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INSECTS FROM CHEMICALS.
Indiana Scientist Asserts He Has Sue.
ceeded In Bringing Animal Life
from New Formula.
That he has succeeded In generat
ing or In creating animal matter in
the form of insect life from a chemi
cal compound is now asserted by Dr.
Charles W. Littlefleld, of Anderson,
Xnd., and at his laboratory the other
day ho gave demonstrations of his
discovery.
Dr. Littlefleld, as £ £§•
cently attracted attention by his
claim to the discovery of life germs
In common crystals of salt, after they
were subjected to a simple compound
of chemicals. Ammonia, alcohol and
distilled water, added to a quantity
of salt, and the whole inclosed in a
glass tube for a period of about one
hour, created the foundation or tho
beginning of life, according to Dr.
Littlefleld, and hTs discovery was
credited by many scientists. Since
that time Dr. Littlefleld has desired
to advance his theories and experl- i
ments, hoping to develop animal mat- 1
ter in living, animated forms.
Now he asserts that he lias succeed
ed beyond all doubt in bringing forth
animal life from chemicals. A few
drops of the chemical liquid was put
under a powerful microscope. As if
boiling and hopping about over the
liquid were innumerable objects, ap
pearing in shape and action like a
gnat or flea of the smallest possible
Eize.
HERE'S A ROOSTER HOBO.
Chicago Bird Beats Its Way on the
Trucks of a Passenger Train to
Grand Rapids, Mich.
A Chicago rooster will be exhibited
et the West Michigan state fair, which
will be held at Grand Rapids In Sep- |
tember, as the result of unusual cir
cumstances. It went tc roost on the
trucks of a Grand Rapids & Indiana j
passenger train. Some of the passen- 1
gers saw the rooster take its perch at
Grand Crossing and it hung on while
the train was getting under headway.
At Michigan City the rooster was
Rtill a passenger, though seemingly
beating its way. It hopped off tho
trucks at the station at Grand Rapids. :
and admirers made a race for it. Now
it will be placed on the poultry bench
In Michigan's big show as an example
of real, unadulterated Chicago grit.
Sympathy from Victims.
That little girl who ran away from
home rather than pound a piano all
day, according to the Chicago Daily
News, ought to have no trouble in get
ting sympathy and aid from the neigh
bors.
One Great Advantage.
There will be one advantage in the !
Interurban railway dining car. It can
ptop /at anv orchard along the route ,
for its fresh fruit.
CHANGE FOOD
Some Very Fine Results Follow,
The wrong kind of food will put the
body in such a diseased condition that
no medicines will cure it. There is no
way but to change food. A man In Mo.
Bays:
"For 2 years I was troubled so with
my nerves that sometimes I was pros
trated and could hardly ever get in a
full month at my work.
"My stomach, back and head would
throb so I could get no rest at night
except by fits and starts, and always
had distressing pains.
"I was quite certain the trouble came
from my stomach, but two physicians
could not help me and all the tonic 3
failed and so finally I turned to food.
"When Iliad studied up on food and
learned what might be expected from
leaving off meat and the regular food
1 h:>.-! been living on, I felt that a
change to Grape-Nuts would be just
what was required, so I went to eat
ing it.
"From the start I got stronger and
better until I was well again, and from
that time I haven't used a bit of medi
cine, f(,r I haven't needed any.
"I am so much better in every way,
sleep roundly nowadays and am free
from the bad dreams. Indeed, this
food has made such a great change
In me that my wife and daughter liava
taken it up and we are never without
Crape-Nuts on~our table nowadays.
It is a wonderful sustaine* - , and we
frequently have nothing else at all
but a saucer of Grape-Nuts and cream
for breakfast or supper." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Good food and good rest. These are
the tonics that succeed where all the
bottled tonics and drugs fail. Ten
days' trial of Grape-Nut3 will show
one the road to health, strength and
vigor. "There's a reason."
Look in each pkg. for the famous lib
tlu book, "The Hoad to Wellville."
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CHARLEY Li RONTON grinned:
" 'Nor heed the rumble of a distant
drum,' " lie quoted, derisively. Then he
read the closing lines of her letter again.
