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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

That the emancipation of woman is
now complete has been demonstrated
in st. Louis. The leader of them all
exercised her prerogative of liberty
and went from the parlor into the
kitchen.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
Identified.

Jones-We had shortcake for des-
sert at our boarding house yesteday.
Smith-Are you sure it was short
cake?
Jones-Of course I am. I recogniz-
ed il by the strawberry mark
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

A Worcester (Mass.) man, who forg
ed a check for $500, said he did it in
his sleep. The size of the check,
however. was not convincing. 1t SEEM
ed to indicate that he knew perfectly
what he was about.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

King Edward recently received in
private audience Capt. Mahan, U. S.
N, (retired)-the man who knows
pretty much everything about all
kinds of ships excepting lordships.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

The latest fad among Yale students
Is going barefooted through the streets
of New Haven. 1t is supposed to have
been started by some young gentle
man whose father could not be
reached by telegraph.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

OF course, if one of those floating
mines sinks neutral ship our pro-
Jap shouters will insist that it was
minesl or mineovitch, and that the
Japs were not responsible.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
Not a Good Fit.

For goodness sake!" exclaimed the
boys mother, what are you complain
ing about? You wanted regular sus-
pender pants and now you've got 'em
you amt satisfied"
But, mom," protested the boy, I'm
kinder 'fraid they're too tight under
the arms"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

A contemporary announces that
Cuba raises nearly one-third of the
worlds cane. For the sake of the
young republics reputation. it should
be noted that the last word in the
above sentence is spelled correctly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

Boston's Twentieth Century club
has discussed mastication, and was
told by one expert OF woman who
chews every morsel of food 200 times.
Now does this lady eat to live or does
she live to eat?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

A Youngstown man dropped dead
from sheer excitement as the last
man went out in the ninth inning the
other day. So happy a death does
not fall to the lot of every fan.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
Profit and Loss.

The Lady-"Aren't you ashamed TO
waste your time doing nothirg?"
The Hobo-"Me toim amt worth
nothin', lady. SO when | amt doin'
nothin' | amt wastin' nothin'. Seer"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

The Pennsylvania clergyman who
shot at burglar the other day and
hit him has earned the thanks of the
entire congregation.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

If person has legal right to snore
should two persons snoring at the
same time and in the same room be
compelled SO to snore as not to make
a discord?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
lonu Drawn Out.

Wife-"Did you notice how full Of
his subject our pastor was this morn
ing?"
Husband-"Yes; and ! also noticed
how slow he was in emptying him
self of it,"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
CoId-Blooded.

II came very near freezing last
night" said the mosquito.
But IL wasn't cold, protested the
fly.
No rejoined the mosquito. but
tackled Boston man by mistake"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
Those Fool Questions.

Heaviun-Did you ever drink any of
those substitutes for coffee?
Lightly-What foolish question!
You know ! have sojourned in board
ing houses for the past ten years."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
Hopinn AGAINST Hope.

Your wife" said the physician,
will not be able to speak above a
whisper for a week or more"
Say, doctor" queried the eager
husband. lis there any hope of her
disease becoming chronic?"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

Since love alone makes 1t worth the
while to live.
Let all be now forgiven and forgive.
says Alfred Austin in his latest poem,
All right. Alfred, we'll forgive you.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

This talk about the uselessness of
the veriform appendix is very fool
ish. It's exceedingly useful to the
doctors.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

Now that Josh Billings" is dead,
Prof. Davy Jones of Lancaster claims
to be the greatest English speller"
living
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
Worse Than a Lecture.

Watts-Does your wife ever scold
when you have been out late at night?
Potts-O, no, she never says a
word! She gets up the next morn
ing about o'clock and practices on
the piano. and darent say a word
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

The Duke and Duchess of Marlbor-
ough are reported to be living apart.
There are only few happy American
duchesses left.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
Worth 4 Fortune.

'Just to think giraffes are quoted
at $4,000 each"
Gracious! They must be the ]. p.
Morgans of the quadruped family"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
Habit With Her.

Patience-"I hear she has been en-
gagged eleven times!"
Patrice-"I hate to see a girl get
in rlt like that"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

AN observer says that the earnings
Of married women are decreasing.
How about their expenditures?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

Even though Mr.. J. p. Morgan has
Just paid $13,570 for a miniature por-
trait Of the duchess of Norfolk, by
Holbein, Mrs. Morgan has no reason
TO be Jealous.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

After a man takes more than $4,000
they quit calling it stealing and refer
70 it as embezzlement.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

The mental anguish of dry man
In a wet district is exceeded only by
that of wet man in a dry district
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

However. Mr.. and Mrs. Mosquito are
still laughing in their sleeves at the
eminent scientists.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16
Tells by the Smell.

