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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY. MARCH 22, 1940 CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Western Kansas Cattlemen Face New Menace: Beef-Eating Birds FULL DRESSY TUXEDOS—FROCK SUITS Striped Trousers, iplete Accessories TO RENT — ,0 “*' Writs for dstails ■.STEIN & CO, 1714 L St N.W., Wasbkigton.D.C. BABY CHICKS English Starling Proves Seri ous Menace to State Dairy Herds. forBrg Btfsa. Fast Growth. Lon? Life and Rapid Feathering produces chicks of unusual Liva bility. Growth, Fast Feathering and Uniformity, inquire about our easy payment plan. Writs today for eataloffus tend pries list I BREEKIS HATCHERY, fttatvHIt P 0 Rockdale Id. Pollornm Tested Chicks. New Hampshire Reds; 13 other profitable breeds. Write for free folder. Jones Hatchery, Gallatin, Tenn. U|f ASSORTED HCAVICS «900 wwal I wlw^»No Cripples! No Culls! Op«rl00 We Guarantee Live Delivery. Ws Pay Postags^ ATLAS CHICK CO- St. Louis. Mo. There Was a Way, And Lass Knew It! T'WO people were walking along a road together. One was a young woman, the other a hand some farm lad. The farm lad was carrying a large pail on bis oack, holding a chicken in one land, a cane in the other, and leading a goat. They came to a lark lane. Said the girl: “I’m afraid to walk here with you. You might try to kiss me.” Said the farm lad: “You need lot be afraid. How could I kiss you with all this I’m carrying?” “Well, you might stick the cane in the ground, tie the goat to it, and put the chicken under the pail,” was the ready reply. THROAT Does your throat feel prickly when you swallow — due to a cold? Benefit from Luden’s special for mula. Contains cooling menthol that helps bring quick relief. Don’t suffer another second. Get Luden’s for that 4< sand- paper throat!” LUDEN’S 5* Menthol Cough Drop* No Just in Unjust To entreat what is unjust from ihe just is wrong; but to seek what is just from the unjust is lolly.—Plautus. WHY SUFFER I FEMALE COMPLAINTS LydU E. 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One of the birds is an English starling; the other is similar to the Kansas state bird, the meadow lark. “It seems that these starlings are teaching our state birds a few bad habits,” Lamberson said. “I was born and raised in this part of the country, and never have seen any starlings here before.” Cows at Mercy. Both species have long beaks and long claws. They alight on the cow’s back, just above the rump. There, the cow neither can shake it loose nor brush it off with her tail. They are attacking beef herds, but are doing most of their damage in dairy herds, according to Lamber son. Farmers are finding it difficult to fight the pests. If they put out poisoned meat, dogs and cats, the pets of almost every farmhouse, eat it and die. So they have tried put ting out poisoned seeds. The sparrows and other birds that winter in this part of the country readily eat the poisoned grain. The starlings, however, refuse to touch it. Rather, they wait until the spar rows and other birds die from ef fects of the poison, and then attack them, boring through the breasts of their winged victims. The English starling is a dark bird. Its feathers are nearly black near the quill end, but on the spread end, they have a purplish dot. Champ’s Champ Pannonia Pandur, owned by Gene Tunney, former pugilist, pictured after being judged best of breed of the Komondorocks at the Westmin ster dog show in New York. He is held by Miss Margaret Dorrlamm. Bird books describe starlings as intelligent and carnivorous. While there is snow on the ground, seeds are plentiful along hedgerows, but the birds prefer to attack the cattle. Eat More Than Grabs. The other bird resembles a meadow lark but is somewhat dark er and more husky than the ordi nary species. Old-timers here say they have often seen birds land on the backs of cattle, but only to eat grubs which grow under the skin of the animals, rather than the animals themselves. Lamberson says that the type of boring the starlings do is different and that they eat more of the ani mal than just a grub. The starling is a member of the grackle family, the same family to which crows and blackbirds belong. There are thousands of crows and blackbirds in Kansas all through the year, but they never have been seen to attack cattle. Until they learn to cope with the trouble, many of the cattlemen are keeping their dairy herds in sheds. At the same time they are hoping they will find some way to fight the pests because the Kansas climate is so well suited to breeding of the grackle family that there are likely to be thousands of them in the neigh borhood in a few years. Youthful Clipper Passenger Reaches Home Nine-months-old Cecily Williams is shown in her London, England, home after she flew across the Atlantic in the Atlantic clipper. She made the trip with her father, Capt. Fox Williams, who returned home to rejoin the British army. Baby Cecily formerly lived in Los Angeles, Calif., with her great-grandmother, a centenarian, who came to the United States as a baby in 1840. Frightened Buster Bear Runs Away With Shiny Berry Pail By THORNTON BURGESS nr HE question is, did Buster Bear A steal Farmer Bro.wn’s Boy’s pail? To steal is to take something which belongs to some one else. There is no doubt that he stole the berries that were in the pail when he found