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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-04-03
Round Lake.

From the Crap bic: II.
George schmei ser departed on
Mond az afterno = with two carl Dads
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tack on cattle. No injury results from
this habit OF clustering around the
horn. The flies merely resort to the
horn as resting place from which
they cannot easily be dislodged by the
animal. They also congregate on the
neck and on the base OF the tail.
Some animals are more susceptible
to the tortures of this pest than
others, according to their temperament
and texture of their skins. While
feeding, the flies work their way down
through the hairs so as to reach the
skin Of their victim. but they quickly
take flight at the slightest disturbance.
The bites seem to produce great irri-
tation and sores are frequently formed
on the bodies of the animals by their
rubbing themselves against trees and
other objects or by licking bitten
places where the irritation cannot be
! allayed by rubbing, as inside the
tn chs and around the udder.
Successive broods follow each other
rapidly throughout the summer. Two
weeks Is about the time required from
the laying OF the egg to the appearance
Of the fly, and there is usually time in
the summer months for as many as
eight generations or broods. This
rapidity OF development accounts for
the flies appearing in such large num-
bers. The appearance of this insect
has been great curse TO cattle own
ers; so much so that the tormented
animals fall off in condition very much
and the yield OF milk Is reduced in
some instances from one-third to one
half. There are. however. several sim
pie remedies which will, II attended to.
greatly reduce the loss, to say nothing
of the hundreds OF advertised rene
dies which are being sold at very mod
crate prices.
All accounts agree that the fly In
creases much more rapidly early in
the season than later in the year. This
shows the advantage of being prepared
before the pest appears with the nee
essary materials and beginning prompt
work so as to destroy as many as pos
sible before breeding commences.
Preventive-To quote from the
United States entomologists. Messrs.
Riley and Howard:
Almost any greasy substance will
keep the flies away for several days. A
number of experiments were tried in
the field. with the result that train.oil
/ alone and train.oil with n little sui.
phur or carbolic acid added. will keep
the flies away for from five to six
days. while with n small proportion
of carbolic acid 1t will have n healing
effect upon sores which may have
formed. Common axle.grease will an
swer nearly as well. and the substance
has been successful and extensively
used by large stock.dealer In Vir
ginia. Tallow has also been used tc
good advantage. The practice Of
smearing the horns with pine or coal
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NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Annarently well.founded rumors in
dictate that MANNED Ali Bey, the Iur-
kish minister at Washington, has been
recalled.
Consul Doty, at Tabriz, informs the
State Department that in Uramia the
situation has greatly improved, ana
missionary property Is now thought 10
be safe.
cantain Baldwin on Friday fulfilled
the second requirement for the ac-
centance of his military dirigible bal.
loon by making two successful speed
trials at Fort Myer.
Ambassador White at Paris has ad-
dressed the French government WIN
view of the suspension OF the decree
prohibiting the importation OF SUI
phurated fruits, with particular rele,'
ence to California dried fruits, pehu'
ing the report of the American cohinlts ne
sion or board which Is to cover tns
whole subject of the importati,U,ha, VI
preserved fruit and otner a.,nn. euG1..
otherwise. 1t is said, the importatohs
of French fruits into this country lia'
be seriously affected.
7 An order was issued by the in.el
state Commerce Commission FRIDAY
extending from September 1st to No,
vember ist the date when the new Dill
of lading shall go into erect.
DR.. Robert Koch, the distinguished
German scientist. the discoverer OF tue
tubercule bacillus and OF the cholera
oerm will attend the international
congress to be held in Washington In
santember as an official representa-
tive of the German government. DOC,
tor Koch ia at present In Japan, ana
viii stop in Washington on his way
back to Germany.
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tar simply repels them from these
parts. Train oil or fish oil seems to
be more lasting in its effects than any
other of the substances used"
A cheap and efficacious remedy, sug-
gested by Hoard's Dairyman, and
which in the long run will be found
to be the best, is kerosene emulsion.
The emulsion consists simply of a mix
ture of soap suds with twice the
quantity of ordinary coal oil, made as
follows:
Kerosene tcoal oily, two quarts;
rain water, one quart; soap, two
ounces.
Boil the soap in the water till all is
it into the kerosene and churn 1t con-
stantly and forcibly with syringe or
force pump for five minutes, when it
will be of a smooth, creamy nature
AS 1t cools 1t thickens into a jelly
like mass. This gives the stock emul-
sion which must be diluted before u.s.
ing with nine times it's measure, that
is 81 quarts, of water. 1t will be found
to mix more easily If done at once, be-
fore 1t cools. This makes 80 quarts
of the mixture ready for use. This
may be applied to the animals by
means Of a sponge, or, what is certain
ly more convenient, force pump and
spray nozzle. One application often
lasts two or three days. Where a
small number of cattle only are kept,
the hand sprayer answers we'll
enough.
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THE HORN FLY A GREAT
PEST TO DAIRY CATTLE


