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The Vegetable Caterpillar.
New Zealand's vegetable caterpillar
Is not vegetable at all It is a grtib
about the length of the finger which
has its habitat In friable mold at the
roots of the rata vine. In many In
stances this grub, known to New Zea
lander colonials by Its Maori nama.
aweto. is infected by the spores of n
fungus. Cordyceps (Sphoeriai rot>ertsii.
While the mycelium of this fungus is
Invading the tissues of the aweto it
seuds up a spore beuring stalk to the
height of from four to eight inches
Just between the head and the first
ring of the body of the grub. By the
time the spores are ready to discharge
the animal dies, and the whole body is
found filled with vegetal material.
The same spot of ground is the theater
of a second drama of vegetable feroc
ity. While the fungus is destroying
the insect at its roots the rata vine
grows upward by twining about some
tree of less rapid growth and in the
end strangles its support and main
tains thereafter a tree existence of ita
own.
Quick Decision.
“My gas meter is out of whaclt.
“What's the matter with It?"
“It lies. It doesn’t register cor
rectly.”
“That's what they all say.”
“But it doesn't register half the ga»
we use.”
“Then it’s lying on the wrong side!
We’ll send a man right out”—Houston
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Trees In Colombia.
The republic of Colombia requires
lumbermen who take cedar and ma
hogany to plant young trees of the
same snecies in the cut over spaces.
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Bridge Work end Porcelain Specialist
Satisfaction Guaranteed in All Branches of
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Rates, $3.50 per Day
Monthly Hospital Tickets
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NAVI6ATI0N COMPANY
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PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers leave Seattle every ten days each month on the
5th, 15th, 25th,
via the INSIDE PASSAGE, for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez, Latouche, Seward,
Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak Island.
PUGET SOUND-CAL1FORN1A ROUTE
Seattle to San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Points._
Right reserved to change steamers and sailing dates without notice.
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Keep right on dancing
as long as you like
The Victor-Victrola doesn’t care. It allows
everybody to dance while it plays two-steps,
waltzes, schottishes, polkas, anything you want
yes, even the Turkey Trot— and keeps it up as
long as you want to dance..
While you’re resting between the dances, the
Victor-Victrola will entertain you, too, with an
endless variety of music and fun.
$40 for the Victor-Victrola VIII shown above.
Other styles $15 to $200. Victors $10 to $100.
Easy terms if desired.
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Don’t- waste all your energy, as
the Big C >ance will come off when
the Railv ray bill passes.
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Sail lings every Ten Days for Valdez, Cordova, Skagway,
Juneau, Ketckikan and Seattle
ta “Right reserved to change this schedule without notice*^®
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