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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-07-23
MeueS aus M}oline.

Die bieiigen Mnlagen Ser MepubIic
Sron ato Steel SO. baben borgeitern
ben pollen Retrieb NIT alien Mann-
ldaften nod langerem Stiditano pie-
Der eroffnet. IS iino geniigeno 9e-
ltelll1rgen p%orba1toe11, baB Die Iabrif
fiir largere 3cit I'M 8etrieb icir miro.
SIM 8atertomn &oipitol ltarb Dor-
geltern Wenb @arl g. @uitafjon,
EN- @inppbner BON Mpline ieit %
Sabre11, i'm Sitter bon rs Sobren. ct
am %. Ieoember 1889 in
'Sdppeocn geboren uno fam i'm Saf-
re 1864 ms 2ar6. MllBer ieiner
Sran binterlaBt CT adt ainoer ur6
ell1e 9t5abl gnfel. Die 8%eeroigung
1i11oet ont Sonntag Madmittog bon1
Grauerbanle aus auf DEM &iperiibe
5rieobof itatt.
Sn Silpis apcroel1 ort fommenben
Witttpob Die offentliden Spielplate
inter lpe5iellen 6eierlidfeiten croft
net nl16 ibren %8eitimmu11gen iiber-
geben mcroen. Mapor 8otfins miro
Die groffnnngsreOe balter1.
Ser 8irtb Gus. @on Iiegben in
galt Moline, ser 1pegen 0ffen6oltens
Mirtbid)aft bis 2 ltbr Weor-
gems perbaftet norben mar, prrbc
bonn Noli5eiridter Inn $Ss30.O5 ein-
ld)lieBlib Soften perurtbeilt.
aaonmiiiar 81. stouffer, Mijilteit-
Sel1erape9rd)ef Somes Irepor ulr0
5pet Seltcrmebrlente BON ser Central
station flbren geltern Morgen in
e111e1r Nl1tpmobil nod Soma Gitp,
INN an oen1 0ortigen Stats Jeuer-
mebr.Sorrnament tbeil5unebme11. St
$1,000 an 9reiien ii11o fir Sic
'Slegcr III 0en @ettrenr,e1 etc. anqe-
lebt morOen.
Cine Mn5obl @runoeiqe,,tbiitn1cr
an Der Is. Strobe bieIten fiirslid
Notwithstanding Of inns bro
telttrte,l gegen Sic Mel1pflaltcrl11g Ser
10. 5trabe. Das 4flu1ter apnr0e erllt
Dor orei5ebn Sabre1 non ser Barber
Mspbolt So. gelegt l1n0 befil1bet 5if
an Steuen iii idJlcdtem 8uitono. 3ie
ge11an1te @elelidaft ioll Inn gda-
oel1erIab perflagt meroen. Cine 8ar,
tel Der Ibeilnebmer BEL Ser Gerlamm=
lung mar Der Mniidt, SOB Sic Strabe
on ,oen ldaobaften 5tellen reparirt
meroen lole nn0 bob bonn Nilaltcr,1
nod} glblto11o genommen meroen joue.
Ole M1gelegenbeit Ser Nflaltcrung
mllroe leood) BIS auf meiteres perldo-
ben.
Die yGelemdaft mfrs
EN- Goppelgeleiic in gait Decline le.
gen lolien a11 Ser IL. Mpenue, atpi,
ld)el1 Der l. n110 z. StroBe. @ier.
oltrdy miro ein beiierer 5trabenbabn-
er5ieIt.
Gin Grant Moaoitcr Mutomobil
borgeltern Mben6 an ser 12.
5troBe ll1uo q. Mpenl,e bllrh Elm SSe1-
er ltarf belda0igt. @ie oas Te11er
e1ttitanoelt lit, fonnte nidt in grfo6-
rlttlg gebradt hperoen; nl,6 fanb scr
5el'ernebrdef Satpf nidt aus, apem
Die Deoidine ee6orte.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-07-23

