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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12

on the badies Of the victims furnished
the requisite germs. These cultures"
have been distributed during the pres
ent year in Colorado, experimentally.
while the disease from South Africa Is
being tried in Texas.
Injecting the GrasshopDers.
On receiving a bottle Of the fungus,
the farmer is directed, by an accom-
panying printed slip, to put number
of live grasshoppers In wooden box.
together with portion Of the germ ma
terial. They will quickly become in
fected, when he may liberate all but
half a dozen or so.
These, when dead. will serve to COM
municate the disease to other living
grasshoppers. placed in the box for that
purpose. As fast as they are infected
the "hoppers' are to lie set free in the
fields to distribute the plague among
their fellows.
The grasshopper Is one Of the most
serious problems encountered by the
farmer in the West. Owing to the set
Element of great areas which formerly
were Its permanent breeding grounds,
producing regular and enormous crops
of the yoracious pests every year. the
insect no longer appears in those
mighty swarms that used to arrive like
devastating armies and devour every
thing green. But even nowadays not q
season passes that the choppers" do not
appear in alarming numbers in some
parts Of the country. destroying the
crops and bringing great loss or even
ruin to the helpless agriculturist.
The choppers" sow their eggs. plant
ing on one season those which are to be
Matched the next. The female drills q
hole in the ground with the horny tip
of her abdomen. and in this she lays
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12
REPORT ON TRADE.

r. G. Dun & Co.'s Review OF Trade
for last week says:
"A holiday reduced the volume Of
legitimate business, while speculative op-
erations were seriously curtailed by the
general closing of exchanges from Fri
day afternoon to Tuesday morning. In
the movement OF merchandise and in
many manufacturing lines there has
been an effort to make up the loss by
working overtime, but the weeks re-
cord will fal behind those Immediately
preceding.
Actual sales Of many iron and steel
products are reckOned at material ad-
vances, and the tone throughout has
been hardened by vigorous demand.
Placing Of sample orders for spring
footwear Of such character as to indi-
cate healthy market and some jobbers
are so anxious for early delivery that
contracts are being closed now.
Despite that activity in the market
for cotton goods, and placing Of govern
ment contracts, the staple shows no
great strength.
Although unsettled in tone, little al.
Iteration occurred in the principal ce.
reals. Trading was restricted and there
was an apparent declins.ion to assume
an aggressive stand on either side OF
the Atlantic.
Commercial failures during the
month of August were 803 in number
and $9,458,806 in amount of liabilities
Compared with the same month last
year this statement Is most unsatisfac
tory, as failures were then only 7s5 IL
number and $7,323, 9O3 in amount"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12

Now the farmers best chance Is to
destroy the unmatched eggs, and this he
tries To do III various ways. the most
effective perhaps being to slice off an
inch of the top SOIL dry it and pass it
through sleeves to separate the egg
masses which are buried in deep pits.
In the wheat growing regions burnt X
machines. which are open gates on run
ners, filled with lighted pitch pine, are
drawn by horses across the fields. An
other method consists in digging pits,
into which the swarms are driven. with
the help of widespread wings of canvas
stretched on sticks.
The eggs are enveloped in tough lit
tie capsules. not easily broken by pres
sure between thumb and finger, but
when ready to hatch the coat of the
ovum is dissolved and releases the in
sect. When new born the young grass
hopper is covered with Il sort of veil.
which presently splits along the back
and is kicked off behind. So long as
there is plenty of food in the neighbor-
hood he does not move about much, but
when the Available provender is ex-
hausted he starts out to look for an
other spot.
1t is in this way that the great miera-
lions are begun, an army of grasshop-
pers on the march being often as much
as mile wide. They cover the ground
denselv. devouring as they go all grass
grain and garden truck. Sometimes
two such armies cross each other. but
each keeps right along in its own
| course.
| Some grasshoppers are among the
most beautiful insects in the world
with wings resembling in beauty and
delicacy of hues the petals of flowers
pink. green. blue and otherwise tinted
with many variations.
There are some of huge size. which
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12
WAR is NOW ON IN PANAMA
THE PANAMA-coLoN ATTACK
Venezuelan Fleet Has Bombarded
Rio Hacha-Cable Ii Broken. Hence
Obtainable-Reject Good Ofnces of
United States.

