Forced To Clothe Cattle in Africa

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FORCED TO CLOTHE CATTLE

Animals In Certain Parts of Africa Have to Be Protected From the Deadly Tsetse Fly.

Files in certain parts of Africa mean something more to cattle than a mere seasonal annoyance, for the pestilential tsetse visits disease and death upon those that enter its domains. The avid attacks of the dangerous insect were circumvented in a curious manner recently, reports Popular Mechanics Magazine.

A number of shorthorn bulls were driven overland through three tsetse-fly belts, one 21 miles wide. The bulls were completely clothed, from muzzle to hoofs, in sewn suits of heavy fabric, and their noses, eyes, horns and hoofs, the only parts exposed, were coated with wagon grease. Encased in this remarkable armor, and traveling only at night, when the tsetse is least active, they succeeded in escaping the menace.

--The Bessemer Herald, Bessemer, Michigan, April 9, 1921, page 3.



Short Notes
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We never knew until the election returns were in that there were 40 adherents of the Prohibition party in Bessemer. But election night also showed there were many on the other side.
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A few weeks ago we were wishing that we had an attack of the spring fever and we take this form of announcement to say that we've got it.
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There are a lot of fine folks in this town but some of the so-called "big guns" can jump in Lake Superior and wouldn't be missed.
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What is hard to understand is how those politicians in Ironwood could throw mud at each other at election time like a lot of Charlie Chaplins and then expect to work in harmony until next election.
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Time for the automobile accidents to begin. The "silent policeman" is stationed on the corner of Lead and Sophia street.

--The Bessemer Herald, Bessemer, Michigan, April 9, 1921, page 4.


Ups and Downs
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Usually.
This is the season when the poet's output should reach its peak.
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Why the Scrapps Scrap.
Mrs. Scrapp -- John, I've invited one of my old sweethearts to dinner. Do you mind?
Scrapp -- Certainly not. I always like to meet lucky people.
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Peevish, At Last.
"I had to kill my dog this morning."
"Was he mad?"
"Well, he didn't seem any too well pleased."
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Wanted to Know.
Queeni -- Have you ever kissed a girl?
Oswald -- Is that an invitation or are you gathering statistics? -- Cornell Widow.
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Sure Sign.
She (tenderly) -- "When did you first know you loved me?"
He -- "When I began to get mad when people said you were brainless and unattractive." -- Brown Bull.
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It's often a man's strong right arm that favorably impresses a woman.
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You can't make a man believe it, but the most tragic moment of marriage is that in which his wife asks him how she looks in her new hat -- and he stops to consider!
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Suffering Johnny.
"Does anyone know why Johnny Jones is not in school to-day," the teacher asked her class.
"Yessum," replied Willie Smith eagerly, "he's got a saleratus tooth and has to go to the dentist."
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The Compositor Gets Funny.
Western paper -- The Wiseman wedding was solomonized at the home of the bride's parents. -- Boston Transcript.
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A Solid Fact.
"What is the hardest thing about skating when you're learning?"
"The ice." -- Boston Transcript.
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For the Inevitable.
"Let me show you our new correspondence paper for ladies," said the stationer. "We consider this the greatest novelty of the season."
"It's very pretty," said Mrs. Barlow, "but why is it specially for ladies?"
"It has the letters P.S. -- postscript -- engraved at the top of the inner sheet," said the stationer. -- Pearson's Weekly.
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Gratitude.
"You did me a favor ten years ago," said the stranger, "and I have never forgotten it."
"Ah," replied the good man with a grateful expression on his face; "and you have come back to repay me?"
"Not exactly," replied the stranger. "I've just got into town and need another favor, and I thought of you right away." -- Detroit Free Press.

--The Bessemer Herald, Bessemer, Michigan, April 9, 1921, page 4.