@egen 8ieamie mllrbe qeitern
Sral1 Coma Salllipa,t 1913 IA. Ctr,
%perbaftet. gor lieben Sobren perbei-
ratbete tic iid) NIT @alter &en1pel i11
&of SSlatto uno Dor einigen sSsab-
ren iou Der Damn lie berlalien 6a-
ben. Dann perbeiratbete lie iid nit
So. Sl,uiban, Der ipater ausfat,o,
oab Die 6ran nodp nidt bon ibrem
eriten Maann gcidieoen lei. Ger
5taatsantpalt miro bie gln~gelegenbeit
unteriuden.
Gin Jeuer bra6 geltern Morgen
INN $ n6r III Dem &alrje ser 5ran
Wfar Safe, 112O 8. Mpenue, aus n1uo
ridtetc ei11en Shaoe11 bon mebreren
buttDert Collars an, ebe es gel0ldt
weroen fonnte. 9as Sous geb0rt
SEQ 9eilcnrotb nnb lit perlidert. @ie
oas 5euer entltanoen lit, fonnte nidt
IN @%rfo6rnng gcbradt auerben, ood}
1tlnlnt man an, DOB es 6urd Elm brel1-
11enoeS StreidDol5 I'M &leioerl6rarf
NhIEIrI * E"s, -, - el
%entltanOen it.
Sranf Golnberger, Ell sSitnepbus-
Jofrer bon Mlplilre, lpuroe aeltern
5llln orittert Mal perbaitet, tpeil er
Die itdbtiid)e nSrbi1tan3 iibertreten
'batte lr6 ci11eln anbalte1Dcn Stra-
benbabnmagen porbeigefabren 1pur,
meld)er &aiio9iere abIcbte. Som.
berger puroe 81 $500 uno Soften
Derurtbeilt.
Beltern fal,o ouf Sem glodbotpf
Watdtn1per Dos grobe iabrlid)e Nif-
nif Der Sreimal1rer-@ rottos ser Drei
Staotc itatt, on ipeld)an iid) piele
5reimallrer ser 5taot inns nn1ge-
geno t%beilnafrnen. Gin Invertebrates
Nrpgramm fam aatr Madmitteg u1o
M6e1to CUR Musfiibrung.
Gtpa Mitte Ml1gltlt mer6en Gepae
raturen an Der giaouft= griide stpi-
lhen Godf Ssial1o urto loem Mrlenal
nborgcnommell. @dbrenb oiejer Mr-
'beiten, Die ettpa ein bis stpei @odyc1
IN Mn1pru6 neblnen 1peroelt, miro sic
griife fir ale 6l1brmerfe unb Muto-
Salraeltge geihlolien iein. Sic 8rii.
de loll neu gepflaitert 'peroen.
Seirafbs : @rlanbniBld)eine.
Gotporo Sector Safer unb Sri.
gland)e SSlre5 gfer, Mortb Mc@re-
gor, So.
sSofm 2anel1er u1lb 1rau Marp 81.
Mfcgombs, Ml1Ibbiac, ST.
zee H. Sepert llnb Sri. Mlicc g..
8illon, @albington, So.
1reffenb gefast. a.:
ySbr Sobn 1T in RuBIano; no bsnn
Da9"
g.: sd BOB sen Drt perael7en.
IN 1rseno einem tleinen 2%aufeneit
liegt en-" ss- csc
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-07-23
Mfut8 aug MusfQtine.

