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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-18
PRIZE OFFER
WITH HINTS

The following is another very con-
else and clear list of suggestions,
which shows the writer to be a true
enthusiast and to have the success of
public athletic events at heart. 1t
might be suggested that Mr.. Culman
make a point of attending the meet
ing tonight, when he will have
chance to help select a committee that
will carry out his ideas:
Sporting Editor.
Dear Sir: AS / agree with you that
there is always tendency to cut down
the number Of participants IN athietle
contests to the expert few, and as l.
too. wish to see this tendency counter
acted, and as you fail to give rem
edv, / suggest the following:
Make it handicap race. Last gun
dav established the abilities OF some
of tbe contestants. You would have
two scratch men and two limit men,
the latter to have a handicap OF tVe
mr. six minutes, according to the rec
ords made. Between these two ex'
tremes YOU would have classes starting
every fifteen seconds, all walking from
scratch and all having a good chanct
at winning the race. a.
/ The two best men would settle the
question of supremacy, and the 1--WE
limit men likewise, and yet all wouLC
compete with each other. rms VII
bring out a large entry list. hay
no doubt fifty men and boys Will D.
seen at the start, and the Dement'S u
ho derived from the occasion will b
accordingly greater than if only rev
started. r.
Hang up two main prizes-one TO
first place. the other for best tune
and dispose of other prizes by tn
same method as last Sunday. If tn
above meets with the approval o
those interested, the committee
charge NAV call on me for medal 10
the winner of the race or of best time
. And as the purpose of athletlc exc
else is to promote health, physical
well as moral, I would suggest Tn
elimination of tobacco and liquor frol
, the prize list. No one knows bette
, than an athlete how both must .
, summed if best results are to be OF
tanned.
From the same point of view woul
: further suggest that the race be star
ed from the other end and finish
King street, so that the overheate
contestants need not be exposed TO I'll
ride across the marshes, with the Inc
D dent liability to catching cold.
H. CULMAN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-18
BOYS GETTING
ON WITH RUGBY

The Aliiolani College lads had an
other keen Rugby practise yesterday
in the noon hour. The boys are get
ting hip wonderfully fast and there
was much less standing around and
passing the ball aimIessly than hereto
fore. 49,
quarter of no mean ability if he stays
hv If. and David has all the earmarks
Of a lively halfback, when he has the
a. quick passing stunt down to fine
point. -. h : nall
nIeased with the progress the boys are IRE
making with the new game and It WIZ
not he long before they are ready to
meet anv team that will go against
them. There viii be another game TO- TO-
morrow morning at II o'clock, and
ali nlavers who want to learn or GET
fit are not only welcome, but invited
to come out. -------
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-18

The Kalanianaole League will hold
another meeting tonight at the resi-
denee of A. K Vierra at 1880. Busl-
ness of Importance is to be discussed
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-18
ART THEATER

MOVING PICTURE SUBJECTS
A Country Girls Seminary La1e ana
Experiences,
Amateur Hypnot1st,
different WAYS of Smuggling,
jealousy, or a Tragedy Of Old Venice,
A Brides Dream.
ORCHESTRELLE SELECIIONo
selection-"The Girl Question"
waltz Always or Never"
Military March.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-18

Many meetings tonight. If you took
A. ks cane of office and shook it you
wouldn It begin to take in all OF them
The Riverside Juniors will meet al
7:3O at the corner of Beretanla and
Nuuanu avenues, in Wing On Chong s
store, for one of them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-18
Sport Notes


