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The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08
The Pea WCeYil.

The pea wcevil is SO destructive in
every part of the United State, except,
perhaps, from Central Wisconsin
north. Is TO have III st seriously inter.
fered WI J. the cultivation of the pea.aS
q seed or food crop. Hence the most of
our See,! and food peas are raised in
Canada. aud corresponding latitudes
where the season is too short or too
cold for III. insect, the ravages of which
more freely rs we approach the
tropics.
This insect is one of the snout beetles,
and closely allied u" the cu"culiO, and no
means have vet been found to stay its
ravages. The eggs are laid on the pods
of the young pe.. To which they are fas.
tened BIZ 4 vi>cid fiuii. The insects work
the eggs Matching. TIL. minute worm
finds its way through the pod and into
the peas. upon which it feeds, avoid
ing, however. the germ, 80 that a pea
may be nearly eaton ont u Ito its meat,
and yet sti retail the cover of germi-
nation, altt nigh weak.
Ii the peas. AS 500 a. gathered, are
threshei, aud dried IL a temperature of
40 degrees, the young insects are said
to be killed, but the seed will not Sermi-
nate. Immersion of the dry peas in
scalding water for 100 seconds is said
to kill the pupa without injury to the
pea. An immersion of about three
minutes totally destroys termination of
the pea. Late-sown peas usually escape
the attacks of the insect, but the crop
IL then liable to mildew in the West.
So far, it must be confessed, no GER
tain practical means have been found to
subdue the insect, and it is now feared
the allied weeviI (Bruchus FtbR) which
attacks the bean, will create great loss
in this crop. In fact the weevil family
(curculiOnidY), or snOut beetles, of
the largest families in the order of bee
ties, and comprising I've 10000 distinct
and described species, and preying upon
all grain, legumes, fruits, and nuts. are
the most difficult to check of any of tho
destructive insects
As to effective means for killing all
insects infesting seeds. the weevil tribe
generally, we have lately seen tho
bisulphide of carbon recommended. 1t
certainly is deadly and a small quantity
POuiCR HI tuC DottoIl VI q SItll DIu
would permeate the whole mass. Half
q pint of the liquid is said to be sufficient
for fifty to 100 bushels of grain, since it
is both volatile and penetrating. The
Miller advises placing the chemical in
connection with the grain, in order to
get it duly in the bottom of the bin, as
follows:
Take a hollow iron cylinder gas
pipe will do well-and fit into it a wood
On rod, which shall be a little longer
than the iron tube. One end of the rod
is to be made sharp; now place the rod
inside the tube, and with the sharp end
down force them both to the bottom of
the grain; then, having withdrawn the
rod, turn in the liquid through the tube,
which should be pulled out. The insect
icide, of course Is left at the bottom of
the grain, and being very volatile, o
diffuses through the a and converts
the bin into an insect cemetery.-PrairIs
Farmer.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08
Liability Of COntagiOn.