9ei elmer Dl1rdbrenaetei porge,
lter't Atad)mittag mur0e y. 6rie0-
rid}s, Elm @ader bom 5iioenbe an ser
'8ra11opterD Mpenlte aus leinem Mb-
lte1erltl1gs1pagen altf ons 5troben-
.ptla1ter ~gerporfen uno id)mersIidy,
-aber 1tidt gefdbrlid perlebt. CT miro
balO mic0er bergeitent iein.
Ole us@rout" 5aiion npl,roe aclterr
III Der 3eigler Gaming 6abrif fir oie
Ssaiion apieoer eroffnet. @aaenlu.
oltrtgen bon @eibfobl hpurben in sen
iMflagen abgelaoen. Cine Mnaubl
.meitere Mrbeiter baben M11lteIll,,lg er-
balten.
Ser gefd6rlide ltnfng bon 2el,-
ten, altf Trad)t5iige at ipri1ger1, Inn
bonn SiioenOe nod ser 5toot gu fab-
rem, ion aufboren. Die s3uganqe-
ltenten iinb a~1gelpieiel1 moroen, auc
lolfe 2eute ser Noli5ei 511 iibergeben.
0llrh 0ieie 8eror0nung ser gabu-
g%eleuidaften merbel1 %alerban0 nn-
tallen o%orge6el,gt.
Die 9eroigl1nN oes be%rltorbenel1
Mbolpb @ottbrebt bon Muroro, SssG.,
tano bier borgeItern 9fadmittog bon
yso. 224 @al1nlt 5traBe aus auf benr
'@%reentpooo Yric09of itatt.
Sir sic MISUNDERSTANDING Ml,s-
itellltng lit 8elt 2ibertp bonn %. bis
26. Mllguit aper0en iest ldp11 Die 8or-
lbereitlutger g%etroffen. Mebrerc tou-
lello Collars iito fir 9reiic bci sen
Wettre1ner allsgeiett moroen. Diele
Mllsltell11g meint ieoes Sa6r etlpas
9eoel'te1oes fir Sic llmacacno.
SIM boben Sitter bon 70 Safrcn
itarb ont Wittlpoh @ormittag III lei-
llem Setm 5it Slinois Stu Gbarles
Sdnier 5r., ein befan,ter oelltlder
5arntcr Der bortigen @egcno. M,t-
Der ieil,er @attin bi,terl1Bt CT 5apei
Sob11c llllo cine Iod)ter. Die @ecroi=
,gullg fhloct bellte MSorgen ali Sem
6riebbof SIT Slinois gitp ltatt.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-07-23
Ncut5 aus Mod SslQn0

Hus empire Gbe1tcr miro qeae1,.
anarttg bon allben llnb ir1,ett l,nt-
a'tooellirt llnb perid)0nert. SEER gbar-
aes Werfell, Der 1lelle 8eiiter oes Che
aters beabiidtigt, 6asi elbe lanr 5on1,-
tag. 20. al.guit, fir sic Sailon a.,
er0tinen.
Die 8eeroigung bes n%eritorbene,1
@lmore SO. Surlt finbet lbeute gad)-
'11ittag bom Gralterbaule an ser Z.
Mterl,c l111o is. 5traBe aus o1lf Dem
G%bippiar1of Srieobof itatt. Die ge-
fbelltg111g am 2eidenbegangniB miro
cine lcbr 5ablreide 1per0e,1, ga ser
geritorbene IN @eidafts- nrb Nri-
%oattreiicn popular llllo beliebt tpor.
Trl. Naopni 5blrlb, Iod)ter 6es
fllt)erem Taitors BON ser oelltlben
sMetbooiltengemeiruoe bon ct. 2ouis,
.Dalt lid g%egenpartig gu geilldy bei
.r1rem 9rlloer, sSSrpitg Shlllb an ser
~. stroBe alf. @oitpr Sdulb lit
1cbt BON st. 9ouis nod Anincp, 81,
nerlebt 1poroen.
SSuanes SaDes bon Ml1oalllia, m1r-
zoe geltern bon 9oli5eiridter 9mit6
l1nter. $500 8iirgidaft geitellt, neil
CT am z. Sllli leine 1rarl NIT eirem
ytaltrnlelie CT mlbril1gcn apoQte. Ser
Mtal1 1plr0e besbalb nerbaftet, sod,
apllroe iein 8erbor bis aui gelter1,
berld)obelt.
Salome 6. Merf bat geae,l ibre1
8atten Mlgnlt Mcrf cine gcbei-
0%ungsflage int @eridt einhereiht.
sic beldprloigt ibn Der 0elerfhion ul1o
gtlbtperlorgung. 1as Naar batte
lid anp II. Stunt 1918 perfeiratbet,
ober trernte 1id) idon ont is. Sssl,ni.
sic berlangt Sdcioung ltno sob lie
tDrelt Wtaodenr1unell Salome Ira=
ceD, mie0er fiibren fam.
Cine gepiiie Selen Slider aus
GDicago, ole bier Dor eil1 faar Sagc1
ar1largte lnr0 eille,1 Mieleuourf NIT
bradte, bolte iid bolo einen aanone1-
rall lb. sic mllrbe prompt einge=
lod)t n1r6 geitcrn bonn Noli5eiribter
gu $50 Strafc berl,rtbeilt. Ga file
1tidt 10 biel Gaidengelo ibei iidl bat-
te, mnBte tic fir 5ebn Sage Sic
Gon1tpz9altiIle be5iebe11, no Tie iid
Der gsudterllbeit lbefleiBigen miro.
Nraitocltt @ilion bot ser Jamilie
6es %Deritorbere,1 gilmore 50. @urlt
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-07-23

