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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-13
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IL is often preyed upon Pigs dogs cats and
other animals will kill snakes The voracious
snake will catch and devour rabbits, chicks
toads, frogs, mice, etc.
Snakes and Birds Nests.
The snake is a wonderful athlete. IL WI
climb a tree in quest Of small birds Alasl
what sad little tragedy il is TO see and near
the parent birds fly about their nest uttering
almost human cries Of distress, while the snake
is calmly swallowing their fledglings.
In defending their young from Delng de-
voured. even a timd and frai bird Will put up
a surprising fight When a snake approaches
birds nest in the grass or bushes, the parent
birds will fly at it. pecking it with their tiny
bills in a brave effort TO drive the INTRUDER
away. Frequently when young BIRD is learn,
ing how TO fly il will fall 10 the ground, ana
fail to return 10 the nest again. On sucn Al
occasion, if a hungry snake or cat is near
sad tragedy occurs.
The domestic cat is bloodthirsty beast Oh
prey. having all the fierce and cunning IN
stincts of the tiger When a cat has kittens
she will catch almost anything she can carry.
/ saw cat bringing a snake home to her XII,
tens The snake was about two feet long, anu
very much alive Il twisted about pussy, put
she held onto it, and dragged it along IN spite
of its struggles, which | soon ended with a
stick. | dislike a snake. | am aware that
snake does some good, but when | meet one 1
usually kill it if ! can Sometimes | have let
small snake wrigge away, but not once was the
impulse to kill it absent in my feeling towards
it,
The sparrow is a pugnacious bird and is con-
stantly quarreling and fighting. AS the spar
rows are very numerous. they have greatly an
moved our songbirdS and keep them away.
Man has declared war against the prolltlc
sparrows, and justly, too. The United states
Government, the Audubon societies and all
lovers of songbirds are trying to combat the
tragedies that are caused by the sparrows.
A book could be written on the little TRACE
dies of the field and the forest the majority OF
which are not witnessed by man, but which are
constantly taking place, night and day. Every
observant person living in the country, or who
has visited the great outdoors, has seen some
of the tragedies that have briefly mentioned.
While these are so frequent of occurrence as
TO cause slight comment, they contain, never
theless. many a sound moral in bravery,
promptness, skill and parental fidelity. 1t is
the memorable law of one-half of the wild in
habitants to prey upon the other half, condi-
ton which often puzzles a mans reason and
excites his sympathy and anger. Tragedies
of the wild places must be taken philosophy
cally and if a snake devours a beautiful song
bird. YOU should say 1T is simply the way of
nature pray don't get excited about it."
have said something like this when | did not
witness such tragedy; but when saw a snake
about TO devour or swallow a bird, | promptly
forgot "the memorable law of nature" and
pitched into the snake with stick or a stone.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-13
PROTECTIVE CELEBRATION.

One of the most interesting things about in
sects is their ability to take on the color of
their surroundings in order to make them
selves invisible TO their enemies.
Many caterpillars. grasshoppers plant lice
and leafhoppers have the same color as the
plants on which they live. Other caterpillars,
moths, beetles. butterflies and bugs initiate the
colors of the ground and bark OF the trees.
One of the most interesting examples of this
protective coloraton is a butterfly of South
America The upper side of its wings is blue
and orange but when it is resting with wings
folded. the under side is leaf colored and is
so good an imitation that it even has lines that
are like the veins of a leaf.
We have butterflies in this country, too,
whose under wings are the same color as the
leaves and bark of a tree.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-13

$500 per month accident; $500 per month
,icknes.. $4,000 accidental death; unrestrict-
ID policy, covers any And o. sickness or ac-
rideuti pays even day, sickness cost Tc a
day. Sal~smsr With pep wanted. Write me.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-13
MAKE MONEY WHILE SICK

500 o. per month aecident. 81. 30 90 accident
al death; unrestricted policy; covers any acci-
dent. pays for erery day, cot Sc a day. Just
lime. would Jon spend M Nv. SCENTS waited.
Write quics. Cunningham. SiT wsggonef Bldg.
Tort Worth.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-13

IL is often preyed upon. Pigs, dogs cats and
other animals will kill snakes. The voraclous
snake will catch and devour rabbits, chicks
toads, frogs mice etc.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16
G|S s : :; = : = = =
Il Soap, ONT, Talcum
Csc. each. Sample
each OF "outtcura,
~ - Dept. T. Boston"
BLINDNESS CAUSED BY SNOW
Temporary AffIiction That Is Brought
About by Combination of Fogs,
Mists and Billiards.

