Jjgg|J FOE OF MOSQUITOES. The Aiciimomfrniia Collets Mny He I'roiniKUteil to Kslrniilnalif tlie Innfi'l I'ent. Summer resor era have read with | interest of the discovery by Dr. j Charles Wardell Stiles ofa mosquito destroyer. The new enemy of the pest of New Jersey is not armored and car rios no torpedoes. It is an innofen- threadworm about a quarter of . an inch in length and of the fineness of a filament of silk. The honor of tracking him home | belongs to Prof. John 11. Smith, state entomologist of New Jersey, who last year sent to Dr. Stiles, of the Public Health department in Washington, the j \[ tot nrxjc \ \\ mo #ourro- I / I \ / \\ 1-AKM J ' \\ the r SArtaHAWU* v \\ CUUCIS \ \ / THE AOATTQMAP'.Kr* O.n CULICIS AND MOSQUITO. first two specimens of the parasite upon the study of which the scientist has based his theory that a formida- j ble foe of the mosquito has been dragged from retirement. As far as the process of killing mos ! quitoes by the new method is con j corned there is nothing more simple, j One small egg, raw, does the worl- i and when once the destroyers have be gun, nothing can prevent then from at least decimating the marsh popula i tion. The solution of the matter will he to induce the mosquito to eat the ; egg "Once there was a man," said Prof Smith in his laboratory in Rutgers college, New Brunswick, "who adver- j tised a remarkable poison for the ex termination of potato bugs. The first direction he gave was to catch the bug and then he advised that as much ol the poison as necer.sary be forcetf down the insect's throat. When I sent the two specimens to Dr. Stiles I did not anticipate the possibility of ex terminating the mosquito in a whole < sale fashion. In fact, I had not named the worm. Dr. Stiles knows much more about worms than I do and 1 see that he has given the creature th( title of agamomermis culicis. "As to the origin of this creature we : must confess that I have no informa i tion. I found a fe wof the parasite> in the mosquitoes ldst year. The mos | quitoes this season have more. Sta tistics which I am gathering from va j rious parts of the state show that in some localities ten per cent of tlu pests are Infected by parasites, and one lot which I received this morning from Cape May had 81 Infected mos quitoes out of 151. "I think that owing to the many eggs which the worm lays, next year j the mosquitoes will be fewer. It i» a provision of nature mat when a spe- i cies become so numerous as to be j troublesome its enemy attacks it with : great vigor. "Now that if! the way it is this yeai I with mosquitoes. They have multi ' plied so that there is no peace, and the threadworms are after them. It is the female mosquito only that bite: j human beings, anil these thread worms prevent them from so doing "This whole question which has been raised by Dr. Stiles is so new 1 that I cannot at the present pass upon the feasibility of propagating threai worms. I think, however, that some thing of the kind might be done. Egg.i! oi the worms could be sown in thf ! breeding places of mosquitoes. They would hatch out thread worms, which in turn would la ychousands of each. These eggs, taken up by the young mosquitoes, might greatly re duce the pest."—N. Y. Herald. Ilml y Act* ;in MnKiift. Prof. Murani, a distinguished Italian scientist, says that certain persons pos sess a strange magnetic or electric in fluence, which produces curious results. A few days ago while at work on some electrical experiment, one of his friends suddenly entered the room, and at the fame moment theneedleof his gal vanom etf r moved to and fro very rapidly. 11. vas sure that his friend had In one of his pockets either a magnet or some other electrical instrument, and in or der to convince him that he was mis taken his friend removed all his clothes. Tot he professor's surprise t hcgal vanom mit continued to act just as If a pow erful mannet was near it, and the rloser his friend approached the more mark<d its action became. Mortovcr, the front of the body acted on it In the firoi manner a'- the p' Hive pole iif i inapnet and the back as a negative pole. lee llenvler Tbttll Witter. By experiments of great accuracy i'rof, Babcoek, of the Wisconsin university, ha* shown that half a ton of lee weighs more than the water obtained from melting that quantity of |c«. Therefore the w< Ight of u body Intreaaea a* iu temperature fails. RAIN AS A PURIFIER. theory l.ong Held by American Scientlnta Proved by Recent llenllh Tenia In I*ou«lon. The health departmen has often "u.ieu the attention of tne public to he fact that rain ia a great putifier. ind