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The Barnwell People-SentineU Barnwell, S. C„ February R. BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN Really a Snappy Bathing Suit By THORNTON W. BURGESS -V BUSTER BEAR IS PIGGISH ■^OW, wouldn't jon tuppose that ^ ^ when there is plenty for avery- hody* everybody would be contented and happy? ®dt often, altogether too often. It Isn’t so at all. The more folka hav-fi. the more they want And there are other folks who, no matter how much they have, seem to think that others may be having something bet ter, and Instead of making the most of what they have, go'about trying to get what their neighbors have, It seemed. It really did. that there "These Nuts Are Mine, All JMIne,'' He Roared. were enough of those queer three-sided little brown nuts under the beech trees for everybody to have all he could eat. and that that beech-nut pic nic that beautiful October morning Should be the merriest, happiest kind of a plcftlc. But It* wasn’t No. sir. It wasn't. ness of Buster Bear. When Buster arrived under the beech trees and saw so many others fathered there for the very same pur- pose that, had hrpuxht jllm LbCEfi, right away let selfishness get the best of him. He was greedy, was Buster Bear. He was so greedy that he couldn't bear to see anyone else get a single one oMhose little brown sweet nuts, although he knew well enough that he couldn't eat all of /Kern to save his life. Right away he jbegan to ■growl, and you know his growl Is deep and grumbly-rumbly and nbt at all pleasant to” hear. H" Ughtfoot bounded away, but not far. Ho know that Buster Bear could not catch him, and he had no mind to leave those nuts." Then Buster rushed at the Gobbler family and all the Gobblers ■cnrried away, each In- a different di rection, but they didn’t go far. Then Buster rushed this war and rushed that way wherever he saw anyone picking up nuts. ■ Mrs. Grouse merely darted behind a fallen tree and the minute Buster’s back was turned she was scratching over leaves In search of nuts again. Sammy Jay and Redhead the Wood pecker merely flew up In a tree. Chat^ terer the Red Squirrel and Happy Jack the Gray. Squirrel and One’ Billy and Mrs. Possum climbed the nearest trees. But they were back on the grbnnd again as soon as Buster had turned away. ^ Peter Rabbit, who was hiding near to see all that went on. .had to laugh. He couldn’t help It There was great big Buster Bear so piggish that he wanted all, yet getting hardly a taste because he was spending his time chasing his neighbors. It often Is that way with piggish people. In trying to g*t more than thejr share i.hey fall to get what they might have as well as not i ‘ e. T W BurgMa.—WNU Serrlca * SNAKE VENOM OF USE IN MEDICINE^ IS LATEST IDEA Those who-were nearest htm moved~ off a little farther, but went right on picking up those brown, sweet little nuts. Buster Bear growled mnr* and big growl was deepe*' and more grum- bly-rumbly. All the other little people looked at biro anxiously, but kept right on shunting for those brown sweet lit tle nuts. Then Buster Bear quite lost his temper. “These nuts are mine, all mine,’’ he roared. ' . Then he ran -at Llghtfoot the Deer. WITTY KITTY _ By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. M AlBE it won t teel so good to Miss Mabelle Petit of Boston (center) when Doris Pritchard and Marjorie Brooker let go of Mahelle’s bathing suit; for It Is'made of rubber and has plenty of snap to It. They aj4 all frolicking at the Beach Cabana club pool In Miami Beach, Fla. meeting-house with a halter about his neck, which he Is condemned to wear visibly throughout his lifetime; Doro thy Talby Is chained to a post at the corner of Prison-lane, with the Jwf sun btar.lng on her matronly face, and for no other offence than lifting her hand against her husband. Such are the profitable sights that serve the good people of the New England vil lage to while away the earlier part of lecture-day.” That Is a “bit” from one of Nathaa- lel Hawthorne's sketches of life In old New England.