Tells by the Smell.
Church-Don't you dislike to smell
that odor from those automobiles?
Gotham-No; like to smell 1t.
You do?"
Il certainly do. You know you can't
smell the odor until the machine has
gone by"
II know It."
"Well, If the machine has gone by
and you can smell at all you're pretty
sure that you haven't been struck"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-07-16

The typhoid microbes are pretty
wideawake. but they are very easily
taken In.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-28
TALKS ON INSECT PESTS.
XI.-The Strawberry Weevil.

Editors Progressive Farmer:
The work of this insect is familiar to the grow
ers in this State through all the country from Mt
Olive to Wilmington and from there west to
Chadbourn. 1t has been known pest in this
region for the past four or five years and seems
to be rapidly gaining in numbers and destructive
ness. 1t has at time another been de-
structive in most of the eastern States, especially
north of North Carolina, and even in Canada.
THE INSECT
1t is the mature adult insect which does the
damage, and strange as it may seem, there are
growers right in the midst of the weevl district,
who have lost money from its ravages every year
for four or five years, who have yet learned
the insect sufficiently well to recognize it posi-
lively The adult beetle is little larger than
the head of good-sized pin and more elongated.
of course. 1t is of a chestnut brown color, and
has on each side of the body black spot which
is surrounded by a gray border. From the head
there projects a snout of little more than one
half the length of the body. There are any num-
Der of other beetles of about the size, but
the spots, each side of the middle OF
the back, and the snout projecting from the head;
these two points taken together with the chest
nut-brown color will enable any intelligent, keen
eyed person to recognize it with certainty.
CHARACTER OF INJURY.
The injury by this insect consists in depositing
eggs within unopened buds, and then severing the
stalks so that the buds wilt and finally drop to
the ground In this way, one female insect will
often destroy many buds. We have counted as
high as eighty cut buds a single hill.
LFE.HIsToRY.
During the strawberry season just closed, Mr..
R. W. Collett and the writer were able to make
quite extended observations this insect-our
principal field of operations being at Wallace, In
the very heart of the weevil district. We were
thus able to corroborate many points in the life
history of the insect which had been recorded be-
fore, and added some original and valuable obser-
vations of our own. Thorough knowledge of the
hfe-history and habits essential to secure the
best results in combating this pest.
The adult weevils were first observed on March
31st and on April 4th, Mr. Collet found them
abundant, mating, laying eggs and cutting the
buds On April 18th, found that the eggs
were Matching to tiny white footless grubs inside
the now fallen buds. On June 9Th, Mr.. Collett
found that the grubs were transforming to pupae
(stin inside the buds), and that many of the pupae
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-28

straw, for if that we're the case they would ap-
pear and abundantly in part of
the field the other. have carefully sifted
over good deal of the straw, both in the woods,
in the piles where it had been all winter, and in
the field after it had been distributed, without
finding any trace of the weevils. There is yet
opportunity for some enterprising grower to ELL
this gap in our knowledge of the pest.
REMEDIES FOR THE PEST
In our work at Wallace, Mr.. Coett made prac-
tical applications of nine different treatments
Oh our little experimental plat the place Of
Mr.. j. A. Westbrook. Among these we used
"spirittine," preparation which has recently been
used against insects truck crops. Other tests
with air-slaked lime, bordeaux mixture and
paris green, carbolic acid in water whale oil
soap in water and others. The plat was in
side of field of about thirty in which
efforts were being made to keep the insects in
check. Our experiments, therefore, had to be
along the line of securing an immediate result.
No treatment could be applied with view of
lessening damage another year, since the plat
would be open to invasion from all the surround
ing fields. Our experiments demonstrated one
| thing thoroughly that there is little or no hope
of ever securing any direct remedy On all rows
| no matter what treatment was arolied the weevil
was seriously, and about equally, destructive.
Both carbolic acid solution and sprittine solution
were used at great strength to seriously
burn the foliage some plants, yet with alb
solutely result the weevil. The vines sprayed
with bordeaux and paris green will doubt be
benefited by protection from rust and other trou-
bles, but the treatment did not mitigate the
weevil Jury in the least. In previous years
others have tried various other treatments so ex-
haustively that we did not feel it necessary to
peat their work. Indeed, as summary. we may
say that we see hope of any material being
used as a spray dust application which will
be of material benefit, and we are positive in the
conviction that the best results will be secured
through the planting of other varieties, clean cul
ture of beds, the burning of trash, and especially
of ditch banks overgrown with dewberries, and
the prompt cleaning up of fields Immediately af-
ter the picking is over. Let us consider these
a little more in detail.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-28

