Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-19
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1 The grasshopper is burden in California. I From every part of. the State come com l pialnts of the plague. Grasshoppers are
 rayaging the foot hill farms. It is not new
 visitation, but every ysar the plague is grow 1 Ing worse until now the grangers of Butte. 1uoa and Ishama counties are crying aloud TOT otate eogn1zance and aid. The grasshop- pers are swarming down by the millions from the dry foothills and travel toward the
 valley rivers, stripping everything as they go. The young wheat they eat close off to the ground, the vegetables they destroy, the
 fruit buds they particularly affect, while even the bark of the trees is chewed off the
 peach orchards. Not sign of vegetable life escapes them, and their track is as bare as 8 section of the Sahara. The Horticultural society has been called out, and the farmers
 are making great fuss over the matter; but, so far, no concerted action has been taken to stay the plague.
 The Daily Constitution, of Atlanta, Geor- gia, has been asked to reveal the secret of the eafYs rapid progress, and it's reply is worth attention in all communities, for it shows how progress can be made. The Constitu tion says:
 First-Atlanta always has something on
 hand some special enterprise or project about
 which the people can be rallied and in which
 there is public interest. It may be an expo-
 sition, a Kimball House or convention,
 but it is always something.
 Second-Atlanta has no factions or cliques
 that do not fuse on all questions involving
 her interests. All local preiudices and
 hatreds are laid aside when it is her voice
 that calls, and enemies march shoulder to
 shoulder when she leads the way.
 Third-Atlanta is example of the magi-
 cal power of cooperation. Instead of wait
 ing on few who are set apart in wealth and
 interests, the many step forward and take
 enterprises in their own hands. Every man
 helps according to his means, and s.manv a
 mlckie makes muckle." There are towns
 where the indifference of sfew rich men
 palsies community. In Atlanta the com
 and the rich men help. We have few en- dowments, but plenty of contributions Few men do great things here, but nearly all do their duty. The man who signs a sub scrlption paper to-day carries one tomorrow The cooperative plan breeds public spirit, helps acquaintance, kindles sense of com radeship, and gives every man partnership in the city.
 Large quantities of timber are now cre- osoted at the West, in special manner, for railroad purposes, the effect being to increase the tenacity of the wood for holding spikes, etc., as we'll as it's density and it's ability to resist mechanical wear. This is done by means of an apparatus consisting of boiler plate cylinder, of size adapted to the tim Der. This cylinder is of strength sufficient to resist three hundred pounds pressure per square inch, and has track extending for it's whole length along the bottom, the cy- finders ends being closed by strong iron doors, air and water tight. When timber ! has been run into the cylinder and the doors closed steam at about one hundred pounds pressure is injected into the cylinder, the ] supply continuing as required by the nature 1 and dryness of the wood; the steam is then ! shut of, and vacuum pumps worked as long as any liquids or vapors are obtained, the l hot preserving liquid being now run to the | cylinder from the reservoir until full The force pumps are again operated until the in- terior pressure is some 100 pounds per inch, I and kept thus until sufficient preservative fluid is forced into the pores of the wood; the force pumps are now shut off, and the creosote oil or other liquid contained in the l cylinder is discharged into suitable cistern, after which the doors at the ends of the cy- I finder are opened, and the car carrying the | timber or ties run out