NJ. Hillairet. in the name of a COM
mission composed OF NM. II. Roger,
BeryerOn and Hiilairet, read before the
Academic de Medicine a report in reply
to the inquiry addressed to the Academy
by the Minister of Public Instruction,
as to how long a pupil affected with q
contagious disease should be kept away
from school.
The report considered the following
diseases: Naricella, v~ariola, scarlatina,
rubeOla, mumps and diphther1a, and
the conclusions are as follows:
Varicella, whose progress is often ir-
regular, may require ten or twelve days
for the fall of the crusts. The isolation
should be about twenty-five days.
Variola has prodromic period of three
to four days; four or five days for erup-
ton: three or four days of suppuratiOn ,
desiocatiOn requires three days; fall OF
the crusts, six days. Then comes a
period of furfuraceous desquamation
without definite limit. Isolation should
not be less than forty days.
In scarlatina the period of invasion
occupies from six to forty-eight hours,
or exceptionally three days 1.-THE eruption
is completed in from five to eight days;
d~esquamation commences on the four
teenth or fifteenth day and lasts from
fifteen to twenty-six DAYS. Isolation
should last forty days.
Rubeola has a prOdromic period of
three to four days; exceptionally, from
six to eight or even twelve days; the
eruption is completed in twelve or forty
eight hours, her it declines for twenty
four hours; desquamation lasts from
eight to fifteen days. Isolation for forty
DAYS will be sufficient.
Mumps, as a rule, has a duration in
ordinary cases of six days. Gonzales
cence lasts from six to eve days. II
any complication of metasJasis occurs
it lasts usually about nine days. IsOla-
ton for twenty-five DAYS Is sufficient.
The duration of diphtheria is very va
riable, but isolation should be maintained
for at least forty days.
The commission consequently pro-
pose the adoption of the following meas
ures:
l. Pupils affected with c%hicken-pox,
smallpox, scarlet fever. measles,
humps or diphtheria should be strictly
isolated from their comrades.
2. For smallpox, scarlet fever, mea-
sles and diphtheria isolation should not
be shorter than forty days; for chicken
pox and humps, twenty-five days is
enough.
8. Isolation should last until after the
patient has been bathed.
4. The clothing worn by the patient
at the time he was taken sick ShOuld he
subjected to 4 temperature of 80 deg. C..
(194 Fahr.) and to sulphur vapor, and
then well secured.
5. The bedding, curtains and furni-
ture of the sick-rOom should he thor.
oughly disinfected, washed and aired.
6. The pupil of a school, after recov-
cry from of the above contagious
diseases, should not be readmitted to the
school unless furnished with the certifi-
cate of a physician that the above pre-
cautions have been observed.
These conclusions were adopted by
the Academy.-Wedieli Nems.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08
A River Romance.

Seated near US was a lady and her
daughter, about nineteen years old.
She, too, was listening to Captain As
bury's yarns. They were about his adj
ventures ON the river, his trials and
tribulations, his joys and sorrows.
"About eighteen year ago." he said,
''when [ was running between St. Louis
and Keokuk, there came on the boat at
Hannibal one of the handsOmest Young
women l had seen in all my life. She
had a little girl with her, more hand
some than she a The lady came up
to me, for she was a lady, and asked me
TO take her to keOkuk, as she desired to
90 to Burlington to her friends, and that
she had not a cent in the world with
which to pay her fare. Her pleading
eyes were too much for mine, and |
babe the clerk consign her to q state-
room, Is it was In the middle of the
night. The boat was delayed by a
heavy fog, and We were compelled to
lay at the bank until long after daylight.
The lady approached and thanked me
ever 50 much, and told me that she was
the wife of a Confederate Captain who
had been shot and killed by a party of
scouts or guerri1las: her home had been
robbed and burnt, and she, with her
child, succeeded in fleeing from the
scene OF carnage, and a the next day
brought to Hannibal by q kind farmer,
in whose house she had sought protec-
ton. Girls, that woman's story and
wrongs and suffering made my heart
softer. l know it did, and I put my
hand into my pocket and gave her a $40
~greenback, for I thought she needed it.
Well, l haven't seen or heard of her
since, but l hope she is happy, and that
little girl of hers a handsome and grown
up woman"
The lady who was listening to the
Captains little story arose from her
chair, and, taking the hand of her
daughter, approached the Captain, say
ing: "Yes, we are both happy, and I
will have you judge about the good
looks of the grown-up daughter, for here
she is"
Captain Asbury stood rs if struck as
dumb as the fellow who caused the
IN alden to hurl herself off yonder rock,
for we were near that noted landmark.
He peered into the lady's face, plainly
discernible by the reflection of the cleo
u u iSuls LII uttCE dSUOutSIltllcut. Inc
Captain recognized the lady and even
the now grown up young lady, and ex-
pressed himself pleased to see them
again. After mutual greeting and in
PRODUCTION to us girls, the lady, Mrs.
Russell, who now resides in New York,
went into the cabin and soon returned
upon the ''rOOf" with q piece OF paper
in her hand, which she handed to the
Captain. 1t was a check for 5000 which
she desired to return to him for his
kindness eighteen years ago. Captain
Asbury refused the proffered check,
and no persuasion could induce him to
accept. OF course Mrs. and Miss Rus
sell were admitted to our circle. and the
trip up the river was made more joyous
than ever, As she proved to be q very
intelligent and worthy lady, and wealthy,
and her daughter proved to be as lovely
in disposition as she wa beautiful in
face and form. Dubuque (h.) Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08
DARKNESS.

