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Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
.PLOW AND CULTIVATE
TO KILL JUNE BUGS
Beetles Are Parents Of White
Grub, Harmful to Corn.
u Takes Three Years for One Of In
ssets to Develop From Egg Which
10 Deposited In Meadows and
Sometimes in cornfields.
(By cHARLEs G. wENrzLER,

(By CHARLES C. wENTZLER.)
Have you ever seen the so-called
June bug buzzing around an electric
light or seen them swarm on the side
walk in the gray Of spring morning?
They are a big. dark-brown beetle
and at night when they bump against
the window panes or fly humping
against the ceiling make you crawl and
hunt for the broom.
These Numbering, awkward beetles.
of which the chickens and birds are SO
fond, are the parents of the corn pest
known as the white grub" which
feeds on the roots of the plants and
destroys them.
Millions Of them are destroyed in
spring by hungry birds and myriad
others go down to death In swarming
around the arc lights of city. They
are so sensitive to light that flame,
miles away, will attract them.
1t takes three years for one Of these
beetles to develop from the egg. The
beetles deposit their eggs in meadows
and sometimes in cornfields. The tiny
grubs which emerge from the eggs de-
velop into thick, fieshy, white grubs
which are also much sought for by
birds. When matured they are fully
one and one-half inches long.
Luckily for Mr.. Beetle, the grub
spends most of his three years in the
soil out of the reach of enemies. Diff
ferent beetles, however, are complet-
ing their growth every year and SO
we have the June bug with us each
spring.
All corn is apt to suffer from them
but owing to the habit of the beetle in
deposting its eggs in meadows. corn
that is planted in newly turned sod is
more apt to suffer from these pests.
The best way to destroy them is to
plow and cultivate so that their
natural food is destroyed and they are
starved to death before planting the
field. Some farmers let the chickens
follow the plow and destroy hundreds
of them In this way.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
H. wa. Starting Young.

"You fill the pals with sand, and
let me turn them out" suggested six
year-old Jack to little Doris as they
played on the beach.
His playmate obediently complied.
"Now we'll build castle. and you
shall fetch the water to go round 1t"
exclaimed Jack.
Dutifully the little maid struggled
up and down the beach. carrying
buckets of water.
Cant you fetch the water now,
Jack" she suggested, land let me
pour 1t round?"
"Girls can't do that properly" an
swered the boy. Lets paddle. But.
say. Doris. do you want to marry
me when you grow up7
"Yes-oh, yes!" Doris was delight
ed Mt the prospect.
The hoy. however. assumed a bored
air, and lazily extended his feet to.
ward her.
Every well then" he said nonchal-
antly. "If you're going to he my wife,
take OFF my shoes and stockings ~
Pearson's Weekly.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
L.ITMUS PAPERS
TO TEST DEATH

as test for death by French physi-
clan. Doctor Delagree. who proposed
In cases where death was doubtful to
introduce litmus paper into small In
cisiOns in the muscular mass. But this
method, is likely to be repugnant to the
family Of the subject-an objection
which Doctor Icard has overcome in
his experiments.
Litmus Paper Test.
The latter practitioner has made use
Of very simple method for procuring
a few drops Of serOus matter from
the tissues without mutilating
the body. He attaches a small pair of
forceps to fold Of skin and clamps
them in place. leaving them in position
for five or six minutes. At the end Of
this time the forceps are removed and
In the depressiOns on each side of the
''pleat" of flesh made by the confining
instrument are seen to OOze several
drops of serum. The blue litmus is
placed in contact with this fluid, and
IL 1t turns red there is no doubt that
the patient no longer lives, for the acid
test is established. Sometimes 1t Is
necessary to wait as long as ten min
utes for the change from blue to red
to take place. but once apparent 1t is
indisputable. 1t must be remembered
that this test is useless before the
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
TO MAKE MAPS FROM AIR

chimes will be employed for carrying
valuable freight, mails and passengers.
There are immense rivers in French
Guiana. which, because Of the presence
of many rapids, are now only navi-
gable in canoes, which take weeks to
transport freight over distances which
the hydro-airplanes can cover in as
many hours, with always large
stretches Of smooth water offering a
suitable surface for landing and take
offs"
The freight charges arc said to be
high. and the traflic Is expected to con-
sist mainly of gold. balato and essence
of rosewood. which are the principal
exports Of the colony. The passenger
business is not expected to be heavy.
These hydro-airplanes will also be
used for prospecting the forests for
balato trees, which grow In groups.
80 that the foliage can, II u said. be
readily distinguished by aviators flying
low over the tops Of the forest trees.
In the past the securing Of ffesh
sources Of balato has been q work sf
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
Finnish Women Take Up All
Kinds Of Employment.
Even Serve AZ porters on Sleeping
cars-Do Office and Manual
Work.

