The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-01
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Business Uncertainties.

lihoOd, Iii is certainly sure in one sense
Of the word, Real estate is not so apt to
take toitself wings and fly away us other
forms Of wealth. II cannot burn up, nor
can il be stolen. II Is pretty sure to stay
with us as long a. We kcepit free from
mortgages. As something to look at, to
walk upon, to exercise all the Sonses upon,
including the sense Of possession, it is su-
periOr to personal property. But when
itromcs to making "cent per cent" out Of
it, that is something different.
This reflection occurs to liz jnst after
reading letter written in Miami county,
Kansas, on Wednesday last, (which speaks
Of the dread uncertainty in which the
farmers are now living in consequence Oi
the appearances Of myriads of "litlle grass
hoppers, Just Matched out" The writer
says, "You have never seen, perhaps, SO
much anxious sollCitude on any question
as prevails here on the grasshOpper queS-
tion. Our hope is that they will
leave for their native homes in the far
West rs soon AZ their wings are plnmed
to bear them" no.. '
This threatened grasshOpper Scourg6
has not only appeared in Kansas, but
likewise in Missouri. The Cincinnati
CJmmcrcial Of yesterday says thai gem
tlcman in that city hasjuSt received "a
box Of specimens from Weston, in that
State" We quote its remarks in regard
thereto, as follows' It'|'.
"There seemed to be millions in it-an
innumcrablO mass Of sprlghtly little fel-
lows from an eighth to "a quarter Of an
inch long. They had been scooped up by
the handful, and the gentleman who
gathered them In says there are uCres up
on acres Of them. The ground Is alive
with the pest, and aS soon a. they have
grown little more they will take wing,
and then comes the havoc. II Is not un-
likely that they will appear rs far east as
Southern Illinois the present season. Il
was thought the late cold weather would
befatal to these graSShopcrs, but they Seem
to be proof to any ordinary temperature,
and can stand sharp frost better than the
fruit. What with the grasshopers to do.
your every green thing, the buffalo gnat
To sting to death the live stock, and an
unfavorable spring, the farmers OF the
West have . dismal prospect before them
for 1875" ......
This threatened insect plague comes up
on the farmers just ~ the winter Is pass.
ing away, after doing incAlcuIablc dam
age to the wheat, and just M tho late
freeze has destroyed nearly the entire
fruit crop. Thus We have an lllustra'
tion Of the fact that.time and chance hap
pens to all pursuits here below, aud to
none more certainly, ,as 1t seems 10 US, than
To that of the farmer. Nearly every
year bringsa drawback Of some kind to
the farmer. II his wheat isgOod, Jus was
the case last year, his hay crop and his
oats are failure. The season is quite
apttobc u little too wet or too dry.
Whatever way 1t happens, some one
crop, or more, suffers. Thus vasI
amount Of labor and capital in the ag
gregate, Is lost by tile farmers Of the
country. And in respectto anything lik'
certainty Of income we to not sec tina
they have the advantage that Is conceded
TO them. Indeed, we often think tha
farming might be Classcd as one Of th'
speculative emplOyments Of the country
The uncertainty that hangs over th'
outcome Of the crops this year will hav'
n depressing effect upon The general bnsl
ness Of the country. II Is the old stor!
Of the body and the limbs over again
How can the members be nOurishctl !
the vital organism itself is not in
healthy condition. How can rnan'l'
factures and commerce add to the gain
or sustain the burdens Of the country, !
the great sub-sttatum, upon which eyer,
industry Of our civilization rests land de
pends, fails lis 10 any general eStent2
The country was never more dCpendcn
than now upon the prosperity Of the farm
inVinterest. We must increase ont export
of agricultural products or else expor
gold. We have got TO the ehd'of our stfinI
in the way Of sending our credit-Ton
promissory notes abroad, wherewith :
nav the interest on our debts and puf
chase fresh importntions. Europe ha
all Of our paper she cares to hold. Sh
has between three and four thOnsan
millions Of our government state, munl
cipal and corporate bonds. Upon theS
we have defahlted In the way q
interest to such un extent that our iot
eiRn creditors are more inclined 10 clos
oul than TO increase tlleir present KDld
ines Therefore Il Il all important thn
our crops this year should be u grand Snt
cess. Cotton, tobacco, wheat, corn, liaco
and petroleum are the great staples npo
whithSe must rely 10 protect our dell
calecrcIlit, and save us from what may h
called relapse Of the panic Of 1873.
The Treatment by TRANSMISSION
II was supposed by many people thO
an important and very radical discover
had occurred In medical science whei
treatment by transmission Of blood was ar
nouneed. Many instances Of tteatmen
by this method, and the effects thetefron
have been published in the newspapef'
but up to this time nothing has ttanspir
ed Of a character TO sustain the high eS
pectalions that many people indulgel
some time ago, ThesL Louis papers re
Gently announced that Gen. Frank Blai