Hbj/wkd about
Prehistoric Lore.
DEL RIO, TEXAS.?According
to the scientists, who
have a great way of naming
earthly phenomena without inquiring
into the wishes of the
phenomena, we are now living
in a terrestrial era known as
the Hollocene period.
This will be news to a lot of peo- 1
pie who rather suspected we were
living through a
stage which might
be called Chaos.
Still, it's no won- W
der that the word I
hasn't got around Ijjj
generally yet, be- | i ~~ Mm
cause this present I 1
era is quite a young I . :"*jM
era as eras go. It's
merely a tew milyears
old,
which, to our true
geologist, is the ,rvin s Cobb
same as yesterday.
Mention a few million years to him
and he'll say "phew!" and just snap
his fingers?like that.
I wonder if the authorities would
pardon a suggestion from a poor
ignoramus whose acquaintance with
geology is largely limited to two
of its surface phases, namely: Regular
paved roads and those derned
detours. When we consider most of
the humorous illustrations and the
bulk of the humorous text printed
in the average smart magazine of
today, and the even spicier lines
heard in smart modern plays,
wouldn't it be more fitting to call
it, not the Holocene, but the Obscene
period?
The Law's Long Arm.
TMIE long arm of the law?it's a
* grand phrase, isn't it? So mouthfilling,
so satisfying to the honest
citizen's soul!
It conjures up visions of unrelenting
warfare against crime, inevitable
punishment for the guilty. It's
the bunk!
It's the bunk because of crooked
lawyers; venal policemen; compla
cent prosecutors; soft-hearted or i
corrupted jurors; witnesses, bribed i
or intimidated; the law's delays;
reversals of fair verdicts on foolish
technicalities; a false sentimentality
which forgets the widow and orphan
of the victim and thinks only
of the family of the killer; most
often of all, abuse of the powers to
commute and to pardon and to parole.
The Passing Years.
pVERY newborn year is a rosy
prospect just as nearly every
dying year is a dun-colored disappointment.
But without revived !
hope what could we look forward to
except being measured for a
shroud?
It seems only yesterday when 1937
was busting in, a radiant, bouncing
baby-child, his arms burdened with
promises, bless his little soul! After
several false starts, happy days
were here again. Nobody was aiming
to remodel the Supreme court.
Senator Ashurst told us so, and
didn't he know? He didn't.
Secretary Wallace, slightly assisted
by Divine Providence, would immediately
have the crop situation
well in hand. Grass would grow
only in the street leading to the !
almshouse. The Wall Street boys :
were expecting two suckers in every
pot. And the song of the Bulbui .
was heard in the land?ah, the bullbull
1
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Gambling Houses.
A ONCE famous card-sharp?-not
reformed, but retired?said to
me:
"Show me a professional cam- !
bling house where the roulette
wheel isn't crooked, where any other
mechanical device is on the
square, where the operatives from
the bosses on down won't skin a
customer?call him a sucker, if you
want to; the terms are interchangeable?and
I'll drop dead from shock,
because no such outfit ever existed
nor ever will, not so long as games
can be tricked, as all of them can,
and gamblers are out for the coin,
as they naturally are, and the hand
is quicker than the eye, which it is."
"But how about the mathematical
percentage in favor of the bank?
isn't that enough?" I asked.
"How about the mathematical
percentage of crooked law-enforcement
officers who have to be
bribed?" he countered. "There's
never enough coming in to satisfy
those babies."
IKVIN S. COBB
Cooxrlaht. WNU Service.
The Cherokee Scoi
L. Farm]
11 Topics
POULTRY OUTLOOK
FOUND FAVORABLE
Government Bureau Predicts
Higher Egg Prices.
Supplied by the United States Department
of Agriculture.?WNU Service.
Somewhat higher prices of egg3
next year as compared with this
year are foreseen by the bureau of
agricultural economics in a review
of the poultry and egg situation.
This conclusion is drawn from the
c m -?1 lo" ?'? - - * *
uumuti oi layers wmch will
be in farm flocks next year and the
expectation that the rate of egg production
will be somewhat lower.
The larger supply of feed this
year is expected to have a material
effect on the poultry situation. The
total production of the four feed
grains, corn, oats, barley, and
grain sorghum, this fall will be the
largest since 1932. And the wheat
supply for poultry feeding will be
larger than in recent years. With
the number of grain-eating animals
at a low point, there will be unusually
ample supplies of grain for
poultry, especially in some of the
Corn Belt states. In other words,
the bureau says, the feed situation
next spring will be much more favorable
to producers than in 1937.