Washington, Sept 9.-The Colombian
legation has reported the following tele-
gram from the acting governor of Panama:
ssWe are expecting simultaneous attacks
on Panama and Colon"
It is explained at the legation that it is
feared the Ecuadorean army, aided by
Nicaraguans, will attack Panama while
Venezuela assails Colon.
I. The legation also received a dispatch
from the secretary of state at Bogota
saying that Colombia accepts the friendly
mediation Of the United States.
The legation received the following ca
blegram this morning from DR.. Begerra,
formerly Colombian minister here:
"Willemstad, Curacao, Sept 7.-Venes-
uelan feet is bombarding Rio Hacha."
Cable Broken.
Willemstad, Island Of Curacao, Sept. 7.
The cable between Curacao and Marias-
burg is broken. This is the cause of the
absence of news from the Venezuelan from
tier, which can only be obtained by letter.
Under date Of September 4 mail advices
say that the Venezuelan troops have not
made another attempt to invade Colombia.
President Castro absolutely refuses to en-.
terrain the idea Of accepting the good OF.
fees of the United States.
Colombia Duying Rises.
! New York, Sept. 8.-Arturo De Brigard
consul general Of Colombia in this city
was advised from Paris today that the Co
lombian government had just purchased
5000 Mauser rifles and 100000 cart
ridges. This il the largest purchase Of wal
material by South American republic in
several years, and has caused the impress
sion that Colombia il, the Tribune will cay
tomorrow, preparing for war with hel
enemies, Venezuela and Ecuador. Consul
i General Bzigard explained that these muni
|! tions are to Be used against the rebels il
TIE interior II the country. The 0Overl
ment, he said, was detesmined to put q
Early end TO the insurrection.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12
Chanre the Dictsonar,es.

There il teacher In the Brooklyn
public schools who has an item Of In
formation she thinks may be OF interest
to photographers. This young woman
has just been drilling class OF young
hopefuls ON the variations OF the mas
culine and feminine forms Of nouns.
snow" said she, who can give me
the feminine Of horsemanw
Up went the hand Of an 11-year-old
lad.
"Well, what 10 II. JohnDief'
please. ma'am." he answered
''marelady."-Mail and Express.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12

have a spread Of nine inches or more
from wing tip to wing tip. Anybody
who will examine grasshopper can
not fail to admire the beauty Of its con-
struction, and particularly of the ar
NOR In which it is clad, though 1t Is a
peacable creature and by no means in
clined to combat.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12

London, Sept. ga dispatch to ~
Times from Brussels sAys:
Mr.. Kruger understands that the ~
quest for meeting with the car o.
EfsneA soil would - inoppogtuns. d.
Leyds denies Waiting n. Del CpasA h
aays Mr.. Kruger = h IL bsst It hahatA.
and tlat ~ eoaAdance = unshakm.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12
WHEAT REPORT.

Hides-Green hides and calf skins,
5@6c per lb.; dry hides, butcher. 100
12c per lib.
Tacoma-Unchanged. Bluestem. SEC:
club, SIC.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12

gether in a mass with mucus eXcreted
by the mother insect The burrow is
filled up with mucus, which makes il
watertight
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12

Prohibition OF Timber Deck Loads.
No British ship may carry deckload
Of timber into British port between
the last day Of October and April 16.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12

NoCeooatses Como First tn Texas.
n On account Of scarcity Of bricks In
. Texas town the congregation Of tho
heal church allowed their new ediice
70 remain unfinished while . saloon
Was bslnO erected.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12

II there is any Joy in family, divide
It. Don't let any one member do al
the work.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-12

Dsa* pay ) hish prtes for apolllna
yoW ahll6roA
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