there is some highly interesting testimony to the same effect in a re- Tent number of the London Lancet, which is fortified by references to a recent examination and analysis. Beginning with June 13 London had i continuous rainfall for five days, the lotal precipitation being estimated at 1.8 inches. On the third day of the period a supply of raindrops was se cured for an investigation, and it.was found tliat the solid matters contained (herein amounted to 9.1 grains per gallon. Among the constituents noted were common salt, ammonium sul phate, organic ammonia, soot nnd sus pended matters and nitrates. The Lancet assures us that, the quantity of immonia sulphate, .652 grains, was re markable. and that its chief origin is the combustion of coal Salt con trobuted 8 grains and soot and sus pended matter 5 grains. With this analysis and an estimate of 6,437,229,- 560 gallons for the total rainfall over the London country area as the basis if the calculation, it is ficured that the enormous downpour "represents the washing out of no less than 3,738 tons if soiid impurities, of which 330 tons consisted of common salt, 267 tons of sulphate of ammonia, and 2,000 tons t>f soot and suspended matters." An ather interesting computation is given ss follows: "FJegarding the combus tion of one ton of coal to produce 20 pounds of ammonium sulphate (a very fair average) the quantity of coal rep resented by the storm would be 29,904 tons." The Lancet adds that besides the purification which is shown by the analysis there is a bacteriological puri fication also, which of course is a very important factor in the beneficent work of the rain.—Chicago Record llorald. FLIES SPREAD DISEASE. Why It IN lmporlnnt to Keep the Ut ile liiNectn Away from All Food SupplU'M. In a paper written in 1900 by Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the division of entomology at Washington, on"The insect Fauna of Human Excrement, with Special Reference to the Spread af Typhoid j<'ever by Flies," it was shown that out of 27,087 flies which tiad been caught in different parts of the country in rooms where food was exposed, as would ordinarily be the :ase in a kitchen or dining room, more than 98 per cent, of the insects so taken were ordinary house flies. House flies oreed to a very large ex tent in horse manure, but they are very often attracted and frequently develop in human excrement. An in dividual fly lays on an average of about 120 eggs, which in a few hours hatch into larvae, or "maggots," and after another transformation at the end of ten days eventually become full-grown adult insects. When we consider these facts, it is not to be wondered at that typhoid fever often prevails in the country especially when we consider the un sanitary system so often in use foi the disposition of human excrement. Under these conditions every oppor i HOUSE FLY ON SPONGE CAKE. tunity is offered for the dissemination of this disease through the agency o| i'ics, particul irlv the house fly. In view of these facts, the impor tance of keeping flies out of thu kitchen and away from all food sup plies cannot possibly be overesti mated. To this end careful protection must be invoked, and every effort should lie made to eliminate &U places that are favorable for tlie propagation of tlies. Manure pits should be thor oughly screened, and where it is not practicable to adopt this measure chloride of lime, if used in libera: quantities and well sprinkled throngl the manure, will prevent the develop ment of any eggs which may be de posited in this material. Tim out* house also should be thoroughly screened, or better yet, where practi cable, should be done away with alto gether. In no way can the wastes of the human body be more easily and safely disposed of than through tin medium of water. Running water i> now so generally available that then would seem to be little excuse for uot utilizing It.in this connection an* thus doing away with the many <»b jecti<inable features of the primitive os tein still so largely In use in the coun tr> The water-carriage system of dls po'ul, to be mire, raises other »anitar> questions, but none that cannot be sat isfactorlly an wered even ia country places The ei pool, once ho miicb ureaded, has a' last under propel management won for itself scieutlfli recognition and approval, and conn try place In which it is not uvailsblt are rare.-Country Life In America. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. 