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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-27
RESULTS md SUGGESTIONS.

\ correct idea Of the amount Of insect
life destroyed by the Los Angeles electric
mast lights can only be formed by witness
ing the cleaning Of the globes There is no
cNag@crution in stating that the viticultur
ISIS and fruit-4roWcrs in the immediate
vicinity of Los Angeles are deriving great
benefits from the electric lights, by the
destruction Of the large SphynX moths, as
well aS the smaller species of moths.
At the electric light on the corner Of
Fourth and K streets, in this city, which is
only elevated about nine feet above the
sidewalk. | have captured eighty-liye spe
cics of injurious insects this season.
Can the electric lights be utilized in the
war against insect pests? | have no hest
ta;i"n III answering the inquiry in the at
trna'ivc especially in large vineyards
where tn" vines have been infested tie
previous ycdr or season by the catcrpilars
Of the Achcmon sphyny or vine caterpillar.
For instance many OF the vineyardistS
have steam power on the premises. The
outlay required would be the electric light
machine and the wires to conduct the cur
rent ! light elevated on a mast from
thirty To fifty feet high should be sufficient
for thirty acres of vineyard. About the
time the perfect insect is ready to emerge
from the ground (Which can be readily
learned by Watching the pupH, placed in a
warm spot of soil, or kept inside of . build
ing in q moderately warm place if the
lights are put in operation the number Of
moths that Will be destroyed in one month
will well repay such expense.
I have constructed a trap TO be placed
Owe. aud around the electric light which |
viii describe hereafter. as think it can vet
be- improved to some extent.
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iii Il E.NPEtSS SEItE8IINI,
NR. ALLEN, AS Is WELL KNOWN. Is 4
educated at BOwdoin college and the University
of Michigan. He has devoted q lifetime to- anG
is acknowledged to be, the p1Ost expert Surgeon
III bis specially on the Pacific toast.
YOUNG MEN
And MIDDLE-AGEo MEN. who are suiTerin;
cesses in mGturer years, NERVOUS and PHYSICAL
DEBILITY, INPUTESCY, LOST MANHOOD confusion
nf ideas, dali eyes, aversion to sociGEv- dCpOnd-
enCy, pimpleS On the face, loss of energy nn6
memory, frequency of urinatinG etc, remer.
Der, that ty a combination OF vegetable r6UcGiC,
arranged his treatment that 1t will not only
afford Immediate relief hut permanent cure.
HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
Having been surgeon in charge of two leading
hOspitals), enables me TO treat all private
troubles with excellent results. ! wish it dis
tinctly understood that 90 not claim to perform
impossbilities or to have miraculous ~ super
natural power. | claim only 10 be Il s;litfUi ans
successful Physician and Surgeon, hpr0WgARy in
formed in my speciality
DISEASES OF MAN.
All applying to me will receive my h9reSi
opinion of their complaints-no experimenting.
| win guarantee a positive c1UC in every case
undertake or forfeit 81 ,oG0. COnSultati1u y
office or by letter FREE and strictly priTa-e
Charges moderate. Thorough examination. in
Guiding chemical 8ud microscopical analysis o;
urine and advice, s.. Office hours 10 daily.
TO evening Sunday, to II only. Gail OF
address
DIR. ALLEN,
2G1s Rearny street, San Francisco, Cal.
p. ST have a vegetable compound, the re
suit of many years Of special practice and hard
study which under my special advice has never
failed of success in the cure of Lost Manhood,
Prostatorrnea, etc. o20-spt
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DR.. ALLEN )
PRIVATE DISPENSiRY.


261a Kearny Street, san Francisco, Car.
ESTABLISHED FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AND SPEEDY
CJEE OF CHRONIC, NERVOUS AlSD
SPECIAL DISEASES
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- Per Ton.

n7;-Fxcursion Tickets at Reduced Rates Tor
passage or further particulars. apply to J. D.
SPREGEkIS q bros, Aiss0as, 81 Market street
corner Fremont. ols-I
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CHAS. ZEIILER,
PIONEER LIVERY STABLE.