had developed into adult beetles which had
emerged. At that date adults pupae, and grown
larvae, were still abundant in the fields, although
the last picking of fruit had been some two weeks
previous. Here, then, had been two weeks when
the vines were useless, that the insects
coming to maturity undsturbed. We will see later
what may be done at that time
Although adults numerous at Wallace
June 5th, Mr.. Collett did not find them mating.
but he did find many of them on the flowers of
certain wild plants in the woods, especially the
gall berry. In fact, at that time the whole trend
of movement seemed to be from the strawberry
fields where the insects were maturing, to the
woods. There were no efforts being made to pro-
vide for another generation, and this observation
is exactly in accord with those of other investiga
tors. Indeed, it seems pretty well established
now that there is only annual generation of
the weevil, namely, those which reach maturity
Immediately after the picking season. Therefore
the same adult weevils which Mr. Collett found
migrating to the woods on June 5th, will come
forth from their winter quarters next spring, to
cut the buds. There is time in the life of the
insect from the time that the egps is laid until
the adult energies, that is spent outside the very
bud in which the eggs is laid. The larva (grub)
does not go from one bud to another, and there is
no time when it enters the ground. It is always
in that bud in which it matches from the egg.
The principal food of the insect both in the
beetle and grub state, is pollen, hence.t attacks
the pollen-bearing varieties (the perfect bloom
ers'O much more than the others. 1t so happens
that many of the most highly priced varieties are
perfect boomers The adult insect can fly freely
although it seems seldom to do so; the usual mode
of escape being to simply double up the legs and
roll, drop, to the ground. 1t does not "'jump'
some have described to me. The adult beetles
may be found a large number of flowers, but
they only seem to cut and deposit eggs in a few.
principal among which the strawberry, black
berry, dewberry red bun, cinque-foil and rose. We
found the adult insects mating. depositng eggs
and cutting the buds of roses growing on the
porch of the Boney House, at Wallace, on April
2Sth
WHERE DOES THE INSECT PASS THE WINTER?
AS yet it is impossible to say definitely just how
and where the insects hibernate. It seems certain
that they winter in the adult stage, and it also
seems certain that they hibernate around the
edges of the field or in the woods; but exactly
where, whether in stumps, rotten logs under trash
rubbish and leaves, or under the surface of the
earth, remains question. Two whole days of
careful search Con March 9th and 10th) under
bark, sitting dirt, trash, pine-straw, ETC., failed
to throw any light on this question, for although
I found considerable number of other insects, no
evidence of weevil was to be found. From care
full observation and search, convinced that
they are not brought into the fields in the pine
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-28
PLANTING OTHER vARITIEs

The insect attacks chiefly the stamminate va
rieties (those which bear pollen), although it is
fact that they do attack the others to some
tent. The varieties at present most extensively
grown in the strawberry section are the Cd Ex-
celsior, (2) Thompson, (3) Hefin, (4) Mckinley,
60 Duff, (6) Dixie Belle, and CD Profit. Of these
the first four perfect bloomers, and hence
fully liable to attack. The last three imper-
feet boomers, and hence not so much attacked
It seems impossible to produce imperfect
blooming berry which will mature fruit early
as the perfect boomers, for which reason those
CONTINUED on Page A.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-07
Medicine Killed Him.

A distressing accident occurred at
the home Of j. j. Spalinger, in SYRIA
cuse, Tuesday evening. Mrs Spal.
niger, who is Ill, had fallen asleep,
when her grandchildren, the little
daughter and son of w. A. Hudelson
and wife, entered the room and pick.
ing UP a bottle of medicine, each took
a dose. AS soon as the action of the
children was discovered medical aid
was summoned, but despite all that
could be done the boy died about 10
o'clock p. m. He was about two years
of age. Strange to say the medicine
did not seem to have much effect upon
the girl and she has entirely recover
ed. All sympathize with the parents
in their bereavement. DR.. Hawk, who
is attending Mrs. spallnger, says the
little girl sometimes gave medicine to
her grandmother, and she acknowl-
edged giving 1t to her brother, say
ing she was playing doctor" The
medicine taken was cough mixture,
perfectly harmless If taken in moder-
ate doses. It has pleasant taste and
the boy drank about an ounce of 1t.
The first intimation that anything was
wrong was when the boys feet be-
gan to turn cold, and upon being ques-
toned his sister promptly told all
about 1t. It was too late by the time
medical aid could be summoned to
counteract the effect Of the narcotic
Jefferson Review.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-07
$tOo Reward, 500

