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CHILDREN'S STORY ^By thohnton w. burgess The reckJ'-^s tornsue is quite the worst Of all t )*** things I know. So watr*1 v "ir lonKue and Buard your tonsue. And v"lsr ton>;ue be s,ow AqI'K K tongue is apt to be a reckless tongue, and a reckless tongue is "ue that says things with out stopping to think if they be true prof w:i:i : harm ihey may do by be Ids repeated. The tongues of some people seem to be reckless all the time. C"->ipy tongues almost always are re* -s. Other tongues become reckless when their owners lose their tempers It was this way with the tongue L??ng legs the Heron thru beautiful summer day. Longlegs lost his temper and then he said things which he wouldn't have said If he had stop|>cd to think. You I.<?ng legs was very hungry and he united patiently for a long. Inns time for his breakfast. Yon know Longle;:- is a tisherman, and he Is one of those who wait for their meals to come t" tliem instead of going after then. Little Joe Otter Is a tisherman. but he is the other kind. He is such a fanio-is swimmer that be can chase ami catch fish. Longlegs isn't a swim mer at ail. so he has to wait for ?he fish to swim near enough to where he Is standing for him to catch one by darting his long neck downward like lightning and snapping up the fish in his great spear-like bill. So on this particular morning when Longlegs had waited ami waited so patiently and at last a school of min nous h i i come swimming in almost within reaeii it had been more than j he could stand to have Itattles the Kingfisher suddenly dart down and seize the biggest minnow Longlegs had counted as surely his. at the same time lightening away all the other minnou "You're a thief!" he screamed at Rattles. "You're a robberl That was my tish ?" Ran!, s the Kingfisher chuckled. It wasn't a pleasant chuckle to hear been ust Itattles hasn't a pleasant voice. In fact it is a very unpleasant voice, ile didu't reply at ouce be cause lie was too busy swallowing that hi:. tat minnow. It was so big that it stuck In his throat, and he had to twisr ind squirm and wriggle ami gulp and gasp to get it down. Bin at Inst it was down. Then tie looked acrow nt longlegs and chuckled again. **If it was yours why didn't you catch it?" he asked. MI didn't even know > ?i:i were over there. Not that it would have made any difference, ' he a<Ked with another harsh chuckle. Rattles the Kingfisher Chuckled. "for fish belong to whoever can catch them, and that fat minnow didn't be long to you because you hadn't caught it." "It did too!" retorted Long legs, and his voice was as harsh as Rattles' voice. "1 was Just going to catch it when you stole it. You're a thief, 1 tell you. I'm going to tell everybody that you're a thief. You stole my breakfast !" Rattles chuckled again. You see, having that big fat minnow in his j stomach he simply couldn't lose his | temper. You know, temper is very largely a matter of an empty stomach. The stomach of Longlegs was empty and so his temper was very, very bad. while the stomach of Rattles was full, and so his temper was very, very good. "Go, ahead ! Go ahead. Longlegs !" said he. "You tell everybody that I'm a thief, and I'll tell everybody that you are a long-legged, long- necked, cross-grained, bad-tempered, lazy do nothing, who waits for his meals to come to him Instead of going after them. Everybody knows that 1 never stole anything In my life, and every body knows that you are Just what J have said you are. It is true 1 haven't many friends, bot It is be cause I don't want them. But it is Just as true that you haven't either. It is easy enough to call names, and I guess I can do that as well as you can. So go ahead. Calling me a thief doesn't make me one, and you know as well as I do that that minnow didn't belong to anybody until It was caughL Just to pay you for losing your temper, Tm going to ?tay right Americans on Old Caravan Route r A A. I. Kb of New York (center), formerly of Pittsburgh ami Cleveland, and ? A. F. Kane of Milwaukee, ns tiny stpprared with their small native at tendant an<l park mule, en roult from ihina to India via an old <'iiino.se cara van route. The party Journeyed overland from Saigon. French Indo-China, to Calcutta, and is shown hailing f?>r a swim in western Yunnan. China. Setting New Record Kvclyn rtrnim, of the Illinois Worn ' en's Athletic chili, sotting a now Amer | icau record !n t !