Come. blessed Darkness, come. and bring thy
balm
For eyes grown weary of the garish Day!
Come with thy soft, slow steps, thy garments
gray,
The yelling shadows bearing in thy palm
The poppv seeds of slumber, deep and calm
Come with thy patient stars. whose far-off
ray
Steal. the hot fever of the soul away,
Thy stiffness sweatcr than a chanted psalmi
o. blessed Darkness, Day, indeed, is fair,
And Light is dear when summer days are
long.
And one by one the haryesters go by;
BUT so Is rest sweet, and surcease from care,
And folded palms, and hush of evensOn2,
And ali the unfathOmed silence OF the skyi
Julia c. II. Dorr. in atlantic McBfhly.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08

An exchange asks: What is Pc
troleum?' 1t is a very easy method Of
getting rid of fire-kindling servants.-
AaralA0. independent
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08

h00a week in your own town. 81
XhhOutft free. No risk. Every
UOOthing new. Capital not re-
quired. We will furnish you
everything. Many are making fortunes
Ladies' make As much as men, and bO
and girls make great pay. Reader, At
YOU want a business at which you can
make great pay all the time you work,
write for particulars TO ii. HALLETT 4
Co., Portland, Maine. fanny
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08

Ninety million postage stamps,
worth -, $500 900, are sold annually.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08
FROM THE ONEONTA PRESS. N. y

OneOnta View ORR, Jan. Gh LI
Early last summer MesrS. Il j Kendall Il o. of Encsburgh Falls II 49,
contract with thu publishers OF he Press for 4 hf olumn advertisement m 80
year setting toth the merits f KendMrsSp lvinC Cure At the same time We ssnrpns
the firm 4 quantity of books entitled Dr. kendal% Treatise IN the Ums 80
his Diseases, which We are giving to advance paying subscribers TO the Pr,ssa
premiam
About the time he advertisement first appeared in this paper Mr.. p q s.hr
wO resides near Oliers, hat spawned horse He read the ,dv.rtia
ment nd coHcuded 10 test the hrary of the remedy although hist rmndsi .h,
at hiss reduality- He bOughta bottle OF Kendall SPAWN Cur and omm,n.a 800
it N the horse in accordance with the directions m hi Informed Ms tbs 49, ,s
it eheceds such u complete curet at Al experth orseman. b xaminedt he amin,
recently oud fine no trace" of THE SPAWN or t"" place whereof had been loratI NJ
Srhermerh"rn has since >ecurcda copy Of endrr- treatise oil he Ir,. nat ~.
iiseaS - men ne prizes very hrShy AMI WOULD be 10th to part With at any nrr.
he could not obtain snotm her Opy > much ion adv eru,iuyr eI,hi.. 80
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE.

Colunhiana, Ohio. Dee. IIh IS,
B. J Kendall II Co.. q. nts:-You will find below a rr,nnnnmrnd,Iin 80
eNpressman. W. sell kout iTs SPAWN Cures M IN all who U.s. in ,e NIL IN our our
lu may send us NOR advertising matter, IN "a few nice cards wiho mr. n'm
OH them. ME D. GIxGme'
Il j.. Kendall 4 Co., Gcnr:-I am usinc Your SPAWN Cure fol n hon. .nar.
(bcn"ht of "nley < Kim. Druggists oIumIiana, OhIo) ind il i. ,m III '
cure u SPAWN: the lamene<> has aih left m, mare, ard b, further UrT ~ m5p
look for the rump to cave. Tie. ONE bottle wa worth to M len tim. te r " '"' l
lOUr$ truly. EpA VI phil
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08
From COL. l.. T. FOSTER.

