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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1937)
i t I • u_11 UMMk AM) BLACK 1 BOTH TALK AT ONCE Two ton cues at once are one too many And better twere there were not any HIGH means that when two - - people try to talk at the same Sm( it is very unpleasant (or them •elves and even more unpleasant lor others who may have to listen to them. When Blacky the Crow *ame flying out from deep in the Green Forest so excited that he teas cawing at the top of his voice Sammy Jay had at once flown to tneet him. Now, Sammy was just as excited, and he was screaming at the top of his lungs. You see •f Course, All the Little People Within Hearing Hurried Over to Kind Out Wbat It All Meant, be knew that Blacky had found the stranger who had so excited him Mow perhaps the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Mead wws would believe him and no long *r think him crazy. But they didn’tl No, sir, they didn’t! Instead they thought that Blacky the Crow had gone crazy, fto«x Never was there heard a worse racket than Sammy and Blacky aoade as they each tried to talk balder and faster than the other Meithcr was listening to what the sther was saying, which in itself was very Impolite, even if they were cousins Worse still, each kept interrupting the other, and. you know, there is nothing more impo Itc than to interrupt when another ia speaking But neither seemed to mind in the least. Each kept sight on talking and growing more and more excited. Of course, all the little people within hearing hurried over to find sut what it all meant But they couldn't understand at all what Sammy and Blacky were talking about. You see. Sammy and Blacky interrupted each other so often that all that those who were listening could make out was that there was a great big stranger in the Green Forest, a stranger who wore a black Mir and was as big as Farmer Brown's boy. Now. none of the lit Be people knew of any one as big as Farmer Brown's boy unless it was another boy or a man. But Sammy and Blacky said that the atranger was not a man So all their weighbors shook their heads sadly and said: "They're crazy." and flicn again shook their heads sadly “Too bad." said Jimmy Skunk “1 always thought Blacky was amart, very smart, but there cer 4ainly is something the matter with him now." “Yes, sah, there cert-nly is.” WUAT ACf YOU 50RE ABOUT ? ) ’ - ITV MV HAT VOUQE v wearing/ ,—. J - WNU Service I said Unc Billy Possum "Some thing's wrong with both Br er Jay and Br er Crow. They're foolish in their haids." "Do you suppose it’s catching?” asked Bobby Coon. "You know Sammy Jay had it first and now Blacky has it.” "What’s all this fuss about?” de marided a new voice. It was Peter Rabbit's. He was all out of breath, he had hurried so You see. he had been way up in the Old Or chard, when he heard the scream ing of Sammy and Blacky and he had started right away, for, you know, Peter would feel dreadful to miss anything that was going on. "Nothing, only Blacky the Crow is just as crazy as his cousin, Sam my Jay," replied Jimmy Skunk "Blacky says he has seen the same stranger in the Green Forest that upset Sammy so. Just listen to those two birds! Did you ever hear anything like it? I’m going home." With that Jimmy Skunk turned his back in disgust and start ed up the crooked Little Path that comes down the hill. Bobby Coon and Unc’ Billy Pos sum started for their homes, and Danny Meadow Mouse began to run along one of his little paths to get as far as possible from such a noise. But Peter Rabbit suddenly sat up with his eyes popping right out of his head. He had just re membered the strange tracks he had seen in the snow deep in the Green Forest Just at the end of winter. Could it be that they were made by the stranger who had so excited Sammy Jay and Blacky the Crow? ©T W Burgess. —WNXJ Service. THE LANGUAGE I Of YOUR HAND By Leicester K. Davis © Public LedKer. Inc THERE are a surprising number of people in this world who have far better than average mental equipment and yet have difficulty in getting anywhere simply because they haven’t the concentration es sential to completed accomplish ment. Such individuals, unfortunately, are always conceiving really bril liant ideas which are practical in every way. But, somehow or other, they are able to carry them just so far and no farther. Indications of this deficiency are always found in the fourth finger and its telltale characteristics. The Finger of Unstable Mentality. Several distinct characteristics Good News! NOW THERE’S \ SOMETHING TO LOOK / FORWARD y to- r Unafraid and Unstung—Yet "1^0 l'ESl his philosophy of handling bees. ‘Be kind to them and you * won’t get stung," crippled Julian Joubert, of Enumclaw, Wash., who for 40 years has been closely associated with them, dumped a tray over his head and let them swarm in and out of his ears, over his face and body, with nary a mishap. His tiny daughter, Sally, is quite as fearless as is her father. mark the fourth finger of this type: (1) Shortness, (2) straightness. (3) fullness, (4) pronounced taper. Such a finger is usually well but not over fleshed. The points are smooth, combining with the taper to give the finger a somewhat peglike ap pearance. The nail tip is gracefully rounded, with full oval nail, sym metrically set. With fingers pressed together the tip is found usually falling midway of the length of the third finger. With hand extended wide the finger stands far away from the third finger. Under backward pressure the entire finger is found to be over flexible. WNU Service. First Aid Roger B. Whitman I to the Ailing House HOME PAINTING THE last few years have seen great changes in paints, and particularly in enamel and varnish. Formerly, enamel aftd varnish re quired many hours, and even sev eral days, for drying. Now