The flopf oik fleuas
Ijoro of country was novor ho uni
versal from ono end of tho land to tlio
ot horns It is toduy
Dick Orokor says IIr sons will not go
into politics Its ii pity that Dickhlni
Bolf wouldnt go out
Ian MoOlnron In his published Im
pression ot this country and its people
nays There in nothing an Aiuurluiiii
can not do except rest
Whon tho Boors confront tlioso IMiH
Honrl initios which tho English have sent
ovor to South Africa Micros llkoly to ho
porno heavy kicking on hoth hIiIoh
Iii Deweys latest ongngoinonho him
inado unconditional surrender LOupldH
darts aro far inoro dangerous ovon to
tho bravo old admiral thana Spanish
Hoot
Moro than one huudrod thousand
AmorloaiiH crossed tho Atlantic thlH
year and ooutrihuitad to thulr own
pleasure and tho prosperity of other
lauds
It Hconis that there Jworo throe of tho
Philippine islands that gotuwuy from
tho Paris peace commission and woro
loft out in tho cold Spilu still claims
sovereignty over thorn
While Kuppn Alpha at Oornoll was
initiating a young freshman from St
Louis ho wan mado to wado through tho
canal wh re ho v aa caught in tho mud
and drowned Wasnt that funny
Undor tho constitution in case of tho
death of Vice President Hobart his
place would ho tilled by tho president of
tho sonato That position is now occu
pied by Hon William P Fryo of Maine
Shades of Hunker Hill Within a
fow months South Carolina will stand
next to Massachusetts as a cotton manu
facturing state Tho south is making
marvellous strides as a manufacturing
oontro tho last live years
The biogrnph and phonograph privi
leges of the coining national political
conventions might net good sums Why
not invito bids from tho gentlemen who
have been following the pugilists with
their reproducing paraphernalia Y
Wherever floats the American tlag in
any quarter of the iilobo it is respected
and feared Kvory whore with ovory na
tion on tho face of tho earth our rela
tions aro cordial Uiu anything more
bo asked and this under a republican
administration
Work was novor so abundant
That was tho statement of President
MoKiuloy to tho people of Richmond
Virginia tho other day Did ho toll
tho truth If so what more does the
laboring man want And if ho is satis
fied what will become of tho democratic
party and its ambitious presidential as
pirant
Aii ominont English writer is frank
enough to make this admission If in
tho quarter of a century onding in 1021
tho same industrial progress is hold by
tho United States as has mnrkod the
closing years of tho present contury tho
United States will lead tho world in ex
port trade with Gormany second and
Great Brithui third
It Is Intimated that the University or
Chicago will confer the honorary de
gree of LL 1 upon Adtnlrnt George
Dewey when ho visits that city As
this institution has not beeii lavish
with Riich honors having conferred
the degree upon but one person Presi
dent McKInloy It will bo a marked
and no doubt appreciated distinction
Gen Fitzliugh Lao says tho time has
como in Cuba to lot tho people there
give expression to thoir own views as to
what kind of a government they want
by calling an election for that purposo
The people of this country have groat
confidence in Geti Leo and have learned
to respect his opinions regarding Cuban
attairs This report is u cheering one
aud gives hope that Cuba may soon bo a
happy and self govorning land
An exchange states tho following
truth which but fow people and -
peoially tho follows who know just
how to run a nowspipr r lealio Tho
fact is worthy of consideration that if a
newspaper miiu should print tho con
tents of his waste batkot there would
probably bo a riot There would cer
tainly bo trouble in many homes arrests
in some directions shotguns in another
nud trouble all around Hut tho patron
nevor sees the waste barket Ho only
glances at tho beautifully printed page
compluiuB if a letter in fifty is upside
down growls if a name in 500 happens
to be wrong kicks because his com
munication signod taxpayer has bosn
condensed into respectable English
frowus bocauso tho editor did not take
advice about publicly tolling his neigh
bor of some short comiug aud is goner
ally disgruntled lie knows not his
Bhare of tho waste basket but if ho
