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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-08
REMEDIES.

KEN tlIIfS'
The possible speedy occurrence OF a sec
Ond brood makes it exceedingly desirable
that measures should be at once devised TO
destroy this brood in the fields, before It
has inflicted any serious damage upon the
wheat. There are but two methods which
occur to me in this connection: viz. me
chanlcal destruction and poisoning. AS
soon aS the worms commence 70 appear in
the wheat, in October and November, |
would advise rolling with a heavy roller
such fields AS are in suitable condition,
with the hope and expectation that most OF
the worms would then be crushed.
When they are evidently progressing
from one part of Il field to another, if other
remedies fail, an eXpedient successfully
resorted TO by a farmer in Mason county
may be tried that of blowing under the
infested area, rolling heavily afterwards.
Next to these simple measures, believe
that the use of arsenical poisons would be
found most efficient To spray or sprinkle
Young wheat with diluted Paris green or
London purple, or the arSeniCal solution
used by fruit growers, would not be too
troublesome and expensive an undertaking,
if thereby field of wheat were saved
from complete destruction, especially if
some mechanical means of distributing the
poison We're used.
In case horde of worms We're march
inc across field, doubtless the entire
party would he destroyed by poisoning a
strip of the wheat in front of them.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
Fully half the grass worms collected by
us this month We're more or less seriously
parasltized, and il is consequently quite
likely that they will do no serious injury
next year over the area now affected by
them; but prudence would dictate either
that wheat he not sOwn upon oats ground
another season, or else that especial care be
taken 70 keep down the volunteer oats pre-
vious 10 the sowing of the wheat
In conclusion have 10 request OF those
10 whom this notice may come, early in
formation of the appearance of another
brood this year, in case such occurs, in or
der that our observations upon the life his
tory of the species and experiments upon
methods of meeting lis attacks may be sat
isfaCtorily completed from re
port by :, A. Forbes, state EntomologiSt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-08
LIFE HISTORY.


In 1884, these caterpillar, abounded in
Georgia. late in September and early in
October went into the ground in the latter
month. and emerged as moths from the
2sth to the 30th--dates closely agreeing
with those noted this fall.
In 1870 the first brood of the caterpillars
reported. occurred in August and the fore
part of September, and these in due time
produced moths which gave birth to a new
generation of worms that began 10 make
their presence manifest towards the end OF
October. On the 1th of November, this
last brood Of worms was not fully grown,
and they doubtless passed the winter in the
earth as pupp Traces Of even an earlier
brood were detected during this outbreak,
50 that il is altogether probable that three
and even more generations occur during
the season, the destructive ones being latest
in the wear. The earliest observations
made this year which have come TO my
knowledge did not extend farther back
than October /, at which time the Larvae
varied in size from those half grown 10
mature individuals ready 10 pupate Within
a week from that date CaterpillarS We're
rare in the fields, vast majority OF them
having already entered the earth for their
Here they are now rest
ING in oval cells at depths ranging from
half inch to two or three inches, and from
these they win probably soon emerge rs
months
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-08

The winter wheat fields Of Tazewell,
Mason and Fulton counties, and probably
or adjacent territory, have lately been dev.
o.,etel Nv caterpillar which has been
very generally mistaken for the true army
worm. but which l., in MI probability, In"
uora.. worm or fall army Worm,' since
II arree, with published figures and de-
crintious Of that insect in every particular
except that the average cu.oIs are d"cl-
5adIv darker in the examples ! have seen.
Tie damage already inflicted /. very
considerable, many hundreds Of acres oi
winter wheat having been completely de
youred in these coUn'ie. anG subsequently
resolved.
DESCRIPTION.
The larva i, from IN inch 20 IN inch and
q half m length, the ground color some.
what variable, but in most Of the peel
men, which have examined, dark brown,
gpproaching 20 black, Il !, marked with
several paler stripes, most conspicuous
along the sides The under surface ! red
dish Green: the head jet black with J
shaped white mark upon the front The
back is commonly black or very dark
brown. with a narrow yellow line along the
middle. and irregular white lineationN
along the border Of the dorsal space. Thi,
black dorsal band is boldered upon each
side by q yellow line, below which, upon
the side of the larva, is black stripe, and
beneath the breathing pores is drab =
yellowish band notified with pale brown.
Minute shining black tuberc.es, each bear
Ing conspicuous black hair, may be seen
ali over the surface eight or ten 20 each
segment,
The pupa is dark brown, Of The usual
form, and especially distinguished by two
sharp spines AT the tip Of the abdomen.
The general color of the moth is mouse
.ray yaregated with smoky brown, yel-
lowi,h, and pearly or blush white. The
hind wings are white with q faint yellow
ish tint, ,emitransparent and Slightly iwi-
descent The wings expand from ~ 4
inches. Sometimes the front wings are Of
a more uniform and darker color, grayish
brown or deep smoky brown lnclining 10
black, and sometimes they are greatly SUI
fused with yellowish.
The eggs, which are deposited in SINAI!
clusters, often in TWO or three layers one
above another, are nearly spherical, Of a
pale yellow color, and are slightly ribbed.
They are laid upon the Leaves OF the plants
upon which the larvae are 70 feed,
Trl IrTSYnRE
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-08

