The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-26
wnsoLni No. 287

Of Linnnds OF the Eepfdl5is sterd 81
other scteRfistss Il E4u glter.s LEI
thers be ne ahirking thas question
ReneWed Lapghte. a-.,.ss s. sees F.
Mr.. w heel ler- The gentleman mus
allow me some time to refresh my an
t0molegical knowledge. Great laugh
i ter. 81 f8R nsa9aa Fsstst sz9sstsf
L Mr., Cox--Is knew that i could not
i get satisfactory reply. When / first
read the item IN this bill appropriate
Ing $4,000 for protection agafnst
moths in the army, and when | read
that. $500 bad already been ex-
pended tor that purpose, I wondered
in my simplicity, why so much money
should be spent for such PURPOSE
when we might so easily ecouunlize
by selling out our old and unf ashion-
able army clothes Casting about in
my simple way / remembered that
the only preventives 6f moths was
snuff. Then, asisn ieconomfst, look
ed up the price Of snuff and the tariff
on snuK 4 found the tariff was Str
cents per pound. Every sneeze MS
abOut 3 cent, 10 protect American
manufacturers from foreign sneezes.
Hence, / gEaa about to tell how M ueh
= would cost us. tariff and al, to pre-
vent these destructive moths, BY using
this article Of snun, when 10 I found
an adjutEnt in my fl.iend from Ken
lucky, Mfz Beck ~ sposfse aAE
This pamphlet. lie the result Of pur
ing quiries j" Preservation of clothing
and eqaipaSe OF the army and navy by
the process Of 'C0wles " Co.. for the
prevention OF destruction bvn moth 2
90 This il just out--l873s eThere is
no tobacco, no pepper no eamphor,
no leather chips which our mofhers
uaed, In plain WOrds, they use aome
sort Of solution, gueas it, smells
badly -perhaps petrolenm but what
ever lt Is s;it. eosts8 money, aud has The
sppPgSgeqtkr Pf our best officers. This
pAmphlet has a. toleEably fair repre-
aentatien of the results of the micro
scQpic tineau cRterpi liar, which breaks
its egg and goes into a cocoon mads
out of the stuff il feeds on, at the rate
81, say $4,000 a Year, But how does
this plan y q pay 80 much for save cur
GoyeEnmept Messre. CoWles g, Co.
say that they SOAK every thread and
fibre. They Ileaye the Rooda il the So
luti0n for hours !; then knead the
goods in the nui& Then they drV
them On 2 machine which makes, l
think, nine hundred revolutions a
minute. This makes the sataration
perfect. ELan9hters
s9 THE PARTY MOTH.
Ir, WheeIerI desire to ask my
colleague question. Has he studied
the history Of the party moth? thas
led on his party, and no chemical pro-
cess has yet been invented, I believe,
TO stay its rayages, Langhter.
Mr.. Cox-I omitted, as the house
viii see, out OF difference 10 the ma
jority and their feelings, 10 draw anv
partisan or political lessons out Of
these moths and their predatory hab-
its. Lang Inter. have material,
however, for speech of an hour and
. quar- ter on that point IF the gen.
tleman VIII allow me, viii say ii is
mostly Ia connection with the Adj
ministratiOn. Laughter.
And, sir. since am challenged to !
1t by my friend-not provoked, for he
never provokes any one, exceD. to adj |
mlfe him, and love him the more one
knows him--I will endeavor to read |
IN the Ilfe and character OF the moth /
some of these attributes which are |
making the people regard the Admin
istration so eafefully.s
The realm0th that we have to deal
with in apolitical way is combina-
tlon OF the lackey. moth, which gener-
ally haunts the White House and hov-
srs about the 'purlieus OF power, and |
5he haW which IL sonaefimes
II the arInysl or educated there. All
Shese moths you will and have a po-
itlcal and destructive signiiclnce. If
yyou note how they are hatched how
hey hide IN coc0ons how they creep
uto dark places through cranies; how
hey so into closets where goods are
Itored how they lie all sumner quiz
'tfy Laughter the members
Mr.. FIeld-I rise to q QUESTION of
'rder. Let the House be brought TO
,rder. Laughter.
Mr. Cox--I hope my friend Of the
'legant toilet win come down this
way. lLaughter
Here the hammer fell
Several embers-Go on, 90 on.
Mr.. Wheeler-I hope my colleague
" ", nave unanimous consent 70 pro-
The Chairman-Does the gentle
eague?
Mr.. Wheeler Certainly. l yield !
II my time to him.
MYSTERIOUS ANALoGIEs.
Mr.. Cox--I thank the gentleman
nd the House very kindly. It Is not
ften that we have q scientific ques-
len which requires such analytic re-
earch like this before US. It Is not |
ften Ehecommittee Of the whole is {
ngaged in the myeteriona analogies
{ nature and politics. It 10 not often
: friend near Inc remarks, that [ (
AXE the floor on question of this
ind. Laughter. But it seems to
ne that something onght to be said TO (
1stify these moth appropriations, and &
sid little more seriously. MAY / | l
qote from Harris's Treatise on In- !
ects" to illustrate the physical and
olftfcal relations of the moth !? I(So |
NIL osl Ssa5s- stla toss Ass s ess
The clothes moth, in its natural {
g state sis isa
{ Like the poIitician- 1
ever leaves its cocoon until It efner- {
60 thefeir8m aa winged moth. Z
Y NhefeyeF IL is seen az naked worm, .
10 because il has been disturbed ana 9
noeked out OF its easeA 2s {
For example, by an election or 9TH q
fwise, ana told these scientists, the {
frangefs, are going after the naked !
T0fm- ~ 9s# e8a 10 ss
nd in those instances the moth :
And just SO siso the politician 9
oes not feed, but la few DAYS dies. l
How sad the thought bat how true /
le analogyl Laughter.
And then the eggs, according to c
srtain French authors [
Mr.. Field-Mr. Chairnian, / insist
pom my point of order.
Mr.. Wheeler-I hope the gentleman
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