Considerable anxiety Is always eyi.
denced by stock owners. especially
dairymen, concerning the sudden an
nual appearance upon their cattle of
enormous numbers of small blackish
hy which irrltates the animals so
much with its bite and disturbs them
so constantly that they fall off rapidly
both in flesh and yield OF milk. This
horn fly Is European pest which was
hrst brought to the notice of the Uni.
ted States division of entomology in
September, 1877, and was probably
imported with cattle from Europe,
where 1t has been known since 1880.
Prof. J. b. Smith of New Jersey
worked out its life history and pub.
llshed an account of his work in bul.
letin G2 of the New Jersey agricultural
experiment station. In 1890.
One of our illustrations shows this
pest much enlarged In all its different
stages of egg. maggot. pupa case and
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singly on the freshly dropped dung Of
cattle, chiefly during the warm hours
of the day. They are one.twentieth of
An inch in length, brown in color and
are not easily seen when laid. The
in less than "a hours and at once bur-
row short distance beneath the sur
face of the dung. Here they remain
until full grown, feeding on the liquid
portions of the manure. This is their
only food, and all stories about their
boring into the horns, ETC., are untrue.
When the maggots are full-grown,
which takes about week, they are
three eighths of an inch in length,
shaped as shown in b, and are dirty
white color. They descend a short dis
tance into the ground to pupate, and
the dark brown pupa.cases are one
eighth of an inch in length. During
the hot weather of summer the pupal
state lasts only four or five days, but
the last brood passes the winter in
this condition short distance beneath
the surface of the ground, and the flies
emerge in the spring. The perfect in
sect (d) male, is shaped much like the
common cattle fly (Stomoxys calci-
trams), or the house fly; but it is
smaller, being only ne.sixteenth of an
inch in length, or about one-third the
size of these insects. The head con-
sists almost entirely of the dark-red
silvery edged eyes, but bears on its
lower surface the black dagger-shaped
tongue which is the cause of SO much
torture to cattle.
The flies form more or less COM
plete ring around the h>rn, extending
sometimes from two to four inches
from the base Of the horn toward the
tip as shown.
The clustering on the horns seems
TO be peculiar to this species. The
horn fiy does not bite horses and other
animals. but seems to confine its at
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perfect insect. Our other Illustration
shows the peculiar habit this insect
has OF resting in large numbers on the
base of the horns. which has given rise
to its peculiar name. Both of these
figures are after those used by the
entomologist of United States in an
article in insect life. Vol. H., page 80.
1O3. In annual reports for 1889 and
1890.
The appearance of this fly into Can
ada was first noticed near Oshawa,
Ont. in 1902. In all cases since then.
when the fly has become general all
over America. farmers have come to
be thoroughly aroused and to appreci-
ate the losses they suffer by neglect.
ing this pest. Exaggerated statements
OF losses and injuries to the animals
which are quite impossible. have re-
ceived free and extensive circulation
Cows have been said to have been
actually killed by the flies which
some allege lay their eggs either on
the horns into which the maggots bur-
row and then penetrate the brain. or
in holes which they eat through the
hide, lay eggs therein, which hatch
out In large numbers and proceed with
their boring operations until the vital
parts Of the COW are touched and death
ensues. None of these statements are
founded on fact.
The eggs, in the first place. are laid
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GENERAL NEWS,