1903. PLANT WHEEL MARKER. Mmplr Kmlly Mnilr nl Home, Itul .Inxl iim I ncful n» Those Sold lii Stoves. Take a discarded carriage wheel, re move the tire and putin is place a tire made of two-inch baud iron. Space the wheel around with a pair of di viders, making the steps seven inches apart, as near as possible to have them meet right at the starting point. Drill a three-eighths-inch hole at each ste& marl;, through tira and rim. Having pegs turned, cone shape, ta- CELERY PLANT MARKER, pering from a base of two inches to a small end the size of a bolt head, with holes through them for three-eighths bolts. The bolts must be long enough to reach through the peg, tire and fc'lloe, with a nut and washer on the in side. The frame is a simple affair, consist ing of two pieces about two by two inches square, long enough to reach past the pegs in front, and to form handles in the rear. These pieces are brought near together in front and spread to three feet at the handles. This is to make room to walk between the handles, and to spread the feet sufficiently to hold the wheel upright when not in use. Solid crosspiec.es are bolted onto make the frame rigid. The axle and skein belong ing to the wheel should be used if con venient, and it should be fitted with leather washers to take up lost motion It may be bolted to one side piece and attached to the other by a thin bracket washer, bolted to the frame piece and screwed up firmly, with the wheel axle nut against the offset of the axle. It may be necessary to cut away a por tion of the ferrule and hub, but it is the easiest way to make barrow rigid. If a very light wheel is used, a box suspended on either side, as shown in the cut, in which a little earth or a few stones may be placed, will add the neces sary weight.—B. J. Hollister, in l'arm and Home. PROCESS BUTTER EVIL. Tons of tlie \u»ty StufT Are Sol«l In the CHy Market* for Choice Creamery Product. Director Jacques, of the city labor atory, says the Chicago Drovers' Jour nal, states that probably half of t-lie butter sold on that market is "pro cess" product. Bricks of the process stuff are veneered with pure creamery butter and sold in large quantities. Prosecutions are to be started under the pure food laws. While in a Mich igan country grocery recently, Dr. Jacques saw a largequantity of spoiled butter piled in a back room, and was informed that it was scld in Chicago to be made i#to axle grease. This vile-smelling, putrid stuff is taken to some out-of-the-way place, melted, treated with acids and worked over into process butter. It is colored and nicely wrapped into pound bricks, and sold as creamery butter. It is sold on its looks, and consumed by people whose taste is dulled by the bad air, dust and filth of the city. Men get this butter for a few cents, and by working it over they often make 500 per cent, profit. Dr. Jacques gives the following method of distinguishing good butter from the "process" arti cle: "Good butter has a grain, and fractures by medium temperature. Process butter is pas'y, like salve. Good butter should not stick to the knife when cut, while process butter sticks to the knife blade like warm vaseline. That, butler is in brict.s is no assurance of its being creamery butter. Examine it before buying. It is easy to distinguish." SUMMER DAIRY NOTES. Green corn and grass cut from fence corners should be fed during the day with the grain ration. Give the calves now and then a fresh sod. They ei*ave it. Why, no one knows, but it should be supplied them. Give the calves some fresh water to drink. They get thirsty during the hot days. You will be surprised how much they will drink. Give the calves all the clover hay they will eat. It is important to stim ulate the growth of roomy digestive organs in the dairy calf. A calf with a roomy, large body is not necessarily pot-bellied. There is a big difference. Only badly nour ished cnlves are pot-bellied. Remember that your future success In your dairy business depends upon Hie young herd you are ruising, so it will pay you to do It in an intelli gent manner. The dairyman should remember that gains are never so cheaply made as with the young animal, and for this reason they should lie < arried along as fast as possible. With generous feeding and i are tr protect the cows from th« torment of the Mies, the careful dairyman tun *a-dly keep his nejd up to profltabl* production during flie trying ueated ••asuu.