Shepherdstown register. [volume], January 26, 1922, Image 2

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Bog-Breeding Business.
Breeding bugs as a business is not
as. crazy as it sounds, that is, when
it is carried on as they do it at Alhatpbra,
near Los Angeles. Located
in this western town is a very strange
industry, in that it consists in the
breeding of certain species of bugs,
t>f .'which it might naturaly be supposed
thqfe could not be too few in the
wojpjd. There is, however, on excellent
region why this work should be undertaken.
California is a great fruitgrowing
country, and the ravages of
certain insects, especially the mealy
bug, on orchards was often so extensive
thai some method of combating the
pests was urgently called for.
As the result of prolonged observation,
field experts found that three
o!h<^- species of bugs are the natural
enemies of the meals, ever bent on de-,
sfrt&ing it. But in number these wore
in sod disproportion to the vast and '
rabidly increasing hordes of the enemy. J
and accordingly, on the principle of
setting a thief m catch a thief, it was
acciaed that 6teps must be taken to '
augfhcnt the forces of the mealy hnn- ,
ters. To this end the Alhambra bug- j
houSe was established, and low
scientists are breeding destroyers by
millions and sending them out as al- j
lies' of the fruit-growers in the everlasting
fight against an enemy who
woiJt^ acton have sapped the life *f a
gig^tttic indut6ry.
The simpliest of methods are employed
in the bughouse in propagating
the doughty little warriors.
Neayly the entire lower floor of the
bui^ing?an ordinary dwelling hfcuse
coiflfferted for the purpose?is fitted
witji glass boxes, in each of which a
family of beetles carries on domesticj
affairs and multiplies beyond the
wiftjest bounds of the ordinary im- 1
agination. The mealy bug is their
natural provender and the problem
of Supplying it had to be solved. It
wa5 discovered that next to citrus ,
foliage the mealy bug thrives best on ,
the sprout of the Irish potato, so two!
romms of an upper flat were fitted ,
with bins in which are kept potatoes in 1
all stages of the sprouting process
Kach sprout is the headquarters for a
myriad of mealy bugs, and thus the'
larders of the families on the lower |
flo<fr are generously supplied. The
benefit of the bughouse to the fruit
industry is enormous. ? Rochester1
HeTald.
"Sweetheart, I cannot live without
you," he sobbed passionately.
"Then perhaps you had better seefather,"
said she sweetly.
"Ah, then you'll marry mc?" aricd
her lover joyously.
"No; you see, dad's an undertaker."
Fond mother?I hope that young man j
nevfer kisses you by surprise?
Daughter?No, mother. He aaly
thinks he docs.
The Register will be sent to address
one year for $1.50, or si> a onths
for 75c.
Bowles What's the matter, old
man? You seem to have some trouble
on \bur mind.
Jinks?I have. My wife taid me I
to order something, and I can't reraem-'
bcr whether it was a settee or a tea ?et.
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Tlie Owls in the Attic. ,
A California gentleman frtim thq
city purchased a big country home that i
had been vacant several years. After I
spending a large sum for improve- ; I
ments, he moved in to find that the rats i
made his nights hideous and the goph-' i
ers destroyed his lawn, garden and
trees as soon as they were planted. TV), <
add to his discomfort, a half-dozen 1
barn owls chose his house for a meeting
place. They flapped, stamped, fought
and hissed on the rtiof, and in the
attic, while the rats, in increasing numbers,
scurried, squealed, and fought >
in his bedroom and kitchen. One, f
night the exasperated man went out 1
with his gun to fire at an object in the *
moonlight, and with a dull thud a heavy 1
body fell on the veranda roof.
When mornng came, he climbed into 1
the attic to Find an open window lead- r
ing out to the veranda, where he ^
found the big owl he had killed, but, '
tin the floor under the rafters of the r
attic, another blinked her big eyes to 1
see what danger \uas near. She left her a
nest with two white eggs to crowd in- j 11
to a corner. The eggs and the bird s
did not interest the man so much as the j ^
materials of the nest, built of bits of '
fur and bones of his enemy, the rat. I ^
The attic floor was strewn with bits',
of dried rat skins and bones. He now
understood and stroked the hissing, j c
frightened bird affectionately. That j a
night a half-dozen owls celebrated for n
hours, flapping, hissing and stamping, ?
but the disturbed sleeper only smiled.
He was glad his friends were having a ^
good time.
After another week the noises of the J|
house ceased, not a rat or a mouse was *
to be seen, the only <x>und heard in
the night was a gentle swish of wings ; e
mingled with low hisses; the noisy ] s
shrieks had gone with the squealing j ^
and scurrying rats.
Fearing that his friends had gone, ho C
returned to the attic one evening to find
the mother owl guarding two funny '
little balls of whitish gray cottony j
down, with hooked beaks and tinv
talons resembling those of the big fel- ^
hw he had killed, and reminding him s
of two tiny white monkeys huddled in I ^
a corner for warmth. \
lie snapped out his liRht to watch.)