During the year ending September l,
the Minneapolis Touring mills shipped
4,Sl4,42i barrels of flour against 4,0S9,9OS
the previous year; an increase of 124,5s6
or II per cent. The receipts of wheat for
the same period amounted to 23,5l4,jtG
bushels, against l9,293,3.5 an increase of
1921 POI bushels, % per cent over the pre-
yiOuS wear
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10
a New L.ife-preserver a, Sea.

One of the chief elements of danger to
a good swimmer in rough sea lies IN the
sutiocating and Supplying effects OF the
waves breaking over his head. Even
when the body is suspended by a life-belt,
drowning frequently results from the force
Of the sea; and to provide against this,
William Wilkins has invented new life
preserver, consisting of an atmospheric
helmet and belt. The helmet is provided
with ample arrangements for sight, speech
and respiration, and both 1t and the belt
are divided into two compartments, the
buoyant power of either of the four COM
partments alone being sufficient to prevent
the wearer from sinking. Indeed, 1t has
been calculated that the weight of man
In the sea, when fully dressed, is only six
pounds, while the belt viii sustain forty
pounds and the helmet twenty pounds.
Both helmet and belt can be inflated and
put on in about three minutes. This new
-preserver was exhibited at the Fish
cries Exhibition, but has recently been
considerably improved in many minor
points. In trial in a rough sea off Brigh-
ton Its efficiency was fully demonstrated,
and it seems likely that the invention viii
be found particularly useful TO members Of
iife-boat crews, who at present are often
washed ont Of their beats and drowned,
although provided with cork jackets Cas-
sells Family Magazine.
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DAILY RECORD UNION
The North and the Railroads.

TIKI JbAlAShAs
The San Francisco Chronicte Publishes
an editorial in regard TO the decay OF
mountain counties, which looks like an
effort to prevent their development to any
extent, probably aimed as a slap at the
people who desire to encourage the invest
ment OF capital III building railroad lines
and opening our mines to enrich the entire
country. When the mines were first dis
covered in the mountain sections when
gold was easy to obtain, with but little
trouble. there was a much larger pop
ulation than afterwards, but these
sections are filing up again, and
with speedy and cheap means OF
communication VIII prove as valuable
as any other sections OF the State tor agrl-
cultural and stock raising purposes, with
the additional benefit Of producing an
abundance Of gold
The GJoaiclc donkey says the county OF
Klamath was abolished, and in its place We
have Del Norte Lassen and MOdOc. The
former county was between SiSklyOu and
the coast, on the southwest and the latter
are on the east Of Siskiy0u ard Shasta,
along the Nevada line Old Klamath
county vas the lower portion Of Del Norte,
and never was capable Of sustaining q
County organization, having spht of from
thfpreScnt Del NC-tc cpOn q county seat
var, the people OF lower klamath county
removing the county seat to Orleans Bar,
which caused the Crescent City people 10
make a fight for new county, IN which
they succeeded.
The Chronicles illusions to mountain
counties has the same force in reference 10
the interior counties of every State, and
San Francisco to-day would not make a
respectable sheep ranch but for It's prOXim-
ity 10 the Golden Gate, or entrance from
the Pacific Ocean, by reason OF which posi-
ton IFS merchants and business become the
middle men for the interior and mountain
counties, and become rich from their lib
crafty, with Il small potato meanness III
opposition to any development Of sections
destined TO help these mlsers by improve
ment.
Fruit, grain and products Of all kinds
can be grown successfully in the noun
tains, as well as the low valleys in fact the
finest and most productive vineyards are 10
be found in the mountain raYincs and
gIlcheS, where there is any chance to ship
the wheat to market by faster ana cheaper
means than mule teams. We have seen
men every day visiting our mountain val
leys in search Of land, in place Of remain
ing on the tule Lands of Sacramento. San
joaquin and other valleys AZ the sea level,
where their crops are flooded and DESTROYED
whenever We have a severe winter Of rain
and snow.
The inference Of the Chronicle man Is 20
put forth no effort 10 help the mountain
sections in ueaetiting the people Of the
State III the matter of railroad Communica-
ton, because II viii interfere with the sue
cess OF its tanatical yelping toward cinch-
ing capitalists and stopping them
from building railroads The result viii
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

