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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16
Bug VS. Bug Method OfPest determination

is infested by destructive pests.
There they soon multiply II efficient
and destroy the pest, thus saving Ln7
enormous expenditure OF money nee
essary TO fight the pests on the trees
by artificial means OF eradication,
viz: Sprays OF different kinds and
Immigration with hydrOCyanic acid
gas, which in California alone
amounts to over S1,0Ov,00U annually.
Briefly that is an outline OF the
role of the parasitic and predacious in
sects that XII be handled al tn 2
insectary. We require a special para
site for each pest as one parasite Will
only prey on its particular food and
nothing else. Many and varied are
the forms of friendly insects which
range from microscopic fly to lady
birds and up to wasp-Hke insects ovel
an inch in length.
Special attention will be paid TO
the native parasites. They viii De
collected and shipped to any points
where required. A number Of glass
breeding rooms are to be arranged
around an open court IN the cente'.
The court will have a lattice roof
and will be used as a hospital for sick
plants and trees used in the work OF
producing insect food for the bene-
fetal species.
A laboratory will be installed fOr
the purpose Of working out new
phases Of insect control. The large
rooms in the front will be used as r
museum, where preserved insect
specimens from almost every COW
try in the world viii be mounted in
an attractive manner. Trees and
plants. showing the effect of different
diseases, will be on exhibition as we'll
as all thu destructive insects Of tn
state. so that the general public as
we'll as the growers can become ia
miliar with and distinguish between
beneficial and destructive forms.
The msectary is not { natural his
tory museum, but strictly a CONNER.
C:aI proposition. The work is not
new. It has been successfully ap
Piled in California for fifteen years
but on a somewhat small scale. and
largely in an experimental way
Since the first introduction Of benz
fetal insects. many forms Of valuable
bugs have been imported with much
profit to the state
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16

Providence, July 12.-''To my mind
John HAY is the finest flower of our
civilization" the late President Nc
KinIey once said. Thousands of Amer
leans who came into personal contact
with the distinguished literary man
and statesman whose death was re
GREETED a short time ago shared that
feeling To hundreds Of thousands of
other Americans who have forgotten
neither Mr.. Hays achievements in
the public service nor his literary
masterpieces-foT what school boy
has not acclaimed Jim Bludso" or
Little Brooches Pit is nee sssarily
of interest that an enduring memorial
is about to be erected through the
gifts of some twenty-five gentlemen,
friends of Mr.. Hay and his Alma
Mater. These friends had already sub
scribed $4,000 when Mr. Andrew
Carnegie subscribed $4,000 more.
and the memorial will soon he erect
ed.
Very appropriately this memorial
will take the form of university IL
brary, the plans for which have just
been accepted by the corporation of
Brown University. Honor will thus
be done not only to an individual but
to the general conception of the res
possibility of the educated man IN
democracy. Mr.. Hay throughout MS
long and useful career was always a
scholar, in the productive, not in the
pedantic sense. Literature he follow
ed professionally only as he con-
scientiously could. His interest in pub
lie affairs and his sense Of the duties
of citizenship were such as to pre-
vent his devoting all his energies to
Just as when he was
chief editorial writer of the New York
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16

Within a short time the propaga-
ton OF beneficial insects will be well
under way at the new state insectary
in Sacramento The famous bug vs..
bug method OF pest determination
which has been so successful in Cali
fornia, will be perfected at the insect
airy and the work there during Tn
next few years will mean much 10
the state.
Deputy State Horticultural Com
missioner c. X. Carnes will have
charge of the insectary, under til
direction of Commissioner Jeffrey.
Carnes has been supervising the con
struction of the institution and is now
busy equipling the building with tn
apparatus which will be needed. IN
speaking about the Importance Of
the insectary and the ignorance OF
the general public as TO its purposes,
Carnes said this morning:
The real purpose of the insectary
is but vaguely understood by the vast
majority of people. Among the fruit
growers who have to fight against in
sect pests OF every description Its
functions are better understood. The
real object Of the institution is to
collect. propagate and disseminate
beneficial insects that can be used -
prey upon insects that are destructive
to fruit and cultivated crops. In
other words the insectary will propa-
gate and distribute good bugs TO ea1
up bad bugs.
The majority of the commercially
destructive pests We have In CaIifO.-
MIA are imported species. In their
native homes the same insects ar
not pests, as they are held in subjec-
ton by other forms Of insects, the
same as our native species are N
| California. In order to procure an
efficient insect enemy of a given pest
it is first necessary TO locate its ma
/ tive home and there is found the ben
efcial form that uses it for food,
1 This last species is called its para
site. In order to locate this par
site IT becomes necessary TO sent q
man to that particular country, col
lect some of the beneficial forms ani
ship them to the insectary. Here
trees are stocked with them.
They multiply and the extra speci-
mems are carefully packed and shipped
gratis TO the orchard or grove that
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16
Stanley Weyman's Home.