Youngstown, Ohio. LAY 10TH 1880
b. hendalI x o. bents:-l hda very valuable HambEtOEhn colt which I
rizedv ry highly, ne al alage one spawn on one joints d II smallo m on the
other, which made him very IN had him under the charge IF 81 yetejnav
surgeons who ftHed to cure lin. l Vas m day reading the advertisement of Zen
dalPs SPAWN Cur in the Chicago ELweSs determined at once TO try il. am Wt am
druggists heret % send for it they orderedt hree bottles l took them all and tbouUbt
! would give it d thorough trial l used it according to CORRECTIONS ans Thu fourth dsr
the colt ceased to he lane,a ant the Jumps had disappeared. used bt one bofu.
and the Hts' limbs are as free from humps and as mootha ~ ny horse in The STAT
have the remaining two bottles h are now usng it. "SD"
Very respectfully, 1T. FOSTER.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE!

THE MOST
ST CCFSSFUL
RE Vi
EVER IDl * OV
Erred; ASST Is
CERTAIN IN
IT'S EFFECTS,
AND DOES
NOT LISTER.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-08
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE

kendalrs SPAWN Cure is sure in its effects mild in its action rs il does mt
blister yet it is penetrating and powerful to Reach any dp seated nIn or - -
move AM b0ny grOwth or an other enlargement ii uNI for several ~. .h -
spavins, splntS canOus. srrains, swelling, IN launrncss md an mia gr,n,.nh"" IS
the joints oil limbs, or rhcumaiSmi IN man and for nv purpose for which, I,jmt
is nsed TO man or beast. 1t i now know to b." the best infm mt tr mnr yer ,f
acting mild yet certain lin it, effects. 10 il used in ruU .irrr.th With nt., I
At ais seasons of tMe year.
END address for Illustrated Circular, Whit VT think gives po.tiven rf afr.
virtues. 20 remedy has NE with surh unqualified success to Or knowI.te 70,
beasts we'll as MAI. Price 81 per bottle. or six bottles for -.
ALL DRUGGISTS have it Or can get it for
or be sent toa ny address on receipt of price. by thep roprirtoS,
Is DR.. b j. KENDALL Il co, Erosburg Falls, Vermont.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-25
WANTED.

A COMPETENT nurse-maid. Apply at 116
N State street. Satisfactory reference required.
may23 d3t~
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-25
WASHINGTON.

The Peruvian Company Investigation.
WASHINGTON, May 24.-Charman Williams
of the House committee on foreign affairs re-
ceived note from Mr.. Blaine last evening an
nounciDg he had been called to Cincinnati upon
important business and requiring the postpone
Consequently there was no meeting of the COM
mittee this forenoon.
Death of Major Gen. Ramsay.
Brevt. Major General George D. Ramsay,
q. S. A. (retired) died last evening in this city.
He was born at Dumfries, Va, February 21st,
1902.
Trescott and Blaine Bound Home.
The State Departments informed that Tres
colt and Blaine took passage in the steamer
which sailed from Aspinwall today for New
York.
Annual Session of the Peace Association
The sixteenth annual meeting of the Uni
versal Peace Union and the first convention of
the National Arbitration League will be held
at the Quaker meeting house here on the last
four days of this month. Eminent speakers
from abroad are expected, and the views of the
people of this country, who believe in the set
tloment of difficulties between nations by the
pacific means of arbitration will be presented.
Miscellaneous.
John W. Dorsey indicted for conspiracy in the
Star Route cases, gave bail thss morning in
$4,000.
It is hardly probable that the tariff eomm1s-
sion will be appointed within less than two
weeks.
Frigate Hartford is being fitted fitted for sea
at Boston to be put in commission some time
next month.
Representative Spooner made an argument
before the House committee on public build
ings and grounds today, in advocacy of the
purchase of additional land adjoining the Gus
tom House lat Providence at cost not ex-
ceeding $175,000.
The President, Secretaries Chandler and
Lincoln today accepted an invitation to be pre-
sent at the reunion of the Grand Army at Bal
timore the 21st and 22d proximo
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-25
OUR COMMON SCHOOLS.
Twenty Eighth Annual Report OF the State
g. superintendent OF Schools.