The above is not new disease. IL
Is merely term which stands for the
temporary blindness. that may fall
upon anyone with sight through the
erasing of visible things by fogs or
mists or billiards.. Such blindness,
though infinitely preferable, is often
more confusing than real blindness,
for a blind man has sharpened in
stincts to counterfeit his lack of vision ;
he "sees" better than the best sighted
man in peasoup fog.
For instance, he knows how TO walk
in straight line, says writer in
London Answers. A man in blizzard
inclines to circular course. A blind
man in sunshine will walk faster and
more surely than you can walk in the
impenetrable mist. Close your eyes
while you walk along the pavement,
and how far will you travel without
hitting q house or the road, or opening
your eyes? Thirty yards, maybe.
Mists at sea are particularly confus-
ing. The wise captain heaves to until
the mist clears. Once the writer was
on a ship that walked" into white
maze near Boston harbor. The en-
gines were stopped, and at night the
fog signals sounded. After "a hours
the fog lifted, and almost side by side
was another ship, also stationary.
Neither had any consciousness of the
other ones presence!
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16

like swellings on the stem. Another
very good indication is the presence
in the field of number of fallen or
lodged plants.
The larvae Of this insect remain in
the old stubble until November or De-
cember, when about 90 per cent Of
them change to the pupa stage. In
this form large numbers are winter
killed in the Northern states, but Sc
we're weather also kills their natural
enemies. Without the assistance of
numerous parasitic enemies of the
jointworm, wheat growing in the
Eastern states of necessity would
have been abandoned or the growers
forced to adopt effective control
measures, say department specialists.
When fall blowing is practiced the
stubble containing the pest is buried
deeply, thus preventing the insect
from emerging the following spring.
Whenever this method is adopted the
badly infested wheat should be cut
high, so that the greater majority Of
the jointworms will be left on the field
in the old stubble and may be turned
under and destroyed. In southern
Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and
other Southern and Southeastern
states where double-cropping systems
are in general USE 1t is possible to
plow under the stubble without inter
fering with the cropping system.
Where this is not practicable, as is
sometimes the case in the more North.
ern states, substitute crops, such as
rye, barley or buckwheat should be
grown on heavily infested areas.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16
JOINTWORM is MOST
DESTRUCTIVE ENEMY
Pest Ranks Next to Hessian Fly
in Eastern States.
Small Grub Lives in Stems Of Wheat,
Sucking Juices Of PIant-May Be
Controlled by Flowing
Stubble Deeply.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The most destructive enemy of
wheat, next to the Hessian fly, in the
wheat states east of the Mississippi
river and in parts Of Missouri is the
wheat jointworm. 1t is very small
grub which lives in the stems of
wheat, sucking the juices of the plant
and causing a swelling in the stem.
Although this insect Is sometimes
more serious than the Hessian fly,
occasionally causing complete destruc-
ton, very little is done at present to
control it's depredations. The insect
has a number of natural enemies, but
these should not be relied upon. For
tunatcly the jointworm attacks only
wheat, which fact suggests one of the
most reliable control measures, that
Of substituting crops. In the south
ern part of the Eastern wheat belt the
insect may be controlled by blowing
wheat stubble deeply after harvest
when this does not interfere with thu
growing CT red clover and grass.
The egg from which the jolntworrr
matches "a laid in the stem by an In
sect resembling a small black ant will
wings. When a wheat plant first be
comes infected no outward sign ma!
appear. The presence Of the worn
can be detected when the plant II
nearly mature by exam ming the inside
of the stem, usually just above TIT
second or third Joint from the ground
Sometimes the point of infestation 4
very noticeable. there being wart
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16
SHOOTS W0ULD-BE SUICIDE
Policeman Forced to Take Drastic
Steps to Subdue Man Who Had
Cut His Own Throat.