could have one look at tho contribution
made to that receptacle by his neigh
bors aud friends ho would be thankful
for tho existauco of a man of sulllcieut
intelligence and courage not to priut all
ho kuows and to temper even that
which he does print
ntlftrtlitti of lie Dewey Arch
Unquestionably he most artistic nnd
elaborate work of Ih kind ever erected
In tills country In commemoration of
any national or municipal event Is tho
triumphal nroh anil colonnade at Madi
son square In New York In honor of
Admiral Dewey and which was one of
the chief decorative features of tho ad
mirals reception In the eastern me
tropolis It Is In the first place a splen
did token of what American Hculptors
working upon their own Hues and with
in their own organization can achieve
aud In the second place and not less
Important as a token of what can he
expected on a national occasion aud I
when them Is Mimelhliig worthy to
elicit It from the public spirit of New
York
It must he remembered that this
splendid specimen of sculptural deco
ration was almost wholly the result of
the public spirit of tho associated
sculptors and mural painters of New
York Not a tithe of Its actual cost
was paid from the municipal appro
priation for the celebration the artists
donating not only their time but a con
siderable portion of the material In its
construction Unlike many public
works both of a temporary and per
manent character there was no Job
In It I
The Dewey arch Is thus n Just sub
ject of municipal pride and a llttlng
memorial In so far as a temporary
structure can be a memorial of a great
national event aud the only regret Is
that it Is not permanent It will doubt-
less he one of the tilings longest re-
tallied In memory by those who visited
New York during the Dewey festivi
ties
Beyond the passing pleasure to the
vision which the arch and colonnade
allord is the lasting Impression made
of the civic spirit and patriotism
shown In Its erection aud the Inciting
of patriotic sentiment in those who be-
held It Its further mission which Is
not wholly transitory Is the Inllucnco
it will have In stimulating fostering
and improving artistic taste among the
people Its Inllueiice like that of ev
ery great work of art even though
temporary Is relluiiig and altogether
henellelal Tho expenditure of money
and elYort In this direction Is not waste
ful
An excellent authority placed tho
Boor lighting strength in ISO I at 2i
2iH This number has probably In
creased now to 30000 It embraces
those liable to service who are de
scribed as all ablcbodied citizens
The people of the Orange Free State
which has practically united with tho
South African Republic against Great
Ilrltaln are of the same stock as tho
Hoots both peoples having participated
In tho great trek Into tho wilderness
hack In the thirties The military
strength of the Orange Free Stato Is
173S1 embracing all males between 18
and tio years of age United with tho
Hoers of the South African Republic
the two would have an available force
of nearly li00 The Hoers and their
allies do not pretend to the dignity of
a great military power but there Is no
discounting their courage or their i
marksmanship Hut against these ex
cellent lighting qualities there would
bo hurled by Great Hritaln In tho
event of war overwhelming numbers
artillery and machine guns and it is
not dltllcult to foresee what would be
the ultimate result
Couldnt hold the Olympla back
quietly remarked Admiral Dewey In
referring to his arrival in New York
two days ahead of schedule time Tho
magnificent warship sped across tho
Atlantic from GIbralter like a splendid
race horse coming down the home
stretch Her engines seemingly en
dowed with life llko tho hearts of tho
master aud his men appear to have al
most felt the thrill of the home coming
and a realization of the welcome that
awaited them It was the Olymplas
home stretch and It would have been a
pity for the navigators to have checked
her speed Hut Admiral Dewey says
they couldnt hold her hack and
what the admiral says goes Hut It
does not matter as to the day and tho
hour of the Olymplas arrival What
the American people aro most interest
ed in and over which they are now re
joicing throughout the length and
