Vorticella, Voyageur, V-Pug & Von Ludendorff

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) Vorticella or BELL-ANIMAL- CULE, a genus of stalked infusoria, having a fixed stem capable of being coiled into a spiral form, and vibratile organs called cilia fringing the bell-shaped disk or head, which are constantly in rapid motion and attract particles of food. The species are very numerous in fresh water, and are generally microscopic. Voyageur a traveler; specifically applied in Canada to a class of men employed by the fur companies ies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land to and from the remote stations of the Northwest. They are nearly all French Canadians or half-breeds. V-Pug the Eupithecia coronata, a pug moth. The fore wings are green with numerous black and pale markings, the most conspicuous of which is a Vshaped black mark, whence the name. The caterpillar feeds on the traveler's joy, the agrimony, the golden rod, and the wild angelica. Von Ludendorff GENERAL ERICH, was a leader in carrying on imperialistic propaganda in Bavaria during the year, and was an associate of Adolph Hitler in an attempt to overturn the Government. He was arrested for treason together with Hitler and others. He was acquitted in March, 1924.