—JTarui Journal ADVERTISING LOST. riffTtr Scheme by life IhfN tarefiilnraa of a Con cerned Krleuii. A* an advertisement the man had had prepared some pretty little match boxes tilled with matcnes; and he made it a point ' to loave one of them, asil by accident, wher ever he iiai>j>encd to be, relates tiie Chicago | Pi>s t. "That's more effective than giving them away," lie said. "The man who tmds one will give inore attention to it.man will in* man to whom one is given." Hut his mend persisted i>■ ignoring this scheme. fie picked up the match bo* ! and restored it to tne owner, whereupon the owner would leave it again. "Never mind it,"he would fay; but the friend persisted in minding it to the extent that he always lagged bemud when a match box was left. One day the advertiser happened to he in the friend's room and came upon about I gross of his match boxes. "Where did you gel these?" he asked. "Oh, I've picked them up where you have left them anywhere,' was the reply. ".No use buying matches when you are giving them away, you know." And now t fie advertiser is trying to figure out what good tiie advertising on Uiose boxes does him. SUCH A MISUNDERSTANi ING! The Man Who "Rubbered" AVi » Not Familiar with Talk of the Hallway. "When I caw that she was almost beyond my control," said the railway engineer, "!■ threw her over—" "Brute!" ejaculated a gentleman wearing eye glares and grassy whi.-keis, » ho was un intentionally straining his ears to overhear the conversation, relates Judge. "It didn't do any good." continued the engineer, "so 1 shut her oft; but still she Has jumping prettv hard and sliding around "Infamous!'' said the grassy-whickered man. "Sliding around : so I give her air— "A , 1 1.MI you have some little instinct of kindness," growled the incensed listener. "Hut it wasn't any use and so 1 jumped and got away just when she began to smash things." "And I don't blame her one bit! as?erted the man with the eye glares and tiie grassy beard. "It's a pity she didn't smash you, so you couldn't come here and boast of your cruelty. I am not surprised at the number of divorces nowadays.'' She Didn't Care. Maplehill, la., Aug. 10th.—"I felt a though 1 didn't care whether 1 lived or died, 1 was so miserable all the time." In these words does Miss Nellie Harfoot, of this place, describe her condition. Every woman who i-, or has been, sick and sut fering will understand and appreciate just how Mis.- Harfoot felt, and there are nodoubt many thousands of similar cases. It is truly an awful thing when a woman gets so low that she can say "I don't care whether I live or die." But Miss Harfoot tells a different story to day, and her words should guide every suf fering woman to the path of health and hap piness. , "1 used Dodd's Kidney Hills, ant! I am cured. I feel like a new* person, and 1 would say to i.verv woman suffering a> I did,giv< Dodd's Kidney Pills u trial, and you will not be disappointed. They ire worthy of the higiiest praise." Diiin't I.ike to lloaMt. "How are you getting on with your music, my dear?' inquired a lady of her niece. "Well, of course."' icplied the niece, dif fidently, "it wouldn't be proper for me to compliment mvself, but some of the neigh bors have told me they have staid awake at night for hours, listening to my playing.'' —Stray Stori'"- Get \\ hat You AmU For. When you see an article well-advertised in the newspapers, you may be sure it's a good article, for advertising only pays if the goods are honest and possess merit. The people who make a specialty of one advertised ar ticle, like I ascare' s, ( 'andy Cathartic, for ex ample, stake their whole business existence on its doing what they say it will. They must "make good," as the saying is. Head ers of this paper are urged to be sure that they get what they ask for, when they ask for an advertised article, for it's the good thing that is imitated and counterfeited. Don t accept substitutes! Insist on getting the genuine! Molly I'lteher. Molly Pitcher was bravely serving the gun after her husband had fallen. "This will make your name famous," cried the enthusiastic soldiers. "Yes," returned the heroic girl; "in time it may become as well known as a baseball pitcher." Hlushing at the glory awaiting her, she rammed home another charge.—N. Y. Sun. The House That Jack liuilt finds greater appreciation when one reads of 'The Town That Jack Huilt" and the money-making possibilities in the district contiguous thereto. Send two-cent stamp for copy of this pamphlet and other Katy publications equally as attractive and inter esting. Address "KATY," Suite A, St. Louis, Mo. iu tiie Family. She—And are you a descendant of the old family of the van Bibbers? He No, not exactly; but my brother is. —Judge. The quiet thoughts of great men citle the loudest report.- N'. Y. llerald. The sweetest pie contains patience, t.'.dus t.rdy, energy.