they dry hard in four hours or so. More than this, they are harder and far more resistant to heat, moisture, and chipping than the older types. Paints of many kinds are also quick drying There is, of course, a very great advantage in this Ten years ago repainting might put a room out of commission for a week: to day, walls and woodwork can be completely reflnished between breakfast and dinnertime. , These quick drying finishes are so easily applied that they are com ing into very common use For ex ample, take the refinishing of a set of kitchen furniture. The first step is washing with soapsud containing a little ammonia or washing soda to take off all traces of grease, fol lowed by rinsing with clear water. When the furniture has dried, any glossiness of the old finish should be dulled by rubbing with sandpaper. This will also smooth the edges of chipped places and of cracks. One coat of enamel Is usually all that is needed for complete reflnishing. to be followed, if needed, by touches of a contrasting color when the first coat is thoroughly dry. In painting chairs, they should be turned upside down, and the legs finished first, the under parts of a table are also finished more easily when the table is turned upside down. For a good job, the mixture in the can should be thoroughly blended before using. With a small stick or a putty knife, the solid mass that has settled to the bottom of the can should be stirred into the liquid, so that the whole comes to an even consistency. 1 think that more troubles with painting come from improper mixing than from almost anything else. The floor should be covered with newspapers to catch spatters. The enamel or other finish should be brushed out with a few quick strokes to spread it evenly, and to prevent the forming of “runs” and of drops. When work is interrupted for a few hours or overnight, the can should be tightly closed to prevent the contents from drying and the formation of a skin on top. The brush should be wiped off, rinsed in turpentine, wiped again and wrapped in waxed paper. Other I wise it will harden. © Bv Roger B. Whitman WNU Service. I-THE I HM-1IT WOltll 1 By W. Curtis Nicholson Lmm* O Tlir Aaaociatnt Newnptiprro ■■ j CONCERNING PREFER” rHIS verb should not be followed by "than." It probably takes an object, which is followed by "to." One should not say. "1 prefer to see than to go," and of course one would not say, T prefer to see to going," and yet the second "to” is a part of the construction There fore. if we use "going" after “to," we should use a similar type of word after "prefer." The corre sponding words are "seeing” and “going " Correct: l prefer seeing nim here to going to his home. Frank H. Vizetelly says: "The act or thing preferred should never be followed by ‘than.’ ‘Prefer’ is prop TWO-FOOTED MEN By DOUGLAS MALLOCH TWO-FISTED men have gone their way, Unwanted in this softer day. But what I’d like to see again At least is some two-footed rnen. For many men I come across Have one foot that’s a total loss. For many men each day I’ve seen Who stand upon one foot and lean. Some seek to lean upon a "class” To bring “equality" to pass, Some lean upon the promises Of Townsend talking through his fez, Some lean upon the President, Some lean upon the “gover’ment,” Although they own the whole ma chine And tax one foot so one can lean. Yet all the men who have pulled through Stood not on one foot but on two. Not one success I ever saw Leaned on some bureau or some law. That’s why I claim we need again A nation of two-footed men. (That’s not the worst that 1 have seen: For some, alas, sit down and lean.) © Douglas Malloch.—WNU Service. Tucks for the Coed Tucks, tucks, tucks! There are 85 of them, to be exact, in this simple, fine-cutting dress of Stroock’s wool en. It is just the thing for the col lege girl to wear, from her first class right through to the afternoon i date at the campus tea room. erly followed by the preposition ’to. Thus do not say ‘I prefer to talk than to dance,' but ‘1 prefer talking to dancing’." Francis K Ball says: "Use ‘to’ (not ’than’i after ‘prefer’: 1. She prefers California to Florida. 2. We preferred walking to ridiag.” WNU Service. How Is Tour Spelling They say that not one person In a hundred can spell the following words correctly: picnicking, dissi pate, Inoculate, kimono, consensus, eczema, inferred, repellent. Inter fered. supersede, rarefy, liquefy, hypocrisy, vilify. Irrelevant, sacri legious, indispensable, ecstasy, and exhilarate.—The De Laval Monthly. Tfoyd (fMons' ADVENTURERS* CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI “What's in a Name?" By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter YOU know, boys and girls, when old Bill Shakespeare asked, “What’s in a name?” he didn’t seem to think that names made very much difference. But I guess Bill could find plenty of people to give him an argument on that sub ject. One of them is John T. Smith of Ozone Park, N. Y. John Smith isn’t such an unusual name, when you come to think ol it. Nor was John such an unusual sort of fellow. At the time this story opens —around April 1, 1935—he was working as a plumber’s helper for a large concern. One day, while threading a piece of pipe, John cut his finger. That isn't an unusual occurrence, either. But add those things all up together, and they’ll give you the strangest doggone predic ament that ever a man got into. John paid no attention to his cut finger, but two or three days later it had begun to swell up a bit. His foreman took a look at it and told him he’d better report it to the company doctor. The doctor was pretty busy. He looked at John’s finger, asked him his name, and told him to get the necessary papers from his boss and report at the hospital. “I’ll notify the hospital you’re coming,” he told John. ‘‘Be there at eleven