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Evening star., 1927-11-06
Bob Picks a BaCkfield
BY w. BOYCE MORGAN.
A Tale of the Conqnerors' Club and Foot Ball.

! so we'll this Fall that you boys haven't
really been in the game much. But
keep on playing as you have been on
the second team, and you and Bill and
Porky and Red will be heard from
next year. / promise you that"
Glowing with happiness, Bob car
ried these words to the other members
of the Conquerors' Club. 1t was true
! that they deserved praise. Bill had
shown the speed and the brains that
| Bob knew he had. and was now run
ming the scrub team from the quar-
terback position. Porky, after groan-
| ing and sweating off the fat, was still
the heaviest man on the squad, and
fairly fast. Red was fitting well into
| the one halfback position, and Bob
himself was developing. They worked
together smoothly, and all they needed
was experience.
"Yes," said Red that afternoon,
| things look good for next season.
But / sure wish we'd had more chance
| this year"
"There's still the Fayette game" ,"
replied Bob, "and you never know
what may happen. We might get
into that"
Fat chance"' said Red. "We1l
need the stars in there every minute
that day."
Fired with enthusiasm at the coach's
words of praise, the Conquerors went
into their work that afternoon with
an invincible spirit. At the close of
practice, Is minutes of scrimmage was
scheduled between the first team and
the scrubs. The Conquerors' backfield
flashed an attack that made the first
string backs look to their laurels, and
the coach smiled happily as he re-
turned to the locker room. A great
team this year and prospects of
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INSTALLMENT iii.

On the following Tuesday Bob be-
gan to feel some alarm, for Porky
had not said a word to him or to Red
since the occurrences Of the preceding
Saturday. Therefore he decided to
stop for Porky on his way to school.
The Jones home was on the edge of
town. somewhat out of Bob's way, so
he started early, and it was still a
half hour before school time when he
approached the house. Suddenly he
paused in surprise. and peered down
the road past the house. which led to-
ward the country beyond.
What he saw was enough to make
him stop. ~ boy whose large figure
was very familiar was running down
the road, pounding heavily along un.
der a load of many sweaters. 1t was
Porky.
Bob, sitting a shout, waited for
him at the gate, and as the fat boy
puffed up he said, "Well. for cats
sake, Porky. what's all this?"
Porky paused, trying to decide
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Niaerian Hunter.

Here's a strange bird in a strange
position and in very strange coun-
try, far away from where you live.
1t is picture of hunter in Nigeria
which is in Africa, 10 degrees north
of the Equator and 10 degrees east of
Greenwich. Il
These hunters are experts in the
art of seeking game, even human
game. and they spend their entire
lives at it. But in spite of their skill
with the bow and arrow and with the
knife and spear, they can afford tc
take no chances. Their very exist
ence depends on their success at the
hunt, and so they make very elab,
crate preparations for the capture of
their prey.
If they were possessed of long range
rifles and powerful guns, weapons
that shoot accurately for great dis
tances, they would need none of the
equipment we see in the picture. But
their means of shooting are crude
and the spears and arrows carry only
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Radioactivity of the Human Body.
COME time ago distinguished in

SOME time ago a distinguished in
vestigator announces the results
of some experiments in which he
found that the normal tissues of the
human body produce an effect upon
| Photographic plates very much like
that of radium emanations or X-rays.
| Similar experiments have lately been
repeated by other investigators with
: the tissues of rabbits and other ami.
mails.
Caan carried these experiments still
farther. He examined material from
different parts of the body, and for in
dicating the presence of radiations he
used. in addition to the Photographic
method, a very delicate instrument
Becker's emanometer - which shows
the slightest change in the conduc.
tivity of the air.
Since the radium emanations and
the X-rays cause proportional in
creases in the conductivity of the at
mosphere, this instrument Is the most
sensitive index Of the presence of such
radiations in small quantities.
Equal quantities Of the different tis-
sues were taken, about 3h ounces.
The material was reduced to ashes
and the ashes were used in the eX-
pertinent. Forty-one specimens were
taken in all from IL different bodies.
The brain presented the greatest
amount of radioactivity, the heart
coming next and the liver third. The
kidneys and the spleen were almost
inactive. while the lungs were without
effect.
In attempting to correlate the in
tensity of the action Of the tissues
with the social and economic status
of the persons from whose bodies the
material was taken, Caan could reach
no conclusions; the chauffeur, the bus
mess man and the professional man
showed nothing distinctive with re-
gard to the radioactiyitY Of their
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Window Pictures.