HACKS ON CALL AT ANY HOUR,A
ii day or night. Coupes, Phaetons, Al EE1
Rockaways, Barouches, Buegies, with MI
the best roadsters TO be found in any livery
stable on the coast, for hire. Horses kept in
livery at reasonable rates Livs ~ Stable on
Fnnrth street. h tween aud J. Witt
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Crops are damaged IN British Columbia
by The wet weather
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MARTIN KESTLER,

400 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal.
Private Entrance, 4G5 Mason street, four blocks
40 Geary street from Kearny. Nam entrance
rtrD7rh DiSnensarV Drug Store. dS-lYSWiy
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rus PROVED VERY EFrEcrvr

As did The coal oil in bottoms. BY con
slant Watching [ learned that fully ninety
per cent. of the insects attracted by the
light were captured.
This form of lanterns proved a success in
capturing moths, beetles plant bugs and
leaf-hoppcr% / had failed heretofore in
capturing the collin moth by lights with
this lantern [ captured some every night,
although there were no infected trees with
in seventy, five yards of where the lantern
was placed. This form Of lantern is also
protection TO the coal-oil lamp; the wind
docs nov interfere with is burning.
When engaged III making the above eX-
perimcuts Colonel c. H. Rowland, Presi-
dent Of the Los Angeles Electric Company.
called my attention. to The amount of moths
captured in the globes Of the electric lights
placed On masts. used for lighting the city
of Los Angeles, at an elevation of $50 feet
above the ground He forwarded spcci-
mems OF the different species captured and
Al were injurious. In the month of July
and again in August l visited Los Angelo,
amt personally witnessed the cleaning Of
die gjobc- by Mr.. Cooper. The number Of
injurious insects destroyed daily was I'M
meuse. especially those species OF moths
whose catcrrillarS are most destructive to
srapeyincs. dcciGUous trees and vegetables.
In some instances the globes have been
50 filled with the dead bodies Of the insects
p, ta pUt ont die lirutS
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METEOROLOGICAL.
ELECTRIC LIGHT AS A PEST TRAP
AND EXTERMINATOR.
Experiments and SuggestiQnS-A Va
riety of Insects-Their Hab-
its, Description, Etc.

Specially prepared by Matthew Cooke for the
RECoRD-UNGoN and WEEKLY UNION.
In devising means for the determination
Of insect pests the investigator is required
to study and make practical trials of every
device which comes under his observation
so as to learn the merits they possess, if
any ON examination Of many of the de-
vices recommended for capturing night
flying insects l found them deficient; or,
in other words, that only small percent
age of the insects attracted by the lights
were captured l constructed a lamp in
the form of triangle, the sides being six
teen inches square; in the three sides were
placed glasses making a cavity in form of an
inverted fruStum of Il pyramid, the inner
plane Tor opening next the light is two
inches square, the outer plane, or base, is
about sixteen by sixteen inches; and the
hight between the planes about four inches.
The light is placed in the center of the
space formed by the inner planes of the cav
lilies, and opposite the openings. The bot
tom and top Of the lantern are made of tin,
the latter having a chimney over the lamp.
In the bottom of the lantern poured some
cOal-oil. | also experimental by using bll-
bach Sprinkled on the bottom and also on
tapes hung in the corners Of the lantern, 50
that the insects flying around inside would
come i'm contact with il.
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u Dc W7I.T0 0. juno Nh ETTCI'W
>owcd quantity OF Russian white oats on
his place at Round Valley. The stand. q
very heavy one, IS iV. riferins. y COM
peten, judge gs..maJcs :ha, Tins crop will
harvest 200 ponds per acre. ON the
same place Is 'ina pie,, of wheat of O. new
variety. It WIS o1Nn very thick, but The
stubbie is strong and the heads are remark
ably well developed Mr. Birchim thinks
that an average yield OF sixty bushels per
acre would be lair estimate. lnyo indie
pendent
An exchange says o calf may be raised
without milk. as foIlows Tie up in Il
cloth three or four pound, Jf dry rye -four
and boil it for siy hours. When this is
cold CRATE OF from il two ounces. and boil
this in two quarts OF waterwi.h TWO ounces
OF oatmeal and two ounces Of cornlueal :
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Z and I'D q a5tTeSt,
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Most powerful electric belts free to patients.
To PROVE THE WONDERFUL POWER OF THE n
A s. BOTTLE GIVEN or SENT FREE.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-01

months IbV mani or carTltII -
rur SfORNTNG NEWS Mondays, Wed
nesdavs and Fridays, or Tuesdays,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-01

