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THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1953
THE NEWBERRY SUN
Sports Afieid . . .
By TED KESTING
The porcupine has between
20,000 and 30,000 quills, an aver
age of more than 100 a square
inch, tucked among his woolly
underfur and mass of outer
^guard hairs. They vary in length
from half an inch on the cheeks
. to a maximum of five inches in
the region on the rump.
These quills are of intricate
pattern. About a quarter of an
inch from the tip, the quill tapers
abruptly to a point covered with
minute barbs which overlap one
another. The other end is attached
hair-trigger fashion, to a layer of
muscle under the skin. So com
plete is the porcupine’s control of
this ribbon of muscle that he can
Instantaneously point his quills
rigidly upward from a flat and
relaxed position. Provided that he
wants them to do so, they pull out
at the slightest touch.
Once planted in the flesh of an
adversary, the barbed ends, ex-
s panding at contact . with flesh
moistens and warms them, refuse
to release themselves. Instead,
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they keep boring inward, often
working through the animal’s
flesh and sometimes causing
death.
The mating habits of the por
cupine have probably caused more
speculation and argument among
hunters and woodsmen than the
Kinsey report. Many fantastic so
lutions have been expounded. The
disappointing truth of the mat
ter, according to an article in
Sports Afield magazine by George
Heinold, is that he leads quite a
normal sex life, fo rthe female’s
control of her quills is as com
plete as his.
Another question about the
porcupine which has given hu
mans much food for thought is
how are the young born, head first
or tail first? If tail first, how
does the mother avoid being stab
bed to death from rear-directed
quills during the delivery? Again
we have an unsensational solution.
All porcupine babies are born
while still packaged in mem
branous sacs.
Few mothers are less troubled
with preparation for their blessed
events than those of the porcu
pine family. The babies, about 12
inches long and weighing around
a pound at delivery, are rugged
and well prepared to face the
world. The mother merely ducks
between some exposed roots, into
a hollow log, a stump or among
tumbled rocks. Shoe-button eyes
are already open and the tips of
incisor teeth exposed.
The baby’s quills, soft to the
touch for about an hour, quickly
harden and stiffen. If disturbed
by a probing human foot or stick,
a porky less than two hours old
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“SHORT ORDERS”
The baby was rending the air
with frantic wails and the mother
was tearing her hair. It was
obvious that this had been going
on intermittently for days, so
anxious and tense were they. In
alternating concern and anger the
mother felt he must have the colic,
or “he must just be mean.” When
it was suggested that he might be
hungry, she protested that it was
yet a half hour until his feeding
time.
Many mothers continue trying
to get babies to operate on a rigid
schedule like little time clocks, in
spite of the great emphasis on
“self-demand” feeding. Each
child has a system of need, dif
ferent perhaps from any other
child. A part of the small baby’s
birthright is “short orders,” the
right to eat whenever he is hun
gry.
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BY THE OLD TIMERS
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From an Old Timer in Southwest
Missouri: I remember in 1896 when
butter sold for 25 cents a pound
and the buttermilk was always
given away. Fresh milk sold for
5 cents a quart and sugar cured
bacon was 7% cents a pound.
• • •
From Elvera Mecum, Portland,
Oregon: I remember the old fash
ioned beds in our home some 78
years ago. All of our beds had
rope or wooden slats to hold the
straw or musk filled ticks and
feather beds, bolsters and pillows.
We also had “trundle’' beds. AD
of them, except the “trundle" had
taU corner posts, beautifully
carved.
• • •
From Mrs. E. D. Millaway, Bur
lington, N. C.: I remember when
I was a child I had to walk two
miles to school and two miles home
every day. On each trip I had to
climb 13 wire fences and cross four
sets of bars. One pair of leather
shoes usually lasted a year. If
they did not I was accused of
jumping rope and wearing them
out.
• • •
One-track Mind
Someone has described the baby
as having a one-track mind, right
down the alimentary canal. Feed
ing represents not only satiation
of hunger, but sucking pleasure
assures him that all is well in
his world, that needs will be met,
and he feels secure.
Sleeps as Desires
Not only should he be permit
ted to eat “on demand," but his
sleep should not be interrupted,
although he may sleep five or
six hours at a time. At other
times he may want to eat a bit
more in thirty minutes or two
hours. This makes for irregularity
in the mother’s total schedule,
but who is in better position to
know when he is hungry or anx
ious than the child? Hunger pains
will awaken him before he suffers
for food.
Fear of Irregularity
The young mother feels fearful
will pivot madly in an effort to
keep its lashing tail in the line of
attack.
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lest she have to keep up this ir
regular schedule, but such is not
the case. After a few months, as
he thrives on having all needs
met and begins adapting to the
reality of life, gradually his de
mands begin to fit into a pattern.
He skips a meal in the early even
ing, or pushes it up toward mid
night feeding; this one is moved
up toward breakfast until it is
eliminated.
Personal Schedule
Most babies soon fit themselves
into a schedule if the mother re
spects their needs, but it is their
own, not some adult’s schedule.
When the baby begins to fit into a
pattern, this is the time for a
straitjacket to be applied. He
•nay want to break over occasion
ally and should be permitted to
do so. This proof of his needs
being met will calm and reassure
him. Self-demand babies cry less,
although some crying is to be ex
pected, aftd they learn to sleep
through the night earlier.
