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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH e Items of Interest to the Housewife AROUND the HOUSE Removing Ink Spots. A paste made of starch and buttermilk spread over an ink spot on a rug will remove the spot. Let the paste remain on until it is dry, then rub it off. Our Presidents v Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams were elected by ,the house of representatives. Thomas Jefferson wrote his own epitaph. William Harrison, Henry Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Taft and Harding were all from Ohio, all being born there with the exception of William Henry. Harrison, who was born in Virginia, but made his home makes a good coating for white cake. This can be served as a dessert and is tasty when accompanied by coffee. Dry Dry Picking Chickens. picking is better than scalding Dont Wrap Ice. It is poor econ- when plucking a chicken or turomy to save ice by wrapping it key. Unless done very quickly, in heavy paper or cloth; such a scalding will harden the skin. covering insulates the ice from the rest of the refrigerator. Keep Peas From Burning. If a slice of bread is put in the kettle when making pea soup the peas Covering for White Cake. Mashed ripe bananas, sweetened will not sink to the bottom and to taste, added to whipped cream, burn. in Ohio. William Howard Taft occupied the two highest offices in the federal government, that of President and chief justice. Jlsk Me Another A General Quiz O Wasp brings home its dinner a cicada. The Questions Wasps and Hornets Are Efficient Destroyers of Our Insect Pests Prepared by National Geographic Society. Washington, D. C. WNU Service. have a high STINGS value. concealed After one or with these weapons, the per- sonality of the little is firmly impressed sting-wielde- rs upon you. It is quite proper to regard the wasps and hornets with respect, as they insist you shall. But do not let their potent personalities prejudice you against them. For it is within this group, taken in the broadest sense, that is found the cleverest and most ingenious of all the insects, as well as the most efficient and destructive enemies of our insect pests. The cleverness and ingenuity of wasps take numerous forms. Each of the many thousands of different kinds has its own little specialty which differs more or less from that of every other kind. Among these specialties few are more fascinating than those of the various digger wasps that burrow in the ground and lay up in little chambers food upon which their young subsist. Look closely into the habits of some of the common digger wasps and see what they are doing in that sultry season when you can think only of vacation, for it is then that they display the greatest energy. Familiar to everyone in the hot, still, midsummer days is the monotonous shrill song of the cicada. Hornets Prey on Cicadas. Once in a while one of these monotonous trills stops suddenly. You hear a discordant shriek that startles you for a moment. Then all is the same again the heat and the interminable trills of the cicadas. What has happened? One of Natures little tragedies. A cicada has been surprised by a cicada-kille- r, has fled shrieking away, and in all probability has been caught and stung, not to death, but into a state of complete helplessness. is one of the The cicada-killmost and conspicuous, as largest well as one of the commonest, of burrowing wasps. To many people it is known as a hornet in fact, the hornet and is much feared. But it is not at all aggressive. It resents undue familiarity, of course, but. its nature is wholly peaceful except when cicadas are concerned. Cicadas are its only prey. Sometimes you see it flying about a tree, hunting for a victim up among the branches, or pursuing a cicada at high speed through the air. But it is usually noticed dragging a cicada, often much larger than itself, along the ground on the way to its burrow. This nursery is commonly made in the higher and drier portions of lawns, or in sloping grassy banks, and runs to a more or less spherical cell about an inch and a half in diameter. The finished nursery usually includes four cells. After each cell is completed the mother wasp goes on a hunting expedition. In bringing the cicada to the cell she frequently hoists her victim laboriously up a tree, from which she flies diagonally down toward her burrow. Thus she saves much time and energy, for dragging a creature as large as a cicada .through the grass is a herculean task even for so powerful a wasp. 'Usually, though not invariably, a second cicada is added to the first. After the cicadas still alive but helpless are stored safely in the underground cell, the wasp places 'an egg on the body of one of them (just under one of the middle legs, then closes the cell with earth. Weeks Food for the Grubs. The egg hatches in three days, land the grub feeds on the cicadas for a little over a week. It then er I , I I makes a cocoon of earth, mixed with enough silk to make it rather dense, and spends the winter inside. In the spring, after passing through the pupa stage, the wasp, digs its way out of the ground. that you see The cicada-killer- s walking or flying about a grassy slope are living evidence of the numerous tragedies that have taken place beneath the sod. Idle ease, nectar, and beer satisfy these wasps for a few weeks. During this time they display not the slightest interest in cicadas. Then, with the attainment of full bodily development, the females somewhat suddenly become demons of dynamic energy murderously inclined toward all cicadas full-fledg- ed The cicada-killer- s are interesting because of their great size, and the bulk and power of their victims. It is a thrilling sight to see one of them strike a cicada in full flight and, with its prey, go tumbling to the ground. But their technique is crude effective, but lacking those finer touches that perfect the picture. So let us consider the most accomplished artists that are found among the digger wasps. How Wasps Use Caterpillars. Rather large, very slender, and wasps commonly are seen early in the summer on wild carrot and other flowers, about decaying fruit, or drinking at the sides of puddles. Indolent and peaceful, they are unsuspicious and slow to take offense. These are young caterpillar wasps, for which as yet life means little more than feeding on nectar in full enjoyment of the summer sunshine. creatures, with Lazy, an air .of complete boredom, they could scarcely appear less iterest-in- g or more slothful. But while they are spending their time in frivolous enjoyment they are developing strength and energy and acquiring a knowledge of the world. Energy finally gets the upper hand, and the female forsakes the flowers almost completely. The first thing she does on becoming energetic is to find a patch of bare, stiff soil, more or less protected, and there dig a burrow ending in an enlarged chamber, oval in shape and horizontal. Her burrow completed, closed, and concealed from view, she now goes in search of prey caterpillars found on or near the ground. The commonest one prefers green caterpillars much larger than herself. When a caterpillar is discovered the wasp knocks it off the leaf onto the ground. Then, watching her chance, she seizes it with her mandibles near its head and gives it a prolonged sting between two of the earlier segments. The wasp then stings its victim between the other earlier segments and between most or all of the hinder segments. The stinging is followed by a thorough squeezing of the neck between the mandibles all around, this squeezing process lasting for some time. Th caterpillar is finally brought to the burrow, which is opened and the victim placed inside. Sometimes a single caterpillar is sufficient, but usually two or even more are needed. If more than one is stored, the burrow is always closed after each is placed within it. When the store of caterpillars is complete and the egg is laid, the burrow is permanently closed with the greatest care. Now comes the most interesting part of the whole proceeding. The wasp searches for a little stone of just the right size and shape, and with this held firmly in her jaws she pats the earth down very carefully to obliterate all traces of her work, ed slow-movi- ng rBox-- v . pleatX !l 2"BOX cc PLEAT 24--" The Answers RINGS TO TOP AND BOTTOM -- THEN SEU As a whole, entirely. 2. It received its name from a tribe of female warriors who were fabled to live on its banks. 1. 3. 1 4. 5. - DOUBLE 5TITCHING cicada-k- illers. long-waist- 1. What is the meaning of the Latin expression in toto? 2. 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