Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1937, Page 46

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1937, -By WILLARD MOON MULLINS. The Scarecrow. MAYBE I'D OUGHT TO TAKE A SQUINT } IN THERE, GYP. YOU OUGHTN"T TO OF POKED THAT PUSS OF YOURS IN THERE PETE, VT SCARED HER OUTTA TEN YEARS"* GROWTH. PLUSMBOTTOM 52|D HED COME LONG QUIET o200 A2 R WELL ;THAT DRESSED. PAN OF HERS WASN'T NO NERVE TONIC hicags Syndicate, Tne. MR. AND MRS. a Hundred Years. OKAY. ILL GET ANGTHER- O 1937 N 7. TRIBUNE, 1ac . HEY! WHAS mATER WITh ThiS LIGHT<Z? ONE SOMEWHERE | MEANT To ORDER. SoME NEW BULRS TODAY BUT | FoRGGT 'S'ALL RIGHT. 1LL JUST BE AN OLDFASHIONED GENTLEMAN OH, | FORGST. | STuck THAT GLOBE IN THE SockeT IN THE HALL ALL BURNT ouT IN TS Room EXCEPT THE ONE I'Mm USING NEVER MIND. M A PATIENT MAN UGHS -SWHRE? “A FELLA SURE SEES FUNNY THINGS OUT HERE IN THE COUNTRY— THE STUFF LOOKS LIKE MILK, DOESN'T IT?" Brown turned restlessly, and Sborov froze with terror, then the pilot resumed the regular breath- or t twilled fabric. e trees s of amphibians. 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OUR GETAWAY AFTER WE ROB Alexis reached out and seized the ax Fixing his mad eyes on the forehead of the sleeping man, he raised the weapon aloft! ... HOW ABOUT THE BANK, SVELL /1ETS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. HAND ME TUAT MAP / S ———— (TS T THATS ALL SET--IVE RUN THE ROADS AND KNOW EVERY TURN-- GOT IT ALL IN THESE NOTES--- I'LL DRIVE-- saw it no more, and hi and his Waz by two ped down to inv but at that Secret Operative 48. THAT'S RIGHT-- NOW, HARRY, HOW ABOUT THAT CAR YOU STOLE-) AN 1S IT PLANTED IN THAT GARAGE? determined to return tc moment £ n the trail below. He GALLON CAN IN THE BACK--WE'LL was at- —By NORMAN MARSH. YEP, MA, FULL OF GAS --AND EXTRA FIVE IN-- WE'RE BE ABLE TO TRAVEL OVER THREE HUNDRED MILES WITHOUT STOPPING ! N0 4 True Stories of G-Men Activities Based on Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—Modified in the Public Interest. HERE'S THE GET-A-WAY MAP -W/ITh ALTERNATE ROUTES. WE TAKE TUIS ROAD YOR CRICAGO, SE= s A CINCR / KNEW YOU'D QOME FITZ WE NEED SOME EXTRA HELP ON THIS JOB-THERELL BE PLENTY IN T FR BVERVBODY / Registered U. 8. Patent Office AMONG OTUERS WHOM BENTZ ENLISTED 0 THE MILLION DOLLAR BANK ROUAERY FINE ---YOU BETTER TURN PULLING THAT JOB TOMORROW MORNING-- ITLL BE A HARD DAY--- -By REX COLLIER Nature’s Children BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. 'OREWARNED is forearmed. Those wishing to enjoy the pleasures of camping, fishing and hunting should know something about the pestiferous | black flies that can make your trip one of such misery that fighting them is all you can remember of a vaca- tion that bade fair to be one of rest- fulness and contentment. The tormentor of our trip is a mem- ber of the true family tribe—that is, she has but two wings and she belongs to the order Dipteria. There are wee I stumps that indicate there were hind wings at one time. The offspring of the black flies are always footless, but by no means han- dicapped by the absence of feet. They are among the most famous fishermen to be found in the brooks and streams. These humpbacked biting flies have broad wings and rather short legs. They have simple antennae. The males are a harmless, though annoy- ing, lot, but they do not bite. The blood-suckers are the females. You can tell the males from the females it you have the two together. The male has the larger eyes. Both have speckled IT At some locations the black flies increase s0 in numbers they nave been known to cause the death of many animals. Droves of the bloodthirsty flies would go after one animal, and their poisonous bites, as well as the loss of blood, were sometimes too much for the victim to overcome. Having gained her point, the mother black fly, filled with the warm or such places in order to establish her strange offspring. Stepping with nonchalant air in the water where the current is quite swift, the mother anchors her eggs upon rocks. She is the water ouzel among insects. You are astonished how this air-breathing insect can fly to the deep water, dive under and lay her eggs, then come out again for fresh air, blood of a neighbor, will fly to streams | | Look carefully at the surface Df‘ rocks under freely flowing water. Some- | times there will be a foot or more in | diameter of the deposited eggs, all| fastened securely on the rock's sur-| face. They are a pale lemon in color. | Massed together, they are easily seer. | About eight days after they are laid | they hatch. You may see these crea- | tures any time of the year in these | watery homes. They spend the Win- | ter in this stage. | Fastened to the rock, these expert | fishermen stand erect, moving their heads about in a circling motion, so as to catch any bit of food they can. fanlike attachments are bristles A that act as strainers and are very effie, cient. When enough food is caught the rakes are closed and the food is brought to the mouths of the fishers men, which are located in the rear of the catching seines These one-quarter-inch black ane glers may release their hold on their rock and move to another fishing ground. When they are ready to trans= form they spin cocoons under the water, breathing through gills that are found at the upper end of the silken wraper. (Copyright, 1837.)