*?? discus throw with a heave of 111 feet. 11 inches, at the recent Central A. A. U. meet in Chi cago. here by the Smiling l'??ol, tun! y,.u ought to know, if you don't, that I Qin beat you fishing every time. If you'll take my advice you'll go over to the liix river. You'll fill your stomach sooner there, and then you'll feel hotter." Longlegs opened his mouth for an angry retort, then closed it without saying a word, lie knew tlint what Itattles said was true, and to tell the truth he was a wee hit ashamed. Finally he spread his hlg wings ami flapped away in the direction of the Big river. Itattles the Kingfisher chuckled noisily. Then he lived his bright eyes on the Smiling Pool to watch for minnows. (?. 1932. byT. W. Barge*.*- ) ? W NU Servlc?. London The City of London Is said to have been originally Llyndin, a Celtic name signifying "town on the lake." The liomans called the place Londlnium, adapting the native name to a Latin form, and the modern name is sub sequent corruption. Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettys burg address while traveling from Washington to Gettysburg on the hack of an envelope. BONERS are actual humorous tidbits found in examination pa pers. essays, etc.. by tcachers. A metaphor is n thing you shout through. ? ? ? Queen Elizabeth was a virgin queen, ami she was never married. She was so font I of dresses that she was never seen without one on. She was beau tiful and clever with a red head and freckles. ? ? ? False doctrine means giving people the wrong medicine. G ? ? ? Blockheads were the part cause of the War of 1812. ? ? ? A democracy believes In God and a republic doesn't. ? ? ? Everybody needs a holiday from one's year end to another. The press today is the mouth-organ of the people. ? ? ? A planet Is a body of earth sur rounded by sky. <?. 1932. Bel! Syndicate.) ? WXU Service. No Good for Him A soft answer may turn away wrath, but never an Insurance agent. ? Chi cago Evening Post. AN OLD MAN'S ENVY By DOUGLAS MALLOCH ALL ?n old mail's t.tsks are done. One by one Ail tils races have been run. Now he sits beside the tire? Old Grandsire, Little now his limbs to tire. All of youth's task lie ahead, Iloads to tread. Things to master, and to dread. Age is like an ancient mill, Gray and still. All the grist ground that it will. Youth can never quiet sit, Smoke a bit. With all life ahead of it. Youth must up and on its way. While tin* gray Sit and think and smoke all day. Youth must up and sow the grain, Shift the crane ? And I hear youth's voice complain. All an old man's tasks are done. And his fun ? Let me tell you this, my son: Nothing would seem hard to do If you know How an old man envies you. (W) 13^2. '>oucln? Mai loch. 1? \V NU Sorvlcv JUST A FEW SAUCES AWKLL made nnd appropriate sauce will take an ordinary meat dish out of its class, making it a real creation. The following are a few that art* different : Breton Beef Sauce. Take one taldesi?oonful each of su gar, horseradish and iu;*de mustard, mix with four tablespoonfuls of vin egar. Lamb Sauce. Pour one-fourth cupful of boiling wa ter over four tablespoonfuls of chopped mint leaves, let stand until coltl, then add two tablespoonfuls of vinegar and enough orange marmalade to make a thick sauce. Unusual Meat Sauce. Mix together two tablespoonfuls of I brown sugar, one tea spoonful of grant ed chocolate, one-half cupful of pre served currants, one tahlespoonful of shredded orange peel and the same amount of capers. Pour over these in gredients a cupful of vinegar and let stand for several hours. Before serv ing strain off the extra vinegar. Olive Sauce. Mix together one tahlespoonful each of melted butter and flour, add one cupful of good stock- Stir and cook j until smooth nnd thick. Add a scant teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce and one dozen finely chopped olives. Sea son with a little salt and pepper. Let the mixture simmer gently for three minutes. Egg Sauce for Fish. Mash the yolks of three hard cooked eggs with two tablespoonfuls of but- j ter, one tahlespoonful of rich cream and two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice. Another is prepared with a white j sauce, two hard cooked eggs chopped I tino and salt ami pepper to taste. Al low two eggs to each pint of white sauce. This is good served with caul- ; ! itlower. 1 <?. 1932. Western Newspaper Onion.