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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

ering the way to conquer pair or these
precious rascals that DR.. Forbes has made
his most valuable single contribution 10 SCI
ence They are the corn field ant and the
corn root-aphis or, as 1t is petter kho"h'
fhe corn root louise For a long time they
were the particular scourge OF the corn
grower who supposed that they operated each
on it's own account. Through the research OF
Dr. Forbes it is now known that one Is help-
less without the other. The resourceful and
Industrious ant is entirely unable to extract
the coveted sap from the corn root, and the
stupid aphis would, if left to itself, starve In
the very presence of the corn. But the ant
can carry the aphs to the corn root and de-
post it thereupon; the aphis can extract the
sap and then exude it, thus passing 1t on 10
the ant. Therefore it was not problem OF
discriminating two foes but of outwitting the
clever little ant. Were it banished, the aphis
would soon disappear. The wretched little
soft bodied hunk O. creation can do nothing
for itself except lay eggs and suck corn sap.
The ant gives it home in its own burrows.
matches it's eggs for it, carrying them to the
warm surface if they slow, bearing them
farther into the ground If they threaten to
hatch before it's food supply is ready. And
this protection extends through the aphis' life.
If. because of blowing other inadvertence,
the ant finds its charges scattered, 1t will
cheerfully collect Cn0m ana reconstruct us
home If that has been molested also. The ant
has nothing else to do and it is as active as
an outraged Puritan conscience. However,
methods of control have been found. The use
of the disk and crop rotation will exterminate
them The root-aphis refuses entirely to
cupy ground planted to oats, SO this crop Is
of the greatest Importance in clearing fields of
them. Also by dsking two or three times
with 20inch disk in spring, especially on a
sunny day when the ants likely to have
their charges near the surface, they will be
killed and scattered and their nests so broken
nm that even the enthusiastic little ant cannot
reconstruct the colony.
Another enemy of the corn that DR.. Forbes
has caught by cultivation is the bill bug, as
certain beetles are called because of their
long. hard SHOUTS, which they poke into the
farmers business to ruin it. This time the
cultivation must be with the pillow instead of
the disk and in the autumn instead of spring
and in the fields of grass where the bill bugs
breed These bugs are distinguished by a
belligerency which is only equaled by their
strength of claw One variety appeared in
Illinois which looked so large to the harassed
farmers that it was christened elephant bug"
Chickens turned into the fields to feast upon
them fed in tapping, co1nical flight, unable to
relieve their terrified souls by squawk, as
their bills were tightly held together by the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01
Doll House Library.

A search for a child's short story,
"The Griffin and the Minor Canon"
in volume all by itself revealed to a
persistent city shopper the thought
and money that are expended on the
furnishing of dolls houses. Book
stores had not the story in single
volume, but in a department store
one young. woman interviewed had re-
Gently been transferred from the toy
department and was able to contribute
helpful hint.
81 think" she said, "you can find 1t
in one of the dolls houses downstairs. :"
Curiosity had by that time become
a sauce to literature, SO the shopper
hurried downstairs to inspect the doll
houses. Three of the most expensive
houses contained libraries consisting
of score of diminutive books and
each book contained a child's story
complete. One OF them was 'The
Griffin and the Minor Canon"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

