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DEATH KNELL OF GYPSY MOTH.
Work
OUT JELLIOTT UTCUU.\
Wilt tbe GypsyMoth the
United State* end devastate shade
fruit twee and meadows as its rinj«
In New England indicate that It cer
tainly will unlcea some drastic and efr
fectlre measures are pot IWward to
check it? Daring the peat few yearn
tbe State of Maaacboeetta alone ex
pended over a Billion and* quarter
dollar* in attempting to exterminate
tUa moth, tbe caterpillar of whldi
feed* upon learee and La* stripped ten*
of tbooaanda of tbe great apraading
rime and other trace In tbe old Bay
State.
Thin la a subject which might not
partlcnlarly. lntefc*t the farmer* and
fruit grower*, or even tbe etrect and
park superintendents of Kanaap 01
other dlitant Btataa except for tbe an
nouacement of Dr. L. O, Howard, tbe
come a* destructive in the city of
Washington or the State of Missouri
as It baa In Masaachuasetta.
In spite of all tbe fortune which
Massachusetts baa expended to light
this pest, the moth baa annually
hatched Its brood, and annually tbe
worms bkre spread tbemselres over
the great elm and other trees of Bos
ton and tbe surrounding towns, extend
ing their domain each year until It
seemed, in the light of tbe expert testi
mony as to their habits, that they were
destined to cover practically all of tbe
United State*.
Ordinary Methods Unavailing,
chemical mixtures, fumigations
United States? Dr. Howard, tbe dor-
eminent entomologist, made a visit to
continental countries and be baa Just
returned, bringing with him tbe death
warrant of tbe Gypsy moth.
In Europe this terror of tbe Mew
Bag land State* is but one of tbe is-
sect pests which do some, but not very
material, damage to foliage plants and
trees Mature always provide* for a
proper equalisation of things, an" "
Its habitat this moth has some 20
mles—parasite* and carnivorous
sects—irblch prey ferociously upon It,
keeping it in check and reducing its
ravages to a fairly negligible quantity.
Crowing Moths' Mortal Foot,
“It only remains,” said Dr. Howard,
In speaking of bln Investigations, “to
propagate some of these foes of tbe
moth U this country. They can be se
cured, pecked, shipped and landed in
Boston in safety. Whether they will
take hold in tbe United Staten is a
question, but there is no good reason
to believe that they will not thrive as
well as in Europe, or as well as tbe
moth does here, and grow fat and lusty
when turned out to pasture, opoa their
hereditary prey*
The Gypsy moth is one of those in
sect pests which bas loomed up large
before tbe entomologist or hug special
ist of this country *» n possible scourge
of the entire United States, gradually
spreading from State to State, eating
and killing both deciduous and conifer
ous trees; devouring gardens and every
green thing, and leaving behind them
• brown trytl of desolation, causing
AUGUST fcgf
at least the expenditure of-mllUona of
dollars to hold them in chcik.
Dr. Howard's trip for the Depart
ment of Agriculture shows this moth
to be but one of a hundred minor an
noyances which the country bat to pro-
other devlcee have been tried with only
partial succeaa and in no easo bis com
plete extermination resulted. The
minute this work ceases, the moths In
crease with astonishing rapidity.
What was to be done! The Depart
ment of Agriculture was Anally applied
to, and It was realised that since tbe
Virs end moth might spread over the
entire country. It became a national
necessity to provide for It* eradication.
The department took np the subject at
once. It was known that tbe Gypsy
moth wtt of European origin, as it bad
been brought here In connection with
silk worm InvestIgatlona, some of the
moths accidental!
lion then arose,
whet It threatens
restigaiions, some w uie
tally escaping. Tbe quee-
Is this pest in Europe
urns to become lu tna
vide against It is a question of tiger
eat tiger, needing only the knowledge
of bow to apply the natural remedy.
Uerctteu to Grafters.
elected district attorney of Mew Tork
on an independent ticket it will be be
cause tbe people will respond to his
splendid courage in denouncing ell po
litical bosses end to hie remarkable
activity and inspiring fearlessness in
going after tbe evils of tbe Metropolis,
•bowing no mercy to criminals on tbe
one band and shaming toe well-dis
posed people for their indifference on
the other•'
MOVE ADVICE TOR WIVES.
