Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 22, 1919, Page 4

‘PAGE FOUR 17-YEAR LOGUST | IS SLOWLY GOING .Causes Leading to Disappear ance Outlined by Department of Agriculture. T0 BE EXTINCT IN TiMI Circular Gives Succinot Histery eof In- sect and the Protective Means That Can Be Taken Against . Washington.—Havé you an ideal Ie the absolute in hopelessness? Well, let it be said that the house iz which you live 1s comparatively new— built within the last 17 years. The ground onswhich it stands was orig- inally wdodland. In the summer of 1902 all the trees thereabouts were fuli of 17-year locusts. Eggs were depos- ited In the branches, the larvae came out, dropped lightly to the ground, and dug in. The long period of subter- ranean existence is almost ended. Is May the Insects will start toward the light and air—and wit come in con- tact with the eomcrete floor of your esiar! There may be another situa- tion ‘as hopeless, but certainly none more so. « That clesving up of woodland fer the building of houses and for cultiva- tion Is the principai agency that is mak- ing the 17-year locost, whose real name is the pericdical ¢iegda, a van- ishing species. Dr. Gideon R, Smith. one of the earlier scientific observers, allowed rather a melanchely mote te creep into his invaluable manuscript when he wrote that future generations, {f they read his writings at all, mld shake thelr heads and think of him'as * romancer. Being Slowly Exterminated. In the same note, also, C. L. Mariatt, one of the latest systematic observ- ers, writes in his bulletin, “To the lover of nature there is something re- grettable In this slow extermination of an Insect which presents, as does the perfodical cicada, so much that s In- teresting and anomalous.” Thus, the present-day experts of the United States department of agricul- rare agree with the early observer that the time will come when there will he no perfodical clcadas left. That time, however, is a long way off. There will he rgultiplied millions of them this year and in other years to come. For many persons the cicada will be as new & sight as it was to the first observers when they came from Europe to the American forests. Mod- ern writing on the subject is done, of eourse, in the light of all the observa: tions that hgve been made through more than 200 years. They lack the freshness of the writings of men who saw the cicada before a literature of the insect had been built up. Those early wxitings, therefore, possess an unusual interest. Accompanied by Fever, In 1669 Nathanlel Moreton, who lived at Cambridge, Mass., wrote “New Eagland's Memorial.” Iu it he told of “a kind of a pestilent fever" that had prevailed in 1633 and “carried off many of the whites and Indian< in and near Plymouth.” “It I8 to be observed,” he gaye, “that the spring before there was a nuiner- ous company of flles, which were like for bigness unto wasps or bumble-bees, they came out of little holes In the ground, and did eat up the green things, and made such a constunt yell- {ng nolse as made all the woods ring of them and ready to deaf ‘he hear- ers.” The old gentleman is to o€ excused for balleving that the cicadas “‘did eat up the green things." The appearance of the dead and withered branches doubtless was such as to justify such a conclusion. One “T. M."” supposed to be Thomas Matthews, son of Samuel Matthews, governor of Virginia, whe observed the cicadas in 1675, fell l‘nto the same error. For nearly 300 years, then, the vrlt- ten record of the cicada has been piling up, undergoing- corrections now and then, receiving new discoveries from time to time. As nearly as can be judged it is complete now. The latest addition is a circular, “The Sev- enteen-Year Locust in 19190,” by Dixon Merritt of\ the office of information, United States departmenat of agricul- ture. It does not pretend to present new facts, but it gives a snccinct his tory of the cicada and the protecive wmeans that can be taken against it The circular will be avallable to inter ested persons in the 21 states where the periodical cicada will appear this year. 'DISCOVER GOLD IN CASSIAR Prospectors En Route From Vanceuv. eor to Unexplored Reglona—Traffic Conditions Bad. Yancouver, B. C.—Prespectors are en route from Vancouver to unex- plored portions of Cassiar, where gold has been dl.covered according 1o re- ports relayed from Indians saund trap- pers in that wild region. ‘These reports have been forwarded to the Canadian geological survey. ‘The only formal attention the reports have received is a statement that the survey considers tramsportation prob- lems {a the Cassiar region “slmoet un- surmountable.” Government officials have warned eitissns =grinst possible fraudulent ashivities by “Blue sky” premetars, ¥ risings. MAKES INDIANS RICH Developments in Southwest Net Them Big Returns. i ' Oil and Coal Add te the Fortunes of the Aborigines in Okls- . homa, I . Washington.