"A Chinarnan committed suicide Weones-
day morning by hanging himself al Berke-
ley.
Many old, as well as young, people at
Truckee are suffering from the whoopiEs
cough.
a new telegraph line has just been com
pleted from Belknap and Eagle City to
C9ur d'Alene mines.
The imports into British Columbia for
| the quarter Just ended amounted to 81 zoo
Geo. The exports were valued at S676 o00.
Dwelling-houses at HALEY, Idaho, are in
yaded by stink-bug,h an insect which
emits an odor, il is said, so sickening that
ali who smell 1t want 10 die"
A bark arriving at Victoria, b. c., reports
having seen vessel bottom mp near Mon
| tauk point. The wreck is supposed 10 be
| the British vessel Heroine, bound for u
Southern port.
Charles Eastman a resident Of Emigrant
Gap, was found dead in his bed Wednes-
day morning at 6 O'clock. He is supposed
to have died in q III, produced by an excess
i've use of liqQor An inquest was held on
the body by the Coroner from Auburn,
4 serious stabbing ARRAY occurred at
Jacinto, C0lusa county. Sunday afternoon,
between couple Of drunken rowdies,
named Pat Cronev and Charley EmmonS.
The cutting was done at the Home
Place on the Glenn ranch, and Bmmons
| received five ugly stabs, and is SAID to be in
| a dangerous condition, but the wounds are
not necessarily fatal.
wednesday night. in a saloon in West
| Oakland, = man named Bowers struck u
! brakeman Of the Sacramento train named
Harrison over the head with q loaded cane,
intlicting a severe wound, which was sewed
up by physician Bowers states that the
| assault was committed ON account Of HarYi-
son having made . teionious assault upon
his 14-yeaF-olG daughter. Harrison denied
the charge.
4 peculiar case Of . bird killing itself for
| love Of its lost mate took place in East Oak
| land last Tuesday afternoon. The birds
male and female canarTes-Sere the prom
erty of Mr. Calberg On Monday The female
bird died and the male bird, after one or
two piaintive notes, became mute and re-
fused to eat. Tuesday afternoon the owner
went 70 see how the bird Jared, and found
that Il had squeezed its head through the
wires of its cage and had strangied itself 10
| death.
benjamin. Hill, James Lear, William
! Wigs and Russle Speegie charged wiki
robbing John Simpsons safe at Tehama,
were araigned in the Superior Court of Te-
hama county Wednesday. Wigs and
Hill pleaded not guilty. The other
two were gwen until Friday, May
9th, 10 plead. AS the prisoners were
descending the stairway from the Court
room, Gibbons said 10 Wigs " You are
going to give as all away, are you, you ID
-, and send Us all 10 States Prison p
og sg to of G G2P fe T f5c ni he T @6b S
Hill has given good deal Of the crooked
ness away, and now IL looks as il Wigs was
going To tell the whole story.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10

MEnIcAL VALUE OF VEGETABLES -Ac-
cording to the Ne3.cdl Record asparagus is
g strong diuretic and forms part Of the
cure for rheumatism at suchth heal resorts
as Aix-les-B ains Carrots, rs containing
quantity Of sugar. are avoided by some per
sons, while others complain Of them as
indigcstible; in Savoy the peasants have
recourse to an infusion OF carrots as a spc-
cific for iaundice. The large sweet onion is
very rich in those alkaline elements which
countcract the poison OF rheumatic gout
and on being slowly stewel III weak broth
and eaten with little Nepauj pepper it
proves an admirable article OF diet Tor pa
;icnts of studious and seientary habits
The stalk Of cauihowcr have the same sort
OF value. Lettuce IS also TO ue mentioned
in this connection the plant has ight
narcotic action OF we.,-known value, and
when properly cooked is eisy Of digestion
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10

