Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1937, Page 18

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON MOON MULLINS. IT WAS PINKEY LUB! SHE SAID |F I DIDN'T COME OVER THERE SHE AND MANNY THE MUSCLE WERE COMING OVER HERE/ D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1937. The Home Guard. I TOONERVILLE FOLKS. | LEM WORTLE, THE PRACTICAL JOKER, HAS FORCED “HANDLE-BAR" HANK W'MOV( HIS COUCH AWAY FROM THAT WINDOW WITH THE ROLLER SHADE WELL, GET ON YOUR = SOMBRERO, TLL BE GETTIN' LORD PLUSHBOTTOM! - SAY, ] THOUGLHT WE WAS GOIN’ MR. AND MRS. WELL, | WONDER- WHAT TE 1D BETrER WEAR TODAY A Matter of Taste. HERES oNE THAT WLL Look NIFTY WTH “THIS SHIRT. JUST MATCHES WELL, 1L SAY TRAT Looks PRETTY DARN SWELL You Look ALL RIGHT EXCEPT For Your. TiE. For PITYS SAKE CHANGE IT, OR ELSE CHANGE Your SHIRT S0t b ootz s on UNTTED FEATURE ‘RYNDICATE. " Tne “It is a great pity.” Kavandavanda repeated; “but you must serve my purpose.” “What purpose?” Jane asked. striving to keep her voice from trem- bling. “The purpose of providing our holy order with the means of immortalify.” the age-old youth replied. DAN DUNN. “IT'S PRACTICALLY NEW—ONLY FOUR OF MY BROTHERS OUTGREW IT.” “Long Ago.* he mused: “I learned the secret of deathless youth. Tt lies in an elixir brewed of many things—the pollen of certain plants, the spinal fluid of leopards. and. principally, the blond of women-—young women—young women. Now, do you understand?" “But I should like to keep you as ¥ou are’ Kavandavanda added dreamily: “you are so beautie ful.” Hix hot breath wax on her cheek. “And why “Yes” The girl shuddered. “Do not reeoil from the thought.” said Kavandavanda:. ‘remember that you will become part of tise living god, part of me. Thus you will live forever. you will be glorified. In that way I shall have you." He leaned closer, not? I am a god. And may not a god do as he chooses? Who is there to say him nay?” Hs seized her and drew her to him! Secret Operative 48. —By NORMAN MARSH. WE'LL WALK UP THE ROAD--AND MAKE SURE THAT TWO FINGER IS THERE- YES--THEIR CAR IS IN THE YARD--TED, GO BACK AND S8ET THE SHERIFF AND SOME MEN--THEY'RE ARMED WITH TOMMY 6UNS AND WILL NOT BE EASILY TAKEN-- THEY WON'T LEAVE BEFORE NIGHT--AND TLL FIX THAT CAR SO THEY CAN'T USE IT--NOW HURRY ALONG, TED! THAT'S A BUT SUPPOSE GOOD PLAN, THEY WANT 70 - LEAVE=--HOW COULD YOU STOP THEM, DAN?? LET'S GET THOSE 6UNS CLEANED UP--NEVER CAN TELL WHEN WE'LL NEED THEM-- YOU ALWAYS PREPARE FOR THE WORST-- DON'T YOU, TWO FINGER?? BUT NO ONE'LL FIND US HERE!/ AN/, TM PLUMB DISGUSTED. | \ Y WAS FIGGERIN' On TAKKNY A TRIP OVER TO GALA GULCH TODAY AN NOW 1 GOTTA TAWE THET PESKY 1 WENT AW GEOT MY TuUUMB CAUGHT I\l THE FENCE cATE 5. Polynesian chestnuts. . Mental picture. . Porked piece between glove fin- rers. uniting the front and back parts. . Written, but not under seal. . Small groove. . Town in France. 3. Shoe frames. . Hindu cymbals. . Owns. 9. Woman of gigantic strength. . Mountain of Thessaly. . Leaves of plant of nightshade family . The drink of the gods. . Babble. Floating fragment of ice near an | fceberg. English scholar. . First Jewish high priest. 5. Second son of Adam. . Snow on a mountain summit. . Perfume derived from the W. L |4 red jasmine. Read metrically. . Prolific. . Entreaties. 3. Cuttlefish’s smoke xcreen. . Third son of Adam. 5. Pillage. . Precedence . Assess [or taxation: . 1 love: Latin . Married. . Chief magistrate of the Nether- | 53. Plotted chart. lands. . Geometrical figure. . Hard drasm . Progenitor of the giants: . Brazilian macaw. . Irish Gaelic. . Specialist in the study of primitive customs. 3. Norse nickname. . Denominations. . Grassy plain. . Dutch physicist, won Nobel prize in 1913. . Fastening passing over a ataple. . Revival of African magic rites. 3. Having full powers. . The first King of Argos: myth. . Lid gasket for sealing fruit jars. . Twining about. 3. Industrious creatures. . Unroof. . Position in fencing. . River in England between Durham and Yorkshire. . Asteroia discovered 1898. . Deck. SBcots law. True Stories of G-Men Activities Based on Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—Modified in the Public Interest. WHAT ABOUT iT,SIMONS P | CAN IDEATIRV UIM GOOD_RIDDANCE, POSITVELY. HE CAME™ INSPECTOR.! NO BANK WAS SAFE VAT THAT MO® AT LAQ{:!