The 2Sth annual report of the State Superin-
tendent of the Common Schools of Maine has
been issued from the press Hon. N. A. Luce,
the author, has expended much time in pre-
pairing this work, and its elaborateness and
accuracy are very creditable to him. La statis-
tics it is especially rich and full, while its
recommendations should be we'll considered by
every parent and teacher in Maine.
STATISTICAL.
The number of scholars in the State in 1881
was 2l3, ,937 in 1880 214, ,S56; a decrease of 729.
The whole number attending school in 1881
was 150,O67 in 1880, 1889; an increase of
240. The decrease in the number of children
os school age has been constant since 1870, with
the exception of one year, and in eleven
years amounts to the startling aggregate of
14240.
While there has been a decrease in school
population, there has been steady gain IN at
tendance upon our schools. The number of
school districts in the State is 1885, 80 towns
have abolished the district system. There are
4. .3OS school-houses, 5000 of which are reported
in good condition. During the year 81 school
houses have been erected, at an aggregate cost
of S95, ,347 The estimated value of all the
school property in Maine is $3026, ,395. The
number of male teachers employed il summer
schools is 305; male teachers in winter schools,
2,257. Number of female teachers employed
in summer schools, 1885, in winter schools,
2.43l. Total number of teachers in summer
schools, 49SS; in winter schools, 4,6SS OF
these teachers 457 are graduates of Normal
schools, and 4,7l3 of them have had previous
experience.
The average wages of male teachers, per
month, excluding board, is $685. of female
teachers, $1452. The number of towns elect
ing supervisors, was PAT, an increase over 1850,
of %; number electing school committees, 223-
decrease of 10. The total school resources,
for the wear, were S10,47 229. OF this amount
$706 ,52i came from town treasures; 1916 ,459
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-25
STRAIGHT GREENBACKERs.
One Of Them Expresses His Views Re
gardiny Plaisted's Willy Letter.
PORTLAND. May oath, 1S82

PORTLAND. May oath, 1882.
Mr.. EDIT Rim an edition of the Item of
the 23d inst, read copy of my letter to Maj.
S. A. Berry in regard to Gov. Plaisted's letter
which was written to him IS. A. Berry, on the
25d of February last past
AS regards Gov. Plaisted's letter, no Green
backer will find any fault with it. But when
we consider the motive that prompted him to
write that letter, it looks as though there was
,'cat under the meal' in otherlwords which was
uppermost policy or principle? AS. policy and
love of Office has nigh ruined the Greenback
party, think it full time that principle steps
to the front and policy to the rear. 1 did not
leave the Republican party to join Demo
cratic party; hence you can record nae as a
Straight Greenbacker, and be sure you are
right and one that does not propose being sold
out the second time; and as Gov. Plaisted has
his record, SO he will be judged this coming
election. / shall not support him under any
consideration.
A few words for the benefit of the Argus and
its contemporaries. In a recent issue of that
paper it states viz: That the contents fof Gov.
Plaisted's letter had been garbled. Now
allow me to say that that statement is entirely
false, for received the above letter referred to
from S. A. Berry on the 26th of February last
past, and copied the same verbatim; and if the
Argus wishes for proof of the same can furnish
that also, by one or more witnesses. The Ar
gus also states that the contents of Gov. Plaist-
eds letter were such that no Democrats would
take exceptions to the same. 1t is what l call
rather hard pill for Democrats of the Bour-
bon stripe to swallow.
Respectfully yours,
H. w. FLETCHER
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-25
"Ye Cannot Serve Two Masters"


