Telegram-herald., 1890-05-25

rELlALN.E 1l-4-L-Oa
hiztsr than Puget sound AMI the ground
easily worked without blasting. The
chief advantage q freah water harbor
for ships. of course. - that the teredO or
shlp WORN. tas pess of al warm salt
waters and especially u Puget sound.
would DO eliminated Large bills for
naval vermiflge would thus be rendered
unnecessary and ironclsds especially
would become less por0uA
The teredo Is Que of a gsnus Of ACC
phalous, testaceous nollusks that bora
and rsnetra1e tho bottoms u ships and
other s1bnsrsed wood. The ship worm
belongs % a family OF conchiterous or
Iaineui franchises. They are not.
strictly speaiCng. worms az az IS they
have the true moluscan organization
and the eloulsati0n Ot tho body IS simply
due - tbs excessive prOtraction back
ward of tho siphOnal tubes. which thus
give us long wasted mollusk, vul-
carly called a worm. IL l DO not make
myself perfectly clear. OF II l use words
which bother OF confuse the scientist,
hope DO VIII not DO at al backward
about coming % mo for az explanation.
The abdominal or she'll covered por-
ton oS the animal is comparatively
small. and. according % Theodore Gill.
Is almost subglobular The Eiphonal
portion Is. Ia proportion. extremely long
nnd woruhhc
The description of this bird increases in
interest ~ W. proceed. and a word or
two further regarding this little acepha-
D.. -. -
goes "a work 20 sink q great ship, may
not Do entirely ont II place az thus time,
for am not radically opposed % facts
ia the abstract. It Is only the abnormal.
protrscted ard chronic use Of facts that
/ deprecats and deplore.
The fauily q Teredinide. % which
the ship worm belongs, have siphons that
are united for ths greater part Of their
length. but free towards their ends, aud
thes8 ars armed with two peculiar elon-
gated shelly Gppendages called styles or
siphonal pallsttes.
The tersdo does not care for social rec
oe-niron. bat dsvotes its life % this great
task With 10 appetite for club life. yet
ignoring IFS marital relations and uegh-
gent % domestic resp0uNbi,ities. the tere-
10 gives up ia whole existence q mis-
taken and ill advised efforts % damage
the commerce q the world.
Ora this family the mantle Is well ievel-
oped. rs lObec united except q. the pedal
opening. reflected behind over the valves
IL che she'll and developed above into lobe
Ike EXPANSIONS. wtich are reelected over
the hinges of ths shell anil serve 90 keep
tnovaIvrsiu place The Eillsare large and
extend Far into Tho vrhonsl portion. Tho
mou-h is provided with palpi and Il has
a sweet breath like that ~ clover fei
cow The foot Ia subcy yindrical and suck
erhka. with a fohacoOus margin. modor-
atelv protractiv0 and wei supplied with
nerves The she'll is composed % TWO
equal valves of peculiar form.
The family includes The Tsreio. tho
Nanstorr. the Kuphess. the Calculates,
the Xvlotrya t5e < pcrotgs and the Lyro-
dus. al II whom are highly connected.
~, entering the navy the Te-edo family's
rlosrofs Ever onward and upward. and
though at times he is a bore. the teredo
retains his hold On society Ike a retired
uu-i'ist who has married we'll
The Te~alo Navalis. - wa cal him IN
scientidc circles. does his boring and de-
s-ruc-ivs work by means Il The arrnaturo
cf ere valves already described. and yet
Professor r. Percivai Wright very truth
fu1v savs thnt the ship worm IS TO arr,l,i-
tu-a nc this business.
The ssxes ~ the Terad0 family are IN
equally divided. there being about twenty
males % one female. The istter lays rs
er-4 r., che months ~ June and July. N
large quantities. See sickness never IN
tsrferas wi+h Der pians.
To ~euove ship worms hathe the bot
com ~ tbe ship every morning in hot
tr~ax water. rfnss thoroughly in tep'd.
ffvfiua1 water. wipe dry with a coarse
crash towel. snd Then smear thcrcug 'iY
with --ecsrre Gil This should - SEPT
M f,- ne last a fortnight af-er wt17cn 9
VIII "a found that the worms ~ -
srrpefed that -heY nay b readily -
r,Cved from their holes ~ means u
rut rick
Iu preparing The above interesting t.
a-ripNcn ~ ~ Tsr-io. am indebted
f.- vsluatfa suggestions 2, the Natural
HISTORY II the reredp. BY F Perri~sl
W-rht. rrl w MoroEraph of the
rar,ilv Teras.p. bv q " Trvon. and :
l++1s brochure ~ 2. r. Baumhsuer. en-
.,.r.g -r-- - T1-at % - Moons a --a-
sa-vs- Les Bots 3s scs Degats. or words -
thar efert
s,a.tie ~nt ~. .o'N0oO ~ q lumber
last vss- sud had to import lot mora
f-r its -vvn uss. and Tse re- c1sts sIo0 an
s-ra ~ clear # s1d Destroy the eesui-
f-l -rhar ths- now stands -n vhnt ara
tfr lots ara sflfi6ous ~ the -itT. sav
arire rae Ercwin- IN tre PARK sls~ vas
s-rt~- f,-r- fset p, cir--rnfsrerce six fees
fn the ground Mtay others near j
wara about "a .arTn
Nest every stranger THINKS The Srcv
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