breadth of the laud Is that tho gallant
ship has arrived In safety with the na
tions hero aud his heroic men
The value of iron and stool and thoir
manufactures exported during August
last was 10317000 against 7452
000 for the corresponding month of
1898 Tho exports of steel rails in
creased 7100 tons in tho face of an in
creased prico of 4 a ton Up to tho
end of August therefore tho great ad
vance in tho prico of iron aud steel had
exerted no depressing intluenco on ex
ports Tho value of iron aud steel aud
their manufactures sent abroad during
last August exceeded by 800000 tho
value of all imports of thoso commodi
ties during tho first eight mouths of
this year Steel rails cannot be pur
chased now for 23 a ton which is all
that was paid on tho average for those
sent abroad mouth beforo last Tho
value of exports of iron and steel and
their manufactures for tho first eight
months of this year is 08000000
whilo for tho corresponding months of
J last year it was 52000000
THE xVORRLK NEWS THURSDAY NOVEMRER 9 1899
1roHcrvliiK tlio Forests
However tho Fifty sixth congress
may ho disposed to regard tho question
of setting aside for a national park
1000000 acres of land in tho Loach
Lnko Indian reservation in Minnesota
it is prohahlo that tho discussion of tho
matter will eventually result in federal
legislation affecting not only tho forests
of Minnesota hut tlioso throughout tho
country The necessity of stato or fed
eral control of timber lands is becoming
moro generally recognized as tho results
oMndiscriinlnnto cutting of timber be
come moro apparent
Cultivation of agricultural lands may
bo safely left to tho individual owners
as knowledge of tho principled of agri
culture Is generally dillusod and their
violation can n licet only tho tracts im
mediately involved Forestry as a sci
ence however la little known and in
tho United States rarely applied to tho
extent its importance demands
It is proposed by tho National Park
association to allow tho cutting of tim
ber on tho Minnesota forest reserve
hut with proper and scientific restric
tions and under tho supervision of
govornment olllcials That this system
might bo advantageously applied to all
forest lands instead of permitting their
unconditional sale seems ovldont when
the successful operation of the forest
laws of continental Europe is consid
ered France derives a revenue of 2 012
annually for each aero of Its stato for
ests tho little duchy of Baden has an
annual not income of 007000 from its
210 000 acres of public forest tho Black
forest In Wurttemherg is mado to yield
250 an ncro tho forests of Sweden
Switzerland and other countries will
compare favorably with these and in
every case the forest is preserved as in
violablo capital planting following cut
ting and cnly tlioso trees that aro lit
for tho ax being taken Slashings aro
removed nud utilized roads are built
by the foresters for tho transportation
of forest produce telegraph wires pene
trate tho woodland to convoy nny alarm
of lire tho forest officers arc required to
pass examinations in schools of forestry
and to have practiced forestry on a
range for stated periods
Tho proposition thus suggested by
tho National Park association is deserv
ing of tho consideration of congress as
tho preservation of our forests is ono of
tho most important matters that can
receive its attention
Tho announcement of Itndyard Kip
ling delivering an address on tho South
African question at Brighton England
starts tho inquiry Docs this indicate
that ho is going into politics Will he
npon opportunity try for parliament
Why not lie has achioved unusual
distinction in letters What moro nat
ural therefore than that ho should
seek political honors whilo his uamo is
high and tho topics of the hour in tho
political field aro tlioso to which ho has
addressed himself so successfully in tho
literary field Tho list of Englishmen
of letters who havo sluwii great capa
city for politics is long and illustrious
including such well known names in
literature as Milton Swift Addison
Sheridan Byron Shelley Bulwer Lyt
ton Macaulay and Beaconsfleld Why
should Kiplings name not bo ndded to
the list He has the reputation of being
n littlo gruff of speech but nothing