Curtls Guild Of Massachusetts
rated on for appendicitis at
Pa the 18th inst, following his
from a protracted illness.
Few York Republican state
on to nominate a candidate
Fhor and a state ticket will be
saratoga, September 14th.
POI Will be temporary chair.
Joseph Fl. Choate, former am
10 Great Britain, permanent
OF the convention.
foke Smith will call an extra
~ me Georgia Legislature, to
sast 2lth to consider the con-
me agricultural school sup.
and the anti-lobbying bill.
pomas Upton has intimated
III try again for the Americas
MS new racing yacht Sham
.he yacht club will give him
mat his challenge will be
H. Taft has written to the
having In charge the ar
es ior the national conference
ellpioyed to be held in New
beginning Sept. 25th that he
'e able to attend the confer
anasers Of the Cunard Steam
pahy at Liverpool, in accord
'heir usual practice, refuse
~ aeny or In any way COM
u the report that the line in
,n nnpandon Queenstown as a
~ In favor OF Plymouth.
! .a.ion Of the liquor traffic, an
modification Of Sunday and
.sloh from membership in
ocleties of those engaged in
traffic were the striking
!, tne resolutions adopted BY
va convention Of the Catho-
!. abstinence union at New
onn.' Thursday. <
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What's a Friend?

Seated on the white beach they
talked of friendship.
"A friend Is a balancing pole" said
an athlete-"a balancing pole without
which 1t is impossible to walk safely
the tight rope of llfe?"
"A friend is a jewel" said pretty.
girl, that shines brightest in the dark
ness of misfortune"
"A friend is volume" said jour.
nalist, "a volume OF sympathy, Duund
in cloth as rule, though in rare cases
the binding may be silken."
"A friend is a good link" mused a
jeweler. "in the chain of life"
He is a plaster" said a physician.
for the cuts Of misfortune"
Like ivy" said a botanist, the
greater the ruin, the closer he clings."
"A friend" said a grass widow sad
ly, SIS the first person who comes in
when the whole world has gone out"
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o,... Eour rhousand Guards Out.

Springfield, Ill.-With the arrival
here of the Second and Seventh imam
trv reqiments Illinois National Guard,
and two souadrons of the First cavalry,
oil from Chicago, the entire National
Guard Of Illinois, with the exception OF
tha Sjxth infantry and the Eighth In
fantrv (colored) was on duty In the
rint ridden districts Sunday night. In
al 4 e0o guardsmen are on duty In the
atty Governor Deenen said this art
ornoon that he wished to so protect the
city ., vi that the negroes who fled Will re.
turn ty as thev can be better protected
here than when scattered.
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[WORLD IN
|ARACRAPHS
oecoRp OF PASSING
kNTs IN THIS AND
hHeR COUNTRIES
l1EDIsPATCHEs
ks AND HAPPENINGS
h1 MARK THE PROG.
hess OF THE AGE.
|WESTE ERN NEWS.

ERN NEWS.
,IopaI Association OF Attor-
eral viii meet in Denver All
addition to the grading force
laramie, lIahn's Peak Il Pa
4 becn made on the walden
I'm annual reunion of the
Ithc Philippines at Galeburg,
triday chose Pittsburg as the
blacc next year.
stated by President Atwater
hing at La Junta. Colo, Mon
A that the proposed electric
4 Garden city, Kas., to Canon
Slo would undoubtedly go
Ind will connect all the cities
tkansas valley.
Stedlctrd by members OF the
Ample Growers Congress,
N Tuesday at St. Louis, that
sp this year sell Mt $3.50 to 50
Ion tho trees. and that before
In ends they will be selling at
|slO a barrel for choice ones.
! the spring frost5 injured the
Dps,
Aradinn labor department re-
Id at present no government
hce In the Canadian Pacific
contemplated. Under the
s. OF the Lcmieux act there
% sympathetic strike of other
hul grievance has first been
hd inquiry has been made by
|of Investigation.
! thousand members OF the
! Order Of Eagles from every
|of North America paraded
|the streets of Seattle Thurs
|vrrc chrcrcd by n throng of
Ind visitors that all but blocked
)eress. Magnificent uniforms,
IaT floats. bands and crack
bs made up the pageant.
kram was received at Chicago
Day by District Attorney Ed
|Sims from Attorney General
te approving the draft of the
for a rchcaring by the United
|burt Of Appeals OF the govern
De against the Standard Oil
Of Indiana, which case was
By the Appellate Court adverse
pyernmcnt.
|rst contingent OF seven army
from the Preside at San
p, under Col. John A. Lundeen,
NJ the Preside Monday morn.
lrncd Wednesday, having sue
completed President Roose.
hety-milc riding test. The of.
ported at the general hospital
4 an examination there, were
to be In excellent condition.
Republicans, at their state
pm in Dallas. named n full
ket, promulgated n platform,
punced that they would make
lng and active campaign of the
tween now and September 1st.
Simpson of Dallas, n confed.
teran, was nominated for gov
Charles Ogden of San Antonio
fnant governor, and w. II. At
pited States attorney for the
district Of Texas, for attorney
Pado struck near Coats, in the
part Of Pratt county, Kansas,
evening ut 6 o'clock, demol.
|ouses, barns and trees In its
9ter brief duration the whirl-
raised and struck again three
Ihst OF Pratt, sweeping every
y OF its path. Large barns
epletely blown away and trees
inches thick were snapped off
Gilng wood. A stretch 300
pde and eight miles long was
Fd. No lives were lost but
Pef'y damage Is estimated at
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The HOLY Ely.