New York.-In order to subdue him
for a trip to hospital, New York
policeman recently had to shoot man
who had attempted suicide by cutting
his throat with q penknife.
Fred Hood, a clerk in a government
shipyard, had stabbed himself in the
throat and stomach when his groans
attracted the policeman. Hood re-
sented intrusion by the law and
stabbed the policeman in the arm. The
patrolman fired three shots in the cell
ing to Brighten Hood. No results.
Hood again went after the policeman
with the knife, whereupon the would
be suicide was shot twice in the legs
by the policeman. Hood then subsid-
ed and was taken to a hospital.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16

| ties, common custom-the kind of
banking, by the way, where the char
acter and industry of the borrowers
form the major part of the security.
In this connection the testimony of the
president of bank In Mississippi is
corroborative, Says he: $50 far as my
information goes, there is not single
piece of bad paper in the state as a re-
suit of loans to club boys" These in
stances are taken at random.
The influence club boys exert upon
their fathers and upon the farmers in
their neighborhOods is very marked.
state and county agents say. 1t is the
kind of influence that, through prac-
teal demonstration, turns skeptics in
to converts; that makes progressive
farmers out of "the-old-way-is-goo
enough-for-me" types.
Influence of the Clubs.
But extension agents are not the
only ones who note these transforma-
tons. Men of affairs have observed
them, and right ready are they to tell
of civic improvem hts, better schools,
more active churches, marked increase
in the demand for better merchandise,
new business enterprises, pride in the
appearance of their buildings, home
grounds, the family acres, and high
err type of community morale-all
brought about by boys clubs and COM
munity cooperation.
Increased production, stimulation in
every line Of agricultural endeavor for
the immediate and continued prosper
| ity of their section is one of the inn
portant functions of boys club work
in the South. This is being accom-
plished by instruction and demonstra-
ton in correct agricultural methods by
the extension service of the United
States department of agriculture and
F, the state agricultural colleges. And
| it is being done in the only way pos
sible-through the organized efforts Of
the very boys who are to develop into
progressive farmers and become the
substantial producers of the future.
However, quite as important func-
| ton of this work is the all-round de-
velopment of the boys themselves.
Great stress is laid upon this. Through
the agency Of these boys clubs. the
members are taught habits Of thrift
and industry. They are shown the
real value of high character, the adj
vantages Of education, the possibilities
Of leadership, the dignity of labor, the
Importance Of cooperation in civic af-
fairs and respect for others rights.
The creditable desire for independ-
ence, for land ownership and beauty
and orderliness In land possessed is
inculcated in them, that they may have
the privilege of remaining upon the.
very soil that nurtured them and be-
come important factors In their coun-
try's development.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16

policing of the border between WyO-
ming and Colorado to see that no
"boOtleggers" crossed into the Silver
state carrying their forbidden carg0es.
Then came the war and state con-
stabulary was created to maintain the
liquor drought on Colorado soil. A
constable and high power car were
on duty on the border when suddenly
three machines shot across the state
line and headed full speed in the di-
rection of Denver. The constable
yelled for the trio to halt, but for an
swer one of the men in the last car
drew gun and blazed away twice at
the officer.
The shots went wild, but the con.
stable retaliated with a little gun
play of his own. His aim was better
and the fellow who had fred sank
down into the bottom of the ear while
his two companions called upon the
other cars to slow up and take them
in. They succeeded in escaping,
leaving their unfortunate comrade in
the machine. BY the time the con-
stable drove up to him it was plain
the man was dying. He was rushed
to the nearest town where he died I'm
local doctors Office. Sixty-six pints
Of whisky wese found in the machine
which was afterward identified as the
property of the dead man, a Greek,
who kept "soft drink" parlOr in
Denver.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16