Stanley Weyman, the novelist, who
has found, for a literary man, con-
genial retreat near Ruthin. occasion
ally allows his sense of duty to over
come his strong love for retirement
and his aversion to figuring in public
life. On one of these occasions he not
only attended a meeting at RhyI
called by Col. CoynWallis-West to
consider the provision of cOnsumpt-
i've sanatoria for Denbibshire, but
gave the meeting little chapter Of
autobiography. Seventeen or eighteen
years ago, Mr.. Weyman told the
meeting, he himself had suffered
from a form of phthisis, which, if it
had been allowed to go on, would no
doubt have proved fatal. He was sent
abroad and returned at the end Of z
or eight months perfectly cured.
Among his companions at that time
were few men in the advanced
stages Of the disease, and some Of
them he still numbers among his
friends. They spent about two years
abroad, and returned strong and
healthy. Mr.. Weyman strongly advo-
cted in his speech the provision OF
sanatoria in every county, and sug-
gested that phthisical cases should,
like those of fever and smallpox, be
isolated in the interests both Of the
patients themselves and of the pub
lie Mr.. Weyman must have gone
abroad on the very eve Of his llrer-
arv career, for his first romance,
"The House of the Wolf" only ap-
peared in Manchester Guard
ian
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16
READING AT SUMMER RESORT.
The Veranda Class of Literature for
the Once Young.
By Walter Prichard Eaton.

For some years l have been con-
enjoying the rights and privileges
that appertain to young manhood, in
Guiding the society of young women.
But l have just been made suddenly
and horribly aware that l can con,
slider myself so no longer, that | am
now passed into the next period OF
life, the period when you still have
hope in hair tOnics!
That knowledge came, as most OF
the interesting occurrences OF my
life, grave or gay, have curious,y
come, at a summer resort. When
walked into the hotel Office conscious
of my temporary prominence on the
stage of affairs by virtue of being
the only 'new arrival" on the $40
| train l saw that familiar fluffy line
IUp of the girls-Who-dance waiting
with a studied air of Indifference that
! did not deceive me, an Old-timer, in
! the least! With an equally studied
! (and | fatter myself quite as sue
cesssuD air of indifference | stepped
up to the register, but reviewed the
! fluffy lineup out of the corner of my
eye. There were black eyes and
blue. tanned pretty faces, interesting
! takers, all the promise of delightful
society, and the exciting process OF
selection in the weeks to come.
was filled with satisfaction, and
marked especially a tall, rather slen-
der damsel in blue who was langOr-
ousIy sucking a Iolly-pop. l also
adore lolly-pop, most IeisureIy OF
sweets!
But my satisfaction soon gave place
to dismay. For, as one pair Of eyes
after another casually met mine, one
and all the maids behind them turned
away without betraying a glimmer OF
interest, without one single fash Of
hope or twinkle of sympathy. Even
the lovely lolly-pop maiden turned
languidly toward the water cooler.
The disappearing shirt-Waist backs
, ooh, melancholy jokeD were like a
slap in the face, the futter Of white
skirts through the door said all too
plainly in my ears, He's too old!
He's too old" Sadly l signed my
name to the register.
We've a lot of pretty girls here,
said the amiable clerk; you'll have
your hands full
l smiled dismally; | knew better
But, because the preacher was
wise, Il recalled that he made some
use of his time, even after his dis
covery of the vanity of life. So J.
too, after a few feeble efforts to ellie
it the interest of the lolly-pop maid
who placed the last straw on my
back by talking literature with ne
abandoned the young folks altogeth
er, and extracted what amusement
could from their elders on the yer
anda-"my SET" | called them. After
all, it is remarkable what shocks
what griefs, what changes we NOR
tails can endure, and smile again! II
was not long before l was really en-
joying myself and telling myself that
if l was too old for the girls-who
dance, they were too young for me
l won't say that when l saw them
stroIling off toward the beach Of an
evening with the young men-who
dance there wasn't a twang of sour
grapes in my attitude, or at any rate
a certain usefulness.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16