"Dear little girl forgive this stupid let
ter. I'm tired to-night, dog-tired."
"Slipped up on yourself that time, old
fellow. No woman would write like thut
—'dog-tired'. 'Dear little girl,' And you
still expect me to believe that 'M'stands
for Mary? So? Let's see if Lottie can't
hold up her end of the line rather better?"
And smiling savagely he drew a sheet of
perfumed note nearer and wrote in the
large, angular characters the girls of his
acquaintance affected:
"My own dear Molly," a distant ruffle
of doubt reached him. If it should be a
woman? jlelaughed harshly. "May the
gods mend my folly. I'll swear he is a
man. He gives himself away at every
turn. Though why in reason he should
wish to pose as a woman—unless he is
a scamp—and that's what he is. Anil
dead to the drum, and the absurdity of
his occupation, the over-driven man
plunged into an account of society plums
that did great credit to his own laith in
his imagination.
Long years ago when he was a college
boy, Charles Bronton had had a girl cor
respondent. but he realized that those
letters were not what a girl would be
apt to write to a feminine correspond
ent, and confidant; and this was the
problem lie had been wrestling with
ever since the taking tenderness of a
Lulaby had lured him into writing a
note of congratulations to its author and
a native shyness of sentiment forced
him to sign this note Charlotte Bronton.
He had said what he felt an urgent need
of saying and his tracks were covered.
Yet the reply surprised him. It began:
"My dear little lady." He Charles Bron
ton. the stern man of affairs had never
been mistaken for a woman before. In
the first sting of his pique the old love of
mischief, he had believed long dead,
awoke and came to his assistance. There
was a tempting chance to make a fool of
the other fellow —and stocks were good
just then. Bronton wrote such a reply
as he fancied befitting the pen of a "dea* -
little lady," and awaited developments.
The answer that came promptly was
gravely gentle with a suggestion of ten
derness that stirred in him emotions he
had not felt since his mother's fingers
had been taken from his hair forever.
But he dodged the emotion and the
drum and sunk the sensation in a care
less "By glory,, the fellow knows his
ropes. A little while the correspond
ince ran upon literature and the emo
tions in the abstract, but Bronton re
membering hard those girlish letters of
long ago soon hinted coyly a desire to
know what the M in Mr Boswells name
stood for. He had been told promptly
that it was not a Mr. Boswell, but a Miss,
and that the M stood for Mary. Hearty
laughter came to him for the first time
since he had joined the Money-Mads.
For M. Boswell's letters, in spite of that
cleverly suggested tenderness, had been
masculine almost to the point of tobacco
smelling.
"What the deuce is he driving at?"
Bronton grumbled, sobering suddenly.
Was it an effort to force his hand or a
Jesign to dupe a young girl. Bronton
had a business man's opinion of literary
chaps. And as stocks took a bad turn
just then his projected fun ended in a
grim determination to lead on a scound
rel to his undoing. He laid on th6young
girl thick and sweet and evidently she
won upon M. Boswell. The replies he
received took on a more openly, tender
tone, quickened with a cheery hope tha'
it heartened one to read. Charlotte was
soon cut down to Lottie or simply "My
dear" —which last sometimes caused a
ruffle from the distant drum. Bronton
tvas forced to yield a grudging admira
tion to the fellow's skill, his gradual
approaches, and the tenacity with which
he held each gain of ground. This let
ter had begun "My dear," and so full
had it been of a strong, sweet patience
that once or twice during the reading of
It the distant drum had drawn near—
"suppose it should be a woman, a woman
whocould understand —the kind of wom
an he had felt the need of when things
went wrong. But at that ending. But
at that ending "dog-tired" lie had hard
ened his heart in bitter disgust—at such
bad acting. Now for a lot of girlish sym
pathy and not a little girlish love and
we will see what becomes of "Mary."
A reply came by return mail: "My
own dear little girl," he read. "Your
sympathy was very sweet, but it made
me feel like a thief in the night"—ah,
ba—"for matters were not nearly
so bad with me as 1 evidently
led you to believe" —oh, bosh—"l
wonder if you realize what your
letters have come to mean to me—like
open, sunny places in the thin woods
of life. Do you remember the woods
where Rinaldo strove—fiend possessed?