Helen was watching some flies on
the window pane. when she called to
her mother. Mamma. come and see
II this is the bosom fly"
THE bosom fly, child! What kind
of fly Is that?"
"Oh. the one they sang about in
church last Sunday-'Let me to thy
bosom fly.'"-The Circle.
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Dues Didn't Worry Then.

Mrs. HI hear you resigned your
position as treasurer of the Don't
Worry Club?"
Mrs. C-Yes. No one cared whether
they paid their dues. SO what was the
use life.
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An UnaeeountabIe Omission.

City Editor-I am afraid our society
reporter. Mr.. Sophtsope, is losing his
grip.
Proprietor-How's that?
City Editor-This is the second time
this week I've caught him describ-
ing a wedding without using the adjec-
tives quiet and pretty,
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Cost Him $1,000.

Smithers docking over his friend
Smiley's modest little summer resi-
dcnce on the Hudson)-Times are SO
dull now | suppose you got this place
for a mere song.
Smiley-Yes; one of the kind that
Madame Patti used to sing.
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Handle Incubator Right.-An incu.
bator often gets lot of blame that
should go to the operator. When a
machine is regulated wrong 1t will go
wrong.
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Z Oyster Shell for Dueks.--There
should be q trough Of cracked oyster
shells in the duck yard at all times.
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,tional Association OF Attor-
eral viii meet In Denver Au-
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careless splitting by consumptives on
floors of rooms, etc. But why do those
working in public-houses and those who
frequent public-houses suffer much more
from consumption than others? Doubt
less much of the mischief is caused by
direct infection at the bars of public
houses 1t is we'll known that, as rule,
frequent doses of infection are required
before active consumption is produced.
To frequent a public-house is one of
the most certain ways of receiving these
frequent and large doses of infection.
But this is not all that indulgence in
alcoholic drinks implies If so, infection
might be avoided by drinking at home.
1t has been shown, however, that alco
hol lowers the resistance to infection;
in other words, it opens the door to in
lection; it prepares the soil ON which
the seed of infection grows. This is
we'll known to be true not only for con-
sumption, but also for such diseases as
pneumonia, typhoid fever, erysipelas,
blood poisoning, etc. A great French
physician, Dr. Brouardel, has we'll stated
the matter in the following words;
Catholicism is in effect the most bo7Oer-
fm factor in the propagation of tnber-
culoSiS The most vigorous man 10ho
becomes alcoholic is 7eithont resistance
before it."
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AS with consumption so with cancer,
there is great excess of disease in per-
sons employed in those occupations IN
which alcoholic indulgence is common.
According to the Registrar
figures, the same number would furnish
"A deaths from cancer among all occu-
pied males, 35 among clergymen, and 43
among doctors, would furnish So deaths
from cancer among commercial travel
ers, 70 among London innkeepers, and
20 among brewers.
In an investigation which | made as
to the persons insured i'll the United
Kingdom Temperance and General
Provident Institution, | found that tho
same number living at the same ages
which gave 100 deaths from cancer
among the n-abstainers, only gave II
deaths among the abstainers. This is
not surprising when we remember that
one of the factors producing cancer is
the influence of chronic irritation, and
alcohol causes irritation of the tissues
with which it comes in contact
Death Rates of Abstainers
and Non-Abstainers
We have seen that the statistics of
persons engaged in different occupations
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give us better insight into the ravages
of alcoholism than do the statistics for
the whole community. Happily there
are now exact statistics available COM
pairing, in a manner free from fallacy,
the relative experience of abstainers and
non-abstainers on large scale
Thus the incidence of sickness and
mortality among abstainers from alcohol
and on-abstainers is very clearly dem
onstrated by the statistics of the friendly
societies.
From the report of the Public Actuary
of South Australia, Mr. H. Dillon
Gouge, F. S. S., we extract the follow
ing facts:
Average Rates
Mortality Sickness
per cent Weeks
Abstainers' Societies -. 0.6s9 124s
Non-AbStainers' Societies 1881 2.317
So, too, the contrast between the per-
centage Of death-rate among the men,
bers actually sick, and the average weeks
of sickness suffered by the two classes
is striking:
Average Weeks
Mortality per of Sickness per
cent of Sick each Member
Members Sick
Abstainers' Societies 1857 645
Non-Abstainers'
Societies ...... 6.523 1921
To this must be added the statement
that many of the members of the mon
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To Increase Business
From the american Issue.