Here is another window picture.
You will remember the instructions
for making these little designs-all
you need is paper, paste. paints and
scissors. Draw the design on piece
of heavy paper, reproducing it ex.
actly by following the guide lines.
The figure should be black. Cut out
all the white space and in it's place
paste colored tissue paper to the back
of the design. Then hang the picture
in the window SO that the light shines
through the tissue paper.
The colors for this design are as
follows:
Shield-Orange.
1Ja I.
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SCIENCE IN THE PENDULUM.

If weight is attached to the bottom
Of a rod or end Of a cord and allowed
to swing freely, it will vibrate in
small arc at regular and even inter-
walls of time. The rate at which 1t
swings back and forth depends on the
length of the rod. The longer the rod,
the slower will be the beat Such a
contrivance is called a pendulum, and
it is used to regulate the time of
clocks.
The old grandfather clocks, which
you may have seen, were so con-
structed that the pendulum made one
swing every second. In order to keep
such time, the pendulum had to be
made about SO inches long, and the
clock was, therefore, very tall. Smaller
clocks can be made to beat every half
or quarter second. Their pendulums
are, therefore. much shorter, being
one-fourth and one-sixteenth as long
as the one used on the grandfather
clock.
The pendulum of the clock is kept
going by either spring or a series of
weights, and as it swings backward
Evening star., 1927-11-06
POsers.

Right in the middle of the foot bal
season, it might be good idea to give
you an examination on the game
This ought to be dead easy for lots OF
you, and not very hard for anybody
that follows his school team. But let's
try it. anyway. r
/. How many points does a safety
court?
2. What is drop-kick.
3. How many times may captain
take time out during each half?
4. For what university did Red
Grange play?
5. What game played in Chicago last
year drew 10000 spectators, a record
crowd? Who won it?
8. What is a lateral pass?
Z. How long is a regulation foot bal
| field from one goal line to the other?
s. What is the penalty for being of
side?
Answers.
/. Two points. g. A Kick in which
the kicker drops the ball to the ground
and kicks it as it rebounds. 3. Three
4. The University Of Illinois. 5. The
Ariny-Navy game. which ended in a
| tie. 2121. 6. a pass made behind the
line of scrimmage between backs. Z
One hundred yards. s. Loss of
yards.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

A puzzle in verse Is little novelty.
and deals with your knowledge of
United States Presidents. Almost
like posers, isn't 1t?
1. Which President his horse be-
strode?
And off to his inaugural rode?
2. Who first his oath of Office took
In open air where all might look?
3. Who, fearing much some dark sur
prise,
Came to his oath in deep dis.
guise?
4. Who first at Washington did swear
The Nations good should be his
care?
5. What Presidents took oath of
State
On other than the March fourth
date?
6. What man to his inaugural hied.
Just one short month before he
died?
{. Who was succeeded by the one
Whom he succeeded the next run?
s. What Presidents to Quaker town
For their inaugurals did come
down?
3.
In the two sentences below, the
musings words have the same pro
nunciation but different meanings
See if you can guess them.
eff the secretary does not -
the lost paper" said the president
he will be -"
"Of all the games we have
this was by far the hardest -
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ashes. But the age of the subject did
seem to have a striking influence upon
the intensity of the radioactivity. The
older the person, the more active the
ashes. Although the number of bodies
used was too small to allow broad gen.
eralizations, it was inferred that i'll
health tended to increase the amount
Of radiations.
The material that produces these
effects is probably taken into the body
with the food and drink or in breath
ing; this would account for the In
crease in the quantity with the ad.
vance of age.
Caan has formulated no theory as to
the relation of the radioactivity to
the vital processes nor as to it's ef-
feet upon these processes. These find.
ings are in significant contradiction
to the notion that the vital fluid gives
off some kind of 'radiations" that
have been compared to the x.rays and
to other poorly understood phe-
nOmena.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

TT has been discovered that the "oak
pruner" larva, which works such
destruction to the softer oak trees.
has another larva on it's trail. The
smaller parasite devours the larger
just as the oak-pruner devours the
hard wood of its branch; but as the
damage to the tree has already been
done and the avenger takes advan-
tage of it, there is small consolation
in the discovery for those whose trees
are spoiled.
In the Springtime the long-horned,
gray-brown pruner beetle lays her
eggs in a tender green leaf twig. Soon
the larva is Matched and eats it's way
down the twig to the branch. 1t eats
but a little way toward the tree and
then cuts out a circle which ALMOST
completely sewers the branch. 1t
leaves the bark and on the lower
side thin strip of wood. Then, draw.
ing into it's burrow. it plugs toward
the hole with borings and eats its way
slowly toward the tip of the branch.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
footing.

