Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-02-17
The Goldbug and its Ravages.

There are numerous enemies TO pro
duction; among the worst Of which ar
the various beetles which live by suckiny
the life-giying juices out of the plant
These juices hold the same relation t,
the plant that the blood does to TIN
animal body. They carry to the grow
ing and depleted parts of the plant TIN
solid elements which nourish an,
strengthen it and create fibre. With
out this the plants wither and die.
The enemies of thn wheat crop are |
the chinch bug -Hyropus ie'nDp'eU,
2, the weevil--Curuiia. 3, the Hes
sian lly-Cccidomyia deStrUtgr I, tn,
Grasshoppcrs-Co CoiopierUs spyeius; an,
5, the Army worm -Lenconin mit,
punctd.
Oats have their enemies, the princi
pie of which is Il little bug of the aph
ide tribe. Aphiy ar9t7. The lphi
gosypH and a caterpillar known as til,
R0mai;a mirrQpipu are the principa
enemies of the cotton plant. Anothc
of the aphides Aphidcs psrsiro-
is the enemy of the peach, This inscc
is assisted in its work Of destruction BY
a caterpillar, IRarsM HRe0eiiQ.
The great enemy of the potato is
bug known as the Colorado bug tn,
potato beetle Doypho,a der.miiHeaio
We designed however TO speak .
another enemy Of production and tn,
well-being of the human family. Thi!
beetle differs in form and Structur,
from any which we have been dcscrib
ing. 1t is Il bipCd, and bimania with ,
ccphalic protuherlncc, and is usually
enyeloped in II fabric of some forcigl
material which like its conscience may
be thrown Oft at will. In appcarmr,
it is human. and its Hnotomical strurt
ure is said to hc that Of Il human, mu
some people have insisted that it wa
utterly devoid Of any cardiac organ
simply from the fact that the crcatur,
hls never given any outward manifrS
tUtiOns, such as are peculiar to creatures
in the possession Of Il heart. Disscr
ton however, has always shown the
prescace of this muscle, which, howry
cr the creature is supposed to have wei
under control.
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Is more la'al iTol'l .,'e pec''I'"II'l Oh I''
ilaol'S Ii,ah any o'I'eF INSECT hiio"l
for WIllie eacl' insect seems 10 pr ~
independent il'e ANIMAL II IS u'ii''u y,
Invisible aPI'lluaSe' 10 ever! o'lc
Such INSECT III 'lc Woll"' mus tile.
are coIomlIeu on thc same leprihripI'lIih
the Sihai, animals WIllcl are lhrorPoE
ilIru III 'ile sponge ny al'rIlIi''' con
fractions ana expansions 'nry are eh
aOleu 10 'r'" III ali tI'e ll,t'lln!c''' 'h',
come Ill colitact W'th' linus II IS seen
tllat tle Solu mug Is tll' enemy 10 IN
producing rlaS'eS'
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med against IT,
l. IL IS lllr 10, |" al enterprise as y
the absorption OF capital II prohilliH
from entering INTO lA' chal'lIciS "
trade.
:. By lhr absorption % lne c'lrrelir,
1t has advanced prIreS' making II IN
possible Tor IanofrrS VINO were tiIi'
thrown ont oI employment |" Nro2lF
the neceaSlrleN o' ll'.
j. by the system ol contraction
which II has forced ny the absorption
OF the cuIrcIlcy OF the country, ii Ill
driven many persons INTO forced sale
and from thence to Bankruptcy
If this bug were not mistaken ior
branch Of The human family propl
would try to cXterminate it with Pai
Green, bcdbus poison, or some olhc
mode Of destruction. But it Is pre-
tected by law. If Il lahorer should Sc
one Of its tentaclcs extending into hi
house, absorbing all the products of tn
family, and his children in consequcnr