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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06
6rasshopper Swarms.

Each female grasshopper lays eggs
in pod shaped something like bent
flask and containing from twenty-four
TO thirty-six eggs, and this operation is
commonly once repeated in the fall.
Little wonder. then, that these in
sects often multiply in myriads, till
even trains are blockaded by their piled
up masses. In the early seventies, the
writer saw a swarm come from the
south in such numbers that the sky
was overcast for hours as by some
great cloud of dust. The shower OF
"ironclads" was continuous and ter
rife. striking people in the face with
singing force. This hungry swarm
swept the foliage of Salt Lake valley
as if by fire. leaving the earth bare and
black in July. A grasshopDer is re-
ported to have said to Mahomet, 1--WE
are the scourge of God; we produce
80 eggs. If the hundred were COM
plete, We should consume the whole
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06

1t includes straight winged forms
known as grasshoppers with short
horns and the katydids, crickets, cock
reaches, walking sticks, and the pray
ing mantids, or walking horses, all of
which, except the last, having long
horns. The mouth parts are well fitted
for biting. The metamOrphosis is in
complete; that is they do not pass
through the caterpillar stage of the
moth or butterfly, for example. Their
young are similar to the adults
except for the lack of wings. Our
fieree-looking black and yellow sand
cricket. however, has no wings at
all. 1t is often miscalled a
scorpion. The fore wings are strong;
the hind wings, delicate, with fan-like
spokes and short cross-veins. The or
der has not many species 100000, but
is very destructive, numerous and large
sized as to certain kinds The walk
ing sticks of this order strongly re-
semble the twigs on which they live;
a similar disguise enables the praying
mantids TO capture the other insects
upon which they feed. Some of the
group are musical, portions of the body
being so modified as to produce sounds
by the rubbing of one part upon anoth-
err. The musical notes are love songs
and are confined to the males. Grass
hoppers are. somewhat musical produc-
ing a cracking sound at will during
fight. while some play upon their in
struments while at rest.
In the case of some other locust spe-
cies. the fore-wing serves as fiddle
and each hind leg as fiddle bow; or
the upper edge of the hind wings and
the under surface of the fore-wings
may be used while the locust is flying
The katydids and others have an elab-
crate musical apparatus for calling to
their mates.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06

the mesothorax, just above the legs,
look for pair of breathing pores. The
protOthorax is the front; the metathO-
rax, the rear portion next to the alb
domen, or long hind par. Compare
the three pairs of legs as to size, direc-
ton and freedom of movement. Note
the folding and expanding of the wings,
their shape and texture. Count the
rings or segments of the abdomen, and
look for breathing pores along the
grooves. On the side of the first seq
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06
Another View.


Upon the more terrible aspect of these
warrior hosts we have mainly dweIt. IL
remains to notice another view OF this
formidable creature. When in mod
crate numbers, the grasshopper is
looked upon as a clever and entertain
ing fellow, so full of life and motion
that it is interesting TO watch his busy
work AND listen to his lively song.
Keats says of him:
The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the
hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will
run
From hedge to hedge about the new
mOwn mead:
That is the grasshopper's- She takes the
lead
In summer luXury-he has never done
With his delights; for, when tired out
with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleas
ant weed.
University of Utah. Oct. 4. 1907.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06
The Family Group.

The group of insects to which grass
hoppers belong is called the Orthoptera
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06
The, Insect Terrible

