Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-04-27

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highest pinnacle of fame, like John
Keats. and Arthur Henry Hallam, ano
Ranhael. and Robertson, and Alexan
der. and hosts of others of the words
greatest leaders, he died before middle
life had been reached. You cahio'
iudee a mans usefulness by the nu-
merlcal list of his earthly days. Some
of the worlds greatest benefactors
have been men who died De1ore tne
silver hair was frlnging their fore
heads or before their youth had waneu'
Brevity Of Life.
Rut the insignifcance Of the locusts
,ntaIlect Is even more startling thah
the brevity Of its physical life. Ihese
Iocusts seem to be like the cameis
among the beasts and like the turkeys
among the birds. They seem to be the
etunidest of all insects. They seem 10
have no law Of organization. Ihey
seem TO have no skill in hive buiiuins'
like the ant They do not nave the
oonius of the bee or the ingenuity Oh
tbe beaver building his dam or the ioA
or the spider or the swallow. DE- hen-
rv McCook the great authority on the
ant and the spider, tells us that ior
hours he has lain down by an ant hive
70 studv the wonderful intelligence OF
those insects. But the locust does not
have the intelligence Of an ant. Like
+ha tortoise. which has been known 10
live md to walk for six months altei
,te hrain has been extracted, the locust
seems TO have but little intelligence
hut thIs little intelligence used In GER
tain way has made its approach the
terror of the beasts Of the fields, the
, birds Of the air and Of man In his lot
tilted castle. -,
Now after we have studied the inslg-
nifcance of the locust as an lndlviduai
let us try to ascertain wherein lies the
!, strength of his power. In the hrs'
Mace the greatest strength OF tne 10
cust lies not in her individual sell, ou'
u IN ber fertility or the numbers or hel
, descendants. 1t has been mathematlc
ollv calculated that If the unrestricte'
u increase of a common pair or gypsl
y moths were allowed by nature 10 grow
% in eight years there would DE ull''
enough of their caterpillars to destro.
Ie the entire vegetation Of the Unlte'
lie states But even these caterpillars o
III the pypsy moth are not so numerou
)r no those of the common locust.
- Earth Alive With Them.
- In 1S45 a considerable number Q
- those insects visited the Lebanon II
,nl zion in Syria and remained there ON
In n few days, just long enough 10 III
~ nosit their eggs and then disappea
Tn about six months those eggs wei
-, batched. A short time afterward tho'
no small locusts started up the mouhta.
sides. The whole earth seemed 70
ho alive with them. From one natch,l
NO there seemed to be millions ana o
lions of them. They rolled on ike u
"a movements of an augmented rive
ea rhan when the reader realizes ID
=. =, this multitude Of locusts was but {
result of one Matching and that [
,or same swarms of locusts not only
nosited their eggs once, Dut MA
'e times during q year, he can TO Sol
~" extent realize the prolific and forl
~ dable power Of these dreaded pes
Each female locust is supposed 10
about eighty eggs at time. Neal
no, all their eggs are fertile mus ~
nossible for a female locust 10 Id
w" thousands and tens Of thousands
.'ei descendants in q single year.
.n' amazing power of multiplication ST
'on' cors the Imagination, but it Is only
,p,y w rapidity Of it that makes II 50 "ono
'hor full.
-net Tho increase from year to year In
VI worlds human population IS as W
pe derful Man Is here exerting MS
auence on his generation. Whae
non no his influence in the next generaI
Ie' through his children? We do not
'no alize the past so clearly looking
,aFe ward as we do looking backward.
~" had two parents. You had four gra
w nareuts and eight great-grandpare
o"s' You had sixteen great-great-grandl
peA ents and thirty-two great-greatgr
,ia'o GRANDPARENTS. And if you trace !
WV ancestors back to the time OF VIII
have ances'oi' 80 oI,ort ooO wears.
D. had 100000 different ancestors.
of all your ancestors there IS not
N 10 whose influence Is not Delne ne'
ext greater or less extent in your lie
n in Sav Let me illustrate this rae
tally. another way even more startling.
leans liam Bradford Of Plymouth co
apier died in 1851, or about 2oO years
It, no william Bradford had only three
like dren. who lived to grow up an'
!, the married and have children or
aran- own Their names were WIZ
W, as Mary and Joseph. And yet tnele
wing living today In America over o,OO
1t is rect descendants of william brau
t the oh do not tell me that my gre
ack it cosneI work is now In my chlld
Of in lives, I tell thee If l can win
II the for God. and they, In turn, VIII
great their children fer God, within u
upon generations | will influence for
ne egg directly or indirectly more people
troyed are today living in the state OF
nIngly fornis. There never was truer
most ment made than THE hand that
world. the cradle Is the hand that rule
terror world"
IS sub Not Herm'ts'
baak- But there Is another tact 10 w
s, but want to call your attentlon peslu
/ me 1 fecundity Of the locusts. 1t Is 70
en- and gregarious habits. These seeminI
ave ac- significant insects are not ne
carried Tbov do not live alone or travel
led no Thev bury their eggs side by sid'
never young are hatched out together.
e hand live together. They feed TO
of the They travel together. And as a
they are not only feared on acc(