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Show .,.. , DESERE'r EVENING,- NEWS SATURDAY MARCH not gather in large docks. They didwould eat only a small part of U ingle cricket. Ptarmigan and gulls have- also been reported as feeding freely upon the crickets, and the horned larks are very active, in devouring the eggs.. Anabrus is not known to have any inseet enemiee; bitt pigs eat them greedily. The wholesale destruction of the vast swarms of 1848 by the gulls in Salt Lake valley is a notable incident of Western history. ' THEIR FAVORITE FOODS. IVESTERN- -r CRICK&T ife History of the Famous Insect Destroyed Gulls in 1848. , By Dr. J. by the 1 , . , if Paul, Professor of NitturWStudxat the rolyersiti of rtah ' - mai bt; produced inonean alcoholic speci- H E Wfsterri, cricket (Caged wing upon the men by rubbing. ,the Mountain, the Idaho . and ether. The "file" Preduces the sound. the "Mormon" cricket) is a grasshopper with very short by the resonant, tense, lelastie, clear in the other wing. which throw wings. According to Gillette of the spaces a mass of air into pulsation. Thu 8botwe, 'atColorado titation, first attracted file may he compared to a 'violin tention in Colorado in 1904: Though the veins of. the Wing to the strings Of the violin, and the resonant 'Sur- comparatively unknown In recent ytars, faceS to the box of the- violin. or owinrto its scarcity since the great elastic Wing may be oampared to the the ta. armies of of a plane. Not only: its marching Migration the Salt Lake valley in 1848,..the insect does Vaiè (Ore wing rub upon the other.- has remained fairly common in manY the rasping noise being produced by Of the mountains, and was here long partially opening ancl, closing the wing., before any4white ,man set loch. upon but it seems probable - that the file tubs American.aoll. Its habit of marching over the stiff, horny,- upcueved hindee In great armiiirhas been written about edge of the segment. for more than fifty years:, Its tierma-- 1 THEIRN G. I EGG certain rient home is in dry,hills, where, it lives and maintains its usual numThe females, when ready to lay eggs, bers year after year. Then comes carry at the end of the abdomen a mass successful season when the eggs hatch of white, jelle-lik- e material. Then, well. and the bands assume almost about the first of July, they deposit the incredible proportions; In this emer-- 1 eggs any'Where they are able to insert gency, the young have the curious and the long ovipOsitor, preferring hefiaps notlully explained habit of migrating;a or 'hillsides where the soil Is not very for these events appear to have only Mr. Gillette saw one favorite hard. slight connection with the abundance area of several acres, where the feor scarcity of food., though it is also males were belie egg:laying. The' true that the greatest bands travel the ground was literally blackened with numerous longest distances. When too them, but at his approach, they would in one locality, they. must reach. an- draw out their ovipositors, 'which are new be must other. The dry inserted almost vertically, and go hopground and sandy for elfc6essful breeding ping away. Two samples of surface soil are unable insects since and the were 'taken at random from the top places; to fly, they must Teacb new homes by of this hill and the eggs counted. In g e afoot. way they may one instance there were over 2000, and rest teRtporarily, and will breed for a In the other over 2,00Cl eggs to the time in any favorable locality. Later, ssquare foot tat surface. If the eggs unless overcome by 'enemies, they may should all hatch. there would barely invade new territory. They travel in be standing room for the young hopseason was the daylight, massing upon sagebrush pers, and the end other plants at night. The .rate only nicely begun. How many eggs, of progress is something over half a a female may lay was 'not accurately mile per day, and a single band may determined, but in one female- - he -oceed from 15 to 30 miles. counted 133 eggs in different stages of .. The eggs are not all dedevelopment. HOW- THEY TB.AVEL. posited at one time. neither do the eggs , "As a rule, they collect into lines seem to develop in sets or broods.' When ready to