Would Not Have Hubby Made Nurse
and Assistant Chambermaid,
fna tbs Waakiagtoa Tlsiis,
Are yon ooe of those women srbo i
tteuaUy request your husband to run
get too this, that, or the Other
as be Is about the bouse? Do you
habitually call him back from tbe cor
ner to mall a letter or give him a sam
ple of altk to match? Does be no
sooner alt down than yon ask him to
ran npstalrs and get tbe baby's pins,
or taka tbe small child walking, or ran
aroond^tbe comer end get tbe meet for
?bere era misguided wives who
nuke it a Constant practice to keep tbe
man of tbs house fetching and carrying
for themselves and baby from the time
ha enter* the door until bedtime end
ell day Sunday. It’s “Tom, get me
” an*“Tom, please bring me that,”
in the eyes of a third party Tom’s
position in tbe boms appears to be that
of a well-trained servant
The Poor, Patient'Worao Bait
It la hardly fair to let him drop to
that la it? Do you really require that
he should go into bondage of this sort
to you andhaby? Ho does it patiently,
maybe, but it wears on him, and hurts
hit self-respect Wh> don’t you do
your own buying, and mail your own
letters, and match your own samples?
Why don’t yon have the baby’* things
handy, so he won’t bare to watt on yon
band and’ foot when you’re busy with
tbe little one? ,
What would yog think If your hus
band brought home a lot of his offlee
work for yon to do at night? Suppose
be expected you to spend your spare
boars clerking for him end helping him
with his bllle end accounts? Bldlcu-
kras, wouldn’t It be? let ft* some rea
son, you expect him to act as second
housemaid end assistant child’s none
tbe whole time be is away from office.
In Timet of Need, Yen.
Mine times out of ten it’s simply a
habit that gets you into this practice.
Of course, there are exceptional cases
of illness whldi make It necessary for
a faithful husband to step into tbe
■hoes of n domestic help end assist
with tbs meals end tbe children. But
unless there is this necessity it ought
not to bo expected. s’
The man’s Aeld of labor, little wife,
it bis office or factory, where be earns
tbe bread for yon. Tours is in tbe
borne where yon do every whites much
aa be towant eeralng tbe tiring. He
doesn’t expect yon to go down to tbe
office and work. Don’t expect him to
come home at night and do tbe boose-
work and mind the baby.
Do roar end aa well aa you can. Be
•a Independent and self-reliant about
It aa posslbla. When be comes borne
let him rest And it yon manage right
you can be ready to rest, too,
ENGLAND’S WAR PR0BLEH.\
Royal Commission Finds That It
Consists Mostly In Lack of
rood Supply.
After all, what are the sinews of
wart Are they ammunition, guns and
men. heavy artillery, cavalry and In-
fantry? The royal commission re
cently appointed to investigate tbe
conditions of England with regard to
her -preparedness for war does not
THE CHINESE BOTCOTT.
Alarm Beginning to be Felt by
American Merchants.
The Cblaeee boycott of American im
ports Into. China continues in spite of
tbe sctleu. of tbe President In modi
fying tbe harsh execution of our ex
clusion laws, and our evident desire
to placate tbe Chinese. This Chinese
retaliation bee been brewing and
stewing for some time. There bare
been muttering! and threatening* dar
ing tbe pest two years bnt they bare
XTSW* 1
hewrpn
*40,667.822
T*x Kjxe or CROPS,
amount of men, ships or 0rearms on
hand, bnt calls attention to the fact
If England * mightr nary were
to prove as weak and Inadequate as
her dull battalions did in the Boer war,
nnd wore to be sent to slumber among
tho wreck* M the boastful Spanish
Armada, tbe little Island under a state
of siege would be practically helpless.
Much of England's actual necessaries
of life la imported. Suspending these
Imports for any length of time tho suf
fering among-the inhabitants would be
acute. The. commission, then. In It*
wisdom, emphatically brings the people
of England face to face with tba ac
tual conditions an they exist, bring*
them face to face with the fact that
they bare been providing for war by
spending vast sums for army and navy
and paying no attention to tbe actual
sinews of war-food. Recommenda
tion baa been made to Parliament for
tbo erection of * system of elevators
and storage bouses of sufficient capac
ity to store $30,000,000 worth of grain,
beside* a vast quantity of provision*.
They reason that tho atorehouaen
should hold supplies of food sufficient
for three mouths, Agurlng that that
length of time would be long enough
to prove whether Brlttanla would be
sovereign over the wave* or go down
to the depths, leaving tho coast unde
fended at the mercy of the blockading
fleet
Tbe Commission would be wise, too,
If It could work out an Industrial rev
olution by which the vast tracks of
land held in England In great unpro
ductive estates could be transformed
into small, self-supporting homes, such
as ran he found by the tens and hun
dreds of thousands In Japan. England
Itself contains much more arable land
than all of Japan and the single Island
romprising England, Scotland and
Wales has folly three time* the agri
cultural land of Japan.
Pointed Paragraphs.
F>«m the CMesgs News.
