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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

ed cellars. but before the march of the
devastating swarms of grasshoppers they
are helpless The plague arrives, and 10!
as II by magic. the crops are swept from
the face OF the earth. all vegetation disap-
pears and starvation stares them in the
face.
In the year 177s the Hessfan troops, en-
gagged by the British as auxiliaries. landed
OH Long Island. They brought lot Of
straw with them for their horses and in
It. almost undoubtedly. were eggs of the
insect which has since become known In
this country as the Hessian fly.
Three years later the pest began to make
itself troublesome in the neighborhood Of
the landing place. and since then 1t has
gradually spread westward. Barring the
chinch bug. 1t is the worst enemy Of the
wheat, making its first appearance as tiny
maggot at the base Of the young plant and
sucking its juice Eventually the plant Is
weakened and destroyed, and the maggot
is transformed into a fragile, dark-colored
gnat, closely resembling small mosquito
the destined parent Of maggots yet to be.
ARMY WOE.M DREAD.
The army worm. which is one of the most
dreaded of the insect foes of the farmer, is
h naked striped caterpillar an inch and a
quarter long. In May and June 1t makes its
appearance in immense numbers. devouring
wheat. oats and other grains and grasses.
It climbs UP the seed stalks and cuts OF
the heads.
With a favorable succession of seasons It
multiplies In geometrical ratio. and at last
becomes SO numerous as to necessitate mi
grafton in search Of food. Then the army
worms travel and feed during both day and
night. inflicting enormous damage. 1t Is
from their mode Of marching in armies at
such times that their popular name Is de-
rived. The parent Of the worm 10 q brown
moth
The potato bug seems to have been origin
ally native to- Colorado and New Mexico.
Various wild plants furnished 1t with food,
but nothing seems to have been so exactly
suited to its requirements as the potato.
With the Introduction Of the potato by
settlers came the opportunity Of this OBJ
5ectionable insect to multiply ad infinitunf
It began to march eastward and northwafd.
ct first slowly. depending upon Its power
Of flight, but later in great Jumps, assisted
by the railroads, on which 1t took passage.
It made trips of hundreds Of miles by
river. floating on chips or voyagfng BY boat.
IT. spread wab startling, ana at the present
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

eggs from France, and with them. by some
accident, had come a few eggs Of the gypsy
moth. already well known as a destructive
insect IN Europe.
These eggs were in a pasteboard box on
q window ledge and were blown away. As
a result the State of Massachusetts has
been obliged to spend more than half mil
lion dollars since then In trying to exter-
inmate the bug. which has threatened to eat
every green thing off the face Of the earth
In the region over which 1t has spread,
comprising about fifty square miles,
1t Ii ravenous defoliator of fruit and
shade trees. and II 1t should extend its
operations over large part OF the country
1t might easily do hundreds of millions Of
doiars' worth OF injury yearly. The brute
Is q dark gray caterpillar, 21s inches long.
and its parent II a moth Of yeilowish hue.
with black bands on its wings
The San Jose scale gets its name from the
fact that 1t first appeared in the San Jose
Valley. California, having been imported,
probably, from Australia or Hawaii. It 10
the worst Of all enemies Of fruit trees. AL
most microscopic IN size, It will spread
through an orchard In half a dozen years
and, In place of green leaves and blossoms,
leave nothing but dead trunks and
branches.
A fruit-raisino district attacked by 1t Is
DESTROYED as effectually as II overrun by
fire. The insects, millions Of them together.
suck the gap Of the tree, each one Of them
covered with waxy scale, which forms q
sort OF grayfsh scurf on the bark
BILLIONS OF DESCENDANTS.
Inasmuch as single female may have as
many as 3.216. Ooo.0 900 descendants ir a single
season. It Is easily understood why the pest
spreads SO dangerously fast. Recently the
Department Of Agriculture has imported
from China a bug that preys upon It. and
which is now being propagated IN outdoor
cages for distribution among fruit growers
The grain weevil. which destroys millions
Of dollars worth Of stored cereals in gran.
aries and elevators every year, Il a little
brown beetle . quarter Of an inch long.
The Question Of how to tight it Is one Of
growing economic Importance. It was i'm
ported originally from the Mediterranean.
and HAS been 'domeeticated'' so long that
1t has lost the use Of its wings.
Indeed. It's ravages made It famous fonk
before the Christian ere, and Il Is mentioned
In the Georges" Of Virgil. The fernsie
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