A stranger who was rather deaf en-
tered little Scotch church. He seat
ed himself in front pew and placed
AN car trumpet on his knee. An elder
Of the kirk, who had never seen an
ear trumpet, watched him with grave
suspicion.
When the minister entered the man
lifted the trumpet from his knee. but
before he could adjust 1t he felt tap
on his shoulder and heard the indig.
nant elder saying, 'One toot an
you're oot"
Evening star., 1927-11-06
CURIOUS OAK.PRUNER BEETLE.

Later, perhaps in the Autumn, the
wind breaks off the branch which has
been so nearly cut and it drops to the
ground to lie beneath the snow till
Spring. The plug protects the lava,
which is now in the pupae state. In
the second Summer it comes out as
beetle.
But while the 1arva Is hidden away
so carefully, the little ichneumon fly
is lowering about the oak tree, listen
ing for the sounds of the pruner's
hard mandibles destroying the wood.
When a larva has been exactly To-
Gated the fly lights on the branch over
it, and, piercing the thin she'll, lays an
egg inside. In a few days the egg
matches. 1t becomes a larva, which
soon devours the previous occupant
Of the burrow. Then the second larva
spins a silk cocoon. plugs up the bur-
row itself and waits the train of events
which the pruner has arranged-the
dropping Of the branch. But now this
means the liberation of q metamor-
phosed ichneumon.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Deadly Blue Light.

NERPENTS, earthworms. ants and
hens are very sensitive to the In.
huences OF color. Serpents seem stu
pefied. sick, broken down and benumb-
ed when shaft of intense blue light
is thrown upon them. Earthworms
crawl away at their highest speed and
hunt eagerly for refuge when sub
jected to red light.
All the vegetable world Is sensitive
to the action of colored rays, and few
plants can bear a powerful blue light.
When the blue rays are turned upon
plants there. are few that do not wilt.
and II the blue light is continuous the
colors ct the plants fade and the
Evening star., 1927-11-06

-, The four members of the ConQuerors'
Siuh are sonhamDres in FerrIston High
Sehool, and Bob Miller and Red Hopkins
gre subs ON the foot bah team. Bob play
ing halfback and Red end Porky and
BIZ, the other members of the club. are
not out for the team. because Porly is
lazy. and Bill is too much interested IN
Ruth Sauers Bob has a plan for max
ing the club into an all-star backfeld to
replace the Ferriston backs who will
graduate this year. As the first step in
the plan he gets Coach Edwards TO shift
BED from end TO halfbaclS. Then he and
Red plan to get Bill and PorlSy out for
the team. At Bobs request. Ruth Sauers
shows great admiration for foot ball
players. which sets Bill thinking. BY
constant kidding and scofing. coupled
with physical force Red enrages Porky
to the point where he is willing to do
anything to get even with his tormenter.
Bob and Red anxiously wait to see the
fruits of their efforts
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a short distance, which means that
they must approach as near as posi-
BILE to the object of their hunt.
One means of doing this is to imi-
tate the appearance of bird or ami.
NAL. That Is what this man has done.
In this disguise he will approach
through the tall grasses, while his
victims are fooled into a sense of
false security. When the hunter is
close enough he let's loose his spear
or arrow, and the victim learns a
lesson, though like SO many lessons
even we must learn, it comes too late
for any practical good.
THE GLOBE TROTTER.
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Naturally.

Captain-We will now have an ex'
animation.
Freshman-Sir, I have neither pen
Gil nor paper.
Captain-What would you think Of
soldier who went to battle without
rifle or ammunition?
Freshman--I would think he was
m offiCar sir
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Stinay.

The stingiest man we know OF is
the one who gave his little girl a
nickel not to eat any supper, who
took the nickel away from her while
she was asleep and then refused to
give her any breakfast because she
Inet
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Crossword Puzzle.