You can never tell when a Scotch
man is ioshing or talking seriously, so
it is hard to say whether Andy Nc
Laren means what he says about walk
ing round the Island or not. He was
asked how long he intended to take
over it. "Oh,D was the reply, 4" about
twenty-six hours" "What, walk that
distance without stoppingF" Sure;
maybe stop couple of hours at Haze
iva" Oh, Andy, for the sake OF the
embryonic golfers who depend on you
for their training in the gentle art OF
foozling, pray, pray do not get too
far from a telephone wire.
The Kalanianaole League will hold
another meeting tonight at the resi-
dence of A. K. Vierra at 1880. Busl-
ness of Importance is to be discussed.
MANY meetings tonight. If you took
KS cane of office and shook it you
wouldn It begin to take IN all OF them
The Riverside Juniors will meet at
7.3O at the corner of Beretan1a ana
Nuuanu avenues, in Wing On Chohg
store, for one of them.
The Riverside League held meet
ing last night, at which Treasurer
Robert Asam put in very line re-
mort. Tt showed all bills to have been
Maid and a considerable balance A
K. Vierra was elected secretary, wee
| BERNARD KelekoIio, not dead, but gone
to Hilo and it was unanimously
agreed to let the Cupid Kids use the
league backstop and bases if they
would keep same in good repair.
| 8. P. Correa got off very graceful
little act at the meeting last night
| When he found there was substan
tial sum in the treasury he moved tina
the secretary be authorized to deduc
q ooodlv part of it and HE him fortl
to get rafting good Christmas pres
emf for Robert Asam, who worked Xix
a Trojan all through the summer u
make the Riverside series a success
Needless to say, the motion was pass
ed with reclamation.
Mr.. Auguste Kalbe wishes state
ment corrected. He says that he wa
born in 1S48 and not in 1S49.
A meeting of the Kalihi Baseba
League will be held this evening a
1880 O'Clock at Cooley Chapel, corne
Gulick avenue and Beckley stree
President f. Fernandez states that
desires to open the league games abor
the middle of January, at Aala Parl
if the grounds can be secured, the r
naming games to be played at Kapi
Iani Park. There will be only fot
. teams to enter this league, viz: h
lihi A. c., Fort Shafter, Wailele, an
Roads and Bridges (Palama).
The Chinese Athletic Club will me-
at 1880 o'clock tonight at the Chlne
~. M. c.. A. hall to transact busine
r and to hear the report of the cor
mittee on Chinese New Years celebr
ton. All officers and committees a
e requested to have their reports read
q so that the meeting will run
: smoothly. AS this will be the la
l meeting of the year, every member
i earnestly requested to attend.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-18
PUNAHOUS ARE
VERY CONFIDENT

The Punahous are up against more
hard game tomorrow, for they are to
meet the Males But this doesn t
bother them worth a cent. A broad
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-18

players in the world do their best. But
those racket wielders are anything but
callous and they played up to such
form that everybody left the courts
saying that it was tennis such as they
had rarely had the chance to watch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20
Beetles That click and Turn over

There is 4 group of beetles with SER
rate or saw-toothed antennae and with
or without five-pointed tarsi, whose lar
vac are called wire worms. Some Of
them are serious garden and crop pests
These larvae are wire-like nearly
round, hard, smooth, shining, and Of
yellowish or reddish color They have
three pairs of legs placed far forward.
and the lest segment (the thirteenth)
ends in q proleg. They devour the
smaller roots and tubers: potatoes. tur-
nips. beets, cabbage, onions and lettuce.
all suffer from their attacks In corn
they bore holes through the under
ground stems. They require two or
three years TO nature. Ordinary meth
DDS es eNterminating wire worms are
without much value. Selection of unin-
tested land. fall blowing, crop rotation
and poisoned bats are useful. Corn is
soaked in arsenic or strychnine for ten
days, then planted and narrowed in: or
boats of sliced potatoes clover, corn
meal dough etc. are poisoned and
placed about boards in the field early in
the season. The adults are known as
swapping or click beetles: they have
the curious power of being able TO flip
themselves over when laid on their
backs. Take one between your thumb
and finger and you will feel a queer
of his body between the chest and wing
covers; put him on his back. and lie
will first kick a little and then become
quiet; then you will hear a snap and
the beetle springs into the air, coming
down on his feet again. On the under
side of the prOthorax is hook which
is so fastened TO the mesothorax that il
can suddenly be loosened. 1t serves
as a spring by which the insects throw
l. II.
ing beetles that would make good
amusement for the pupils. Each is
more interesting. machine. because it is
alive. than almost any mechanical toy.
The beetles are of different colors and
sizes. the small brown one being quite
plentiful. The hammer-heads resemble
the click beetles. but have no springs in
their bodies. Their larvae are called
flat-headed borers because the first two
joints of the body are so large as to
make it resemble a hammer. These
larvae feed mostly on the wood of dead
or injured trees, boring under the bark.
The Flea Beetles.
Flea beetles are described by their
popular name. They are jumpers. their
long leaps usually ending in fight. a
joint of the hind legs (the femur) is
much enlarged. like that of the grass
hopper. They are decidedly injurious TO
vegetation.
The grape flea beetle is e a steel blue
color. it's larvae blackish, slender and
slug-like; it is controlled by Bordeaux
mixture.
The potato or cucumber flea beetle is
small and black. It eats little. round
holes into the leaves of the potato and
melon families. The larvae are leaf and
stem miners. but do little damage
Paris green and London purple are sat
isfactory remedies.
The pale-striped flea beetle injuries
many plants and has a fondness for
suger Get leaves. Arsenites or air-slakeG
lime sprinkled on the leaves drives
them TO wild plants. Among numerous
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20
WESTERN NATURE STUDIES
BY J. n. PAUL.
FAMILIAR, UNIQUE OR BEAUTIFUL BEETLES.
BY J. II. PAUL.

