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NEW YORK. Tho laot visitor had
gone ashore from a big liner tho
othor morning. Tho last ndtcu had
been said. Tho second cabin gang
plank had been drawn In. Fussy little
tugs wero drawing tight on tho haw
sers preparatory to pulling tho liner
out of tho pier. Sallormon were un
lashing tho first cabin gangway, ready
to haul her on board. Tho captain
and hla ofllcors were on the bridge
telegraphing to the engine rodm
But the steamer did not sail on
time.
Through the hundreds on tho pier,
whose waving handkerchiefs and flags
were bidding goodby to departing
ones, a woman caino dashing like
Sam White through a Harvard llno-up.
Sho was not to bo denied, for alio was
a suffragetto and sho looked it.
In u trice she bounded onto tho first
cabin gangplank, nor would she budgo.
"My husband," sho shrieked In ac
cents wild, as the poets say. "My hus
Wife Turns at Last a
CHICAGO. Peter Lombard of 517
South Halsted street weighs "about
- 125 pounds. His wife weighs 200, and
Is about four Inches taller than her
husband. In splto of these discrepan
cies, Lombard beat her whenever he
took tho notion and the notion
struck him frequently In tho last three
years according to her testimony be
fore Municipal Judgo Cavorly tho oth
, er day.
Tho night before, sho said, ho camo
home In fighting mood again. Mrs.
Lombard objected to taking a beat
ing, but her husband insisted Bhe was
looking at tho subject In a wrong
light. Thon sho lost her pationce,
picked up an Iron pot from the kitch
en stove and whaled him over tho
' head with It. Tho argument was ef
fective. Lombard appeared in court
with his head bandaged.
Big Mrs. Lombard took the witness
stand and explained what happened
to little Mr. Lombard.
"We wero married about four years
ago," sho said. "A year later my
husband decided ho wouldn't work any
longer. So ho retired. Tho fact that
ho hadn't any money didn't seem to
bother him, but 1 worried about it. I
got hungry occasionally.
"So I went to work, and have sup
ported him and myself for three
years. Ho didn't do anything; once
What a Reporter Saw
KANSAS CITY, MOi A reporter for
a local newspaper wanted to bo
taken on a-1 sight-seeing tour of tho
General hospital. Dr. L. W. LubcIi
er, superintendent of tho institution,
granted tho request. "I'll tako you
myself and wo'Il start In on tho third
floor," 4io said.
The particular part of the third
floor In which they began their visit
seemed an unusual placo, oven to
tho visitor, unaccustomed to sights In
a hospital. Nurses and ordorlies ap
peared ghostly in white garments and
heavy white masks entirely covering
tho faco and head, with only room
enough, to seo. They also wore rub
ber gloves. The masks were so ar
ranged that the air they breathed
.was filtered by passing through them.
The visitor saw two rows of ten
bodB each, separated by a wldo ;ilsle.
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Boy Pirates Hush Baby's Cries With Cookies
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. Just like
all tho money In tho world was
tho way 'l looked to two twelve-year-old
robbers who looted the till of
a Lako street grocery, fed a baby gin
gersnaps to keep It quiot while they
made the raid, and then lied to Lako
MInnetonka, where they planned to
become pirates, with a cave on Mich
ael's Island for headquarters. Tho
pirate flng was nover raised, for .tho
sight of two youngsters buying Ico
cream sodas by tho half dozen and
dickering with boatmen to charter a
launch was too bizarre to escapo tho
jiotlco of Chief of Police John Pow
ers of Excelsior. With but $5 of tho
monoy spent, tho pirate crulso ended
In tho city Jail.
Tho boys told their own story when
they wero locked up, Thoy said they
went into Gust Johnson's grocery, C23
East Lake street, Just to spend a few
pennies. They found tho storo do-
Big Liner Pulled Out
band," sho repeated, "ho has deserted
me! ho has deserted mo!"
"Well, who can blamo tho poor fel
low?" demanded an lrrrevcront bach
elor, and was literally transfixed for
his temorlty.
