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Killing Eggs of the Gypsy Moth on a Large Elm Tree W ~ V if C X'-' ’ '' The ill tempt on the part of the s;nto of Massachusetts'to eradicate the gypsy niotli has been generally considered as one of the most important attempts of modern economic entomology. The conditions Involve the ex termination of a highly prolific species,well established over nil area of more than 200 square miles. The Introduction of tile gypsy moth was made by Professor L. Trouvelot, the French savant, who was interested in the mut ter of raising silk from native silk worms. The manner of their subsequent escape is not clearly known, but the result was most unfortunate. Twelve years from the time of its introduction, the moth became a serious nuis ance in the neighborhood where it lmd escaped. The State of Massachusetts lias expended in the annual appropriations for the gypsy moth work the sum of $1,155,000. < tack of Potash [flay j [ausea World's famine! Htlwnrtl At It timon'n l>lr Prediction. ( E r VKUY now nn<t again sonic scientific Investl gat or, delving' i deep Into the secrets of natural ' forces, lias uiicarthcdn incline • Which litis seemed to threaten world- 1 1:1 Ki'i-rTTvc unit n/vniau iv uhvahi' wide disaster and destruction to the human race, says the New York Ilor itid. It would lie hard to tell how many scores of times the people of the earth have been called upon to face the prospect, remote or immediate, of their own annihilation. They have lieen asked to consider the results which, in some future cycle, will come from the steady cooling of the earth’s surface, to prepare for uiuutfune anni hilation through collision with some whirling comet and to give attention to dozens of other hypotheses equally unalluriug. In the multiplicity of these theories it would seem that tiie possibilities had been exhausted, tint every now and Wien anew deduction is brought for ward to startle the world. It lias re mained for Mr. Kdward Atkinson, the scientist, essayist aud liolitical agita tor. to develop the newest and most surprising theory as to the nature of Hie embarrassments which will force themselves upon the world’s inhabit ants as the centuries roll around. Mr. Atkinson believes with .Sir YVllllani ' s \' ' 1 ' FARM IF WHAT MR. ATKINSON’ SAYS COMES TRUE. k some other ouiluont soi lators that the great ditti- It arises, will come iu the ler—the exhaustion of the I supply. But he does not I will be reached through hou or the taking up of all the arable land. Mr. Atkinson's suggestion, which is tiique at least, is that the world famine is likely to come in the form of a potash famine through the using up of the potash in the soil, and the consequent failure of the land to produce food crops. It Is safe to say that most persons never have taken potash into consid eration ns one of the food essentials of the planet. It is a fact, however, that It possesses real importance In the production of almost every food crop, that grows. Potash is present In every part of the earth’s crust, at least 1 11 'every part presenting an ara ble surface. Soluble potassium salts are found in quantities in all fertile soils. Those salts are sucked up by tlie roots of plants and trees, which eagerly seek them out as necessities of life. It is it significant fact that even where soda predominates in the soil the plants take up the potash salts iu preference. After taking part in the processes of nutrition and being transformed into organic salts the potash salts may re sume their original form through com bustion. There is a loss in quantity, however, and in the ease of plants which are used for food or ill the vari ous human arts there is, of course, a nearly complete loss. The cause for concern In regard to the question of the world's future food supply lies in the fact that potash is not renewed 111 tlie manner of some other elements of vegetable life. It is a mineral de posit arising through the natural de composition of certain rocks, On tilled land there is no opportunity for re- newal in tlie ordinary course of rota tion. It must le supplied, if at alL’ from large mineral dejiosits. \Jt This would l*e a simple these deposits were large and matil ous. Inasmuch as j tasli ts hgttjjl almost every part of the would seem probable that such large deposits would be of frequent occur rence. But, as Mr. Atkinson points out, exactly tlie reverse is the case. In discussing tlie matter before the Association for tig; Advancement of Science he called attention to the fact that the world’s entire supply Is at present being drawn from the mines of Strassfurt, Germany, and that, while other fields equally great may possibly exist, they have not been un covered up to the present time. Practically every bit of the potash used in the United States is imported, and the volume of these imports is increasing rapidly, as the constant working of the soil makes the use of fertilizers more and more necessary. At the present time tli<s>e imports amount to more than $2,000,000 year ly, although the proportion of our soil requiring artificial stimulus is rela tively very small. Potash is not now expensive, even with the necessity of bringing it across the Atlantic. The real danger, as Mr. Atkinson sees it, is in tlie (fv Initiation of the source of supply wlt'ii th(> demand grows, as it is practically certain to do in ever increasing tjatio. Not even Atkinson contends that a food fam jLe from the exhaustion of the potash supply is Imminent, but the possibilities of such a famine are in teresting to contemplate. It would come about gradually, of course, the dwindling of the supply being accom panied by a steady Increase in price. The first result, therefore, would be