Tlii' DAILY HERALD, I'L AMTK M ( h j T IT , NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12 lM.
THE PHYLLOXERA.
THE VINEYARD'S MOST INSIDIOUS
AND. DESTRUCTIVE ENEMY.
The Nature. Mulllf.llrat Ion mil Hakita
tt the l'ft The French GoTrrnintDt'i
KITurt to Suppress It supposed Origin
of the lelroycr.
Mrno, Phylloxera Va-statrix, as the srkn
ti.ts liuvo iKtmiit her, is bhowu in lutull.i
grauto, Ly many illustrations. Iti tlicin nlu
lfxa not oiM-tr vt-ry formiiluliU;. Shedoi-ti
tho whole work of ihrstrmtioii, unaik.l ly
her njousc, riimljliii tin; busy houwwifo
in fvry-AhTo In IVtt::;-. , who (I- nil the
work of tlio hMiM-lioM, Und htoiv, ucts uh
liurso, kfuiiistrcs anl cook, wiuli the iiiiin of
the house, m-Moiii n at home, w .rolubly
talking ioIitit- at the cuf. Hut minium in
always Imsy. Two ilim absorb all Iht eu
ergitw; one U to rulso 11 Iiirgi', prolific; family;
the other is to finl fai ins in he r iuunoliiito
vicinity for them all. Her ambitious eirorts
are always crownel with glorious suocess, so
that her family aul the name of 1'hylloxera
become mighty in the J:inl, ofteuor rejatel
than that of the great NuoleoiL.
Entomologists divide tlie ihylloxora vasta
trix into nix different stage. First, the
larva; neeoixl, apterous female; third, uymi.h ;
fourth, the wingitl htuU;; fifth, sexual indi
viduals; hixth, winter e;;. As soon as an
Cgj is hatched tin; lurvn Ix-jius to u se its suck
ers on the teinler radicals w hern it was laid
ly its mother; it then iiiidi-rgrs t tins', some
time four, i'liunes, simdur to the casting if
the skin or shell of a locust or crab; each
time the skin cracks o-n on t!ie buck and
falls off, after every molting tho insect bo
coming a darker yellow. All this is accom-Ilih-1
within a few days; then it has reached
maturity now measuring three-fourths of u
millimeter in v. idth and one-half of a milli
meter in length. It logins to lay two or
three eggs every four or five days, if tho
tomjH-raturo irtnits. In this stato it lays
from twenty-five to thirty eggs. These eggs
hatch out in uloit ten days and givo birth to
a new generation of larva?, which produce
the apterous female. No male is known un
der this state. This is a mode of reproduc
tion often ic.et wit u in the inferior animals,
being cidied parthenogenesis.
Professor C'liruizit also says that a single
larva is aide to pivxluce more than '-',( KA),U()0
of other larvrc from tlie iivnith of April to
November. I tiring' the month of July, in
the central jwrt of i'i ance, the nymphs are
found in tho roots of the vines. In this state
the body is longer and of a deeper yellow,
with two dark inlet s; ots on iwh side:
these neither eat nor lay eggs, but develop in
about fifteen or twenty cl:?y s into winged
phylloxera, which resemble a little yellow lly
with long wings. They are carried by tho
wind or lly to new fields of lalor. Tlj .-j
alight 0:1 the under sid of the leaves and i:!V
several eggs, eit her on tin- leaves, shoots or
trunks of the vines. In about two week.?
thte eggs hatch out sexual individuals with
out prolxscisr digestive rgans. The females
nre larger than the males. They mate as
soon as matured; then the male dies. After
the former have laid one large egg apiece,
which they deposit under the bark of woo l
over one year oM, they die also. These egs
are the sixth state of the phylloxera, and ar
called winter eggs, Liccause they are net
hatched out until the following spring, when
they produce a laying mother, who recom
mences the cycle.