Helsingfors.-An astonishing sight
for the stranger in Finland is the num-
ber Of women engaged in almost every
field of employment. In England dur
ing the war one became accustomed
to the sight of women performing var
ious kinds of work in which previous
ly only men were engaged. But in
Finland the visitor gets the impress
Sion that the women are doing every
thing.
Not only are they at heavy manual
work in fields and factories but they
have become skilled as mechanics and
have invaded business Offices to an ex-
tent that Is probably undreamed Of in
any other country.
In banks the proportion of women
employees to men appears to be about
ten to one. In the biggest financial
institutions in Helsingfors women hold
positions involving great responsible
ty and calling for exceptional ability.
At the Finnish foreign office the As
ISOLATED Press correspondent noticed
that women were holding offices that
would be entirely beyond the aspira-
tions of their sisters In the state de-
partment at Washington or the Brit
ish foreign Office.
This change has come about almost
overnight. Finland's man power has
been greatly depleted, and large part
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25

lapse of six hours. MS acidity does not
thoroughly establish itself In a dead
body under this time.
1t is interesting to recall in cOnnec-
tion with Doctor Icard's test that one
Of the tests commonly employed under
such circumstances has long been that
of grasping fold of flesh with the
forceps and retaining 1t there for sew
eral moments. In the case of living
body the "pleat" gradually returns to
normal. but when life Is extinct the
compression of the flesh persists. Doc
tor Icard's test (Which has been
adopted in the Marseilles hospitals)
has double value in that 1t includes
the physical test Of the compression of
the skin and the chemical test which
establishes n state Of acidity. thus
making assurance doubly sure" and
removing from the realm of chance
the establishment of death in cases
where doubt exists.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25

eggs in the first four or five months
Of the year to enable her keeper to
raise and market several dollars
worth of young ducks from her eggs.
These young ducks have size and
weight, and may be made fat and
juicy before marketing, which is al
ways done by the big duck raisers in
the East. and this is why they raise
ducks of the Pekin variety for the
market This can be done as well,
and there is always ready and profit
able market for such ducks.
Three Features Of Value.
There are really three features Of
value in the Pekin duck. One Is her
eggs to be converted into young ducks
as suggested. The other is her feath-
ers, which are abundant and of a soft
texture and valuable in the market,
and she may be picked Mt least twice
a year. The third point of value Is
when the duck herself is fattened and
marketed.
Pekin ducks are great foragers, and
with favorable surroundings. such as
a pond or other water source, and
grass to range over, they will pick up
in this way more than hnlf of their
food. It Is true they may be raised
under less favorable conditions, but
mt less profit and with more care and
work.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
GAVE A BOOK; GOT A HUSBAND
New York Girl Evidently Was A.
Sweet as Poetry Volume
She Donated.

New York.-When the Books for
Soldiers" campaign was at its height
early last year. Miss Hazel Bell Gil.
bert Of Sheepshead Bay. a daughter
of Detective Sergeant George p. Gil.
bert of the bomb squad, turned In q
volume of poems.
The book, with her name on the fly.
leaf. found its way to rest station
behind the firing lines, and there fell
into the hands Of Lieut.. William J.
Edwards of the marine corps, who
wrote her letter asking her il she
were as sweet as the verses.
When he came home he called. and
apparently found her so, for they
were married the other day at the
Gravesend Reformed church. After q
honeymoon in Bermuda, Lieutenant
Edwards and his bride will live In
Washington.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
PAID FOR His FUN
Prank Of Baby Elephant Brought,
Retribution.
Her Patience Exhausted, Mother Ad-
ninistered a Spanking That
Brought Tears in Bucketfuls
From Her Offspring.