—There are 300,000 In- dlans scattered throughout the 48 States of the Union; many of them, the Osages, Creeks and Quapaws, are rich in natural resources; rich in oll, g8, coal, asphaltum, 2inc qnd other minerals that not alone make wealth for themselves, but for the country ot which they were the original occa- pants. Oklalhwwa ranks first of all t.he states of the Union in Indian popula- tion. The interior department, through Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian affairs, leased during the last fiscal year 1,658,620 acres of land for oll, This vast estate is being administered through the Indian office in Washing- ton, through the commissioner of the five civilized tribes at Muskogee, and through the several Indian agencies scattered thronghout Oklahoma. The total number of barrels of oil produced from these rich fields during the last fiscal year Is 24,183,267. The value of this oil in dollars would ag- gregate $50,000,000, The royalties alone during the last fiscal year actually paid to these In- dian tribes approximated $8,050,008, and for the six years preceding there was derived In royalties alone and ac- tually paid to the Indians for their benefit 4n ofl royalties $26,000,000. The total amount of ofl taken from these Indian lands in Oklahoma, all told, sifice oil was originally discov- ered, aggregates 383,000,000 barrels. The total amount of royalties and bonuses paid the Indians by oil oper- ators during this development is 839,- 000,000, With the coming of the white people to the state and with the marvelous iraprovement going on in the construc tion of railroads, wagon roads, school-| liouses and churches it will be seen! that the Indians are fast becoming us~! similated into svclety, taking their place and assuming the role of citizen- ship. U. S. SAVES FARMERS MILLIONS. End of War Releases 151,000 Tons of Nitrates te Be Soid at Cost for Fertilizer. Washington.—More than $1,600,000 will be saved by the farmers this year as 2 result of the action of the govern- ment in making available at reduced prices large quantities of nitrate for fertilizer. After the armistice was signed the war department released to the de- partment of agriculture 111,000 tons of mitrate produced during the war for use In explosives. To this quantity is added 40,000 tons recelved from Chile by the agricultural department, toa late for distribution last year. Under authority ef the food con- trel act the nitrate is to be sold at cost and already, says a statement by the department, farmers have taken up the full 151,000 tons in orders rang- ing from 200 pounds to 300 tons. Live Steck fer Belgium. No onme in Belgium rejoiced more heartily when the Germaans were driven out than the small farmers whose lot under the invaders had been made intolerable by the constant req- uisitiontng of produde and stock by the enemy. A British farmer, who has just returned from the wide agri- cultural district around Menin, reports that the country is now practically devold of llve stock and that tillage and farm operations generally are &t a standstill in consequence. Efforts are being made by the agricultural relief of allies committee to replace the ani- mals in that neighborhood Kkilled or atolen by the Germahs with good Brit- tsh stock and a fir§t consignment of Aniry ecattle will be forwarded in the course of a few weeks. These animels will, It 1s hoped, piay a valuable part In restocking the farms of the peas- @uts whieh lay across the path of the (k- THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER LIQUID FIRE USED AGAINST SPARTACAi\IS IN GERMANY Form Squad to Sell Blood for Transfusion Santa Barbara, Cal.