Nraitbc1t gSilion bat Ser Samilie
oeS b%eritorbenen gilmore 81. @urlt.
cine Beileios=1epelde 5ugelanot.
gor orDeren pro1nille,1ten 0e1nofra-
ten lamgten e%6c,rfalls Kaleidoscope
id}en lrn0 lsriefetm.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-07-23

1reffenb gefagt. a.:
S5 ST. S0bn 1T in @uBlano; po benn
g.: SD bob Sen Drt peraeHen.
Sn 'rssno einem tleinen 2auienett
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
The Aggression of States.

The world is divided, politically,
into states. These states are kind
of abstract beings, distinct from the
men, women and children who inhabit
them. They are in perpetual and in
evitable antagonism to one another;
and though they may group them
selves in alliances, these can be only
for temporary purposes to meet some
other alliance or single power. For
states are bound by moral or physi-
cal obligation to expand indefinitely,
zach at the cost of the others. They
are natural enemies, they always have
been so, and they always will be; and
force is the only arbiter between them.
That being so, war is an eternal neces-
sity. AS necessity, it should be ac-
cepted, if not welcomed, by all sound
thinking and sound-feeling men Pa
citists are men at once weak and
dangerous. They deny fact as fun
damental as any of the facts OF the
natural world And their influence,
if they have any, can only be dis
astrous to their state in it's ceaseless
and inevitable contest with other
states.-From the Atlantic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16

young trees-forest tree nursery stock,
for complementary cutting the
trees off near the ground, and exam
ination disclosing that the stems were
honeycombed This is not necessarily
due to the presence of dead wood near
by, since termites will tunnel for long
distances underground.
While usually combining their work
to moist or decaying timber or to vege-
table material of any sort, and to
books and papers that are somewhat
moist, termites will attack seasoned
dry wood, provided there is access to
moisture elsewhere; i. e.. they use
moist grass and earth in extending the
burrows, thus creating more favorable
conditions. In the southern states
termites will infest the bark and outer
layers of the wood of the base of yell
low pines killed by bark beetles before
the foliage has fallen; trees that have
been killed in the spring and show red
dishbrown needles and much fallen
foliage being infested by the middle Of
August Trees killed in the spring
will have the outer layers of wood of
the base honeycombed by the follow
Ing December The larger-celled,
thin-walled, spring wood is eaten away
first leaving the smaller-celled, hard
err, summer wood uneaten.
The United States department of ag-
riculture has issued a bulletin describ-
ing the white ant from a scientific
standpoint, and suggesting many rem.
edies for limiting the ravages of these
little creatures.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16

queen, the latter caring for the young
and moving the newly Matched grubs
from place to place when the colony is
disturbed
Notwithstanding the fact that the
white ant is such an interesting in
sect, it is one OF the most destructive
in North America While in way they
serve in a favorable role by converting
the wood of dead stumps and trees
into valuable soil material, this is
more than offset by the damage they
infliCt on injured living trees, to say
nothing of their insidious borings in
all manner of timbers, props, poles
and posts, which often give way with
out the slightest warning. White ants
will iDfest the heartwoOd Of living
trees injured at the base by fire, dis
ease or other insects, and sometimes
in such trees they excavate upward
throughout the dead heartwoody longi-
tudinal tunnels, irregular in diameter.
These insects also infest the roots
of living trees, finding ingress through
abandoned burrows of the large round
headed borers. Sometimes they girdle
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16

the plaster receives less deposit of
dust than where it is between the
laths.
Wherever a hot steam or water
pipe comes through wall a vertical
streak of dust may be seen above it,
due to the hot air driving the dust
against the cold wall. Rooms that are
heated by open CRATES are much less
dusty than those heated by radiators.
because in the former the furniture is
heated principally by radiation, and,
being warmer than the air, 1t repels
the particles Of dust instead of catch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
No WAR TAX ON
CANADIAN LANDS
UntruthfuI Reports Circulated by
Interested Parties.