beetle punctures the grain kernel with her
snout and inserts An egg, from which -
Matched q little worm that lives in the hull
and feeds upon the starchy interior.
The cabbage worm. which does more or
less damage in every truck patch, IL gfesn
caterpillar an inch and q half long. ft -
the offspring Of a common white butterfly.
The apple worm (whose parent 10 likewise
a moth) is a reddish worm half an inch In
length. and II unpleasansly familiar 70 ~.
erybody. There are naany other destructavs
insects in this country, Of course, but those
here mentioned are the ones that Do the
bulk Of the damage and which are most
dreaded by the growers Of crops. Up to
date the Government. with al itS power,
has been almost defenseless against sheso
dozen tiny but unrelenting foes.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

strange place-a shroud. IL you like. a wind
ing sheet-anything; and It Is without shame
that confess to q creep Of the most diSa-
greeable sensation that have ever known
as I stood at Hardenberg's side on that
STILL foggy night and watched the stirring
Of that nameless, formless shape standing
gaunt and tall and grisly and wrapped in
its winding sheet upon the crosstrees of the
foremost Of the Idaho Lass.
We watched and waited breathless for an
instant. Then the creature on the fore
mast LAID hand upon the lashiEgs of the
topsail and undid them. Then 1t turned,
slid to the deck, by I know not what
strange process. and, still hooded, still
shrouded, still Tapped about by its mummy
wrappings, seized a ropes end. In an in
slant the jib was set and stood on hard
and billowing against the night wind The
tops'l followed.
Then the figure moved forward and
passed behind the companionway of the
foc's'le. We looked for 1t to appear upon
the other side. but looked in vain. We saw
1t no more that night
What Hardenberg and 1 told each other
between the time of the disappearing and
the hour Of breakfast am now ashamed to
recall But at last we agreed to say Moth
ing to the others-for the time being.
Just after breakfast. however, we two
had few words by the wheel on the quar-
terdeck. Ally Bazan and Strakher were
forward. 1.-THE proper thing to do" said
lit was a glorious. exhilerating morning,
and the sunlight was flooding every angle
and corner of the schooner-"the proper
thing to do is to sleep on deck by the fore
mast tonight with our pistols handy and
interview the-party II 1t walks again"
''Oh, yes" cried Hardenberg heartily
"Oh. yes. that's the proper thing. OF course,
1t is. No manner O. doubt about that Mr..
Dixon Watch for the parfyLNes with pfs.
tolls OF course. it's the proper thing. But
know one man that amt going to do no
such thing
WELL I remember to have said re-
flectively, "well-I guess know another"
But for all our resolutions to aay nothing
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17
A POLITICAL BuRLEsouE.

Governor LonginO has come and
gone. His appointment to speak in
Okolona was heralded to the four
winds, and his stock reports in the
metropolitan press appeared in due
and regular form. According to them,
he was greeted By an immense aud
fence, and given an ovation calculated
to I'LL his soul with gladness and the
audience with enthusiasm. The real
facts in the case were that he had only
q partially filled house to speak to,
composed entirely Of residents of the
city, mostly ladies who are ever ready
to honor ss distinguished a parsonage
as the Governor of their state with
their smiling presence.
For two hours the spectacular Gov
ernor posed and strutted before bis
audience, but bis efforts toward q
speech were q disappointment to his
most enthusiastic supporters, srch
few as he has in this section by reason
of their pull with his state admins
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