—Farm and Home. A dull man occasionally makes a cutting remark. Chicago Daily News. People who get mil lied for a joke deserve their finish. —Chicago Daily News. Misf or tune is oftentimes the stepping stone to fortune. — I'nited Presbyterian. — • When a man admits that he is a crank, he realK thinks he is entitled to some credit for it. —Washington (la.j Democrat. "Do you believe," said the lady with the sere and yellow "that the good die young '" "How could I?" exclaimed the flatterer. "Mow could I.and you so good erthatis- — "Sir!" Baltimore News. (lushing Young Woman (to famous actort - "Oh. do you know . Air. Si:irleigh, I'm sim ply mad t» goon the stage!" famous Act or —"Yes, I should think >ou would b", my dear young lady*'' Punch. "Ah," he 'aid to her over their ice cream "it i-. very sweet, but not so sweet as you.'' "It .-Mift," she n tui ned, promptly, "but not so soft a* you. "And it is cola," hi l« e11n!<•« 1. "but not so . old as you I'mladel plna Prt»s. Manager "I think, M> (irouves. that there is a future lor you ii you w ill only live up lo youi own judgment Mr. tiroove- - "1 hope to do better than that. lam going t.> ti i to live up ton) pre** notice*."- Bo* ton Transcript. - .«• Mi- lioretoTi . . ,~l ■ .Us. , . I thought »he'd never go." He "Butyou ireac amiable, I auprnwe you never pvt her I • f'!l|ghlt'*t Mill that \ Mti tt.lllldl fit"!' t<> Co. Shu -"lndeed. I did not It I had. .he'd be ieienow I snui. I in.li) "U -,at elade<u>r®S now? -.id the •Ii • 1 .iiiiii, i«■ i. '.. i\|t I ■ 'hiii! it I.la I lulillii I. "Can I really have an) 1 call fori" aakad the fore "Mo-'. alt Ihe in.to »on, 111 iai>> i (.a.i ul aaiOww •liH**... 4'oi.a I.> a I.tiwlU. I). S. SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA Recommends Pe-ru-na For Dyspepsia and Stomach Trouble. * " FJK Senator M. C. 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The complete obliteration of that dread Con sumption (Tuberculosis) is now possible through the use of The Dr. Slocum s Com bination System of Medication, which will Positively Cure this Dread Disease. It Is the. Most Modern and 1 tie very Oreat rst Method of Alimentation Kver Presented to Sufferers from this disease. It prevents and t ares Consumption of tiie Throat, Lungs, Stomach, Liver, Spleen :uid Kidneys. All < Catarrhal (Conditions of these Organs disappear Promptly Jsnd Permanently under tile Healing lulluenco of These Wonderful Medicines. The Dr. Slocum method of treatment con sists of Four Specific Remedies as illustrated above. KKAKKK* OK THIS I'APKR in -iittM. TO nt v ANV t'liixu AD\ Kl.Tl-l l> IN ITS Col.l VI NS MlOl'l,l> INSIST I I'ON lIAVIM. WUATTUKV A*>» HUt. UKH'KINU A' LM BM I I'L (IS UH IMITATIONS I PAY SPOT CASH FOR LAND WARRANTS U*UI<I u Mitiilfrh < 112 any «t»r Wrliv iin-ui t iur lUANIL li Uh'.kU liMtfii Ul%jKk Cut Catarrh of (he Stomach is Generally Called Dyspepsia---Something to Produce Artificial Digestion is Generally Taken. Hence, Pepsin, Pancrcatin and a Host of Other Digestive Remedies Has Been Invented. These Remedies Do Not Reach the Seat of the Difficulty, Which is Really Catarrh. EX. U. S. Senator M. C. Putler from South Carolina, was Senator from that state for two terms. In a re cent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., from Washington, I). C., says: '• / can recommend Pernna for dys pepsia and stomach trouble. I have been using your medicine for a short period and I feel very much relieved. It is indeed a wonderful medicine be i sides a good tonic."---At. C. liutier. The only rationnl way to cure dyspep j sia is to remove the catarrh. Peruna I cures catarrh, l'ernna does not produce artificial digestion. It cures catarrhand i leaves the stomach to perform digestion jin a natural way. This is vastly better and safer than resorting 1 to artificial ! methods. j Peruna has cured more cases of dys | pepsia than all other remedies com bined, simply because it cures catarrh wherever located. Ifeatarrh islocated in the head, l'ernna cures it.l 112 catarrh h;is fastened itself in the thrust or i bronchial tubes, l'ernna cures it. When ; catarrh becomes settled in the stomach, | Peruna cures it, as well in tiiis location I as in any other. j Peruna is not simply a remedy for i dyspepsia. Peruna is a eata~ rh remedy. ! Peruna cures dyspepsia because it is I generally dependent upon catarrh. I REE MEDICINE TO ALL. To Prove to All Our Readers the Wonder ful Proportion of tiiis Grout System of Medi cinal Treatment a Full, Free Course, con sisting of the Four Freeharpe Paclcapes, Il lustrated above, will he frladly sent t<> every reader on request. 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