o’clock.” Sent to Hospital for Small Operation. John got the necessary papers from his boss and showed up at the hospital on the dot of eleven. He had had an infected finger before, and knew pretty well what was done about it. They froze the finger, slit it open with a lance, bandaged it and sent you on home. But it seemed to John that this hospital took a lot more trouble over a sore finger. A nurse took John’s name and said, “Oh yes, we’re expecting you.” She told him to take a seat in the waiting room, and there John waited for an hour. Then the nurse came back and took him upstairs, opened a door and led him into a room. A few minutes later another nurse ‘‘All I’ve got is an infected finger.” came in with a bed jacket. “Take your clothes off and get into bed,” she told him. Well sir, it began to look to John as if someone had made a mistake. “Do you know what’s the matter with me?” he asked the nurse. “Of course we do,” the nurse replied. “Well then what’s all this fuss about?” John wanted to know. “Oh, we do things right in this hospital,” she said. And with that she left the room. John was ready to agree with the nurse. Here was a big, luxurious, private room, a swell looking nurse, and all kinds of service, over nothing but a sore finger. Do things right in that hospital? You’re doggone tootin they did. John undressed and got into bed. By that time it was three o’clock, and the boss would be wondering where he was. When the nurse came in again he asked her how long he’d be kept there. “Why,” said the nurse, “YOU'RE GOING TO STAY HERE OVER NIGHT.” They Wouldn’t Listen to John. “I thought she was kidding me,” says John, “but I found out dif ferent. In a few minutes in came a doctor with a third nurse. The nurse jabbed a needle into one of John’s fingers, but it wasn’t the sore finger. John tried to tell her she had the wrong one, but she snapped, “I know what I’m doing.” and John shut up. After a while he said, “Say, do you know what’s the matter with me?” The doctor said yes. The nurse paid no attention at all. She thrust another needle into his arm and shot in some sort of drug. The drug made John feel tired. He wanted to go to sleep, but by that time he was pretty sure something was wrong. He was beginning to get scared. The drug dulled John's brain, but he fought off the drowsiness that was coming over him. Two more nurses came in with an orderly who was pushing a table on wheels. They put John on the table and wheeled him off to an operating room. John roused himself from the stupor the drug had put him and once more he asked, “Are you sure you know what’s the matter with me?” “But my voice was weak," John says, “and they paid no attention to me. I began to feel sick as well as weak. I could see all sorts of instru ments laid out on the tables around me. The orderly wheeled my table under a big flood light. The nurses began getting ready a lot of ban dages. Then I knew something was wrong. They were going to per form some sort of a BIG OPERATION. And Did the Doctor Laugh Then! “I looked for the doctors'. There were three of them, talking together in a corner. That was where I made my last desperate effort. I was almost passing out from the effect of the drugs I had been given, but I managed to raise one arm and motion one of the doctors over. “That doctor was the only one who would listen to me, and thank God he did, for another nurse was coming over with the ether and in another minute I would have been unconscious. I said, ‘Doctor, are you sure you know what’s the matter with me? Are you sure you’ve got the right man? What’s all this fuss about Anyway? All I’ve got is an infected finger.’ ” Well sir, the doctor lifted the sheet that they’d thrown over John and took a good look at him. Then he started to laugh. But it wasn’t any laughing matter to John. He had almost gone through an operation he didn’t need! John never did find out what they were going to do to him. Maybe they were only going to take an arm or a leg off. Then, on the other hand, they might have been going to do something really serious. But what he does know is that his name got him into that jam. There are just too doggone many John Smiths in the world, and our John Smith had almost got himself cut open on account of another John Smith s ailment. When the doctors got through laughing they told one of the nurses to dress John’s finger. Then they put him back to bed. They told him he'd have to stay there all night because of the drug they'd shot into his arm. But as soon as the nurse was out of the room, John put on his clothes and beat it out of the hospital. There were too many John Smiths in the world to take any chances. Any minute they might bring another one in, and then they were liable to have John down in the operating room again, sharpening up the knives and breaking out the ether. ©— WNU Service. Eagle Favored Salt Beef While washing her clothes at the side of a river in Amassia, South Antolia, a woman was horrified to see her month-old baby snatched from the river bank by an eagle, which carried the child to a neigh boring hill. Hearing the mother's screams villagers climbed the hill and found the tot unharmed. Ap parently the huge bird had spared the child’s life because it preferred a favorite Turkish delicacy, salt beef with a generous dash of garlic, which the mother had wrapped in the little one's clothing. Danish Lottery The Danish Legation says that Det Klongelige Klasselotteri (the Royal Class Lottery) was founded in 1753. It is a Government institu tion and the profit of it enters the exchequer like the other govern ment revenues. Controlled by the state are Landbrugslotteriet, found ed by royal concession in 1907, and Almindeligt Dansk Vare-og Indus trilotteri, founded by royal conces sion in 1886. 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