be deposited the eggs varying from a few to hundreds of brown, but when :yards in width, and frdm a few bun- are dark chocolate has dried off, the color is dred feeV.to a mile or more in length. These armies migrate in different di- a uniform light gray. They are abeiet of an inch in length sand rections from the breeding grounds, as if by common consent. The sight ot are nearly straight. They are not laid in compact &lusters, but are distributed an army on the march..is one of the of about an inch, most wonderful in the insect world. The loosely to the depth often at the surface protruding a heads are all in one direction; the those troops move along in a steady and or- little. NATURAL ENEMIES. derly fashion without ,Confusion or much noise, the members traveling on The greatly increased numbers of this 'all sixes.' "Bruner. The sight of a grasshopper are probably due ,to proband in its progrestr reminds Gillette per climatic conditions, and to a decreased number of natural enemies, of the movement of a full stream-Lth- e same steady motion and ceaseless flow. such as insect parasites, birds. and When alarmed the insects begin to 'certain mammals. Bears and coyotes but birds destroy jump,, and the sbarp, warning notes of feed upon them,numbers. The birds the males set the surrounding members them in great were most noticed hawks, sage grouse Most 'obIn commotion and night. were blackbirds. blackbirds The servers State that the line of direction and Is not changed: that the insects will specially destructive, as they would cross streams and ditches, climb cliffs and go overhouses and fences, rather T , it ' naudible to meeo-thorac- 1.42-Y- I c . On-th- ma-m1- egg-layi- ' - er - than change their purpose; but they 'e Commonly diverted from entering fields by herding: and many ortglnal armies appear to have been split intol different , bands and thereafter to have pursued widely diverging lines. . Compiled . Their persirtence in a distinct dir4,0-Wompilel for The beseret News.) to is the due probably pressure of ttriir companions on About 60 per vent of the population all sides. N:hieh makes a change )f Germany lives in cities. these The eolor of Impossible. Insects N,a ries. first When In 20 generations every peron has they shed old skin,' or moult, they are had 131.076 direct aneesters. This light yellow, at times reddish. color soon cilangesto a dark brown. Pic:kled peanut meal Is used for bait olive more or iy the French sardine fishermen. with and tinged green - brown. less- mottled h of the population of Both sexes Pleasure lth or a little over Only an inch In length. The females are the United States I of tuunixed distinguished by the long 'tails," calily or ovipositors. which measure about Cosi is India' s most Important mtnOf an inch in length. nearly straight. The figure shows anti product, followed by gold and pehut slightly curved. In place of the troleum. the female life size. ovipositor. tho abdomen of the males 'A butter dish are a syrup cup and .ends in of,' tiouble pair the-liwithin (A a new small totrtained 'though wings, hooky. The e plate. hidden the end by ordinarily large cape, or hack shield. are very The English city of Sheffield has 400 concerns engaged in the manufacture interesting, because these are the singor rather the fiddling, organ & of , -- one-tent- b , The female does not sing. The ,males sing to attract the females ind also to 7 arn the host of danger, as when a person steps'. into - their Then they will jurnp or hop midst. they away; but if walk. The song is,a very high chirp or tri 11Crti4THEY SING. ',. thc--tinal-e. - al-e- ye . - The writer had the good fortune once, the high eastern Wasatch mounthe males as they easy to do, since as you approach stop singing By longtZa tehingand'Aying quite still. one and then another will , reward your long wait by singing that again. The NATitOl' discovered with their theyi slug wings, which vibrate- like castanets on their backs. The wing shied was lifted a little, and -- the insect 'appeared to be singing with .its back!' How this is done will be plain from Mr. Packard's description: The wings are concealed bv the pro thorax: the 4ore 'pair are small and rounded, as broad as long: they are considerably larger in the male than In the other sex. The hinder pair are minute, rudimentary. 