Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 27, DeMotte, Jasper County, 26 January 1933 — Page 7

Former Desert Pest Now Valuable

ONCE a bristly desert pest, the cactus plant is now one of California’s commercially valuable crops. Not only has it become a prime cattle fodder, but several delicious varieties of candy are made from its fruit, the cactus pear. Many a rancher who hopelessly tried to exterminate'this plant, now declares a dividend from it. Norma Adkins, shown in the photograph, is holding one of the pears at a cultivated cactus patch near Pomona, Calif.

OUR CHILDREN’S STORY

By THORNTON W. BURGESS

THE BREEZES DECIDE TO HELP STRIPED CHIPMUNK

HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL and his cousin, Chatterer the Red Squirrel, stared at each other, and for a few minutes neither could find a word to say. What had become of all those brown nuts which the Merry Little Breezes had shaken down from the top of the tall chestnut tree, and over which they had quarreled and fought so bitterly? Not one was to be found. It was just as if there never had been

They Found Him Running Along the Edge of the Green Forest Looking for More Nuts.

any. The Merry Little Breezes knew what had become of them, and they chuckled. Sammy Jay knew what had become of them, and he chuckled the most of all. In fact, Striped Chipmunk was at that very minute tucking away the very last of those brown nuts in his secret storehouse. No wonder he chuckled. Of course, Happy Jack and Chatterer soon guessed that while they had been so foolishly quarreling, some one else had found those brown nuts and taken them away, but who that some one was they didn't know. What do you think they did after staring at each other for a few minutes? It sounds too foolish to tell, but they began to quarrel again. Yes, sir, Happy Jack and Chatterer began to quarrel again. And then they went at it again, quarreling as bitterly as before and quite forgetting that there were more nuts in the trees waiting to be gath-

Pretty Puff Sleeves

The little slashed puff sleeves and the double row of buttons lend interest to this child’s frock in banana-col-ored crepe de chine.

ered. The Merry Little Breezes had been shocked at first, and now they were disgusted, very much disgusted. “And I thought we were going to help!” exclaimed the Merry Little Breeze who had first suggested shaking down the brown nuts that Happy Jack and Chatterer might be saved the trouble of climbing the trees for them. "I'll never shake down another nut for those fellows if I know it!” “But we did help!” another Merry Little Breeze. “We helped Striped Chipmunk. Wasn’t it funny to see him get all those nuts while his cousins were quarreling about them? I tell you what, let’s go hunt up Striped Chipmunk and help him and leave those two bad-tempered fellows to get their nuts any way they can.” No sooner was it proposed than off rushed the Merry Little Breezes to look for Striped Chipmunk. They found him running along the edge of the Green Forest looking for more nuts. “Hello, Striped Chipmunk! Come play with us!” shouted one of them, mischievously, knowing just what

Tempting Death by Poison Gases

DEATH stands nearby as these men calmly go about their business of breathing poisonous gases at an experimental station for testing gas masks in London, England. The masks are connected with a tank filled with the deadly fumes, which are inhaled by the men. A white-coated physician stands near to administer first aid in case the masks should suddenly fail to function.

DESSERT, FISH, MEAT SAUCES

A DELICIOUS sauce to serve on a cottage pudding or any steamed cake is: Butterscotch Sauce. To one cupful of boiling water add one cupful of brown sugar, two tablespoonfuls of flour, a dash of cinnamon, and one-fourth teaspoonful of salt thoroughly mixed. Cook until the flour has lost its raw taste and the mixture thickens, stirring to prevent lumping. Beat in two tablespoonfuls of butter and remove from the heat, adding onehalf teaspoonful of vanilla or coffee extract. This is good served hot on ice cream, custard or baked puddings. Hard Sauces. Cream together one-fourth of a cupful of butter and three-fourths cupful of powdered sugar, add one-half teaspoonful of vanilla and one-eighth teaspoonful of grated nutmeg. Long beating makes a creamy, hard sauce. Add the sugar slowly. For variety substitute brown sugar and flavor with maple or grated lemon or orange rind. Spanish Sauce. Add two tablespoonfuls of chopped onion to two tablespoonfuls of butter and cook until tender and yellow. Add one chopped green pepper, one-half cupful of celery, two teaspoonfuls of

THE KANKAKEE VALLEY POST.