before an audience without saying
anything in an attractive or ~forceful
manner. There is really no force to
the fellow, more than is displayed BY
the banana vender when he is solicit
ing an apparent Indifferent customer.
He does not come from q line of stock
that is calculated to inspire an intelli-
gent American with his possibility OF
greatness. One who hears him speak
or attempt TO speak, lie not required to
hear his name pronounced to fix
his g~eneology. The banana and the
hulled pecan in a little glass looms mp
before the vision so plainly that iden-
tideation is quick and certain.
The only surprise, now that the as
sumptious fellow has reached a bet
ter acquaintance with the public, lies
in the fact that the people of Missis-
sippi could have been deluded into
electing him as governor Of the state.
1t was probably enough to swell his
sparcely covered nut to be thus ele-
waited, and cause him to assume that
there Is nothing too good for those
who aspire and go after the spoils of
office.
The Governors explanation of his
administration is not only ridiculous,
but awkward and without benefit to
him, when listened to carefully by
those who know something of the
state's history during the past three
or four years. To let the Governor
tell it, the people would be led to be-
heve that he has caused the erection
OF a new capitol building costing a
million dollars without the people
being called upon to pay q cent. The
fact is that every dollar invested in
the new building has been wrung from
the toiling masses of the state proba-
bly, 3 little indirectly, but from them
just the same. When an issue Of
bonds was ordered the state wal look
ing in every direction for money to
run It's regular business. Soon, after
this a wind fall came to the state i
the shape Of the successful termina.
ton Of a suit giving the state the mill
lion dollars necessary to complete the
new capitol building without the issu-
anee Of bonds and leaving nearly half
as much o in the treasury, the
latter Of which has also been dis
burssd in some way BY the LONGING
administration, and the treasury Is
again SO empty that It is not necessa-
~ to loan any Of It's surplus to the
Jackson banks on account Of the
crowded condition Of the vaults. The
fact is that it is going to take close
figuring to get the old ship Of state to
float until taxpaying time arrives
again, and the people commence pay
ing funds into the till for disburse-
ment. Another fact Is easily estab-
lished, and that il that the LONGING
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

tration. His explanations Of the state
administration during the past three
years vas received without applause.
as was everything else he said in the
hope Of inspiring an interest in his
candidacy for the United States SEN
ate. The fact is that when a man il
forced to go upon the stump as a can
didate for the senate in order that he
may have the opportunity Of explain
ing his administration as q governor,
be lie to be pitied more than envied.
Il is q sorry predicament. The people
of Mississippi do not want any more
Longino. They certainly do not want
him for United States senator. The
writer has been present at three of his
meetings in as many different places
in the state, the first being the So
called joint debate of theopeniDg of the
campaign between the Governor and
the present able senator, Mr.. Money,
at Columbus. We do not believe our
prejudice in the premises in the least
effects our sight, or ability to feel the
temperament of the audience to
which q Governor of the state is
speaking. At neither of the meetings
mentioned was the Governor received
with anything indicating enthusiasm
or even ~cordiality. At Columbus,
Senator Money was given a most en-
thusiastic ovation when he was intro
duced to the large representative aud
fence, and when the Governor was in
troduced it seemed as though every
one in the audience was having a cup
of ice water poured down the exterior
part of his spinal column. It was the
same cool, Indifferent reception at
both the other meetings that was APP
parent to every one who attended the
meeting in 0kolons last Thursday.
No one to cheer, and many getting
tired and leaving the room before the
speech was concluded.
As q matter Of fact Mr.. Longiho is
not q pleasant speaker, and 1t is un-
fortunate for him that he seems
forced to espouse q cause in which the
people Of Mississippi are in no way in
sympathy.
The larger portion of his speech was
devoted to q defense Of the negro.
He declared that there was no such
thing as a race question and said he
didn't want to see one. AS q matter
Of fact, If Teddy Roosevelt had
sent his man Root or Payne or any
other Of negro loving Republican
schemers here to defend his attitude,
be would probably make no better out
Of it than Governor LOngino g doing
in his awkward but assumptions way.
Longino Is not q learned man, nor is
he to be classed among those who are
called brainy. He Is simply q pea
cock, who with bis DagO instincts,
glOries in fine plumage and poses
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

with the likelihood Of more yet to
come.
Ifthere is anything about LOngino's
administration to commend him for
further recognition at the hands Of
the people Of Mississippi, we can't
figure It out, nor have any OF his
friends yet come forward to do %.
In the common paFlance Of the day.
LOngino's speech here was a frost, e
Il ls everywhere be goes, and Ell
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

administration has been the most ex.
pensive 4 since the Ames crowd
we're fred from Jackson, and If it I'm
ally winds out without issuing bonds,
it win be > scratch indeed. It has
been 3 soandalous administration, too,
in many ways, and in every scandal
this Dago Governor, who Is out for
the mere purpose Of vindicating his
administration, has not escaped COM
pliCation in every one OF the scandals,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

which only a
rich woman can
afford to indulge
in. Nervousness
has cost many a
woman her po-
sition. Some
times when wom-
en- run machin-
cry the price Of
nervousness Is
mutilation,-a
finger lost or per
haps the whole
hand crushed.
Nervousness in
women is COM
monty but a
sy ptOm of
Womanlyd
Il is useless in
such s to
Udoctor" for The
nerves alone.
Cure the diseases
which attack III
delicate woman
" organism and
nervousness will
be cured also.
DR.. Pierce's
Ravorfte Pre-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