'oiled up.and flattened down upon' tile body. but when opened are seen ti3 ,4oe.. o al in form. The wings of the female ark' smaller than those of the inaleLjhey are flattened with the veins not strongly marked. and w ith nO means for producing sounds. On the contrary. those of the mala are much larg- sr; thl veins are raised and strongli marked, with the eostal region which la full and lame, bent down; the and median vein a are large and distinct. while there Is a clear oval Nee between the median and outer of the submedian. and tiatranch the outer edge of theBelow, is a wing, large aubtriangular, cleat. Sonant space. The main submedian trein ts large and much thickened. with row of dense line teeth along the t , Middle. Thle forma the, I'flie , which ruts against the other eine. The sound 11144111:t ns, of watching ng- .- This' is not sub-cost- al , ff .4 I Wiul ' to MI 1.14 4 ; V All ti rl t at the' office of I 11.ib'.1 ' I 1 il fl Comitilhrd theRye 4,f 1' :,1,1 , rI ,, :ii i? 4, A 4' . fij ir i 1 :i 1 i 1 '' ' I t (6 most expert Ivrestlers are men who have inherited their ability from ancestors who made wrestling a profession for generations. A new concrete bridge at Allentown, Pa.. though neither the higheat nor longest in the world. contains the greatest amount of material. Austria last year produced 49.000.000 short tons et' coal. of nearly which about 18.000,000 tons were bituminous of steel. nd thereat brown coal.' first marble quarry, The .1;ttw Jorsev legislature itt opened about 1195, still is ,being profitconsidering ra bill 'requiring poison 'tablets ably operated. to be made coffin shaped to dlstinguish the last 25 years the population Of them front medicines. 48,000,000 Germany has increaselk from China has sent " to 65,000,000. government agents abroad to study the manufacture of The addition, of a little turpentine, telegraph and telephone equipment makes stove polish blacker, more dur- with a view to all such apparmaking able and more glossyatus at home. , Women are employed in road build-A coirwave screen projecting for In Mg Singarore. breaking up much of tion pictures has been patented mo- a by the material with small hammers. ,t,! hicago invefitur to prevent distortion ho- roattor, from M whatangip they are kfewdrops vinegaraddedtothe water in which potatoes are boiled will y i c mq: , prevent them turning black. & Russian woman is heatling an exThe water of a river In Spain petri- pedition which has started to cross nes the sand in its- bed and cements 'Arabia at Its widest part and wlaph will, try to penetrate land never before- extogether stones threiwn into it. 'Portable motors and aerial propellers plored. have ben Waxed on the market for a new vacuum cleaner. for clean-M- g bicicles, canoes and Ice craft. , clothing in public places a circular brush sirrounds the nozzle t , I a n crrm EVIRYI 000,000 pounds of butter and about the dust that is to be drawn from ti, 170,000,000 pounds of cheesahnually- - !garment. than 2.000 inventors applied last, SlainlOor the use of School children More Is a new handkerchief with a seeure year for British patents.relating to ralt,,1 qrays. motnrs and road vehicles' and pocket ,for coins in one.cOrner. more than 500 for air craft develop- The Brazilian government has, con- .tnentC. If tracted for wireless service to link that' Removing the rukber tiresancLotibi country alld the I Init efLAStAtes, Iron bands studded with Telechronometer is the name that stituting horse. shoe calks 'a Minnesota motor, has been given a new device for Meas- cyclist converted his machine- into a uring the time a telephone is in use, .. .. speedy, ico vehicle. -Dwellers on the seanoastsof one part To in promote Trance the 'agriculture of Prance claim to prevent seasicknelui government stations a professor of ag-- , by Ailing their, ears with vaseline. riculture in each department e and In eastern Pennaylvanla an1 old rail- awards prises, frequently to the Moot road water tank has been converted progressive farmers. into a comfortable deviling for two. To permit lL periOn to drink from families.. an ordinary faucet easily