THE CoLoRIEG WooDs.-The different
kinds Of dyewoods used in this country are
iogwood and fustic, from the West Indies
Lima, from tie shores Of the Pacific, and
the bar and cam woods from Africa The
woods mentioned, with the exception of
fastic, which is yellow, are red, but of vari-
ous shades. The sapponia wood, which Is
a delicate pink, comes from the East In
dies. The costs Of the woods in the rough
are, according to the Providence ,Jo'lraa5,
as follows Logwood, from $50 to $25 a
ton; the red woods, from $40 &c so 4 ton,
and the cam wood about $3.50 ton. The
latter wood comes from the interior Of
Africa, costs considerable for transport
alton, and IS becoming scarce. Cam wood
is used mostly by wooler manufacturers in
making their dyes. This wood Is drawn
to the markets IN Africa by slaves, and
very frequently staples and chains are
found attached TO the logs when they az
rive IN this city, and poisonous insects Of
that lime are often found in the hoioys
Of The wood, which are speedily killed.
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Cannot All be Driven.

Mountain Messenger In Their anger and
cKagrin at being baked Of their desire for
cinch legislation, the anti-mouopoly man
ayers seem to forget that no two men can
see even a dog fight from the same stand
point Il may be that the time has arrived
when Democrats cannot al be driven by
the party lash to do as Democrats that
which they would not do rs men We in
fer that this may be 50 because we find
throughout the State many Democrats
whom we believe TO be honest and know
to be intelligent, opposed 10 the legislation
desired by the sponsors OF this extraord.-
mary session. Their opinions are OF value to
Us, and they ought to be of value to every
man who cares enough about the politics
Of the State To- wish to be informed in re-
gard 70 It's necessities Ii may be that there
is not, among the people of this State, that
crying demand that somebody must be
Tucjiied which we are told is the case.
And ii may be that many who are CRYING
i0udest are in the condition OF that other
multitude, Of whom ii was said more than
eighteen centuries ago, when assembled
upon an extraordinary occasion. ana for
purposes similar, Lord. forgive them
they know not what they do.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10
RTgING PLAcE oF J

REsTTNG PLACE Or JEFFERsON-A
bronze tablet has been placed upon the
front Of the new Pennsylvania National
Bank building, Philadelphia, Pa, bearing
the Inscription Goa this site originally
stood the dwelling in which Thomas JET
ferson drafted the Declaration OF hide
Pendercc which WIS adopted ny the Con
tinental Congress IN this city, July j.
l776. Directed, l775; removed, 1888" The
Ledger says that the question whether
Jefferson drafted the document in the COR
ner house or in the one adjoining on tho
west still is = matter of dispute, but as the
bank building covers both lots the accuracy
OF the inscription on the tablet is not dis
pM.ee.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10

ARTIFICIAL HUXty MUK-Thpre are
several factories in England for making ar
tifcial human milk, which is extensively
used. i is made from pure cows milk,
which iSiirs, placed ina Theoretically sealed
boiler and heated TO a temperature of 1909
c. 70 destroy all germs. Then q digestive
Torment, called panGeatine, is added, by
which artificial digestion IS produced.
Then dilute acids are used 70 precipiate
the excess OF albUmeu and 20 b.ing about
the same constitution Is human milk. The
process is too intricate for ordinary use.
The product is said TO produce excellent
results Thirty sick children ;ei on it in q
public institution gained IN health and
weight most rapidly Scientific Press.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10

The careless way in which people viii
sign petitions has just had forcible Illus
tr3.tion in Massachusetts, petition was
widely circulated asking that the rights OF
colorcd children be more definitely settled
IN the public schools. II was circulated by
colored men, and signed by all classes
dignifed Judges, sober members Of the
Clergy, virtuous matrons and prudish
spinsters What must have been the con-
sternatioa among the signers when on
reading the preamble this sentence ap-
peared We, the parents of colored chill
Srav, otto -
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-