there is to his campaign Is found in
the reports, generally edited By him
OF his strikers, sent 70 the metropoH-
tan press outside the state.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

scription makes weak women strong,
sick women well. II establishes regular
ity, dries weakening drains, heals inham-
nation and liberation, and cures female
weakness. It tranquilises the nerves and
induces refreshing sleep.
uIn the fail Of 1877, I was troubled with new
business, headache. heart trouble and female
weaknessH writes Eiss Bianch ~. Bracey, Of
saia, OsWego CO. y. 7. aLast summer / wrote
YOU and you advzse4 me 70 Try your Favozite
Prescription and Golden Medicai Discovery
I did % aud / began 10 improve rapidly. Coz
tinuad takima the medicine. han a dozen each Of
tFavonta p~Fesgantkant and 'Coiden Eedkaaf
Discovery for the spaee Of 6va mOutha, and Ia
less thana year had rsgained my former health
Dr.. Rsrce's Pleasant Pellets clear the
muddy complexion.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

The Richmond Times Dispatch pre-
diets q race issue IS principal feature
q the coming presidential campaign.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

Gov. Winis J. Bailey, OF Kansas Is
married at last, bat be had 70 % ons
Of the state to get him 8 wife.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

By some sudden sound she drops the
vase upon the floor. She is nervous and
may be told that nervousness is a luxury
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17

DR.. Pierce s
Favorite Pre-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-30
SOUTH SIDE NEWS

From Mondays Daily.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Blystone of Sheridan avenue
is very i'll. 81
Miss Maude Bell, 112 North Davis
street, who has been very ill is slowly
improving.
w. F. Turner, lit North Ransom
street, has gone to Des Moines, where
he has secured position.
Mrs. John w. Lewis, 210 South
Ward street, has gone to Bradford, H.,
being called there by the death of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Deyo.
Miss Gertrude Petram, who former.
ly resided in South Ottumwa, but
whose home is now in Los Angeles,
Cal, according to reports that have
just reached Ottumwa had a narrow
escape from death on Sunday June 81
by being given a dose of NOR.
phine which was supposed to be pep
permint. Miss Petram had been feel
ing i'll and was given the morphine in
the belief that it was dose of pepper,
mint and would prove beneficial. She
was for time completely Frustrated
but she is now much improved and
there are hopes for her recovery
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-30
LEAVES FOB BOSTON.
Man Who Opposed Rag Time Music
Goes East.

! Cedar Falls, June 29-( Special
Prof. and Mrs. G.. A. Fullerton leave
this week for Boston to attend the Ma
tional Educational convention. Prof.
Fullerton read a paper. before the state
music teachers convention at Ottum-
wa. Hethinks it is not right to waste
time in the public schools teaching
the students rag time music. At the
normal this summer and the past VIM
ter over $4,000 was received for admis-
sions to musical entertainments of a
high order. Mrs. Frances e. Clark of
Qttumwa will have charge OF the
musical department at the normal sum-
mer school during Prof Fullerton's alb.
sence.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-30

~ q
daughter, Miss Josephine, of Birming
ham, are in the city visiting at the
home of their daughter and sister, Mrs
G. l.. Graft, 40S North. Jefferson street
M. H. Williams returned last nigh
from two weeks trip through Cana
da. Mr.. Williams made this trip for
the purpose of looking over the land
In that country and he reports favor
ably on what he saw.
Marriage licenses were issued toda,
in the Office of Fl. w. Michael clerk q
the district court to H. G.. Potorff ant
Lille L. Williamson; Benjamin Grooms
and Miss Cora Jones, Harry
B. Metzger and Miss Frances Zaubut
ger; Earl Kaufman and Miss Mabe
Lewis.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-30
RENDERED PRESENT.
Rev. Father John o'FarreIl is Given a
Handsome Remembrance.