I don't mean that, my life is nearly so dif
ficult, but I'm an impatient beast and
when I cannot make all earth and half
of Heaven go the way 1 want, there in
nothing left but swearing, and that
avails little save a grudging sort of self
contempt"—true, true, my dear sir. Don't
I know But you must know r.aught of
the lair sex if you fancy that they write
letters like these. But, Jove, if you
only were a woman." He shook his
head. "Rather, you are an uncom
monly clever scoundrel." He drove
the letter deep Into his pocket and
went out to face what, the day
might bring—and the day brought
Sully's failure. A wild day on the floor
with men howling like fiends around
nim, and in the thick of it. Bronton found
himself thinklngof the letter —the woods
where Rinaldo strove. And it angered
him. Walking home, tired, hungry, the
loser by many thousands he thought of It
again and with the thought aud the an
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1904.
ger i'a:ne the conviction that h,' wa. tn
fit inoocl to unmask villiany—to do any
thing that would give head to the exas
peration straining at its lash. "I'm an
impatient beast myself," he muttered,
grimly.
When tlie elevator had left him face
to fare with M. Boswell's number, Bron
ton broke into harsh laughter at the
thought of the bitter humiliation hang
ing ovpr the head of the unsuspecting.
He knocked roughly and a clear voice
cried: "Enter."
A small room made merry by firelight
dancing In bookcase doors.
A desk, and at the desk a woman with
gold glasses and strong stooped shoul
ders.
"Are you M. Boswell," Brouton de
manded dully, for the drum was deafen
ing him, "Strong and sweet, strong and
sweet."
"Certainly!" The rising inflection
suggested an enquiry as to whom he
might be. As though at roll call Bron
ton's heart answered that it was pleas
ant in here after the chill and din out
side, that the fair- sweet face and the
strong hand standing at pause—even ths
deep chair by her desk seemed good to
him. He remembered that she had
called him dear many times and it
seemed very good. This woman with t tie
glad, gray eyes was his friend. And he
promised himself that after this when
things went wrong hew ould come here
and sit in this chair and look at the fire
and listen to the scratching of her pen
and ali would be well with him. Then
the inflection in her "certainly" made it
self felt and lie replied to it placidly.
"I am the young girl you have been
corresponding with."
Miss Boswell removed ber glasses and
looked at him thoughtfully. Every
manly line in his well-marked face;
every tired one. She spoke kindly:
"Pardon me if the saying sounds
harsh, but when a bearded man of 30-
odd announces himself as a young girl,
he lays himself open to the charge of in
sanity or intoxication."
"I am neither drunk nor crazy," and he
sighed contentedly.
"Nor a young girl?"
"No. Nothing but a man who," he
paused to drink in the deep peace of h>-r
presence and she completed quietly, "who
has seen a wild day on the floor. May be
you will not mind resting a bit while I
finish this sketch before the color fades."
She pushed a bell. "Only ten minutes."
Her voice trailed away, her shoulders
stooped again to her rapid writing. Not
too absorbed to call his attention to the
tray the maid placed on a corner of her
desk. Coffee, oysters, hot rolls, eoid
ham —Bronton had eaten nothing since
breakfast. "But I shouldn't eat your
salt —"
She swung her pen crosswise to shove
a cup toward him.
"No salt in the coffee. Drink It. You
need it." And Bronton surrendered his
tired soul to her soothing. It was pood
to be here, and nothing else mattered.
Good to be here, watched over by those
kind, gray eyes, ministered to by that
strong right hand, soothed by this sunny
silence. This was the woman he had
needed all his life and he had found her.
The ten minutes ran into a silent half
hour. and after he had finished his sup
per Bronton lay back in his chair rest
ing as only a tired man or a tired horse
can rest, unconscious of the occasional
shrewd glances flashed upon him from
behind those gold glasses. A rustle of
paper, a brisk "well" broke the speil.
Bronton drew a deep breath. "It is all
right," he said, contentedly, "I'm Lot
tie."
She took off her glasses and looked at
him. "I beg your pardon?" Tiie tone
made him sit up. He explained quickly.
"Lottie, that you have been writing those
strong, sweet letters to. I'm Lottie C.
