ANNABELLE’S ANSWERS By RAY THOMPSON Dear Anrabelle - 1*2 IT TRUE THAT EVERYTHING COMES TO HiM WHO WAITS? ^at/evce. n.i/e»ce- EVERYTHING EXCEPT A TAXI ON A rainy night /^/m*<«a square rather than elongated palm, we are sure to find indication of the man or woman who puts his or her love of study to practical use in re ligious endeavor. literature or science. With the Mental Type of decidedly elongated palm, however, there is apt to be a tendency to scorn the use of scholarly attain ments as a means of acquiring wealth and worldly goods. WNU Service. Eve's EpiGrAns If Hubby IS'D.’t A pv-o b lecn he is mcLee-cb n shinino exocople Store Root Crops and Make Profits Simple, Field Location Is Needed; Do Not Dig a Trench. By C. H. Nissley, Professor of Vegetable Gardening, New Jersey State College. WNU Service. By storing such root crops as , beets, turnips, parsnips and rut- ! abagas in the field as soon as the weather becomes cold, many farm ers are able to take advantage of a profitable market for these vege tables during winter. The storage operation is simple, but a well-drained location is neces sary. Do not dig a trench, but place the vegetables on the surface of the ground in rectangular piles with 25, 50, 75 or 100 bushels in each. The proper size of the pile depends upon the number of bushels to be taken out for sale at one time. After the roots have been neatly arranged in the pile, cover them with from four to eight inches of straw, salt hay of double layer of burlap. Then place a three- to five inch layer of soil over the roots to prevent the wind from uncovering them. As the weather becomes cold er, more protection will be needed to prevent the roots from freezing. Ventilation must also be provided in order to allow moisture given off by the roots to escape. The ventilator may be a roll of straw or hay placed on top of the mound, and some growers use a short stove pipe or a tile in both ends of the mound. Cabbage, too, may be successfully stored in the field. Pull Ihe plants up by the roots and place them on the ground upside dowm so that the roots extend upward. From three to ten rows of cabbages may be placed in one trench. In the three-row system, two heads are placed along side each other with the heads of the third row between and above the other two rows. When storing six rows in one trench, place the cabbages in three rows together on the ground, two rows on top of these and a third row on top of the sec ond layer, forming a pyramid. Then cover the cabbage with burlap or a thin layer of salt hay or straw and add soil as for storing root crops. Last Drawn Milk Richer, Is Why Stripping Pays Which is richer in butterfat, the first-drawn or the last-drawn milk from a cow? Or is there any differ ence? Invariably, the last-drawn milk is considerably richer. That is why it is so important to strip cows thor oughly at each milking. Incomplete milking not only tends to damage the future production of the cow but it also is very unprofitable. According to the dairy extension service at Iowa State college, con vincing experiment along this line recently was conducted. A sample was taken of the first milk, then of the strippings and finally of the total milk mixed together. The first milk showed a butter fat test of 0.27 per cent. The strippings tested 6 per cent. The composite test for the e* tire milking was approximately 3 | per cent. ! A cow tester for the Palo Alto testing association reports that the average test of the last milk drawn from a number of cows in different herds was 9.2 per cent. He points out that a half pound of such milk left in each cow at each milking would amount to 2.85 pounds of but terfat per month or about 57 pounds on a 20-cow herd. — Wallaces’ Farmer. Facts on Milk Flavors Although there are many factors which may affect the flavor of milk by the time it reaches the doorstep of the consumer, there are only two principal causes of off-flavors in milk at the time it is drawn from the udder. Perhaps the most com mon of these flavors is due to the feed eaten by the cow. Chief among the offenders in this group are weeds such as wild onions, ragweed, and bitter weed. Certain green forage and root crops such as rye and green alfalfa cause pronounced off flavors in milk unless the grazing periods are properly spaced. Other green feeds affecting milk flavor are cowpcas, beef tops, rape, cabbage, turnips and kale, states an authority at the University of Kentucky. Eradicating Snakeroot Although a perennial plant, white snakeroot can easily be eradicated by hand pulling or hy cultivation. Cleaning of the land will make con ditions unfavorable for its growth and eradicate the pest. The plant poison problem is a serious one in many sections of the country and it will pay farmers and live stock men to either eradicate or keep live stock off wooded pastures, particularly