Striped Chipumunk’s answer would be. “Can’t! I’m too busy,” replied Striped Chipmunk, snapping his bright eyes at them. “Will you play with us after your work is done if we will help you do it?” asked one of the Merry Little Breezes. Striped Chipmunk paused to sit up and chuckle, as only he can chuckle. “I’d like to know how you can help me?” said he. “How do you think all those brown nuts happened to be on the ground, the ones you have just hidden away while your cousins were quarreling?” demanded a Merry Little Breeze. “Why, I suppose they just dropped down,” replied Striped Chipmunk wonderingly. “You’re wrong!” shouted the Merry Little Breezes. “We shook them down for your cousins. But we wouldn’t have done it if we had known that they would quarrel over them. Now they may climb the trees and gather the nuts for themselves for all we care.” “That is something I can’t do very well,” said Striped Chipmunk. “You know I am not much of a climber. I have to depend on what I find on the ground, and sometimes it is pretty hard work to find enough. I didn’t know you shook those down, but I’m glad you did. Now I must get busy. When my work is done I’ll play with you.” Striped Chipmunk started to hurry on. “Wait a minute,” cried the Merry Little Breezes. “We are going to help you. You follow us and we’ll shake down the nuts for you, but we must go where Happy Jack and Chatterer will not see what we are doing. What do you say to that?” “Splendid!” cried Striped Chipmunk, chasing his tail from pure happiness. “Do you really mean it?” “We certainly do!’’ cried the Merry Little Breezes. “Come on!” ©, 1933, by T. W. Burgess.--WNU Service.

PAPA KNOWS

“Pop, what is listless?” “Debutante on Sunday morning." ©, 1933, Bell Syndicate.--WNU Service.

minced parsley, one bay leaf, two cupfuls of tomato, one tablespoonful of flour and salt and pepper to taste. Blend the flour with a little butter before adding to the sauce. Cook for half an hour, remove the bay leaf,

KITTY McKAY

By Nina Wilcox Putnam

The girl-friend says that the fact her salary seems to have wings don’t help her any in feathering her nest. ©, 1932, Bell Syndicate.--WNU Service.

GIRLIGAGS

"’Tis strange but true," says brainy Beulah, “but regardless of which shoe you grab in the morning, the left one always goes on last." ©, 1932, Bell Syndicate.--WNU Service.

BONERS

A bore is a kind of river pig, and a delta is the man who looks after It.

BONERS are actual humorous tidbits found in examination papers, essays, etc., by teachers.

Lincoln was shot by one of the actors in a moving picture show. * * * At Roman banquets the guests wore garlics on their heads. * * * State the economic value of fish. Fish drink up the water in time of flood. * * * Latitude and longitude are imaginary lines running around the earth to show where you are and which way you are going. * * * Charles the Bald died without a hair. * * * The Wedding Guest in “The Ancient Mariner” beat his breast because he had to buy the bride a present. (©, Bell Syndicate.)--WNU Service.

cook ten minutes longer, adding the flour and butter at this time. Now add four tablespoonfuls of minced ham and serve at once. ©, 1933, Western Newspaper Union.

THE WAY WE FIGURE

By DOUGLAS MALLOCH

PUT down two and carry one, So arithmetic was done In a schoolhouse ten by twenty, When some simple rule was plenty. Now the schoolhouse is as wide As the world where men abide, And I find, with problems bigger, That ain't now the way we figger. Harder problem, harder school, And it takes a harder rule. Seems today, with all our troubles, What’s divided always doubles. Here is what we seem to do: Put down one and carry two. Though the rules are simply stated, Life is much more complicated. Soon it’s two in place of one, So our troubles are begun, For there aren’t very many Folks who never carry any. In life's school one rule is taught, That you never carry naught. Yet perhaps what makes ’em bigger Mostly is the way we figger. ©, 1933. Douglas Malloch.--WNU Service.