with lustrous finish of FURNISHED
copper as is the typical wild turkey,
while the vigor and vitality of
the wild bird is such that to this
day we strengthen the most virile of
our bronze turkeys by an infusion of
the wiM blood.
Rhode Island, small as she is,
stands for the best in turkey produc-
ton. The last census shows less
than 100000 turkeys in the United
States and only about 5000 produced
annually il Rhode Island, yet, accord
ing to T. F. McGrew, the turkey ex-
pert, if al the turkeys of the coun-
try were of such good quality as
Rhode Islands, their total value
department of agriculture, the grow
ing of turkeys has greatly improved
during the Last few years as a result
of a determined effort on the part of
producers of STANDARDIZED stock to
demonstrate that it is much more
profitable to use pure breeding stock
than the smaller and less vigorous
stock or tunes past. The Wild turkey
is also being used to instil further
new vigorous blood into the bronze
cocks. Inbred is the fatal defect
among the practice of many turkey
growers.
No other kind of live stock will re-
turn so large profit to the success
full producer as poultry according to
McGrew, and no kind OF poultry is
more profitable than turkeys when
properly handled. The fact that tur-
keys will from the time that they
are six weeks old until winter gain
the greater part of their entire living
from bugs, insects, grasshoppers and
waste grain assures their existence
during this period at little or no cost
to the grower where there is a suf-
ficient range for the birds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16

q Health Trough Progressive Exercise
! Now. every one knows that alcohol
| is the ingredient that produces the
stimulating or narcotic effect, depend
| ing upon the amount taken. II the
amount be small, as it is in a glass or
TWO Of beer, the effect will be stimu-
! lating; if large, as when one
drinks several glasses OF whiskey, the
effect will be narcotic, and the con-
dition of narcosis is incipient paraly-
sis.
The general drinking of ardent spir-
its is unQuestionably curse. 1t
causes many diseases, and it fills pos
terity with dipsomaniacs, murderers,
idiots and other kinds of degenerates.
The evils of excessive drinking have
brought even the moderate indulg-
ences of temperate men into dfsre-
pute. The cry now is, not temperance
but prohibition. Yet moderate drink
ing of light wines or of "nut.brown
ale" is not harmful, and it is often
beneficial. When one is worn out and
really needs stimuIant, a mug or
two of ale, or pint Of claret, may be
drunk without any narcotic effect But
no healthy man needs at any time the
powerful stimulation of whiskey, and
il is accustoming ones self to he mar
cotic effects of large amounts OF
hard stuff that makes drunkards. A
light wine or beer drinkeT rarely be-
comes an inebriate. Go into a saloon
and observe the physical condition OF
it's patrons. A healthy, fullblooded
man with steady nerves will order
glass of ale or beer; puny, thin man
with hollow, flushed cheeks will or
der and pour ou+ "-'th shaking hand
a large dose of whiskey.
No one should drin any alco-
holic liquid whatsoever during the
day; but at night, when the energies
are tagged, a moderate quantity OF
light wine, or of malt liquor, may be
drunk during or after dinner. When
mental labor has to be done in the
evening. however, very little of any
kind of stimulant should be INDUCED
in.
1t is said that wine, and especially
matted drinks, stupefy the brain.
Probably they do; at all events they
sometimes make one sleepy. But is
this a bad effect A dulling of the edge
of thought occasionally rests the
brain and prolongs its powers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16
SOFT EFFECTS IN
MEMS FALL TOGS
so TAlLORS DECIDE AT THEIR
ANNUAL CONVENTION AT
CHICAGO.
AND PANTS WILL BE NEITHER
SAUSAGE NOR BARREL
oVERCOATs DISCUSSED.
Prepare for soft" clothes.