Tho ship was flvo minutes lato and
Bho was a mall steamer, too. Tho
woman would not budgo from tho
gang-plank and tho Ballormen could
not pull It In without dropping her
into tho North river. Tho steamer
was getting later every minute.
"My husband," she shriekod.
"Where Is ho Ho has deserted mo.
I won't sail without htm!"
"Well, go ashore- and lot us sail,"
ejaculated an exasperated sallorman
The liner was now ten minutes lato.
Thon ho came through tho crowd
Ho didn't seem to bo making any un
due effort to hurry. Perhaps ho
couldn't. Ho was a bespectacled little
man, laden- down with moro bundles
than (i Baxter street peddler.
"My husband," she shrieked, "There
ho Is. I thought ho was deserting
me."
"I am Oustav Atesh," was all ho had
time to tell a shlpnews reporter be
fore sho dragged him up tho first cab
In gangway, and as tho liner headed
out Into the stream sho could bo seen
dragging him back toward tho second
cabin. Tho big vessel sailed fifteen
minutes late.
nd Beats Tiny Spouse
In awhile ho would ask mo for money,
and when I didn't havo it ho would
proceed to beat me. I never fought
back.
"But last night I lost my temper.
He came homo and demanded money.
I had nono. Then ho struck me. 1
picked up that Iron pot, and Just gavo
him a good whack over tho head with
it. Ho seemed surprised."
Judge Caverly looked Lombard over
nnff smiled.
"You look like a man who has been
tamed," he said. "I don't think you'll
beat your wlfo again. Tako him home,
Mrs. Lombard, and tho noxt time ho
starts n massacro, you know' about
what to do. And don't you ever como
before mo again, Lombard, on a
charge of wlfo beating. If you do,
I'll havo to take caro of you."
Lombard and his wlfo departed arm-in-arm,
their domestic troubles llko
Lombard's head apparently patched
up.
in the Room of Dread
Thirteen of tho beds wero occupied.
Tho hands and feet of a few wero
bound to prevent them from tossing
about in tholr beds and falling out.
The visitor was deeply Impressed
by tho strango scene. He had so
strongly sympathized with tho pa
tients that ho had not asked tho su
perintendent any questions. As ho
was leaving tho big room he wanted
to know about flie masks, tho re
straining bonds on;tho hands and feet
of tho patlonts, and finally tho disease
with which they were Infected.
"That big room Is tho Isola
tion ward for patients Infected with
cerobro-splr.nl meningitis," replied tho
superintendent. Tho visitor's spino
began to creep. Then he thought of
his heels and took to thorn as fast as
ho could, reaching tho elevator Just
as it hnd pnssed out of sight. While
tho visitor waited Dr. Luschor contin
ued. "Thoso masks are to prevent
possiblo Infection, but tho attendants
do not know whether or not they aro
immuno from infection with tho dead
ly germs. They work blindly, as all do
In caring for meningitis patients.
They aro heroes and heroines, fac
ing death aa long as " but the eu
logy never wfis finished, for tho visit
or hurried Into th i elevator.
serted save for Lucllo, Johnson's baby,
daughter.
"Wo opened tho cash register," said
ono of tho prisoners. "Then tho baby
cried. J gavo It a ginger cooky out
of a. box near tho register. It laughed
and stopped crying. We took $23 from
tho register. Wo went downtown
light away, and took a car for tho
lako. Wo slept back of a storo all
night, tti)d then wo looked around. Wo
thought we would dig a cavo on tho
island and live there."
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PERIODICAL GIUADA OR SEVENTEEN-YEAR
LOCUST IN STATE OF CONNECTICUT IN 1911
Pupae Produce No Appreciable Damage to Tree Except Splinter
ing of Twigs Caused by Females in Laying Their
Eggs Peqch Trees Suffer Most.
Periodical Cicada, Adults and
(Dy W. n. BIUTTON, Ph. D., Connect
icut Agricultural Experiment Stn
tlun.)