Locust, or grasshopper. is a name ap-
piled to a large number of insects; but
the really destructive kinds usually be-
long. in any country, TO but one spe-
cies. Our destructive kinds are chiefly
melanopus devastator, which reaches
us from California, and M spretus,
which is the common scourge with us
and eastward beyond the Rocky noun
tainS.
Usually. while one kind predominates,
there are several varieties in every
swarm.
The locusts belong to the family
called the orthoptera. They afford the
best opportunity, ii is believed, for pre-
, liminary school study and observation.
Among all the families of insects, these
are a sort of generalized type; they
can usually be found in sufficient num-
bers for repeated fall observations:
they are large enough for inspection
without being magnified; their depre-
dations are well known; their life hab-
its are fairly open to ordinary obser-
walton.
For Little Folks.
The present study of insects in grades
one and two, however, may consist
simply of catching and observing the
snowy fall butterflies, and of naming
and Identifying at sight the commoner
of the household pests, especially the
clothes moths, the tiny black ants and
the common red ants of the garden
and wayside.
The large yellow swallow-tailed but
terfiies. the smaller yellow or sulphur
species, the blues, the browns, as far
as 1t may be possible TO capture them
and spread them out pinned upon cork,
are the best objects for class observa-
hafx
graceful fight. their choice of flowers.
Capture a few caterpillars and keep
them in a box closed in front with
wire screen. Keep in the cage plenty
of leaves, preferably of the plants on
which they were found. Keep watch
TO see the moth larvae spin themselves
into cocoons, and the caterpillar of the
butterfly pass into the chrysalis state
TO emerge into a butterfly without spin
ming any cocoon.
Parts of Grasshopper.
The third grade begins with the
gTasshopper, the iron-clad enemy of the
human race; and, in fact, each grade
may begin with this common insect
Each student catches a grasshopper,
and browns it by holding its whole
body a long time under water, or. bet
ter. kills the insect by dropping it into
the teachers wide-mouthed bottle
which has some of the deadly cyanide
of potassium in plaster paris at the
bottom. Then observe as follows:
Find the three body diVisiOns-head
thoraX and abdomen; the compound
eyes-use lens to see the facets, which
account for the various directions In
which the insect can see; Also the
oCelli. or simple eyes. Observe the
mouth partss- remove the labrum, or
upper lip. examine the mandib'es. or
true jaws, exposed by the removal of
the labrum: find and remove the lower
lip Oabium). note the regiments in each
of the two palpi attached to it; lind the
maXillae, or second jaws, just in front
of the labium. Note that both pairs of
jaws work sideways. Observe the three
divisions (segments) of the thorax and
their appendages. On the middle one,
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ateral ew o the Of the m o
II,
A
spracle of abdominal prae line
abdomen
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How many modes of locomotion has
the grasshopper? Describe the motions
of the legs Which legs make the most
movements? For what are the hind
legs chiefly used? OF what use are
the spines on the hind border of the
tib!a? What are the antinnae for?
What is the advantage of two pairs of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06

Lap Robes. Horse Blankets, Harness
Straps. H. c. NJ. I. Hardware Dept.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06
DR.. SCHRAM M,

Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat. Removed
to suite 81 Mercantile block, over
Walker Bros dry goods store.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06

For the best printing call on the Cen
turv Printing Co.. Salt Lakes printers.
1e5-167 South West Temple st. Both
phones. GOA.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06

Dog Collars from 25c. z. c. N. 1.
! Hardware Department.
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earth and all that is in It." In the ear
ly fifties, the settlers of Utah were
saved from actual famine by an enor-
nous flight of seagulls. probably from
the Pacific, following the innumerable
swarns of grasshoppers that had sud
denly descended here. Every bird that
devours grasshoppers or their eggs
should be respected and protected, as
the seagulls are.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06
Points for Special Observation.

ment is a membrane. This is III
grasshopper's ear.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Cooking Time Table.


Old potatoes, require twenty-five
minutes, new ones fifteen.
Old carrots take an hour, young ones
thirty minutes.
Z Old cabbage takes twenty-five min
utes, young takes fifteen.
Onions take forty minutes.
Potatoes, boiled take twenty-five
minutes, steamed they take thirty
five minutes.
Parsnips take forty minutes.
Satisfy takes two hours.
French bears take thirty minutes
CauIifiower takes twenty-five min
utes.
Turnips take twenty minutes.
& Lamb, fifteen minutes for each
pound. I
Chicken weighing four pounds, / IL
hours.
Fish weighing five pounds, one hour.
Turkey weighing ten pounds. three
hours.
Veal, allow twenty minutes for each
pound. !.
Mutton, thirteen minutes for each
pound.
Sirioin Of beef, rare seven minutes
for each pound; well done allow eigh-
teen minutes for each pound. .
Beef fillet, twenty minutes for each
pound.
Corn, young, twelve minutes.
Peas, eighteen to twenty minutes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
For the Faded Linens.

Linen suits which have become bad
ly faded, but are still good and ser
yiceable, may be refreshed to make
over for children's dresses in this
wise: Fill the wash boiler half full OF
nice, clean, bright timothy hay, boil
an hour in sufficient water to cover
the hay; strain through coarse cloth
into q jar or vessel large enough to
entirely submerge the goods (Which
should have been ripped apart and
washed free from dust and soil, pick
ing out all threads), and let them lie
and soak for twenty-four hours. Be
sure to have the goods we'll under. the
water, and to have it SO, 1t is best
to weight 1t down; when taken out,
rinse in cold water and dry in the
shade. The result will be nice shade
of green. Any one who has tried to
wash out grass stains will know how
durable the color is. Linen goods VIII
always shrink more or less through
laundering.-The Comoner.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Recipes.