EAST DEERING, May "a.
Mr. EDITOR: Dear Sir--I find my name has
been published as delegate TO each of the
conventions to be held May 30th and June 1st.
do not propose to represent both wings of the
Greenback party, if what call fusion can be
SO called. And as my name has been used
without my knowledge or consent beg leave
to express my unqualified dissent from every
thing pertaining (even in the slightest degree)
to an alliance with the old Democratic party.
"The leopord does not change it's spots, and
however it may be sugar coated and vanished
over with smooth-sounding Greenback senti-
ments, have no faith in the honesty of its
purposes after election is over.
Mr.. Geo. Leavitt tells us in the Argus OF May
10Th that she positively declines the honor, If
honor it can be called of being delegate to
Solon Chase's convention" proposing to ally
himself with that party to whom present sue
cess is more of an object than permanent prin-
ciples Mr.. Geo. B. Leavitt would never have
held town office if it had not been for Scion
Chases Greenback party.
[ respect more the defeat of John Brown,
who was hanged at Harper's Ferry, than all the
success achieved by the Fusion -Greenback party
in the State of Maine. L prefer similar de-
feat with Solon Chase as leader, to all the sue
cess that may be gained by selling out to the
Democrats.
Unlike Mr.. Leavitt esteem it an honor to be
chosen as delegate to represent, not Scion
Chase's convention alone, las it is sneeringly
spoken of but to represent the ideas on which
our government was founded and has been
thus far sustained, namely, the rights of the
common people, which have never been so
much endangered, and never needed thorough
going, straight forward batting for principle,
by staunch men and true as now.
I wish could impress upon the working peo-
pie with words of flame the dangers into which
corrupt leaders of the blind are leading them,
by this cursed bartering of principle for the
sake of few petty offices for the hungry office
seeking politician.
Now want my friend w. H. SHELL and the
committee and all others, to distinctly under
stand that am not candidate for any fusion
with the old Democratic party l cannot for
get their record, and have no faith in their
repentance. I told W. I'll. Smell four years ago
that union with the Democratic party was
death to the Greenback party.
am very respectfully yours,
j. 2. SHATTUCK.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-25
THE INDIANS.

Hostile Apacnes Creating Alarm in Texas
No Outrages Yet Reported.
CHICAGO Nav 24.-A Dallas special says
there is much alarm felt at Carrizzis Pass, 113
miles east of Ell Paso, on account of the prox-
unity of large parties of hostile Apaches going
northwest within distance of three to fifteen
miles from the camps Of hunters, miners and
prospectors near Carrizzs Pass and in full
and New Mexico. being driven by Mexicans
Major Bailor and fifteen Texan rangers are
there and were to scout yesterday after the
hostiles., This is the only place where the In
dians can get through the Guadalupe noun
tains and miners fear an attack but are pre-
pared. No outrages are expected yet.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-25
Try TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.
MAINE.

Aroostook Prohibitionists.
PREsQUE ISLE, May "a. The prohibitionist
convention at this place to-day nominated G..
f. Whidden of Presque Isle for sheriff; J. G..
Hersey of Houlton, county attorney; G. d.
Merritt of Houlton, treasurer; H. Fairfield of
Houlton, register of deeds; Charles Dunn of
Houlton, Theo. Foster of Ashland, county
commissioners. No nomination was made for
senator.
The Maine Eclectic Medical Society.
LEWISTON, May 24.-The Maine Eclectic
Medical Society met in this city to-day. The
following officers were elected:
President Robinson, M. D., Dur
ham.
Vice President-J. 1. Brown, M. D., Athens.
Secretary-J. L. Wright M. D.. Lewiston.
Treasurer-N. r. Martin, M. D., Saccarappa.
Librarian w. W. Watson, M. D., Auburn.
Counsellors-Messrs. Buzzell Marble and
Holmes.
Launch at Bath.
BATH, May 24-Messrs. Adams Hitch
cock launched to-day the schooner Carrie A.
Norton, $50 tons, owned by the builders and
others. Capt Merrill E. Hodgdon commands
bar