Let us vote for the selling of diph-
liberia and scarlet fever germs, small
pox and typhoid bacteria, and see how
it would increase business" There
would be business for more doctors,
nurses, druggists, undertakers, hearse-
drivers, hack-drivers, dealers in mourn
ing goods, dressmakers and milliners.
liverymen, casket manufacturers, grave
di"oers, and as all these would have to
live, it would help the grocer, butcher.
baker, and all other trades.
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abstainers' societies, i. e., Foresters and
Odd Fellows, are, in fact, abstainers.
The contrast would have been even
stronger had they been truly all nom
abstainers
The net result approaches two to one
in favor of the abstainer, who thus lives
longer and more healthfully than his
Notwithstanding friends. And, finally
when he is sick he makes more
speedy recovery.
The insurance office already named
has, among others, collected its expert
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clue as to which of these is operating.
So far, therefore, as our national death
returns for the general population are
fraction of the total mischief done by
alcohol
Thus, in England and Wales, during
the year 1908, only 1,475 deaths of males
and 1,O75 of females were returned as
caused by alcoholism and delirium
tremens, and 2,196 deaths of males and
1,720 deaths of females were ascribed to.
cirrhosis of the liver, a disease known
to be nearly always due to alcoholic in
diligence.
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January 1e, 1905.

ence for long series of years. During
this time over $4,000 deaths occurred,
and as these and the total lives insured
throughout have been kept in separate
groups of abstainers and non-abstaineN
and as transfers from one class to TIE
other have been excluded from both
classes, we have a body of evidence
which gives irrefutable proof of the
longer life enjoyed by the abstainers. Up
to the age of SIS the death-rate of non
abstainers at any age is never less than
45 percent higher than that of abstain
ers, and at some ages "a percent higher
than the latter. Between 60 and GA it
is 80 percent higher; between IS and 50
it is 20 percent higher; between 70 and
"A it is 16 percent higher than that Of
abstainers so that the superiority of the
latter persists at nearly every age.
Expressed in another way every alb
stainer thirty years of age has an aver
age prospect of living three and one
tenth years longer than a non abstainer.
Comparing with more general expert
ence, out of every 100000 starting at the
age of 20, among the abstainers 1904
reach the age of 70, while only 42,1O9
reach this age in the general experience
of a large number of life offices Of
Great Britain
1t is not necessary to multiply SINH
lar figures. All point to the same CON
clusion. The prospects of long life.
like the prospects of good health, are
very seriously diminished by alcoholic
indulgence Of course the non-abstain-
ers in the statistics quoted above com
prise certain proportion of drunkards.
and it may be urged that it is the latter
who cause this enormous difference in
life prospects between abstainers~ -
-abstainers. There must have bIS7A4
large number of drunkards, if they
alone caused the experienced difference,
and this is contrary to the known facts.
We are compelled to conclude that what
is commonly described as moderate
drinking has most injurious influence
on health and life, and that the best prac-
tice, both in the interests of health and
morality, consists in the avoidance of all
alcoholic drinks as beverage