consequently letters were sent among the
farmers, asking for boxes of sound bugs
These bugs were to be given the disease and
returned with directions for spreading it. The
response was surprisingly immediate. Boxes
OF bugs poured into the express Offices and
yet more boxes of bugs. Farmers from neigh
boring states heard of the offer and they, too
went bug hunting The express companies
worked overtime. The assistants in the ento-
mologists Office became mere undertakers for
bugdom The mouldy bugs were sent out on
their benefcent mission of destruction. Then
the results came in. They varied; they did,
indeed Some thought the entire entomolo
gist's Office should be fitted out with a golden
glorious halo the rescuer of its country;
others alas thought FOOLS cap would fit the
case more exactly
But although the disease project could not
be called a complete success, means were
found which make it possible to raise grain
even in the very worst of the chinch out
breaks. The barrier methods and sprays with
kerosene emulsion will catch them every
time. Just after harvest the scarcity of food
In the wheat fields arouses in the chinch an
instinct to migrate. On foot 1t sets out to get
an appetite for corn This is the time to make
ridge beween the infested field and the field
the chinch desires to infest. This is done by
,plOWlHS backward IurTOW WHICH Is packed
with a light roller or by hand and has line
of tar poured upon it from a can with
tubular spout. Post holes are dug at intervals
of about twenty feet. By keeping the tar
line fresh his chinchship cannot cross, but will
follow it to the posthole, into which he speed
lily tumbles. 1t then is merely pleasant recre
alton for the farmer to travel out and pour
a weak solution Of kerosene upon his accu-
mulated enemies. Kerosene is an excellent
death dealer for these pests. When they get
into the cornnelds the farmers of Illinois sally
forth with an emulsion containing four per
cent. Of kerosene and half as much whale oil
soap mixed by five minutes simple beating
with a stick: This is 1irted by hand upon the
corn in the cool of the day when the insects
feed most thoroughly and when there is less
danger of injury to the Sometimes a
single application does the work; when the
infestation is very bad two and even three
may be required
Now let us talk about corn exclusively for
while. With that staple at its present price
and with the grave gentlemen who produce
statistics as hens produce eggs-the louder
the cackng, the smaller the statistic-assur
ing us that it is on it's lofty perch to stay, it
seems that the farmer will have to cultivate
automobiles and bad habits as obesity cures
for his bank account. But, halt Nature pro-
vides several. There is the weather, more ex-
asperating and with less regard for poor
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01
HOSTESS HAD TO OWN UP
Domestic Secret Disclosed When the
Guests Could Not Be Served
With Pie.

She was a woman of resource and
ability and when her husband arrived
for dinner with an unexpected guest
she thought she had devised way
to meet the fact that she had but one
piece of pie in the house and had in
tended her husband should have that.
She instructed him that when she
sent to the kitchen for dessert he was
to say he could not possibly eat any
more than he had eaten and then the
pie could be brought to her guest
without his surmising that there was
but one piece in the house.
This might have worked out all
right if the pie had not been so ex-
ceedingly good and her husband had
not known this because he had 1t for
dinner the day before.
When the maid cleared away the
dinner dishes the master of the house
said he had no room for dessert.
The guest said he felt the same way.
Then, when the master thought it was
safe to do so, he changed his mind
and said after all he guessed he would
take dessert. The pie was brought.
When it was half eaten the guest
said it looked so good he thought he,
too, would indulge
mo, you WON'T" said the hostess,
and she told the tale of the pie
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01
Keeping 1t Dry.

An old woman of wealthy New
Jersey family was going visiting. The
coachman, who had not been in this
country long, had just been equipped
with new uniform and a new silk
hat. Before they had gone far it be-
gan to sprinkle, and the old woman
told the coachman to fasten down the
side curtains of the wagonette.
He drove up to a hitching post be-
side the road and, dismounting, hung
his new hat on the post, and began to
fasten the curtains.
The old woman noticed his bare head
and asked him where his hat was.
'Oi took it off me head, mum, so as
it wouldn't get wet" the coachman re-
Dli0d
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

wrote Charles Lamb, who was born in
Crown Office Row. What cheer
full liberal look hath the portion of
it which, from three sides, overlooks
the greater garden-that goodly pile
of building strong, albeit of paper
height confronting with massy con-
trast, the lighter, older, more fan
tastically shrouded one, named Har-
court, with the cheerful Crown Of
flee Row (place of my kindly engen-
drure) right opposite the stately
stream which washes the garden foot
with her yet scarcely trade polluted
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Of Law, goes round the dull old quad
rangles blowing an old-fashioned.
silver-mounted horn to call the stu
dents for dinner. In each law term
there is period called the eating
term, during which the barristers to
be are compelled to attend at least six
dinners in the Temple Hall. Z.
Temple Hall was built In 1872 and
has magnificent oak roof, richly
carved, and fine oak screen. On the
dais at the end of the hall, Shake
speare Is believed to have acted In
Twelfth Night" early In 1902. The
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