Largely as a result of the ample
feed supply, it is expected that the
hatch of chicks next spring will be
larger than the small hatch this
year. This leads to the conclusion
that while poultry supplies will be
smaller in the first half, they will
be larger in the last half of 1938
than in the corresponding periods of
1937. Higher prices of chickens are
looked for in early 1938, whereas
lower prices may be the rule a year
from now.
Stocks of eggs in cold storage
which will affect egg prices next
year are likely to be much less
than they were in 1937, because of
smaller marketings.
While the production of fall
and winter broilers this year is expected
to be heavy, the price is
not likely to be depressed correspondingly
because the general
incut. is SUlclliei.
Turkey production this year is
estimated at 10 per cent less than
it was in 1936. With prices expected
to be higher than they were last
year and possibly higher than in
1935, the hatch and production of
turkeys in 1938 probably will be
increased over this year.
Fast-Growing Pigs Are
the Best as Breeders
The best swine breeding stock
usually comes from the heaviest
pigs, said H. W. Taylor, extension
swine specialist at North Carolina
State college.
So a good way to select breeding
stock, he added, is to weigh the litters
at weaning time.
If all sows and litters have had
the same care and feeding, the litters
which are heaviest at weaning
time will be those from the best
sows.
The boar and sow pigs selected
for breeding purposes should be taken
from these heaviest litters.
Boar pigs to be raised for pork
should be treated when four to five
weeks old, Taylor continued. At
this age the treatment does net
shock the pig as much as it will
later, and the young pigs recover
more rapidly.
He also pointed out that sanitation
and balanced rations are two
of the most important factors in
hog production. "If you have not
tried farrowing and raising pigs on
clean land, give it a trial," he said.
Semi-Scalding Poultry
The water for semi-scalding broilers
should be 126 to 128 degrees
Fahrenheit, roasting chickens 128
degrees, fowl 128 to 130 degrees,
young turkeys 125 to 127 degrees, old
nrirouc 19_fl The thermom
eter should be carefully checked
for accuracy. The time that birds
should be left in the water is 30
seconds. Birds should be killed by
bleeding through the mouth and by
sticking the brain.
Agricultural Notes
The flesh of sharks is a source of
poultry food.
Duck eggs have a greater fat content
than hen eggs.
If vegetables sprout and grow in
the cellar storage, it indicates that
the temperature is too high.
Turkeys reach a marketing size
only after 24 to 28 weeks of even,
rauid growth from the start.
ut, Murphy, N. c., Thur
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sunday i
chool Lesson
By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
? Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for December 19
THE BIRTH OF JESUS
LESSON TEXT?Luke 2:8-20.
GOLDEN TEXT?For unto you is born this
day In the city of David a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord.?Luke 2:11.
PRIMARY TOPIC?When Jesus Came.
JUNIOR TOPIC?When Jesus Came.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC?
The Birth of Our Saviour.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC?
God's Gift of a Saviour.
Few indeed are the stories that
will bear retelling or the books that
are worth re-reading. Rare is the
song that we care to hear more than
once. How significant then that we
come to the observance of Christmas
each year with hearts full of
delight in the story of the birth of
] Jesus, eager again to hear the account
from God's Word, and to listen
with attentive souls for the
sound of the angel's song in the
Christmas music.
The birth of our Lord as the incarnate
Saviour of men is still front
I Dace, headline- nowe ir*. TOOT
The glad tidings of his coming still
color the thinking and living of a
world that has gone far from him,
that lives today in hatred and enmity,
even while outwardly recalling
the coming of the One who was
to bring peace on earth. We hove
even gone so far that men feel that
the way to promote peace is to use
the swor i. Until the Prince of
Peace bi.iself shall reign there
may be no other way. But let us
be certain at this Christmas time
that the tender baby hand from the
cradle at Bethlehem has reached
our hearts and lives, bringing us
peace with God and good will toward
men
The first seven verses of our chapter
relate the coming of Mary with
Joseph to God's appointed place at
his appointed time, for the entrance
into this world of the Son of God as
the "Word" that "was made flesh
and dwelt among us" (John 1:14).
Our lesson opens with the proclamation
of the blessed good news to the
shepherds in the field.
I. "Unto You Is Born ... a
Saviour" (vv. 8-14).