The definitions are:
Horizontal.
1. Trained.
Z. A greeting.
s. Possessive pronoun.
9. Behold.
IL. A bath.
13. Proposition.
IA. Anger. -
IS. Away.
II. Broader.
IS. Before. --.
20. Organ Of hearing.
%. Mother.
%. Fancy.
%. You.
26. As.
27. Measure of type.
20. Least broad.
Vertical.
1. Guardian Of the law. .e
2. An exclamation.
3. A fish.
4. A demon.
5. Boys nickname.
6. Unlike.
10. Either.
IL. A country in Asia.
| 13. Belonging to.
| Is. A female sheep.
| Is. Crude metal
| 10. The sun god.
| 81. Yes.
| %. Proposition.
"a. Moisture.
| &c. Elder (abr.)
2S. Personal pronoun.
| Answers.
1. The words in the picture puzzle
| are trench, mortar, coporal and in
| fantry.
| 2. The names of the Presidents are
| 1. Jefferson. 2. Washington. 8. Lin
coin. 4. jefferson. 5. Tyler, Fillmore,
| Washington, Johnson, Arthur, Hayes,
Taylor. Roosevelt and Coolidge. 6.
land. 5. washington and Adams.
| 8. Find, fined. Won, one.
| 4. The words in the crossword
puzzle are: Horizontal-1, practiced:
Z. no: 8, my; 9, 10; IL, dip; 13, Of; IA.
ire; 16, off; IT, wider; IS, ere; 20, ear;
20, ma; %, fad; 25. We; 26, so; 81, EN-:
90, narrowest. Vertical-1, policeman:
2, ah; 8, cod: 4, imp; s. Cy; 6, different:
10, or: IL. India; IS, of; Is, eve; 16,
ore; 10, Ra; 81, ay; %, for; "a, dew;
26, Sr.; %, me.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
WITH THE PUZZLE EDITOR.

Armistice day Is coming, and just
so you won't forget it. we're giving
you a picture puzzle this week that is
all about war. The words are those
connected with the Army and should
not be hard for you.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

great backfield for next year. Every.
thing was rosy!
Now If his boys could just win that
Fayette game!
To Be Continued Next Sunday.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Still Wet.

Mistress-Have you given the gold
| fish fresh water?
Maid-No, ma m. they amt finished
the water I gave them yesterday yet.
Evening star., 1927-09-11

ject of discussion being Medical Mis-
sions." The Sunbeam Band, under
leadership Of Mrs. Estelle Kicker, post
poned its meeting on account of Labor
day. and will meet on Monday, taking
the same topic, Medical Missions ="
The Girls Auxiliary will meet with
Miss Helen McCarty on Tuesday.
The missionary meeting of the Bap
tist Church will be held Wednesday
afternoon, Mrs. J. c. Rogers of Round
Hill, association superintendent, and
Mrs. Ashton Jones OF Clarendon, group
leader. will address the meeting. Sup
per will be served on the church lawn
after which Rev. Mitchell viii preach.
Word has been received here of the
death in Blacksburg, Va, of James
| X. Henderson, from a fall several
weeks ago. He was the father of
Thomas and Mack Henderson OF
Herndon, and Mrs. Ray Huffard of
| Fairfax Court House.
Miss Rebbie deButts of this town
will be one of the teachers at Vienna
this session.
| A move is under way to organize a
troop of Girl Scouts here, under lead
ership of Mrs. j. K. Stewart
On Tuesday evening the Wesley
| Brotherhood held special services to
which the townspeople were invited
| Crockett c. Carr presided. w. j.
Phillips of fredericksburg, former dis.
! trict deputy grand master Of the
| Masonic lodge, was soloist, singing
three selections.
S. M. Janney of Fredericksburg was
the speaker Of the occasion, his subject
being "The Importance of the Church.
Rev. Glenn J. Cooper made a short
| talk.
The Missionary Society of the South.
Evening star., 1927-09-11
HERNDON.