would so benefit him and sweeten his
temper as a good hot political campaign
in which ho would havo to get out and
hustle for votes
Mino Calve who is to bo tho princi
pal prima donna of tho Gran opera
troupe has urrived in Now York nnd
submitted to tho inevitable interview
Mine Calvos principal themo in her
talk with tho interviewers was n tomb
which sho is constructing for herself on
hor littlo farm in tho south of Franco
and which sho doscribos with much
gusto It is sho says to bo a tomb in
tho classical stylo Hanked by two stat
ues of herself ono as Ophelia showing
tho hapless heroino being drawn to
ward tho vault by phantom voices
and tho other ns Carmen showing tho
material aspects of her art This is a
novol though it must bo confessed
hoinowhat growsoino accompaniment of
grand opora advertising but it may bo
as effective us tho lost diamond dodgo
and other prevailing advertising meth
ods of operatic stars
An English railroad expert says that
American works turn out locomotives
in four mouths whilo 15 months are
required fcr tho sumo work in tho Eng
lish shops This is ono of the reasons
why American manufacturers aro re
importing bteel which had been shipped
to England
Now York has another murder mys
tery but owing to tho public interest
in tho operations of Oom Paul and
John tho Gotham yellows havo been
unable to make a first class newspaper
sensation of it
Owing to tho latest order of Govern
or General Brooke tho Cubans will
havo to como to tho United States to
indulgo in tho elevating pustimo of
cockfighting
It is now reported that tho oarth
quake in Asia Minor was much less dis
astrous than was first supposed It ap
pears to rhlro been n minor affuir after
ulL
Dowry nud Credit Sharing
There are many excellent ohnractor
Ifittcs and qualities In Admiral Dewey
which excite the admiration of the
American people but none which so
thoroughly warms their hearts toward
him and enkindles such deep and en
during ufTectlon as the always thought
ful care and Interest he takes In his
men not simply the men behind the
guns but as well the men down In the
heated engine rooms and stilling coal
bunkers who give that propulsive en
ergy to the ship without which sho
would be powerless
After being Informed by tho New
York committee of the elaborate plans
that had been made for his reception
In that city he modestly asked
What are you going to do for my
men They will want to take part In
the celebration
When assured by tho committee that
the crew of the Olympla had not been
forgotten and that they would have an
Important place In the New York fes
tivities the admiral expressed great
satisfaction and told the committee to
go ahead and do with him as they de
sired
This was one of the ninny Incidents
In connection with his reception in the
nations metropolis and at tho national
capital which showed the great cap
tains anxiety that his own personality
should not be made to eclipse the olll
cers and men to whom he seems In
clined nlwnys to give larger measure
of credit for the victory at Manila than
he Is willing to accept for himself
This 1b evinced In the warmth of affec
tion with which he greeted Coghhui
Dyer Wildes and Walker who had
preceded him home There was
throughout all the demonstrations an
ever apparent desire that all his cap
tains and all his men should share the
honors with blni
The American people esteem highly
this quality It Is an element both of
greatness and of goodness that np
peals to them with peculiar power
They admire in the highest degree the
courage and dash which destroyed the
Spanish fleet at Manila and the diplo
macy and rugged good judgment ex
ercised in the trying sltuatloi s which
followed the battle but his country
men love him Co i his simple good hu
mor his spirit of comradeship his un
selfishness and his modesty
Few men who have won such honors
and been the recipients of such ova
tions as those accorded to Admiral
Dewey have been able to keep their
balance or govern their tongues
Throughout It all Admiral Dewey has
made no mistakes lie has not lost his
head nor slopped over There has been
on his part no posing no theatrical at
titudes no self laudatory expressions
He has been Insensible to flattery aud