Champion of Jockeys

Johnny Gilbert was the champion jockey of 1932, his total of firsts being 208. This broke all records of the past 24 years.

Girls Less Than 5 Married

Fifty children, including thirty-nine girls less than five years old, are listed as married in Mysore state, India.

GET PEARL FINISH FROM FISH SCALES

Chemists Have Found Uses for Former Waste.

Automobiles and fish scales sound as unrelated as cabbages and kings. Yet the first two are being joined with increasing frequency by the alchemy of industrial chemistry. From the scales of sardine herrings chemists are able to obtain the socalled pearl essence which is used in preparing the pearl finish on expensive automobiles. Pearl essence is used also in other products, such as imitation pearl knife handles and fountain pens and imitation pearls themselves. Formerly boats transporting sardine herrings from weirs to factories would dump overboard the huge quantities of scales that accumulated. The scales were just another of the nuisances of their business. Then came tempting offers to purchase this waste product, and today the fisherman retrieves the scales by ingenious methods and sell them at from 5 to 10 cents a pound. The demand for scales is steadily increasing as new uses for pearl essence is found.--New York Times.

LOOK WHO’S HERE

Chocolate Cascarets, an old favorite with a new flavor, has come to supplement the candy laxative which has been consistently advertised since the early 80’s. The slogan “They Work While You Sleep” will be maintained for both old and new standards.--Adv.

World Do Move!

Death and taxes are often compared in their inevitability; and one can even do his dying in installments.

Los Angeles Boy Needed Help

Leroy Young, 1116 Georgia St., Los Angeles, is a “regular fellow,” active in sports, and at the top in his classes at school. To look at him now, you’d think he never had a day’s

sickness but his mother says: “When Leroy was just a little fellow, we found his stomach and bowels were weak. He kept suffering from constipation. Nothing he ate agreed with him. He was fretful, feverish and puny. “When we started giving him California Fig Syrup his condition improved quickly. His constipation and biliousness stopped and he has had no more trouble of that kind. I have since used California Fig Syrup with him for colds and upset spells. He likes it because it tastes so good and I like it because it helps him so wonderfully!” California Fig Syrup has been the trusted standby of mothers for over 50 years. Leading physicians recommend it. It is purely vegetable and works with Nature to regulate, tone and strengthen the stomach and bowels of children so they get full nourishment from their food and waste is eliminated in a normal way. Four million bottles used a year shows how mothers depend on it. Always look for the word “California” on the carton to be sure of getting the genuine.

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CLASS DISTINCTIONS

Exciting news from the American Association for the Advancement of Science: If your bouse has hardwood floors, a furnace, a library table, magazines, large rugs, bookcases, newspapers, a piano, a radio, you and your family belong to the upper classes, the scientists announce. But they say sadly, and firmly, if you heat your house with stoves, and your floors are soft wood and your rugs are small, alas! your social position is in jeopardy. And we ask, what all that can reasonably be said to do with the advancement of science?--Atchison Globe.

“I was awfully sic and mother called the doctor. He said I had bronchitis and told mother to get some Bronchi-Lyptus.” At your druggist's. For FREE sample, write to 732 Ceres Ave., Los Angeles.

Sinus Trouble! Makes Life Unbearable Last year a prominent New York judge and his wife committed suicide because sinus trouble made life unbearable. Prevent sinus infection. If nose is stuffed, head hurts across the front, throat is lined with phlegm, use SINASIPTEC, the marvelous discovery of a St. Louis doctor. SINASIPTEC makes breathing easy, keeps head and throat clear and protects against colds, catarrh, hay fever and sinus infection. Tear this out. Get a large bottle of SINASIPTEC from your druggist and use it in warm water as directed. Say it:--Sina-sip-tec.

Kidneys bother you?

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