prepared by the United states Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Agricultural production is not the
sum total of achievement by members
of boys clubs in the South. Those
youngsters below the Mason-Dixon line
raise good crops; also, they raise fine
baby beeves and standard pigs. Their
sheep are of accredited breeds; their
poultry is of the better types; and the
gardens they cultivate are model gar
dens, many of them yielding very
worthwhile produce. In dollars and
cents, the result of those boys efforts
annually mounts up to many thou
sands; in food supply it is of meal
culable value to the Is Southern states.
But this is only part of the stOry-a
bare enumeration of some of the ac-
tivities of those Southern lads. The
other part is, or should be, more in
teresting, for it deals with intangible
mmodities-character high ideals,
educational aspirations, civic pride
evolved from and developed through
the training received in boys clubs. In
it's effort to strengthen the agricul-
tural extension organization the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
cites some instances to show the bene-
fits of the boys club work in the
South.
Bonds and Bank Accounts.
In Texas there are 1000 boys receiv-
ing higher education-the direct re-
suit of club membership. There are
10000 club boys in that state who
bought Liberty bonds, War Savings
and Thrift stamps. The same number
belong to the Red Cross, and 1000
have bank accounts. Members of the
boys clubs in Oklahoma, over $1,000,
own war securities amounting to
S112,S1S. Their bank deposits total
67,931.S6. Also West Virginia has l.
500 club members who have bank ac-
counts. Many own lands and several
hundred are in colleges. Arkansas has
a record of hundreds of former boys
hub members who are in college, and
what is more to their credit, paying
heir tuition with money earned from
he sale of of their agricultural prod
lets and prizes won In agricultural
contests.
A number Of the Southern clubs
rave developed college professors, in
,tructOrs in agricultural schools-men
Who learned the scientific method of
farming and gained their experience
n boys clubs. Many club members
are in the military service. "We have
hundreds Of club members that are
,fiicers in the United States army"
writes Mississippi state agent. Nor
nave modern business methods been
overlooked by those young husband
men. In some Of the states co-opera-
tive buying, selling and marketing is
he regular practice of boys club men,
bers, and the use Of banking facili-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16
HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sin.
cerity Should Con-
vince Others.

Christopher, Ill.-"For four years
suffered from Irregularities, weakness,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16
MINING STOCKS WERE BURNED
Musty Papers Became Eyesore II
Housewife and She Destroyed Them
Worth Much Money.

Denver, COlO.-An old-fashioned,
orass-bound chest filed with musty pa
pers became an eyesore In the home of
Mrs. Curtis Smith Of Denver. Mrs.
Smith had the brass removed and the
chest and contents burned. That was
Is years ago.
Today action Is pending In the dis
trict court to have restored to Mrs.
Smith the equivalent Of 1900 shares
Of stock in one of the richest silver
mines In Colorado.
The stock. believed az ~ t1nIo q
be worthless. was fed & ~ G11c
In the ancient chest.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16

health. I believe the Compound will
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, Ill.
Nervousness is often a symptom of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which may be overcome by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia
K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
thousands Of women have found by
experience.
If complications exist, write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. for
suggestions in regard to your ailment
The result Of its long experience IL
at your service.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16
IS COSTLY TO RUN
WHISKY BLOCKADE
Three Dead and Twelve Wounded
Trying to Take Liquor
Across Colorado Line.

Denver, Col.-Running Colorado's
whisky blockade has already cost the
lives of three more or less prominent
citizens and resulted in the wounding
Of a dozen others. The third man to
try conclusions with the state con-
stabulary over his vested rights to i'm
port liquor into dry territory has just
been brought hack to Denver a corpse.
When the state went dry several
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16
BETTER ROADS IN LOUISIANA
State to Spend $4,674,000 In Making
improvements and Maintenance
During Year.

According to figures compiled in the
Office of the state highway engineer,
$4,674,OO0 will be spent on road Inn
provement in Louisiana In 1919 In ths
constructing of 1853 miles Of highway
and maintenance of 40 titles already
completed
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16
His First Retreat.