From Mondays Daily.
Yesterday morning Rev. Father John
o'Farreli. pastor of st. Patrick's Cath
Ollie church received from the young
men members of his congregation g
handsome silk umbrella with a silver
mounted handle. Last Wednesday,
Father O'Farrell celebrated his thirty
third anniversary as priest and this
gift was rendered to him as a sort of
token of the high esteem in which he
is held by the members of his church.
Father OFarrell was out of the city
Wednesday and upon his return the
gift was presented to him and it was
indeed quite a pleasant surprise,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-30
OPENING OF NORMAL
ENROLMENT SHOWS GOOD IN.
CREASE AND MANY WILL
ATTEND.
County Superintendent Beniah Dim
nitt Has Completed Arrangements
and Wapello County Institute is in
Full Sway-Larse Attendance.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The Wapello county normal school
opened this morning in the Ottumwa
high school at o'clock. The regis
tration has come up to the usual stan.
dard and the team began with good
many eligible students. The enroll.
ment this morning was quite large and
it is expected that by tomorrow morn
ing all those desiring to attend will
have enrolled with Superintendent
Dimmitt.
instructors Are Here.
The normal instructors from other
cities have all arrived and are busily
engaged getting their classes in or
der. William Rodebaugh, principal of
Webster school, Chicago, will teach
didactics. United States history, eco
Monies and history of education and B.
A. Sweet, superintendent of schools,
Marshall, Ill.,, grammar, language,
reading American literature and didac-
tics and during the last week of the
two weeks term Miss Maud Summers,
Chicago, will lecture
Enrollments in Ottun1Wa.
Ellen A. Wilson, Jennie u. Marrinan,
amy lSHen. NOia OuenDfOuSns Lima Metz
Rosamond S. Wright, Cora NJ. Dewey, Bees
sic Cohagan, Althea Currier, Pearl East
burn, C. w. Commell, Lulu McAIullen,
Nina Cook, Maude O'Brien, Iorelle Cowan,
Bessie Spry Gertrude Van Der veer, Mary
l.. Seymour, Anna l.. MilBur, Maude AIer-
rift, Margaret Tierney, Lizzie Tierney.
Grace u. Finley, Myrtle A. Day, Julia
Shruckrow, Gertrude Lynch, Edith Nc
Gowan, Ruth Work, Bertha Evans, Flor
'ence Harper, Mabelle Nader, Mae Slater,
Ruth Avery, Ora FL. Birney, Ada l.. 0g-
born. Lizzie Lewman. Glare holland, Lucille
Wycoff, Ellie Willard, Bessie Louise Ow-
ems, Lena Freitag, Ella Harlan, julia Rear
don, Leta E. Higbee, statia Feehan, Lois
T. Slaughter, Beulah Pickler, Mabel Lewis
Maud Lewis Grace Miller, Kathryn Gar
vim, Bertha Lowenberg, Alma Lowenberg.
Out of Town Enrolments.
Bridge Simons, Eddyyille; Lottie Fob
man, Marshalltown; Babe True, Eddyyille;
Helen Beall, Agency; Amy c. Bowan, Pearl
Garrett. Batavia Margaret d. Redmon,
Hedrick; Ellet Cohagnn, Susan r. Wehn,
Eldon; Belle AIingus, Agency; Estelle Golf,
Eden; Oral Wilson, Batavia; Louise Her
man, Hedrick: Jennie Stull, County Line;
Lura Houdyshell, Agency; Eta Hall, VIII
lard; Katie Wilson, Batavia; Leslie j.
Berry, Blakesburg: Minnie Larmor. He'd,
rick; Lester AIcNiel, Batavia; Ruth Rob
erts, Eldon; Cora Frazer, Eldon: Cora Au-
gustine, Agency; Bessie odenhroush,
Blakesburg; Bessie Relies. Blakesburg;
Fannie Nye, Agency; VIII ID. Nye, Agency
Eva Garfield, Willard; Gertrude Carnes,
Kirkylle; Ellen Wilson. Eddyyille: George
Chandler. Alice Summers. Highland Cen
ter; c. H. Duuwiddie. Chillicothe; Mabel
Upp, Blnkesburg; Lena llarllan, Agency
| Nora Dickerson, Hedricli.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-30
DESTROYS SIGHT OF EYE.
Lloyd McMasters Seriously Injured by
Toy Cannon.

From Mondays Daily.
Late Saturday afternoon while play
ing with some other boys and expert
menting with a small cannon, Lloyd,
the 14-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs..
A. F. McMasters, 500 South Ward
street. was seriously injured. The ut
tie fellows were discharging a small
cannon, when in some way a blast of
powder from the discharge struck the
McMasters hoy in the face, severely
injuring the face and completely de-
stroying the sight of the left eye and
possibly the right eye. He was taken
to DR.. A. ]. Mummert's offices and
immediate attention was given his in
juries. The doctor reports his con-
dition not much improved this after
noon.