OBTAINING a neighbor at the expense
of the truth does not help those who are
guilty of the practice, and it may be
said that those spreading false re-
ports about Canadian lands, in the
hope that they may secure customers
for their own, will certainly fail of
their purpose. False statements so
maliciously circulated will sooner or
later be disproved. And, as in the
case Of the lands Of Western Canada,
the fertility of which is now so well
known to people of every state in the
United States, the folly Of this work
shows an exceeding short sighted
ness on the part of those guilty of the
practice.
The present war has given some Of
these people the opportunity to eXer-
else their art, but in doing it they are
only arousing the curiosity of those
who read the statements and a trifing
investigation will only reveal their I'M
truthfulness.
A very foolish statement has re-
Gently appeared in a number of pa
pers, reading in part as follows
1T is believed that as a result of the
war tax on land imposed by the Cana
dian Government number of former
Dakota farmers who went to the Brit
ish Northwest will be compelled to re-
turn to the United States. Informa-
ton has been received that the tax
will amount to about $500 for each
/ farm of 100 acres, which in the case
of many of the former residents Of the
two Dakotas would practically amount
to confscation"
To show that the public has doubt
ed, hundreds Of inquiries have been
made the Government at Ottawa,
Canada, only to bring out the most en-
! phatic denial. A full-fedged lie of this
kind has, of course, only short life,
and will tell in the end against those
who forge it and spread it, but, as a
Winnipeg paper points out, 1t is most
complimentary to the agricultural pos
sibilities Of Western Canada to find
that rival farming propositions need
audacious mendacity of this descrip-
ton to help them.
What is the truth? The Saskatche-
wan Government has authorized a levy
of $40 per quarter section on unculti-
waited lands owned by non-residents.
The Alberta Government has imposed
a Provincial tax of 10 mills on the as
sessed value of all uncultivated lands.
There are some special applications of
these taxes, but the main provisions
are as above. Those vacant lands
held by non-residents in Western Can
ada form a grave problem. They are
making for poor communities, poor
schools and poor social and economic
conditions generally. By having them
cultivated the owners as we'll as the
districts in which they are located
will benefit alike. 1t is for this reason
that the Government has recently
asked the cooperation of the non-resi
dents. The high price of grain for
some years to come, and the general
splendid character of Western Canada
land will make the question well
worth Observation-Disclosures
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16

ing them, while in the latter the air
heats the furniture and in so doing
deposits its dust on it.
Rooms lighted by electricity keep
clean longer than those heated by gas,
simply because the light is almost
cold.
Mr.. Aitken sums 1t up as follows:
ANY surface hotter than the air keeps
free from dust"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
Easy Money.

Burglar-Come, now, l just beat up
the janitor and got upstairs here and
l want your purse quick.
Flatdweller-You beat up the JAM
tor?
Burglar-Yes. Here, where are you
going?
Flatdweller-Its all right. haven't
any purse myself, but I'm sure l can
raise one among the tenants in few
minutes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
One of Several.

Little Lemuel-Say, paw, is that a
wild man across the street?
Paw-Something like that, son. He
is a member of the state legislature
who voted against free lunch, and to-
day he had to give up real money for
the food he consumed between drinks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
Teeth for Special Occasions.

"Those Billions simply roll in
wealth"
Don't they-and say, did you ever
see Mrs. Billions set of state teeth?"
State teeth?"
"Yes-the ones she wears at recep-
lions and dinners. They're made of
diamonds, rubies, pearls, sapphires and
emeralds in succession. Why, one of
her smiles is worth SSS, New
York World
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
PREMATURE BADNESS
Due to Dandruff and Irritation, Pro
vented by Cuticura.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Daily
shampoos with Cuticura Soap and
occasional applications of Cuticura
Ointment gently rubbed into the
scalp skin will do much to promote
hair-growing conditions.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
As the Sequel Shows.