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all its stages
and that is catarrh. Hairs Catarrh
Cure is the ony positive cure now
known to the medical Paternity. Ca.
tarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal.
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system, there.
by destroying the foundation Of the
disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the eonsti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in it's curative powers
that they offer one Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails TO cure. Send
for list of testimonials Address.
F. ]. CHENEY, & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-07
Notice Of Changing Of Grade.

Notice is hereby given TO all whom
II may concern, that the common coun.
ell of the city Of Salem, Oregon, In
tends to alter the grades Of High
street, in said city at the following
points. At the intersection Of High
and Mill streets, from the existing ell
ovation to ALSO feet above the base
of grades; and at point PIG feet
south Of the south line OF Mil street
on High street, from the existing ele-
walton to 41.O0 feet above the base Of
grades. The ordinance providing for
said changes in the grades aforesaid
will be under consideration at the
next regular session Of said common
council on March 10, 1904. at 1880
o'clock. Done by order Of the com.
mon council of Salem. Oregon, this
4th day Of March, 1904.
N. J. JUDAH.
4.S-10t City Recorder, Salem, Or
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-07
COLONIST
TICKETS

Commencing March /, 1904, and con.
tinuing daily TO and including April
80, 1904, colonist tickets will be on
sale from the East to points on Ore
gon lines, via Portland. Following
will be the rates from some Of the
principal points;
$4,000 from Chicago, III.
$3100 from Peoria, III.
$4,000 from ST. Louis, Mo.
$500 from Missouri river points,
Omaha and Council Bluffs to Kansas
City, inclusive.
S2790 from Sioux City.
Stop-overs-Stop-overs, not DO ex.
coed 10 days at any one point, will be
allowed between Portland and desti.
nation Of ticket, on Oregon lines.
Should anyone desire to have tick.
cts furnished TO parties in the East
agents can arrange on deposit Of
amount to cover, with name and ad.
dress Of passenger. w. e CONAN,
St-eod General Passenger Agent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-07

when brought in, for the reason that
there is no room for them.
There are SO counties in West Vir-
glnla, yet almost one fifth of the in.
mates Of the penitentiary were sent
there from Fayette county
With a population of less than 49,
600 the county has a debt OF almost
100000
Out OF the 5000 voters in the county
over 5000 were last year returned de-
linquent for the non-payment of taxes
The carrying Of firearms is so
prevalent in the county that the Judge
Of the criminal court has had to Is
sue a proclamation, warning the pub
lie that he will give every person
convicted of carrying firearms a fine
OF $1,000 and a sentence of one year
in jail
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-07
Wicked County.

If Fayette county, in the southern
part of West Virginia, is not the wick.
eldest county in the United States, the
one which surpasses It has yet TO be
heard from, says the Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
To begin with, the judge of the
criminal court was under indictment
for embezzlement at the time Of his
election, is still under indictment AMI
special judge will have 10 sit at
his trial in his own court
The president OF the county court,
which has sole power to grant or re-
fuse licenses TO sell liquors in the
county, is the principal owner Of the
county, and every saloon which Sc
cures licenses in the county buys
its supplies from this wholesale house.
The sheriff OF the county is a bar
keeper, has been one for twenty years
and has been convicted several times
since he has occupied the Office Of
sheriff for illegal liquor selling.
A Justice of the piece In the county
ran away with a woman and was mar
rled to her at Cincinnati. Il develop
ed that he had another wife living and
his Indictment for bigamy followed.
A man who had been constable for
thirty years and one OF the best or
ficlals in the county. shot and killed
another man for talking to the
constable's wife, and he is serving a
term Of eighteen years in the peni-
tendary for II.
The son Of a former judge OF the
criminal court was tried by his
fathers successor for murder.
The grand jury which has just ad-
journed returned fourteen indictments
for murder and there are sixteen in
dlctments on the docket for trial for
murder at the present term Of court.
The grand jury before the present
one returned twelve indictments for
murder.
Fifteen murders were committed
within the county during Christmas
week.
The iail contains 80 many prisoners
that tramps arrested for riding on
trains are turned away from ne jan