Bouchees de Dame.-Drop thick cup
cake batter the size Of half-dollar
on buttered paper laid on pan, bake
light brown, trim each one with a
small baking powder can, spread with
jelly, put two together and ice with
soft icing.
Hot Water Gingerbread.-Melt one
quarter cup Of butter in one cup Of
boiling water in a bowl; add one cup
Of molasses and one level teaspoonful
Of soda dissolved in one tablespoonful
of water; then stir in quickly two and
one half cups Of flour, sifted with a
level tablespoonful Of ginger. Bake in
a thin sheet.
Egg Roll.-Rub one t ,lespoonful
each of butter and lard il one pint
of -four, add one teaspoonful of bak-
ing powder and one-half Of salt; beat
one egg and add eight tablespoonfuls
of milk, stir this into the flour, knead
lightly, roll and cut into two-inch
squares; cut across the centre Of each
roll, brush with sugar water and bake
fifteen minutes.
Tea Cems.zSift three cups Of -four
with FIVE level teaspoonfuls Of baking
powder and one-half level teaspoon
full of salt. Beat three eggs, add a
rounding tablespoon each Of butter
and sugar, and the -four alternately
with one, cup. of milk. Bake in but
tered gem pans and serve warm or
bake in sheet and cut in squares with
a hot knife.
A Good Plum Pudding.-Here is one
of the best recipes for plum pudding:
quarters of pound Of -four, two
ounces of baking powder, two ounces
of bread crumbs, ] 1-2 pounds Of suet,
two pounds of raisins, one pound Of
currants, ten ounces Of sugar, two
ounces of almonds, one pound of mix
ed candied peel, salt and spice to
taste. Mix the ingredients well to-
gether, and add six eggs we'll. beaten
and three quarters of pint OF milk.
Divide into two and boil eight hours.
Eggs la Caracas.-Grate or chop
very fine two ounces of smoked beef
Add one cupful Of thick canned to-
matoes, one-quarter of a cupful Of
grated cheese, ten drops Of onion juice,
.one-eighth Of a teasroonful of cinna-
mon and a dash of cayenne. Melt two
tablespoonfuls of butter in saucepan;
add this mixture and cook slowly un-
It'll smoking hot. Turn in quickly three
well-beaten eggs, stir until a thick
cream and serve on thin slices Of
toast.
Quick Raised Buckwheat Cakes
II you desire buckwheat cakes for
breakfast, and have forgotten to put
them to raise the night before, you can
have very good and wholesome cakes
by mixing thoroughly two cups Of
buckwheat -four, one cup Of wheat
flour, a little salt, three teaspoonfuls
of baking powder, then mix to bat
ter with equal parts Of milk and water.
Have the batter perfectly smooth. and
not too thick. A little molasses will
help to brown them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
To He Fat: Drink Chocolate.

= z ~ DC y AZ STuh SItSSStatts i..
In an ,obscare but picturesque little
village Of far Off Germany there is a
place called, the Chocolate Cure, I"
where thin people go to become stout.
The patients eat and drink cocoa and
chocolate all the time while they rest,
admire the scenery, gossip and grow
fatter every day. Thestrue secret Of
the great success of the treatment
is the happy way chocolate has Of
fastening just the right places, set.
tlinssin the hands, thearns, the neck
and the shoulders. making the fair
patient prettier and plumper all the
time. The really effective part Of
this cure may be tried at home by
any perseyering woman, and the medi.
cine is 80 palatable, and the method
80 simple that there is actually. It
seems. no reason why all should not
be, OF Just the desired weight LA
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
National Guard Association.

Columbia, Special. The ninth N
hual meetm of the Interstate National
Guard association was called to order
at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the
hall Of the house of representatives
by the president, Hon. Charles Dick.
There were about $50 delegates pres
emf; representing almost every State
and territory in the Union and the
District of Columbia, making the
Columbia convention the largest yet,
held in point of plumbers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
3. French Troops to oudia.

Paris, By Cable-As a result of
cabinet meeting it was decided to
send French troops to occupy oudia,
a frontier town in Morocco, until the
Moorish government gives full salts
faction to France for The assassina-
tionof Mr.. Maunchamp. Tile French
demands for repara ton will be for
warded to Fez Immediately.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
COMMISSION named
Question Of Thaw's Sanity TO.
Be Settled
SURPRISING TURN OF AFFAIRS
Judge Fitzgerald Unexpectedly Hands
Down Decision in Chambers Ap-
pointing a Commission of Three
Distinguished Men to Examine the
Prisoner and Report as to His San