Y A young woman in Harlem blamed
the tango for her bad temper which
caused her to abuse her mother and
get arrested. Her disposition before
the tango craze started was probably
nothing to brag of.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
COLD SURFACES GATHER DUST
Why Rooms Lighted by Electricity
Are Free From the Bane Of
the Housewife.

The reason that lath and plaster
walls become streaked is explained
by John Aitken in Nature as due to
the tendency of hot air to deposit its
dust on cold surfaces; and the colder
the surface the weaker the power of
resistance. So where the laths pro
tect the plaster from the cold outside
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
Final Opinion.

Il see there is an exodus of for
eigners in Mexico"
Well, instead of them fool for
eigners joining in any such nonsense,
think they ought to get out"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
Parliamentary.

Brown-Where's that flyer laid on
the table a moment ago?
Mrs. Brown-You never expected to
see that again, did you?
Brown-And why not?
Mrs. Brown-You told me that in
parliamentary practice, when a bill
is laid on the table, it is seldom heard
Of again.-Harpers Bazaar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
Their Identity,

Germany-The other powers come
to these straits in fowl disguise.
Turkey (mournfully)-Yes, as Tur-
key gobblers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16

Next to the United States, Germany
has the greatest number of telegraph
offices and the largest line mileage.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16

Congratulations
Congratulate me; I'm married."
"Sure-and congratulate me; I'm
single"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16

A man must indeed be mighty busy
when he hasn't time to stop and watch
a dog fight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16

Don't waste all your flowers on the
iead, Throw few bouquets to the
I've ones once in while.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16
Mother Gray,s sweet powders for CbIldren.

Mother Gray's sweet Powders Tor Children.
For Feverishness Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the Bowels and are pleasant
remedy for Worms. Used by Mothers for % years.
They are SO pleasant to take, children like them.
Then neUer tdiL AT all Druggists Csc. Sample
tREB, Address, A. s. Olmsted, lie Roy. N. Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-16

SOCIAL {
PREPARED d
DERARINE
T~ HE white ant or ter
mite" is one of the So
called social insects that
lives in a highly organ
gGSM lied community where
IJbU UE~&o there are castes-royal,
~ military, working and
IN IN colonizing. Unfortunate
&e,$So ly for man, however, the
caste system is designed
to aid white ant" communities in de-
stroying timber, and has helped to gain
for it the reputation of being one of
the most destructive pests. Crumbling
walls, collapsing floors, breaking bean
poles and weakened fence posts are
evidences of the ravages of this tiny
insidious insect.
The term white ant is misleading,
as it causes many people to consider
this insect merely a variety of the
ordinary ant, and therefore scientists
use the word ''termite" in preference.
to describe the insect. AS a matter of
fact, the real ant is one of the enc
mics most to be feared by the termite.
The two insects may be commonly
found inhabiting the same log or
stump, and yet the former will capture
and carry away members of colony
of termites if they are at all disorgan-
lied by being exposed. Such a help
less colony will attract from a dis
lance ants of several species and will
offer little resistance to the marauders
The caste system, which is such a
distinctive feature of the life of the
white ant, is evident only among the
adults of a colony. When the young
have just Matched from the eggs, as
soft white grubs, they seem more or
less the same, but after a series of dor
mant stages and molts they develop
along particular lines.
The workers" are probably the
most important caste in any colony.
They make the excavations where the
ants are to live, and help care for the
royal couples and the young
The soldiers" ere more highly spe-
cialized workers, but are functionally
less important than the workers. The
soldiers are armed with a powerful
head and "pinchers" which afford pro-
lection to the colony when there is an
attack made through the opening OF
the narrow channels leading to the
nests. Their suit of armor is not com
plete, however, and their soft bodies
are quite defenseless when colony is
opened up and an energetic army OF
real ants attacks. them.
The "colonists" are the winged mem.
bers of the community, who in the
spring fly away in great numbers to
found new colonies. These establish
themselves in pairs and immedat ely
devote themselves to raising a new
community, Each original pair be-
comes a royal couple" in its new en-
vironment
Among other social insects, like the
bee the king Of new colony dies i'm.
mediately after he has fulfilled his use
fulness. However, the king termite
continues to inhabit the cell with the
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