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Show H Twelve Bugs. M It is iiHtoiilsliing what dovfltry cim M bo dono by u llttlo insect scarcely H bicor tbtin (i piuhend. In tlio H Philippines tbcio h a whito nut, u M minuto creature, which will cat up a H brldgoorwurohouHo or a fortification, H if ho 1h ulven half a chanco. Waro-M Waro-M houses havo boon actually dorourod by m thoHO insects and packing cases stored M in thorn crumbled to dust when loft M unprotected. Evou iron and steel B beaniH are not Bafo from thono vorac M iouu posts and us to books and man-M man-M uscripts, they afford only' a light m lnncli for thorn between inealH. It M it) snfo to nay that tho iiiHcct lifo of H tho world Is man's worst onoiuy, tho B ono that cuusou him most Ions and H discomfort and tho agency most pro-H pro-H dbctivo of d Incase and famine Tho fl United States hits Its full sharo of M those torments, but out of all tho M millions that annoy man, twolro M are boloctod for thoir primacy in H tho working of tnisohiof. Fremiti Fremi-ti nent among them all Ih tho chiuohbug, M which lino earned an immortality of M ittfamy by its dovolish dlstructlvo M noss. It Ih onl a third of an inch long, H but. in proportion to slzo cauaoH more H actual loss to farmers than any othor H living creature. Originally it fed H upon wild grnsseos, but whou clvll-H clvll-H lzod man planted wheat tho serial suit-H suit-H ed its taste and it soon become tho H foo of broad-produping crops. It M gots Into tho fuiiuol-shapod part H of tho loaf whoro it joins tho slock H mid sucks tho sap until tho plant H dios. Thoso bugs, multiplying at a H rato that is almost Inconcolvcablo, H attack a wheat Hold in armies which H enrpet tho ground, and whou tho H whoat has boon haryestod, thy lly to B tho com. It is ostimatod that this H ono bug costs tho farmors of this H country not loss than ?100, 000, 000 H orery year. H Second in tho list for its bad pro- H eminence is tho grasshoppor, which H lias tho faculty of behaving in somo H plucos and "cutting up scandalous" H iu othors.- In tho oust quite harm- H loss, it becomes a "holy terror" iu H tho west and worso than army of M toughs who "shut up tho town." M It is a corious monaco to agriculture M iu tho . Missouri rivor states and iu H "bnd pours" has boon know to H destroy Vrops and other voRotatlon to L lBkpxjJit of bcoroa of millions of MBBrS'HHH1 Hay UllH i"K 7 r' - t 'paeoo-splttin; post is tho B' " Terltablo locust of tho Ulblo story H which was used with effect on tho M stiffnookod old Pharoah. Plagues M of lico, frogs and othor nuisances M wero trlod iu rain but whou hoppers M wore turned loose upon him, tho fJeyptiau tyrant was glad enough to H "lot my pooplo go." Out west it M has often mado thousands of fur- H mors "go" hungry or into bank- fl ruptcy and is a foo much droadod M oror oxtensiro areas. Droughts thoy M may combat by irrigation ; from tor- B undoes thoy may tulco rofugo Inn col- m Jars ; but before tho inarch of swarms 1 of gntsshoppors thoy arc holploss. j M After tho jumping plague nrrlvos, M tho crops, as if by magic, nro swopt M from tho faco of tho oarth. H Tho iresslnu fly, which ranks third M among our destructive iusocts, is H thought to havo first laudod on thono M shores witli tho hirelings imported M from IIosso by old King Uoorgo, M to fight Americans during tho Rovolu- M tlon. At any rato It got horo and as m an enemy of wheat has no superiors M aud fow equals. It nppoara as a tiny m maggot at tho base of tho young H plant and kills by sucking tho M juices. Eventually tho plant is M weakened and finally destroyed, tho M maggot being transformed into a M dnrk colored gnat, closely resombl- H iug a small mosquito. Colloctiroly H these minnturo mischiof-ninkora nro H good for destruction amounting to H nu auual 850,000,000. B The army worm is another post M whoso mention is apt to make a farmor M liavo a crooplng fooling. It is a H striped cnterj)illnr wlilch iu early H summer destroys wheat, oats and pi othor grains nnd grasses. It climbs H up tho seed stalks and cuts oil' tho BH heads. With a favorable succession pi of seasons it multiplies in geometrical BJ ratio and at last becomes so mini- Bh crous as to necessitate migration in Bl Bcarcli of food. Then thoy travol B like nu nrmy, feeding day and nlghta Bl and Inflicting enormous damage. A Bfl fit companion in arms for tho invader Bl is tho potato bug, supposed to havo B originated iu Colorado nnd Now Mo.v- H ico nnd to havo 'first fed on wild M plants, lint after it got a tasto of po- H tato it would havo nothing olsonnd in BB pursuit of its tidbit began marching 1 uastwnrd nnd northward until it ovor- B spread tho whole land. Inasmuch ns BB a' slnglo femnlp mny havo bb mnny as BB fl.SlO.OOO.OOOdescondnnts iu a son- BBBh Bou.it is easily un'M-stood why tho post spreads so 'nBJBJ Thro worms th(yHulc tho cotton plant will assoss 'iXftirniora for at least $10,000,000 ucar, and ton million dollarB is a mclorato ostlmato of tho injury that 111 bo dono by tho applo worm. Tho cutorpillarthat fiuikos a specialty of oabbago will dostroy 850,000,000 worth of crisp gtyon hondB and al-togothor, al-togothor, so deck1 tho oxports, tho twolvo bugs nboo auathomatlzod will got away this year, with 8350,000,000 in the way of damngo to farmors. J |