then be shaken down. collected in
sheets and destroyed. Their larvea are
white grubs," very similar 10 hose
harmless ones of another specie saJun-
dant in manure heaps.
The white grubs of the May beet,es
occur in old sod lands. The noxious
forms feed on roots. They are large
soft. white or yellowish, with wrinkled
bodies. and yellowish or brownish
heads. They curl up into a crescent
when touched. The common injurious
kinds crawl on Their sides: the nnn-in
furious on their backs; the legs in each
instance are too small for walking.
The adult beetles feed upon leaves
blackberry. nursery stock, frat, maIle,
etc-but do not feed in the daytime
Most Of the white grubs probably re-
quire two years for their development
into beetles. The rather large. Sray
eggs are deposited singly in the ground.
The grubs hatch among the young
roOtlets. feeding first upon these tender
growths. In August or September
they transform into pupae and in spring
become fully developed beetles. They
remain in earthen cells twelve to
eighteen inches deep till spring, when
they come out as flying June beetles.
The Swine and the Grub.
Notwithstanding their hiding places.
birds, domestic fowl, swine and some
wild animals find and destroy the white
grubs. While the swine uproot the turf
and readily destroy them, this service
is often detrimental 10 the swine. In
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20

Among the exquisitely cOlOred beetles,
..s rarely, il ever, see in northern Utah,
'nough IL could 1--we here, a beautiful
',i,ded creature half an inch long. that
S1rther south attracts attention by IFS
Entering armOr of gold, glinting, in
7ddition. various rainbow huSs, as it
-ibbles holes in the leaves IF same tall
ICED. this is the goldsmith. We have,
t,Weyer. any number of smaller leaf
[.tinr beetles that change their colOrs
nom blue to crimson and gold as they
lean ike jewels in the varying light.
An the loug-hOrned beetles seem to be
,.ra-cminent in color or pattern. By
rlbbiug their wing covers together,
many OF them produce squeaking
roise. somewhat as the straight-winged
insects do. on this account, in Ger
many hey are called fiddlers.
Commonest of all beetles is one next
described. Professor Titus says he has
seem May beetles, or June beetles. in
such enormous numbers that the sound
of their eating in the trees overhead
was like the roar Of storm.
June Beetles and White Grubs.
The May beetles or June beetles fly at
night and are attracted by lights, COM
ing into open. lighted rooms, and clum-
sly and noisily humping against OBJ
srructions. All the species are chestnut
brown or yellowish. At times they ac-
rumulate in vast swarns. the noise Of
their eating making a perfect roar as
YOU stand under a shade or fruit tree
al about o'clock at night. They can
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20