On the winter egg depends the fate of the
phylloxera. lYofessors Kulbjani and Valery
Mayct, of Taris and Montpelicr, say that if
the egg is destroyed the phylloxera will be
exterminated, for the principal link in its
chain of reproduct ion is broken, as those on
tho roots would die out if not re-enforced by
the products of these eggs. One female is
able to produce bythe end of May 500 eggs.
These, if hatched out safely, would Iks in-crea.-il
to 250,000 in one month. Now as
there are live or six generations in one sum
mer the enormous numlfr of 0:2,500,000,000
will be reached, and if all the progeny of one
phylloxorajived they would destroy oue hec
tare of vines in a year.
Several means have been used to combat
theie6t; the most successful and exjiensive
among them is that of submersion. Wcre
vineyards can be kept under water for from
forty to sixty day3 no phylloxera are found.
Vineyards to be submerged must be on level
ground and lie low; trenches are dug on the
outskirts and banks thrown up so that the
vines will be sunken; then large steam pumps
force the water into the vineyard, which is
kept covered to a depth of twenty or thirty
inches during the entire period.
Another method is by fumigations of sul
phur, but this is very costly and tho result
do not warrant the expenditure or its "con
tinuance. Sulphiy carbour.te of potassium
aud carbonate of sulphur are al-jo used ex
tensively. Neither exterminates the piryl
loxcra; only holds them in check. Tkesa
chemicals are injurious to the vines, impov
erish the soil so much that heavy fertilizers
are required to keep life in the plants and
they de-stroy in a measure tho weight, quality,
yield aud bouquet of the vine. Scientific men
have used electricity, dynamite and petro
leum in its difi'errut forms, but still the phyl
loxera lives. The French claim that theiest
originated in the United States. It is certain
that they were imjorted jnto France o:i
American cuttings which were designed to
give a hardier stock to the French v'.cs. It
is a well known fact that American roots
plunge deeper and have more radicals than
the French. On account of this increased
root power creator vitality is given to tha
vine, more su'-.-tnnce taken from the soil end
a stronger re ;:--.ieo to all kinds of parasites
anil dheasc3, jii. t :;s a strong, hcalJiy man is
nblo to overcame r.ud light d'.?J-s better
than a week ont?. American vines ore being
tisoJ in phylloxeraud districts to graft
French cuttings ou, simp: v on account of the
resisting power of their roof, but this is
"hope deferred. Even American stock v. ill
succumb to the persistent ravagr-s of it- in
sidious foe. Uordeaux Cr. Iirooklyii Eale.
A Hotel in Honduras.
Do yon want to see. how a IIv.ui'!uiir.:::n
1.-.tl is furnished Mr room is o:i a turner
front ir.? ou a plaza and the sea on t!!? north,
pnJ lookicz tow aid the ancient chui ch acro3
the street on the west. The floor is covered
br oua large oilcloth. In one corner is a
camp cot. On the canvas a cotton sheet is
spread; over that another sheet and a white
lieu-spread or counterpane. Two pillows of
f.';eri Over all a nius luito bar trimmcJ
with Jace ami ornamented with ta-v- ls of col
ored worsted. On the light wooden waih-
f tauds nre bowls of porcelain, and lieside
thc-ra glass pitchers holding clear rain water
drawn from an iron tank. I" the public sit
ting room the floor is covered with oilclo'h,
as are all ethers on this floor, and there are
tix or eight rocking chairs of American
make. A piano is at one side, and in t'r.o
middle of the room a marble topped tntle is
covered by pretty little shells from the beach.
Such is a tlrst class hotel in Trujilio. Worse
places and woi-se fare have been known. E.
V. Perry in Chicago Times.
An .exjierieneed Adirondack guide esti
mates that there are now in tbo Adirondacks
C0.000 deer, 2,000 bears and 1UU wolves.
THE CLOSED DOOR.
K') marble woman could have been more cold;
Her hands were claaped, her eyes were raised to
initio
No tremor even istim-d the shadow tall
fast l.y the moon, ujxmi tho close cniied raxs;
lly which 1 knew no uiiswtrini( heart l-at shock
Her soul, hoKO shadow stretched between lis
tier.