it, for he deliberately ate them to the last one. He knew well enough that some one must have picked them, for who ever heard of blueberries growing in tin pails? So there is no doubt that when Buster took them he stole them. But with the pail it was different. He took the pail, but he didn’t mean to take it. In fact, he didn’t want that pail at all. You see, it was this way: When Buster found that big tin pail brim ming full of delicious berries in the shade of that big bush in the Old Pasture he didn’t stop to think whether or not he had a right to them. Buster is so fond of berries that from the very second that his greedy little eyes saw that pailful he forgot everything but the feast that was waiting for him right under his very nose. He didn’t think any thing about the right or wrong of helping himself. There before him were more berries than he had ever seen together at one time in all his life, and all he had to do was to eat and eat. And that is just what he did do. Of course, he upset the pail, but he didn’t mind a little thing like that. When he had gob bled up all the berries that had rolled out he thrust his nose into the pail to get all that were left in. Just then he heard a little noise as if some one was coming. He threw up his head to listen, and somehow, he never did know just how, the han dle of the pail slipped back over his ears and caught there. This was bad enough, but to make matters worse just at that very min ute, he heard a shrill, angry voice shout: “Hi, there! Get out of there!” He didn’t need to be told whose voice that was. It was the voice of Farmer Brown’s Boy. Right then and there Bustdr Bear nearly had a fit. There was that awful pail fast over his head so that he couldn’t see a thing. Of course that meant that he couldn’t With a mighty “whoof!” he start ed for the Green Forest as fast as his legs could take him. run away, which was the thing of all things, he most wanted to do. You see, big as he is, and strong as he is, Buster is very shy and bashful when human beings are around. He growled and whined and squealed. He tried to back out of the pail and couldn’t. He tried to shake it off and couldn’t. He tried to pull it off, but somehow Prisoners Nabbed in Daring Tunnel Escape Plot A wholesale jail break was prevented by officials of the Eastern state penitentiary at Philadelphia, Pa., when two 38-foot tunnels, dug by convicts, were discovered leading from prison cells. Left: A guard is shown in one of the underground passageways. Right: The opening where convicts would have made good their escape. Detectives, armed with machine guns, were rushed to the penitentiary when the plot was discov ered. One of the suspected inmate plotters committed suicide. he couldn’t get hold of it. Then there was another yell. If Buster hadn’t been so frightened himself he might have recognized that second yell as one of fright, for that is what it was. You see, Farmer Brown’s Boy had just discovered Buster Bear. When he had yelled the first time he had supposed it was one of the young cattle who live in the Old Pasture all summer, but when he saw Buster he was just as badly frightened as Buster himself. In fact, he was too surprised and fright ened even to run. He just stood still and stared after that second yell. Buster clawed at that awful thing on his head more frantically than ever. Suddenly it slipped off so that he could see. He gave one fright ened look at Farmer Brown’s Boy, and then with a mighty “Whoof!” he started for the Green Forest as fast as his legs could take him, and this was very fast indeed, let me tell you. He didn’t stop to pick out a path, but just crashed through the bushes as if they were nothing at all, just nothing at all. But the fun niest thing of all is this—he took that tin pail with him! Yes, sir; Buster Bear ran away with the big tin pail of Farmer Brown’s Boy! you see when it slipped off, the handle was still around his neck! He didn’t want it. He would have given anything to get rid of it. But he took it because he couldn’t help it. And that brings us back to the question: Did Buster Bear steal Farmer Brown’s Boy’s pail? What do you think? • T. W. Burge**.—WNU Servlc*. to D< BY PHYLUS BELMONT IT/ILL you kindly tell me where the rr salad should be placed when eaten with the main course? To the right or to the left of the dinner plate? Should the dessert course be served at the table or placed on the individual dishes in the kitchen and brought to the dining room? Thank you. MRS. HOSTESS. Answer—The general rale is to place the salad plate at the left, but if the guest is to be considered, it is much easier for him to have the salad at his right and be able to eat it without reaching over his main plate. Of course, if a bev erage is served with the main course, then the space to the right of the dinner plate is occupied and the salad plate will have to go to the left. If the hostess is respon sible for the cooking as well as serving the dinner, then whichever way is easiest for her to serve the dessert is the right way. It seems quite natural if the hostess has pre pared a luscious-looking pie or a pudding that looks as if it were ready to have its picture taken she will wish her guests to enjoy looking at it and hence will serve it at the table. Phyllis Belmont.—WNU Servlc*. ARMY AIR CORPS TO ADD 150 TRAILER DARK ROOMS CHICAGO.