adulation has not spoiled him Saying
tho right thing at tho right time
shrinking from every exhibition of ful
some praise his bearing has been that
of a modest unassuming sailor and
this has wholly won the hearts of his
countrymen
Tho United States treasury reports
show that American bicycles aro now
ridden in all parts of tho world from
tho jungles of Africa to tho wilds of
South America During tho last fiscal
year 1000000 worth of American bi
cycles woro sold in European countries
Tho figures shov that Great Britain is
our best customer that country taking
nearly 2000000 worth of our wheels
last year Germany comes next and
Canada Franco Australia the Nether
lands Denmark British Africa British
East Indies Japan China Dutch East
Indies nnd Africa following in tho order
of tho amount of their purchases Sinco
Cuba was freed from Spnnish dominion
sho has bought from American manu
facturers oight times as many bicycles
as formerly Porto Rico and tho Ha
waiian Islands nro good customers
though direct oxportations to the Phil
ippines are thus far infrequent When
thoy havo had thoir fill of fighting tho
Tagalos and tho various other sorts of
Filipinos will donbtless bo found dis
porting themselves on American bicy
cles and holding animnted arguments
over tho respective merits of tho several
makes of wheols just ns do American
riders
Tho third rail system of electric pro
pulsiou is superseding steam on many
surfneo and elevated railroads Tho
Brooklyn olovated railroads havo adopt
ed it in part it is in pso on tho Now
York and Brooklyn bridge and two
short surface lines running out of Hurt-
rford and ono running out of Boston
havo substituted it for steam Tho sys
tem doubtless has many merits but it
has also some demerits In somo re
spects it is moro dangerous than tho
overhead trolley wire Ono man was
killed by coining in contact with tho
third rail recently near Hartford and
a second man was killed tho samo way
on tho Brooklyn elevated railroad a few
days ago There is still a question as to
whether tho third rail applianco will bo
ablo to withstand severe winter storms
It is still in tho experimental stage
and its introduction should bo carefully
guarded and further experiments as to
its adaptation to this cliinato should lw
carefully watched
Tho house of Rudyard Kipling neai
Brattleboro Vt is advertised for sale
Too much brother-in-law is probably
the cause of Mr Kiplings desire to dis
poso of his Vermont property
MIL BPIZOOT WILMS
lip Flndfi n DlMurhln Rlrntrnt iiv
Uiitintinl MfiKtiltood In the Propo
sition to Xniulnntc Adtnlrnt lleivcr
n lie Democratic Cnndldntc 1nr
1rcnldcnt
Bono UV INFnilMASIItJN
Wabiiinotov D C
Tu the Editor
A mi nnd disturhln element uv unusual
ningnltood lie- liln fired hitil these Ditnl
crntlc hcdqiinrtcrs hi sum onthhikhi peo
ple lion dont realize what kind uv a sir
kns tlia air startln I nllood tu the move
ment uv stun Diiulcrats in Noo York and
utlior plnces tu nominate Admiral George
Dewey 07 our knndidate for president
next jeer after we hev hulooeed a lot uv
our people tu swallor their convlcshuns
and nominate William J Bryan The
project fell like a bmnslicll Into our
midst and it cum so Biiddhily wo dont
quite kno whare wo air at Of course
the mane thing Iz tu elect n Dlmlcratie
president lino we kin depend upon tu
properly dlstrlblt the offices Everything
else kin pin second fiddle So fer ez tho
man lz consumed It dont make no differ
ence We kin vote fer emiybuddy wo
nir told tu vote fer without nskin enny
qiiestyuns ez we did wen Ilornco Gree
ley wuz the Dhnlcrntie knndhlntc
Admiral Dewey hez no record thct
wood konuneud Itself tu a Noo Gorsey
Dhnlcrnt or one thet wood create en
thoosinsm in Tammany Hall or the slums
uv Noo York He hez dun nothln fer us
in the wn uv stiillin ballot boxes or glttin
votes kounted rite on the nlte uv elec
shun Ho haint attended convenshuns
nor taken the stump fer us nor rittcn
no letters tu nrouzo ns tu ncslmii nor
kounted out the nigger vote wharever ho
cood find it I mil afrndo thet the ground
work uv a troo Dimlcrat nint in him
Thct iz the feelin nv the most uv us at
hedqunrters at present but it iz suhjeck
tu change later on if we think it best tu
nominate him Ill recepshun In Noo