Noiselessly an owl friend entered with c
supper tor the little family. The meal ^
was a big gopher.
The man watched an hour while owl
friends brought into the attic six
gophers, a rat, and seven field mice, i *
Now the two little owls have grown v
up, and the owner smiles and wishes s
they were a dozen. His fields, lawn ?
and garden are free t>f gophers, rats ^
and mice
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Topics transported from Flanders
Fir''s to dtimo bea-s rf lerscy are ad- e
judged a nuisance and a pest to aRri-1
culture by the Federal Horticultural
Hoard They arc to be plowed under :
at once. The seed nf the poppies cam$ ' '
over in earth ballast, shipped from
France by troop Horticultural Roard
hclicves the reason the poppy blooms 1
in Belgium and France is because the
farmers cannot Ret rid r>f it.
To feel strong, have good appetite and <
digestion, sleep soundly and enjoy life,
use Burdock Btood Bitters, the family
system tonic. Price 51.25. '
it mix
Making W*w Animals.
What a curious thing it i? to realize
hat a St. Bernard, a Pekingese and a n
>kye terrier all three come from a
mnon wild stock. Man has been alter. *
ng domestic animals of every kind Q
'or centuries past. has taken the j<
:omnrson pigeon and invented some- '
hink like 60 distinct varieties, while *
tundreds of different sorts of fowls t|
lave come from the original jungle I<
)ird of Ceylon. I n
Curious experiments have been made j ^
n coloring birds by feeding them on i j,
rertain fbods. One experimenter oh-1 ii
ained pigeons of a beautiful red by ti
jutting in their food a chemical hav- ^
ng the jaw-breaking name of "methyl- 'a
!rabromo fluorcscine," and he got oth- v
:rs of a rich blue by similar means. a
It pays amazingly to breed birds 0
nf the perfect color and shape re- *
quired by fanciers. Seventy-two dra- c
toon pigeons recently sold by auction e
n London realized $4,500, the best bird
51,500. As the pigeon did not weigh *
more than a pound, it might well be j
described as "worth its weight in s
told." t
Canaries have beaten this record,
(n 1903 Mr. James Glasscook, of Nor- f
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wich, England, sold a pair for $350. s
rhese birds weighed about an ounce v
apiece, so they are very costly morsels. '
Man is changing not only animals J
and birds, but also fish and insects. (
fake bees, for instance. Of course, *
various species of bees arc constant- r
ly crossed in order to get kinds that r
will produce more honey. But the a
urcat idea at present is to produce a r
bee which shall be more useful for! I>
fertilizing flowers than any of the '
present species.
"With that object certain breeders ^
ire trying to produce a bee with a ^
longer tongue than any possess at
present. For flowers lik<? clover such j,
i bee would be ? great increaser of ^
fertile flowers, and, consequently,
;eed.
The latest branch of creation which v
nan is tackling with a view to modi- 1
Tying is fish. The experiments were V'
legun at the University of Chicago,
ibout five years ago. Already herrngs
have been crossed with whitefish, e
the result being flsh as well flavired
as the herring, but with fewer
)ones. n
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What A Live Boy Can I)o.
How rapidly boys are proving their a
ralue in the practical affairs of life has '
>cen shown again, this time in Ken- V
ucky, where a flfteen-year-old boy .
vins the State championship for grow- \
ng corn. This year the tine acre cf _
[round cultivated by the boy produced
25 bushels and fcrty-two pounds of
narketablc corn, weighed and tested g
>y experts in the employ of the State,
t was r*r?t an accident that he made the
ecord because he had demonstrated ^
before that he knew how to raise corn
nd the preceding year had grown
aore than a hundred bushels from the s<
ame acre of ground. He had plenty
f company in the contest, for nearly
wo thousand boys took part and scores
ad a crop record above a hundred
ushels from one acre. _
The Kentucky record is but a dupliatitin
of the record made in Ohio years
go when a hoy from Darke county
sade the State record for a number
f years in succession and won and
eld the State championship. Hunrcd-bushel
clubs arc flourishing all
ver Ohio now and have had a value
n stimulating interest in doing wark
he right way and raising a larger crop
rom ? smaller number of acres. In
very county where this intensive and
cientific farming has been tried it has
een a success. The large value of
hese contests among boys is the in- <
rca6cd interst aroused in production
nd the proof the contest supplies of
he economic and productive value of
he live boy on the farm, as the conests
show the immensity of the cottribution
he can make. The product
upplies its own proof of the financial
uccess that is certain when intensive
arming is done along scientific lines
^here brain forms a working partnerhip
with brawn in production. The
itate that has such contests and keeps
hem going is fortunate.
A captain o? an Atla-tic liner was
>othered by a woman passenger who
vas always inquiring about the posibility
r?f seeing a wha!" A dozen
imes a day she besought him to have ,
icr called if on^ hove in
"But, madam." the Captain asked
lcr rather impatiently, after lrng i
lufTcring in silence, "why arc s"> ergT
to sec a whale?"