Hut when I Ffwike iilrnlilin, (lussionate words.
And would li.ive er-d my spoilt, unhappy life,
"Kanrwell," she s.ii I. '-Ijivn stands aside to bless;
Love that would wrong would only prove a curse."
It wan as If in some il.irlc, stormy nilit,
Just as despair for light had filled tlie heart,
A door shouli I eu, und w it Ida should shine
The utrong l.uo from a great red glowing forge.
Temple liar.
lltiddliixm In Itnriiiali.
Tlie reason given for the IJurmeso lein
(ermittel by their religion to eat all kinds of
animal food is that i'uddha, the founder,
when he abolished caste distinctions at the
same time abolished all restrictions on the
variety of food to le eaten. Tho sacred cattle
even were not 'X-cptcd. These regulations
created a wide guif between the liuddhists
and all other Oriental sects, tho former lieijig
riie only sect allowing such latitude. When
ilohammed founded his ifligion, at a later
date, he modeled it on that of tho Hebrews,
ordaining that the hog lie especially an un
clean animal, unfit for food and defiling any
of tlie faithful coming into contact with one.
This Buddhist freedom of choice has, how
ever, proved highly lcueficial to tho Burmese
race, for they are physically a fine, healthy,
vigorous people. San Francisco Chronicle.
Ilia Woumleil Itignlty.
Admiral Hornby tells that when Lord
Chnrles Ueresford was but a small loy, lie
jumped overlxxiril and rescued from drown
ing a stalwart Lancashire farmer. The man
was grateful to his rescuer, but his counte
nance was overcast by a deep melancholy.
Ceing reproached by his friends with his ap
parent dissatisfaction at having escajied from
death, lie exclaimed that ho was thankful to
the "middy" who had risk.'d hij life in order
to save his; but, he added, with the conscious
ness of wounded dignity: '"lie's such a wee
scrap of a chap." New York Tribune.
A Self-Saorifieiii;; Hoarder.
A young man was boarding with a family
more remarkable for "plain living" than
"high thinking." The landlady remarked to
tho boarder one day, in gushing tones of
gratitud3: "Oh, Mr. Moore, I am so glad you
ca:ne to slay with u.-.! I don't know what wo
eI'ouM have done without you. You uro our
only support."
"indeed, madam," replied tho IongsufTcrer
from M.--.!r bread anil sloppy coffee, "I'm ex
tremely glad that my money supports w
somebody." Youth's Comjiunioii.
Protection AiiliTht I'tro.
Edward Atkinson, the Boston economist,
has lvn moved by tho recent fire and loss of
life in Springfield to urge a law making prop
erty owners x.-ciiniarily liable for damage
to life or limbs resulting from defects in tho
construction of buildings, including iusuHi
riorcy -.f fire escapes. If such a law were
passed, he urges, property owners would
sialt tli-.'ir uuruen to lue snouiuersoi t tie in
surance comjianies, and the latter would see
to it that life and limb are protected.
Detroit Free Press.
A Novel Festal Ide:.
The very latest thing out in tho way of
stationery is an envelope of leather, which
can bo locked ami sent through the mails
without being tamiored with. Upon the
back of tho envelope is a tinj- staple of gold
or silver, over which fits snugly a link of
similar material attached to the flap, and
this is secured hy a dainty little padlock with
a Yalo 1' ck. Upon the face is an open pocket
for the insertion of a card bearing tho ad
dress aud the necessary postage stamp.
Chicago News.
Customers of the Haberdasher.
A well known gentleman's furnisher says
that clergymen are among the most fastidi
ous of his customers. They are debarred, of
course, from wearing anything conspicuous
or- flashy, but they always choose the finest
material. Silk underwear, made to order at
a great cost, is a favorite thing with them.
Famous or wealthy men, ho says, as a rule,
care least about dress. v an street men
dress most brilliantly, and actors dress most
showily. New York Tribune.
A New Theory of Divorce.
