Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1930, Page 94

22 'Sunday Morning Among the Cross-W ACROSS. Church dignitary. . Coalition. . Seine. . Bivalve mollusk. . Oral. . Cupid. . City in Russia. . Mongol tribe. . Exhilarate. . Called upon again. . Earthenware mug. . Fodder. . Disconnected. . Verse. . Security. 2. Wearies. . Slim. . Turkish coin, . Point. . Tale. . Single. . Everlasting; dial., as an oath. . Plugs or fills up. . Vigor. . Lichen. . Period of time. . Long for. . Macadamize. . Property. . Squeeze. . Rage. . Girl's name. . Recover with a glossy surface. . Object of wor- ship. . Shields. . The back of the neck. . Sorrowful. . Beverage. . River in Asia. . Suitable. . In good taste. . Relating to home life. . Farewell; Span- ish. Shred. . Arrayed. . God. . Choose. . Imitated. . The fat of a Prefix meaning in. 93. Having watery eyes. 9 Open by Puccini. 14 Capable of %eing created, 16 Flower. 87 Backward: prefix, 18 Color. 19 Prevaricators. 20 Chilled. 21 Statutes., 82 General fight. 23 Equality. @4 Seed confainer. 25 Imprisonment. 26 Returned. 29 Previously. 82 Chop. 83 Sword handle. 37 Cease: nautical. 2 94. Provincial speech. 96. Before; poetic. 97. Laths. 98. Vehicle. 100. Scythe handle. 102. Mentally unde- veloped persons. . Insects. . Places of deep mud. . Feast. . Deep red tinged with blue. . Yellowish or reddish brown horse. . Break out. . Beer shup or saloon. . Examine thor- oughly. . “Thin fine silk net. . Rage. . Girl's name, short form. . Made comfort- able. . South African colonist of Dutch origin. . Sea birds; var. . Three of cards, dice or dominoes. . One whose occu- pation is color- ing clothes, DOWN. A banner; Italian. Oral plates or valves. Edible starchy tuber. Graceful. Common level. City in Iowa. Desire Petty. . Ancient ships with three rows of oars. . Ceremonials. eRuaus ® B . 45 Glides over ice. 49 Wrath. 50 Manuscripts: abbi r, 53 Low spirits. 84 Branches of learning. 56 Nerve network. 57 Artistic symbol of the faithful dead. 58 Device for catching. 50 Made of a cer- tain cereal. 60 Concise. 61 Wires: coll. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 17, 21. A knot or burr in wood. 24. One of an Indian tribe of Sonora, Mexico. 27. Bible name; Chron. 3:3. 29. Incline. 31. Continent. 33. Shops. 35. Contorted knots in wood. 37. Agitate. 38. Persian sage and poet. 39. Sense organ. 40, Indispensible. 427 Form of “to be.” 44. Backbone. 45. Country in Syria. 46. Plane. 47. Writing imple- ments. 49. Legislator. 51. Inquire. 52. Gratifies. 54. Tapestry. 56. Margin or border of a surface. 58. Blundered. 60. Humans, 62. Man’s name. 64. Mechanical de- vice for regulat- ing motion. 67. Rage. 69. Experts. 71. Land cultivated as a unit, 72. Mental image. 73. Salutes. 75. Finesse, 7. Open-air theaters. 78. Roman road. 79. Suffix denoting a cell. 82. Exclamation of SOrTrow. 84. Bleat of a sheep. 101 Exclamation of triumph. 102, Pass in the Alps. 103. Repolish, 104. Number of a college of priests in charge of the sacrificial ban- III 7 l%fll-l dEE JEE_ SRR - ARENdUEE daANNE JdEE adilad JEEEN JNE , ,-,I,I T o) a »-“ll, III%%.IIM 13 Unaccented poetic syllables. 15 As far as. 21 Ardent affection. 24 Saucy. 25 Condensed at- mospheric moisture. 26 Went up. 27 German river. 28 Number of the Commandments. 29 Not good. 30 “Little—"" 31 Distant. 33 Cured thighs of hogs 34 Mischievous child. 35 Shelter. 36 High pointed hill. 38 Espouse. 1930. religion. 105. Outspoken. 106. More painful. ter; Gen. 46:17. 113. River in Egypt. o 3 N LR G Lel Lo LBEHAR i Wood Tick Carrtes Disease. 