Brood No. II. of tho periodical cl
cada or 17-year locust, Tlblcen aepten
declm Linn., was scheduled to appear
In tho control portion of Connecticut
In 1911, so wo wore on the watch for
it. The station collection contains
examples of thlB brood collected In
.Brapford In 1894, by Dr. W. C. Stur
gis, then botanist of this station. But
In lS'J-t no attempt was made to ob
tain records or to study tho dlstrlbu
,tlon of the Insect In tho state. In
1903, Brood XI. was expoctod, anil
though wo made many observations
;nnd Inquitles, wo did not obtalu a
plnglo record.
Consequently, 1911 sremed to alTord
an excetlont opportunity to collect
tlata, and In addition to tho obsorva
tlons mado by tho olllco force, much
Information was gathored from other
Sources.
Though tho pupae como out of the
ground and crawl Upon tho trunks,
branches nnd follngo of trees and
shrubs, and tho adults omergo, leav
ing tho old shells hanging there,
they produco no appreciable Injury to
tho trees except tho splintering of
tho twigs caused by tho females in
laying their eggs. Several correspond
ents wroto to this offlco that tho cica
das woro eating up their trees,
But as tho adults aro sucking lnsocts,
they could at most only suck out a
Httlo of the sap, and could not devour
finy of tho tissues. In laying eggs,
mwover, by means of tho sharp, tough
and horny parts of the ovipositor, tho
femalo Is ablo to puncture tho hard
wood andlay eggs In It. Tho ovipos
itor consists of three spoar-shaped
pieces or blades, tho lateral ones hav
ing serrated edges for cutting. These
j.lecca slldo lengthwlso upon each oth
pr, and aro effectlvo In mutilating tho
twigs.
Tho eggs aro laid in longitudinal
rows of punctures along tho under Bldo
pf tho twigs ofvtho previous season's
growth, having a dlumotor of betwoon
bno-fourth and one-half Inch. Where
there are many punctures In a twig
jt Is often so weakened that It breaks
tln iho wind, nnd though sometimes
falling to tho ground, It usually hangs,
.and tho leaves dry and turn brown.
'There Is damage to tho trees, no
'doubt, from tho effects of groat num
ib era of tho larvao sucking at tho
jrootB, but this Injury Is difficult to
,obsorvo or estlmato, and probably Is
lusually uttrlbutcd to other causes.
i Tho groatest dnmago noticed by
'tho writer was whoro peach trees had
being UBed for 'egg-laying. Tho weight
of tho fruit caused the twigs to break
and hang down, and tho fruit as woll
jas the loaves withered. In portions
of tho orchards mcntlonod nearly all
the fruit was destroyed. Somo twigs
had flvo or six peaches each, and
broke vory readily from tholr own
weight. Nearly all hung, however,
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BANNER CORN CROP
DESIRED BY FARMER
Immediate Attention to the Culti
vation of Seed Bed Is the
Most Important Factor.
"Every farmor wishes to produce a
banner corn crop," says I'rof R. A.
Mobre, head of tho agronomy depart
ment of tho Collogo of Agriculture of
tho University of Wisconsin Mo ono
factor will bo moro Instrumental In
producing such a crop than Immediate
attention to tho cultivation of tho
seed bed. On largo flolds the cultiva
tion should bo constant from tho
tlmo tho corn appears abovo tho
ground until It Jb laid by in July. This
in absolutely necessary for tho eradl-
Pupa Shell on Leaf. Natural Size.
until tho wood became dry nnd brlttlo
boforo separating entirely from tho
tree. In addition to tlio iobb or mo
crop for tho rfeasou, about a Benson's
wood m-nuth vnn ili'strnvod. lcavlnc
little or no ehanco for tho formation
of fruit buds for tho following yenr.
i"in nttnl.i ntul tittinr frnlt trfftA tilt) rG-
sults wero similar, though apparently
much less serious than witn pcacu
trues.