In n recent exchange 1t is stated
that elephants are amazingly like, hu-
man beings in the way they discipline
their young. The following amusing
Incident was seen by traveller in an
extensive lumber yard in Burma.
While the adult elephants We're faith
fully at work the youngsters played
about the yard. The elephant that at
tracted the travellers particular atten-
tion was hauling. in her chain harness.
n huge tree trunk from the bank Of
the river.
She had heavy load. fact that
her offspring did not realize. Bent on
playing prank. he wound his
little trunk about one of the chain
traces and pulled back with all his
strength.
Conscious of the suddenly increased
weight, the mother looked around. She
saw the youngster and shook her head
solemnly, but paying no further heed
to his teasing, bent again to her work.
Meanwhile the little rascal. with his
mischievOus trunk had loosened the
ring that fastened the traces to the
load.
While the mother was strafning to
get her burden in motion again. her
rascally son pulled so sturdily that
she was quite unaware that she had
been disconnected from her load. Then
suddenly the youngster let go. Nat
urally enough. the mother was thrown
to her knees and her driver hurled in
a wide circle from her back.
The culprit sought huge woOdpile
that seemed to offer him at least tenn
porary protection. His mother. how
ever, was soon in pursuit. and he had
to flee. Round and round the wood
pile he lodged, but his mother. with
her iron harness clanking noisily be-
hind her, kept close at his heels.
Although the little ones greater agil-
ity gained some space for him at the
corners, his mother eventually over
took him. The first blow Of her trunk
drew from him bawl of pain. At
the second he sank. quite humbled to
his knees; and then he endured with
out a murmur. although with many
tears, sound thrashing. Finally the
mother let him up. With tears still
streaming and with dropping trunk ne
took his disconsolate way out OF the
yard.
The little fellow had won the com
plete sympathy of the observer. Con-
sequently he was overjoyed to witness
during the noon hour touching rec
OnciliatiOn. The mother did all she
could to comfort the penitent little
sinner; she caressed him with her
trunk, cuddled him up against her, and
looked at him as II to say: "You still
have mother who loves yOu."
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
EarIx "oom..tle probIem.-

The one hundred and twenty-fifth an
niversary of the Massachusetts Char
table Fire society. recently observed
in Boston. looks back to u time in that
that servants he obliged to go to bed
before the householder, and not be per-
mitted to carry lighted candle to a
bedroom in the garrett" The recon-
mendation was made at one Of the So
ciety's earliest meetings, but seems not
to have been carried into effect: one
may imagine that even so far back
there was domestic service problem"
sufficiently defined to make the aver
age servants objection to this pro-
posed early and dark retirement oper-
alive in defeating IL.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
TAKING MEMS POSITIONS

of what is left is required for military
service.
The Finnish business woman is re-
markably keen and Intelligent. She
has kind of masculine interest and
absorption in her work that seems to
admit Of no margin for sentiment or
frivolity. She dresses simply and
smartly, as do the majority of the city
bred women of this country. An
American walking through the prin-
cipal streets of Helsingfors might well
believe. judging from the costumes
and brisk walk Of the Finnish women.
that he was In the heart of Chicago.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
PEKIN IS MOST
VALUABLE DUCK
This Variety Fills Bill With Utility
Dealers Better Than Any
Other Breed.
YOUNG FOWLS GROW RAPIDLY
There 10 Always Good Demand for
Birds at Profitable Priees-Feath-
ers Are Abundant and Of VAL
liable Texture.

Anyone who cares to investigate the
question of value in the different
breeds of ducks for practical purposes
that Is, ducks that possess real mar
ket value-should read the history Of
some of the immense duck farms
about Long Island, in New York state.
which are SO frequently illustrated
and written up In the leading poultry
journals.
1t would seem from the pictures
shown. and the articles given, that
there is no thought given to any 9TH
er breed of ducks for their purposes
by these utility breeders than the Pc
kin ducks. This variety seems to all
the bill with them all the way through,
which. no doubt, is really the case. for
the Pekin stands at the head of all
ducks when 1t comes to real market
value. We have bred them and know
something about them, says writer
in an exchange. The young stock
grow fast and soon reach a market
able size. and the percentage Of loss
in raising them is very small.
Pekin 10 Good Layer.
We do not believe In the duck that
lays like Leghorn hen. We have
read of her. but we never owned such
a duck, regardless Of breed. For a
certainty the Pekin duck does not lay
as many eggs in a year as LeghOrn
hen. but that does not detract from
her value. for she does lay enough
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
His Conclusive Way.