'HE wood tick, which for some reason seems to cause merriment when it manages to attach itself to a human being and cause slight discomfort, is, in reality, no laughing matter. It is believed now to be the carrier of two dan- gerous diseases—tularemia, or rabbit fever, and endemic typhus fever. ‘The season of wood tick abundance is nearly ended, says F. C. Bishopp, who is in charge of the disvision of insects affecting man and mer and early Fall It is not easy to control wood ticks, because the young ticks—known as seed ticks and nymphs—feed upon many wild animals and birds, and the adult ticks—the ones that at- tack man—infest the larger domestic animals, particularly dogs. The adult ticks also Al themselves with the blood of the larger wild animals, such as foxes and ground hogs. The large, slate-gray ticks, -often seen at- tached to dogs, are the engorged females. They become filled with blood in & comparatively short time—six to eight days. They then lease their hold on the animal and drop to the ground, where they crawl under dead grass or other debris for protection. to 7,000 or more. Twenty to thirty days later the eggs hatch into small six-legged ticks, com- monly called seed ticks. These little ticks crawl up grass and weeds, and await the coming of a suitable host to which they can attach them- selves. If they succeed, they insert their beaks; fill with blood in four or five days, then drop off, molt their skins, and gain additional pairs of legs. They are now called nymphs. The nymphal tick has habits similar to those of the seed tick, attaching itself to an animal or bird, filling with blood in four to six days, and again dropping off and molting the skin, thus attaining the adult stage. Many ticks spend the Winter in the adult stage, and, with the first warm, Spring days make their appearance and are ready to attack animals or humans. Seed ticks, nymphs and adults are all long-lived. In any of these stages they may live from six months to nearly a year. The period of fasting depends upon the luck of the tick in finding an animal upon which to feed. The change from seed tick to nymph 39 State of affairs. 41 Possesses. 42 Pronoun. 43 Rankle, 44 Small. 45 Struck, 46 Asiatic peninsyle. 47 Separate. 48 Strained. 50 Fusibie, opaque substance. 51 Makes headway against. 52 Meaning. 54 Insects. 55 Lively dance. 56 Scarce. 69 King of Bashan. 62 Short for a man's name. and that from nymph to adult can only take place after a full meal of blood, and the female cannot lay eggs without first engorging with blood. The life history of the wood tick, or American dog tick, suggests methods of control. Elim- ination from an area of small wild animals such as ground squirrels, rabbits, etc., tends to reduce the number of ticks. Clearing out un- derbrush not only makes conditions less favore able for development of the ticks, but also aids in reducing the number of wild animal hosts. It is important to prevent adult ticks from engorging on dogs and other animals, since they are prolific breeders. To prevent breeding it is necessary to remove all ticks from the dogs at least every six days. These should be crushed or dropped into kerosene oil. With pet animals the removal may be done by hand, although one cannot be sure of discovering all the ticks on long-haired animals. The same method of control is somewhat by reliable companies, and make dilutions ac- cording to directions on the container. The question is often asked, “What should be done to protect one’s person from ticks?" High-topped shoes, laced over the trousers, or well fitting leggings, help to keep off ticks. However, ticks will crawl up clothing to the neck and attack at the edge of the hair. Kero- sene oil may be applied to clothing as a repel= lant, but it does not give complete protection. After exposure to ticks it is advisable to ex- amine the body carefully and remove any ticks. Pull them off carefully to avoid breaking off the mouth parts in the skin. The tick bite may be disinfected by dipping a sharp round toothpick in tincture of iodine, and working it into the hole the tick left. Formaldehyde From Gas. ATURAL gas continues to give up new products which are having a far-reachlng effect on various industries. Chemists have now produced formaldehyde from the gas in large quantities, and this come pound is used in the synthetic production of resin for employment in the manufacture of bakelite. How far-reaching is the use of bake~ lite needs no amplification. It was found thas the production of the formaldehyde could<be greatly increased by the use of oxides of nitroe gen as catalysts,” but the evcessive cost of this process makes it commercially inadvisable.