side of the white grub is often found
parasitic worm called the thorn-hcad
from the bristles that project from its
head. When the hog devours and Gi-
gests the white grub. the thorn-headed
worm still lives in the stomach of the
swine, and, passing into another stage.
II may injure or destroy the animal.
Then the thorn-head passes from the
swine's body again to the pacture sod,
where the white grub eats its egg and
the life cycle of the thorn-head begins
anew.
OF all beetles. June beetles are per-
haps the best known. At the upper
part of the cut this common species is
shown, with its enemy, the wasp, shown
at the right. The wasp lays It's egg
in the white grub. and the develop;ng
larva destroys the latter.
Some of the staghorns.
The group of beetles that have lainei-
late or leaf-shaped antennae (fesle-s)
are interesting. because of the shane.
size and function of these curious or
gans. They are the last of the beetle
groups in which we can still make out
the five-j ointed tarsi. Their antennae
branch out into the form of leaves or
leaf-shaped clubs. One kind. known as
stag-horned beetles bear antennae that
branch like the horns of a stag. An
other of them, the heavy beetle, a crea-
ture about an inch long and one-thsrd
as wide. can pull a weight of four
pounds. which must be hundreds of
times its own weight
Another, common with us. is the
striped or cottonwood beetle; ii is found
among the roots and in the lower part
of the trunk of the western cottonwood
The Goldsmith.
Still another, the Goldsmith beetle.
is said to occur in southern Utah. 1t
is of beautiful, shining, lemon yellow
above, while beneath il is of a burn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20

ished copper color, densely clothed with
white woolly hair. 1t IS a matter for
congratuIation that this beautiful crea-
ture is not Injurious 1t sometimes ax-
hibits a sheen of the most brilliant
golden and silvery tints.
The Tumble Bug.
One of the ''deer-horns',. has the odd
habit OF rolling up little balls of manure
and of laying its eggs in them Then
L buries these balls in the earth. whore
thew supply its larva with food The
beetles may sometimes be found rolling
these balls out of the Travelled road Ia
some safer place. They are bI2okish
or bronze in color, and have received
the name of tumble bugs"
Here in a fat place tumble bug
gets along very well, rolling the ball
before her: but then she comes IL a
little hill and has 10 push hard: it won
go up: She turns around and kicks with
her hind feet. bracing herself against
the ground. 1t sticks fast. Round goes
tumble bug To the other side ind pulls:
away goes the bail over the top OF the
hilIock and rolls down the other side
tumble bug and all."-Hook.
A number of larger beetles work I'M
der the drOppings of animals and per-
form a considerable service, both foy
agriculture and for human health in
this way. In our locality COW manure
is their principal food. They often pile
little heaps Of fresh dirt uDon or he
side the excremeHt, though they do not
purposely bury it. as many of the car
rion feeders do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20
Utah Teachers Association,

Salt Lake City, Dec. 81 to %. One
fare round trip. On sale from Tintic
district, Fairfield and points south Of
Nephi. Dec. 90 and 81. All other points
in Utah Dec. q and %. Final return
limit. Jan T. Salt Lake Route.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20
Trunks.

Toy and all kinds of trunks at HUI
bert Bros Trunk Factory, 233 Main,
south of Kenyon hotel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20
HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS
Via D, G. r. G. r. r.

One single fare for the round trip be-
tween all points in Utah. Dec. is, 19, "a,
%. 81 and Jan. 1. All tickets good re-
turning until Jan. 4.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20

others, We may remark that certain
wedge-shaped beetles feed on locust
leaves and square-shaped ones on the
morning glory.
Spotted Blister Beetle.
The Montana experiment station re-
ports the spotted blister beetle to be
shown in a future illustration, as espe-
cially abundant in the eastern parts of
that state 1t has an elongated body,
rather long legs and thread-like anten-
nae. The body has a distinctly gray
cast due TO the fine hairs, but regularly
arranged spots appear where the hairs
are absent and the black body wall
shows through. The beetles vary great
ly in size. the smallest being little over
one-fourth OF an inch in length and the
largest upwards of half inch long
This beetle feeds on variety of plants,
and is partial to sugar beets, garden
beets and alfalfa. 1t sometimes appears
in enormous numbers in alfalfa fields
and does considerable damage. Free
quently they are more or less injurious
to sugar beets. sometimes eating off
large patches in fields about the time
of thinning. They appear to be moro
abundant in upland regions rather than
in. the lower river valleys. and in such
| localities often congregate in great
| numbers from surrounding untitled
lands
The beetles succumb readily TO arsenic
poisons. such as Paris green. Where
the field is not too large, the use of this
insecticide is advised. 1t is not clear
whether its use should be advised on al
falfa. These beetles would probably
leave at once if the alfalfa were to be
cut for hay; and where the insects are
very abundant, ii may be best TO cut a
| few days ahead of the regular time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20