"Has your boy Josh gone back to
work."
"Yep," replied Farmer Corntossel.
HE got so tired o. havin everybody
persuadin' him to sit around an tell
all about the war that he gets away off
yonder where nobody kin find him an
chops wood all day."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16

HcA NOuSiiCos, a III
was in a run down
condition. Two Of
our best doctors
failed to do me any
good. ] heard so
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege ia BILE Com
pound had done for
others, I tried it
and was cured. /
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
and in excellent
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16
Total Result.

"what did you raise on your prom
fse to pay?'
"Only few rmiles."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-16
Toss Out Dresser,
Garry Down Mattress.

Tulsa, Okla.-During a fire in
the negro section of Tulsa the
occupants of two-story house
which was on fire threw dress
er from the upstairs window and
carried mattress downstairs.
Aside from the loss of the dress
er the fire damage was slight.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-01
COURT WILL DETERMINE
SPECIAL ACTS MEANING
Ohioans Want to Know What "Care
upkeep and Maintenance"
Can Mean.

FREMONT. OHIO. May 3l.--Instead
OF using n dictionary TO discover the
meaning of tho words Care. Upkccp
and Maintenance" as they appear in
special act OF the state Legislature
10 appropriate certain portion of
the tax money raised in Fremont for
turnpike purposes. and 10 be used on
tho Maumce pike through tho city. the
court Will be asked TO interpret the
meaning of tho words.
This ia result OF n deadlock be-
tween the city administration and
members OF Council.
The city received annually about
$500 from tho county to be applied
on state street. par, OF tho Maunee
turnpike within the city limits. il is
paved two miles. Safety Director
William a. Baker holds that money
for Keeping the street clean should
be appropriated from the turnpike
fund. instead OF the service fund.
Council takes the opposite view and
refused TO make the appropriation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-01

Tho safety director refuses to pay for
the work from tho service fund, and
tho street remains uncleaned.
Recently Frank Chudzinski. State
street business man. employed Ia
borerr TO clean the street In front Of
his place and presented bill for 81
to Council. The bill was allowed on
recommendation OF the Finance Com
mittec, TO be paid out of tho service
fund. The director refused to pay the
bill.
L. T.. Cornelious, taxpayer. has re-
tanned an attorney to prepare papers.
which will be filed in court. to cnjoin
the city from paying the bill from the
service fund
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-01
MAN STANDS 1900 VOLTS
PcnnsylvRninn who Came In Contact
With IIenNily Charged Wire
t.

CHESTER. PA, May 31.-Although
Fifteen hundred volts OF electricity
niger will recover. HeffinEcr came in
contact with live wire carrying this
voltage while at work for an electric
company here. In trying to rescue
Hehinger two fellow workmen were
badly burned and all three were sent
to a hospital lIcninger Is frightfully
burned
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-01

This store is permanent institution
in this city, it follows that we arc ex-
trcmely interested in seeing to it that
tho Piano, Player-Piano or Talking
Machine you choose here Is the BEST
instrument for your needs and the
BEST value for your money.
The factories we represent have a
manufacturing reputation to maintain.
1t follows that we will go to any length
in seeing that the instrument you buy
here is worthy Of your ownership and
of our name
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-01
| OUR METHOD
Right Treatment
To Our Patrons

We have but ono
price. the lowest price
at which merchandise
OF like quality can pos
Sibly be scotland every
instrument is marked in
plain figures. A child
can buy as we'll as tho
shrewdest buyer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-01
ENING OF THE
Webb Piano Co., Inc.

After extensive remodelng the showroom
(between
with line of fine Talking Machines by
the Webb CO, " o - ~
You cordially inspect the largest and most
beautiful display Talking Machines
exhibited in the ~ o -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-01
Our Introductory Offer

In order to place limited number Of these
celebrated NERrTONE Talking Machines into
the homes OF representative people Of this CITY
and community, we going to make Special
Price on every style for limited time ONLY
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-01
WE ARE
Manufacturers
Distributors

We Wholesale, we re-
tall. and with our hnan-
ctal resources and ad-
ranced method of mar
keting our merchandise.
we arc in n position TO
sell the highest quality
of goods at the lowest
possible selling price.