- He goes on to describe an aged couple, John Proctor and his wife, oElizhbeth. passing. In a company > of other condemned prisoners, on the) way t (V' H i e V* ecu tTo rTp'T acebh' YTa How s Hill. “If there are two old people Tn the whole country,” he - says, “who seem to have led a true Christian life, A pedagogue Is an %nimal with large ears. BONERS are actual humorous tid-bits found in txaminatHm pars, essays, etc., by teachers. It Is this' very pair. Yet before the worshipful that they affrighted nighttime." So tn the as sworn ef .hlsticd dren In the S the good who casts a If you know anyone who casts a longing eye on romantic pictures of former times, who think* we are on- Linear expansion Is Illustrated by the days getting longer when the weath(fr»%ets-wanner. Lightning was Invented and devel oped by Benjamin Franklin. • • » The first wheat was discovered In Egyptian mummies. - • • • Like magnetic poles hit each other ' , • ^— » Ji • — Space from which all matter has been removed is called heaven, . * # • " Heresy Is where a child looks like his father. • • • John Smith was a brave man. he married. Pocahontaa. O. 1*11. Bell Syndicate,—WNU Service fortunate to b£ living In this day and age-^anybheit’lTd flbcrle* modem’ tlm«r as giving less opportunity for happi ness than ‘the good old days" of some l>erlo(i In the pasj—tell him or her to read up on tUrr*f{fe of that period, not in 'dry history books; but In sucb plc- “A»htr?*.v” Ensemble Modern medical research is looking for. cures In strange places. Experiments have been carried out over a period of years In a Swiss clinical institute, and now the Pas teur Institute In Paris Is testing the strangest cure of all—snake vemyn- There are scientists who believe That the world’s poisonous spkkea, which have killed millidns of people in the past, may save millions more In the future, once we understand how to usb their teaoai property In the treatment of dlaanW tub Already some remarkable ..cures are on record. About ,th,e beginning of this century^ when plague was raging in ImUA, a police ssrgesut, In the-last stage of collapse from the dread dlsafte, was gWen art Ihjebtlon of cobra venom. ' > < • No^ene expected him to live, but la a month he was back at duty. The cobra had saved his life. , The treatment, however, , wi^s not tested on a large scale. Partly the attitude of the native*, mahy of whom believed that patlenta taken to the plague camps were put to death, may have been responsible for this. Partly it was due to the fact that the action of the fsoods was and that, as a enr^ tr'night be more deadly than the This Is because, like other venoms, that of the cobra a collection of powerful poisons, an Injection of It causes much more complex than dose of any ef the which are used In can be used In ment of disease, therefore, many thorities believe that the various ments of the venom should up /by a <h poisons wh Before It arated and standardized, action carefully studied The tints of the Pasteur Institute, i ever, are no doubt alive to the gera, and will proceed carefully. 0 t — - - - - - r Loti Twice ‘T’ve had bad luck; with both nqr wives’* “Hbw-ls thatr "‘The first elopW.** “And the second?" , “Didn’t.*^— Stuttgarter niustrlerir (Stuttgart). ■ . And He Believe*It- “He made me swear that ha wag the only man I had ever loved." “Did you swear?" “Tea, and I even added that hg was the handsomest of them all."— L’IHustre (Lausanne). Make this lip test Fehniniy, ia eo. because the Romans cele brated Februa, a festival of purification and expiation on the 15th of the month, for the manes of the dead. Hus month, together with January was added to the year by Numa, about 713 B. G ekcCkK L OOK at them . . . and your checks, too, sritbsui i make-up. Do they posaess the natural glow at health, which comes from a ■ufideacjr ef rich, rsi blood? It they do, make-up is simple. *. If they doa*! reed so ... Vou may And one of the seasons why yens* skin ig set dear and rosy. Tea cannot have red lips, rosy cheeks, energy sad If your blood Is in a run-down conditka. jao-glo-bin, the red coloring of the blood* may also Indicate a Weakened condition of the body . .. loss of strength . . . poor appetite. S.S.S. Is not just a so-called tonic but a tonic spe cially designed to stimulate gastric secretions, and alse having- the mineral elements so very, very necessary la f hemo-glo-bln content." If year condl»— Hon suggests a blood tonic of this kind, try 8.S4L Unless your case is exceptional, yon should soon no tice a pick-up In your appetite... your color and wla should improve with increased strength. S.S.S. Is sold by all drug stores in two slaes ... the larger is more economical. q tW f f t. Gtb Seeded by Plane Two thousand burned acres of the National roreat were WNU Servic- Santa BftfUara seeded with clover by airplane re- \ cently to protect this (California wa tershed from excessive rain wash. HROUGHa S EYES By JEAN NEWTON ON “THE GOOD OLD DAYS’ The Girl-Friend says she used to tell her husband everything that hap pened, and now the tells him a lot of things that never happened/ a - C. Bell syndicate-—WNU Servlca. ufT IS the Thursday Lecture; in * one sense, a day of publU shame; the day on which transgressors who have made themselves liable to the minor severities of the IMiripm law, receive their