The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-17

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greatly reduced with obvious adysn.
tege to all PERSONS, especially farmers
and fruitgrowera. 1t is a well-known
fact that food crops in various parts of
the world are often destroyed by in
scots. That nearly all the insects In
furious TO vegetation are OF fino flavor
and very numerous, The author OF
this work declares from personal ex-
perience TO DO truo. He says he knows
whereof he speaks, for he has tasted
them in various ways, and was aston
lshed TO see how appetizlng they are.
MANY of them are delicious when
eaten raw, while others are improved
by cooking. Many Of them
have gamy, spicy,. or pep
perry flavor which mSkes them very
appetizing, 1t is seldom necessary to
use condiments on them. He says in
sects furnish variety of agreeable fla
vors not found in the long list Of vege-
table and animal substances commonly
employed for food, even when they are
prepared for the table by the most
skillful cooks. The art Of cooking in
sects is yet in its infancy, and as a
consequence their possible value as
e~ticlss Of food has not been ascer-
tanned. He advises not only epicures
but dyspeptios, and all who have poor
appetites or suffer from indigestion, TO
try insects. He insists that many of
them are delicious from tho first,
while the taste for others Is acquired,
Chicago Times.
MEXICAN FINANCES
IL is little remarkable that Mexi-
can finances should be so constantly
in muddle. Mexico has population
of l0000,000 people, with resources un-
surpassed anywhere in the world. She
exports 10000 600 year of home pro-
ducts and imports nearly as much OF
foreign manufactures, Her revenue
from customs duties ia about $4,000
600 year. Her total foreign debt is
less than $4,000, GOO, and the bond
holders hayo consented To take per
cent, interest in order to get some
thing. The chief trouble arises from
two sources--tho revenue Is embez
2ied by its collectors and does not
reach the public treasury, and an
enormous gum-nearly S9,000,000 a
years. squandered on the army and
navy. Mexico has really no business
with an army and navy. They are too
weak to be Of use In time OF WEr and
they cost too much for the nation to
afford III llmO OIL peace. Both should
DO dlsbanded and 30 per cent. OF the
public expenditure would be saved.
AS TO tho collection of the revenues, q
radical reform seems 10 be absolutely
necessary. When Napoleon sent
Macmillan to Mexico no insisted that
the collection OF the revenues
should be placed in the hands
OF Frenchmon, under the fiscal
system adopted In France. The
consequence was That what
ever blunders MaXimilian committed,
no always had am ample revenue. He
is not \ good model TO initiate, as n
general rule, but in this respect he set
tho Mexicans q good example. Tho
couHtry has been steadily robbed from
the days Of Santa Anna TO tho present
time. From all that appears there is
no Improvement perceptible; the rob.
bory goes on Just as IL did half cen
fury ago, and promises to go on for the
next half century az least. 1t seems
impossible to find MeGicans who Will
efficiently collsct tho revenues and ac-
count for them with integrity. The
pinching necessities Of tho prevailing
crisis may compel the Mexican people
to swallow their pride and TO call in
tho help Of foreigners TO assist thOm
TO pay debts which can not safely be
deferrod.-lSrn Francisco Chronicle.