Prepare for soft" clothes.
Soft-rolled Iapels, soft colors, soft
designs, soft materials, in fact, every.
thing connected with clothing for the
fall season will be soft" This IS
the final decision OF the American
tailors in convention at Chicago.
1t will also, to use a slang express
sion, be soft" for the tailors, as
they prophesy an increased price Tol,
wooden goods in the autumn.
AS regards the cut of clothes, the
tailors decided on an average"
style. During the coming season
they will attempt to strike an aver
age between the extremely conserva.
tive clothes of decade past and the
rather radical effects worn today.
A medium length will rule in coats,
half way between the old-fasnioned
seymour" of twenty-six inch
length, and the late skirt-coat of thir-
ty-four inches. The trousers will fol-
low this lead, and be neither as tigh
Too.a 80 ~. 80. -, IVA
Two modest buttons will adorn me
new sleeve, which will be decidedly
cuf1less.
Rolled lapels will tend to give q
'chesty" effect to the garment, which
will be minus the lady-like flare
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16
FLORIDA cAMPHoR GROVE,
One of the 1000 Acres Started by a
Manufacturing concern.

"SfNi c~AHi III ~S'aS~'''
Secretary James Wilson of he de-
partment of agriculture In a recent
address delivered before the ,Ameri-
cans club of Pittsburg, declared that
the United States was successfully
experimenting in the production or
camphor, according to the New York
Journal He said. in part:
For many years the department
has been distributing camphor tree
seed and thousands of trees are now
growing throughout the south and in
the Pacific coast states. Two years
ago a serious effort was made to de-
veIop the manufacture Of camphor
from these trees.
by improvements In manufacture
ing processes satisfactory results
have been accomplished and a large
manufacturing concern is now build
ing I'D a camphor grove Of 1000
acres in Florida. from which it hopes
TO make its camphor. This firm uses
more than 100000 worth of cam
phor every year"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16
CROSSING THE WILD TURKEY.
Some Interesting Data About d Nota-
Bile American Bird.

Philadelphia Record.-The most
notable American bird in the farm
category is the turkey, growing as
he does to the great weight of thirty
and even forty pounds and losing no.
thing in SAVIOR and toothsomeness.
Likewise the most regal Of cur re-
naming game birds is his blooo
brother, the wild turkey, from which
he has descended. There is perhaps
no instance where domestication has
scored so little in Improvement as
with the turkey. In fact, in some re-
spects the tanning and breeding have
hurt instead of helped the specie. No
prize domestic turkey gobbler IS ever
so beautifully marked or so resplen-
dent with feathers Of black shaded
with rich bronze and Illuminated
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16

The city of Thebes had a hundred
gates and could send out at each gate
10000 fighting men and 200 chariots
in all, 100000 men and 1000 char
lots.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16
Sizing rier Up.

There goes Miss Peachley, the
stenog. Isn't she a dream?"
yep. Where does she work."
"She isn't working now"
"Sort Of an idle dream, eh?"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16

Ones deserts are the last thing one
after in this world-or the
next.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16

The worst fault a human being
can commit Is to be faultless.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16
Effect Of Water, Wine, Beer and Whisky
In hot Weather.

Elliot Flint author Poweaud Tbrough Progressive Exercise
New-York tribune., 1908-09-13
MORE ROOM FOR
FIFTH AVE. PARADE
REMOVING SIDEWALK EN-
CRO4CHMENTS.
Bureau of High1rays MoUing Curb
Line Back Bet1reen 10th and
42d Streets.

Fifth avenue. one of Americas most famous
thoroughfares, is IN process of being widened
fifteen feet at estimated the city OF
S5oeoo. and 10 the property owners OF $4,000 This
proud street has long lacked TO accommo-
date the motor cars and carriages taking part in
the everlasting parade. The advantages of exclu-
siveness have been outweghed by the demands of
business.
The part being widened under direction of
the bureau of highways comprises the stretch be-
tween 40th and 42d streets. The curb line on each
side OF the avenue, together with ornamental lamp
posts is being moved back and a half feet
This work Will be completed a cost of
S. ooo There is authority TO continue the widening
all the way down 25th street. whenever the Bor-
ough President of Manhattan feels like giving or
ders. Probably il viii be months before the
rest Of the job is tackled, and meanwhile the
property owners VIII have chance remove
croachments the sidewalks Several court de-
cisions have established the right OF the city to
compel owners TO get back 10 the stoop line.
Originally the sidewalks of Fifth avenue were
each thirty feet in width. The early builders who
erected ponderous brownstone residence structures
upon IT did not why they shouldn't project
stone entrances half the sidewalk space
which then more than sufficient for public use
The city authorities were conplaissnt. Churches
clubs banks and restaurants took their share OF
the sidewalk and the jutting luxurisnce Of carved
New-York tribune., 1908-09-13
Established Forty-one Years.