York wuz a grate wun if it iz reckoned
hi fireworks and nil kinds uv noises in big
crowds Hut hoo is Dewey frum a per
liticnl stnndpint Thets whut we want
tu kno before we go tu hoopin it up fer
him ez our kaudidnte fer president II iz
nntcscdents air ngin him He cuius frum
Vermont the most rabid Ilcpublikin stait
in the kountry whare applejack is scarc
er than liens teeth nnd whare a Diml
crat hez liothiu tu hope fer We hev no
record thet he ever voted a Dhnicratic
ticket or ever threteued tu The only
emufortiu thing we hev herd about him
iz thet he writ n letter tu smuhiuldy last
yeer tellin em thet he warat no
ilikm Kin sich a man he depended on
tu du the square thing bi the boys aud
stick tu the party rite or rung like n
Noo Gersey Dhnlcrnt Im afrndo its
n risky peece uv bizness fer he seems tu
hev inonr regard fcr the kountry than
enny party The Dimicratic pnrty coodnt
git along with thct kind uv a man We
must hev sumbiiddy hoo is fer the party
fust Inst and nil the time
Thare is niiutlicr objecsliun tu Admiral
Dewey Ho iz ngin Aguinnldoo hoo we
hev been praisin all over the kountry in
Dimicratic meetins nnd convenshuns ez
n second George Washington hoo iz nt
present engaged in dentin out liberty and
independence in doses tu soot the Filli
peon Islnnders If we shout fer Aguinnl
doo how kin we hooray fer Dewey The
ii noises wunt mix We must keep up
the racket fer our Fillipccn ally even if
we hev tu throw down nn Amorikin ad
miral In nlloodin tu Aguinnldoo ez a
man hoo wuz only n freight clerk thet
didnt amount tu uothin und wun hoo
wuz the tool uv others Mr Dewey hez
tride tu discredit n good Dhnlcrnt hoo iz
cnibnrraKsinly sitoonted and ennt du ex
actly ez he wood like tu Tu speck litely
uv n mnn hoo iz imiokiihitcd with so
money Dimicratic prinsiples iz not tlio
wn fer Admiral Dewey tu git the sini
pnthy and votes uv Agulnuldoos fronds
in this kountry
We dont kno whnre he stnns on the
issoos we air tryln tit git rid uv sum uv
wich nir nlreddy ded nnd others on the
wn tu tho toom Thnre iz no tellin how
soon we ma hev tu dig em up or tri tu
put nu life intu cm It wood ho diskur
rijin tu bo obliged tu resurrect the free
silver issoo jest cz we nir glttin reddy tu
plant it nnd then hev Admiral Dowey
declare hizself ngin it
Ez n whole it nppeers tu mo we bed
better go slow nbout nouiinntiu a man
hoo Iz cnrryhi around so uicniiy oncer
tainties with him aud sayin uothin about
it It wood bo cuibarrnssin if ho shood
turn out tu ho a Kopublikin and it wood
bo distressin tu shout fer him before we
found it out Besides how kin wo ever
fergit thct ho iz in favur uv tho unholy
and unconstitooshuual war wich iz bciu
waged agin them thet we sinipathlzo with
in tho Fillipeeus wen we hev wasted so
mutch ink in copyiu resolooshuus ngin it
The Noo Yorkers hoo air puttin up the
job tu nominate Dewey sn thet he kin he
elected without haff tryin and I must sa
it looks thet wa after reedin ond licotin
about hiz recepshun wharever he gozo
Tim sa It wood be a grate skeem tu nom
inate him and let the people holler and
hoorah him intu tho White House and
we cood save a good deol uv immney bi
tho arrangement that cood bo spent fer
drinks in hracein up and strengthen
j our constitooslmus That may all bo
j troo but whins the uso uv clectin a mnn
president if thare iz enny oncertinty
about how he iz goin tu act after ho U
elected For instance if I shood go up
til the White House nud introdoocc sum
good Dimicrnt boo wuz not on spoekiu
terms with the iniiltiilicashun liable and
ask tu hev him appointed tu a hi posislum
rcquirin sum nollege uv liggers cood I
depend upon President Dowey tu appint
him Im afrade not Cood I roly upon
him tu put men intu oflis hoo were prac
tikal cxpuushiiidsts men hoo kno how
tu expand the Dhnicratic vote wen and
wluiro it iz most needed Cood we he
shoor thet he wood koiiseut tu onload
upon furrin knuutries sum uv our people
hoo nir no credit tu our own and give
them fat posishuns in tho diplomatick
sorvls Oiilcus we kin hev sich qiiestyuns
squarely ansered in tho intiriuative 1 am
uv the opinyun thet the Dhnicmts hed
better stop coddliu the man hoo iz liable
tu nock us till tu peaces wlchever wa ho
runs
ijoottoitki
MM
Trum Applejack Farm wich iz next tu