Theories OF the Loss Of the Steamer
Portland Borne out Lately.
When the steamer Portland, in No
vember of 1898. was lost off Cape Cod,
everybody on board Of her was drown
ed. and it was therefore possible only
to guess at the details Of the disaster,
SAYS the New York Times. The guess
es made at the time, however, were
almost certainly correct, and a par
ticularly strong reason for thinking so
is the fact that just what was supposed
to have happened to the Portland the
survivors of the City Of Monticello now
tell us did happen to that vessel, in all
essential respects a duplicatae Of the
Portland. when cruel fate carried her
into similar conditions Of wind n
water. Both we're side-wheel steamers
of considerable age, and both were run
over routes more than ordinarily dan
gerous. not because of special adapta-
ton for such service, but simply be-
cause the nature of the traffic, passen-
ger and freight, was such as to permit
the employment of it in vessels Of a
type too Anticipated to hold their own
in the fierce competition between i'm
portant ports. In other days, when all
steamers were side wheelers, of course
they we're considered safe enough for
use anywhere, and both the %incOnveni-
ences and the perils incidental to IN
struction like theirs were ignored, for
the sufficient reason that there was
nothing better or safer available. But
that has not beer true for years more
than a few, and today steamers with
side wheels are used here and there for
open sea service with a full knowledge
that the lives and property intrusted
to them are subject to avoidable dan
gers. 1t is easier to understand than
to approve the motives of their owners.
They do not want to sell for old iron
and hrewood vessels that are still
stanch enough to bring in some return
for invested capital. With moderate
good luck the old-time craft make
their way up and down the coast, and
even longer voyages, about as well as
better steamers, but when the moment
OF extreme trial comes they sink when
the others remain adoat. Modern
steamers Of the best type are not beat
en- to pieces In deep water, no matter
how high the waves may be. Il can
fairly be asked therefore, whether the
side wheelers still left are to be used
until they meet, one by one, the fate
OF the Portland and the City Of Month
cello.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

ioven losing hope, and courage. and
faith IN himself.
Poor little girl" he would say, fol-
lowing me about the room with his
great sombre eyes, ITO think I have
brought you to this" and when I as-
sured him ~passionately that I would
rather starve with him than feast with
another, he only answered me with
a wan smile, sadder than any tears.
At last the doctor said that he must
have change Of air. and then It was
/ bethought me of my long-forgotten
Southern inheritance. Poor as 1t was,
It would at least furnish Us a shelter
and the warm winds that / prayed
might WOO Arthur back to health.
The FIRST tender green OF the spring
time was just beginning to carpet the
land when we went to it, and in that
miracle not even the rambling old
house, with its falling pillars and
weed-choked drives could seem any
thing but beautiful.
Il had been a stately old colonial
mansion in its palmy days, known tar
and wide as THE Locusts,' from the
trees that lined its broad avenues and
formed a grove about the house.
Long neglected and unpruned young
sa%pplings had sprung up everywhere,
%encroaching year by year upon the un-
titled acres until the house stood vir-
tually in the midst OF a vast locust
thicket. II was now in full bloom
and from every twig depended great
snowy plumes, that waved in the soft
spring breeze and made the air heavy
with their perfume.
From the moment Of our arrival
Arthur began to improve, and it was
while he was in the first flush OF re-
turning health and happiness that he
painted his famous picture, Spring,
and into 1t he somehow put some OF
that riOtous Joy in mere living we all
feel when we have been down to the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

doors Of death, and are recovering, and
every breath brings with it the thrill
Of returning strength. The picture
was very simple. Just the figure Of a
m standing amidst the tender
green of the trees, with upstretched
arms, and all about her the white,
white rain Of locust blooms, and on
her face the ineffable glory Of youth
and love-that look that never comes
but once in a lifetime, when the
springtime OF the heart meets the
springtime of the year.
When the picture was done Arthur
sent it to the exposition, where, as
you remember, it ives the sensation Of
the year and sold for what seemed to
us a little fortune. Better still, it at
tracted the attention of an old college
friend Of whom Arthur had lost sight,
and who, coming South on business,
dropped off to make US a little visit.
He was a shrewd man Of affairs. and
when he saw u locust thicket, he
fairly gasped with surprise.
1T is a little gold mine" he said,
where did you get it," and I told him
Of how the worthless old acres had
been allotted me in the division
Of the family estate, when l was a
baby and had no one to look out for
my interests, and how they had been
left to grow up as they would.
Well" he said, with a grim smile,
the wicked sisters don't always sue
coed in doing Cinderella, you may re-
member, after all, and your barren
acres have grown into a fortune" and
so indeed they had. Our business
friend sold our locust forest to a rail-
road company, and we have long been
back in the city, where we have a
charming home, and where Arthur is
winning the recognition his talent de-
serves.
He is now engaged in painting my
aunt's portrait, and that-from my
aunt-is equivalent to a melodramatic
blessing, with tears.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