—A fleet of more than 150 auto trailer dark rooms, fully equipped to develop and print aerial pictures in the field under actual wartime conditions, will soon be a part of the United States army air corps. For more than two years, the air corps has experimented with vari ous types of trailer coach dark rooms perfected by auto trailer l manufacturers. As a result of those protracted experiments, army of ficials will build the fleet. The new "portable photographic laboratories”—that is how the army officially describes them—are in tended to take the place of the old- style field dark rooms, which were more or less stationary because they required tents to be erected, equip ment and materials to be packed into trucks, followed by unpacking, and too much time before being put into operation. D. D. Arehart, president of the Palace Travel Coach corporation, which built the first portable photo graphic laboratories for test pur poses, said the vehicles are "con structed of non-corrosive metals and built to be used in any temperature or weather conditions in the world.” “They are constructed so as to travel at high speed over rough land and open ditches,” Arehart said. "They contain all the delicate equip ment and instruments for modem photography. They are air-condi tioned and furnished with drying equipment for high speed printing and developing. They are equipped with their own power plants and are capable of operating in any loca tion and give high speed and accu racy in developing pictures during field operation under conditions of warfare.” Regular Sleep Habits Restore Child’s Energy By DR. JAMES W. BARTON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) A GREAT deal is being said and written about sleep these days, because rest—un broken sleep—is a great build er in children and a great restorer of energy in adults. The fact that in fants sleep nearly all the time is na-ure’s method of preserving the energy for growth and de velopment. The kicking and squirming of infants for the short time they are awake seem to give them all the “exercise” they need. Just how long should chil dren sleep?. The Ontario De partment of Health, in one of their series for mental health clinics, give these figures: Birth to six months—18 to 20 hours. Six months to two years—16 hours. Two years to six years—12 hours. Six years to 10 years—11 hours. Ten years to 14 years—10% hours. Fourteen years to 18 years—10 hours. Regarding the first two years of life, the most important rule in de veloping healthy sleeping habits is to leave the child alone. Make sure the baby’s needs in regard to nour- • ishment, waste from bowels and bladder, and cloth ing are looked after at regular hours. Then, if the baby cries, be satisfied that he is comfort able and do not in terfere. A definite , routine for sleeping, K waking, food and m toilet should be es tablished from the beginning. This should be changed only to suit the needs of the growing child. Regular Habits Should Be Built. As children grow older, a definite hour for going to bed is advisable and he should go to bed the same hour every night. In regard to exercise, the young ster should be allowed, at regular hours if possible, to roll, squirm, kick and stretch without too much clothing to hamper these exercises. Daytime rests or naps are advisable up to the fifth year, right after the noon meat if possible. Room should be well ventilated, bed clothing light, soft, and warm. Light and sounds should be avoid ed as much as possible if they at tract his attention. • • • How Hunger May Affect Behavior “TPHE man was on trial for at- -*• tempted manslaughter and brutal maltreatment which he had committed after he had been with out food for about a day. The ac cused did not recall having commit ted the criminal acts and investi gations revealed that the brutalities represented the release of accumu lated feelings of resentment on a day on which the accused (a) had been without food, (b) on which he had suffered severe headaches, and (c) on which he had been unjus- tifiedly accused and deliberately made jealous by his fiancee.” I am quoting from Drs. B. Stok- via and A. Nearebout in Scandinavi an Medical Journal, Stockholm. There may be a few who would say that the idea of justifying a brutal deed because the accused is hungry is ridiculous and just another “medical” way of trying to prevent criminals from being punished. However, it is a known fact that when you are hungry, real hungry, the amount of sugar in the blood gets low and, with this low amount of b’ood sugar, consciousness begins to fade so that you might easily for get what you are doing. Sugar and Behavior. Drs. Stokvia and Nearebout inves tigated the possibility of conscious ness and behavior being affected by lack of sugar in the blood due to starvation on 10 healthy persons. They found (a) that hunger is fol lowed by a reduction of sugar in the blood, (b) hunger causes a re duction in consciousness in propor tion to the lack of sugar in the blood. They therefore believe that the re daction and change in the conscious ness of healthy individuals due to hunger should be taken into consid eration in estimating the behavior of delinquents who have committed criminal acts during hunger. • • • QUESTION BOX Q.—Is the injection of hernia con sidered a good method of treatment? A.—Yes. 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