"Captain," she answered, "my dc-1
.ire in life is to sec a whale blubber,
t must be very impressive to uatch
luch an enormous creature cry."
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A Word for the Wintering Birds.
Fortunately for humanity in our
orthern climes, not all the birds wing
ieir way south on the approach of
rinter. Indeed, not only have we an
rnportant proportion of permanent
rnithological residents, but these aro
oined by sojourners coming down
rom proximity to the arctic circle so
s to enjoy the comparative mildness of
ur zone as a winter resort. And
fiere are still others stopping over for
inger or shorter periods on the way
orth or south.
Put >*)urself in the place of o?e of
hese feathered little brothers scurry
rig grounu ior urwM^i ui ? iiiwi n- |
ng when the ground and even the
rces are covered with ice and snow,
'ou know you would probably starve
r food were not somehow made availble.
Well, so do the birds starvq |
/hen vou forget to provide shelters
nd bread crumbs or sunflower seed
r pop corn or chopped 6uet. Any
nd all of this provender is eagerly
ppreciated by the hungry chickadee,
ardinal, nuthatch, downy woodpeckr,
titmouse or blue jay. And most of
hem would be made happy and helped
n live do their work if you left
n ear of corn or an apple, from which
hey cou|d take a bite, on the window
ill or the front .porch, or right out on
he ground in a city back yard.
"Their work?" Yes; their happy'
nd important work. By seeking out
nd devouring vegetation-destroying in- .
ects, when they can get at them, our
winter birds save us millions of dolars*
worth of foodstuffs every year,
loreover, they make if much plcasanfer 1
or us to take our walks abroad in the
;ood old summer time by insuring the j
irowth of shade trees, from which.!
ithcrwise, na^ty crawling caterpillars ;
night drop down our necks.
It is a good thing to remember the
tarving Russian children; hut let u??
mi, ior iacK or a nuic Kina inougni, ainw
the busy birds to starve or freeze
o death.
There was a timid knock at the
!oor. "If you please, kind lady," thcl
leggar said, "I've lost my right leg?" i
"Well, it ain't here," retorted tha
ady of the house and slammed tho
oor.
"Robert," said his spouse, "father
/rites me that he is going to get a
ypewriter. What's the best kind, do
ou think?"
"Well," he replied, unthinkingly. "I i
ike them about 30, with soft brown
yes."
"If a man marries a widow by the
lame of Elizabeth, with two chilren,
what does he get?"
"Give it up."
"A second-hand Lizzie and two runbouts."
/. C Riely Wm. A. Rlely
N. C. Riely & Son
>ealers in Live Stock of all kinds
and wool.
ireeders of Registered Spotted
Poland-China Hn. ?
ligh-grade Stock Ewes a Specialty.
Write or phone us what yoa hav3 to
:11. as we are loading every week.
W. C. RIELY & SON
CHARLES TOWN. W. VA.
Telephone 215?11
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means heart trouble!
Short breath; smothering
sensations; inability to
lie on the left side; paiti
in the heart, left side or
between the shoulders ;
swollen feet and ankles;
are danger signals.
Dr. Miles'
neart ireatment
lias been used with wonderful
success in all functional
heart troubles for more
than thirty years. Try a
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Oh Mothers! Mothers, leaning near ^
Your Children, in their play, v*<3 HH
. ^ Their voice* ring with laughter clear r"v BEa
- {] As meadow larks in May. Kj
I may not ask you if you hear :? H
gjjl Those other children voices dear. Kp
But far?so far away. ^
Ah. little mothers! At your knee ^
The angel-faces pray. 5
Their fancies flutter pleasantly g.^
Round things too fair to say; ^ B
ho} I will not ask you if you see, ^ raj
s.j3 In all its pallid misery, B
11 Another Child?today. x I'i
Gold curling head upon your breast, rlj B
isni Red lips against your own; B
I'.-' '' Sweet rounded limbs in rosy rest, B
Fond heart for loving prone. v B
But ever? out?from East to West, K.
I hear those others, how unblest, ^
In dreadful monotone. B
So haggard-fair, I view there there, ^ R
Beneath a wizard sky:
Love mist-bells in the empty air, ;Sn K
So shrill I feel them cry?
And in thieir eyes there seems to be? K
Beyond their pale humanity? ?fj ^fl
A Cross, uplifted high! ^ K
Oh Little Child of Mary-Maid, yj- P
S Where Syrian waters lie, (LJE
Who oft 'neath Syrian cedars played, Tj
Beneath a Syrian sky, tC K
Was it for these your Spirit prayed B
Wher. at the knee of Marx-Maid
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; ^ Of Mary mild, oh little Child, E?, |
The God-hood in Thy breast, ? I
Oh, hailed afar by holy Star, ^ 5
rp 1c heal a world's unrest! P
Oh, Lover of the world wide world, B
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SO Succour these waifs of whirlwind?whirled n |
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