a ar 'Armor clad automobiles. enclosed at trough to be fastened tinder- - it an the driver's seut, hhve been adopted by as to he swung into position when French bankers for transporting valu-- 1 wanted has been invented. themFolk Songsnow , SongsEvery full ply I 0- a boa I. soot a boa y boa y matt a bpi y If Limas the tufa ans io a .was I v Song, a - - ? It a boa y Comply' thro tile ay' IS a bod p ha the taws, doatty Ina sty. aaPi Bat wiot'a itreasoot - Cals-1- , . t ni 1-1::- ,- 11-- : r41....ff. of "Heart Songs") ( To be lowed on frogs 11.1 ' The popular Idea of this song which pictures the two lovers coming through a field of rye is a peculiar error:. in the song is a little river ' The in Scotland and "To Meet a Body Conlin' Thro' the Rye," meant to meet someone crossing the river on the stepping stones. Any lad meeting a kale crossing on the step74 ping stones was privileged tq exact a ,toll of -- ' , "Il" kisses. . This picture represeuts,the correct idea. 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Of Japan has increased from marines to obtain air lentil rescued an. lies than 10.000 io more than 95.000, the rallway.mileage from less than Englishman has invented a, biloy car- "electric to be released from a 100 to more than 700 and the power rying boat to 'float to the surface Of the production from less than tsr water. lmore, than: 345,000 kilowats.-- HOME FIRE ' COMPANY e , -- ' The oldest and strongest Fire- - IziguranceCompanyin the entire UNION DENTALCO. Potatoes .extrectIon of teeth or no pay. All 'tooth guranteed.1 , ' REMEMBER VS. Treat Sundorto,11---to- .r You Right cso 1. a.m. to I- & Li , , Lieber- - Honest Prices wining - Insure today, may be too Llte. W;r:trk We Inter-Mounta- in 'gion 212 MAIN STREET. âmo INSURANCE' 1110 I 1. ' Insures Nsfith.11..10. SreaTEL...th TO- - '4 110114,tir If Called. 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Alpine waterfalls could supply enough railroads of power:toloperate Switzerland In the opinion of engineers who have investigated the Question for 7, ; By Mail owns the:country's telegraph system, has extended it until nihre than 311,0001 By a novel Invention , advertisini miles of land lines and about 1,000 .eards in street. cars are mounted on an endless belt so that a ,,motor moves miles of cables are now in use. them before the padreagers 'at speed Economy of floor space is the ad- slow enough for then to be read easily. antage of a,Wisconsin Lnventor's step Native 'gold miners in Thibet leave ladder in which a third section carried between the front and tack" ' can be nuggets intact or replace thent if disturbed in the belief that they are the raised to a desired height. parents of spangles and dust, which With the idea of eventually' produc- would disappear were ,,nuggets re' ing a perfect human race an English moved. scientist has a. a nucleus six children On the theory that air near the floor of as many nationalities and win add In a' burning building. Is purer than flys more to his Colony: that 'higher up a mask has been in-.- 1 much greater itthe-Oetnan- d A Pennsylvania inventor claims ,,,to vented for firemen that envers the for France that-th- e 'have greatly inereesed the strength end face, and extemix' tlal snail s have been in durabilitr Of rubber withclut impairing than a. wearer's ,knees, . 3 4 :-I., pub- The Only Song Book with a Soul. Yours for SIX COUPONS and the cost of distribution. semi-circul- bunches ot a. it - 400 Each .. 11 Stiff covers and especially bound so the book will remain open fiat at any page. Every reader is entitled to a copy, .. So S. e .1 other gatherings. Full of old friends and the personal recollections attached-t- o many of them. , s FI' As ,t0g... ' .P can'sing. Many harmonized and arranged for mixed voices for the first time. 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We know of nothing, more conducive to happiness, more educative, more adapted to making the home what it should bethe gathering place, the rest placethe joy place of the if entire family. 