Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-12


In 1s43, during the Millerite dsljallssiou dljllsi
was looked upon as a sign that IN,
f'smash mp was come, and many Sf ftht
'"believers" were looking for their ascen,
sion robes.f -zEtH'F AshG GER
The muscular power of insects is indis
J cribables except by comparison. EutOmol
y ogists tellus thatif we could jump '6s fleaI
can, to clear the North river at one lea
would be smalla fair. lCouldimensmak,
drums of corresponding power toatBose o
the locust, Stentor would be nowhere
one would be enough for General Hallecl
to muster his million men. = -
! The seventeen year locusts is notthe 10.
Gust of the Bible, but very ditferentin ap.
pearance as we'll as habits. 5a,' sses
,tfsJlsstAnd Moses stretched forth his rod owe,
the land of Egypt, and the Lord drought
an eastwiud upon the land all that day and
J all that night; and when Il vas mSfniup
the east wind brought thealoc1sts.a And
Il Joel says "Whatsthe palmer worn hatb
left hata the locust eatens' 'g5t -, 80
sEfr This locust was grassh opper. to which
4 our most common kind bears an exaet re-
\ semPlance, differing only in size, and is
! found IN nearly all countries, bnt sspeGil
aliy troqblesome In hot, dry clima ina
/ being larger as you approach the ehnator.
| Specimens from central America measure
five and9a half inches IN length, and 1sieht
inches when'the wings are expanded, !, The
common grasshopper of our fields 10 the
fail ts about one and a half 3inchas long:
that OF Egypt and Syria is a medium size
between atheseiextremes. g1syt. sfif
The5number of these locusts or grass
hoppers IN some countries is. incredible to
u.s. HehaVe no insect plague at alto
com pare with them, Thompson, the mis-
slonarY, gives most vivid descriptions of
5the destruction caused by them. Rrealizinur
10 one day the language Of Joel, where he
says: - '.' r.
"The land is as the garden of Eden be-.
fore them, and behind them desolate
Ithem:"ss RI jam f1l57 = -
He says that on one occasion he,saE the
young locusts so thick on the side of n
mountain, that in their attempts to get out
of the way of his horse they rolled down
the decliYity SO, as to resemble, the over
flowing of bed of soft mortar i.sla ts
These are the migratory locusts Of the
East, and are the terror of the Arabiaus.
1t they are so numerous US to consume all |
their food before their wings have grown,
they march as an army in pursuit OF more.
The people sometimes dig trenches to stop
their progress. The Emperor of Russia
once sent an army of thirty thousand men
to hight them. After their wings ghave
grown, if food fails them they take flight
simultaneously, and such are their nun.
bers that the sunlight isobscured.
They have been known to fall into the
sea in such numbers. that when washed
ashore the stencil. from their decaying bo-
dies has caused pestilence.
We have nothing of this kind to fear
from our locust. The female in making
provision for the future of her race, has
an instinct that teaches her TO de-
Posit her eggs in the twiggs of trees. The
puncturesH she makes for this 's1nrposel
shines 1ess bf taches, and are all
ways detormittes, but are soonyoutgrown.
si Farmers who have young fruit orchards |
are often greatly alarmed at the advent of |
the locustsI and we see in some of the |
papers elaborate instructions given how
to manage the trees. These editors and |
farmers are more frightened than they will \
be hurt. Cultivate aud manure your
young orchards as they should be. and |
your trees will soon outgrow these wounds:
but it badly punctured, treat them as you |
would your grape yines-prune severely, \
cut off the injured branches, and your
trees Will be the better for it.
Ihe writer of this watched the locnsts |
in 1860, with surprising iaterest, aud only |
regrets that it will be SO long before an. |
other visit. sal s, se.a .s591'-.S-.@1s.775 51'.
az INSTINCT OF THE LOCUST.
In this world of wonders in which we
live, nothing is more wonderful than. the |
instincts of'iusects, and the locusts can
teach ps many lessons. How can they |
know, "1ter cropping about in the dark, far
under ground, for nearly seventeen years, |
the the exact day when all are to come up |
now should they know that it is |
oest 10 come in the dusk of the |
evening? Who tells them that e.
the critical time of their iratransforma alton
while casting of their subterranean coat |
they will be helpless; that for time they
Will be white, and thus be peculiarly ex. |
posed to their enemies, the birds, but that |
IN the night the birds will be asleep?-
VINO tells them that as soon as they emerge |
from the ground they must direct their |
course towards the nearest tree2 And who |
teaches them how to know a tree? Ewes |
to them, for the seventeen years of their
lives, had been as useless as to the<fshes
10 the Mammoth Cave, but stillfthey know
that when that old coat is cast of their
wings VIII be liberated; and TO give them
oetter chance to expand, they must be in
such "a position that gravity may help to
unfold them. During this process, lasting
about half an hour, the locust stands
erect, the fluids of tue body seem to rnsh
into the cells of the wings, and the weight
uIntolds them. Place them in q different
position and, this delicate process Is often
spoiled. 20 5a
Somsthtng for Farmers--A Plea for
-l5s 71 a.asa the Hog. sdia y .l7Esi
From the Springfield Republican. .a,l
Swine are generally considered animals
OF gross habits, filthy tastes, and obtuse
the ,tollies and vices Of humsnity are ,heao.l
ed upon them,suntilthey are made to bear
a amultitude Of sins. Marrying d hog for