—A “blood transfusion squad,” composed of physically perfect men and women, to hold themselves avail- able at any time their services are needed, is being formed here. The Santa Barbara County Medical society has issued a call for a dozen volunteers. The merit of the plan, it is pointed out, is. that physicians will have names of persons who can be called on immediately in emergency cases, whereas by the old plan valuable time was . lost In examining volunteers. When one of the members of the “perfect squad” is called qpon to give blood for some pa- tient he or she, as the case may be, wil] be paid $20 for the red corpuscles given. up to save someone else, HOW LANGUAGE IS-ENRICHED New Words and Phrases Mobdt Fre- quently Have Their Origin in the . Patter of Thieves. It is necessary that the language of a nation should be refreshed and strengthened now and then by the in- troduction of new words and phrases, and, as beflts’ democracy, these spring from the soil; not one of thedh de- scends upon us from the Olymplan heights, observes the New York Her- #ld. Neither scientific nor scholastic hodies ever enrich the common tongue with expressions so apt and full of mesaning that they gain immediate and anduring vogue. The slang of the un- dergraduate collegian is pitifully in- ept and meai’er‘ IFor anything that ecan give a new zest to the vulgate we must look to the stage, the gambling house and even to the optum den aud thieves’ resort. Returuing soldiers will certainly bring with them much of the argot of field and trench of which “cooties” is a ~ample, The word “joint”.as applied fo iniquitous and other resorts comes from the joint of bamboo from which un opium pipe iz made. “Dope” was orlginally the slang term for opium— hence “dope” and “dopy.” Innumer- able are the verbal products of the yambling house. Among the common- est of them are “four flushing,” “keep- ing tah,” “standing pat” and “down to cases.” 'To “give the office” or “of- fice” some one is a very old bit of London thieves’ slang. The cause of all this is quite ap- parent to the thinking mind. Persons of education and cultivation have a vocabulary of their own sufficiently large and varied to enable them to ex- press themselves without golng be- vond its limits. Those who are lack- Ing In education sometimes coin words n ap emergency that prove 8o expres- sive that they acquire general cur- rency. SUBSEA VESSELS AN OLD IDEA nventors Had Thoughts of Such Craft Centuries Ago, as Ancient Records Give.Proof. Not In 1660, when Lord Verulam first made a vague sllusion to the subject, but in 1648, it seems, was first mention made of the submarine; and then at some considerable length in 2 memoir published at “The Brazen Serpent, in Paul’s Churchyard.” And with this discovery comes another, that the submarine, or “Ark for Sub- marine Navigation,” as the author, John Wilking, terms it, had been tried and found a practical possibility in the days of the civil wars. “Cornelous Dreble” had experimented with “the contrivance,” “here in England,” and “found it feasible.” There is some- thing captivatingly Elizabethan about this John Wilking “Chapialn to the Prince Elector Palatine,” and his far- sighted consideration of the subma- rine as & war auxiliary. Londoncrs became ncquainted with him one March evening recently, as they opened their Pall Mall Gazettes and dipped into the contents. “Cornelous Dreble and his contrivance” arouse German government troops using liquid fire and grenades against the Spurtacans in: Berlin during oane of the up- HUN HIDES 4 YEARS| Congeals Self in New Guinea Jun- gle During War. Qerman Army Captain Risks Death Ameng Cannibals Until Armistice Is NM Konrad D.tscr s German army en gineer who had been biding in the New Guines jungle since the beglnning of the war, has come back to civilization end now is in an internment camp in Austrslis. Detzler's story is on a pary with other romantic incidents of the war as it affected the South sen. ‘Degaler holds a cgptain’s commlssion, When the war b he was surveylog the boundary line between the then KEalser Wilhelmland, or German New Guinea, and Papua, or British New Gulnea, He decamped Into the bush. This wus a risky act, for the bushmen prefer human flesh above all other kinds. When an Australian force oc- cupled Kaiser Wilhelmland Detzler was overlooked. For more than four years Detzler lived in the bush near Miamis. He had a shotgun, but it was not long . e fore he ran out of cartridges. There- after be lived on yams, taro and kuun (a variety of sweet potato) in cqrmmon with the natfves, and upoen birds aud animals which he caught by means of sbares. Scveral thines the Australians searche od for_him, but.Qefzler managed to eludé ™ them. He “might have %tayed indefinitely in the fungle, but mission- aries told the Papuans of the armistice and they in turp tpld him. Thereupon he surrendered to the nearest Austra- liap officer.’ While living throughout the war at Mismis, Detzler wore only a lava lava (native kilt). The result is that he Is almost as brown as a Papuan. He now wears a German uniform. “Subscribe for The Pioneer STAHL-JACOBS Furniture Renovators All work guaranteed. Work called for and de- livered. General Repair Shop 311 6th St. Phone 488 Cut and peel Poplar Balm Balsam and Basswood bolts now. One car or hundreds of cars. Contract now with the Minneapolis Manufacturing Co. Minneapolis, Minnesota I HAVE YOUHADIT ? ¢ ¢ When your back is broke and your eyes are blurred, And your shin bones knock and your tongue is furred, And your tonsils 5qneak and your hmr ge And you’re doggone sure that yonr’re going to die, But you're skeered you won’t and afraid you will, Jm:l «il]rng to bed and have your c And prai the Lord to see you For ynngvna got the “Flu”, boy, you've got the “Flu.” SEE MITCHELL BEFORE THE MICROBES GET YOU. D. S. Mitchell The New York Life Man Northern Natl Bank Bldg. Room 5 Phone 576W -THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1919. BALZAC'S HOME IS RESTORED i Includes Trap Door Through Which Famous French Author Es- ‘l caped Creditors. Puris.—The home of the famous pearance it had in Balzac's time, with Its vestibule painted blue and the orig- i ok carvings and dark red tapes- tries decorating the apartment where Balzac wrote his masterpieces. On the table stands the big china coffee pot from which the -author was wont to refresh himsgelf, for Balzac was a mighty drinker of coffce. O!d wood cuts and original printing proofs adorn the walls. 1In the garden the vine that Bulzac tended still grows and Ris beloved lilnes have been replanted there. In oue room there is stitl the trap- door through which D ¢ used to dis- appear - when lmportunate creditors called. g UR employers, the publigc, have found us to be reliable and capable. The qual- ity “of the service rendered by us re- flects credit upon our profession. 1 | Take Salts to Flush Kidneys If Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers. If you mufl: have your meat every e ——————————————— day, eat it, but flush your kidneys with salts occasionally, says a noted authority who tells us that meat forms uric acid which almost para- lyzes the kidneys in_their efforts to expel it from the blood. They be- come sluggish and weaken, then you suffer with a dull misery in the kid- new region, sharp pains in the back or . sick headache, dizziness, your stomach eours, tongue is coated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic_twinges. The urine ge.s cloudy, full of sedlment, the channels often get sore and irritated, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night. To nenh-ahze these irritating acids, to cleanse the kidneys and flush off the boy’s urinous waste get four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharm- acy here; take a tablespoonful in a glass of ‘water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate sluggish k]dneys, also to neutralize the acids in urine, so it no longer irritates, thus ending blad- der weakness, Jad Salts is inexpensvie; cannot injure, and makes a dellghtful ef- fervescent lithia water drink. 'What Is The Cause of ||- Headache? Backache? BY DOCTOR CORNELL Backache is most commen ailment from which women suffer. Rarely do you find a perhaps the from it. Some- times the cause is obscure but Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y, a high medical authonity says the cause is very often a form of ca- tarrh that set- tles in the deli- cate mem- branes of the feminine or- gns When these organs are inflamed, first symptom may be backache, or headache, dizziness, “accompanied by bearing-down sensations, weakness, ir- regularity, painful penoda, irritation,, and a general run-down condition. Any woman in this condition is to be pitied, but pity does not cure. The trouble ealls for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, which is a separate and distinct medicine for women. It is made of roots and herbs, put up without alecohol or opiate of any kind, for Dr. Pierce uses nothing in- jurious. In taking Favorite Prescrip- tion, it is reassuring to know that it goes straight to the cause of the trouble. There is but one way to overcome sick- ness, and that is to overcome the cause. That is precisely what Favorite Prescrip- tion is intended to do. Send 10 cents for trial package of Certnans 1o el march teward | L iving eorioaty Tahlet:s. _Address Tavalids' Hotel, Buf yaiuid - = falo, N. Y & ~ ML s 3 = L Y ) i French author, Honore de Balzac in | the Rue Raynouard at Passy has been |, ! reopened as an artists’ center. The house had been sadly neglected. but has been restored to present the ap- || HUFFMAN & O'LEARY BUSINESS AND | PROFESSIONAL |~ DOCTORS | DR. L. A. 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