28 
ers during 1895: Chingsbogs, Chinch Buck, Chinsh bugs, 
Chinge-bugg, chingh bug, chingebugs, chintch bugs, chick 
bug, chinc bug, Chings bugs, Chince bug, chinge Bugs, Chints 
bugs, Ching bugs, Chincebugs, ChickBugs, Chins bugs, Ginge 
Buck, Chinsh bug, Chidgbucks, Chinsbug, Cinch bug, Chinsee 
bugs, Chinz bugs, Chinge bug, Chinck Bugs, chinzbug, Chinsch 
bug, chince bug, chintz bug, chich bug, Chinck bugs, Chinche 
bugs, schinsboks, chin bug, Cinch bugs, Cinche bug, Cinsh bug, 
bugs, Chings bugs, Cinge Bugs, Shingebogs, chint bug, Chins 
Chints bug, Chintx bug, Chinth bugs, chinchbug, Chinche bugs, 
Chingbugs, Chinchbuck, Chink bugs, Ckinck bugs, Chinckbug, 
ching bugs, Chinch bugs, Chinxh bugs, Chinch bug, Chinesbug, 
Chints bugs, Chinch buck, chintch bug, ching bogs, Chingsbox, 
Chintg bug, Chitz bug, Chinsh bug. 
BOGUS INSECTICIDES. 
There are not only ‘‘quacks”’ that pretend to allay all human 
sufferings by some medicine which they alone can compound, 
but there are also other benefactors of the human race who 
have discovered some ‘‘cure-all” against all enemies of plants, 
diseases included. In some few cases these persons are cranks 
who really believe in the remedies that they have invented, 
though as a very general rule they are simply swindlers after 
money. It is difficult to decide to which class of benefactors 
Mr. Olavus C. Langseth belongs. After reading the following 
letters the readers may decide for themselves, also whether 
they are willing to pay money for quack-medicine or not. 
PrRor. Orro LUGGER, 
St. Anthony Park, Minn. 
Dear Sir:—I have received the enclosed letter relative to a certain 
powder, claimed to be patented, etc. Please give me what information 
you can on this subject and return the letter with your answer, as soon 
as may be. Yours truly, 
(Signed. ) KNUTE NELSON, Governor. 
Executive Dep’t St. Paul, June 1, 1894. 
In reply to this letter it was stated that without knowing the 
composition of the insecticide it would be impossible to decide 
about its value, but that chinch-bugs could not be poisoned by 
powders of any kind, simply because these insects had not bit 
ing mouths. 
The writer procured from Red Wing a large sample of this 
wonderful material, with the view of having it analysed. It is 