The oilburning torpedo boat de-
stroyer Roe reached speed of 81
knots an hour in test off the Della
ware breakwater although the con-
tract requirement was only % knots.
and is now acknowledged to be the
fastest exclusively oil-burning torpedo
boat destroyer in the United States
navy. The American shipbuilder has
the reputation of cultivating margin
of safety, and turning out boats which
exceed the maximum requirements of
contracts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

long table at which the students dine
was the gift of Queen Elizabeth TO
the benchers and was rade from a
single oak IN Windsor Park There
is also a small dining table con-
structed from the timbers OF Drake
ship, the Golden Hind. AT present
about so students dine here nightly.
Not only has this miniature unlver-
sity town memories of the old crusa-
ding times, its flavor is mingled with
associations Of the literary history OF
the eighteenth century. 1T Is the
most elegant spot in the metropolis,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01
[leH R007HR4k3 AND IT'S
.HIIxHDAHT Arr /: W/ngea
female, HArO N<ng/e,5 females,
Egg a7dPAoo Of A0his. and
HI0The/ Amt

first plan was to pro-
sent the chinch with 9
contagious disease. 1t
had been observed that
1t was subject to a
fungous disease SINH
lar to that of the COM
mon house fly, which
left the dead covered
with a white mould.
Why not spread it? 1t
was tried upon the
university fields and
the bugs took 1t most
obligingly and died
most successfully. Be
fore 1t could be con-
sidered more than an
experiment, however, it
was necessary to try
IL on a larger scale
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

encircling claws of
what were meant to
be their banquets.
AS for sprays, the
bugs throve upon
them. DR.. Forbes
had his assistants
in the fields before
it was found that
blowing the infested
grass in the autumn
would practically do
away with the pest.
Of all the foes
which the agricuitu-
rist must fight, none
presents a more diff
ficult problem than
the white grub. For
one thing, there are
many species. Illi'
nois has about thir.
ty--differing in hab-
it's, but all endowed
with an original and
hard working brand
of natural cussed-
ness. They attack
plants at the roots,
and it is not at all
uncommon to find
whole acres Of grass
where the sod can
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01
LAW STUDENTS EATING TERM
Porter Summons the English Barris-
tiers to Meals With Silver
Mounted Horn.

In the heart of London, between
busy Fleet street and the broad EN-
bankment, there is carried out GUS
tom that has been in vogue for sew
eral centuries, a Louisville Times,
London letter says. Every night be-
tween and $50 o'clock, one Of the
portexs of the Temple, the University
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Counterfeit buttermilk is being solo
in some of the drug stores in the east,
and the health authorities say it is
very dangerous. Will it never be pos
sibIe to get good thing that the coun-
terfeiters can't counterfeit?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Farmers after experiment report
that the COWS yield their milk better
when the photograph is kept going in
the barn at milking time. This seems
20 offer a grand scheme of relief in
the form of moving all the phono-
graphs to all the cow barns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01
A Conservative Method.

when you make a speech you
never tell us anything we didn't
know" said the constituent.
"Of course" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. "The idea in addressing the
people is to express their own ideas.
Then they give you credit for be-
ing smart man because you agree
with them"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

In printing the new passenger tick
cts to be used on airship lines care
should be taken to have 1t specified
that stop-over privileges may be had
when necessary without the signature
of the conductor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Ten or fifteen deaths among the
comparatively few aeronauts and avia-
tors in the last few months are not
only depicting their ranks but showing
up air flights as mighty dangerous
pastiming.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

The prize COW at the Missouri agri-
cultural college produces 10 pounds
of milk day. But with our cook on
the job, there wouldn't be half ounce
of cream in It.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

In twenty-seven years the Kinber-
lev diamond mines have yielded $780,
100000 worth of diamonds. Still our
western cornfields do lot better than
that.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

The man who is earning his own liv-
ing in these days, however mildly ne
may be going about it, is truly enough
earning his bread by the sweat OF his
brow.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01
The Summer Girl.

How'd you like to be engaged to
millionaire?"
Il was engaged to one all last sum-
mer, and he seldom spent dime. l
want to be engaged to young man
who is down here for two weeks with
about 5000 in mis- roll"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

If the analysis of hoky-poky is cor
rect we are unable to understand how
the flies that gather upon the cones
manage to stay so long without SEEM
Ana to be overcome.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

limorous males who are frightened
at the way women are invading mems
occupations should take heart at the
success some achieve in trimming
hats
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Going down to the sea in ships was
the ancient idea of peril. But it was
common place safety beside going up
in the air in the most modern style
of ships.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

mans purse than
rich relatives on
a visit, there is
the fretful soil
which gets sour
like a colicky ba-
by, and there
are sturdy, hun
cry insect foes.
Over two hum
dred of these at
tack corn, forty
capable of doing
notable damage.
II &c In 1iCoOV-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