The growth Of the express business In
this country has been marvellous. Its
proportions are enormous. The agents
and employees Of the express companies
are found wherever there is a railroad,
steamboat or stage line. These agents
and employees, as a class, have no supe-
riors. 1t is seldom that one of them is
charged with crime Of any kind. This IS
probably due to the fact that the compa-
MES accept the services only Of those who
have established regulations for integrity,
fidelity and business capacity. The in
stances where they have risked and even
lost their lives in defense of the property
under their care are numerous. The
movements and proceedings of such
BODY of men very naturally attracts a
considerable share of public attention.
The seventh convention Of the Express
mems Aid Society meets on the 18th OF
this month. 1t will be held in the spacious
cabin of one OF the St. Johns river steam
ers. which has been placed at the service
of the society by II. B. Plant, the Presi-
dent of the steamboat company, who is
also President of the Aid Society. A con-
vention on a steamboat will be somewhat
6es et IL tha bistQF gf OF hs such 5 gather
will, it is expected, be an event worth re-
membering in the lives of those who take
part in it. 1t will extend to those parts
of Florida which can be reached by
railroads and steamboats,. Railroad
passes covering 1920 miles have been
provided for the eXcursiOnists. 1t is eX-
pected that the convention will be I'M
usually large. The managers and princi-
pal officials of the different express COM
panies will be present as the guests of the
Southern Express Company. After the
trip through Florida, the entire party will
visit Savannah and inspect the most i'm
portant express office in the South. The
direction of all matters pertaining to the
convention and excursion will be in the
hands of Col. NJ. j. O'Brien, General Su-
perintendent of the Southern Express
Company, who will see that the pro-
gramme is carried out successfully and
satisfactorily.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-01

A good deal has been said in the past
about the $1,000 that is spent every year
on the White House conservatory at
Washington. and frequently the questloh
has been asked, what is done Win INC
flowers. and what need the country 10 na7
for them? Whatever perlpatetic pun
clans NAV have said on this SUBJECT Oon-
gross has commended its estnetlc Iaste
nv annually continuing the approprla-
+ion and now the conservatory IS sald 10
he tho most beautiful and complete estaD-
1ishment of the kind in the whole country.
There are. in the conservatory proper,
over 5000 plants, and in the other not
houses connected with it, over 12,OOO. a
newspaper correspondent, probably the
same one that has been interviewing the
Presidents valet, has been quizzlng the
gardener. That official states that Ihe
number of plants is largely Increased eF-
cry year. and that now the conserVator!
contains floral representatives from every
country in the world.
The conservatory and hot houses are
heated by hot water conveyed through
them in pipes, and nearly two huhoreu
TONS of coal are consumed every winter
Every day the White House IS decorated
with about three hundred plants remark
able for the beauty OF their flowers ana
foliage. The most elaborate decorations
are displayed at State dinners and puDilc
receptions. Every room is decorated
daily except the East Room, when mas
been left bare of late on account Oh tne
depredations Of visitors, who could not re-
sist the patriotic desire to appropriate
the flowers-and sometimes, pots, planIs
and alias mementoes. 1t would De
good idea for our Presidents to lnaugu-
rate the plan of presenting each VISITOR
with diminutive nOsegay as souvenir
1t is stated that President Arthur al
WAYS has the round table profusely dec
GRATED at his Cabinet meetings. This Is a
good idea. 1t can certainly do the min
istrv no harm to have their olfactory
nerves tickled with the fragrance OF How
ers. In discussing the perpleXing and
often morally doubtful questions OF state
it is well for them to have with them as
mute councillors these delightful re-
minders of the good, the beautiful, ano
the true.
Taken all in all, the White House con
servatory ought to be literally sustained
and the country will not begrudge the
money. provided it is honestly and eco
nOmically expended.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-01
The Divorce Evil.