On ranldlv rtrowliiK troos tho scars
soon heal, but on troos mnklng a
slow Growth thov do not hoal for sov-
oral years. Ordinarily, however, thoro
is little or no permanent injury to mo
tree, and soon after tho Insects disap
pear tho orchardist thinks llttlo nbout
them. Tho accounts of serious injury
which bno reads In newspapers aro
generally basod upon tho Imagination
or upon other causes, and aro not tuo
verdict of men who havo given careful
study to tho subject.
Somo six "or sovon weeks after tho
eggs are laid In tho twigs, tho young
cicadas hatch from them, drop to tho
ground, and work their way Into it,
going 12 to 18 inches beneath tho sur
face. Hero they llvo a subterranean
llfn for 17 voars. whoro It Is dllllcult
to follow tholr movomonts nnd dovol
opment Yet thiamins boon done In
three or four cases by tho bureau of
entomology, and It was found that tho
larvao molted four times, tho fourth
molt usually occurring about tho
tonth year. Thoy burrow chiefly with
thnlr foreloTS. suck tho juices from tho
small tree roots from one-eighth to
three-sixteenths of an inch in ainmo
tnr. nnd unon such food they subsist
for tho full period of 17 yonrs, when
tho pupao crawl out of tho grounu,
lonvlne round exit holes about three-
eighths of an Inch In diameter.
No parasites were reared from ci
cada eggB In Connecticut In 1911,
though four spoclos of dipterous (two
wlngcd files) larvao aro known to
feed upon them In tho United States.
Four species of hymonopterous (four
winged files) Insects aro known to
parns.ltlzo tho eggs, though only ono
of theso, Lnthromeris elendao How., Is
at all abundant. This has been found
sufficiently abundant in somo pnrts of
tho country to considerably check tho
periodical cicada. Several species of
mltcB aro also known to feed Upon ci
cada eggs.
This Insect haB predaceous enemies,
ono of tho most Important of which Is
tho largo digger wasp or cicada kill
er, Spheclus speclcsus Dm., which
stings tho adult cicada and carries It
away to its underground nest to sorvo
ns food for tho young wasps. Tho
Btlng pnralyzeB but does not kll tho
cicada, and tho wasp lays an. egg on
tho body of tho cicada, upon which tho
young wasp larva foods. No doubt pro
daceouB ground beetles dovour somo
of tho nowly hatched young, as well
as tho emerging pupao.
It Is probably true that birds do
vour largo numbers of cicadas.
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apart, as thou It bundles much easier
For a spring I uso ono from a lum
ber wagon seat It should bo a good
ntlff ono This Is ory handy In put
ting bees in and out of tho cellnr, as
It carries thom vory easily. It Ib
alao vory handy In carrying empty
supers to tho yard, also In returning
tilled supers to tho shop
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cation of woods and tho conservation
of soil moisture. Tho timely culture
of corn not only helps tho corn crop
but also matorlally aids succeeding
crops By paying proper nttontlon to
cultivation, corn can bo easily mado
to averago 10 to 15 bushels moro por
aero than It would yield as a result
of Improper mothods of soil culture.
"Tho Initial cultivation should bo
quite doop, from threo to four Inchos,
as thoro Is no dangor at this tlmo of
lnjurying tho corn by pruning tho
rootB," continued Prof Mooro. "Sub
sequent cultivation should bo Just
deep enough to cronto a good soil
"mulrih on tho surface of tho ground
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thd young wocdH nB thoy appear abovo
tho surfaco. By rigid attention to
weed eradication and molsturo con
servation a bumper corn crop will bo
assured."
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On tho occasion of bor last visit to
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matron of thit city found a little
friond In tours.
"What's tho matter with llttlo Ma
rio?" sho nskod, endeavoring to con
boIo tho wooplng child.
"Daddy has Just given mo whnck
whack," tho youngstor replied between
sobs,
"Thoughtless daddy!" exclaimed tho
young woman, repressing a smile.
"And whoro did ho whnck-whaclc llttlo
Mario?"
"On tho bitck of ray tummy," waB
tho answer.
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