Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-27
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The earth is covered with hsauty ever.
where. and is tecmisg with vaoiosn planfs
IN their early stages Of growth. With
them comes new world Of antssated No.
ture. in the form Of insects. whoss name ID
legion. Very few plants escape them. The
mullen, chickory, dock and burdock. are,
perhaps, exceptions The more tender and
delicate the plant, the better they like it,
and that is very sensible in them. scarcely
a plant among all our farm crops or the
garden vegetables escapes their ravsges-
They are every where They will cut of
your thrifty hills Of beautiful squash plants
in single day and night, and the row Of
beautiful egg plant, that were tipped with
dew and shonc SO brightly in yesterdays
morning sun, are utterly WORTHLESS to-day,
dropping. mutilated, dying! Birds, SPUR
rcis and mice destroy the corn; caterpll
lars and cankcr worms devour the foliage
Of the fruit trees; and the apple worm,
moth and curculio either dr,pan egg upon
the fruit or puncture it and seal over an
egg and thus Introduce an enemy into the
very citadel of life which preys upon its
vltAls until death ensues. All the fruits
grams and grasses have their enemies, and
nothing but vigilance, sleepless, untiring
vigilance, will save the plants of the cult. :
vator from common destruction.
What were these creatures made for il
a question sometimes asked by persons,
when the long and careful labor Of their
hands 10 cut off IN a SINGLE day! We can
only reply, that they were created and
placed IN our midst by the same wise and
beueiiccnt Being that created US, and who
has made it our duty to cultivate and sub
due the earth, and make it teen with fer
tility If We cannot f..tlom the mysteries
in single blade Of grass, how can We ex-
pcct to penetrate His designs in the multi
plication oil so many creatures that destroy
the labor of our hands The thought that
iecreated them-and undoubtedly for " isc
purposes-shonld hush every murmur, and
lead us to accept what he has given, in
gr,.t, tu trust and confiding love.
That insects are made in vain, we cannot
for a moment believe The evils which
they inilict upon us have their comlensd
ttons Most birds feed upon insects -
should We be wiling to give mp these. II
Withdrawing insects were the prlcc. They
also serve as food for larger animals, and
even for man himself in some countries
They undoubtedly assist to maintain due
balance between vegetable and animal
productions, and are also scavengcrs, re-
moving nuisances and deformitics that
might become exceedingly offensive to the
s.nscs. They serve US in the fertilization
of plants, fructifying them with the pollen
which they carry along rs they pass from
flower to flower They afford Us medicines,
some of which are Of such essential service
rs to be thought Indispensable in the prac-
tice of the physician. Dyes of exquisite
color are obtained from them, and could
scarcely be spared in the arts. So they
yield us wax, honey and sik-silks that
are in the civilized world-siks in which
kings and queens are clad, and which may
bc found in some form in the humblcst
hamlet in the land!
Let these coas1snsotions-and no doubt
there are many morc--:omfort us in our
moments Of vcxation, added to the other
thought that this is their nnM rs snH ~
ours i; that God has created and placed
them in it, and caused plants to grow for
man and beast, and that We arc, all alike,
dependent upon His bounty for our daily
bread.
ut,--lct us be watchtul that they do not
get too large share. In this patient
watchtulncss we may find, perhaps, another
compensation of which we have as yet little
thought Stern virtues do not spring up
from beds of down and paths of case, but
amid the sharp and rugged ways of life, in
trials and disappointmcnts, even after all
our powers have been excrtcd to avoid
them. Is it impossible that these tiny de
structivcs are exercising us in lessons Of
patience, forbcarancc and love, and leading
US more directly to Him who is the Au
thor Of all Who knows ?-New England
Former.
Sour MILK-A chemical explanation
why milk suddenly becomes sour during
thunder:
Three theories have been advanced to
explain the cause Of milk becoming sour
under the circumstances alluded to above
Ey the iirst--probahly the right one-it j.
held the change of milk from sweet to soul
is attributable to the sultry condition Of the
weather, which, in such cases. is unusually
| favorable to fermentation and the produc
ton OF Tactic acid. BY the second, ozone
which is formed by the atmosphere during
| lightning, is held to he the acidulous agent
which changes the character of the milk
and by the third, the vibrations of the earth
and air caused by the thunder, are consid
cred sufficient to agitate the molecules OF
the milk, SO as to change their relations,
and produce Tactic acid"
TANNING FisM.-A little girl residing
near u pond in Massachusetts, has succeeded
in tanning some Of the fish by throwing
crumbs of bread, crackers &c, into III,
water. The species called perch seem to bt
the most tractablc and docile. One o
them often takes the end Of her finger il
his mouth, while another will glide gent,
into her hand and turn ON one side, and ST
remain, apparently reposng, till RAISED
| quite to the surface. Thclittlc girl walk
out on plank sustained few inches allow
the water, and before she reaches the en-,
Of tho plank the fish may he seen dartin,
rapidly toward their feeding ground. Tn
larger ones, especially, are disposed to driv
off the smaller ones, but she keeps Orde
among them by means ola stick with
sewing needle attached to the end of it
and when one picks quarrel he gets
stab, and is of at once.-C0untry Gentle
| man.
There were in Franco 55 .sss deaths b.
accident among men. 1925 among wa