/ Norse myth. . Bvils, . Barb of an ostrich feather, used for making artificial flies in angling. . Until. . Ladder rung. . One who votes for a proposal. Reason to Grieve. SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebr. (#).—Mike Hull built himself a new house. Just 82 workmen were leaving the roof burst into flames. Firemen ripped up newly-laid shingles and tore into the attic to get to the source of the flames. Mike felt pretty grieved about the whole affair. Gr. L SIMONS, LIKE QONFESSED TO THE Mgt D) DAWVILLE AND OTHER. BANK ROBBERIES. Solution to Yesterday’'s Pursle. Down. Steel spur of a gamecock. . Precious. . The sandarac tree. . Iron rod, used in glassmaking, to carry hot bottles. . Locomotives. . Short cloak. . Haircloth garment of Arabia. . River of Siberia. . Sherry and egg drinks. . Disturb. . Bolid bounded by 10 plane faces. . Aeting like a grandfather. . Part of the eye, PRIOCERNVATADOR] AILE MIRE M1 IGIE[SIIK TIIINTINRIET] (REIORINIU] [EX TR ANTOOMCIARAT UISIHERIIMIUTIATIE] TIAICE[TIINITIL] [T (TRNO!1 SIABILIEMNA .dflflfimgflflmgfl EINDEIAVIORITRIA TiS] CIEASIOINISIIHIEIRIDIS| Sl [TION L Nature’s Children BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. WOOLLY LOCO WEED. Astragalus mollisimus. "GON]: loco” is & sad fact to report to a cattle owner. The word Joco is of Spanish origin and means craxy. It is an expression spplied to s disease that is common among sheep, cattle and horses in the Great Plains region of the West and is caused by a weed 100 freely eaten by animals. poisonous, in the loco-weed group, that grow in the Weat and the South- ‘west and are responsible for the heavy losses among the live stock from eat- ing them. Not until October, 1873, was it definitely known that the locoed ani- mais had been poisoned by eating & weed: Many investigations were car- ried on. Nothing seemed to clear up the matter, All that was certain was the. great number of animals lost. Fi- nally atockmen, watching their cattle closely, keeping their horses, sheep and cattle within a given territory and inspeefing the food they ate, be- eame ced they were eating something that was causing all the trouble. At last the weed was tracked down and named loco by virtue of the fact that it made the creatures esting it crazy. While there are six true loco plants, there are seversl so-called locos that are harmless. The purple plant pie- tured here is also known as the woolly loco, and when any one is speaking of the plant this is usually the one meant. It is well known in Northern Texas, Western Kansas or Western Nebraska, It is a perennial, growing in patches where the soil is eapecially pcceptsble, in depressions on MaEwfll. Patches may cover several acres of ground, and the plant will flourish for several years. Grow- ing taller and more robust with time, it eventually reaches s height of about 2 feet and covers & space of 2 feet in diameter. ‘The flowers do not attract your at- tention. They are a deep purple. The ripened pods are short, shick and two- celled and a deep, rich brown. The lJeaflets are either elliptical or ovate and very heavily covered with hairs, hence its name “woolly.” The long branches of the plant lie close to the ground. The time for blooming va- ries with the temperature of its adopt- ed !h& ~ Animals will not eat the purple loco weed unless food is scarce or they have contracted the habit of eating it. Once the habit has been acquired, its hold upon the beast results in its death. ‘The white loco weed has long, lance- shaped leaflets and is known in Mon- tans, some parts of Colorado and Wyoming. The flowers are white (rarely purple) and the seed pods are slender and filled with seeds that rattle when you atrike the pod. It has also been called the rattle weed on this account. 4 - N Effects: The animal becomes dull and stupid. The gait and general air of intelligence undergo & marked change. The animal steps high over & small obstacle, leaps clumsily over s ditch. The sight is impaired, its muscles lax, its tail and mane exs tremely luxuriant. Remedy: Dig out the weeds or cut them 2 or 3 inches below the ecrown. 8eeds live for years. They germinate at different times. They must be gathered up when possible and de- stroyed. Being locoed is therefore not to be lsughed st or joked sbout, It's too serious an affliction.