Bronton!" He pulled out a card.
The gray eyes went through him like
cold steel.
"Pardon me if the saying sound harsh,
you are also a scoundrel."
"Scoundrel? I! I —no, no. I thought
you were a man."
"A year ago—"
"I know. But—but —oh. Lord. I didn't
heed the distant drum. I went on believ
ing you to toe a man—•"
"Ah uncommonly scaly one?"
"Oh. no. Wait. Oh, I might as well
teli yon the truth.l thought you were a
scamp and I meant to show you up."
"And you showed yourself up?" A
flicker of fun warmed her eyes. Bronton
laughed joyously and laid his hand ou
her shoulder.
"Own up. Have you never doubted
my girlhood?"
"It has occurred to me occasionally
that if you were a girl you were the
craziest one ever created."
"Ah, had you. too, refused to heed the
distant drum. Don't you think you are
about as deep in the mud as I a\n in the
mire?"
"Not at all."
"Then give me a hand to help me out.
Please, Molly. I'm tired. Dog-tired."
'I know you are. So am I. Let's sit
down."
Bronton sat down, retaining her hand.
"This is what I call being comfortable,"
he said.
"This is what I call being incorrigible,'
Molly retorted, withdrawing her hand to
the arm of her chair.
Bronton stretched out his arm and
laid one finger across the back of her
hand. "Heed the drum," he admon
ished in a tone of deep satisfaction.
"Heed the drum, it is beating reveille for
your happiness and mine—and it is no
longer a distant drum."
Three Eagles Kill a Cow.
Three eagles attacked and killed a
cow belonging to Aaron Whitson, at
Garden City, Kan. They also picked up
ami carried about 25 yards a dog that
weighed 35 pounds.
The Russians are experimenting with
a "water-clad" battleship, which has ari
upper deck of cork and a second deck of
armor. The space between the two can
be filled with water; then the ship tloatj
a foot under the sea's surface.
DESTRUCTIVE TREE BOFFIF
It Is Found in All Parts of the Coun
try and Does Incalculable Dam
age Every Year.
The destructive tree borer so well
known to horticulturists as the flat
headed apple tree borer and to ento
mologists as Chrysobothris femorata
is found in all parts of the country,
and annually destroys vast numbeis
of trees. It attacks apple, pear,
quince, plum, peach, cherry, ash, elm,
maple, box-elder, sycamore and willow
trees. The injury is done by the flat
headed borer during its grub or larval
stage. The adult insect is a beetle
about half an inch long, flattisli-ob
long in form, shiny greenish-bla.'k
above and copper colored below. The
female deposits her eggs in the crev
ices of the bark of the trunk and
main branches, usually on the south
or southwest side, where the effects
of the sun upon the tree are greatest.
In our locality the most of the eggs
FLAT-HEADED TREE BORER,
a, larva; b, bcetl*; e, head of male: d, pupa ;
twice natural size (original).
are probably laid during April and ■
May. Although fggs are sometimes j
deposited by this insect upon healthy,
well-established trees, it evidently
prefers to select sickly or newly
transplanted ones, especially tliosj j
whose bark has been injured by e.\- I
posure to the sun. The eggs hatch
within a few days af.'cr being depos
ited. The young larva soon euls
through the bark etui proceeds to bore
at some depth b neuth the surface, j
leaving behind it a flntieacd channel.
Sometimes a single borer will girdle !
a tree and cause its death. The larva
reaches i-ts full growth by the end of 1
the summer, being then a pale-yellow
ish grub about half an inch long, with
.1 broad, flat head. During the winter
it remains quiescent. The next spring
it bores out nearly through the bark, j
then moves back a little and under
goes its change into an adult beetle
form, the transformation being com
pleted in about three weeks. The j
beetle then cuts an opening through j
the bark and escapes to continue the !
work of destruction begun by its an- j
cestors. During the warm part of the |
day it may be seen flying about in the i
hot sunshine.