If at this stage his day-time
hours are too disruptive, by dis
tracting him pleasantly you can
delay a meal for a few times un
til he gets accustomed to eating
at the later hour. A schedule is
reinforced by having regular times
for a bath, a walk, and play with
the family sandwiched in between
his feeding hours.
Needs Change
Nature is on the mother’s side
if she cooperates with the child.
As needs are met the child desires
regularity in the meeting of these
needs, but it should be remember
ed that the baby is a changing
human being, and as he grows will
want to modify his schedule some
what.
Self-demand feeding is not
going to solve world problems, but
it will help produce calm, confi
dent children, who will be strong
and secure enough to adapt them
selves to the demands of society
as they grow up.
Anxiety is inevitable, and chil
dren will get more than their
share of it without being mishand
led as babies. We must assist the
child in establishing an inner
calm, which is a prime requisite
to mental health.
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PAGE SEVEN
Rev. Robert H. Harper
Th* Christian's Use of Possessions
Lesson for September 6: I Timothy 6:
6-19
Golden Text: l Timothy 6: 10
The Christian’s attitude toward
money Is very important. AD men,
in some way, are seeking content
ment. If godliness is not found in
a man, there will not be content-
menL In nothing can a man be
more deluded than in hoping to
find happiness through the acquisi
tion of things. Wealth, sought for
itself alone, will destroy rather
than confer happiness.
Seeking wealth, whether success
ful or not, can ruin character.
Having wealth is nowhere con
demned In the Bible. Some of the
patriarchs were men of wealth.
But the love of money is the root
of all evil. And this love of riches
ean destroy the character and ruin
the happiness of a man who is as
poor as the proverbial “church
mouse.”
Timothy was urged to seek the
blessed verities of faith rather
than the things of the passing
world. And he was bidden to charge
those that were rich to use their
wealth in doing good, to reUeve dis
tress and so lay up “a good foun
dation against the time to come.”
This does not mean to lay up mate
rial things for a rainy day, but to
provide for a spiritual treasure.
For Jesus said that we are so to
use the things of this passing world
that when they fail we pnay be
received into the everlasting habi
tations.
BUSINESS AID . . . Wm. D.
Mitchell, head of newly-formed
small business administration,
says he will try to create “pri
vate pools of capital’* to help
small business.
This year is the three hun
dredth anniversary of the publi
cation of Walton’s “The Com-
pleat Angler.” —Sports Afield.
Bible Comment:
The Last Supper
Accents Fellowship
Among'All Faiths
tT’HE Last Supper of Jesus with
His disciples stressed the
communion as the symbol of fel
lowship in the Christian church.
This is marked to such an ex-
. tent that denominations, or sects,
are called “communions,” even
in their very separateness which
denies the unity that ought to be
in Christ.
For that, of course, there are
historic reasons, which to a large
degree are being overcome by
many who in mind, soul and
heart accept as fellow Christians
all who love the Lord, regardless
of barriers of organization and
formal preed.
But there ought to be even
deeper implications of fellowship
as we contemplate that Last Sup
per in the upper room.
That Last Supper was the cele
bration by Jesus and His dis
ciples of the Passover, the most
sacred rite in the Jewish reli
gion, which was their heritage
as Jews and which Jesus said He
had not come to destroy, but to
fulfill.
Tht fact ought to give the Last
Supper a significance that it has
never had, neither for Jews nor
Christians, and a meeting place
in fellowship that they have
never found.
Surely the supreme task of all
who believe in the Christ and
the-fellowship of the upper room
is to bring to reality and fullness
ir> the world the spirit and the
practice of brotherhood.
We know that there was one
present in that room with Jesus
who renounced that spirit, who
betrayed his Master. What we
do not realize is that everyone
who professes to share in the
communion, but who does not
live in its spirit of brotherhood,
is more akin to Judas than to
those who loved their Master.
To partake of holy communion
“in remembrance of Jesus” is not
merely an act of conformity, an
expression of outward faith. Its
reality is found only in a renewed
commitment of the soul to the
Christian way—the way of
brotherhood.
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Do you know the rights under
the Social Security program?
The Sun, in cooperation with
Miss Martha Pressly, field office
manager, Greenwood, is publish
ing a series of question and
answer columns explaining the
new program.
The questions will be drawn
from those most frequently asked
by persons who have made inquir
ies at the field office.
If you have a question that you
would like answered, address your
letter to the Social Security Office,
18 Post Office Building, Green
wood. That office will reply direct
to you.
QUESTION: I have a baby-sit
ter two or three times a week for
a few hours only at 50c ah hour.
She says I should be reporting her
for social security. Is she cor
rect?
ANSWER: She may be. A do
mestic employee should be report
ed if she works for you any part
of 24 different days during a cal
endar quarter and is paid as much
as $50.00. We are sending you our
booklet on domestic employment
QUESTION: My brother is over
seas and has written for his Social
Security card which we do not
have. How can we get one for
him?
ANSWER: He should have
only one number his entire life
time. We are sending you an ap
plication for a duplicate of his
own original number which you
may send on to him.
QUESTION: I have just gone
into business for myself and was
employee until this month. Can
I receive Social Security credit
both as an employee and as self-
employed for this year?
• ANSWER: Yes, to a maximum
of $3600.00 from both combined.
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