Chimney Sweep Is Back.
. Griffin. with Scott Hdw. Co., 1913 Main
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Christmas Pictures.
MIDGLEY-BODEL CO. SO E. LIST South
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Others. We may remark that certain
wedge-shaped beetles feed on locust
leaves and square-shaped ones on the
morning glory
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-09
IIVELY
Tilt in Senate Committee
Over Amendment Of
Antitrust Law

Washington, D. c., May S.-Prof
]. w. jerks of Cornell university,
who was before the senate COM
mittee on the judiciary today to adj
vocate the enactment of the bill for
the national civic federation for
amendment of the Sherman anti
trust law was closely cross-examin-
ed by the senators. AS result many
flaws were pointed out. The propos-
ed examination by the commissioner
of the bureau of corporations of the
plans of the concern to form a cor
poration was outlined by Mr.. jerks,
after which Senator Nelson summed
up the situation as follows:
Then understand it, this chief
of the bureau of corporations may
give clean bill of health to the
combination after which the govern
ment would be compelled to bear the
burden of proof in any effort to
show the corporation up as a mono
poly in the restraint of trader"
Mr.. jerks admitted that such
would be the case, and added that
the bill was intended largely as a
preventative measure and that the
bureau Of corporations would pass
upon the application of proposed mo-
nopoly and in the event of ruling
that It was in the nature of COM
bfnation in unreasonable restraint
OF trade, he would withhold approx
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-09
AMERICANS
Win Almost Everything in
Sight at the English /
Races
Richard Cookers Horses
Clean Up All the Rich
est Stake

London, May S.-Last year it was
"Croker's Derby This year it is al.
ready Cookers Thousand Guineas,' ?
and it will, in all probabilities, be
"Croker's Oaks" otherwise known as
the Ladies Derby" the blue ribbon
event of the turf for FLIES. There is
"a strong likelihood also that it may
be "Belmont's Derby this year, for
Mr.. Belmont's Norman III is at pres.
ent the favorite in the betting for the
race.
Today's victory of Mr.. Cookers
Rhodera in the thousand Guineas
stake at Newmarket, following the
success Of the American horse Ruble
in the Grand National, and Norman
III. in the Two Thousand Guineas
stakes, makes a notable sequence OF
American triumphs, these three events
constituting the most important races
yet contested this season.
Rhodera is still lacking in condition
and Mr.. Croker. although hopeful, is
in no way confident that his mare
would make her brilliant performance
of today, when she covered the mile
in LAB 4-5, beating Norman ILLS time
of 1:44 3-5, made Wednesday. This
fine showing has made Mr.. Croker
regret that the filly is not entered fol
the Derby or st. Leger.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-09

al. Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, opposing the bill, pointed out
that if the concern declined to ac-
cept the view of the committee of
corporations its officers would be
subject to fine of $1,000 or one
year imprisonment Senator Nelson
held that the effect of these two pro-
visions was to discriminate in favor
of the licensed law breaker" Sen
ators Depew and Dillingham; said they
had been receiving frantic tele-
grams from manufacturers urging
them to oppose the bill and the form
er wanted to know why it was that
the corporations were against the
BILL
Mr.. jerks replied that if that were
the case they must have had a
change of heart. He was of the
opinion that most of these concerns
would like to have a commission ap-
pointed which would consider the
subject from all points and report to
the next session of congress. The
principal on which there was doubt,
said Mr.. jerks, was the establish
ment of a standard for the terms,
reasonable" and unreasonable -
Senator Nelson took the position that
congress could not go beyond the
provisions of the first section of the
Sherman law in fixing the standard.