J rover Clevelands in tho stait uv Not
Gersey
THE HESSIAN FLY
Wlicn mid How It Injnrm Wlient
Preventive nud Hciiiedlcn
The Hessian fly Is ono of those posts
of tho whenttlelds about which a lit
tlo timely Information seldom cornea
amiss und this tho Ohio station hnsJ
furnished In bulletin 107 recently Is
sued In which nro conclusions derived
from their own observation In connec
tion with that of other agriculturists in
various sections of tho country
Tho Insect Is a small dark colored
two winged lly about one eighth of uu
ric n j
1
Jtik W it
FIC A
nc a
HKSSIAN FIT LAKVA KTC
Inch long nnd shaped much llko tho
wheat midge The male is moro
slender than the female Fig 1 which
when full of eggs slightly resembles a
diminutive mosquito moderately full
of blood The egg Fig 2a Is about
one llftieth of an inch long of a dull
reddish color Tho larva or maggot
Fig Kb is when first hatched of a
nearly white color with a tinge of red
but later it Is a very light greeuj
clouded with white The pupa Fig 3iM
is formed under cover of the pupaiiuini
Fig 2c which last Is known as tin
flaxseed stage on account of its rcl
semblance to a flaxseed In form aiuf
color
The effect of the larvae especially
on young plants does not nppear to bo
quite generally understood The sec-
ond cut represents an infested plant
fresh from the field drawn from mi-
turc The plant had been attacked j
soon after its appearance above
ground and had not tillered The t
leaves under those conditions are
broader darker green moro vertical -
and bunchy The youngest leaf on a
healthy plant ns it unfolds and pushes a
upward Is or a tubular torm nuu
spindle shaped
The Insect appears during spring nnd
fall the former period extending in
Ohio throughout the month of May
ami probably tho first half of June nnd
the latter or fall brood extending
through the Inst days of August and
much of September In tho northern
part of tho state nud tho last of Sep
tember nnd the first week or ten days
In October in tho extreme southern
part of the state Tho eggs are depos
ited In both spring and fall on the up
per side of the lenves aud tho young
ns soon as they hatch make their way
down tho plant behind the sheath of
tho leaves In the spring they go down
to the first or second joint above the
roots but lu tho fall when tho plants
nro much smaller they usually go
down to a point just above the roots
Indicated by letter a Tho effect on tho
wheat In the fall is to reduce the
growth to a mere bunch of rank grow
ing leaves that kill out during the whi
ter In the spring the maggots or
young go down to the first or second
joint above tho roots and there be
come Imbedded lu the straw thus
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weakening it nud when tho grnin
conies to head tho straw will topple
over and break down thus giving rise
to what Is known as straw fallen
grain Tho Insect passes the winter
largely lu the flaxseed stage about tho
plants just above the roots It passes
tho summer largely at least In the
stubbles that are left In the fields at
harvest Thus the adults breed In
spring nnd fall at dates varying with
the latitude They llvo but a few days
and die almost Immediately after de
positing their eggs
The preventive measures nro Into
sowing rotation of crops and burning
of stubble where this can bo done Tho
remedies consist In the use of quick
acting fertilizers In the fall or pastur
ing early sown fields preferably with
sheep There Is no known remedy
against the spring brood of flies
Tho Itanibouillet aro sheep that do
well on the farm in any part of tho
country according to a writer in Amer
ican Agriculturist They thrive on the
rugged hills of New England tho
mountains of Pennsylvania Virginia
nud North Carolina the rich bottom
lands of tho Mississippi and Missouri
livers and tho great plains of tho west
and northwest They havo no weak
points nud aro pre emtnently a hardy
race
Drjyliis ConlliieU to UU llml
Pahis Nov 0 A dispatch from Oar
pontras department of Yniicliiso to
which placo former Cuptuiii Dreyfus
went after tho conclusion of his I vial
says that Dreyfus is confined to his bod
by illness tho remit of u cold
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