1 t , of theyfirst century-and-a-haof the national existence' of our beloved nation. Till ,' beillg presented by lf I 0 n' ow 0 ' , Spend Tomorrow Night rat Home from cover cover. It embodies the musical sentiment i 'l?, 1 - . ' trt': Get your sixth coupon, tomQtrow for the book, and The Great Soni Book ( - :1 This picture represents the popular idea. il , Ifil : ' I ( iif 4 r.,'45 of) It 9 ' News. , If 0 k n 1111 i pa1s-:ak- ing. , 17rAlk714T' 1 view in stores yét.'wt)leh protects' them. from Iniu6.. Great Britain imoorte3) 12.750,00i Ions of fuel oils in January as compared with 5.500,e00 gallons in that , month last year. , To obviate the danger to the lungs from inhaling dust a new rock drill is so constructed that it catches all the dust in a bag..., , tion tributjon day of 4 atv' ' DESTRUCTION.' Keroeene has little effect on these insects. Herding or Owing the insects I! therefore resorted to by ranchmen. They say it is impossible to tura the swarm-bacbut that it maybe deflected to one side. This is done in various ways. sometimes men, women and children go ahead of the swarm , with bushes that they use by beating the ground as they travel back and forth; often saddle ponies are ridden back and forth, and eomethnes belle are jingled, and tin Cans are beaten stones. ()Mete finds that with sticks-othe hoppers care little or nothing for noises, but they are frightened by arr Ropes and chaina object In motion. are also used to drag behind horses or between men walking or riding. Ditoliing has been tried to .entrap the moving hosts but unless the ground is soft and water available for Impractithe ditches, this method-iRanchero in Washington cable. have had good succesa by using a low ftnce six inches high with a recurved the cricket-tigh- t tin top. Along fence there are, at intervals holes in the ground in, which coal tar is put. The crickets stopped on the ,onward march by the fence, crawl along it and drop into these holes. This is their finish. This fence must be crIcsket tight It can be used every year if it 1taken up and stacked tinRusty der a ahed for the winter. tin gives very poor protection. When the crickets invade the fields. the foothills are dry ;end barren and' are iorrespondinglY the hungry. Thy will eat voraciously any green thing offered them. Horse dung when fresh or moistened with water Ls very attractive to them. Bm.n and water made Into a mash and sweetened a little is also greedily eaten. Bran and horse dung are often mixed with arsenic and Paris green and used to It poison locusts and grasshoppers. is probable that long lines of these poisonifus mixtures scattered through the sagebrush in advance of the cricket swarms would attract large Colorado numbers and kill them. experiments Indicate arsenic as the better poison. Hayden's report On the geology of Mnntana speaks of findiag these insects so numerous as On to literally cover the ground; the 'Portneuf Overt( where an army was crossing the mild, the horde was probably 200 yards in width. and he could form no idea of its length. "I only know that ao far as I could distinguish objects of this size (being on horseback) I ceuld see them. marching on." Near Frenklin. they swarmP41 into the bedding, and it required nil the vigilance of the cook to keep them out of the vt,quars. :They have been very destructive. at times In Nevada and Idaho. arol were ter more abundant formerly in Utah than of late years. For The Deseret tt 4 - ts the first dis- I i ,1,,,,, -. NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE 0(0;7 t vi el- I fall. .. X ,,w-- ,,.- moist garden vegetables. very seem to prefer a strugarid balletic to anything companion gling, dying else that can be given them as food. They eat clida, and will clean off the flesh from the body of iS dead rattlesnalterWhile they take fish with apparent relish. They also eat horse and cattle manufe, and oso are n(St likely to die at once of starvation when Plante Taz NOSTEEN CRICKET. , It8 Scientific Name ts Anabrus. Simplex. The ExlitretythiC i On11!lightSEffiarged. llows the IremaleLB, the End of the Body of the Male,a , elitiorrow. Zook 1114, r aillettenayi they are Mt , , I alfalfa. and 01011!', - MAPWEVaM..,1,,EtIEN - The food Is var. led.They will eat sagebrush. but prefer oats, rye, wheat, - 1914 14 - ,c J.--- : 7 Grant Company 9!nerakAgents.--- : 22 Main. , Phone Er. 660 . Ir., - p.m. Phonos 1121. '.4 OMNI 4 . |