punishment. At this mo ment the constable has hound an idle fellow to the whipping-post and Is glv Ing him his desert* with a ent-o’-nine^ tails. , “Ever since' Daniei Fairfield has been standing on the steps of the tnfaror flatty nvmg avercTrer by Hawthorne. \ The Puritans, of-course. had a tal ent for making a special kind of heil on earth for themselves-and each oth er. But take any age In the past and familiarize yourself with the .details of dally living then and you are bound to offer up a fervent prayer of thank fulness for having been horn when yog" werer~ '' ■" For women particularly the most glamorous times In the past would make a very poor exchange. In times and places where men were not en gaged In making living difilcult for each other they certainly made no ef fort to make It easy for women. Com pare this day of emancipation for women of all classes and tell me— would you swap It for, any ..other? © Bell Syndicate.— WNU service. Loolriug Around “Is this the famous Hall of orSeP*' “Yea, miss/ “Got any nice dance Louisville Courier JournaL ■ The Silvery Year» N Py ANNE CAMPBELL Here’s that quick WAY TO STOP A COLD Aimiray' is a lilting name lur this amusing dinner ensemble in periwinkle blue ribbed cre|ie, for Us huge buttons are detachable and may be used as ashtrays. Insuring popularity for Ua wearer. . N OW we have come to the sifvery years. Silver with vanished hojies, silver with teara. , — Silver with promises of silver dawns. When Death’s silver chessmen take Llfg's silver pawna. Now we have come tq the silvery years.. ♦ r ~" Silver my tresses, and silver appears Stealing the brow’n of younown pretty' hair; The silver of winter Is shimmering * there. Now we. have come to the silvery years. The journey Is ending, the shadowed path clear*? — —— Apd over the top of the silvery hill The bright silver moon of. our love rises still! CopyrlKht.—WNU *«rvlc«. 2 Bayer Aspirin [•Meta. Drink full giasa at u«tar< Repeat treatment m2 hours. If throat Is sore, crush and water and gargle accord* ing to dkoctiom ia boa. Almost Instant Relief in This Way instantly And for BAYER to comp! tating The simple method pictured above is the way doctors throughout the world now treat colds. It is recognized as the QUICK EST, safest, surest way to treat a cold. For it will check an ordi nary cold almost as fast as you caught it. Ask your doctor about this. And when you buy, see that you get the real BAYER Aspirin Tablets. They dissolve almost instantly. And thus work almost DOES NOTH ARM THE HEAMT you take them gargle. Genuine a Tablets dissofre they leave no ini* s. Got I a bos of 12 tablets or a bottle of 24 or 100 at any drug store. Hewing, Crocheting Inveetlgated Hat of flrma aupplytag work, also other klndaT Friendly detailed aaplanatlowi IMnien* ItSS WANTED—Women: Earn money la own home doing needlework for ua. atamped envelope for particulars. Koynl Novelty Co., Port (month. Ok Cuticura Talcum A NEW FLAN MAIL ORDKB BCMINBUB Interesting literature. J. M. FRANCS BOX 2*7, JACKSON HEIGHTS, N. V. “CASH IN** ON THU MONET A marvelous gasoline saver. Every one owner aure prospect. Greater mileage gallon. Remove* earbon. Bell* easily, ten cents mailing eost for free- euaptw Agents wanted everywhere UNtVKBKAlt M. O. CO., 1441 Broadway, New WANTED Catholic men and women solicit names 2Se each paid. Details for._*tanyt. toCMAB^ 322*4 SLASH AVE., 1NDI £ are three types of the moiotizeo t are fast coming into use. upper left Is the Texas and Pacific train running daily between Worth and Texarkana. Texaa. It a equipped with two twelve-cylinder mo ••ra burning gasoline. In th# middle la '.ritain’s first streamlined railroad car. un by the Great .Western railway be- ween Reading and Slough, with u single 190 boras power motor burning heavy till At the right 1» » photo-sketch of the Burlington Zephyr, the “last word." “If we listened to what the men say," says Ironic Irene, “they would have us believing that the only time e woman keeps her mouth closed is when she .to under water." •i ISIS. Ball ayndlcata.—WNU Sarvtaa. STAMPS PACKET „ SO Uaed Stamp* of tW World, all dlffarawt, 24c. WALTER, 13SS XdwardaAve., N.T.OMp* Blue Attracted Suitors A religious sect living in eastern Pennsylvania, once had a custoqi ef painting their front doors a bright blue te advise young men of the neighbor hood that a marriageable daughter lived within* the house. Fragrant and refreshing oriental balsamic oseential oils comprise the medication ef Catltowra T«l* to to MB. Instsutiy upon touching the skin these oil* stmt their soothing sad coding work, end your skin is Prien 25c $ and other Marking Dmricm to WRITS FOR CATALOG 4 r _ DIXIC SEAL 5 CTAMP COMi t - WNU—T