New Ork, Speclai.-aarry IL.
Thaw may never again face the jury
empanelled more than nine weeks ago
to try. him oni the charge of murder
in the first degree. Justice Fitzger-
aid Unexpectedly handed down de-
cision ordering a commission in luna
cy to inquire into the present state
Of mind of Stanford Whites slayer.
The decision of the three disinterested
men named to conduct the inquiry
will guide The future action of the
court as to ordering Thaw to an asy-
lum for the insane or directing that
the indefinitely Interrupted trial for
his lifeSshall proceed.
Justice Fitzgerald announced the
appointment Of the commission pri-
yately, in his chambers. Evelyn Nes-
bit Thaw was there with the lawyers
and it became her task to break the
news to her husband in the Tombs.
fearful when she left the judges
rooms in the Criminal Courts build
ing, the young woman who has been
such CONSPICUOUS figure in the tria!
from first to last, was smiling and
cheerful when Thaw was brought
from his cell to the hospital ward Of
the prison to meet her.
Thaw accepted the courts decision
philosophically and once more declar-
ed he zhad no: doubt the commission
would declare him a sane man..
The personnel Of the commission
nameds:by Justice Fitzgerald lends a
new distinction to this already nota-
BILE case The men who will determine
Thaw S mental capacity are Morgan
j. O'Brien, asformer justice of the
Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court; Peter B. Rlney, former dis
trict attorney of New York county,
and a; lawyer of high legal attain
ments, and Dr.. Leopold Putzel,
practieing physician and authority on
mental disorders.
DR.. Putzel is graduate Of Bellevue
Hospital medical school, and has had
a long experience in that institution.
He is qualified before the State medi-
cal board as an examiner in lunacy.
ThesThaw jury was ordered on last
Friday to report before Justice Fitz-
gerald Wednesday morning at 1920
o'clock. At that hour there will, be
"a brief court procedure the jury
being excused indefinitely. Whether
or not Thaw will be brought into.
court for this ceremony remains to
be; seen. His presence will not be
necessary.
No data has! been fixed for the first:
meeting of the commission. There.
will probably be some definite an
nouncement on this point, however,
for the law under which the commits
sioners were appointed directs that
they proceed with their inquiry forth
with.
Justice Fitzgerald ,..u it would
rest with the commission as to wheth.
er or not its hearings shall be public.
In the last case of this sort iii this
jurisdiction-the inquiry into the
mental condition of Josefna Terra
nova, who killed her aunt and uncle.
the commissioners inquiry was con-
ducted, behind closed doors.
The girl was declared sane and
subsequently was acquitted by the
jury.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Sulphur the Accepted Remedy for a
:. Hundred Years.

= s. ~. -. j. II
Sulphur is one of the greatest remedies
nature ever gave to man. Every physician
knows st cures slsin; and blood troubles.
Hancock Liquid Sulphur enables you to
ger the fnll benefit, in most convenient
form Don't take sulphur tablets" or
waters, powdered sulphur in imolasses.
Hancock Liquid Sulphur il. pleasant to
take and perfect in Its action. Druggists
selIsit 4 - :3,;sl :;;
d a well known citizen Of DanSille, Pa,
writes Il have had AN aggravated case Of
Eczema for over twenty-five years. Il have
used seven 5o,cent bottles of the Liquid,
and one jar of yonr Hancock's Liquid Sui
;phur Ointment, and now l. feel as though.
u had a brand new pair of hands. u has
cured me and ! am certain it will e ,ry-
one if. they persist. in using z - ks
Liquid Sulphur according ta dir ,.
.tBuTIEE A.eAR.1
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Mend Your China.

The abnormal price which one has
to pay for an Indifferent bottle OF
china cement, which contains hardly
enough material to mend a single
piece Of ware If it is at all expensive,
often makes the work prohibitiye at
home, but an excellent cement and
the strongest. and best / have ever.
tried is made, by mixing plaster OF
paris with strong gum arabic. Apply
it to the broken ends. of your china
with small brush, using, the paste.
Then set away to dry and when 1t IS
dry it is ready to Christian Work
and Evangelist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
g1z2. . Tz2g ].
sB B s2a!gg gA4W
Dust In the Dining Room.

Germs are in dust everywhere. But
1t is in the dining-room that they get
into our food and thence into our
bodies. The dining-room, of all
rooms, should be kept free from dust;
should have nothing in it to catch and
conceal dust. 1t should be a plain
room, as devoid as possible of frocks
and frills.-Cooking School Report.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Three Fires Withing - Hours.

Philadelphia, Pa, special.-Tho
Chatham Mill at Howard and Berks
streets, occupied by number Of tex
tile concerns was damaged to the ~
ten. Of 100000 by three fires v til
in a period Of IL hours, The origin
in each instance is unknown Among
the. textile manufacturers occupying
Howard Kenwerthy and Edward
Ciegg q sesa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Better Telephone Service.

Edgefeld, IS. C., Specialize
Southern Bell Telephone company
started their night service for Edge
field on the 21st. This additional ser
vice now places the town in constant
and uninterrupted touch with theh
whole outside world. Much pleasure
and qualification is The result of thi :
step onward in the march Of progress
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Savannah Merchant Files Voluntary
Petition in BankruntcY.

Savannah. Gay Special p. r
Foye, conducting tail dry goods
and department store, filed a volun-
tary petition in bankruptcy with liza.
bilities of sl1l,723 and assets $113,.
361.49, the Citizens and Southern
Bank, Savannah, being named as a
preferred creditor to the amount of
ss30,4a1. George w. Overs vas nam
ed as' temrorarv receiver.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03

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