The work of a contributing editor
is sometimes made difficult by the
friends who insist on coming around
during office hours to talk politics and
tell hunting stories.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Having all the news about the hot
spell that was fit to print, and some
that was not news, it seems that I'VE
might have little cool weather for
variety in the news columns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

It may soon be possible to telephone
to England from the United States
Very we'll, but how about getting mon
ey that way?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Just bottle up your weather crouch
and strike a temperature average for
the year On the S1st day of next De-
cember.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Two Philadelphians have lost their
lives running for trains. Such unusual
haste was sure to be fatal i'll Philadel-
.phia.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

1t would seem that more people are
giving their lives to the perfection or
the aeroplane than to any former
scientific achievement.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Still there is an abiding of optimis-
tic faith that it will prove easier to
dodge an aeroplane than an automo-
bile or motorcycle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

When the automobile collides with
the locomotive it is seldom that the
latter has to go to the repair shop.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

After planning your Christmas shop
ping better figure on how sanely you
are going to spend the next fourth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

With a new record every day it
seems there is no limit to the powers
of an aeroplane.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

The merciful man is now very mer.
ciful to his beast.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

The Chicago woman whose ear WIS
bitten off by her husband. probably
dfSu't feed him enough.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

We know of some cats that never
fail to come back.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

If YOU can't swim stay near the
shore. If you can swim be satlsned
TO tell your friends about it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

A Kansas judge rules that 1t Is the
duty of pedestrians to dodge automo-
biles. Also the necessity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

How aeronauts have cities at their
mercy in mimic warfare is becoming
amazing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

The Moros seem to be less dan
gerous than ice cream cones.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

There is very bad So bill in c1rcu
iation Insist on getting your change
in twenties and fifties.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

waters. A man would give
something to have been born in such
places"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Few horses are wearing bonnets
this season, probably because Donnets
are absolutely out of style.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

There are 10000 foreign walters
I'm London, all with palms extended.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01
lHE RAI Tie q
WITH TIE BUGS

HERE is an underworld not
invaded by novelist or play
wright. Yet in it occur
strange and often subtle dra-
mas of survival and destruc-
ton. Nor is it a noiseless
underworld. Every evening
after hot sunset it forms
an orchestra which shrills
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-01

Why is a housefiy, anyhow?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23
REAL ESTATE
CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE
fContinted.)
W. H. GATES
Room 6t7 New York Life Bldg.
Phone Douglas 1894.


2,250-Six-room cottage, modern
except furnace, paved street, near 10th
and Yates, renting for $22.5O.
$2,2O0-Six-room cottage, with
bath and gas, on northwest corner 18th
and Clark; lot 66xS0i paving paid.
SNAP.
s2,So0-six-room, good we'll built
house, good al new, modern except
heat, at 1925 Parker; lot 47x127;
barni house is vacant and must be
sold.
S2,95O-six-room, two-story house,
just east of 24th, on Locust, fully mod
ern, with furnace; lot 40x147, with a
barn.
$3,5OO-Seven-room modern house,
on Marcy, lei 31st, south front lot
S3x12O, on paved street, renting at
$40.
$3,S5O-Seven-room, new, modern
house, with HOT WATER HEAT, on
corner 18th and Laird; a good home
for someone; hardwood floors.
$4,500-Six-room, NEW modern
house, with hot water heat, in Bemis
park, at 1921 North 34th street; nice
location; lot 44x140, with lots of shade
and shrubbery.
IN AND NEAR KOUNTZE PLACE
Six-room, modern, two-story house,
near oath street, for $3.50.
Six-room, new modern house, with
oak finish, for $3.50.
Ten-room modern house, on Spencer
ST., for $4,250,
Seven-room new modern house, with
some oak finish, south front lot 40x
1872, paving paid, for $4,000.
~Seven-room, new modern house, on
Lothrop; oak finish; attic; laundry;
large barn; lot 50x124; $4,000.
Eight-room, icy modern house, with
hot water heat and a fine up-to-date
bath ROOM; large attic partially fin
ished; oak finish, hardwood floors all
through, for $5,500.*
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23
1929 North 18th St. $3.:35O

This is a well built house, has reception
hall, .parlor, dining room and kitchen on
the first floor; is strictly all modern
throughout; was built two years ago. The
Location is very desirable, being within one
Owner has reduced the price on this prop
erty to $3.50 for quick sale. Terms, 81, 600
cash,