Beware of the financial pointer; it
usually points tbe wrong way.
As a weather forecaster there is
nothing superior to a healthy corn.
Isn’t It a pity that the average re
former neglects to begin his work at
borne?
Cigarettes, if properly classified,
would come under tbe bead of fools of
tbe air.
Any small boy will make a borne ran
every time be knocks his ball through
a pane of |lus.
Nothing arouses ■ woman's wrath
so much as a man who appears to be
well satisfied with himself.
One man may be able to break a
hone, bnt later tbe bone does a stunt
on tbo moo track and breaks n dosen
Easy for tbo Coroner, Anyway.
It la tbe usual custom to moat dtle*
to at once summon tbe coroner to view
tbe remain* of a person who ban died
without medical assistance, and be
then Impanels a joy to Inquira tbe
cane* of death. A wise ruralist ex
plained, however, that there Is no rat
oon tor selling In n ootoasr to see tbe
body at n man who boo bad n physi
cian's old. beet use everybody known
who kilted him. ~
been generally disregarded and It waa
apparently believed that they amounted
to nothing more than futile threat*,
information comet from Ban Fran
cisco that In China tome ten thousand
of tbe merchant* have signed tbe boy
cott resolution*, which carry a penalty
of abont $4,000 In each case for their
violation. Farther, the Chines© news
paper* are refusing advertisements of
American Anna.
Since the fact* are coming to be
realised, tbe question in this country
becomes a live one, The National As
sociation of Manufacturers which sup-
k, m t
ports nearly half a million working
people and represent* $800,000,000 In
capital will use all its Influence, It is
stated, upon Congress to hers the
Chinese exclusion law mitigated In
such a way as to appease the Chinese.
On tbe other band tbe labor unions
win oppose every effort to modify
Chinese exclusion, aa is indicated by
tbe recent interview of Mr.-Gompcr*
with President Boosevelt The Amer
ican interests which will be tbe
beeriest losers If tbe Chinese persist
In their boycott, ere the cotton pluntcrs
end the cotton and cotton cloth traders.
Tbe accompanying diagrams from Col
lier’s Weekly indicate tbe rapid in
crease of our trade with China daring
the past iwo yean.
8HORT WEIGHTS IN HOUSEHOLD
1 GOODS. ^
AsIMuch Need for This Legislation
las for Para Food Lews.
A great deal bas been said in the
papers abont adulterated goods, bnt
very little abont abort weights, which
are quite as dishonest. Mow comet a
correspondent of the Mew Tork Journal
of Commerce, who declares thero Is as
much need of foil weight lows as of
pore food laws. He says; “It tea. well-
known fact that candles weighing only
11 or 1H4 ounces are sold as a pound;
that raisins are put np in packages
containing 12, If and IS ounces, which
are sold as pounds; that there' la hardly
a tin of lard, cottolene or any other
product put up in packages that tbo
tin or pasteboard is not weighed with
the good* packed in them.”
Paper made of wood and clay forms
tbe wrapper! for packages containing
cereal products, crackers, etc, end
these come e little cheaper to the man
ufacturer than tbe goods; but tbe con
sumer is not getting all be pays for.
unless the actual contents of tho pack
age weigh a pound.
Tbo package on tbe ecalc* will usu
ally weigh a pound, but the wrappings
often exceed two ounce*. Sir Thomas
IJpton Was once brouxbt to time and
lined by tbe English authorities for
padding out bis pound of tea packages
with paper. The band of tho law
needs to bo applied In many such
placet In this country.
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sense that no other man can be.
farm anywhere la nearer nature’s
heart than the sidewalk* of the city.
Besides the air la purer, and ao Is the
water, and food right out of the
ground is not adulterated.
The Packer* Were the Hoga.
Of sixty-eight samples of sausages
examined by the government analyst
at Melbourne, Australia, not one win
found unadulterated. In the scwallcl
pork sausage put up by the parking
bouses not a particle Of pork could be
discovered.
The Race Grotring Smaller.
81xe and sufficiency are not neces
sarily associated, as la-shown by the
way the Japanese have outwitted and
outdone their Russian enemies In
strategy and In combat Nevertheless.
It la not a good sign to dud a people
diminishing In tlxe, and the English
people are properly disturbed at find
ing that auch Is the case with them.
Their Improper nourishment Is sup
posed to bo the leading cause, hut Dr.
Anna Shaw reminds us that tbe
American people art oo tbs verge of
taking the same tom.
A Brockton shoe manufacturer
already claim* to note a sign of
degradation In n failing off In the
demand for th* larger tlxe* of men'*
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larger on th* artrsg* in another 100
years then th* peasant Japs or French-
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