Christ was a great teacher, one
whom the common people heard
gladly, "for he taught them as one
that had authority, and not as the
scribes" (Mark 1:22). He was a
leader among men, and lived a life
which was an example beyond that
of any man. But mark it well, this
was not the central and essential
purpose of his coming. He came as
a Saviour. His mother was told before
his birth that she should "call
his name JESUS: for he shall save
his people from their sins" (Matt.
1:21).
It is not enough to be among the
cuuiuu^s iiiuubuiiub wiiu supernciaily
observe Christmas with greetings
and gifts. We must with the shepherds
go and present ourselves in
personal devotion to him. If you
have not met the Lord Jesus as your
own personal Saviour do it now. And
if you know him, make this a Christmas
in which Christ is supreme.
II. "Let Us Now Go . . . and See"
(vv. 15, 16).
Their fear changed to assurance
by the words of the angel, the shepherds
at once "go" and "see."
Would that all those who heard today
did likewise. The shepherds
might well have found all manner
of excuses for not going. They
had sheep to care for, they were
not prepared for a journey. No, the
urge was upon them "and they
came with haste . . . and found"
Jesus.
III. "When They Had Seen . . .
They Made Known" (vv. 17-20).
Mary the mother of Jesus had
special reason to ponder these
things in her heart. But the shepherds
"returned, glorifying and
praising God for all that they had
heard and seen."
"Let the redeemed of the Lord
say so" (Ps. 107:2). When we have
found the Lord Jesus we must not
simply rejoice in the satisfaction
and peace that has come to our
own souls. We are saved to serve.
The normal expression of the new
life in Christ is the proclamation of
the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Only in that spirit do we truly keep
Christmas;
To every one that sees these lines
?whether editor, typesetter, or
proofreader?whether a reader in
the midst of the clamor of the great
city or in the quiet of a distant countryside,
whether old or young,
whether well or on a sickbed, whether
alone, far from family and
friends, or In the bosom of your
family, the writer of these lines
extends in the name of Christ a most
hearty good wish for a blessed
Christmas.
sday, December 16, 193'
I THE CHEERFUL CHERUB I
A constant new
surprise,
riy ctanging d^ys
unfold.
riy interest never
dies ?
I love this growing
old.
WC?-! ?*\
<0Si=^K
WNU Service.
Seeking Your Will
You are seeking your own will.
You are seeking some good other
than the law you are bound to
obey. But how long will you find
good? It is not a thing of choice. It
is a river that flows by the path of
obedience. I say, again, man cannot
choose his duties. You may
choose to forsake your duties, and
choose not to have the sorrow
they bring. But you will go forth;
and what will you find? Sorrow
without duty?bitter herbs, and no
bread with them.?Georee Flint
National Prosperity
What constitutes national pros,
perity? Not wealth or commerce
simply, or military achievements,
| but the greatest possible number
of happy, noble and graceful
homes, where the purest flame
burns brightest on the altar of
Family Love, and Woman, with
her piety, forbearance, and kindliness
of soul, is permitted to officiate
as High Priestess.
It
, _ ?w ^ up
5L * each nostril at
the first sneeze
T
j T.i -- - > ^^FuUdttails o/tht Pla\
For a Happy Life
Remember this?that very little
is needed to make a happy life.?
Marcu& Aurelius.
Retail Price, at f- fart. Quaker St,
7
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Smiles
What's the Matter, Pop
Father (looking at son's report)
?Do you know that George Washington
was at the head of his class
when he was your age?
Son?Yes, but he was President
of the United States when he was
your age, pop.
Granite
"Then she isn't exactly one of
the sympathetic sort?"
"Sympathetic! Why, it's my
opinion that woman wasn't born;
she was quarried!"
III. IV TIV111H
???
"Madam, I am just out of the
hospital, and?"
"Don't tell ine any such story as
that. You're the man I gave a
piece of pie to not two weeks ago."
"Yes'm, dat was just 'fore I
went to de hospital."
Here and There
Egyptian Guide?And the stonei
I'm about to show you are covered
with hieroglyphics.
American Tourist?Oh, isn't that
too bad. At home we're bothered
by grasshoppers.
" irifp^rrwl
wicks fl
VVAPORUB^pig^J
?rub on throat,
chest, and back
p ^of^bedlime^^^JJ^?
n in each Vicks '
Belief Necessary
You have to believe in happiness
or happiness never comes.?
Douglas Malloch.
? 5SgflS95S90|9B^'
?? Oil itfiitrng Corporation. Oil City, Pa.