Really. Mr.. Gloom. you must be
mistaken" mildly interrupted the other
man in the argument.
mistaken" Numbered J. Fuller
Gloom. Those are not my views,
merely. but the mature deductions Of
Ellsworth Ethelbert Hornbostle. A. NJ,
Phi. DR.
Then. very likely am wrong.
Thank you for correcting me-"
pardon u.s." said we. after the de-
parture Of the discounted critic, but
who 10 Ellsworth Ethelbert HOrnbostle,
A. NJ. Pm. Dr.
How the devil do I known was
the snarling reply. II invented the
name on the spur Of the moment. Am
I supposed to concoct an entire life
history for the myth, toor'-Kansas
City Star.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
French Scientist Discovers Meth
cd to Prove if Life Is
Extinct.
PREcLUDEs BURIAL ALIVE
Test 10 Physieo-chsmieai and Has to
Do With AIkaiinity Of the Body In
Life-Litmus Paper Applied to
Serum Taken From Body.

Paris.-The fear Of being buried
alive Is perhaps an elemental fear
one Of the horrors that have haunted
mankind through the ages. Not only
the simple and ignorant have suffered
and some of our most gifted writer's
have employed the theme Of suspended
animation for the basis Of weird and
terrible tales and Of poems of Dan
tesque horror.
There has been some speculation
among medical men during the war
just over as to the possibility OF a
considerable number of ante-mOrtem
burials of soldiers who received their
last attentions in villages where the
facilities for caring for desperately
wounded men were Of the most primi-
tive kind.
Prscedsnts at Hand.
Occasionally a newspaper carries E.
story Of victim Of catalepsy or hys-
terla undergoing narrow escape from
premature burial, and recently an
English daily told of nurse who was
found in forest between Berlin and
Potsdam. apparently dead from an
overdose of veronal, and who was
placed In Q coffin ready for burial.
Just before closing the coffin the un-
dertaker discovered to his horror that
her heart was beating and removed
her at once to hospital, where she
was given electrical treatment, under
which she finally opened her eyes and
uttered few incoherent words. Such
authenticated Incidents cause the
reader to ask II there is not some In
fallible test of death known to the
medical profession.
In the Review of Comparative
Pathology" DIR. SEVERN Icard of Mar
seilles gives the results Of his investi-
cations in progress during long
period into this subject. His test Is
physico-chemical and has to do with
the alkalinity of the body in life. In
other words. as long as life is present
In the human organism the fluids with
the exception of the urine, the gastric
juices and the sweat) are alkaline. On
the other hand, the tissues after death
are acid.
For short period after death the
tissues are both alkaline and acid, and
the litmus paper test shows both blue
and red. But seven or eight hours af-
ter death Is supposed to have taken
place the test Is positive; If life is ex-
tinct the ucid test is unmistakable and
the blue paper becomes II deep wine
red.
This passage from alkalinity to acid
ity is found in all the animal series,
and as far back as 1870 1t was urged
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
Airplanes to Be Used to Chart
Amazon Area.
French Experts Plan to Survey Route
Of River From Flying
Machines

Para, Brazil.-Airplanes may be en-
ployed to map the valley Of the great
Amazon river. II the French are sue
cessful In their effort to use aircraft
for surveying the routes Of the rivers
of French Guiana. 1t Is understood
the Brazillan government will apply
the same method to the survey Of the
Amazon and its a1iuents.
A French company Is said to have
been formed in Cayenne. with hangers
on the Naroni river, and French avia-
tors with flying experience gained In
the war are being employed to run the
Is Aydro-aifpaanes said to have been
furnished BY the government.
In oAdltton to mailing maps, the ma
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
Numbers for Fone SINGS.

San Francisco, Cal.-So many Fone
Sings appeared to charges Of violation
of the federal narcotic laws that Fed
eral Judge William Van Fleet of the
federal court here was forced to place
them in numbered chairs, such n
"Fong Sing No. l. Fong Sing No. q"
etc, down the line. Each was tread
ing on the others toes. so to speak.
and all the attorneys and all the kings
men had q terrible time parting them
again. Forty-two Chinese faced the
charge Of selling narcotics without q
license.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
VALUE OF MELILoTUs PLANT
Heretofore Regarded as Weed and
Nuisance 10 Now Hailed as I'm
portant Farm Crop.

