Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 185, 17 May 1919 — Page 10
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1919.
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lillkklUIIV VI YOUNG LOCUSTS
Chickens and Hogs Thriving as Farmers Turn up Bushels of Insects. , By WILLIAM R. SANBORN.
Oar guests have begun to arriTe; those summer visitors who favor us with their presence every seventeenth year. It Is a little early for the hosts to settle among us but an announce- . ment committee of two happily wedded couples are with us In this office as we write. For the moment they are not at all talkative, simply saying: "Here we are and what are you going to do to entertain us?" , Well, we have set them to housekeeping In a box and are going to be responsible for all their grocery and 'dry good biHa. should they want to go shopping. We have an idea, however, that they win presently provide i their owa- gaudy raiment, formed in Nature's own inimitable and useful jway.i Not the Biblical Locust. The 17-year locust Is not destructive i except in a small way as to the growth in trees. In which the mother deposits her eggs. The real locust of dejTaetatlng memory Is a grasshopper, of which there are several families. 'Grasshoppers may appear in any summer in swarms, and we all know how destructive have been their visitations. .The plague of locusts so vividly described In Exodus have nothing in - jeommon with those from which a vis-
. jiauon ib now aue over a large pan, 01 this country. Here is one of the most brilliant bits of condensed reporting to be found between the covers of any book: s "And the locusts went ud over all
the land of Egypt and rested in all the
inoasts of Egypt Very grievous were they, for they covered the face of the
'whole earth, so that the land was darkened. And they did eat of every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left; and there remained not any green thing in the trees or in the herbs of the field through all the land of Egypt." The visitors whom we may now confidently expect are as a summer zephyr to a tornado, In comparison to the damage to be anticipated. . And harmless as they may be they are likely to continue to appear in lesser numbers from period to period. They are doomed, it may be, to ultimate extinction, for the birds destroy them in large numbers before the eggs are deposited and the 17-year cicada is among the few insects that the English sparrow considers a luxury. Farmers Plowing Them Up. The samples of the hosts now on
their way up out of the soil were brought to this office by J. S. Kuth, who lives four miles east of Richmond. He has been plowing them up for two days, and some of them still lie at six, eight and as deep as ten inches- The hogs are following the plow enthusiastically, and so too are the chickens. If a band of Indians lived over in that neighborhood they, too, would be doing a little collecting ...of savory food, for the Indians used to fatten up once in 17 years, when the cicada appeared, so it is related by the pioneers.
The 17-year locust, so called, is
the longest lived of all insects, for it Is known to live more than 16 years in the soil before emerging into the sunlight for a merry life of a few brief
weeks. Its progress over the country j is very slow. Although it is a matter nf record that they date back as far as 3633 and possibly centuries earlier, it was not until 1903 that Rhode Island had a visitation, at which time they made their appearance the first week in June, and in but a small area. This widely heralded insect is expected to appear in 21 states within a few days, so after all the years we have known it the cicada has not yet encompassed the entire country. But let us grieve about that. The locust moves but once in 17 years and travels slowly; lets give him time, also icie the birds time, they may get him while on his way. Does but Little Damage. One of the traits of this periodical visitor commends it to the thoughtful jnind he does so little damage that one might almost welcome him on ac
count of the. cheerful tune he plays, i
Sor the male males the music. If we give a concert by those in captivity In the Palladium office, it will be free to all visitors. As previously indicated the female 3ays its eggs in the tender, new wood of various trees and after a time these discover they are really alive, drop to the ground and begin digging for water, or more likely sap. So down they go, often as far as five feet, away below the frost line, and there they rest and contemplate the problems of insect life for more than 16 years, feeding on the sap of the roots which they follow down. Then they, too, face upward to the light and dig out to repeat a continuous life story, which, like all life stories, is a miracle which the wisest among us have ever failed to understand or explain. It is worth while noting that our guests of the summer are , purely American. That they are loyally so is evident, for they make no efTort to go to Germany, or elsewhere, being content to dwell among us. They have come to celebrate the year of vic
tory and to greet our boys who will
return to the farms through th
East and Central West. In view of these facts we may as well make them welcome. They have their own views of life and well settled habits which we may not change, so let them enjoy v life in their own manner and go on
SP RING. FEVER" AND COMMON J., v: SENSE , Ifi'a man or woman feels , heavy, dun., laneuid. lazy lackins In ambi-
about our own business. Just as they will.