There are three ways of combat
ing the borer: (1) by destroying the
grubs while they are at work in the
tree; (2) by the application of some I
substance that will prevent the eggs j
being deposited or will destroy the j
eggs and newly hatched larvae, and
(3) by wrapping tiie tree with some
thing that will prevent the females j
gaining access to the bark. But, by
the best methods known, borers are |
difficult insects to combat. The larvae
make their way into the wood so
soon after the eggs are deposited and
keep so completely out of sight as
they work, that they may do much
injury before their presence is sus- '
pected, and are difficult to kill when
detected. It is a case where an ounce
of prevention is most decidedly more
effective and more economical than a
pound of cure.—Arizona Station.
Top-Dressing for Grass Lands.
Why did top-dressing grass land, so j
much talked about 40 years ago, be- ,
come unpopular? Why not stimulate j
the growth of the grass roots already j
In the soil, as well as to buy grass seed (
to make new ones? Two years ago I |
dug some muck right from the bog— J
It was muck, not mud—mixed ashes ;
with it, one bushel of ashes to six I
bushels of muck, and spread it on a
plot of ground that was badly run out.
That plot bore a good crop of grass |
last year and this year it looks still j
better, while the grass surrounding this !
spot is very thin and light. This dress
ing may be applied any time after hay
ing or very early in spring. It pays.—
W. W. Maxim, in Farm Journal.
Feeding' Cows Before Calving.
In the matter of feeding it should al- j
ways be liberal for the cow that is soon j
coming In. No starving will answer.
The following, from an exchange, are
simply the conclusions of experience
and common sense: "As to her care be
fore calving, iter food should be some
what reduced in quantity, and of a cool
ing, laxative nature. Hoots, silage, al
falfa hay and shredded corn fodder are
excellent for roughage. Oats, bran or a
little oil meal are good concentrates.
After calving only tepid water should be
given for at least a couple of days. Keep j
in a dry warn boxed si ail and see 1
that she gets 110 sudden chill lor several j
days."
Cost of Raising a Calf.
The cost or raising calves from birtl
to maturity is treated in a recent farm
ers' bulletin. From record of the
amounts and cost of food consumed, it
has been reported by the Alabama sta
tion that the average cost of the first
year's growth of a calf is about sl2, or
|2O until the time of calving. The sta
tion in Connecticut gives $!!3 as the es
timated cost of raising a calf until trva
years old.
Art Association, tells young" women what to
do to avoid pain and suffering caused by
female troubles.
"Deak Mrs. Pivkttam: —l canconr.ciVntlously Tooommend T,ycHaj3.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to those of my sisters suffering'with
female weakness and the troubles which so often befall women. I suf
fered for months with general weakness, and felt so weary that I had
hard work to keep up. I had shooting pains, and was utterly miserable.
In my distress I was advised to use Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and it was a red letter day to ine when I took the iii\s*t dose,
for at that time my restoration began. In six weeks I was a changed
woman, perfectly well in every respect. I felt so elated and happy that
I want all women who suiter to get well aT I did."—Miss Guila Gannon,
35& Jones St., Detroit, Mich., Secretary Amateur Art Association.
It is clearly shown In this young lady's letter that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will certainly cure the sufferings
of women; and when one considers that Miss Gannon's letter is
only one of the countless hundreds which we are continually
publishing in the newspapers of this country, the great virtue of Mrs. Pink
ham's medicine inust bo admitted by all; and for the absolute cure of all kinds
of female ills no substitute can possibly take its place. Women should bear
this important fact in mind when they po iuto a drug store, and be sure not
to accept anything 1 that is claimed to be " just as good" as Lyriia I]. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, for no other medicine for female ills lias
Biade so xnany actual cures.
How Another Sufferer Was Cured.
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enough, for they have done me more good than all the doctors I have
had. For the last eight years and move I suffered with female troubles,
was very weak, could not do my housework, also had nervous pros
tration. Some days I would remain unconscious for a whole day and
night. My neighbors thought I could never recover, but, thanks to
your medicine, 1 now feel like a different woman.
"I feel very grateful to you and will recommend Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound to all. It lias now been four years since
I had the last spell of nervous prostration. I only weighed ninety
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"I consider your Vegetable Compound the iinest remedy made.
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I remain, Yours truly, Mns. J. 11. Farmer, 2809 Elliott'Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
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are foolish il they do not ask for it. She speaks from the widest
experience, and has helped multitudes of women.
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