There are indications that those who
make and those who administer the laws
are becoming aroused to the danger TO
society from the rapidly increasing num-
her Of divorces in almost every State. The
ease with which divorces are obtained
encourages people to seek them, who, for
any cause, want to dissolve their mar
riage relations. In some Of the States
the number Of divorces in proportion TO
the number Of marriages is absolutely
startling. On Tuesday last the Governor
OF Rhode Island, in his annual message to
the Legislature, called attention to the
fact that the State had acquired reputa-
ton for easy divorces as unenyiable as
that which it has for illiteracy. lie pre-
scented some figures which can hardly tall
to make a deep impression on tie puDllc
mind. 1t must be remembered that
one-third Ofthe population OF Rhode Islahd
is Roman Catholic. The adherents OF that
church do not figure to any extent IN the
divorce courts. But, counting the Ko-
man Catholic marriages, there was in 1882
one divorce for every 8 40 marriages.
Forthe ten years ending December 81, 1882,
there were 2,S24 applications for divorce,
Of which 2,201 were granted. ms num-
Der is remarkably large for population
so small as that Of Rhode Island. In the
majority of these cases there was no ap-
pearance by the defendants. In many oil
them the reason ALLEGED for the divorce
was adultery, and vet there was no prose
cution Of anyone for adultery based on the
evidence given in these divorce suits. Inc
Governor urged on the Legislature the ne
cessitv of legislation to check the divorce
evil. j.,
In Cincinnati last week Judge refused
a divorce to the Rector Of the Cincinnati
| University. because he discovered IRON the
| testimony that neither the Rector nor ms
wife had attended to their duties with sui
/ ficient devotion to entitle them to di-
yorce. This Judge was clearly not an adj
| vocate of easy divorces. IL there were
| few more like him there would soon be
healthier tone apparent in society respect
/ ING divorces. Lately, in Chicago, Judge
Shepard decided that a wOman's legal
residence is where that OF her husband IS
| The laws of Illinois require years resi-
I dence before a divorce can DE ouIdlheu'
/ there.
Chicago divorces cannot be secured by
women whose husbands do not reside IN
that State. since this decision. Before
this decision Chicago was about the east
est place in the country to obtain di-
vorce, and both men and women resorted
there for that purpose. The decision does
not affect men. They can secure lodgings
there for the legal time, and thus meet the
requirements Of the law.
The cases cited show that the popular
mind is being drawn towards the divorce
/ evil. More stringent legislation with the
view Of checking it will certainly be de-
manded in the near future. The dangers
to be apprehended from it are too great to
permit 1t to continue to increase without
/ an effort to remedy it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-01
BRIGHT BITS.

NOTHER-"Now. Nellie. tell me who this
gentleman is" Nellie-''That amt no gen
tleman-that's pa"
A MISSISSIPPI widow has recently received
$4,000 from the lodges of which her husoahu
was a member. Cut this out and paste u on
your nose when you come nome very ialS'
Phitddelphtd CdH.
WIDow VAN CoTT saws: ''No Christian can
afford to use tobacco Tobacco Is aWiuily
high. that's fact. We hope Mrs. Van CotI
will use her influence to have the tax reduc-
ed.-Phitddetphid eau.
IT SEEMS that st. Louis has one Mexican
Consul two Mexican exchanges three Next
can papers. and no Mexican trade. There is
A disparity somewhere IN this arrangement
st. Louis Post Dispatch
PAPA-"Acc0rding to this new standard,
Minnie, we must set the clock back about FOUR
minutes. eh?" Minnie Still in the market
-Four minutes Put it back lots, papa. Noth.
ing less than ten years Will DO me any Soou'
CUsroMgR-"Are all Smyrna rugs alike"
StOrckeeper-"No, indeed; there IS great,
very great difference in Smyrna rugs. Gus-
tomer-''What is the principal point o. dlIler-
ence?" Storekeeper-"Wen some smyrna
rugs are Smyrna rugs, but most smyrna rugs
are not SMYRNA gs."-PhiLddetpttd Cdtt.
THAT white girl who has married Fred
Douglass is probably like the late peculiar
Hayes, VIXEN he made that speech acknoWI-
edgipg that he had been defeated Tor the
1
was overwhelmed with grief when he Thought
of the sufTerings of the poor egro.-HdrJoTd
Times.
AT a fashionable reception in Washington
the hostess, noticing suspicious looking
character among the guests, directed her
sons attention to him, saying: Il thought
had taken care to invite no Western Con-
gressmen" 'He isn't a Western Congress
man. mother" explained the young man; -
saw him have his boots BACKED just before he
came in"
SHE READ: "A complete piece Of music for
five cents There said she, 'for the money
that you pay for one drink of whisky you
could buy me three nice pieces of music; It's
perfectly outrageous" Il think So too was
the rejoinder; ''they'd better plagued sight
lower the price of whisky and double the
price OF music, and then man could get some
quiet and comfort out of life"
HER complexion is bright as the roses
That bloom in the soft summer air,
And when in the sunlight she poses,
Men rapturOusly gaze on her mar.
But the hair of that beautiful hugglst
Cost her father a snug pile OF rocks"
That complexion she bought of druggist
For seventy five cents box.
Bismarck Tribune.
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WHITE AND BLACK.
Fred. Douglass, His Money and His
White Wife.