'Sfr" AND SET Many Of the agri-
cultural journals are aorcly t-oJpicd to
know whether q hon sits or sets If some
editor of dignity would set a ben on the
nest. and the editors would let her sit, II
would be vel for The world Now q man.
or q woman either, can set hen, although
they cannot sit her. neither can they Set
on her although the Old hen might sit on
them by The hour If they would allow A
man cannot set on the wash bench but
he could SCI the tasiu On 1t, and neither
the basin nor the grammarian would OBJ
icCt He could SIT on q dogs tail ii the dog
were willing, or be might sc; his foot on il.
But If he should set on the aforesaid tail,
or sit his foot there, The grammarans, Is
well as The dog would how And vet.
strange as il may seem the man might ser
the tail aside and then sit down. and not
be assailed by either the dog or the gram
marians.-l Oregon Statesman.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10

ARouvD THE WoRLD BY STEAM 1t IS
seriously proposed to constrlc: 4 railroad
10 Alaska, to connect, by ferryboat across
Behring's Strait, with the Siberian railroad
system now being constructed by Russia
Such 4 scheme may be visionary one
Just n this time; but that it viii event
ualiy be realized, and that within fifty years,
is much more probable than was the cor
s,ruction of railroad from the Missouri
to the Pacific thirty years ago The Rus
slams are actually building a road across
Siberia. and within ten or twelve years the
locomotive VIII reach one of their Pacific
ports When that Is accomplished, a road
from this side 10 meet it viii become q
prime necessity
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10

The latest novelty in New York city is
paper soap, which is mainly for the use of
travellers The sheets of paper, which are
nut up in the form of small book OF
about three inches square, are coated with
soap, and said to be Just as good as the
regulation article, in addition to being much
handler. There are fifty soap sheets in
each book, costing in the aggregate about
as much as az ordinary cake Of soap.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10

DR.. Crcssi1ey writes: at Is wonderful
thing to see the power OF experimental sci
euce over the toughest lads. My own be
lief Is that in our young blackguards we
have & most amazing reserve power Of sci
entifc research. They are alive in every
sense, and have watched them at the sci
ence lessons as keenly interested as If they
we're up to mischief In the streets"
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Half THE SEX INyALIps.-Our dainty
notions have made woman such a dollhouse
plant that one-half the sex are invaids.
Better that our women, Ike the German
and Italian girls, should labor on the high
way, and share in the toll of the harvest,
than pine and sicken in the indoor and
sedentay routine TO which our superstition
condemns them But ] leave this sad topic
FOX ether hands Wendell Philips,
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The Thames IS about 10 have & second
tunnel The Severn resents the attempt at
tunnel by periodically flooding out and
drowning the operators; The Mersey tun-
mel is rapidly becoming fsct, and the pro
jectors OF the Huber tunnel promise SIG
ross
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FIFTH DAY.
Nay 10th.
SatIIria,

Saturday May 10TH
No. Il. TROTTING-Purse, 500; 2:27 class
George Leihys blk G 4. b.. by Milliman's Bell
founder. dam thoroughbred mare.
W F. smith b. G. Adair, by Electoneer dam
Addie Lee.
NJ. NJ. Aliens CHI. 8. lump Winston, pedigree
not given.
J. 4. Goldsmith b. m. Sister, by admiral.
No. u. PACISG-Purse, 500; for PAGERS owned
IN Sacramento county January J. 1871, which
have never beaten go
F. H. Slack br 6 General Garfield, by Tccum-
sch, dam 4 Nelson mare.
Worth obers b. s. Johnny Catch em, by
Frimus.
!. II. Todhunter's Ct. 5. Revenue, by Ulster
Chief, dam Marysyille Queen.
Albert Teitjens b. IN. Patti, by CTisman's
Patchen, dam by General Knox.
J w Wilson'S b. G. ROden, pedigree not given.
p Potter Oh. z. Ned Forest pedigree no; given.
Races commence at ! O'Clock sharp
each day.
as- Admission to the grounds aud grand
stand, so cents; ladies free
J. W. WILSON, President.
c. Il. ToDp, Secretary. m2-td
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Caution !-LOOk out Ior MN ono NIiiy-
ton and other parties have been falsely claiming
TO be able 10 repair, and otherwise represent the
White" and others Of my sewing machines in
Sacramento county The sole agency of the
White New Home" and Crown for Sac
ramento and vicinity is in the hands Of W. a.
STEPHENSON, 500 J street. who aiso keeps 8
stock OF supplies for MS own and othermachines
(Signed) SAMUEL HILL ESTATE
By ARTHUR NJ. HILL, Manager, ga Market street
San Francisco. apl0lmG uThS