to place this once humble product among the precious metals. As time went on it would rank, as Mr. At kinson suggests, even above silver and gold. Before this point was reached, how ever, the rise in the value of the min eral would cause it to be sought after eagerly in every part of the world, would lead to the conserving of the present sources of supply and to an attempt to find new ones. Men would prospect for potash with greater zeal than they now put into tlie search af ter gold. The terrors of the alkali deserts would he braved and men would bore for the precious deposits all over the burning plains of the Southwest. At the same time, efforts would be made to gather the product from the scatered sources of supply now iu ex istence in some financially profitable manner. According to Professor Ditt mar, the very greatest of all these sources Is the ocean, aud 110 doubt the brains of inventors and scientists would be racked to devise a means of separating this potash from the waves. In all primitive countries where til' supply of wood is large pot ash is ordained by tire lixiviation of wood ashes, v. This choree also would be brought into use. and gradually the forest trees and such plants as pettlCs, wormwood, tobacco aud kelp, all of which are capable of supplying potash,iu consid erable quantities, would lie burned to rejuvenate the impoverished soil. Men would live more and more largely lingn the food plants, requiring only a amount of potasl. for their growth, amu a complete change in tlie accepted sys tems of diet w< ild result. To pursue the unpleasant transfor mation to its final result it is neces sary to picture a world growing grad ually more and more completely de void of life, farms barren of vegeta tion, houses a-udi cities deserted and a'race of growing steadily weaker and. even in the - - :a 1 u il £ whatever. That is the principle of the indestructibility of matter. 'At a din ner of scientists held in Washington at which the predictions of Sir Will iam Crookes and Mr. Atkinson frvTned the leading topic of discussion, this principle was advanced as the chief argument against tlielr conclusions. The scientists were confident in the belief that the potash taken in a thou sand forms from the earth would in some form return to the earth and that In some way the conversion of potash from varied sources into shape by which it could feed tlie soli, would come about when necessity demanded There is no doubt; however, that the discovery of an addition to the world's supply of potash is a matter of real Importance, and It is likely that the sensation caused by the statements of Mr. Atkinson will lead to a vigorous search for deposits in’ this country. If such deposits of any considerable extent are in existence in any part of the country they undoubtedly will he uncovered before the German field is worked out. i.- CARINC FOR THE FLAC. Some Valuable Suggestion* From a I.teu tenant In tlie Navy. Flags, in a certaln.way, are a coun try’s clothes, which it puts on in the morning and lays aside at night. This we sec in symbolic pictures, where Uncle Sam, representing United States, is dressed in the Stars and Stripes, and John B.ull, representing Great Bri tain, wears the Union Jack for a waist coat. A flag should, therefore, he laid aside as neatly as a valued garment, and when used it should bo handled so as not to be soiled or torn. A flag, properly made, has a light canvas binding along its hoisting edge, through which runs a piece of small rope. At tlie top of the binding the rope has a toggle, while about a fathom hangs out at the bottom and is called the “bending line.” The name and size of the flag are stencilled on one side of the binding near the toggle. To make up the flag, fold it length wise, with the name outside, two or more times, until it is in a strip about "a foot wide. Lay the strip name-side downward; take up the end farthest from the binding and fold the strip down back and forth two or three times, each fold on top of the pre ceding, the last fold being thus toward the binding. Then rool tlie flag up to the binding; take one tight turn around the bundle with the bending line (or two turns if the flag is large and tlie line long enough) and push a bight of the line between the turn and the flag as shown iu Fig. 1. Iu this condition the flag is said to be “made up,” and is ready for laying away, or for bending 011 to tlie hal yards. If laid away when thus made up. its name and number will be in plain sight, so that it .need not be un rolled to bo idqptified, and when it is unfurled it will he as if newly ironed. When made up it can he carried about without trailing in the djrt, aud will re main in a compact bundle so long as no strait) is brought upon the bending line. This being bent to the lower part of the halyards, however, a sharp pull on the latter will slip the bight aud “break the flag.” If the flag is a large one, a turn around its middle is not enough to keep it in a compact bundle, so It should then lie secured by tying around it near each end a piece of cotton string, lit this ease the bending lino is first laid along tlie side of the bundle tu three bights, so that the upper string passes through all three, and the lower one through the first two, as shown in Fig. 2. A sharp pull on the lower part of the halyards will break the strings and unfurl the flag as before. It is not customary to hoist the flag all the way to tlie masthead made up, but only high enough to got it clear of dirty ground, or of obstructions such as rigging, trees, or the eaves of houses; then it is “broken,” aud hoisted unfruled. A Flags are only mastheaded made up [ "ay jjj y l-R T 3^3 FGG-V ’ \V| " hen it is necessary that they should unfurl instantly, as at the firing of a salute, or at some climax in a public cerenvpn.v. Above aq things, flags should be kept dry: and if *hey are wet when hauled down, they should he spread out under cover until there is an opportunity to dry them in the un. so that the white portions will keei> bh^hed.