A Cause for Thankfulness. That our sumer guest is so harmless in his habits is a cause for thankfulnes. A visitation of the real nomadic, swarming locust would be a world calamity just now, or at any time. He
belongs to the short-horned grasshopper family and has been so destructive at times that his coming ranks with' war, pestilence and famine as destroy
ers of human life. These are the mi
gratory locusts which occasionally leave their birth places and swarm
over adjoining lands. They even
cross large bodies of water into which millions tiredly drop and drown. These were known to the ancients and have
cursed the world for - ages. -They are related to the grasshoppers
which devastated Kansas and Nebras
ka many years ago, when thousands
of adventurous settlers were forced
to trek back, to the East, where every hamlet was called upon to provide money and food and clothing for
those who staid, on to fight the pests and to await -the harvests of more
fruitful years. ,
Let the locust come and go. Inthe
meantime let us attend to our affairs, regardless. They may swarm, but will not clog The Palladium presses, as did the grasshoppers stall the locomotives on the Great Plains years ago. The news of the world will be printed in
this paper from day-to-day all summer long, so why wory about a few locusts, more or less. '
OTTAWA INDIAN IS GIVEN WAR MEDAL
Third Unit of Catholic Women Sails For France
(By Associated Presjrt " NEW YORK, May 17 Mrs. Walter G. Hooke, of Bronxville, N. Y., sailed for France today on the steamship Mongolia in command of the third unit of overseas women workers to be sent abroad by the national Catholic war council. Fourteen graduates of the National Catholic Service school at Washington are members of this unit, which will report to the headquarters of the National Catholic war council at Paris for immediate service in the welfare stations that this organization Is establishing
throughout France.
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Underwear Is Defined
By Revenue Experts (By Associated Presst WASHINGTON, May 17 For
weeks experts of the internal revenue
bureau have pondered definitions of
underwear and other articles subject
to the so called luxury taxes which
went into effect May 1, in preparation
for regulations governing administration of the tax. Arguments were made
on one side and the other seking to show that certain articles were not underwear but something else. Final
ly the experats developed this definition of underwear:
''Any garment worn under the outer dress, such as undershirts, drawers,
pants, bloomers, union suits, combination suits, tights, camisoles, corsets, corset covers, brassiefes, chemises
and vests."
The regulations add that . 'the list is by no means intended to be exhaus
tive, but merely to give a general no
tion of the wide variety of articles
taxable." The tax is ten per cent, of the sell
ing price in excess of five dolars per garment.
Crowder Denies He WHO.
Leave Army Service (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 17 Secretary
Baker today made public a cablegram
today from General Crowder, judge
advocate general of the army In
which the general emphatically denied that he would resign from the
army to accept a position as political adviser to the Cuban government.
General Crowder said he has no in
tention of retiring from the army and that it was his desire to appear be-
iore tne committees or congress re
specting any investigation which congress may conduct touching the administration of military justice. Pardon Recommended For Joseph Davis A pardon was recommended Saturday by the state board of pardons for Joseph Davis of Wayne county, con
fined to the Indiana reformatory for a term of 5 to 14 years for robbery.
Wool Prices are Slightly Firmer iriU. S. This Week I (By Associated Press) BOSTON. May 17 The commercial bulletin tomorrow will say "The market for fine wools as reflected by
the government auction is easier, while
the call for medium wool seems to be a little stronger. In the west, buyers are operating with considerable
freedom and prices are slightly firmer
than last week.
"The foreign markets are generally firm with prices somewhat higher for
the week.
The situation among the mills Is
without material change, although
prices are very strong as compared
with last week."
DAUGHTER OF I. C.C. MEMBER MARRIED
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Mrs. Layson Atkins. The marriage of Miss Helen Hazel Clark to Major Layson Atkins, engineer corps, U. S. A., took place at Washington recently. Mrs. Atkins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar E. Clark. Mr. Clark is a member of the interstate commerce commission.
Private Pontiac Williams. Private Pontiac Williams, a fullblooded Ottawa Indian, won the distinguished service cross jn the war. He enlisted at Detroit, Mich., and served with Company K. 125th infantry. He was in all of that regiment s battles except Soissons. He was wounded . at Chateau-Thierry. He was born at Hart, Mich., and went to the Indian school at Mount Pleasant, Mich. He speaks English and the Ottawa language fluently. He is twenty-three.
Church Equality For
Women Is Advocated
German Who Called Bluff of Tirpitz Reaches Paris VERSAILLES. May 17 Among those
who arrived today from Berlin to
join the German peace delegation was Prof. Weber, a financial expert.
During the war Prof. Weber gained wide notice by calling the attention
of Chancellor von Bethman HollweK
to the fact that the figures submitted by Admiral von JTirpitz on the sink
ing of merchant men by German submarines were false.
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Special Plasters in Each Package &-"S(ubbom"Corns
The failure of congress to provide
iunas nas maae it necessary to reduce the force of the United States employment service over 80 per cent
The number of offices located throughout the country has been cut from 780
to 56.
tion to permit a safe landing, but KTIler was miles away from bis starting
point when tie warning was received. J.
FOR THE BLOOD
At All Drug stores
WARNED AGAINST FLIGHT.
