Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-11
A SCIENTIST.
An IMPORTANT LETTER NOW FIRST PUT IN
PRINT
The Usefulness Of Pure Science as an Adjunct
to a Large Circulation, And Of Alcohol
in q Jug.
EseQiue (Dak) Bel.

Eselias (Ddk) Bel.
We have received the following letter
from the president of the Minnesota SCI
entists' Club of St. Paul, which may be oil
interest to our readers:
''MY DEAR SIR am pleased to note
that you manifest such an interest In seen,
tific matters in your valuable paper ana
that Won are inclined to give this society
fair shake, as it were. As you have truth
fully remarked in your interesting paper,
we science sharks, as we are sometimes
called by an over-smart and too thppant
daily press, inneighboring States like MIN
nesota and Dakota, must try and hltch on
the way to spell the last names OF the bugs
and such things. Thus if the Iowa selencers
should Jump up and proclaim that the COM
mon ripicesi belonged to the shortcuts
family we should Immediately confer with
each other, and, if we can't do any better,
come out and say it belongs to the Smlth
family and back the Iowa man night down.
II am glad to see that you have so much
to say in your paper about scientific pur-
suits. Ifthere is anything which Will IN
terst the people and make them stick their
heads right through your office windows
and act unruly and yell for chance to
subscribe, it is well-digested scientific
reading matter
WITH LOTS OF BIG WORDS
that they don't know the meaning Of If
you want to run your circulation up so you
will have to begin to agitate your press be-
fore supper Just feed 'em science.
II well remember trip / took few
summers ago out in Dakota with Prof.
Wheeler and Doc Jabem. We went in the
interest ofscience. We had large jug of
it in the wagon. Prof. thought couple
of bottles would do, but Doc said. No,
gentlemen, there is no use of going off and
leaving the demiiohn." When we pulled
out it doomed up in the back end of the
wagon like q bonded warehouse. Doc was
right: in country infested by rattlesnakes
(ripsnortibusers stingers) it was indispen-
sable.
"When we got out in your valley we
struck the slashingest locality for bugs
that | ever saw. You may not believe it,
Mr.. Carruth, butit is an actual fact that
there were more bugs than YOU could shake
a stick at. We secured some fine speci-
mems which we mounted under the wagon
seat.
While we were in that vicinity / came
very near having trouble with Professor
Wheeler. A bug got smelling around the
demiiohn and subsequently died. PROBES
Sor claimed it
BELONGED TO THE SOCKDOLAGER FAMILY,
and was the oldest one OF the boys and
named Buntibus. | told him my essay of
the critter showed it to be nothing but the
ordinary tumble-bug of our childhood with
some few minor improvements and little
new rufiling around the wings. He said
his analysis didn't show anything of the
kind, and we had it pretty hot for few
minutes. Even now he will meet me some
times and say: Well, seen any of your
tumblc-bugs around lately| Then I'll
give it right back to him and say: No,
but it appears to me that if was blamed
fool might notice some buntibuses snort
ing about"
"A little further along we had big time.
We came to a field which had Il large
amount of green vegetation growing in 1t.
Good place for specimens, said Doc, so we
tied our horses and got out to see. Sure
enough the vegetation was just covered
with striped beetles. You can imagine
how we went for them-we enthusiasts In
natural history understand the thing. We
brought our big specimen box and soon had
it pretty nearly full. The plants were well
covered with them but we got them all III
the box ut last Just about that time
pretty tough looking old fellow came along
and sat
DOWN on \ LUNCH OF CANADA THlsTLEs
and said: Much obliged, gentlemen, for
yer kindness. Come up to the house and
get drink of milk II made me mad
right away, but l thought l would keep
cool and be polite, so l said Well, you
internal old horse thief, what have we done
that YOU should come sneaking around and
thaking us for it?' You have picked the
bugs of my potatoes slick and clean, but
| amt no hoase thief | never was so
beat in my life, and jumped for the box
and hit'it a kick that broke it into 700
pieces and sent potato bugs flying through
the air till you couldn't see. Just about
then that old agriculturist grabbed me and
began to slam me down onto the face of
the earth He raised me up over his head
and kerflumped me down into the ground
about ten times, when l got away. About
this time Doc and Prof. got scared and
started down the road in the wagon swing
ing the whip and throwing the geological
specimens at the horses. took after them,
and with the assistance of the honest son
of toll behind me, made good progress.
He kept right up, and every shrec steps
would hit ME kick and lift me ahead
about a rod. bumped it down that road
for ten or fifteen miles should judge be-
fore the sturdy husbandman got tired out.
Il hope to hear from you, and shall
write YOU again AT an early date =