— John M. Ellicott. lieutenant Navy, xouth’s Uompani^^^^^k Bote that the oon &ong scientists is Button never will great prin as holding : - 1; . SH';> in opi*<s:- a filial Lil- A ( on 1 n Oil •i i : “-. CHINESE CONTINUE TO ISSUE EDICTS Skeptics Are Disposed to Take More Hopeful View of Situation. WILL “CONFAB” WITH HAY Chinese Minister Explains Non communication With Pekin. A Washington special says: Satur day brought forth the usual crop of edicts and reports from various quar ters, and the usual visit from Minister Wu to the state department, all bear ing directly upon the welfare of the foreign ministers in Pekin. This constantly growing mass of assertion is beginning to have a cumu lative effect upon the skeptics, and there was a noticeably more hopeful view taken of the state of affairs. Beyond the fact that it is scarcely conceivable that the Chinese authori ties should persist in repeating and strengthening these stories up to the rapidly approaching moment when the whole truth must l>e disclosed by oth er agencies, it appeared upon careful consideration of the reports that there was really little more ground for hopes as to the safety of Mr. Conger and his colleagues at Pekin. The depressing fact is always in mind that the Chinese authorities, by their own statements, able to commu nicate with the legationers, for some mysterious reason do not permit these unfortunates to communicate with their own governments. Mr. Wu’s expla nation of this, namely, that the Chi nese methods are different from our own, is scarcely sufficient for the <sffi cials here. The minister, however, is honestly trying to get a further com munication through from Mr. Conger, and it may be that success in this un dertaking will afford him a brilliant vindication. There was nothing of interest from China respecting the military or naval forces there. The war department officials now calculate that General Chaffee with his troops on the Grant has arrived at Takit, though it may be several days before his report of the fact can reach the department. The Chinese minister visited the state department early to deliver an edict received by him to Secretary Hay. It is similar iu form to the edict published in London. The minister says that the only differences are those involved in separate translations. Mr. Wu’s translation of Sheng’s dispatch is as follows: “Edict of 28th of the sixth moon (corresponding to July 24th) states that fortunately all ministers, except Baron von Ketteler, are alive aud un harmed. They are now being sup plied with vegetables, fruit and pro visions by the government to show its sympathy for them.” Special Commissioner Roekhill call ed at the state department Saturday morning and had a final conference with Secretary Hay respecting his mission to China. It was not deemed proper to make public the exact in structions given to Mr. Roekhill, but it is stated generally that he is being sent out to ascertain the condition in China for the guidance of the state de partment and to serve as its direct representative in that country in case it should be necessary hereafter to con duct negotiations there instead of in Washington. Mr. Roekhill left Washington Satur day afternoon for the Pacific coast. The secretary of state has received a dispatch fiom Mr. Fowler, the Amor iban consul at Che Foo, dated at mid night on the 26th. It follows: ‘‘This morning by request of the allied admirals I wired to the gover nor (supposed to be governor of Shan Tung) their wish to get news from ministers themselves. The governor now replies: “ ‘Have received today edict from emperor saying that the ministers are well. They are sending provisions to the legations. Am confident ministers out of distress and request you (Fow ler) transmit this preliminary an nouncement to admirals. “ ‘Yuan, Governor.’” Secretary Hay also received a cable gram from United States Consul Mc- Wade, at Canton, stating that the Viceroy Tak assures him that the ministers were alive and well on the 12 th of July. ' LADY CHURCHILL WEDS. Takes Darling Young Hubby In Person of Lieutenant Cornvvabis-West. At London Saturday Lady Randolph Churchill (nee Jerome) was married to Lieutenant George Cornwallis-West at St. Paul’s church, Knights Bridge. The church was thronged with hand somely dressed women. There was no itfrstrietion upon the number admitted tJ( the church to witness the eeremouy, eieept the capacity of the church, but oily relatives and intimate friends" were bidden to the subsequent wedding breakfast, and no reception was held. CONFUTATION OF nASSACRE. Messages Show 1 hat Missionaries at Pao Ting Fu Were Murdered. Cable messages were received at New York Saturday by both the Pres byterian board of foreign missions and the American Bible Society, cor roborative of the report that the mis sionaries.at Pao Ting Fu had beeu Liassacred. The message received by Le Presbyterian board came from and was supposed to have sent bv the Rev. George F. A The Care of Late Chicks. 1.810 chicks are not profitable unless care is taken to rid the adult iovriz of the large body lice, which severe ly annoy poultry during very warm weather. The lice leave the hens and go to the chicks as soon as the latter are hatched, aad either destroy them or seriously interfere wißj tlieir growth. Whenever u young raick ap pears drowsy and inactive search its body for lice. World to End this Year. 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