HERNDON, Va, September 10 (Spe-
ciaI The first meeting of the council
was held the first week day after
September l." at which time the
members, Robert L. Chamblin, Ben
iamin r. Mcclure, George A. Bready.
Silas r. Hutchison, Harold f. Hanes.
Edgar e. Gillette and DIR. Bernard
Poole were sworn In. Edgar E. Gill
lette was reelected mayor; Vernon c.
COckerille was reelected town SER
geant, Allen HI. Kirk was also re-elect-
cd town clerk. DIR. Poole rendered his
resignation as a member of the coun-
Gil. Benjamin F. Mcclure was ap-
pointed chairman of the committee on
roads and lights; George Albaugh
Bready was appointed chairman OF the
committee on finance; Silas p. Hutch
ison was appointed chairman of the
building and public property commit
tee. The request of the school board
was made for special fund, and it was
requested that school board report all
expenses, etc, at the next meeting of
the council Monday night and the
need for this special fund.
The Eastern Star Lodge of Herndon
has decided to hold a carnival Sep.
tember 80 and October /, and has ap.
pointed G. Robert Sims chairman of
the arrangement committee.
The quarterly conference of Arnon
Chapel was held Saturday, Dr. J. r.
Lambert, presiding elder for the cir.
cult. preaching the sermon.
the Young Women's Auxiliary, un-
der leadership Of Mrs. Robert Lowe Of
the Baptist Church, met last evening
with Miss Marvette Kicker the SUBJ
Evening star., 1927-09-11
UPPER MARLBORO FAIR
HAS 5 DAYS RACING.
Opens Tomorrow With Prospect of
Greatest Success-Wide
Range Of Exhibits.

UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, Septem-
ber l0.-The annual Southern Mary
land fair will open here Monday to
continue through Saturday. with the
prospect that it will be the r,ost sue
cessful yet held. Residents of PRINCE
Georges, Anne Arundel, Charles, St.
= Marys and Calvert counties win par.
ticipate.
Aside from the five-day program of
horse racing. many features have
been arranged, including a horse
show Tuesday, starting at 1880 am.
The show. that will be managed by
Miss Rhoda Christmas, has attracted
entries from Maryland, Virginia, Dis.
trict of Columbia and other nearby
sections. A feature will be an ex.
hibition by Troop G, Sd Cavalry. OF
Fort Myer. that will put on a 12-man
gymnastic +. le and trick jumping.
Other features will include exhl.
bitions of horses, cattle, hogs, sheep.
farm and home products. There will
be contests for federated women and
All boy and girl club members, and
big poultry exhibition.
Directors Of the fair are NJ. Hamp-
ton Magruder, DIR. Charles " Hayden,
Walter J. Mitchell, John b. Pyles,
S!sl B. Clagett. George S. Dove, w. S.
chichester. William G. Brooke and
9ohn T. Hall.
Evening star., 1927-09-11
ANNANDALE.

ANNANDALE, Va. September 10
(SpeciaD.-At the meeting OF Pioneer
Grange Tuesday night, Louis and
benjamin Waggoner and Paul Gregg
were voted into membership. Two
other applications were received A
membership drive is being held.
Candidates will be initiated next
month.
The Grange called an open COM
munity meeting for next Wednesday
night to discuss the problem of elec.
trio lights
At the Annandale fair last week
prizes for farm exhibits were awarded
as follows: Ducks, white Pekir, young
pen, Dudley Webb; old pen, r. r.
Allen. Indian Runner, r. r. Allen.
Rhode Island Reds, old pen, first. II.
b. Derr; second. Mrs. H. H. Ander.
son; young pen, w. s. Mercer.
barred Rocks. young. w. D. Mercer;
Barred Rocks. pullet. Willie Sipes:
cockerel: Willie Sipes; cock, first and
second, w: s. Mercer; hen, w. s. Mer-
Ger. White Leshorn, young pen,
nrst' l.: W. Carter; second, w. 8. Mer.
Ger; third, X. r. Allen; old pen, l..
w. Carter; cockerel, first, w. N. Mil.
Ter, and second, l.. w. Carter; pullet.
w. NAi NC1J ScCOTlQ, w. N
Miller; third, c. H. Powell; cock and
hen. w. n. Miller won first on both.
Anconas, E. III. Wakefield won first,
second and third. Pigeons. homers,
Edwin Orndorf won first and second
vernon Lynch took first on display
or ensilage corn. second and third go.
ing to Senator Rristow: first on sugar
corn and on field corn went to Sen.
ator Bristow; second and third on
field corn going to Ravensworth
Farm; second best sugar corn went
to Philip Tramme1; Ravensworth
Farm took first prize on forage: best
pole beans went to Philip Trammel
Senator Bris:ow received a blue rib
bon Tor his farm display.
The boys and girls in the An CIubs
had display of their years work in
gardening, flower culture and sewing
Omar Hirst took four first prizes anf
one second, James Bladen two firsts
| and two seconds. William Schaub one
first, William Adkins one first anf
Norman Deer one third prize. Nil
dred Trammel won first place in the
sewing exhibit as a group and one
first In the separate classes. Heller
Webb was given second for the grour
ana one first, Helen Tramniel third
| in the group. Prizes were distributed
for sewing, pastry and Gained goods