Sweet clover. otherwise known as
melilOtus or bee clover. has been COM
monty regarded as weed and
nuisance. but experiments made by
practical farmers to determine its
adaptability to various climates, its
feeding value and its effect upon the
soil. have shown 1t to be an important
farm crop.
1t thrives in great extremes of tenn
perature and grows readily in soils
too poor for alfalfa and where other
grasses failed to produce q crop.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
HIGH VALUE OF BUTTERMILK
Until Recently II Was Considered
Waste In Creamery Business
Now In Demand.

Years ago buttermilk was cOnsid-
cred q waste in the creamery business
and thousands Of pounds Of 1t were
poured into sewers. More recently Its
great value has been discovered az
human and animal food, both as whole
buttermilk and In such forms as but
termIlk cheese, condensed buttermilk
and powdered buttermilk.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
wooDLoTs SAVE COAL

Many farms are well equipped
for supplying the fuel which is
needed for cooking purposes and
thus saving coal. A large per
centage of these farms contain
, timber which has received little
or no attention. Most of these
areas would yield an abundance
of firewood and yet leave the
woodlOts in even better condi-
tiOn than before the cutting was
made. The removal Of dead, de
caying or otherwise defective
material from the woodlot
would not only serve as a source
Of fuel, but would leave the re-
naming timber in better cOndl-
tion for increased growth.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25

hit BY Train. Carried to safety On Pilse.
Tuscaloosa, Ia.-Hit BY q fast pss.
senger train. carried eight miles %
the pilot unconscious, and then falhne
OF by side q the tracx, was the a.
perience Of Louis Hammstt, wAs iivsn
to tell the tale.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
INCREASE INCOME FROM LAND
When Saved and Applied to seil
Manure 10 Valuable waste Pred.
uet-Aids Fertility,

Farm manure Is n valuable waste
product when saved and applied to
the soil. Richer soils are needed to
produce larger crops and at less cost.
More barnyard manure will enrich the
soil and thus increase the income from
the farm.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25

much danger and difficulty. Specially
trained balato workers, well armed,
travelling in bands of Is or 20. have
been employed to explore the forests,
and they had to carry with them sup
plies to cover many months.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
BETTER CROPS NEXT SEASON
Farmer Should Piew Under Vegetable
Matter 70 Enrich Soil-tiumus
ls Indispensable.

Every pound Of vegetable matter
turned now will be q pound more for
better crops next year. Humus II In
iispensable to fertile soil. Those who
plow early and turn under vegetable
natter win be storing up fertility.
Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25
SLhooIF Gardens Produce
S48, ,OOO,UOO in Food Value

Observation-Disclosures enlist
ed in home gardening under
school supervision in the United
States school garden army have
produced, In the little more than
a year the work has been In
operation, foodstuffs valued at
$4S,OOO.OOO. the bureau Of edu-
cation of the department of the
interior announced.
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r services performed in latter
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-09
FLORENCE

Florence, November S.--(SpeciaD
The work at dam No. 2 in East Florence
is going forward with great speed
and more men are being employed
every day to carry on the construction
work on the huge project.
Also, the citizens of this city feel con-
fident that legislation will soon be
passed by Congress providing several
million dollars with which to convert
the large powder plant at South Flor
ence into fertilizer plant.
The three towns of Florence, Shelf
field and Tuscumbia have greatly bene-
fitted by the large expenditures by the
government in the Muscle Shoals dis
trict, and the municipal governments
have done street paving and made
other public improvements during the
past few months. This is fast becom-
ing one of the most important indus
trial centers of the south.
The North Alabama Gas company
of this city has made arrangements to
greatly enlarge its plant to take care
of its gas customers in the Tri-Cities.
C. B. Kelsey and Claude Hamilton of
Grand Rapids, Michigan, among the
largest stockholders of the company
were in Florence this week, and they
were greatly impressed with the rapid
growth of this community.
The Lauderdale county teachers i'm
stitute met Friday at the State Normal
school under the supervision of County
superintendent Oscar Warren. The
state department of education was rep
resented by Prof. p w. Hodges OF
Montgomery. who gave the institute
the state departments views on schoo
problems. The 100 teachers present
discussed the problems peculiar to the
various schools of the county and gath
cred much valuable information for the
coming school term. The rural public
schools of the county will open next
Monday
A life size portrait of former Mayor
M. NJ. Striplin has been given place
in the new girls dormitory of the State