Church's iron fence. with fou- lamp posts at %
street; the hedge. shrubbery and moat glaras
diners at the WaIdorf-Astoria from immediate 9aF
lie view and the outdoor restaurant Of MaE'l'
cafe. Office buildings and Other modern structN'
have been generally put up without infrinsins
the sidewalk.
II is calculated that the twenty-five and a "a
feet Of sidewalk remaining when the avenue
widened will accommodate eleven ordinary -
paraders abreast. o. six and fraction No~ I,
wearing Easter hats One block viii contain :
pedestrians. who will be able 10 watch ssss-
eight carriages or motor cars.
The New York City Improvement CornniissoAL -
which Francis X Pendleton. Corporation 80 80
is chairman. made a report 10 the Mayor iss1 - -
in favor of widening Fifth avenue TIE -, -,
suggested that moderate encroachHsntS ss So.
for balconies and ornamentation IN upper -.
not less than ten or fifteen feet above 'hs -, -
would net interfere with the use OF the sis -
The Board of Estimate passed resV''Ls -
April revoking all permits that had been - -. ,ss
distractions in Fifth avenue between ~ - .
4Zd streets. and later resolved 70 "luei
riage way by fifteen feet. -. Il
Corporation Counsel PendIeton stated =. q
property owners. having been defeated ~ -
in litigation over the obstruction Guss.ss asr
agreed TO remove their erCroachments- ssr =
eTs alleged that they had vested rlSf'S s.s
rious permits; the city answered thit - -,,,ra
hftd me rlgnt 10 grant the use ga - -
and that In any event all such pefH's .sss
vocable one Of the test eases was a Pr 's. ~
brought by a property owner 70 conigs. gs..s,.sas
ough President To take down the 0oS,,~ rs-f
front Of the cafe Martin The APps-- i r
decided against the restaurant Ihe NO,.- rrls
peals also decided against the kncAe'' e-s.t
Company. which had extensive stepS ,rs y
its building at s4th street and asaiHs "a .rs'<
Peyster property. at Sixth avenue anu ~ ssas
which maintained an area IN the siae"'-S asix
a plan for carriage and troHeS 80 rds I
Fifth avenue at 42d street. 50 thS' ,hls e'r I
traffic may not be interfered with y H.,so q y
gested corner. has been drawn BY aiie~.s 70 D
Borough President and Will be pIs-.s.rns ~ s
Board OF Estimate for action. Ins ..,sOn 81
vides for a little plaza at the ~, No. avs "
room for couple of statues VIZ W., sishs
Pendleton. an anonymous philah'ni ,or wants
present TO the city. The wouid-oe -. ab0at = E.
have one statue OF Tilden. but is not '-'
other.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-13
Telephone
500 Chelsea

from his house and making il with a base
ment entrance which means a new staircase and
a reception hall the floor which used TO re
servants quarters.
The full effect of encroachrnents is shown the
two blocks where the city's contractors have cut
the sidewalk space in two and the owners have
not yet withdrawn their trespassing projections
Pedestrians restricted To pe-ilcus pathway
half a dozen feet wide between curb and basement
steps. vault skyliShts. porches and fences An
absent minded habtuS taking his usual stroll anu
keeping his ordinary distance from the curb is
likely uD against stone walls and carved
pillars. Evidently the owners in no hurry
about doing their part
Among the distractions that will have 10 be re-
moved further down the Brick Presbyterian
New-York tribune., 1908-09-13
OLD GOLD AND SILVER,

GOLD, silver, platinum, diamonds. rubies.
sapphires. pearls. emeralds, pawn tickets:
valuables bought. John Daley. 654 9Th ave.