The mai-as or man-monkey Of Bor-
e Is possibly one Of the hercest and
strongest animals living. Ia the fol-
lowing paragraphs is told the tragic
outcome Of an expedition that once set
out to capture a specimen alive. A
Malay, armed with a heavy iron blow
pipe, was to bring the brute to bay.
This blow pipe had a sharp spearhead
firmly fixed at one end in such a man
ner as not to interfere with the pas
Hage Of a dart through the hollow pipe.
The monkey had been driven to
take refuge in a tall palm tree. and
breathlessly the onlookers watched
the young mar as, foot by foot. he
crept up the tree, until when within
about eight feet Of the mai-as (who
so far had showed no inclination to
move) he raised his weapon and prod
ded the animal in the leg. whereupon
the huge creature .retreated higher up
The tree. The Malay crept after him.
and repeated his spear-thrust, and
again the mai-as %retreated, while the
daring hunter followed him.
Afraid that the tree woull not bear
his ponderous weight IL he went any
higher-it was already beginning to
sway dangerOusly-the mais- as stop
ped and. leaning down, stretched out
one hand. and with a llghtning-like
movement 'grasped the iron spear
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01
In locust Time.
BY RLIzABErH NJ. aILMER

BY ELIZABETH M. GILMER.
Copyright, 1900: Daily Story Pub. Coz
You will starve," said my aunt,
with melancholy conviction.
Il love him" / replied, irrelevantly.
Love-" observed my aunt. philo-
sophically, is an admirable sauce,
but a poor substitute for the main
dish Of life"
Il love him" I repeated. as II that
we're the only argument that mattered.
Unfortunately" said my aunt,
zone can't live on love. no matter
how illimitableg It isn't legal tender
with the butcher and baker and can
dlestick maker"
yet it's the only coin that win buy
happiness" 1 answered, softly.
He's nothing but a poor artist"
my aunt added d~isparagingly.
HE had a picture hung IN the line
at the exhibition last spring." I put
in hopefully.
Il wish he had been hanged him
self" exclaimed my aunt with vicious
energy.
It wasn't the first time that we had
discussed Arthur Farnum. Indeed, for
the past three months-ever since 1
had elected to throw myself away on
a penniless artist" as my aunt put it
1t seemed to me that we had on
versed on no other topic. My aunt
was sixty, and l was twenty, and in
the two score years between us lay all
hat life had~taught her, and that 1
had still to learn. To me, for instance,
life without love was life robbed Of all
the glory that made it worth living,
while she chung tenaciously to the be-
lief that one could get on very COM
fortably without love, provided ones
establishment was beyond criticism,
and ones frocks from Paris.
Yet, in spite of all her worldliness,
my aunt had been all hat was kind
and tender to me. She had given me
all the affection and the only home 1
had ever known. My parents had
died when 1 was a mere baby. My
two sisters, much older than myself,
were married TO grasping and selfish
men, who, IN the division OF my faith
er's SMALL baa ruthlessly pos
sessed themselves Of the lions share,
leaving to ne nothing but the old
homestead, 4 tumble-down old South
ern mansion house, surrounded by 9
few poor acres. l must have been
forlorn, indeed, but that my aunt,
struck with the tawny gold Of my
hair and a certain childish grace, took
a fancy to me, and carried me back
to her rich Northern home, where l
grew up surrounded by every luxury
that wealth and generosity could give.
II she looked for me to make a wealthy
and brilliant match, and take my
place in that fashionable society so
dear to her own ambitious heart, it
vas not unnatural, nor more than she
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