* Sets High Standard for Pig Marketing Record of Illinois Farmer Cited as Example. Whereas few farmers raise more than TO per cent of the pigs farrowed, Charles II. Shuinan. a graduate of the college of agriculture. University of Illinois, has hung a record during the past three years of raising and selling 84 per cent of the pigs farrowed on his Moultrie county farm. His rate of marketing has run so high that during the three years his sales have averaged almost eight pigs a litter. Out of r>f?8 pigs farrowed in G'J litiors, he has sold 475. He is co operating with the extension service of the college in demonstrating swine sanitation and other approved prac tices. I*ust summer Shunian fed 52 head and sold them September when they were six and a half months of age, averaging *J04 pounds each. They paid well for their feed. They were fe<l corn, wheat, oats, tankage and soy bean oil meal. They used 301 pounds of feed for each 100 pounds* gain, according to the report which Shuinan made on t hem to E. T. Kob hins, live stock extension specialist of the college. How to Make Effective War on the Groundhog Groundhogs cause damage both by eating the crop and by the piles of stones and gravel which spoil the mower blades. Readers are asking how this pest may be destroyed. lUius ami traps are most in use. Carbide gas may bo used, but is not effective unless all the holes are well sealed. One of the cheapest and easiest methods, if one has a car, is to use carbon monoxide gas. This gas, which is very danger ous, is made in the motor and is re leased through the exhaust pipe. First block all the holes so that they are as airtight as possible and pre vent the animals from escaping. Drive the car up to the main hole, and in this plaice the end of a rubber tube, the other end of which is attached to the exhaust of the motor. Leave the motor running for about twenty min utes, which should supply ei.ough to kill the pests. Readers who have had experiences in this or other methods of eradication are invited to report on results. ? Montreal Family Herald. Hot-Weather Pests Warm weather arouses the repro ductive instinct of Hies. By midsum mer it would seem as if nature has overdone the job of guaranteeing the perpetuation of the species. Certain ly it doesn't take so many to be as sured of breeding stock from year to year, considering their prollllc ten dencies. Warm weather also arouses the ac tivity of harmful bacteria. We are thinking now of those that cause milk to sour, making it unlit for food. Care less handling of milk in warm weather i9 Just as certain to invite trouble as the certainty that sunset will follow sunrise. Clean cows, clean milking, clean utensils, and prompt cooling pre vent these bacteria from doing their dirty work. But Hies? Flow shall we keep their filthy feet from contaminating our food and from torturing our cows? Make it tough for them to find suitable breeding places. Coax them into fiy traps. Knock them stilt with tly spray. ? Hoard's Dairyman. Silo Will Beat the Frost Ensiling corn saves the entire crop. The man with a silo does not dread the early frost, for his silo is ready to receive leaves, ears and stalk. Dry corn fodder which has not lost Its leaves, or which has not been leached by fall rains, is excellent feed ? but lorses are inevitable and can be avoid ed by ensiling the corn. Ensiling should take place when the kernels are In the glazed stage. The glazed stage Is reached when the seed coat has be come somewhat shiny, and when the starchy part of the kernel is firm enough to rub up into meal when this starch is removed from the kernel and rubbed between the fingers. ? Dakota Farmer. Sowing Millet It would not be advisable to seed millet, alfalfa, timothy and clover to gether. Millet Is calculated for hay and the plants grow very thick, requir ing a good deal of available fertility. All of this would be detrimental to seeding out with the clovers and grass. The same objection may be given for not seeding down with sudan grass. The earlier the grass nnd clover seed can be sown the better for a good catch and stand. Barley Is a good nurse crop. Sometimes land Is seeded out about the time millet nnd sudan grass Is sown hut the clover and grass seed Is sown alone and gets off to a sufficient start to be all right for en tering the winter conditions safely. Old Cutter Bear Fitted for Another Byrd Trip VIEW of the old coast guard cut ter Bear taken at Oakland, Calif? just before she sailed for Boston via the Panama canal, to take on stores and crew for a trip to the Antarctic under command of Admiral Richard E. Byrd. The Bear was completely overhauled and refitted at the Cali fornia port and renamed Bear of Oakland.
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