(By Associated Press) CHICAGO. May 17 After the postal airplane piloted by John Miller had left Chicago at 9:30 a. m., on the sec
ond day's flight of the Chicago-Cleveland earial mail service, a telegram was received from officials at Bryan, O- advisUng against the flight. The message said that the Held at the relay station there was in no condi-
COAL FOR MORRI8SON-REEVES LIBRARY Proposals will be received up to noon Tuesday, May 20th, for furnishing coal to Morrisson-Reeves Library for next winter: 100 tons, more or less, best quality Pocahontas egg, or 60 tons, more or less, best quality anthracite No. 4, to be delivered In the bin at the library one bin full, (about 20
tons Pocahontas or 30 tons anthracite) before cold weather, and balance as needed during the season. W. K. BRADBURY, President Library Com. May 15-16-17
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Over-Worked f.len Ihe Strenuous Life We Are Living Uses Up Our Vital Forces Faster Than Nature Can Replace Them.
(By Associated Press) ST. LOUIS. Mo., May . 17 Recommendations to grant women sex equality in church affairs, endorsement of the inter-church world movement, and comprehensive plans for a five-year church expansion program were laid before commissioners of the Presbyterian church in the United States here today at the second day's session of the 131st general assembly. A larger place in church leadership for women was recommended in the new era expansion program presented to the commissioners, which provided that women be given the right to hold office in the church council, the board of trustees and all committees of the church. Full cooperation . with the inter-
church world movement and support of all worthy federaled movements to promote the cooperation of all protes-
tant churches in facing social, religi ous and civic problems, also was rec
ommended to the assembly. "Out of
such a cooperative movement, it is
believed there may be placed upon
the nation and the world the impact of United Protestantism, which alone can meet the incoming tide of social and
economic unrest," the report declared
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To overdo anything is harmful and a continuation of it will wear out the strongest man. Overwork, worry, brain-tire, high living, dissipation and ather such habits waste away the most vital elements of the blood, brain and nerves- then disease sets in. At first there will be a general indisposition, poor appetite, indigestion, severe headache, wakefulness and weakness in the back, the temper irritable, the spirits depressed, the memory poor and the mind weakened, ending in premature decline. Dr. Chase's Blood and Nerve Tablets correct this condition by building up your blood and nerve forces. A trial will convince you. Sold by Druggists at 60 cents. Special, (Stronger more Active 90 cents.)
We Knew You Would Come Back L , , , Regardless of the fact that Eastern coal was next to impossible to get, last year our sales increased over one hundred percent. We believe that it is through sincere gratitude that our trade, remembering our service of last year, is ordering early and safely. We are now in a position -to take orders on all standard grades. Better Order Early
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OLD COUGHS
"I never heard of anything like my cough. Could not lie down for two weeks. Prescriptions and remedies failed to help me. Then Brazilian Balm relieved me in a few hours." B. F. Ralyea, Yorkshire, N. Y.
tion and energy instead of giving up and saying he has "spring fever." it is more sensible to take a good, wholesome physic. Biliousness, cick headache, sour stomach, gas, bloating, coated tongue, dyspepsia all are relieved by Foley Cathartic , Tablets. B.B. Haward, Unadilla, Ga. writes: "1 find Foley - Cathartic Tablets give me quicker relief than anything I ever tried." For sale by A. Q- Luken & Co. Adv.
Weeding Out the Dead Ones
A large chain store organization used to boast that it "carried everything anyone could possibly ask for." This policy did not pay. Shelves became more and more heavily loaded up with hundreds of articles for which there was only a casual demand. Stocks did not turn over in the right way. Large sums of money were locked up in inactive goods. The entire policy today has been changed. It now is "Get rid of the slow movers. Carry only the things in active demand." This departure means quick turnovers, less capital tied up, lower expenses and better net profits. Among the goods which now hold places on the shelves are the leading newspaper-advertised brands.
They are in the "profit makers."
front rank of quick-moving
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Lot Wool Fiber Rugs 9x10-6, worth $9.00, special Lot Wool Fiber Rugs, 9x12, worth $25.00, special . Lot Wool Fiber Rugs, 8-3x10-6, worth $9.00, special
I Lot, Wool Fiber Rugs, 9x1 2, worth $ 1 5.00, special . 1 Body Brussel Rug, 9x1 2, worth $50.00, special . .
4 Brusell Rugs, 9x12, worth $27.50, special .......... . . . . .$19.75 4 Brussel Rugs, 9x12, worth $30.00, special ...... . . .... ...$23.75 1 Axminster Rug, 9x12, worth $42.50, special . ......... . . . $34.75 1 Axminster Rug, 9x12, worth $57.50, special .$37.50 1 Velvet Rug, 8-3x10-6, worth $37.50, special $32.75 1 Velvet Rug, 9x1 2, worth $50.00, special ......... . ..... . . . . . $42.75 4 Velvet Rugs, 9x12, worth $60.00, special ...$49.75 JL.nNOlL.EUrVII Neponset 8-4 Linoleum, 6 attractive patterns to select from, suitable for
kitchen, dining room or bed room, regular $1.00 yard during this sale, square yard. . . . . . .. . ............ . .
.$ 5.95 .$18.95 .$ 5.95 $9.95 .$33.75
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Also size 2x3, special 69c
Linoleum Rugs, 3x42, special. . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.19
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