EfeQ. OOuSlaSSs his 4hOAcy his
White Wife.
A Washington special says: 1.-THE only
society news have for the week is the
marriage of two colored men (they are
both nearly white, but, all the same, they
must be classed as colOred) to white wo-
men. One is the great leader of the col
ored race, Fred. Douglass, and the other
an employe upon the staff OF Marshal Nc
Michael. Douglass is the Recorder of
Deeds. an Office which yields him about
$40 0O0 a wear. He is 20 years of age,
about the color of a Chinaman or
an Indian, big in body and brain.
He is shifty, as are most of his race
when he gets a good opportunity, and is not
subjected to the usual kicks and suffer-
lngs colored man must endure in this
country. They say he is worth about
5000 900, He has a fine residence on the
hills across the eastern branch of the Po-
tomac, overlooking the city. His first
wife, who was very dark, and who bore
him four children, all OF whom are alive
and in the government service, died about
two wears ago. The lady he has made his
bride is a white spinster of 80 years, who
was born in New York State, drtfted here
soon after the war, taught school, and
finally became a copyist in Douglass
office. She is very small in stature, and
buxOm. almost as round as she is long.
She is well educated, in fact accom-
plished She would be a little old for
dude. but a man 20 years of age, even if
they are colOred, do not have the dudes
tastes. The lady evidently offsets the
color with brains and money!
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-01
MIR. MEREDITH DECLARED SANE
He Returns to the Asylum to Await His
Formal Liberation.


Formal Liberation.
A Philadelphia special Says "fhe first
expression of emotion that has crossed
the imperturbable face of William Mere
dith in the eight days during which the
question of his sanity has been before a
jury in Philadelphia appeared on Tuesday
in a slight smile of satisfaction when,
after fifteen minutes of elaboration, a ver-
dict of sanity was pronounced by the
twelve men appointed to try his case.
The attendant who has accompanied him
in his daily trips'to and from the asylum
slipped away as soon as the verdict was
rendered. and Mr.. Meredith, after shaking
hands with his counsel and short stay in
Daniel Dougherty's office, returned volun-
tarily TO his enforced abode, there to
await his formal liberation and the
preparation of a home for him in
the world of the sane. Judge Felps
charge occupied three-quarters Of
an hour. To the question of the mysteri-
Gus voices which are ever in Mr.. Mere
ditb,s ears the court said: The fact of
the delusion remains, and we cannot but
regard it as the result Of a arrangement
of the mind. The conditions are anoma-
lOus. the temperament nervous and highly
sensitive. an abnormal condition of the
organs of speech intimately connected
with those of hearing, mind of unusual
activity and power without the ordinary
means of expression, shut out from the
world and turned upon itself, incased and
introverted' Judge Fell presented one
of Meredith's own arguments in saying:
aside from this delusiOn there has been
no impairment of any of the faculties OF
his mind. 1t is as clear, as logical, as
vigorous to-day as it ever was. Six years
and half have produced no pereeptible
change in his condition.
''The action of the jury surprised nobody
in the courtroom. eThey made up their
minds as soon as they saw the man, said
one of the court officers"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-01
4 Hopeful Business Outlook.

The country has passed safely through
the month of January without any serious
business trouble, in fact with less than
was witnessed during the closing month
of the old year. At that time it was pre-
dicted that the settlements for the year
would develop a bad condition of affairs,
ana the new year would open dIsas-
trously. A month has gone by, and in
stead of greater depression there is a very
bopeful outlook, and an increasing con-
fidence in the ability of the cOun-
try. bv reason of its immense
and varied resources, to stand a consider
able curtaiIment in the volume of trade,
without any violent financial or trade dis
turbances. The reports during the past
month showed that many of the manufac-
turing establishments in the North and
West which had been ''shut down. were
resuming work, and in Wall street, which
is the thermometer which shows the cOun-
trv's financial condition, the renewal of
speeulations proves that there is no
scarcity of money. In the South, the fail
ures have nearly all been among very
small dealers, and their troubles have not
caused any serious losses to the
creditor class. Looking back there is
reason 10 be thankful that the month just
closed in which so much of evil to busi-
ness was predicted has passed with so
few disasters, and that February opens
50 much more hopefully than January did.