"I don't want to leave my husband," said
an indignant wife, "for he is a real nice man
and I like him. But once in a while he takes
too much wine, to say nothing of other
cheaper and stronger drinks, and then he is
positively insufferable. If I could get some
sort of divorce that would work when he is
full and stop working when he is sober, that
would answer ray purpose perfectly. But
a woman has mighty little show in this
country." Omaha World.'
The Idevators of London.
Tho "lifts" of the Hotel Monopole, Lou
don, nre worked by water from the mains of
one c the hydraulic power companies, of
which a number are established in England.
By tl"L-:u water under pressure is carried bo
ueath the streets and delivered to consumers
at fixed rates. After doing the work required
of it tho water is returned to the central sta
tions of the companies there to be used over
again. Home Journal. . .
Ihe Head "Waiter.
"Will yo; please tell rne tho name of the
landlord of this hotel:'' asked a Saratoga
gui .t of t'.o Loi.d waiter.
"Do name ob de lan'lord, sah ? Il'm tie
uar.io cl do lan'lord sorry, sah, but do
name cf de em'inan hab 'scajed me fer de
moment; but my name am Mr. Alexander
Johriairg, sah." Youth's Companion.
C'oriidtnoe Horn of Wea'th.
She .inxiouslyS I nm afraid, George dear,
that v. hcn you speak to papa he may be very
He (confidently) I think not, when I show
him this (taking a baak book out of his
peckot).
She Oh. George, ltt me look at it first.
Harper's He
An I'ditor's Minority.
Editor (Lo young man) Your article, I am
sorry to say, is hardly -up to our standard.
'ou::g Man Why, my mother thinks it's
clever, my wife thin!:? it's clever, and I tmV.k
i:"a clever three to one, sir; vhe balance is in
my favor. Tho Epoch.
A Titt-sburg man calls his w ife by the beau
tiful title, " Virtue," because she is her own
reward. She does ail the house work and
g&ts no wages.
Tho dude is not muscular, but when he
strikes an uii'tud it cripples it for life.
Binghamton Leader. '
Opinion is a kind of half way houso, -where
people meet to exchange lies and gues at
what they don't understand. Uncle Ezek.
Japan has adopted a standard time for tht
t hole empire.
COHSET DEP-A.rLTL051TT,
imtBTASfomrt waist
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A.VU-
ECONOMICAL
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This waist is designed to meet the requirements of ladies wLu
cannot, comfortably, wear a still and rigid corset, while it can be worn
with as much comfort as an ordinary diets waist. It will give the
fame elegance of contour as the heaviest boned corset in the Trwpot,
while the stays are so arranged that they will give sup tort to the back
and spino and in nowise interfere with the freedom and comfort
of the wearer. The weight of the clothing is transferred from the
hips to the shoulders by means of the bhoulder-straps, which are ad
justf.ble to suit any form or length of waist.
AVe have these waists in "White, Grey ar.d Gold and the pric to
introduce the-in will be $1.00. Sizes 18 to 28.
fe also Can? a Fill Line of the lowing Corsets :
Bortrees Duplex, Uortrccs Skirt Sup ortii g, Jliste Corsete,
Loomers.Elasting Comfort Hip, Satin Coitets, F. C. Corsets, J. C.
Corsets, C. I. Cornets. Our Cleopatra is the bett 1.00 corset ever
thrown over any counter; our 750 French "Wove at $1.0 cannot be du
plicated in this city; our Jilanchc Extra Long Corset at $1.50 is a bar
gain; Childrens Corset "Waists at 45 and 05 cents.
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DASI.T AND WBSSSS."
EDITIONS.
The
Will be one during which the subjects of
national interest and importance will be
strongly agitated and the election of a
President will take place. 1hc people of
Cass County'who would like to learn of
Political, Commercial
and Social Transactions
of this year and would keep apace with
the times should
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Now while we have the subject before the
people we will venture to . speak ot our
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Which is first-class in all respects and
from which our job printers are turning
out much satisfactory work.
PLATTSMOUTH,
Tear 1888
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