Mrs. Flora Anna Steel, the novelist,
recently declared at a meeting in Eng
land that apart from the missionar-
les little or no charitable work is done
by English women in India, who are
mainly responsible for almost every
serious trouble the English have
there" Mrs. Steel lived for years in
India and knows what she is talking
about. Her charges have created on
siderable indignation, but a %contrbu-
tor to the Times Of India asserts that
the presence Of English women in In
dia initiates against the efficiency
both of the civil and military admins
trations and Of commercial work also.
The ceaseless junketings Of simla and
the minor Hill stations interfere with
good work, and for this the English
women are to blame. He further
charges them with responsibility for
the ultra-friyolous spirit which char
aeterizes life In India At the same
time he admits that their conduct dur
ing famine and plague shows that
they a be as noble and as brave in
time of trial as their predecessors
were in the mutiny. A lively contrO-
Yersy seems to be beginning.-L A.
Boyd In Chicago Record.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

head. Then he commenced 20 puil
and hand over hand, hanging on sole.
ly by bis muscular legs. he commenced
to haul up the wretched Malay. who
was powerless. the blow pipe being at
tached to his wrist by a strong leather
thong.
Little by little the powerful brute
drew up the man until. holding the
blow pipe with one hand, he reached
down with the other and wreathed his
huge hand in the thick, luxuriant hair
Of the miserable native, who, paralyzed
by fear, could do no more than gaze
at the savage face Of his captor with
terror-stricken eyes. Spellbound with
horror, the Englishmen below then saw
the mai-as with a single twist wrench
the Malay from the tree and commence
to swing his victim backwards and
forwards by the hair, chuckllng all the
time with hendish satisfaction.
Too fascinated with horror to use
their rifles and slay the monster or
else kill the man and put a merciful
end to his sufferings, the hunters
watched the wild man swinging the
Malay faster and faster until, with an
%unearthly yell Of devlish malignity, he
hurled him down. The wretched man
turned over and over as he fell, and
came to the ground with a heavy thud
that sent a sickening thrill through
the hearts Of the watchers. They
rushed to the spot, but It was too late
the man was stone dead. Furious
with rage one OF the white man raised
his rife and, hastily sighting, fred.
The bullet struck the mai-as as fairly
in the ribs under the left arm, and
with a cry the brute slid to the ground
where for one brief moment he sup
ported himself against the tree, with
n hand on the wound. Then with
a groan, quite human in It's intensity,
he pitched forward on his face dead.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01

The sunlight eiiuers keen and bright.
Where. miles away,
Lies stretching Co my dazzled sight
a luminous belt a misty light,
Beyond the dark pine BLUFFS and wastes
Of sandy gray.
The tremuious shadow Of the seal
Against its ground
or ailvery light, rock. hin and tree
stu as a picture. clear and free.
With varying outline mark the coast
for miles around.
I draw n freer breath-I seem
Llke all I see
Waves in the sun-the white winged
CLEAN
or sea birds in the slanting beam
And far of sails which fit before the
south wind free.
So when times veil shall fall asunder
The soul may know
No fearful change, nor sudden wonder,
Nor sink the weight OF mystery under,
But with the upward rise, and with the
vastness grow.
And an we shrink from now may seem
No new revealing;
Familiar as our childhood's stream
or pleasant memory OF a dream
The loved and cherished past upon the
new life stealing.
John Greenleaf whittier.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-01
H ANoA.
Dwarf Cattle OF Oelebes Are no Longer
Than Ordinary sheen.

Dwarf Cattle OF Oelebes Are no Longer
Than Ordinary Sheep.
Celebes has the distinction of being
the home Of the smallest living repre-
sentative Of the wild cattle, or, in
deed, Of the wild cattle of any period
Of the earth's history, for no group
appears to be known to science. An
idea Of three extremely diminutive pro-
portions Of the anoa, or sapi-utan, as
the animal in question is respectively
called by the inhabitants of Celebes
and the Malays. may be gained when
It Is stated hat its height at the shout
der is only about 3 feet 3 inches,
whereas that Of the great Indian wild
OK, or guar, is at least 6 feet 4 inches,
and may, according to some writer's,
reach as much as z feet. In fact. the
anoa is really not much, If at all,
larger than a well-grown South Down
sheep and scarcely exceeds IN this re-
spect the little domesticated Bramini
cattle shown a few years ago at the
Indian exhibition held at Earl's Court
The anoa has many Of the characters
Of the large Indian buffalo, but its
horns are relatively shorter, less
curved and % upright. In this, as
well as in certain other respects, It
is more like the young han the adult
Of the last-named species. and as
young animals frequently are gradual
ly lost as maturity is approached it
would be a natural %supposition that
the anoa Is a primitive type Of buffalo.
From knowledge.