when pastures are short. Should Remove Tusks Tusks should be removed from male pigs that are to be kept for | breeding, states a writer in Wal j laces’ Farmer. A boar with tusks is a potentially dangerous animal i at all times. The best time to re 1 move the tusks is when the pigs [ are only a few days old. Cut the teeth close to the gums, with nip pers which are made for this pur pose. Be careful not to injure the gums, since an open wound fur I uislws an ideal place for disease. The Bored Are Boring— People of Outstanding Personality Are Interested, and Never Blase mvtOUNG people of today," a * mother writes, “seem to re gard it as a sign of immaturity or weakness to be thrilled with anything. Their idea of so phistication is to appear bored with everything, the having-done all-seen-all attitude that finds it very difficult to be impressed with anything. It is most annoying to find that anything you can offer them for a good time seems to be inadequate, that the thrills of your own youth cannot be repeated for them. It seems to me they miss a great deal.” I would point out to this mother, says a woman writer of interna tional note, that naturally we can not expect that the thrills of our youth will equally impress the young people of this day. So much that came to us gradually as colorful experiences are a part of their daily background. But there is something definitely true in what she says of a pose, of a deliberate care never to seem im pressed, of a pretense at being bored. It may interest such young people to know that that super sophisticate, G. K. Chesterton, said “there are no bores, only people who are bored.” In other words there can be nothing inter esting about a person who is bored! That takes us right down to a bedrock fact that can be observed if we will note people of outstand ing personality, people whom ev erybody finds interesting. Without exception they will be people who are vitally interested. They are never bored, never blase. They are able to give out what interests others, because through their in terest in things and people about them they are constantly taking in. Their main charm is a certain aliveness, a vitality which has absolutely no relationship with being bored. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. It Is My Aim ^po KEEP my health! To do my work! To live! To see to it I grow and gain and give! Never to look behind me for an hour! To wait in weakness and to walk in power. But always fronting forward to the light, Always and always facing to ward the right, Robbed, starved, defeated, fall en wide astray, On with what strength I have! Back to the way! —Charlotte Perkins Gilman. // You Have "a GULL ASK YOUR DOCTOR THIS UtcUPtii SayA: A Man in Trouble No matter how uncouth a man may be, if his character is firm ar.d he faces trouble like a man, your heart warms to him. Innocence, like an icicle, once melted is gone forever. Give a newly met man a chance to show his good qualities before rejecting him as a friend. Life is something much bigger than human consciousness. Country people are surprised when a city man complains of crowds. They enjoy them. In youth, credulity is enormous, and skepticism is enormous; there is no middle-ground; and both are amusing. Great fault of daydreaming about the great achievements one contemplates is that one is likely to go to sleep. Society's Gain Solitude is not to be considered solely from a selfish standpoint. Society may profit much through the frequent individual adoption of it. I To thoroughly enjoy happiness one must know how it feels to be sad; for a great deal of happiness is mere contrast. Cultured people are those who are informed on intellectual val ues; highbrows are those who are ostentatious of their information. Ask Him Before Giving Your Child an Unknown Remedy Practically any doctor you ask will warn: "Don't give your child unknown remedies without asking your doctor first." When it comes to the widely used children’s remedy — “milk of mag nesia,” the standard of the world is established. For over half a century many doctors have said “PHILLIPS’ Milk of Magnesia.” Safe for children. No other is “quite like it.” Keep this in mind, and say “PHIL LIPS’ MILK OF MAGNESIA” when you buy. Now also in tablet form. Get the form you prefer. But see that what you get is labeled “Genuine Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia.” ALSO IN TABLET FORM: Each tiny tablet is the equivalent of a teaspoon ful of genuine Phillip*’ Milk of Magnesia. PMILI IPQ* milk op rrllLLIrd MAGNESIA Don't let Winter catch you unprepared! CHANGE TO QUAKER STATE MNTCK OU In Winter, more than ever, your car needs the extra lubricating value that Quaker State’s exclusive refining process puts into tits oils and greases. Quaker State Oil Refining Company, Oil Gty, Pennsylvania. Retail price ... 35$ per quart. //